Best Jedi Game Ever? - Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Retrospective

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@bowiesensei5574 3 ай бұрын

Legends canon will always be my canon. Kyle katarn, mara jade, and corran horn are goated

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

100% we all know what the real canon is

@TreyStation64 Ай бұрын

It's my canon too. I only like a very few things from Disney, but it's 98% Legends canon for me.

@GreenBlueWalkthrough 20 күн бұрын

I mean to be fair the over all EU story was done long before Disney buaght canon and arcived the EU locking in it's state... Which let's be honest is a worse mess that was built over dacades and an insane amount of media and talent to become the masterpoiece iut is today... Canon has not had that luxury as before Disney it was just the movies the Clone wars CGI show and maybe the tie iin novels and thats it... It's better now but still it has along way to catch up to the EU... Which Goerge Lucsa and Now his successor dave falonia never wanted to give up Star wars to guys while talented were not in the know and were all very disconcetd... So pretty much they didn't want star wars canon to become pay to win... and have anyone with a liscne which was because of the EU agreement never hard or expoenisive to get... So yeah given alot of star wars fans mostly just EU fans now hate it when canon conrfflicts with the EU even back in the empire strikes back days even though it was mostly headcanon back then... So yeah if people hate what Disney has allowed the EU was far worse and had louder discourse then now adays even... So yeah it;s ok that the EU is your Star wars and being a complete telling of star wars it's great to ezsist... Also Disney didn't arcive all EU... The old republic games have been completely untouched by Disney and have been contoured being developed like Disney never buaght star wars... So it's in a grey canon state... It's klikly best left in as somekind of in lore highly dispouted history they do need to be given the nature of the games plots... Also it;s nice to have the EU still around even if it';s a bridge between canon and the EU...

@GreenBlueWalkthrough 20 күн бұрын

@@BBQBARNES-GAMING Goerge Lucas/Dave Faloni canon ofcorse!

@Esty568 7 күн бұрын

I grew up with this game. What I really loved was it’s moding community. They added a lot of extra to the character creator, raising replayability significatly. I mean… I could play as Grievous or Darth Maul as the main character! It is such a crime Disney destroyed this timeline. This was the Academy and Master Luke Skywalker I loved.

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 6 күн бұрын

I keep saying the sequels should have been Kyles story. Just imagine the movies playing through him defecting from the imperials and learning he has the forces then facing Jarec, Then going though him falling to the darkside before separating himself from the force and his return to the light in Outcast. Academies story could be one of the separate movies like SOLO lol Could have been amazing

@Esty568 6 күн бұрын

@ I feel we have a sliver of hope for old characters, since Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau are clearly trying to find a loophole around Disney’s craziness and find a way for the old stories to somehow fit into this new timeline, but Disney is holding them back purposefully.

@BrianBadBass 4 ай бұрын

As a kid I played this game so much more than Outcast (mainly because I couldn't figure out most of the puzzles). Looking back, outcast had a FAR better story, but Academy is still insanely fun to play. Great video!

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 4 ай бұрын

Pretty much the same here lol had to have my dad beat nar shadaa for me back in the day lol Both games still hold up extremely well now though

@BrianBadBass 4 ай бұрын

@BBQBARNES-GAMING I might have to play through them again after your videos!

@overtherenowaitthere 7 күн бұрын

maybe he was about to sneeze

@JuilanXAnime3188 4 күн бұрын

True but honestly still makes no sense why they called it part 2? when the game is a prequel to Academy and with dark forces taking place before that aka the Jedi knight trilogy Anyway Still 1000% way better then the Disney crap trilogy that cooperate mouse 🐭 replaced it with to me Jedi knight series is my sequel canon yeah SUE ME.

@MSPilotCrexote 3 күн бұрын

Bought it for switch. Servers still running

@ThommyofThenn 4 ай бұрын

"Don't worry, you didn't(offend)! I've been offended by professionals." What a quote. I love it when Jedi are that dry

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 4 ай бұрын

dry humor is the best humor

@edmo1450 4 ай бұрын

kyle is technically a grey jedi. just not in name. so yea, hes basically badass

@seawind930 6 күн бұрын

@@edmo1450 He gets married so he's straight

@starlighter93 Күн бұрын

What does it mean though? As a non-native speaker I'm not entirely sure.

@IceGavel 3 ай бұрын

So, a fun little piece of retcon fact that I always liked (once I heard of it), having grown up on Jedi Academy similarly to you: In Strongholds of Resistance, an expansion module for the Star Wars: Age of Rebellion TTRPG that came out in 2015, the Jedi in the Chandrila Tomb was given an identity. Specifically, it is the Tomb of the Third Barsen'thor of the Jedi Order... otherwise known as the _Jedi Consular player character_ from Star Wars: The Old Republic. As a fan of both JA and SWTOR, I've always liked that little lore tie-in, and I always bid Master Fortech (my Barsen'thor) a fond farewell when I come back to Chandrila.

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

wow that's pretty cool! Explains why it so expansive and awe inspiring

@Phoenix_KDE 3 ай бұрын

This series was so underrated and the lightsaber based gameplay was ahead of its time and has yet to be rivaled even a little

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

The only thing that rival the combat in Academy are Mods for Academy lol the gameplay has really stood the test of time

@nobody2996 3 ай бұрын

I have a vivid memory of the Mutant Rancor level, where me and my friend would spend hours on it trying out different exploits and tactics because other kids on the playground swore that there was a secret level if you got eaten by the Rancor after doing specific things like getting your shield up and readying a grenade.

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

Man those playground rumor's of secret levels were wild back before you could look that stuff up lol

@mexicanjabbawaki9960 3 ай бұрын

I would replay this game for weeks as a child I could quite literally quote the entire game thank you for this work of art ❤

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@mexicanjabbawaki9960 3 ай бұрын

@@BBQBARNES-GAMING what game will you do next?

@THerculez 3 ай бұрын

My favourite Star Wars game ever. I’ve completed this over 100x with all different builds. The online was amazing too!!!! Giant clan wars, sith and Jedi going to war lol

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

It shows how good the game was when people are still online playing it 20 years after it came out

@vaazon 3 ай бұрын

As a kid I loved JA because the level design was more streamlined. I had numerous issues with Jedi Outcast levels to the point I had to use cheats to progress. I appreciated that Luke had more screentime and the immersion was impeccable. Years later I tried multiplayer and Siege mode quickly became my favorite. Then I remember I installed Movie Battles II and just kept replaying this game. Timeless classic.

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

Just downloaded Movie Battles 2 recently and it seems amazing. Never had a chance to play online on these games when it came out so really cool to try some of the stuff now

@DivineAvenger 4 күн бұрын

Hey man! Happy I was recommend this video, I spent so many hours online on the original Xbox playing this game. I was part of a single saber clan and trained like every night with them when I was in high school 🤣 had great strats to face every kind of blade. Was always fun having drama with the dual saber clans. In terms of multiplayer, outcast allowed you to have so many more bots for the offline matches so I used to play hours upon hours of outcast bot matches on GameCube. But the online and improved combat for consoles makes Academy the best. I haven’t played through the story in so long it was great to watch this video and be hit with all the nostalgia. I will go back and watch your outcast video after this, can’t wait! Thank you

@MagpieR6 25 күн бұрын

r2 is called artoo often in novels, its canon same with threepio, ive seen some with c3p0 spelt out

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 22 күн бұрын

I have only just stated realizing that after seeing all the comments saying this. I don't get how I never noticed haha

@jofvenom 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for making a retrospective playthrough of our beloved game. JoF server is waiting for anyone interested in tackling the multiplayer! :)

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

Man i am so happy to see there is still a community for this game out there!

@dav9503-i5u 2 ай бұрын

Hey! years since I played but just tried the JoF server today

@jofvenom 2 ай бұрын

@@dav9503-i5u Welcome back Jedi ;)

@artars94 5 күн бұрын

the lightsaber combat was indeed interesting in jedi Academy,.....right until you discover the crouch+forward+attack combo with either dual sabers or 2bladed saber, after that the game turns into cheesing and slicing through any target

@GoolDany 4 ай бұрын

Wow, what a treat from an algorithm. I watch, or rather listen to a lot of these lengthsy retrospectives while doing chores or commuting, so I have points of comparison, and yours is really well made. I love how much effort you put into the music, exchanging John Williams pieces from JA to the ones from KOTOR almost seamlessly. Tracks are always appropriate for the situation, feels like it is the game's original music. Speaking of, for the next project: why not do Knights of the old Republic? You seem to love the series.

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! I really appreciate it. A few cutscenes had music that couldn't be removed so had to look through the files to finds the proper sound effect to recreate the scenes from scratch. It was little bit of a pain so happy to hear it turned out well. Got to be honest I'm frightened to do KOTOR. It was one of favorite games as a kid and to do it any justice i feel like i would need to make a 8 hour video or more which given how little time I have to work on the channel would take near a 6 months to do haha still Its definitely in the cards and might be something I work on beside some other videos that won't take as long to do

@TheSytak 2 ай бұрын

@@BBQBARNES-GAMING 8 hour video hit me, i had such a pleasure listening to this... played the game so much as a kid

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 2 ай бұрын

@@TheSytak Thanks man appreciate it!

@Viperspider1 12 күн бұрын

At 1:56:01 Rosh's face changes to anger when Kyle says "The best student I've ever trained".. the dark side is still in him.

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 10 күн бұрын

Quick Strike him down!

@lukemarshall1260 2 ай бұрын

That build up to yeeting the Cultist Master *chef kiss*

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 2 ай бұрын

Couldn't help myself haha

@luka17belosevic51 4 ай бұрын

God, this game brings back so many memories… and also, this guys deserves alot more views, great video!

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

@ravenburns6600 4 күн бұрын

I knew you were gunna do that with force grip. lmfao. Love it. @1:39:23

@xriegle 9 күн бұрын

Artoo and threepio are pretty common spellings of the droids’ names. I had always thought it weird too but as I’m older I don’t mind at all

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 6 күн бұрын

Yeah I went and looked back at my books after I saw the comments and I have no idea how I never noticed before haha

@daqueda1577 11 күн бұрын

I love the dark side ending. It feels like the real canon ending, bookending the story by focusing on Kyle and Jaden rather then Jaden and a force ghost.

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 10 күн бұрын

100% plus it sets itself up for a sequel pretty well

@Mannibalector4494 3 ай бұрын

I’ve had this game for as long as it’s been backwards compatible on Xbox one. I never knew you could drive the atst on the prison mission. Now I have to replay it, thank you

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

haha yeah its pretty useless but a nice addition to add in for the hell of it

@victor.pavelescu 3 күн бұрын

Amazing video. I think I will play the game again, thx to your excellent video.

@Snowman79 5 күн бұрын

Loved it when you become Jedi Knight and Unlock lvl 3 basic force powers. There was also a special force jump .. when you activate force speed and force jump right away. You sorta launch like a cool rocket and even make a little slide when you land .. so cool .. What a great game .. still .. while gameplay had few improvements .. Jedi Outcast is my favourite too.

@worm_9912 3 ай бұрын

Love the Kotor music being used

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

Some of the only Star Wars music that doesn't set off the copywrite system. Plus it is just so good and works for almost any kind of cutscene

@worm_9912 3 ай бұрын

@@BBQBARNES-GAMING facts

@МихайлоМатвєєв-у3й 6 күн бұрын

@BBQBARNES-GAMING to be fair. I prefer the kotor music over John Williams scores.

@404nonexistent 9 күн бұрын

Met one of my best friends way back in the early 2000s playing Jedi Academy on Xbox Live. We were masters of our respective saber choices. Man I miss being able to just hop on and chill in the game level lobbies.

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 6 күн бұрын

No game has come close to Academies lightsaber combat. I didn't have LIVE back then but Split screen was a ton of fun

@soapminer7099 8 сағат бұрын

Awesome another channel to binge.

@YourBoiNasti56 3 ай бұрын

having this pop on my feed was the best thing. This made me go reboot my xbox and play the game again

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it! Really was a blast to replay though

@keithincomics6102 3 күн бұрын

I understand why you did it, but still, hearing KOTOR music with this game just fucks with my brain. I have huge amounts of nostalgia for both games.

@Frostwolf_103 4 ай бұрын

These big environmental troopers with stoker guns are no match of Rank 3 Lightning

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

Who is a match for it lol

@emilefoxhall3155 4 ай бұрын

Believe it or not, this was my first game in the series. And personal favorite. 😅

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 4 ай бұрын

Seems to be a lot of peoples first. not a bad one to start with i mean the combat still is the best any game has ever made for jedi

@NoodleCollectors Ай бұрын

Dude, your content is so on point. Randomly clicked one of your videos are still here 3 hours later. 😂

@BBQBARNES-GAMING Ай бұрын

haha Thanks!

@starlighter93 23 сағат бұрын

10:10 I think because Jaden was supposed to be a wish fulfillment for the player they refrained from giving him/her a strong personality so that the players could identify with the character easier. Keeping Jaden's lines more neutral sounding gives an opportunity for the player to decide how he feels about things. Like in the introduction scene you can't really tell what Jaden thinks of Rosh because they didn't want to influence the player in that regard.

@dailylegend Ай бұрын

1:25:15 The Chandrila level was the level that was included with the free demo of Jedi Academy. So, if you played the demo is it logical you may have thought this was a main story mission.

@BBQBARNES-GAMING Ай бұрын

That could definitely be it. I forgot all about the demo

@cci9459 4 ай бұрын

Lets go!!! I wish Kyle Katarn was my father!

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 4 ай бұрын

Who doesn't

@akr3vix 4 ай бұрын

i found this series 2 days ago and was wondering when this part would drop what a good day to open youtube

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 4 ай бұрын

Timing works out sometimes

@Lonely_Soldier 3 күн бұрын

Really surprised you don't have more subs, just found your channel yesterday or the day before and watched a bunch of them. Good quality and in depth story analysis and entertaining videos. As for what other videos to make? Depends on what you like. I would recommend something but without knowing your interests I'm not sure what to, suggest besides the obvious KOTORs. Oh actually I'd love to see some Rogue Squadron 2 and 3 videos as I love those games and you've mentioned and shown some footage of them before. Anyways whatever you choose to do I'm sure it'll be of the same good quality video, take care and I look forward to future content.

@geoffshaw2775 3 ай бұрын

Love this game. I still return to it time to time. Always a Kel Dor with an orange lightsaber because of Jedi Power Battles and Plo Koon. That game made him my favorite Jedi, so I was ecstatic when I saw I could play as a Kel Dor. Very rarely do I do a different saber color lol

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

thats awesome. This really is still one of the only games out there to let you play as one too which is kind of crazy

@Estringman 29 күн бұрын

Same here, bro!

@geoffshaw2775 29 күн бұрын

@@Estringman a man of culture I see

@Estringman 29 күн бұрын

@@geoffshaw2775 Are you as hyped for the rerelease of Jedi Power Battles in January? Plo Koon makes his return!

@geoffshaw2775 29 күн бұрын

@@Estringman bro I'm stoked. It was incredibly surprising to me that that game is getting a remaster. I feel like it's a generally overlooked and obscure game. I couldn't be happier! I already have it waiting to release in my Steam library

@starlighter93 22 сағат бұрын

1:48:11 Well the thing is, Korriban's design in Academy comes from the Golden Age of the Sith comics made in the '90s, taking place in Ragnos' lifetime, so 1000 years before the events of Kotor... yeah, the devs at Bioware totally ignored the established architecture while Raven Software stayed true to it. Correction: I just remembered that Ragnos was already dead at that point. But his spirit made an appearence and looked exactly like how they've shown in Academy.

@jasonq7504 2 күн бұрын

27:45 your little rant here shows your age little boy. back then, there was no fan service. You had nothing but the first three movies. This was cutting edge. It was all brand new. It was exciting to see the old characters in action because that’s the only time you’re going to see them. You’re seeing it from a perspective being inundated with bullshit from Disney. Back then none of this existed.

@kaynawests262 5 күн бұрын

At 1:56:00 Rosh scowls when Jaden gets praise from Kyle indicating that he is not truly free from the dark side and may have lied when he said he only embraced it because he was scared.

@Area51UFOGynaecology 3 ай бұрын

love this game, still replay it every few years

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

Its been years since i last played it. Felt so good to get back to it.

@OfficialRaveBlitz 4 ай бұрын

Jedi Academy rules! Among my personal favorite games right up there with Jedi Outcast!

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

Its been a long while since I played these games and dang do they hold up so well. I had so much fun replaying it

@MarkoDinicDinke 7 күн бұрын

Man, must have played through this so many times, but not in recent years. After so many playthroughs, I settled on Lighting > Heal > Protection > Grip > whatever as the 5th one. The 4th mission in the 1st 3rd used to terrify me as a kid. Also, you can force push the concussion rifle's bolt back at your enemies. (wrote this comment around the Vjun mission section).

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 6 күн бұрын

I don't know how i forgot about force pushing them back. Once I saw a comment mentioning it it all came back to me lol The game still really holds up, so definitely worth playing through now that its available on modern consoles

@MarkoDinicDinke 6 күн бұрын

@BBQBARNES-GAMING Kyle does it all the time, gave me the idea, though yoi do have to be rather quick about it.

@INCONFORMADOX 5 күн бұрын

The best way to enjoy this game is with mods... The one that transforms every enemy into a dark jedi is the best one, followed by the one hit kill full dismemberment sabers... Now, all of a sudden, you have one of the most dificult star wars games ever

@passingrando6457 3 ай бұрын

1:32:31 Wait just a damned minute. No he didn't serve on a dreadnought. Kyle attended and graduated the Caridian Imperial Academy, embarking on _one_ combat mission, before going on leave to investigate his father's death.

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

Yeah I was thinking the same here. Kind of just figure maybe it was part of his training or something at some point

@passingrando6457 3 ай бұрын

@@BBQBARNES-GAMING yeah, probably. I just thought "Hey, the writers forgot something, lol". Always fun to find moments like that.

@Brian-vt3fz 3 ай бұрын

Revisiting these games has reminded me why Kyle Katarn was considered the Chuck Norris of the Star Wars universe! While Dark Forces II remains my favorite in the series, one cant deny Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy are what defined the series overall.

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

I was generally surprised how well DF 2 held up. Plus I still love those live action cutscenes

@fenris96 5 күн бұрын

You NEED to play this game in VR. They have a mod that allows you to play JK: Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy in your VR headset. It translates so well into VR. I've never felt more like a badass Jedi/Sith then when I'm playing this game in VR. The lightsaber duels alone are worth it but using the force, blocking blaster bolts and just running around is too good to pass up. They also have some of the old mods that were made for the games like extra missions and Cosmetics.

@kingstarscream320 5 күн бұрын

Playing this with dismemberment on and boosted force strength is amazing.

@Stuby451 3 ай бұрын

The very first Star Wars game I ever played. I love it to death, it'll always hold a special place in my heart

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

Good one to start on!

@starlighter93 22 сағат бұрын

1:19:50 You got really lucky there with your 3 health. :D

@treytison1444 8 күн бұрын

I'm sure it's partly nostalgia but this was and still is probably my favorite Star Wars game. KOTOR and Fallen Order are pretty up there near it.

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 6 күн бұрын

KOTOR is still peak for me but Academy is probably in my top 5 best star wars games, though I am more partial to Outcast due to its better story

@s24261 2 ай бұрын

Epic game❤. Thank you for this video

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@lesweenmachine 3 ай бұрын

Please please please cover the mods and extra content of this game and any others haha I really enjoyed how I was getting a review and a play through at the same time. And for the first time too. These stories are great and I’d love to see those mods.

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

I think you'll enjoy my next couple of videos then :)

@lukasmoudry9973 3 ай бұрын

OMG, one of the best games. Two years ago I found out there is still living and even growing community on JoF server :O Multiplayer takes this game to another level

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

Been messing around with it a bit recently. So happy there is still a community keeping this game alive!

@iamreflex2565 3 ай бұрын

how does one become a part of this community?

@johannesseyfried7933 21 күн бұрын

I bought the game last year and really had fun with it. It's an older game, but like with Oblivion, it has a lot of charm to it. Being able to customize your lightsaber and do all these little acrobatic tricks with the force felt awesome. And the tomb on Chandrilla and the train in Coronet City are some of my favorite levels. Of course, Jedi Academy also has my least favorite level: the speederbike chase. I just suck at vehicle sections. Don't put me on something that flies, drives or swims unless you want it to crash.

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 6 күн бұрын

Charm is a great way to put it. Older games really had something a lot of newer games lack and i'd like to think it's soul

@teagunnn 12 сағат бұрын

this video is about as long as the game lol very good vid :)

@starlighter93 21 сағат бұрын

You mentioned a few times how Raven only had a year to develop Academy. I've heard the devs talking about they actually had less time for Outcast, around 10 months.

@sadieenward3865 3 ай бұрын

If you're not burnt out on Star Wars, you gotta review the KOTOR duology! I discovered Jedi Outcast/Academy and KOTOR around the same time when I was in my mid-teens, and they remain the best Star Wars games in my mind (the original Battlefront games being up there, too). I'm one of the few who prefers KOTOR 2 over the first one, so I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on them.

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

I was obsessed with KOTOR 1 as a kid however only played through KOTOR 2 all the way twice since back then i had it on X-box and with out the restored content mod the story feels kind of disjointed. Loved the stories concept through. I do plan on eventually making a video on them but given how long videos take me to make it will be a good while lol

@EricGraham94 3 ай бұрын

Here’s something I never understood about the very first level facing the Howlers - if Jaden can saber throw… why CAN’T he use telekinesis? Part of saber throw is using Force pull to PULL THE SABER BACK

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! seemed like a weird thing to not let you use any force powers here. seems like they could have incorporated the force power tutorial here and had it all in one level instead

@Thebroshow13 19 күн бұрын

I’ve just thought about this and I realize that the reason why Jayden and Rosh are so powerful even at the beginning of the game is because most of the places that they go to are spiritual tied to the force and I can name a few of places that they go to that are tied to the force , Luke’s temple , Darth Vader’s castle , the tombs of the Sith Lords and the planet korriban . Not only are these places connected to the force but they also boost both Rosh and Jayden’s powers and abilities . Especially if Jayden becomes a Sith Lord then his powers grow with each life he takes as the dark side fuels his powers and grows within him . Notice how Jayden easily destroys both Jedi and the cult of Ragnos with ease . I believe that because of his force potential and that the dark side both physically and spiritually is around him , that his powers are boosted above the other force users . I do think that he and Rosh were on par with each other during their fight in Vader’s castle but by the time that Rosh had turned back to the Jedi ways , Jayden had surpassed him not only in physical combat but also knowledge in the dark side . I do think that had this game gotten a sequel, Jayden would’ve have surpassed Kyle Katan . During the final battle in the game , I do think that Jayden was getting close to Kyle’s level but not quite there yet . This is just my opinion, I’d love to hear your thoughts on what I just said .

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 6 күн бұрын

Good point. Not to mention in Outcast we find out the Yavin academy is built on top of an Ancient force Nexus point so probably all the Jedi there got a slight boost just by being close to it, though most planets they visit they visit after the force energy had already been absorbed by Tavion so that part probably doesn't work except for Rosh who might have used the staff to increase his own powers explaining his strength in Vaders castle. If Jayden goes dark he could be more powerful then Kyle due to him still having the staff to take and use the forces as well as like you said slaughtering everyone at Korriban would have really fueled that Dark energy. But don't forget not only is Kyle inherently gifted in the force (shown in DF2) but has spent time in places like Drummond Kass and has also used the Valley of the Jedi. According to Luke a Dassan used it, it would give him near Palpatine levels of power (though I think that's an exaggeration) but it does show how much power one can get from using it like Kyle did in Outcast. btw sorry for long response time holidays are crazy lol

@Thebroshow13 6 күн бұрын

@ I agree with you my friend

@GRIFAbyte101 2 ай бұрын

One thing to note, force push does work against some weapon projectiles INCLUDING the concussion rifle. So against the prison warden and hazard troopers if you time it right you can send their own shots back at them!

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 2 ай бұрын

Oh nice I don't think I've ever done that

@GRIFAbyte101 2 ай бұрын

@@BBQBARNES-GAMING Yeah, learn't it pretty quick after trying to beat dark jedi with weapons like that. Turns out they can do it too, and they can do it in a split second, so timing's a pain if you don't have the distance.

@GRIFAbyte101 2 ай бұрын

Sometimes during multiplayer bot matches I even rarely see them juggle concussion shots between each other, cool yet terrifying...

@Novastar.SaberCombat 3 ай бұрын

Dark Forces, DF2, Mysteries of the Sith, JKO, and JKA were bloody awesome. As always, Lucasarts always pushed the envelope with each game. And all the while, the Quake and Unreal engines were REALLY going places, obviously.

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

definitely and not just in the general game design but DF 2 had a really solid story which was not common prior to 1999. Really helped pave the road in the FPS genre but unfortunately gets forgotten when discussing influential games of that era

@Novastar.SaberCombat 3 ай бұрын

@@BBQBARNES-GAMING True. I think "Deus Ex" took the Platinum medals for story, though! 💪😎✌️

@vadic06 4 күн бұрын

14:24 Me: *coughs* chuck Norris? is that really you. Kyle: ...who??

@thedreadedgman 28 күн бұрын

played so much of this when I i was younger... multiplayer was great i even made some skins and weapon mods for this game .. good times

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 22 күн бұрын

Man I wish I had Xbox live back when I played it

@thedreadedgman 5 күн бұрын

@BBQBARNES-GAMING hmm we were on PC

@PJKP82 3 ай бұрын

Have you ever considered a review (or reviews) of the Knights of Old Republic games?

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

Definitely plan on it. I was waiting till I got a little better at making videos since I wanted to make sure I could do the games justice however I think I'm going to take the chance and go for it. It will be a long video so will probably take a good while to make but I'll just be happy playing through it again lol

@PJKP82 3 ай бұрын

@@BBQBARNES-GAMING Your videos look good now, man, but I understand. Anyway, I am looking forward to seeing some KotoR BBQ in the future, then.

@Scurge237 5 күн бұрын

tusken raider mission. where you cooled the floor in the sand crawler. ive literally had the game since release and beaten it dozens of times and just always assumed you had to jump past the floor lmao and basically just got that down. like oh okay. didnt even know it was a puzzle wow

@micahblakeslee 3 ай бұрын

Great video! Regarding your community question at the end, I thought Outcast had a better story, but I've probably sunk more time into Academy just for multiplayer alone. Both games have pretty similar multiplayer, but the Academy one is slightly newer, so I usually went with it. I remember even getting into modding a bit and putting myself and my friends into the game to play with! Both games are great, though. Keep it up with the great content! :)

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

Thanks I appreciate it!

@chulopapi812 21 күн бұрын

41:13 Corran, you're going to Wayland. Xenomorph confirmed lol

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 6 күн бұрын

Now that's a cross over I'd like to see

@SmirGel 23 сағат бұрын

I have loved these Retrospectives from Jedi Knight series specially outcast and academy those were my childhood games. Are you going to do KOTOR retrospective as I noticed you are using soundtracks from that game a lot on background music?

@m0rph903 3 ай бұрын

Jedi Academy was like spawning a mutant rancor and let him fight againt 100 lukes

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

Playing with the console commands is an absolute blast in this game

@ConnorGuru 4 ай бұрын

Here we go!!!

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 4 ай бұрын

Dang Straight!

@aarons.8161 2 ай бұрын

I may be one of the few people that actually enjoyed the First Person Shooter aspect of this game (more so than Outcast) cause after beating the game multiple times the normal way (using the lightsaber 99% of the time) the Imperial Prison mission on Dosuun gave me the idea for an interesting challenge. Play through it primarily as a fps. I say primarily cause you have to use your lightsaber to deal with the dark Jedi, especially the Reborn as they deflect and dodge all your shots, the saberless ones however don't and thus can be taken out with blasters. Either way, I found it much more fun and challenging playing as a Force wielding Gunslinger. Using Force Speed and Jump to evade fire and shoot back accurately (The E-11 and other automatic guns don't scatter with Force Speed active), using Mind trick to turn enemies against each other and Force Pull to disarm them and watch them run around. Also, the Concussion Rifle and rocket launcher, I learned when trying to use them against the Reborn (effective against the Dark Jedi though). You can Force Push them back at the shooter. In fact, I can still remember my times of trying to play "Rocket Pong" with the Reborn. I shoot a rocket at them, they Force Push it back at me, I Force push it back to them, and we keep at this till either it hits one of us (usually me as I run out of FP), or they decide and push it away instead of back at me... killjoy.

@BBQBARNES-GAMING Ай бұрын

Oh man i used to love playing Rocket Pong! also mind trick is crazy powerful in Academy vs Outcast its a lot of fun to use. I have always thought about a gunslinger playthrough but have never committed to it but i might have to try

@aarons.8161 Ай бұрын

@BBQBARNES-GAMING I've often found gunslinger playthrough a lot of fun. Just got to keep on mind that it plays like an old school shooter. Meaning little to no cover and no regenerating health. Well, unless you pick up Force Heal/Drain.

@BigRed0059 3 ай бұрын

This game was so fun 😊

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

You got that right

@jayburn00 12 күн бұрын

The clone palpatine story was actually in comic books, not regular books, but yes, it was much better implemented than the Disney version. It actually spans a trilogy of graphic novels, "Dark Empire", "Dark Empire II", and "Empire's End". A much cooler version (albeit more fragile and stationary) of starkiller base is also in the second and third graphic novel, the Galaxy Gun, which fires missiles into hyperspace that can destroy planets as well as ships. The graphic novels have the original inspiration for the xyston star destroyers, the much more unique and cooler eclipse class star destroyer (apparently an early script for the final sequel movie actually had the eclipse class star destroyer playing a major role that you would not expect; the script was actually more interesting than what we got, not great but definitely better, there is a voice over motion comic adaptation of this script on KZbin, but it was also much longer). Anyway, R2-D2 also scores his biggest kill count in those graphic novels lol, one that probably surpasses nearly any other character in star wars.

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 6 күн бұрын

Yeah the idea of Palpatine coming back isn't bad if done right and the comics really made feel really dark (no pun intended) Back then the darkside had this otherworldly feel with stuff like Sith Sorcery and these crazy rituals that could change and deform the world around them. Those old comics where great! And yeah R2 has a bigger body count then any other hero out there lol

@k1kk0ssbm13 3 күн бұрын

The multiplayer is amazing too especially the mod movie battles 2

@JoeyDND 3 ай бұрын

Hold up, a KZbinr I’ve never heard of has dropped a video essay on one of my childhood favourites. Let’s goooooo

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

glad you like it! Still a great game to replay through!

@UndisputedLoon Ай бұрын

They missed out on a lot of money not making another sequel with a co-op campaign with Kyle and Luke as playable characters, maybe even some others, but maaaaan imagine how good that could’ve been

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 22 күн бұрын

Imagine if the Sequel Trilogy followed the Jedi knight series instead. Could have been amazing!

@UndisputedLoon 22 күн бұрын

@ trust me I’ve been imagining that since the first of the 3 came out 😂

@andyblizzard Күн бұрын

Yes. I literally saw part of the name, clicked and answered. Such a simple question...

@tcoty 5 күн бұрын

this the Most ballin Star Wars game ever

@FLORBOGLORBO 4 күн бұрын

It is insane to think about how Jedi Knight series never got another game

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 4 күн бұрын

A lot of that is unfortunately due to the Disney acquisition and they don't like the original post episode 6 canon.

@FLORBOGLORBO 4 күн бұрын

@BBQBARNES-GAMING Nah they had lots of time before disney sure they made lots of great games but not continuing this game is criminal

@jomiles3605 Ай бұрын

Been playing this game since it released. Never figured out the sand crawler puzzle until now 👀

@BBQBARNES-GAMING Ай бұрын

Haha looking at the comments you are not alone

@xdman9 9 күн бұрын

played this in MP and god damn if you eght into the saber mechs you can literally have duels that can end with 1 good hit

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 6 күн бұрын

Its amazing how no game has come close to this level of lightsaber combat. Its still so good!

@daniilsilverstone9294 3 ай бұрын

I actually didn't know, that Raven has leaked the code to the Jedi Academy when Disney started buying out Lucasarts. It is a very curious information, actually. No matter the year, they just stay as Chad as ever. Thank you for the video!

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Raven really is a pretty unique company with a lot of underrated classics (cough cough Prey)

@thedude3065 Ай бұрын

I love the Dark Side ending of this game so much I almost wish that it was the official one instead

@BBQBARNES-GAMING Ай бұрын

100% it's a far more interesting idea storywise

@4026NICK 2 ай бұрын

1:38:39 I like the fact the republic ships shut first.

@koolioman12 3 ай бұрын

fantastic retrospective for a fantastic series that as a kid i needed god mode to beat ahaha still want hasbro to make a kyle katarn and dash rendar black series figure

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

Man that would be awesome! add a Desannn one to!

@scytze 2 ай бұрын

While all of my friends and everyone else tbh were shooting at each other at De_dust I was dueling my ass off in JKA and knew almost every clan drama there was. GOOD times

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 2 ай бұрын

Man i wish i was playing online back then. I was busy playing Halo lol

@tsunderemerc2963 3 ай бұрын

Easily my favorite Star Wars game, I've played it so many times The Movie Duels mod also is a must-have if you use mods

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

Just starting it to hopefully make a video on soon. Crazy how high quality it is

@tsunderemerc2963 3 ай бұрын

@@BBQBARNES-GAMING Nice! I've followed it for a few years now and its crazy how high effort it is. Truly a love letter

@Agentos 2 ай бұрын

1:08:03 - you can easily kill him by using force speed and force Sense with a blaster (speed + sense gives you 100% accuracy with any rifle)

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 2 ай бұрын

Nice I didn't know that. Would have been helpful on Master difficulty lol

@TheTinyGod 3 ай бұрын

Alora reminds me of Azula. Good memories from the younger times

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

Same voice actress actually! Though i think she's credited as Grey DeLisle instead of Grey Griffon (name changed)

@fxzer01 3 ай бұрын

“I’m living for the weekend”

@Sonicx216 3 ай бұрын

I want Kyle to return with current graphics and same voice actor. He is still among my top 5 favorite Jedi. But the voice actor fits Kyle almost perfectly imo.

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

He really does. all of Kyles actors have been good but Jeff Bennet is easily the best!

@jedigamer9935 5 күн бұрын

I like Dual Sabers like Revan used. They definitely are better in Jedi Survivor.

@geoffshaw2775 3 ай бұрын

32:34 Hold up! Every time I'd play this game when at the lava in the Sandcrawler I would just full heal and use force speed to run across the lava before it killed me. I had no idea you could get rid of it. 😂

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

hahaha well if it works than it aint stupid

@bowiesensei5574 3 ай бұрын

YOU CAN GET RID OF IT???

@noahfessenden6478 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, that's how we did it when my bro and i were kids.

@cooperhernandez9220 3 күн бұрын

You never hid at the bottom and blasted porkins with the sniper at full charge that's how I've always got his ass in the prison escape !

@Almighty_Jedi 3 ай бұрын

I implore you all to buy this game on the ps4/5 or switch. There is a small active multiplayer community that is still keeping this game alive and it is crossplayable. We have clans, tournaments and events. See you there!

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

Oh man that's awesome! unfortunately don't have a PS or switch at the moment lol

@Almighty_Jedi 3 ай бұрын

@@BBQBARNES-GAMING well the online community on the PC looks epic.

@36inc 3 ай бұрын

well im a 90s baby so yeah dark forces 2 is my favorite. not that i have any probelsm with these its certianly just fond memories making it feel better and more like an old home. in this era i was playing bounty hunter and starfighter which are far more up my speed genre wise. and maybe thats a good thing cause knowing its over and even the canon parts of this story are no longer canon- it makes me kinda at home with the fact that starwars has changed. and it doesnt really mean much that it has. canon is whatever i think it is and even in the eu era that was somewhat encouraged if ya wanted to enjoy things. disney owning it kinda freed me from caring about canon and i basically only treat the six lucas films as actual canon. everything else is playing in his backyard so my own canon is kotor/kotor 2 the two lucas trilogy of movies starfighter and jedi starfighter and bounty hunter all fit, and the clone wars tv show. the disney entries i consider canon are solo rebels rogue one and andor. (I also really liked obiwan but ill just slot that in as honorary rebels stuff) thats whats satisfying to me and i think if ya take that approach to it, itll be fun to be starwars fan even now. Im slowly adding the two jedi souls bourne games as well and both battlefront duologies dont really contradict too heavy either. im just waiting to see how they close off cals story. definetly the closest to this vibe it gets in the modern day.

@BBQBARNES-GAMING 3 ай бұрын

I actually sort of agree with you there. For me its kind of freeing to just not worry with what Disney does and now go back and enjoy the stories i love. KOTOR games are always a go to for me and I'm currently re reading through the Xwing books as well as the timothy Zahn books and enjoying it just as much as I did as a kid. I despise the art style of the clone wars series however the majority of the stories are some of the best Disney products so far. I still haven't played the Jedi survivor games so still need to try them out but they look pretty good. A lot of the hate for Disney in my videos is more of my since of humor. Honesty i no longer care what they do expect maybe to laugh at when its as bad as the Acolyte or something but every now and again they have something I enjoy

@36inc 3 ай бұрын

@BBQBARNES-GAMING hell the villian guy for the acolyte is kinda great it's just stuffed into an unfocused idea. Keep him maybe do another starwars animated collab with that kinda sith. I actually just grabbed the zahn thrawn trilogy found it still wrapped even in some walk in store.