Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Introduction:

Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast is a game following on from the story developed in Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith. You the player take control of Kyle Katarn, an ex-Jedi who is now employed as a mercenary by the Republic with his secret crush Jan Ors, flying through the systems in their ship the Raven’s Claw. Kyle Katarn gave up his Lightsaber and Force Powers after the events surrounding the Valley of the Jedi.

Now, however, there is more need of a Jedi hero than ever before. Having discovered on a seemingly harmless mining facility, after intercepting transmissions of possible Remnant operations in the area, a place of torture on prisoners with crystals containing the Force and a mineral called Cortosis, Kyle comes...

THE GOOD:
Again, as I said in my last review, Lucasarts have paid much attention to detail when graphicly designing the game, everything we all love about Star Wars is here, and much, Much more.

The Game starts out how the first Dark Forces started out, only this tim in true rendered 3D, and much more detailed, play this game on a top end PC with all the graphics options turned up full, and you are in for some serious eye candy. The Enemy AI of the Stormtroopers you encounter in the first level is not particularlly 'Intelligent', but they're not know for they're intelligence, so I suppose thats how it's meant to be. Come across an Imperial officer though, then his Marksman ship is greatly improved from that of the Stormtrooper, and its time to duck and pop off a few shots from behind cover. Stormtroopers crack off houmorless one liners as they try hard to kill you, and you can even smell the arrogance of Imperial Officers when they snipe words at you. Makes...

THE GOOD:
-addictive
-multiplayer
-lightsabers
-screams
-humungo levels

THE BAD:
-single player puzzles are sometime too hard
-humungo levels
-not that it matters but my graphics card is not up to it (Hint, Hint, GET A GOOD GRAPHICS CARD)

SUMMARY:
this game is one of the best i ever played. everything about it is mostly good. i especially enjoyed toying with the stormtroopers before putting them out of thier misery, for example, if i see a lone stormtrooper i would use force pull to pull him towards me then push him back with force push. then ill use force choke and choke until he is at the edge of death then finish him off with my lighsaber. speaking of lightsabers they are da bomb! master all of the different salshes and you will be invincible! mutiplayer keeps you busy when your frustrated at the sp mode puzzles. that brings me up to the games weak points. if you like exploring, the games huge levels are a...

THE GOOD:
the good old lightsaber
the multiplayer

THE BAD:
enemies die a little too easy
can complete the game too quickly

SUMMARY:
This game is good, but it took me 4 hours to complete so its not really the longest game i've ever played. But if you're a star wars fan i'd suggest you buy it. The multiplayer is dam good though. If you don't buy it it's definately worth renting.

THE GOOD:

• Good graphics.
• Allows flexibility in many different game settings to suit individual player needs, including CTF, CTY, FFA, and Jedi master modes.
• A wide array of weapons, each with obvious pros and cons suited for different situations.
• The ability to expand the game is endless in terms of new maps, mods, and characters.
• Single player scenario has a fairly good plot, though somewhat predictable at times.
• Game allows enough flexibility to accomodate your standard Quake engine player, yet also adds the new dimension of saber battles and duels.
• Addition of force powers adds a new side to combat that players can master (light and dark side), which closely follows resembles some of the jedi tricks casted in the movie series.
• Visual as well as audio emotes unique to each character.
• Easy access in downloading additional patches that fix many...

THE GOOD:
Good graphics, and the lightsaber kicks ass. Pretty challenging.

THE BAD:
The game can get boring after you've finished the whole thing.

SUMMARY:
This game is the best of the Jedi Knight series. You play Kyle Katarn, a 'retired' Jedi knight. Though the plot may be interesting, it is only around the mid-game and near the ending when the game is at its best, mainly because you can get into real lightsaber fights. Though it may be pretty unrealistic to slash your opponents so many times and they're still not dead, the graphics make up for it. You'll definitely want to get this one.

THE GOOD:
great game + force grip + multiplayer

THE BAD:
needs force power selection (like on Star Wars Jedi Knight II: dark forces)

SUMMARY:
great wepons from lightsaber to stormtrooper rifle

the force powers are kool from force grip to force push.

there are also some kool mods to download.

buy it now it worth the money

(the guy you play as looks like my head of year)

THE GOOD:
Great Game. Includes alot about Star Wars from the movies.

THE BAD:
Takes alot out of system. Needs Cable or better to play online.

SUMMARY:
This game includes alot from the movies, then branches off and includes it's own stuff.

Single-Player
This part of the game is quite difficult until you get the hang of it. After you finish this, you might as well play the multi-player part. I would not bother with this part, I just went to the multi-player.

Multi-Player
This part is alot more difficult than the single-player. With the single, all you have to deal with is the AI, with multi, you have to deal with real people. The game seems to be just fine in multi mode. There has been no hacking to be seen yet. Very few bugs that have been corrected.

The maps are something to be desired. They have a wide range of them, and people are already starting to create thier own. There are also a wide...

THE GOOD:
about everything. its badass. perfect skin/model downloads, long game, hard but fun puzzles...and lightsabers

THE BAD:
the only bad thing is i dont have a good video card

SUMMARY:
its very cool. best star wars game imo. all the good force powers,cool saber colors, cool weapons...everything. huge levels. but be sure to have a GEforce 3 or somethin like that when playing...

THE GOOD:
based on the quake 3 engine so it has very good graphics. lightsabers are sweet. great dueling. force powers are great and the sides are well balacned.

THE BAD:
the only problem with the game is that the single player has some very puzzling puzzles. but when your done you think that was so easy how could i miss it?

SUMMARY:
very good game. bs and dfa are nearly impossible to block and add one hit kills. there is dismemberment and all that good stuff. single player is limited but the multiplayer is great and tons of replayablity. lots of fun games types including: Free for all, tem free for all, holocron FFA, capture the flag, capture the ysalamiri, duel, and jedi master. great game i recomend it to anyone who likes twitchy games or star wars.