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Star Wars - Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:48 pm
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Mara Jade Skywalker Master Joined: 15 Feb 2008 Posts: 5359 Location: Beyond Shadows This game is absolutely amazing! I am enjoying it to the max. I would definitely rank this as one of the best Star Wars games of all time. It's similar to Jedi Academy as far as gameplay goes, but the storyline is better. Main thing that's blowing me away are the advancements from Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight and Mysteries of the Sith. Those games were good, but the graphics were so...bad! This game has leapt above and beyond either of those. Being a programmer myself, I'm blown away by what they've done with this game. The details are so perfect, that it's actually difficult to find the things you have to do, like hit little switches on the wall and such. They're so realistically blended into the environment that it's not sticking out like in most games where you might as well hang a blinking neon sign screaming, "Here I am!" The way the game handles is beautiful, the enemies are annoyingly smart and refreshingly random (unlike so many games where the AI is stupid and predictable), and I just can't gush enough about it. If you've never played this game, you must! It'd be hard to play it without having played the previous games (storyline wise), but even so, you should go for it. It's an amazing game. Last praise is to all older games in general. It's gotten old in games like TFU where they pretty much tell you exactly where to go and what to do, essentially holding your hand, and there's next to no challenge to the game. With these games such as Dark Forces, Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight, Mysteries of the Sith, Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy, etc., you actually have to think to puzzle things out and figure out what to do next. Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight and Mysteries of the Sith were actually a bit too hard at times, to the point that you didn't want to play anymore, but Jedi Outcast nails it perfectly. Overall, I am really loving this game. _________________ "It's not about the legacy you leave, it's about the life you live." ~Mara Jade Skywalker

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 6:54 pm
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Commander_Zasso Padawan Joined: 16 Jul 2010 Posts: 47 Location: California agreed!!! i managed to get this game in the "Star Wars: best of PC" game pack and love it, the story is absolutly thrilling and you dont really get a sense like what your doing is unnessasary. every part of the game is important. Katarn's character is excellent in terms of an emotional drive to take revenge for Jan Outcast is my #2 star wars game next to Kotor 2

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:14 pm
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Mara Jade Skywalker Master Joined: 15 Feb 2008 Posts: 5359 Location: Beyond Shadows Another thing I loved about this game were the conversations amongst the stormtroopers! As long as you were sneaking around behind them and they didn't know you were there, they'd carry on these conversations. I never heard the same one twice, and they were ridiculously interesting! Sometimes I'd just stop and listen, ha! _________________ "It's not about the legacy you leave, it's about the life you live." ~Mara Jade Skywalker

Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:52 am
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Feyan Padawan Joined: 13 Nov 2011 Posts: 9 Location: Virginia, USA I have been playing Jedi Academy recently, which is actually more fun than I thought it would be. It's fun to sneak up on the troopers and dark Jedi in this one too. They say the weirdest things sometimes... _________________ "They lied about the cookies..." -Feyan (me)

Re: Star Wars - Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:59 am
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darthrevan1 Knight Joined: 18 Nov 2011 Posts: 442 Mara Jade Skywalker wrote: This game is absolutely amazing! I am enjoying it to the max. I would definitely rank this as one of the best Star Wars games of all time. It's similar to Jedi Academy as far as gameplay goes, but the storyline is better. Main thing that's blowing me away are the advancements from Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight and Mysteries of the Sith. Those games were good, but the graphics were so...bad! This game has leapt above and beyond either of those. Being a programmer myself, I'm blown away by what they've done with this game. The details are so perfect, that it's actually difficult to find the things you have to do, like hit little switches on the wall and such. They're so realistically blended into the environment that it's not sticking out like in most games where you might as well hang a blinking neon sign screaming, "Here I am!" The way the game handles is beautiful, the enemies are annoyingly smart and refreshingly random (unlike so many games where the AI is stupid and predictable), and I just can't gush enough about it. If you've never played this game, you must! It'd be hard to play it without having played the previous games (storyline wise), but even so, you should go for it. It's an amazing game. Last praise is to all older games in general. It's gotten old in games like TFU where they pretty much tell you exactly where to go and what to do, essentially holding your hand, and there's next to no challenge to the game. With these games such as Dark Forces, Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight, Mysteries of the Sith, Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy, etc., you actually have to think to puzzle things out and figure out what to do next. Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight and Mysteries of the Sith were actually a bit too hard at times, to the point that you didn't want to play anymore, but Jedi Outcast nails it perfectly. Overall, I am really loving this game. Can you buy this on its own? Sounds like my kind of game. _________________ "You see that I was right, now, dont you?. The truth is written in blood"

Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:09 pm
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MasterAndrew15 Administrator Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 940 Location: United States It can be, yep: http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Jedi-Knight-Outcast-Pc/dp/B00005LABK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323806796&sr=8-1 I'm sure the Xbox and Gamecube version can be found online as well. _________________ EUCantina.net Founder. Forum Admin. New to the forums? Introduce yourself in the Spaceport! Need help? Please feel free to post in Feedback & Suggestions

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:25 am
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Taral-DLOS EUC Staff Joined: 23 Nov 2010 Posts: 1237 Location: Ontario, Canada It's on Steam too. _________________ It was the year of fire… the year of destruction… the year we took back what was ours. It was the year of rebirth… the year of great sadness… the year of pain… and the year of joy. It was a new age. It was the end of history. It was the year everything changed. The year is 2261. The place: Babylon 5.

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:14 pm
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Niner Padawan Joined: 26 Nov 2011 Posts: 45 I just ordered this for Xbox from Amazon.com. I'm sure its going to be fun.

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 3:19 pm
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Mara Jade Skywalker Master Joined: 15 Feb 2008 Posts: 5359 Location: Beyond Shadows I kind of want to play it again, myself. Such a great game. _________________ "It's not about the legacy you leave, it's about the life you live." ~Mara Jade Skywalker

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 3:30 pm
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Baloo Padawan Joined: 29 Sep 2011 Posts: 62 Be sure to play Jedi Academy as well if you enjoyed Jedi Outcast! Man I sunk so many hours into Jedi Academy back in 04-06 online, it was so addicting.

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