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Wow!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: April 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I just finished beating Jedi Outcast a couple days ago and I'm ready to play it again at Jedi Master level! The graphics are great, the storyline kicks [buttox], and your arsenal of weapons and force powers are outstanding! LucasArts/Raven has done an excellent job with the force powers and lightsaber maneuvers, not to mention the flips in the air and the walk-on-the-wall trick. There is so much thought that was put into this game it's incredible. I'm usually the one who buys a game and makes copies for friends but not this time. I told all my friends to buy a copy since it was so awesome. Even if you are not a Star Wars fan, you will definitely enjoy the game and be in awe because of it. Those of you who think the graphics aren't the best doesn't make the game worse. The most important part of a game is the gameplay and the storyline. Max Payne has incredible graphics, but I was bored after a couple days of game play. Games like Deus Ex and the Jedi Knight series, well, I could play them forever.

Great Game! Super Addictive!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: May 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I just got this game! The Graphics are pretty good. They aren't Max Payne level of Graphics, but they are certainly better than Quake3 which is the graphics engine this game uses. The Developers definitely took great advantage of the Quake3 engine with this game!

The Game play is fun with plenty of action. The E11 blaster is not very accurate, but adds to the challenge, becuase the storm troopers' are really stupid! They are smart enough to try and surround you but too stupid to react to you shooting them until they see you! lol! No wonder Luke Skywalker and Han Solo always made mince meat of them! They're bumble heads! The other game enemies however do put up a better challenge. Thankfully it seems that their weapons aren't much more accurate than yours!

The secret area's aren't to hard to find but if you rush through a level you'll miss them. It makes for a good balance..not impossible to find them if you take your time, but it keeps the replay value high! And you'll need the replay value, if you are like me and die a lot and always forget to save! I haven't even gotten my Light Saber yet, but I'm still addicted! I can't wait for the light Saber!

The sound is excellent as well. The soundtrack is straight from the films, and all the weopons and characters sound just how they should! The Sound completely makes you feel like your in a star wars movie!

Go Buy this game, you won't regret it! If you love star wars, this is a must buy. If you don't love star wars, but love a great first person shooter with an actual storyline! Go get this game! The Single Player game is completely fun and addictive! I haven't even played this online yet! I'm so addicted to the single player part right now, I haven't even tried the multiplayer, and I have broadband and play Unreal, Quake3, and Counter Strike all the time. Infact this game has caused me to go a week with out any Counter Strike! That's a new record for me! GET THIS GAME!

Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

One word.
Awesome.
If you are like me and have grown up watching the Star Wars Trillogy and frequently fantasized as a kid that you had the powers of the force and a light saber, this game will fulfill every dream you had as a child Luke Skywalker wanna-be.
The graphics are great and the sound is amazing, including the music score (much of which is original star wars movie music)

I would definitely sugguest a good sound system or headphones while playing to really appreciate the realistic envirionment.

Best Star Wars game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I waited almost 5 years from the release of the original Jedi Knight to play this game, and I must say I am quite pleased with LucasArts and Raven Software's new game Jedi Outcast.

Pluses: Great single player storyline, use of lightsaber and Force powers to thwart enemies, replayability is good. Graphical environment is stunning and sound design is awesome. Thriving multiplayer community - you can download maps, skins and other enhancements to the game (for instance, a Darth Vader, Aurra Sing or Darth Maul skin and play online as the character)

Minuses: needs a really high end system to make it run well, some irritating bugs in multiplayer (such as Dark side powers dominating games) and in single player (can't kill enemies when shooting at point blank range), inexplicable lockups especially with Athlon PCs and NVIDIA cards. Also, multiplayer is a little uninspiring, though you can try Force and Saber only matches or one on one duels for variety.

Fortunately at least one patch has been released so far to fix certain issues.

Return with a Vengence

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a bit presumptive of me, I've only spent a scant five hours playing around with JK2, but I feel comfortable giving it 5 stars and have faith the game will justify me.

Activision has teamed with premier developer Raven to give customers one of the best themed FPS's in a long time. Raven, you may recall, made a huge splash on the scene a couple years ago with the graphic (and gory) Soldier of Fortune. The graphics were top of the line and the innovations SoF brought to first person shooters was truly invigorating. Now they've had the opportunity to dabble in one of the most lucrative (and loyal) franchises around, and they've delivered a great product. We're back to the original Star Wars setting, post Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, when things are dark and dreary (not bright and chipper as in Episode I).

This game really pulls you in, right from the very beginning. (I'm assuming you've got an idea of the plot, surely it's been written about a dozen times--trust me, it's good!) A connection is quickly established to the previous games, and you feel like you're picking up right were you left off. At the same time, novices to the Jedi Knight games won't feel too left out, as the plot takes enough time to develop and build that you learn everything you need to know as the game progresses.

The combat starts out light and easy, and steadily progresses into something more difficult and challenging, keeping you on your toes. The levels are extremely well designed, and although they're a bit more "puzzle" oriented than I usually care for, I enjoyed the exploration all the same. So far, it isn't quite the "thinking man's" shooter that Deus Ex and Hitman were, but it doesn't try to be. Health, shield and weapon recharges are perfectly placed, and I've been so close to death so many times when I found "just what I need" at the last possible minute, building a superb amount of suspense and tension.

On the technical side... Wow. The graphics are great. Rich texturing and beautiful lighting effects. There have been a couple times so far that as a cutscene begins, I forget that they're drawn with the in-game engine, and not pre-rendered. Just very nicely done. Sound is equally superb, though you may want to turn your subwoofer up a bit more than normal as the sound editors seemed to go a bit light on the bass.

On the downside, while the installation went smoothly, I spent a solid 1.5 hours banging away at technical problems before I was able to actually play the game without worrying about a system lock-up occurring every ten minutes. Presently, I've had to turn the in-game graphics far below where Raven says my system ought to be able to handle them. As always, make sure you have the latest drivers, with one exception: Nvidia graphics card users should use Detonator 23.11 drivers... I've ordered another 256 meg of RAM, and I'm hoping that'll fix my problems. Common problems reported on the LucasArts Forums include random freezing of the OS (cause unknown), corrupted graphics when using volumetric shadows (related to Nvidia drivers), and long load times purported due to have your graphics turned up too high. Despite these technical difficulties, the game rocks and I'm more than willing to suffer through the random freezes... just remember to save often and frequently!

Trust me... buy it! You'll love it!

Reviewer's System Specs:
Athlon 1.4 w/ 256 megs of PC2100 DDR Ram
VisionTek GeForce 3
Soundblaster Audigy Gamer

Great Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: August 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a GREAT game. I highly recomend it. It's very challenging, and you'll be playing it for hours. I was hooked. It has a great story to it, even if your not a star Wars fan. I recomend you get this game NOW!

Great, but tough

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game *will* having you looking on the net for a cheat codes unless your a hardcode gamer, maybe even then. Even on the lowest difficulty setting you'll find yourself getting beat up pretty bad at times. As mentioned in other reviews you go the first two levels without your lightsaber or jedi forces, after that you get to do some neat things with the lightsaber and your jedi powers. One of the funniest things you can do is sneak up on a sniper near a ledge and force-push him over the side, yes thats silly, but it makes me laugh, what can I tell ya, I'm easily amused.

This is the best game based in the star wars universe so far, if your a dork like me you'll enjoy this one.

Not your daddy's FPS

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I won't lie, this game is complex, tough, and after awhile, not very fun.

But you can't stop.

Its complex and difficult for exactly the reasons you love in a game: There's so much you can do!

Combat-wise that is. Especially with a lightsaber. Between three fighting styles and various moves there, Force powers, high and low attacks, lightsaber dueling couldn't be more realistic. Even with just normal weapons, the complexity remains. This is not a game where you simply grab the big gun and run screaming through the levels like a madman killing everything in sight. Do that, you'll last around maybe the first corner. The enemy AI is intense. You'll find yourself flanked, outmaneuvered, and so on. I'm in the Marine reserves, I was surprised to see Stortroopers advancing in squad rushes against me.

Simply put, the game requires something I don't think any other FPS out there requires: finesse. Especially in multiplayer. In a lot of ways, that takes the fun out of it, especially starting out. You can't expect the computer to just huddle all the bad guys together like in other games, or simply stand blindly by while you snipe everyone. Head shots don't always kill, the troopers have armor after all.

All in all, an amazing game, one that takes a great amount of skill and time to master.

And you get a lightsaber.

Incredible Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is an absolutely wonderful game. I've played it over and over again, and never got bored.

You get to use the powers of the force to defeat many villains and increase your abilities. Eventually if you get good enough, you can take on large numbers of storm troopers with ease.

The lightsaber battles are incredible. You feel like a real Jedi Knight. You get the chance to fire the guns of a starship, and to go into battle in an AT-ST, which is a lot of fun. There's also a time to act with stealth.

This is one of those games that really strikes the right balance of combat, puzzles, graphics, and story.

I recommend it highly!

A couple of shortcomings, but very worth it

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

There are several things that grabbed me about this game. First was the demo. Without it, I would probably not have considered buying this game. I remember not liking the original Dark Forces. Running around hacking Stormtroopers to bits with a lightsaber was very enjoyable, so the purchase was made. (By the way, the Demo is a level not in the game itself)

After playing around with the demo and the lightsaber, I got annoyed at the switch from third person to first person when changing to a blaster. This can be easily rectified using the 'p' key. There are some really neat acrobatics that look like they can only be done in 3rd person. Aiming with a blaster in 3rd person can be a bit of a pain, so the ability to switch gets a major thumbs up.
Those acrobatic jumps have to be done 'just right'. It's far too easy to try to jump to a ledge and bounce off a wall, or skid too far and plunge to your death.
Many of the 'secret' areas are accessable only though these jumps. The only thing you get at these areas are some shields, or ammo, so if you're stocked up, it's not worth going to them. There are no 'hey, cool!' aspects to them. I guess I expected more after the Marathon days when secrets meant more story depth.

The 'auto block' feature of the lightsaber was great, as far less time is spent dodging blaster fire, and you can concentrate more on wasting some enemies.

As far as bugs go, I've only noticed two. Loading a checkpoint will sometimes crash the game. This can be annoying when you die, and then go back to reload, only to have to load a save farther back than a checkpoint. The other is minor, as the load dialogue has a limit and doesn't list all of your saves. Deleting an old save will show your new saves.

The force powers are really neat. Push, Pull, Mind Trick. Push is great when you see enemies standing on a ledge (hee, hee). When I saw the force lightning pop up on my powers list I thought "Oh yeah!" I spent far too much time choking and force lightning stormtroopers once those abilities got to level 3.

Voice acting is reasonable. Billy Dee Williams does the voice of Lando! The voice of Luke bothered me, but I'm not exactly sure why. I noticed a few times in the game where the soft voice of Kyle didn't carry well, or didn't seem to fit the mood.

Sure there are a few shortcomings, but you get to play with a lightsaber. You get to kill Stormtroopers, You get to play with a lightsaber! (did I mention the lightsaber yet?)

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