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The Force Is With Us!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: September 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

"Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast" is easily one of the best games I have ever played for the PC. A First/Third Person shooter that takes it to a whole new level. With a generous array of weapons and of course, the Lightsaber, along with a bunch of Jedi powers (e.g. push, pull, mind trick, jump etc.) this game really brings new life to the action/adventure genre.

Gameplay: The gameplay is fun and easy. Although there are several keys to learn for all the jedi powers and inventory items, you can pick it up quickly as the keys are assigned in an easy to learn fashion. It is extremely fun to blast or hack at your enemies with the various guns and lightsaber.

Graphics: The graphics are top drawer. Really coming through smooth and deep. The textures are amazing and the lighting effects are outstanding as well. There are also some great cinematic sequences when you die a certain way, or when you kill someone else a certain way. I have all the settings up high and the game runs flawlessly. (I have a HP AMD 1.4, 512 SDram and a geforce2 32mg DDR graphics card)

Overall: This game is awesome. Hands down. The gameplay is easy and fun, the graphics are outstanding and the audio is great too. But be Warned: THIS GAME IS HARD. Very hard. And I'm playing it on easy!! Though this is good, to insure more gameplay and a more interesting challenge. There are a lot of puzzles in this game which are also pretty hard, but you'll get the hang of it once you do a few.

I have not tried the multiplayer yet, so I can't comment on that. But if you're a fan of action/adventure games, I HIGHLY recommend JEDI OUTCAST. One of the best games I've ever played. May the force be with you.

Let's travel back in time...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: August 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

...to when Lucasarts was a good company. Today, Lucasarts is nothing but a greedy company that cares nothing about its customers, and I can't same I'm impressed with George Lucas these days either.

But anyway, when Jedi Outcast hit stores Lucasarts was the best gaming company in existance. They had a NICE CEO, unlike the one they have now. One who actually CARED about us gamers.

I'm sorry, I'm really ranting here.

In Jedi Outcast, the 2nd best game in history second only to KOTOR, you play an ex-Jedi named Kyle Katarn. The story takes place about 10 years or so after Return of the Jedi and Kyle Katarn (you) have given up your lightsaber and Force powers in fear of falling to the Dark Side. But the Republic needs you, so you must train to become a Jedi again and face your destiny.

There are many interesting and cool characters in the game, like the fat Rodian garbage collector Reelo Baruk and your companion Jan Ors. Not to mention the master of the Sith Desann and his apprentice Tavion.

Also, the multiplayer mode is FANTASTIC!!! The only problem is, no one is ever playing. I play by myself with AI bots and its still really fun!!! You can be stormtroopers with lightsabers!!!

The single player is amazing, too. The storyline is somewhat confusing but interesting all the same. The graphics are pretty impressive for a 2002 game and the combat system is nicely done. I love slashing the arms of of stormtroopers. What fun.

Yes, its true you only use a blue single-bladed lightsaber in the game. BUT NEVER FEAR. I have discovered a cheat to change your blade color:

First, hold SHIFT and hit ` located to the left of the 1 key. This will bring up the console. Type "devmapall" (no quotes) and hit enter. Next type "sabercolor x" where X is what color your saber can be. Here are the colors: orange, yellow, red, blue, green, and purple.

Enjoy that one!

While cheating, always do "devmapall" first. It enables the cheats.

My all-time favorite cheat is "g_saberrealisticcombat 3" I won't tell you what it does. Find out for yourself by killing an enemy. But its funny. (Don't worry it doesn't crash the game I wouldn't do that to you)

I first discovered the wonders of Outcast when I played it at my cousins house. We sat there for hours having fun and screwing with the cheats.

And that's also really cool: cheating does not mess up the game in any way, shape, or form unlike many other games. In other games, you cheat, it has a price. Usually an expensive one. In Outcast, you cheat, its FREE!!!

There is one problem I have with this game and that is the glitches. There aren't many that affect gameplay but sometimes the walls are flashing and it gets sorta annoying. My cousin who has beaten the game at least 10 times has discovered many glitches, including a room where Tavion is standing and you can walk through her, a room filled with lights contained three floating AT-STs, and even a room with mountains painted on the ceiling (I actually found the last one). But its kind of fun, discovering these weird rooms. There are quite a lot of them!

Wow, just writing this makes me want to play the game! I'm gonna go play it!

I remember when Outcast was $49.99. Now, the price has gone down $40.00!! NOWS YOUR CHANCE!!! BUY THIS GAME!!!

An underrated Star Wars game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: September 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast. The third game in the Star Wars Dark Forces series.

INTRODUCTION:
I've pretty much always been a fan of Star Wars, and as you may have guessed, I'm a fan of many of the games based on the series. Although Star Wars games are often hit and miss, when one succeeds, it usually succeeds beautifully. One of the most interesting ideas for a Star Wars game was Dark Forces, released for the Playstation One and the PC. Although the game itself was horrendous, with a terribly-choppy framerate and very poor level design, it was something the world had never seen before - a Star Wars first-person shooter. The sequel, Jedi Knight, cleaned up a lot of the problems, and added in some new innovations. And now the third game in the series, Jedi Outcast, has arrived. Like previous games in this sub-series, it has gotten a multi-console release. Read on to see how it fares!

OVERVIEW:
Jedi Outcast is a Star Wars first-person shooter. The game has a one-player quest, as well as several different multiplayer modes.

REVIEW:
To put it simply, this game is everything the original Dark Forces should have been. While not perfect, this game is a huge improvement over its predecessors. Once again you play the role of Kyle Katarn, the agent from the other Dark Forces titles. The second Death Star has been destroyed, but many Imperial forces still fight on, so it's up to you to infiltrate their hideouts and exterminate them. The graphics are, for the most part, solid. I was impressed at how good they are for this kind of game. Nothing state-of-the-art, but they're still pretty damn good. Control has also been given an overhaul and rightfully so, since this game lets you use force powers and wield a lightsaber. The single-player mode is extremely entertaining, and the fact that the game offers multiplayer options only adds to the overall value of the package. And you can save whenever you want to in the single-player mode! But, of course, the game isn't perfect. Like earlier Dark Forces games, the level design just is not that good. Too many areas look alike, and there are too many instant death spots that are just too easy to fall into. Likewise, in many cases your objectives are unclear, and some of the puzzles are a pain - I don't know about you, but I buy first-person shooters to shoot people, not solve puzzles! Because of the imbalanced puzzles and often poor level design, it took me over an hour just to beat the first level! Another huge problem is availability. Lack of custom control configuration also plagues the game. This is a huge problem, since the game's limited control selections will often clash with what you're used to for this sort of game. This game wasn't released on the Gamecube in very high quanitites, so you're gonna have to shell out the full new price just to get a USED copy - and in my mind, it's NOT worth that price. Sad but true. I do recommend this game to Star Wars fans, just be warned that it's not perfect, and it's hard to get a copy.

EDITION NOTES:
This is a good game, but for some strange reason it just wasn't available on the Gamecube for very long. Because of this, even USED copies fetch close to the original new retail price. This is extremely annoying for people like me who want to get every Star Wars game. Still, you should hunt it down if you're into this sort of thing.

OVERALL:
Overall this is the best game in the Dark Forces sub-series thusfar. Where the game succeeds, it succeeds beautifully. I am impressed with the game, it's just a shame the Gamecube version was not made readily available to all would-be players. I strongly recommend this game if you can get a hold of it - I doubt it will disappoint any Star Wars fan.

A force to be reckoned with...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: May 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Ingredients:

30 years of film culture
Big shiny laser swords
Mix thoroughly

Avid fans of Mr Kyle Katarn will have been charting his progress for a few years now, in his ongoing quest to shoot stormtroopers and avoid being crushed in big imperial crushing devices. To bring the newbies up to speed, you play as ex-imperial agent Katarn, fighting your way through assorted Star Wars themed worlds and locations. Initially a smuggler and spy, Kyle takes up the path of the Jedi, batttling dark Jedi and swamp beasties, and generally having a good time.

In this latest (and greatest) chapter, we join Kyle in another bout of sci-fi intrigue, a spot of platform hopping, lots of shooting and some rather nifty lightsaber duels. Kyle needs to relearn the Jedi skills he apparently turned his back on at the end of this games's prequel, Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2, all on his way to another 'save the universe' confrontation with some naughty Jedi.

So, on to the game. Playing in either first of third-person, Kyle explores the SW univererse, hitting switches, solving puzzles, sneaking past lazy stormtrooper sentries, and a lot of other things we've come to know and love in 3D shooters. Where this game becomes unique is in the application of Kyle's Jedi force powers, which you gain as you delve deeper into the game. Fans of the movies will recognise several of them...Force jump, speed, pull and push (to throw enemies around, or tug the weapons from their hands) lighting ("and now young Skywalker, you will die!") plus a few new ones invented for the game. Often you will have to use your powers in specific ways to solve puzzles or bypass obstcales, but you are also free to apply them to other game situations, meaning that there's often multiple ways to defeat traps and enemies. Why fight that squad of troopers when you could use Force Persuasion to sneak invisibly past them? Surrounded? Push your foe off of cliffs or into walls; choke them with your Grip powers, hurle you lightsaber, boomerang style...use your force speed to slow everything down, matrix style, and vault over them, saber flashing.

The graphics are top notch, and true to the visual themes and styles of the movies. Likewise the sound, from the blaster fire to the glorius 'vwhoooom' of your lightsaber is as close to playing the movies as you can get. The saber combat is brilliantly realised, and you'll get lots of practise squaring off against evil Jedi. You can fight using three different saber stances, enabling you to perfom lots of different and deadly moves...combine this with your force skills, and you'll feel like one badass Jedi by the time you're done.

On top of this already stunning single player game, the online multiplayer allows you to take your skills to the net, and engage in team battles, one-on-one saber duels and lots more.
All of this is wrapped up in Lucas Arts famously lavish presentation, with plenty of cut-scenes, crisp menus and loving fan art.

May this game be with you.

"Mom please let me beat up the sith"!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is very fun. And you can have Ronald Mcdonald, the LOTR characters and some of the Simpsons right on Jedi Outcast! Here's how you do it: 1. go to jk2files.com 2. on the bottom left look for the word skins or models (it has to be under Jedi Knight 2.) 3. Look for the skin that's right for you. 4. Download it. 5. go to Computer which is at the start button 6. go to Hardware and then look for the Program files 7. go to lucasarts folder 8. go to jedi outcast folder and then to game data 9. go to base and extract your downloaded skin 10. take the file that was in the folder and place it at base. Run jedi outcast multiplayer, you should see the new skin (same thing works with maps.) I hope you get info on this and thank you for reviewing. Remember I play Jedi Outcast online.

whoever wrote "unbelivable" is stupid

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 16
Date: June 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

First off, this game won't be relesed for almost a year, so ever wrote "unbelievable" is making a lots of stuff up. By the time this game is released, this game may be way behind the pack, or way ahead; no one knows because it is almost a year from now. Don't listen to him. Besides, who would beleive "some guy from Bonerland"?

To the guy who hates jedi knight

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 22
Date: January 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

You have the magazine with the review, that automatically makes you an authority on games? Sure, the Quake III engine is far from perfect, but when did games become only about the graphics? It's all about story, characters and GAMEPLAY!!! Graphics are secondary, they should only be used to enhance gameplay.

I, for one am looking forward to the release of Jedi Outcast. I hope it's as good as Jedi Knight. If it is, we've got another hit on our hands.

JK2JO

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: November 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is okay. There are some cool things and some things that suck. The story is that you're a new republic mercenary and you and your girlfriend are going to investigate this imperial outpost that appears to be abandoned. From here the plot develops. Now, down to the game.

Pros

OK Graphics
Some hilarious physics (you can open some airlocks and set 20 stormtroopers flying out into space hehehehe)
Cool force powers
A nice amount of weapons
Cool multiplayer mode with tons of maps and bots
Nice cutscenes
Stormtroopers and officers talk casually about really funny things
Low system requirements
Medium size levels (plenty of them too, there are 25 in all)

Cons

The shadows are crappy
Some really confusing puzzles
Unrealistic payload
Useless texturing
You are way to strong
First level is hard even on easy mode
When you have 17 players playing on multiplayer it can get pretty jerky
Many missions where you have keep other goodguys alive (AARGH!)
Mushy scenes with your girlfriend

Verdict

All in all this is a pretty good game. The levels are fun and big. The enemies are plenty (the more the merrier). LucasArts could have down a better job with the graphics and the puzzles are to hard the first time. However, multiplayer is a hugely reedeeming quality. Also, here at amazon, the price is great. You are getting a lot of bang for your buck.

(Insert corny Star Wars pun here)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: May 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

My firend bought this game two weeks ago. As his computer was in the shop for upgrades, he came over to my place to use my computer.
We chose to put the game on my laptop because my sister was on the desktop at the time.
What we installed on my laptop was a really, really top-notch Star Wars game that completely lives up to previous titles.
The graphics are smooth and stable (even on my 16mb Mobile Radeon pushed through a P3 866, 256mb RAM), including cut scenes. Sound is very good and conveys the magic of the Star Wars universe perfectly (Lucas Arts got the swooshing sound of the light saber and the chatter between Storm Troopers dead accurate.)
Gameplay does a good job of combining shooting with solving puzzles and trying not to get yourself killed. Game design is downright genious at times. The solution to a puzzle can be right smack in front of my face, and I won't see it. I'll take 1/2 an hour to find it, and when I do, that "D'oh!" feeling of discovery is GREAT.

So far (I have yet to actually finish the game- I've been working on American McGee's Alice) the story line is pretty good, although further explination of some plot themes for the people (like me) who never saw the kiddy fest that was Star Wars: Episode I would be nice.
My two chief complaints are (as with a LOT of ames) there's no SKIP button for the FMV sequences, ( <---- NOTE TO DEVELOPERS READING REVIEWS OF THEIR NEW PRODUCT- THIS IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA. PLEASE USE IT IN THE FUTURE!) and the long-ish load times.
All in all, this a great game, faithful to the series.

I don't know how they did it, but Amazon.com's got this game for a lot less than you'll find if for at brick-and-mortar stores, so I strongly suggest you buy from them.

Dittos to the Above

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: October 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I too had great fun with the PC version. The only low-score I give it is in the cut-scenes, they are very poor. However, I hear they improved it on the Mac version.
The reason I give it 4 stars instead of 5 is I wish I could have stolen a TIE fighter or do some kind of piloting. I also wish that I could have gone through the game with 2 or 3 other players-- Minor qualms.
You will find yourself spending more time just looking around at all the beautiful "Star Wars-esque" locations. All levels are excellent, except for the mining area, which is very poor.
I cannot say enough how fun the game becomes once you get your lightsaber, that is the most excellent weapon in your arsenal!

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