Kyle Katarn: Jedi Knight Series | Dark Forces, Jedi Knight, Jedi Outcast & Jedi Academy Review

[@lucasgoncalves5898]

Outcast Reinstalled

[@SpScarletSpider]

"I'm no Jedi. I'm just a guy with a lightsaber and a few questions."

[@RelativelyBest]

"Ah yes! Many people have them." "Lightsabers?" "Questions."

[@martinomironi192]

"A corellian ale ... in a clean glass!"

[@barnaclehead1894]

"never trust a bartender with bad grammar."

[@SebaP1991]

A Jedis! I had no ideas! What can I do for you, honored Jedis?

[@RelativelyBest]

@@SebaP1991 Please, noble Jedis! Not in the faces!

[@YouOpaOpa]

Kyle Katarn is one of the things I miss the most from the now Legends canon.

[@MattyStoked]

Yeah me too. Absolute unsung hero of the old EU.

[@KilljoySR]

I miss Katarns sarcasm, like: "Yooou always sense a disturbance in the Force". :D :D :D

[@karmapolice247]

@@KilljoySR I miss Rosh Penin especially, which is what i would say if he wasn't a pesky kid that turned against me. XD

[@RazvanMihaeanu]

Cassian Andor = (first name draft, because "Kyle" was taken by...Kylo Ren) Willix "Will" Cassein = Kyle Katarn; Jyn Erso = Jan Ors; Director Krennic = Orinackra Prison; blind Chirrut Îmwe = blind Inquisitor Jerec...

[@KilljoySR]

@@karmapolice247 God I hated that character from the very begining....eyes rollin' etc....ahhah. But I like the choice of choosing Light or Dark Side.... I'm playing Academy right now! I will always love it. Two days ago....my 7 yo kid asks me if he can play some of my "jedi games".....and I gave him ACADEMY. He was blown away! He loves to ride Tauntaun....and he loves Hoth level, cause his all time favorite SW movie was an EMPIRE, ep 5. Btw, he never played PC games before. He was watching movies with me, animated tv show etc. Kid loves Ezra and Ahsoka. :)

[@The_Invisible_Hand]

I always thought it would be funny if they just kept adding a new name to each game, but never dropped the previous ones: - Dark Forces - Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces 3: Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast - Dark Forces 4: Jedi Knight 3: Jedi Outcast 2: Jedi Academy

[@Chozo_Ghost]

Technically speaking, there is one more game that should be added to that list: Mysteries of the Sith. It came I think one year after Dark Forces II did. So if that were the case, it would be: Dark Forces 3: Jedi Knight 2: Mysteries of the Sith Dark Forces 4: Jedi Knight 3: Jedi Outcast Dark Forces 5: Jedi Knight 4: Jedi Academy However, I think the reason why Mysteries of the Sith and Jedi Academy didn't put any number after the "Jedi Knight" portion of the title is because Kyle Katarn wasn't the central character in either of those games; he was demoted to NPC status in both. To further this theory of mine, I only recently found out that there was to actually be a third entry in the Jedi Knight series (that would actually have had the number 3 in the title), that was to come out after Jedi Academy; it was going to be called Jedi Knight III: Brink of Darkness, and it was going to be meant to conclude Kyle Katarn's story in the series, which of course would mean Kyle was going to be the player character again. However, the game scrapped due to LucasArts simply deciding not to go that route, and as a result, no build was ever released or even made, to my knowledge anyway. But, bottom line, since Kyle was going to be the central character in Brink of Darkness, that's why they would have named it "Jedi Knight III: Brink of Darkness" instead of leaving the number off of the title, which is what they did with Mysteries of the Sith and Jedi Academy.

[@seawind930]

@@Chozo_Ghost Mysteries of the Sith was an expansion to Jedi Knight, not an entire new game

[@juzzfuzz0]

End of JKII Outcast: "Guess it takes a failed Jedi to take down another failed Jedi" Luke: "You were never a failure Kyle" Start of Jedi Academy, Luke: "Jaden Corr, you'll be learning from Master Katarn"

[@Ryanbenitezfilms]

@@AndikaClassic I wish you could of played as Kyle Katarn for the final level and faced off with Jaden in an epic battle if they chose the dark side

[@julianmarco4185]

If Disney ever make a series about a Jedi who is not Skywalker, it should be about Kyle Katarn.

[@SouLeozinho]

@@julianmarco4185 They will make a series about a Jedi who is not a Skywalker! It's about Obi-Wan. Who is 100% not a Skywalker.

[@julianmarco4185]

@@SouLeozinho Yes, you got me there but I was thinking of moving away from the trilogy not being stuck in prequel purgatory.

[@masterexploder9668]

@@julianmarco4185 Because Prequels are the best and unless they bring Ben Solo back and take back the rank of Skywalker from Rey, I don't want anything to do with Sequel era lol. For now I pretend they not exist, Anakin killed Palpatine, the end.

[@jonmurphy4889]

Jedi Knight Jedi Outcast will forever be my all-time favorite Star Wars game...

[@MattyStoked]

And you will forever be correct about that.

[@maksymiliankossakowski4536]

Same here. Academy is with it. I consider both these games as one title. They are just too similar to each other. Jedi Outcast for story and levels and Jedi Academy for everything else.

[@CSM100MK2]

playing the remaster right now....

[@jcbrunz9164]

@@maksymiliankossakowski4536 Exactly, Jedi Academy is pretty much a glorified expansion, especially with that one year development cycle.

[@KilljoySR]

And there are bunch of MODS for those games. personally I would be quite satisfied with only HD graphics for Academy and Outcast. Don't change physics or engine or whatever....just textures in HD..... Does anyone played KOTF created and collected by some Turkish guy?

[@ironinquisitor3656]

With EA in charge we will never see amazing Star Wars games like this ever again.

[@MattyStoked]

We keep our channel as positive as we possibly can, but I'm inclined to agree with you here.

[@ironinquisitor3656]

I try to keep my fingers crossed and close my eyes imagining what EA could do with amazing Star Wars video games and I want them to do amazing things, but things wont change unless EA changes.

[@jankjason]

I don't entirely agree, Lucasarts was already sabotaging its own Star Wars games before they went defunct because of disney

[@infamoustooth2626]

hopefully the new respawn star wars game is good

[@karldaenke]

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order seems pretty decent

[@jemdzemaricha9838]

"JKII is easily the best story in any star wars game" *Angry KOTOR noises*

[@DoctorProph3t]

Fallout: in space!

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

Total agreement 👍

[@Deathkeeper56]

Angry Fallen order noises

[@ThatOneCoconut]

@The Cambot Wait, KOTOR is convoluted and messy? May i ask how thats quite the statement lol

[@Hriskataaa]

don't take it too seriously, the two games aren't exactly comparable and for sure neither is better than the other. Jedi Outcast is just more compact / fast paced & quick, delivering immediately what you want in both action and story, but definitely not better or superior.

[@tekstyles]

goddamn it Disney give us another jedi knight game you knobheads

[@chrisgrizarioexposed7161]

crabapple they killed Kyle Katarn and Galen Marek smh!

[@hoshiryu]

No thank you not if Disney makes them

[@usul573]

Fallen Order is close.

[@Malumbrus]

I want 1313

[@JayF2912]

Kyle Katarn is *_THE_* best SW character imo, I wish I could play him in Academy and I wish we'd got more games

[@wedgeantilles4712]

I think that depends on how many characters people actually know in the expanded universe. I for instance has quite a few, such as Jaina Solo Fel.

[@JayF2912]

@@wedgeantilles4712 there is always going to be gaps in my knowledge, and that's why I said IMO

[@JavierBonilla78]

The sequel trilogy needed more Kyle Katarn, Mara Jade, and Dash Rendar too.

[@MattyStoked]

Absolutely more Dash Rendar!

[@Barbatus9360]

And Jaxxon! The Star-hopper ;-)

[@Draculas-knight]

You mean a protagonist on god mode and the old cast to die ? Say no more fam say no more

[@checker297]

also dont forget jan ors, when I got the darkside ending in jk1, i literally restarted. I cant believe how much better of a character she is than any of the sequel characters

[@mikael8864]

Jedi outcast felt ahead of its time for me when it came out. It's probably the best one of the series. A game like nothing you had experienced before. Still, I really liked how jedi academy gave you more freedom with the saber combat and new force powers. Sure, jedi academy is an upgraded version of outcast which technically makes it a better game, but Outcast to me felt more balanced, adventurous and groundbreaking.

[@camkret4113]

This game is why I was disappointed with Rogue One - it removed Kyle Katarn from continuity and replaced him with a bunch of characters I didn't care about.

[@MattyStoked]

I wasn't disappointed with Rogue One so to speak, but I was slightly disappointed that we didn't get a little callback to Kyle. Could have been anything really. I made a video about the games which got wiped out by Rogue One, check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaapoYp9aLmAiM0

[@travelbyday4115]

It upsets me that they clearly used the dark forces as a backdrop. There are a lot f parallels with the movie and the games but no Credit is actually given. I liked the movie but it annoying also when I talk about dark forces nobody knows what I'm talking about and its really like my personal catalyst into star wars, gaming and reading!

[@sunspot5]

They did this because the EU is considered non-canon and Disney replaced the story isntead about a story that focuses on teh harsh realities of war, also dont you think it would be a bit boring to have another force-sensitive lightsabre-weilding protagnist to make movies about?

[@michaelburke7978]

Dark Forces II is my childhood. I miss this series so much.

[@MattyStoked]

I've covered them all now. Easily the best series of Star Wars games ever. Feel free to check out our other videos.

[@stephensjigsaw6722]

SAME

[@ironinquisitor3656]

Same. My childhood too!

[@peterdes6792]

i played it on my 233 mhz pentium back in i dont know 1998? i think you have to remember where you came from and preserve things that shaped you

[@SerathDarklands]

8:28 - _Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic_ allowed the player to visit Korriban and was released several months prior to _Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy._ Also, _Knights of the Old Republic_ allowed the player to dual-wield sabers as well as use the saberstaff before _Jedi Academy_ did.

[@MattyStoked]

For clarity, here in Europe KOTOR was released the same week as Jedi Academy, not several months as it was in North America.

[@cacio21]

Different games though, but both sagas were incredible among the massive amount of Star Wars games. I love both KOTOR and Jedi Knights

[@MrBurakOzel]

srsly man? kotor's lightsaber combat practically non-existing especially compared to jedi knight series..

[@SerathDarklands]

@@MrBurakOzel I never said there was any substance to the combat. Just that it existed.

[@timskiii]

loved this video and love the series but Mara Jade was also a playable character in Masters of Teras Kasi on ps1

[@anonamatron]

Maybe he meant it was the only game that was worth playing that she was in.

[@personman1148]

She was also playable n the Wii version of the force unleashed as a multiplayer character.

[@hoshiryu]

Yeah this is the true sequel to the movies in my mind

[@Zanoladab]

for me its the thrawn trilogy

[@juicymullet4468]

Jedi Outcast is still, hands down, the best SW game ever made. The story is simply incredible. I wish it could be remastered, but we know none of these ever will be.

[@MattyStoked]

Completely agreed. Fantastic story, fantastic characters, fantastic setting, fantastic combat. Just a little bit of polish and this would be a great game in the EA arsenal. But there's nowhere to peg microtransactions, so they won't!

[@tuff-knorf4561]

Correct but X-wing alliance is up with it imo

[@Chozo_Ghost]

Tbf, Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy both run on the very user-friendly id Tech 3 engine, which has aged extraordinarily well, so a full remaster wouldn't be as needed for those games. They still run and optimize perfectly fine, and are very mod-friendly as well!

[@SeekerLancer]

Jedi Knight blew my mind with how complex it was back in the day, not necessarily the graphics which were honestly well behind Quake 2, but the gameplay mechanics like the complex objectives, force powers, items and interactive elements. It was already doing things Half-Life would be praised for a year later. Also Mara Jade is playable in Masters of the Teras Kasi but it's okay if you want to forget that game existed. We all do.

[@Emjoez]

playing through outcast and academy once again... these games never get old

[@hexenfree]

majima-san

[@nickcapella2440]

EJK Yakuza computer 😁 that game was my favorite game. Games now just feel like crap compared.

[@simonRTJ]

Shame about 1313 this would have been the spiritual successor to the JEDI series.

[@alcole-holic8779]

Something to note is that Mara Jade, Kyle Katarn and Starkiller have been added to the Galaxy of Heroes game, which means that Disney at least hasn’t completely abandoned them.

[@dpcquak]

Dark Forces, Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2, Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast, Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy...The titles of these games is enough to make AVGN chronologically confused.

[@fiddlebender88]

And the final installment always remained ambiguous when it came to its name. Some people called it JK:JA, some JKA, while others called it JK3.

[@VegetaLF7]

I've always joked that the final game should technically be called Dark Forces 4, Jedi Knight 3, Jedi Outcast 2, Jedi Academy.

[@RandomGBystander]

Mara Jade was also unlockable and playable in Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi. She borrowed from Luke and Darth Vader's movesets, as I recall.

[@Briguy164]

You could also be her in star wars empire at war if you play the ground skirmish mode as the empire

[@proto303]

that's actually some neat story telling

[@harshavardanarvind2063]

'Jedi Knight' was what I was expecting out of Jedi fallen order. A game where u can use both guns and lightsabers

[@MattyStoked]

I haven't played it yet, I can't wait to give it a go!

[@swdev245]

@@MattyStoked "Fallen Order" felt like an obstacle course to me. The developers keep tight control over what challenges you have to solve in which manner. Why can't there be more "immersive sim" games like the Thief or Dishonored series?

[@CorvusCorone68]

@@swdev245 i liked it, it felt like a Metroidvania-type game and i love those sorts of games

[@DapperSapper515]

@@swdev245 that's because the creators of the game are the creators of the Tomb Raider reboot. Respawn was thinking more Tomb Raiderish, than they were Star Wars. Tomb Raider is supposed to be puzzle/obstacle course.

[@Dysturbed-00]

I'm here because I wanted to see Jedi Outcast again.. To me, this game forever holds as a better story experience than any of the movies.

[@MattyStoked]

Jedi Outcast is my favourite Star Wars thing ever

[@popkorn256]

@@MattyStoked It's amazing how good it still looks like today. I might play it again :)

[@legendsofthepitch5328]

@@popkorn256 yeah, honestly i few more poligon here and there, better lighting at it could pass as a modern game

[@Niborino9409]

Yeah, I reinstalled Jedi Outcast and Academy shortly after watching the Last Jedi. No other Star Wars games could satisfy the Star Wars hunger :)

[@cosinguspalpatine4449]

Every once in a while I do a play through of Kotor and Kotor2, but something about that "imperial remnant" era that really immerses people. Books and games

[@aamirrazak3467]

@@cosinguspalpatine4449 kotor 2 is my all time favorite game it and the original are amazing

[@trublgrl]

Watching footage of Jedi Outcast, I felt like it was a video of my own life. That game was so immersive and compelling, I felt like it was real.

[@milamberfeist9929]

I remember watching my dad play jedi outcast when I was a kid. He liked to play with the guns, but the first time I saw him pull out the lightsaber and throw it down the hall at some stormtroopers... I instantly wanted to play it. My dad was strict and told me I was too young to play it. I forgot about if for a while until I went to move to collage. My dad gave me a large collection of games he loved playing, but couldn't anymore, and both Jedi Outcast and Jedi Acadamy were in that collection. I played through them both as soon as I could, and I still come back and play them from time to time. I found the previous games later and played through all of them too, but Outcast and Academy will always be special to me.

[@ironinquisitor3656]

It's sad that some people won't play these games just because, " the games are old and dont have pretty modern graphics." one guy complained about Jedi Knight's blocky graphics and It's annoying because to expect an older game to hold up to today's standards is ludicrous. That's why I tend to appreciate gameplay over visuals because visuals will always be the first thing in games that becomes dated.

[@MattyStoked]

Absolutely. I've never been graphics over gameplay; I've always enjoyed playing older games. Don't get me wrong, when I saw Doom running on Raff's PC I was blown away by the visuals. But what kept me playing that game was the absolutely PURE gameplay. That game could look like hammered poodoo and I'd still clock up as many hours. You can't do much about the blocky models but there are some wicked patches out there to get 90s games looking sweet on a modern system.

[@UnchainedEruption]

What are you talking about, Jedi Outcast has the most beautiful graphics I've ever seen in a video game, compared to its predecessor. The jump from JK to JK2 is far bigger than any jump in graphics from the modern era.

[@ironinquisitor3656]

Jedi outcast and Jedi Academy have actually age very well.

[@edgarasgavelis1578]

Its better to play old masterpiece than modern garbage, when every game is a clone and dont have soul

[@peterdes6792]

Ironinquisitor i played it in 2016. my younger 20 years old friend who grew up playing games like gta v looked at the screen and said it doesnt look bad

[@schnozbott]

I've played and enjoyed all of these. Truly a great series. I'd consider Jedi Fallen Order to be the closest we'll get to a successor, and it's a fine addition to the Legends family.

[@bobross8569]

one thing people forget is that when using a lightsaber in jedi knight you couldn't move and block blaster bolts,in outcast they fixed this major problem and every engagement felt like episode 1 when obiwan and quigon go busting down that hallway blocking blaster bolts and cutting down droids!

[@Bandoolero]

"Jedi Knight II is easily the best story in any star wars game" KOTOR: am I a joke to you?

[@debrickashaw9387]

agreed, both are good but kotor has a better story and is the superior game overall

[@RelativelyBest]

@@debrickashaw9387 Eh. I don't know if that's a fair comparison, seeing as they are different genres with different selling points. They're both so good it kinda comes down to whether you prefer RPGs or action games.

[@debrickashaw9387]

@@RelativelyBest RPGs by their nature do have a better foundation to tell a story

[@mac_pls]

KOTOR's story is child's play compared to KOTOR II's

[@Bandoolero]

@@mac_pls maybe😃

[@stewsretroreviews]

I still play Academy and Outcast now and again. I still enjoy playing them, and the graphics still look decent to me. Will never get rid of them, both classic titles!

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

This video was damn good, I will definitely have to pick some of these up.

[@MattyStoked]

Thank you mate - now you're helping me out :-D If you like an old-school game I really recommend Dark Forces. Jedi Knight 2 is legitimately still one of the best PC games I've ever played.

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

The Game Show: I'll definitely check it out, I reckon GoG will have it... or I'll track down a good old boxed copy.

[@MattyStoked]

GOG definitely has all of them. Boxed copies always go cheap, too.

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

The Game Show: Will definitely pick them up, I would love to benchmark some older stuff.

[@MattyStoked]

10,000fps 🔥🔥🔥

[@tuckermcclintock5334]

I’m finally playing Jedi Academy and I love it.

[@MattyStoked]

Yess! Thanks for letting me know, that's awesome. I was a latecomer to Jedi Academy. I played it for 15 minutes on my mate's PC back when it came out and then never again until last year. I missed a trick, it's a great game.

[@tuckermcclintock5334]

It’s actually a challenge for once

[@nickduracell4364]

Best review ever for Kyle Katarn, I think he deserves it. Good job man.

[@MattyStoked]

He's my favourite! :-D

[@dirtydave951]

Jedi Fallen Order was great just needed more lightsaber duels and less wall running, that cameo though made my entire year! Good story, good combat, awesome lightsaber customization

[@ianbarton13]

Hey brune

[@cristinavuscan5610]

"In a galaxy far far away..." back in the days when games were games, better than any triple A games these days, back in the days when games had good consistent stories.

[@prolamer7]

Exactly, today "games" are usually just products... they must be easy and dumb to be sold to most people... no love in them.

[@lukenotskywalker2957]

How is it that there hasn’t been a game that tops Jedi Knight 2 from gameplay?. story has been done well since.. But gameplay has never been topped. The lightsaber combat is amazing still.. The ability to effect what move you are doing is great.. The stance/style changes as well.. The fun level was off the charts then.. Jedi Knight 2 made you feel like a bad ass.. The multiplayer let you test your skills against other warriors.. The online was so great that users themselves created in game role playing.. Bespin was the top map because of the landing pad.. Players would enter sitting/crouch, lightsaber off and 2 would fight in the ring.. The winner would fight challenger.. Its the only game I’ve ever played were Honor was actually a thing people cared about because of the depth of gameplay.. It’s a shame that Outcast isn’t getting multiplayer with the rerelease.. However Academy is.. And that had even more to it so I understand the desire to focus the multiplayer in 1 place.. If they go the extra mile on that product and add some more maps and some from Outcast and stuff they will be highly highly rewarded.. Hopefully the buzz makes those that can make a new game in the series sit the fuck up and do it. 👌

[@stefdelev]

It's being rereleased?

[@drifter402]

I never picked up on that when I was a kid. Was probably the worst person on the servers

[@lukenotskywalker2957]

Geeeee8 Yeah that’s why you probably had people picking you up and throwing you off the map because you weren’t duelling with honour 1 on 1.. You can probably find videos of what I’m talking about with the duelling on bespins landing platform.. Anyone running around with a gun was quickly dispatched with or made to leave the game. Good times.

[@drifter402]

I remember getting kicked for laming. Though yea I didn't really know what I was doing

[@lukenotskywalker2957]

Geeeee8 Well you’ve got another chance to get it right now the games have been rereleased.. I was 15 when JK2 came out and it’s still one of my most fondest memories with a Star Wars game.. The Saber combat was deep and rewarding.. The player created community around honour and duelling to this day is unmatched.. Only game I’ve ever played that had players actually care about that stuff..

[@KMExceeder]

Dark forces 2 and mysteries of the sith give me so much nostalgia

[@VegetaLF7]

Those two games along with X-Wing vs TIE Fighter and X-Wing Alliance were my life back in the days of the MSN Gaming Zone. I'd play them every day after school.

[@titaned]

Hey just let everyone know Jedi outcast got dropped on the Nintendo Switch E-shop and Jedi Academy will be brought to the E-shop in the next couple of months.

[@Eleven17Studios]

Great to hear people still appreciate these games. I only just played Dark Forces and Jedi Knight for the first time recently and was impressed at how enjoyable they were. Great video guys, really captured what I love about this series

[@MattyStoked]

Thanks dudes. I played Jedi Knight and Jedi Academy for the first time myself in making these videos. Dark Forces I had played before and I played the bejeezus out of JK2 when it launched. Yeah, definitely the best Star Wars game franchise. I like a lot of things about these games, things which I'm just not seeing in more modern titles.

[@jimv8957]

Yo wtf why do you have like no subs. That is criminal. Your production and editing and writing are all top notch.

[@MattyStoked]

Thank you so much! We're out here grinding as they say. It means the world that you found the video and left a nice comment. Thank you 👍

[@knight_gabriel]

7:41 joke's on you, instead of Deus Ex I'm reinstalling Jedi Knight games

[@MattyStoked]

Haha, I'd prefer that anyway! :-D Who's laughing now?

[@TheSynrgy1987]

Jedi Knight II is my favourite, but love Dark Forces and well, all of them really.

[@MattyStoked]

Definitely agree!

[@TSPH1992]

I am currently playing Dark Forces 2. It aged well. You have to think more strategically when developing your force powers. Compared to later titles. And graphics don't have to be a problem. It's the gameplay and story that counts

[@AWingedOne]

I'll always never understand why Rogue One didn't reintroduce Kyle EDIT: Also the speed run of Jedi Knight is absolutely thrilling since they decided to use force speed as an accelerator instead of time dilation, plus the FMV wasn't terrible! Now a days I really dig the idea of Dark Jedi as a new direction over Sith.

[@LiquidAngel96]

I've got the lightsaber symbol tattooed on my arm. It was the first game I watched my dad play when I was a kid.

[@MattyStoked]

That's wicked :-D

[@MadamInsanity88]

Dark Forces 2 was my first Star Wars game. I remember sinking hours into that game at my dads place.

[@eb1247]

Kyle katarn is my favorite Force user in Star wars

[@MattyStoked]

Mine too!

[@eb1247]

@@MattyStoked I have every game in the Jedi Knight series

[@RyanAustinDean]

Dark Forces was my first FPS. I’ll never forget how blown away I was.

[@skezeksskybreaker5425]

The game definitely blew me away back then and so did Shadows of the Empire which I appreciated because you had the Hoth Level in the Snow Speeder and two levels where you piloted the Outrider. I think I like DF2 better but wish I could have the features of those 2 games in one plus Shadows had some cool weapon although unfortunate it was the same blaster just different ammo where DF2 you had different weapons..

[@dgad87]

I loved jedi knights dark forces 2, I can’t tell you how many hours I spent playing it online on a website called the zone lol. Fantastic video, these games were amazing!

[@kless001]

Incredible coverage for these games. Subscribed! It brought be back to my childhood and now I’m looking to start playing Jedi Knight again.

[@MattyStoked]

Thanks so much mate. I'm glad you liked it, I loved making it. I booted up Jedi Knight again this weekend by coincidence. Really great games.

[@DarkXaven]

Jedi Knight was THE Star Wars game of my childhood. I spent so much time playing multiplayer games through the MSN Gaming Zone, playing on both the regular levels and ones that fans created. It was an amazing time.

[@MattyStoked]

We've had a few discussions on here about Jedi Knight online. Right back at the beginning of online gaming. I remember playing it at my mate's house on his 28k. Was a struggle to connect and to stay connected but we were bleeding edge man!

[@bearfunkdiscoqueens1137]

Better than Force Unleashed?

[@MattyStoked]

MATT SAYS YES.

[@Ode_10]

100 percent yes

[@ironinquisitor3656]

Definitely!

[@xgrillsenx]

force unleashed wouldn't exist without this game

[@jonmurphy4889]

Yes a hundred fucking percent

[@TheSpawny13]

Cool vid. Loved hearing about the engines and reasoning for design choices. Just a heads up Korriban first appeared in KotoR. Both came out in 2003 but KotoR was first to market on the Xbox

[@TheDanPow]

5:05 Mara Jade was a playable character in Star Wars: Knights of Teras Kasi

[@MattyStoked]

This is true. But I mean. Come on.

[@TheDanPow]

Yeah, you've got a point.

[@bhoqeem1975]

My most favorite Star Wars game series back in the day. Couldn’t get enough of playing them in my college years. I love Katarn and Jan Ore story. Especially upon seeing Mara Jade.

[@MattyStoked]

Mine too! I'm glad you're on board :-)

[@rawsp33d3]

Small addendum to your great video: Mara Jade was also (and first) playable in 1997's Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi.

[@MattyStoked]

...but that game is pants. :-)

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

Still playing them all to this day

[@MattyStoked]

Me too. I'm going to do an evil Jedi Academy playthrough I think

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

@@MattyStoked my most commonly achieved ending lol (the dark side is strong in me)

[@MattyStoked]

I'm always the goody. Such a nice boi

[@StillTheVoid]

The New Trilogy that we needed... ...but not yet deserved. RIP Star Wars

[@mgummelt]

Great video! Fun fact: we made Jedi Academy in 14 months, but we made Jedi a Outcast in only 10! That was because we spent 2.5 years making Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force and so we were able to jumpstart Jedi Outcast by taking Elite Force, adding the 3rd person player animation system from Heretic II and making a demo for LucasArts in 3 weeks. Originally, they wanted us to do a FPS only game (Dark Forces III), but we wanted to do Jedi Knight 2. After showing them our demo with lightsaber combat and force powers, they agreed to make it a Jedi Knight game.

[@MattyStoked]

Mike, if this is a genuine account I'm honoured you would reach out. This is incredible insight, I'd love to talk to you more about this.

[@mgummelt]

The Game Show Sure, anytime. You can reach me at mgummelt at ravensoftware dot com.

[@audeobellicus]

Instant Subbed! I loved all of this! As the Jedi Knight and Dark Forces series will always be near and dear to my heart

[@MattyStoked]

Thank you so much for the sub! More Kyle Katarn content stuff coming soon but I have some other Star Wars stuff coming first, and other videos about weird old PC games :-D

[@goose9360]

Just a quick trivia note, Jedi Academy was not the first game to feature Korriban. It released in september 2003, while KOTOR also featured Korriban and released in July of the same year. Great video!

[@tortel4482]

The first Korriban video game appearance was in kotor, though only by a few months.

[@marajango]

If Respawn would drop just a hint at Morgan Katarn and Kyle in whatever Star Wars game they are doing next I would be so happy that these heroes of my childhood are not forgotten and will live on in Star Wars lore.

[@writtenfactorforever]

Legend has it that the voice actor from the 2 2000's era games did voice acting as the main charicter in overkill 3.

[@Veridiano02]

What a memories. It's funny, I played this game almost backwards. Jedi Knight II, then Jedi Academy, then all the previous ones. However this new Fallen orders brings hope. The lightsaber control and gameplay was the best I ever played since Jedi Academy. If they use Fallen Order to create another game, if this Fallen Order was a test that something planned for the next-gen, then we may be up to something promising. You know, after this entire Disney/EA fiasco, between the horrible sequels and the Battlefronts, where everyone looks to the death of the franchise I hold much more positive than ever. Respawn just hit the spot, they just need to use Fallen Order combat system as a seed for something much bigger and ambitious. And now, with the whispers about something of a Star Wars universe "a la marvel", based in 500 years before Yavin with videogames and TV shows as main events, I have the feeling that we may be out of the dark and in hope for something as good as the original trilogy and the expanded universe, or even better. I have a good feeling about this.

[@milaaneq]

Ricardo Fernandez Torres My thoughts exactly - though my pessimism and sadness caused by the new trilogy and EA weren’t really cured by the Fallen Order, it does bring hope.

[@plainlake]

The mod Movie battles 2 is also a "must try".

[@christianriddler5063]

Really Toxic with the AOD clan joining servers and griefing them to death. But otherwise it's a great mod.

[@rettenetesarny6938]

I grew up with these games, I still come back to them every once in a while.

[@MattyStoked]

Same, it's nearly an annual playthrough for me.

[@Blue21-m6j]

Jedi Outcast and Academy are coming back on PS4 guys :D

[@shinyeevee0117]

I have seen outcast but when is academy coming?

[@Blue21-m6j]

@@shinyeevee0117 I've heard it's next year

[@trashboat5544]

All 5 are all available together on steam for $20-25. Definitely recommend getting them!

[@MattyStoked]

Twenty quid for a whole series of games is a steal. Still the best series of Star Wars games. Well worth it!

[@CongaLineMonkey]

I wasn't aware that the Darth Vader cover of Dark Forces 2 was ever commercially released. I assumed it was a prototype for a time when Vader might have originally been in the game.

[@VegetaLF7]

It definitely was. I remember being bummed out as a kid that while Jerec was a cool bad guy, Darth Vader was on the cover and didn't show up.

[@JelaniWood]

Aw man good times. You're right though, Mysteries of The Sith still sticks with me to this day.

[@MattyStoked]

I don't mind admitting I was underwhelmed by Jedi Knight. Dark Forces has blocky, charming pixels; Jedi Knight 2 still looks good today. Jedi Knight falls unfortunately into a gap between the two despite the story being _okay_. MotS though, wow. Completely made up for the small amount of negativity I felt toward JK. The two games together are a brilliant duology.

[@-shikajin-4078]

I could be wrong but I do believe the first appearance of Korriban in-game was with Knights of the Old Republic which came out two months earlier. Fantastic video!

[@MattyStoked]

If you want to be really technical the first mention of Korriban in an interactive medium is the Behind the Magic CD-ROM.

[@krane438]

"A more elegant weapon for a more civilized time" it's the first time i hear someone say that and it's beautiful. I'm still wondering how did that clone get that lightsaber and who's is it.

[@cynicthehedgehog385]

I played dark forces and red faction back in the day, and nowadays my first play through of Jedi outcast is making me so nostalgic.

[@MattyStoked]

The first Red Faction was brilliant. I'm go glad you got a kick out of this video but I'm much happier that you're enjoying Jedi Outcast!

[@lordbaldohomero]

Jedi outcast is my childhood

[@wallystogner90]

Actually episode I is your childhood Anakin.

[@berniethekiwidragon4382]

5:07 Mara Jade is playable in Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, although this is as a sprite in an RTS and not a playable character in an RPG. 8:32 Was it JK3JA or KotOR where Korriban was first featured? They came out around the same time.

[@MattyStoked]

Technically it was the Star Wars Insider's Guide CD-ROM, if you want to get really technical (and count an interactive CD-ROM as a game) lmao

[@berniethekiwidragon4382]

@@MattyStoked Didn't hear about it. Fascinating.

[@acs197]

From X-Wing to the Jedi Knight series were my favorite games. I still play them! All are available on GOG. :)

[@jamesedwards1145]

I need to bring that back Star Wars Jedi Knight Kyle katarn.

[@jahVlad]

i had such a good time with this game playing somtimes the whole night then go work and when back home again jk2 a lot of nice ppl like NT rob and the whole NT clan as well as JU clan , i miss the clantrainings and clanwars and often just hanging arround on the server just talkin and having fun like try to build as many ppl as possible on anotherr and then try to walk alltogeher even played hide and seek ,i will never forget these days

[@lillith3159]

I love the dark forces jedi knight saga. I replay them once a year and i always have a blast. Im amazed that dark forces 1 still plays like a dream today

[@Shoggrim]

Worth noting that Mara Jade actually does make another appearance in Star Wars the Force Unleashed in the multiplayer vs mode.

[@Truthfulnerd]

This entire video was a nostalgic journey through my early years of realising I loved Star Wars EU just as much as the original trilogy films.

[@ritayandhara7638]

Jedi knight II Jedi outcast is also my favourite star wars game

[@MattyStoked]

A man of taste. I tip my blast visor to you, m'man.

[@ritayandhara7638]

@@MattyStoked thank you 😇 The light saber handling in the game was beyond great ...

[@apsent]

Sipping my Corellian Ale with this awesome video Kyle was a saber wielder then he went to Jedi Valley or something like that turned into jedi he was force sensitive that game was awesome

[@bungiecoocoo]

Just finished Jedi academy. Thank you for the recommendation

[@MattyStoked]

That's awesome mate, you're welcome! Did you enjoy the game? What ending did you get?

[@Tophymaster]

I think the first appearance of Korriban is in Kotor 1

[@Elyseon]

My complaint about Mysteries of the Sith? That goddamn asteroid mission.

[@kokojack]

Yeah, I had to check a walkthrough for this mission, I felt so dumb. But those puzzles were hard, I had no clue of what to do

[@VegetaLF7]

Yeah, I remember it too well. The first part was fine for me but once you dropped into the second half when you had to change the targeting of the asteroid weapon, it was a frustrating one for certain.

[@wrlk636]

Perhaps you know at this point but in case you don't, I have two amendments to your information. 1) Mara Jade was playable in Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi 2) Korriban was featured in KotOR 1 just before Jedi Academy Thank you for sharing your extensive knowledge of the Star Wars universe! I was blown away when you talked about how Dark Forces had its own 3D engine!!!

[@CTJ296]

This needs more recognition.

[@jameswilson3766]

You could actually dual wield lightsabers or get the saber staff in KOTOR as well. And it was released two months before Jedi Academy. It also took players to Korriban, so KOTOR would be the first video game appearance of Korriban, not Jedi Academy.

[@thatsanaccount]

Nostalgia! Very well made Video, though you could have mentioned the still active multiplayer of Jedi Outcast and Academy which was and is for some people a big selling point, especially since JKA didnt have that great of a story.

[@MattyStoked]

Thanks for the comment. When I said "this is what keeps people coming back", I did mean the multiplayer. In fairness each game in this video does have a full review on the channel (linked in the video). Hard to mention everything with

[@sniffyjoe4229]

thatsanaccount Shouldn’t you be playing mb2 ;)

[@a-boy-named-sous]

Loved the video. Take this not as a correction but as a friendly fun fact, but Korriban first showed up in KOTOR mere months before jedi academy came out.

[@evilmiera]

Really absolutely loved Academy. Just the fact you were zipping around doing little mini-adventures, trying to keep the peace and expanding your powers along the way.

[@MattyStoked]

Yeah the episodic format really worked for this game. And the fact that you could choose to do all the missions, or just the bare minimum was a really nice touch.

[@osricen]

I LOVE this video (I come back to it at least a couple of times a year) and the Jedi Knight collection. I'm so grateful to have them all on Steam to remember the better days of Pentium machines, haha. THIS is easily the best Star Wars video game series, period... and even though some things didn't age well (especially with Jedi Outcast), its charm is still intact and is perpetual.

[@MattyStoked]

This is such a lovely comment. Thank you so much! Completely agree with you. Some parts are showing their age but I love all these game dearly.

[@nicka5205]

Love the video and youve gained yourself a new subscriber. One tiny correction though, mara jada was also playable in the force unleashed wii edition in the duel mode😊😊

[@MattyStoked]

Thanks so much for the sub! Glad you liked the video 😄

[@Pyro-Moloch]

your channel is so underrated

[@MattyStoked]

Thank you so much for saying. We strive to make our stuff as good as we can, and compliments like that make it all worthwhile. Got more Star Wars stuff coming in the next few weeks, so press subscribe and RIP inbox 😂

[@tutkufilms]

JKI and MOTS my most favourite childhood games. Disney should've learned from this.