History YMMV / StarWarsJediFallenOrder

* DesignatedHero: Cal's actions on Dathomir can come off as unsympathetic especially to those aware of Dathomir's backstory. Despite being repeatedly told by the native people to leave, Cal intrudes on their home, kills countless Nightbrothers (who, as ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' reveals, are slaves forced into combat), and devastates their rare wildlife and sacred sites all in pursuit of an artifact [[spoiler:that he ends up admitting is too dangerous in his hands and destroys]]. Cal's plea to Merrin that he's no danger to her thus falls flat, as the revelation that the Jedi didn't genocide the Nightsisters looks irrelevant in the face of this Jedi killing numerous Dathomiri right now. He winds up with an even greater bodycount than Malicos, who's supposed to be this arc's villain.

* MemeticBadass: Oggdo Bogdo, due to being a tough boss many players will encounter at very low level and thus be repeatedly killed by, gained a reputation as one of the most powerful beings in the ''Star Wars'' universe.

* HesJustHiding: [[spoiler:The Ninth Sister is last seen being shoved off a mountainside by Cal in their final duel on Kashyyyk, but many fans are wary that this was enough to kill her. We never see a body after the fact, and she was left for dead once before in the ''Vader'' comics, surviving her own Purge troopers while missing a leg. Many fans outright refuse to believe this was the end of the Ninth Sister until a body confirms otherwise. Even the in-game journal leaves her fate open, lingering on the question if Cal really did kill her or not.]]

** After Cal reveals himself in the opening level and ignites his lightsaber, he gets grabbed by Ninth Sister who exclaims "I found the Jedi", as if she discovered Cal hiding all by herself. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11oVjInmB7o&t=186s See for yourself]].

** Upon leaving Ilum, Cal will have a genuinely heartfelt and touching conversation with Greez and Cere, thanking them for their help and support, with them replying in kind, assuring Cal they'll be there for him... which is immediately ruined if you try to talk with them after the conversation is over, because they'll use ''the exact same'' "NotNowKiddo" voiceclips they usually do.

* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: In sharp contrast to EA's previous ''Star Wars'' games, this game is generally well-received for providing the ''Star Wars'' Jedi fantasy with an accessible story and free of microtransactions. While the game does borrow the gameplay from ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' and ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice'', the execution is competent enough that most fan don't mind. If anything, the game received better reviews than many of [=LucasArts=]'s previous Jedi games.

* SignatureScene:
** A young Cal caught up in the betrayal of Order 66.
** The HopelessBossFight against [[spoiler:Darth Vader]].

* EvilIsSexy: The Second Sister is attractive without even removing her helmet, thanks in large part to her [[ArousedbyTheirVoice sultry tone of voice]], [[HartmanHips feminine figure]] and being a [[DarkActionGirl formidable fighter]]. Beneath the mask, [[spoiler: Trilla's easily one of the more attractive villains in Star Wars canon.]]

* DancingBear: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While the game was well-recieved at launch for a variety of reasons, a significant portion of the pre- and post-release buzz surrounding it was centered on its status as a fully-singleplayer experience with no {{microtransactions}} or live service elements, published by Creator/ElectronicArts. Such games had become a rarity from AAA publishers by then, and Electronic Arts in particular had [[https://metro.co.uk/2017/11/29/viscreals-star-wars-was-game-canned-because-ea-think-linear-games-are-no-longer-popular-7117825/ infamously]] [[https://www.wired.com/2010/12/ea-single-player/ disparaged]] them as a thing of the past that they no longer had any interest in.

* DancingBear: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While the game was well-recieved at launch for a variety of reasons, a significant portion of the pre- and post-release buzz surrounding the game was centered around its status as a fully-singleplayer experience with no {{microtransactions}} or live service elements, published by Creator/ElectronicArts. Such games had become a rarity from AAA publishers by then, and Electronic Arts in particular had [[https://metro.co.uk/2017/11/29/viscreals-star-wars-was-game-canned-because-ea-think-linear-games-are-no-longer-popular-7117825/ infamously]] [[https://www.wired.com/2010/12/ea-single-player/ disparaged]] them as a thing of the past that they no longer had any interest in.

* DancingBear: The game received a lot of coverage about the fact that it is an entirely single-player experience with no extra monetization such as {{Microtransactions}}. This is a rarity nowadays from AAA game publishers, especially Creator/ElectronicArts, who had previously stated they had no interest in making such titles. Upon release, the game was well received, so this won't be the only thing the game will be known for, but it certainly was a big part of the conversation.

* Before [[spoiler: Malicos]] there is Gorgara, a true testament to screwing over Soulsborne players. Her front is 'armored' with an incredibly vacant hitbox, meaning natural counterattacks and targeted attacks barely faze her. While her reflexes suck, she can spam wide area attacks and uses shockwaves to hit anyone who isn't used to jumping evades over timed rolling. And of course, she prefers long-range attacks in a game where you're limited to melee attacks, psychic powers she's naturally resistant to, and throwing your sword (if it can reach her). So in general, skill in souls-likes translates poorly to stabbing this apex of fake difficulty bosses.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJZfEh3EciU "Sugaan Essena"]], the Huttese rock song playing on Cal’s headphones in the opening and [[spoiler:in the Haxion Brood arena]] is rather catchy and intense, and fits in rather well in the Star Wars universe. It’s actually not an original song, but a remix of “Black Thunder” by Mongolian band Music/TheHu, but with the lyrics in [[ConLang Huttese]] instead of Mongolian.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** After many months of fan requests, a patch released in May 2020 adds NewGamePlus, [[spoiler:Inquisitor Cal]] skin and a red lightsaber color. More accessibility options are also included, such as an option to turn off [=QTE=]s. This all is bundled with a challenge mode that allows the player to replay bosses, fight any enemy in the game, and even create their own enemy encounters.
** Second Sister and Ninth Sister are fairly intimidating and are well-liked as {{Tragic Villain}}s, after the Inquisitors were originally criticized for their VillainDecay, [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter lack of]] [[FlatCharacter character exploration]], and being [[AbortedArc abandoned plot threads]] in their only other widely known appearance, ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''.
** In many of his extended universe appearances, Darth Vader had been suffering VillainDecay, being taken down by characters such as [[VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed Galen Marek]], but his brief appearance here combined with his NightmareFuel generating role in Film/RogueOne makes him the terrifying Sith Lord he had once been.

* ThatOneBoss: Gorgara, a testament to screwing over Soulsborne players. Her front is 'armored' with an incredibly vacant hitbox, meaning natural counterattacks and targeted attacks barely faze her. While her reflexes suck, she can spam wide area attacks and uses shockwaves to hit anyone who isn't used to jumping evades over timed rolling. And of course, she prefers long-range attacks in a game where you're limited to melee attacks, psychic powers she's naturally resistant to, and throwing your sword (if it can reach her). So in general, skill in souls-likes translates poorly to stabbing this apex of fake difficulty bosses.

** Cere repeatedly refers to how she [[spoiler: used the dark side to escape imperial captivity]], leading players to wonder just what happened. But when we are treated to a flashback of the event, the event proves to be hilariously anticlimactic with the reveal that [[spoiler: she let out a single anger-fueled Force Repulse, which resulted in what appear to be the [=KOs=] (or, at the worst, deaths) of not civilians, but ''imperial torturers''.]] THAT is the event that caused Cere to consider herself fallen and to give up on the ways of the Jedi.

** Zeffo can be this for a lot of players too. Not just because of the difficult enemies that can found there, but also because of [[MarathonLevel how huge it is and how long it takes to complete]]. In fact, even when you use the map, the level is so massive that most players will have a pretty hard time getting back to the ship once their mission is over (not helped by the fact that there’s no fast travel in this game). There’s also a lot of [[ThatOnePuzzle difficult puzzles]] on this planet too. Have fun hunting for collectibles on this planet too.

* ThatOneLevel: ''Nobody'' likes Dathomir, even reviewers who otherwise would sing the game's praises from a mountain top. The game's overall map layout received minor flak for being too long and tedious, with frequent forced backtracking needed to find collectibles or just to even get on with the story. Dathomir in particular is very lousy about this, especially around the double-jump platform leading up to the Tomb of Kujet, as it has a long slope that takes the player down to the Collapsed Settlement. Unlike Zeffo and Kashyyyk, which at least have methods of quickly travelling between distant areas of the map in the form of elevators and the Shyyyo bird, respectively, Dathomir has very few. This compounded with the sheer amount of one-way ledge drops and slopes around the Swamp of Sacrifice means players who fell down into the subterranean village area have to navigate for close to half an hour just to get back to where they were. Have fun hunting for collectibles on this planet.

** Speaking of which, why did [[spoiler: Vader kill Trilla]]? And what did he mean by “[[spoiler: You have failed me, Inquisitor]]”? When you think about it, [[spoiler: Trilla didn’t actually fail in her mission to retrieve the holocron and bring it to the Fortress Inquisitorius. Plus, as a bonus, she even managed to lure two jedi who had escaped Order 66 to the fortress to retrieve the holocron, so she succeeded and then some]]. So, maybe [[spoiler: Vader]] wasn’t actually referring to [[spoiler: her mission]]? Maybe he was referring to how [[spoiler: she couldn’t defeat Cal in their final duel]]? Or maybe [[spoiler: Vader killed her because he sensed that she was letting go of her hate and was [[HeelFaceTurn on the verge of returning]] to the light side]]?

** Speaking of which, why did [[spoiler: Vader kill Trilla]]? And what did he mean by “[[spoiler: You have failed me, Inquisitor]]”? When you think about it, [[spoiler: Trilla didn’t actually fail in her mission to retrieve the holocron and bring it to the Fortress Inquisitorius. Plus, as a bonus, she even managed to lure two jedi who had escaped Order 66 to the fortress to retrieve the holocron]]. So, maybe [[spoiler: Vader]] wasn’t actually referring to [[spoiler: her mission]]? Maybe he was referring to how [[spoiler: she couldn’t defeat Cal in their final duel]]? Or maybe [[spoiler: Vader killed her because he sensed that she was letting go of her hate and was [[HeelFaceTurn on the verge of returning]] to the light side]]?

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Who is the "us" [[spoiler:Trilla]] tells Cere to avenge right before [[spoiler:Vader]] kills [[spoiler:her]]? The Jedi as a whole? The Jedi who were converted into Inquisitors? Or maybe just [[spoiler:herself and Cere]]?

** Many fans genuinely liked [[spoiler: the red lightsaber]] that Cal wielded in the [[OneSceneWonder twenty seconds that he did]] during the Vault illusion, despite the fact that Cal is a light-aligned Jedi who would not use such weapon. The fact that it ''is'' technically a usable variant in-game, just not one Cal can normally access, didn't sit well with a portion of the fanbase, even though the developers have rightly restricted its appearance for lore reasons. [[spoiler: An update on Star Wars Day 2020 finally allowed players to use the red blade and Cal's Inquisitor uniform, though only in New Journey Plus.]]