Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was a breath of fresh air for gamers. For years, we’d been starved of a good Star Wars single-player adventure, but Respawn Entertainment’s story of a desperate Padawan living up to his Jedi lineage hit the mark. Now its sequel, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, is just a week away from release, and anticipation for Cal Kestis’ continued adventures is sky-high.
But there’s a fly in the ointment. The digital download is a Death Star-sized 147GB on PS5, 140GB on Xbox Series X, and 155GB on PC and gamers aren’t happy. We know how they feel: our review code was sent over late last night and we eagerly tapped it into the PlayStation 5 store, only for our heart to sink as we grimly deleted a bunch of stuff and realized it was going to take a very long time to complete downloading.
Now gamers are wondering just what in this single-player adventure warrants such a gargantuan download:
Better clear some hard drive space:
What’s eating up all that space?
Is 4K to blame?
Expansion time:
A clue as to why this is happening can be seen in that the Xbox Series S version is noticeably smaller than the rest. This likely means all those gigabytes are being eaten up by humungous uncompressed textures. It also means many gamers will have to delete some existing games to make room for it on their consoles, as it’s going to be competing for space with other massive titles like Call of Duty.
Is it worth the download? We’ll have our review up the moment the embargo lifts on April 26.