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Summary: Jedi Outcast Revisited
Review: Don't get me wrong, If I had never played Jedi Outcast (to which jedi academy is its succesor) I would think Jedi Academy is a wicked cool game! BUT, it seems LucasArts has simply re-released Outcast with a SLIGHTLY different look, the same graphics engin, the same weapons, virtually the same force powers, the same characters...and only with a slightly different setting and different locations. Ok, yeah, you can choose which color your light-saber you use and what you look like etc.... wow - I've never had that in a game before (note the sarcasm). In my opinion, games in a series are meant to evolve and change over time - like Warcraft for example...the graphics and characters and story changed dramatically between the 3 games. An even better example would be the Ultima series -each game was different than the one before it (with some similarities inherant in being a part of the same game series.)
In the end, Jedi Academy = Jedi Outcast - take your pick.
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Summary: Great game but missing 2 things
Review: Jedi academy is great game but lacks infra-red goggles and Macro-binoculars which always came in handy in the other Jedi games. The lightsaber combat is good with lots of speciality moves(my fav is the forward lunge from a roll). Visually and audio are very good with sound effects.I would recommend it very highly to any Jedi Knight:Dark Forces Fan.
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Summary: Extream Force Speed!!!1
Review: There is a lot to be said about this game. It can be played as a First Person Shooter or a 3rd Person Shooter/action game. I prefer the 3rd Person mode myself. Anywhay, the graphics are mud even on the highest resolution. It's a 1997 PC game, so it is sort of excusable. The main game is fun and full of batteling, but the cutscenes are worse then a B-Movie. They are bad as in cheesey as Cheesecake. For its low price this game is extremely good, but at any price I thought it was good. I still haven't finished it yet but I will someday...Bottom Line: Play if you want to run around with a lightsaber, be on the light/dark side, shoot/slice Bad guys/good guys (if our a dark jedi), and generally have a good time, then play this excellent game.
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Summary: Star Wars Fans must have.
Review: Ever wanted to be a Jedi, wield a light saber, and use the force, well here you go. This game is a FPS (First Person Shooter) which means you play this game from the perspective of being the character in a 3D world. It's probably one of the best concepts for a FPS put out. With so many games giving you a gun and letting you blast your way thru each level, this one makes it a little more difficult and is a very nice change. The bonus is that you get to play thru a Star Wars Movie. Can't wait for Jedi Academy to come out.
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Summary: The best Jedi Game to date
Review: Take the best form Jedi Outcast, and make it better: You get Jedi Academy. The Raven team evolve as they learn and they present us with a game that fullfils a Jedi Wannabe dreams. You get to choose you own saber, your own character and your own missions.
Start as a Jedi Student who with no previous training has built his own saber, and develop your skills under the vigilan eye of Jedi Master Kyle Katarn.
The graphics in this game (for PC) are just amazing. Color and textures come to life as you progress in the game and visit new and exotic locales. While missions may not be complicated (rescue a droid, for example) the enemies you encounter and the characters that acompany you (some great cameos, by the way) inmerse you in the Star Wars Universe.
Multiplayer gaming is wonderful. A lot of new locales to fight on, like the Reactor Chamber from EI or new Hoth white-plains. Again,you get to choose your weapon (saber, two sabers, double saber) color, character and force powers. Play agains bots or human via a LAN or Internet.
All in all, a true Star Wars experience, just one word of advice: Minimun requirements for this game are high, not all cards taht were supported by Jedi Outcast are supported now. Check the official site and if you can, this is a great game to upgrade your PC for.
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Summary: Excellent Star Wars game
Review: LucasArts and Raven have done an excellent job bringing back good old lightsaber action to the PC. The storyline brings back the ex-Jedi Kyle Katarn to the field, and players get to control him through multiple levels. The lightsaber and force developement is a lot of fun, and become even more enjoyable as players discover new moves with their blades. Worth every penny if you ask me, because once you finish the single player mode, there's a well-balanced multiplayer game and a myriad of mods to continue playing on.
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Summary: Even better than Jedi Outcast
Review: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away *dramatc silence* TADAAA! Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is now in stores even in Sweden! A whole lot of new features is available - you can for example design your own character and you own lightsabre - YAAY! I recommend a Purple Arbiter, it's just...beautiful. You can't choose red in sp though =( okay, this game will blow your brains out, it's great! You play Jaden, a male/female with nothing to loose. On the way to the Jedi Academy you ship crashes and on the way to the academy, you'll find youself in the middle of the action. There's some kind of scepter that can ressurect an old Jedi Sith, and if summoned, who knows what he will do?! It's better to destroy the scepter and be on the safe side of things, right? Yep. Anyway, there's this cult, called the Desciples of Ragnos, a group of dark jedis fighting to protect their leader so that that person can ressurect Ragnos himself. The story is great, trust me. I won't tell you anything else, and spoil the fun. When you move up from student to knight, you'll get a new kind of sabre - either a Darth Maul-inspired two-handed lightsabre, of a double, with two lightsabres, one in each hand. You'll LOVE it! You can also choose between the Light and the Dark side near the end, and both endings are GREAT! I won't reveal more info, but this: BUY IT! It's a wonderful game with a great story and effects! The reason it gets 4 stars instead of 5, is that you'll need to have played Jedi Outcast before this to keep up on things. A lot of characters and envirements are still in place, and LucasArts have choosen to believe that everyone who play Jedi Academy has played Jedi Outcast, but they haven't said anything about it in their press-releases. I have, but not everyone has. So if you haven't played Outcast yet, do it before playing Academy! It will make your life easier.
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Summary: The best standalone expansion ever
Review: I realize it's marketed as "Jedi Knight 3", but this is in every possible way an expansion to Outcast. It doesn't really continue the JK story, and it has almost the exact same engine and force powers and weapons, etc, with very little modified. Movement is identical, etc. If you played Outcast, you'll be right at home immediately. That said, this is one of, if not the, best games I've ever played. Every modification it makes to the Outcast engine is an improvement, however small they are. As with the original Jedi Knight, you now get to choose what Force Powers to receive (to a certain extent...half are given to you, half are by choice), and you also get to choose light or dark side at a certain point in the game. All of the JO multiplayer powers are now in single player, plus one extra (that lets you see people through walls and stuff like that), and all of the weapons return, plus a jaw-dropping new version of the Concussion Rifle from JK. The most important change, though, is in the format of the game itself - instead of a linear progression of levels, there are three sets of five levels, within which you may do the levels in any order. Between each set is a plot-advancing mandatory mission. In each set of five, you only need to complete four, so you can continue on if one of them stumps you, but you'll miss getting another force star (one per level you play). For the first set, your core powers (jump, push, pull, sense, lightsaber defense, lightsaber offense, lightsaber throw, and speed) are at level one, for the second set they're all at level two, and for the third set and the whole endgame, they're all at level three. This means you get a HUGE amount of game in which you are an uber-Jedi, unlike Outcast in which you only had two levels at full power. Also, this means that instead of having long missions with multiple parts, the game mostly consists of small "vignette" levels, short and sweet. There are good and bad sides to this, the bad being that you don't feel as involved with the storyline, but the good being that there is INSANE variety in level design. Almost every planet looks different, and levels range from working your way down a speeding train to escaping from jail (lightsaber-less) to leaping back and forth across a giant chasm that a jedi temple has been built into (and since been turned into ruins). The sheer variety of visual and gameplay styles is mind-boggling. Every major Star Wars scene or place that wasn't recreated in Outcast is back here, too, from speeder bike chases (exhilaratingly fun) to the ruined Hoth base. It's insane how much is packed in to these levels. The best thing about JA as compared to JO, though, is that JO's first two missions sans-lightsaber are GONE. You start out the very first level with a lightsaber, and the one level where you're forced to be without it you have massive force abilities, and if you really hate it you can skip it anyway. The worst part of Outcast is gone completely, and all that's left is pure Jedi gaming goodness. Multiplayer is also back, with a couple of new modes (including an incredibly fun 2-on-1 power duel), but fewer levels. It averages out to about the same amount of MP goodness from Outcast, not really better or worse. The improvements in this game are mostly single player. Finally, a minute detail for most but extremely important for me, if you liked Force Lightning in the old game, your head may explode when you see this one. It blows people back, has more than double the range, and is just generally the most insane offensive ability possible. Everyone - GET FULL LIGHTNING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Overall, an absolutely incredible game, fixing everything that was wrong about Outcast, my previous favorite game of all time. The only downside is that they didn't change enough - this simply isn't a full-fledged sequel. If you liked Outcast, you'll love this, but if you didn't, give it a pass. There's nothing terribly different to change your mind.
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Summary: Exceptional but limited
Review: Got this already :) Exceptional just like Outcast and more streamlined. None of those silly items you never use, just weapons and powers. Which is much better. The levels are varied and original, I paricularly liked the one with the giant worm that tries to eat you from underground whilst you try and repair your ship as well as the one where you're chased by a rampaging unkillable mutant cyborg rancor beast whilst fighting evil jedis. Excellent stuff. Trouble is there's not much of it. From the character selection screen onwards I felt shortchanged. 4 different races? That's all? I wanted to be a Wookie! :( Not enough maps, not enough new powers, 1 or two new guns, only a couple new enemies. Good story tho, the bits that are there are excellent. Just not enough meat on the strong bones. 4/5
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Summary: Another Jedi Outcast,I Don`t think SO!!!!
Review: Forget KOTOR have you seen the new trailer on the website!!You can see footage of making a lightsaber and character!Just to say something you can only have one lightsaber in the beginning in the game.But later on you can be a Anakin Skywalker dual lightsaberist,a Dath Maul with a Saberstaff,or just be a single Lightsaberist like Luke Skywalker.The Character selection looks wonderfull.When you begin you go to the Academy a train to be a Jedi or betray the Jedi and join the Sith.Take your pick the Academies are waiting for.Are you up the challenge,are you?
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