Instead of seamlessly moving from level to level in this game you are allowed to pick what mission you want to play. This is a mission based game which is a structure that I’ve never liked. Hunting down cult members on Tatooine felt like I was in the movie, the look, the music the sound effects and of course the cameos from The Original Trilogy characters really hit me in the feels. Raven Software really captured the feel of the original trilogy with the title. Pretty easy and it makes it simple to Force push or Force lightening some unsuspecting cult member. I like how the Force powers are done, you press the d-pad and can chose what Force power you want, to activate them you press the left thumbstick down. When you’re not using your Lightsaber you will be thrust into FPS mode which plays like a dream if you’ve played any FPS in the past fifteen years you’ll master this game immediately. ![]() During your missions you will see things to interact with, whether that be doors or barrels that will replenish your health, ammo and shields you will have to press Y. When you need to jump, which is A LOT, press A oddly enough there is a lot of platforming in this game. When you first start out you are only armed with a Lightsaber, which is brandished by the Right Trigger, you can also throw the Lightsaber with the Left Trigger however throwing it reduces your Force meter. ( Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy – LucasArts)įor an older title that includes Force powers, I really dug the controls they were almost as good Knights of the Old Republic. What is sweet about these missions you get to pick is that you get to travel to mainstays of the series and meet fan favorite characters now and then, all while destroying a cult. Seeing as you have little concept of the Force and are only in training Luke thinks its a good idea that you follow Kyle Katarn into these missions to root out the Cult. As you progress through the tutorial mission you find out from the man himself, Luke Skywalker, that a Sith Cult called the D isciples of Ragnos. At first everyone thinks that it was just mechanical failure until you reach the Temple, where a band of marauders are causing havoc and fighting the other Jedi students. You start the game in a ship headed towards one of the first Jedi Temples when suddenly the ship goes down. I never even passed the first mission in my youth, Xbox Live released the game as a free title in February and I’ve been successfully playing my way through the campaign and being all that I can be as a Jedi. I’ve had the Xbox version for a very long time, but in the early 2000’s I was a really crappy gamer. The Jedi Outcast games were some of the better games that were being released, and the OG Xbox and GameCube were privy to having Star Wars: Jedi Knight – Jedi Academy released on the systems. Visiting so many worlds is a treat as well.There once was a time when Star Wars games were prevalent and shipped out complete, this was the early 2000’s when the Prequel Trilogy was dividing the fanbase and before EA was shipping out hot, unfinished garbage! That fanbase, however, could agree that the games LucasArts was pumping out were pretty damn good, this one being a Raven Software developed title. ![]() It is an easy (save for that mission where I have a heart attack every time because of this big sand slug!) game overall, but it isn’t a complete no brainer either. I like new characters and other eras of the Star Wars timeline, but the quip and exchange with famous characters was pretty awesome. The gameplay is very intuitive in it and the lightsaber design, including in combat, is among the most gorgeous I have seen in all Star Wars games.Īnother thing I loved was the interaction with well known characters from the universe, from Chewbacca to Luke Skywalker to Kyle Katarn. I had a blast going through the (easy) training and the missions. I didn’t remember how the colors were so gorgeous in the game. ![]() This Star Wars game series remains a favorite after all this time.Īs always I played a female Jaden Korr. One of them was Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy. In Fall 2014, I started revisiting old games I hadn’t played in many years.
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