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Summary: Jedi Knight - THE BEST Star Wars game--EVER!
Review: If you are browsing through these reviews to decide whether to buy this game or not...BUY IT!!! Even 6+ years after its release, LucasArts has a classic that still endures. Graphics: Not really exciting, but once you get into the AWESOME gameplay, graphics don't really seem important. Gameplay: 1 word: Lightsaber!!! Yes, LucasArts chose to provide the weapon of the Jedi, along with 9 other weapons (can anyone say Concussion Rifle?). Single-player has one of the best stories ever for a FPS. As Kyle Katarn, you must save the Valley of the Jedi from the evil Jerec. Along the way to stop him you must also fight 6 other Dark Jedi in some of the most exciting battles ever. Multiplayer has THE most solid engine ever. You can be playing on a modem that connects at 19600 BPS on Saturday night, and the gaming on the MSN Gaming Zone...is EXCELLENT! There are plenty of games to get your fix. Sound: The usual Star Wars laser blasts, lightsaber sounds, and the excellent score by John Williams all combine to provide a distinct Star Wars experience. I can't even BEGIN to START on this amazing game. And to you, the Amazon Customer, looking for a good game to buy, buy it. Heck, its [got a good price].
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Summary: Jedi Outcast is one of The Best
Review: Jedi Outcast is one of the best Star Wars games I have ever played. Single player is great and multiplayer is somes a lot better. A great game for any Star Wars Fan!!!
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Summary: Great game -could have been special
Review: There is nothing like drawing your lightsaber in anger to hew stormtroopers and other baddies. Throw in some force powers and nothing beats playing as a Jedi in the Star Wars universe. Nothing except for the pseudo Mario Brothers jumping and maddening puzzles. A number of times throughout the game you'll wonder why the designers mapped the levels the way they did -the puzzles remind you that you are at home playing a PC game, which really undermines and diminishes the joy of fantasy Jedihood. I did enjoy the storyline and the gradual build up of the Force and lightsaber powers, but just as you really start to immerse yourself in the Jedi role, the game winds itself up before you have the chance to really see what you can do. Oh yeah, and there are more puzzles at the end. I don't remember ever seeing much if any puzzles in any of the Star Wars films; it's ridiculous to think that Empire soldiers would have to go through the same silly steps to activate key doors or access storage areas. I would like to comment on the multiplayer aspect of the game, but I haven't played online yet. It's fun against the bots by yourself -I can only imagine how much more enjoyable it must be against human foes! Essentially, this is a great game, but should have made full and better use of the Star Wars license.
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Summary: Almost awesome
Review: I got this game almost when it first came out, but my video card was to bad to run it properly. So I eventually got a new video card a more RAM, and it works fine until I get to a big area. I am above system requirements. Pentium 2 450, 256 MB RAM, Nvida Geforce 4 video card, yet it can vary from 70 to 7 frame per second. Well it seems cool, but I stopped playing it because of the performance. I hope to play it again when I get my new computer soon. The system requirements should recommend higher than they do. But if you have a P3 or better, 256 MB RAM or more, and a 32MB video card or better, this gae should give you many hours of fun.
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Summary: Star Wars Jedi Knight 2 "Rocks"
Review: I love this game. This game really is awesome. I play it a least 4-5 times a week. If you have a gamming PC like I have, You won't regret owning this game. And if you have one of the latest video cards, Like ATI 9700 or 9800, It will look awesome.
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Summary: This Game ROCKS!!!
Review: It started out slow the first couple levels, but once you get your Jedi Powers and Light Sabar it gets very fun. The graphics and sound were done very well. My favorite powers were the Grip and Push. Pushing groups of Troopers over the edge was great and so was gripping them and slinging them around. You will also get into Light Sabar duels and they will try using force on you too.
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Summary: ...
Review: This, simply put, is an amazing game. The plot is original, the levels are challenging, and the gameplay is GREAT! There is so much variety between enemies, weapons, difficulty levels, and ways you can choose to battle. It's not a short game either. It will keep you playing for a long time, even after you beat it. Also, the lightsaber fights are the coolest things I've ever seen. You can pull off moves like a quarter-corkscrew flip or a 360 turn fast slash. You can jump off of walls and do flips too. Also, in single player, you can clash lightsabers with the enemy and have them interlock! Then you push downward until the opponent falls back. Plus, you can't forget the force powers. There's lightning, push, pull, mind trick, grip, jump, and saber throw; just to name a few. They can turn the tide of the battle completely, and it makes it completely different from any other game I've played. Additionally, the gun variety is great. From the Wookie Bowcaster (a crossbow with green reflective bullets) to the E11 Blaster Rifle (a single-shot with a secondary machine gun), it's guarenteed that you're not going to get bored with the selection quickly. If you're a hacker, by the way, there are some superb cheats out there, including one that will let you drive an AT-ST. The only slight weakness I see with this game is that you're not a Jedi for the first six levels (however, there's a total of 41 levels, so there's no need to get alarmed.) Some of the levels can also be quite tough to figure out at one point or another. Other than that, however, it's a great game and anyone that doesn't hate Star Wars!
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Summary: Great
Review: If you like Star Wars at all, get it. If you like FPS (first person shooters) at all, get it. If you like beating up Storm Troopers, enemy Jedi, and all sorts of aliens, get it. That's the lowdown.
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Summary: A Worthy Sequel, but lacking overall. 3½ Stars.
Review: In 1997 LucasArts humbled the gaming world with the release of Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight, a first-person action shooter that let players direct Kyle Katarn's quest to avenge the death of his father, Morgan and become a Jedi. The game flattened the competition with its near total immersion in the Star Wars environment that had been sorely lacking, even in the original Dark Forces in 1995. For twenty levels you became Kyle, the quirky smart-mouthed mercenary aiding the fledgling New Republic on a mission against Jerec and his cabal of Dark Jedi bent on locating and consuming the power of the Valley of the Jedi. A thousand years ago a great battle between the forces of light and dark saw thousands of Jedi spirits trapped within the valley. As Kyle you progressed in your powers until eventually having to make a choice between Light and Dark. To stop Jerec in order to keep the valley safe or take the power for your own and rule the galaxy. Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast is set nine years after Jedi Knight, making it 14 years after the fall of the Empire at Endor, and Kyle has abandoned his Jedi heritage after nearly killing Mara Jade at the Sith temple on Dromund Kaas when he fell to the Dark Side. Still working for New Republic Intelligence, he and Jan stumble across an Imperial Remnant base that appears to be growing gem-like crystals- similar to the ones found in lightsabers. It turns out that a fallen Jedi and the Remnant are attempting create a Force-using army by combining the crystals and the Force. The first couple of levels are also painfully dull and the goals are often poorly defined. After encountering the fallen Jedi Desann, Jan is murdered by Desann's apprentice, Tavion. Secretly, Kyle flies to Rusaan- the secret location of the Valley of the Jedi. There is reasserts his connection to the Force. Reluctantly Kyle must reclaim that which he abandoned, traveling back to Yavin IV, he meets with Luke Skywalker in order to retrieve his lightsaber. At the Yavin academy, Kyle relearns his basic Force abilities in a test devised by Luke before traveling to Nar Shadda to begin his search Desann and the Reborn. Game play is much improved over Jedi Knight in many areas, not least of which is lightsaber combat, which is now handled almost exclusively in the third-person view. I had misgivings about this, but having tried it out, I see that it's much better- allowing for greater control and freedom of action during duels. Graphics are not through the roof 'awesome', but very clean and exceptionally well detailed. I have a ATI Radeon 9700 Pro video card, so I guess I expect all new games to be earth-shattering in their visual appeal. Raven did pay close attention to lightsaber duels from the Phantom Menace- giving the ones in the game a distinct cinematic feel, especially when view from a distance in multi-player. Mostly the game is fluid- the visuals flow nicely and Raven manages to overcome one of the Quake III: Arena engine's short comings by producing attractive vistas, whether indoors or out, everything has the right Star Wars-zy feel and look to it. Weapons range from Kyle's Bryar pistol, E-11 blaster rifle, Bowcaster and Repeater Rifle, plus new additions like the Tenloss disrupter, which can disintegrate distant targets in sniper mode, an EMP gun for dispatching droids and other electronic devices, a flechette cannon which is just a knock-off of the flack cannon from Unreal Tournament, plus a rocket launcher. Kyle also has access to munitions like thermal detonators, laser trip mines (a la Duke Nukem), and detpacks that can be blown by remote control. All three explosives and the rocket launcher do far more damage than their small, wimpy explosions would indicate. An additional weapon that Kyle carries that I really liked are the portable sentry gun- a cannister that once dropped deploys a blaster turret and begins shooting enemies within its range. Players also get macrobinoculars, bacta canisters for healing, and light amplification goggles. Plus you will find no end of shield and health power-ups through out the levels. One of the game's down sides is that it is difficult to tell when you're being shot- there are no accompanying green flashes or sizzling sound effects as your personal shields take a beating The game ships with 10 multi-player maps, customizable Force powers to fine-tune your character. You can even play games without the Force, though it tends to favor the dark side powers. Multi-player games include standard death matches, capture the flag, king of the hill where only one play has a lightsaber and Force powers and it's up to everyone else to deal with it, capture the ysalamiri (the Jedi Kryptonite creatures care of Mr. Zahn). One of the down sides in single-player missions is Raven split Kyle's Force powers between the Light and Dark side. He can throw lightning and choke someone, but no longer has Force Seeing and Protection- two powers that were, in my opinion, instrumental in the first game. I didn't like the addition of Dark Side powers that seemed to be there just to satisfy those players who think the Dark Side is 'kewl'. Raven also has the Outcast version of its Q3 Radiant level builder and other tools, like script managers etc. for creating single and multi-player levels. This is an o-kay game. It didn't completely suck me in like Jedi Knight did, but it is a worthy successor. It lacks the impact of Kyle's momentous decision between Light and Dark nor is the story as epic. And strangely, the feel is closer to that of the original Dark Forces than it is to Jedi Knight. Plus it suffers a little too much from console hell like Dino Crisis, where on some levels you must find the key to open the door in order to get to the next key to open the next door. It has some nice animated full-motion video, but nothing like the live action scenes that added so much to Jedi Knight. It is also a hard game- get used to not completing later maps on the first try even on easy 'Padawan' setting, plus some of the jumping can be a little frustrating. I waited a long time for this game and I'm glad I wasn't completely disappointed.
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Summary: Best game ever. No Doubt.
Review: For all of you who have 2 lives( One as a Jedi and the other as a nerd) and those of you who are just "normal" non force wielding human beings, This game is the greatest ever. This game has it all. Excellent single player campaign with the BEST storyline ever. Excellent FREE no-obligations Multiplayer through the game directly, no 3rd party software needed. Beautiful, crisp, and awesome graphics. Awesome guns and force powers, and yes the light saber combat is beautiful as well, down to the sound. Excellent replay value included. If you're a flaming huge Star Wars nerd such as myself, this game is the reason you exist. If you're a hardcore gamer looking for a new title, they don't get much better than this. I recommend this to anyone and everyone with two eyes and a brain. Well you could have one eye and enjoy it just as much I'm sure.. but.. well.. yeah.. it's great.. HAVE FUN!!
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