Star Wars Jedi Knight II (Retro Review) - Worthabuy?

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[@WorthABuyreviews]

All the recent E3 shilling, screaming, screeching and whooping over NOTHING prompted me to lock myself away with one of my favourite games of all time and complete it again. I just want to let you see how gaming used to be and am sure a large amount of my viewers already know this anyway :) Hopefully the devs of the new Star wars game have taken notice of the old classics, I doubt it but we can live in hope.

[@maltorsever]

Sadly since Disney has the license /rights for Star wars and can pretty much dictate anything that goes in it I seriously doubt we will see anything worth while

[@Ashurruhsan]

Ah, I see you too are a man of culture. I too find myself replaying good old games that are focused on gameplay when the industry these days just churns out shit. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqfZqZ-oaLN7n68

[@bluebear3812]

Really enjoyed the Twitch stream, made me want to play it. Question: can you run this on Windows 10? I've heard some people say yes, others say no.

[@rex9912]

This is one of my favorite games of all time, I wish they could go back to this type of game design

[@cybergun01]

Loved the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series of games, as well as X-Wing vs TIE fighter series. Classic games.

[@TheKotor2309]

This is the benchmark for Star Wars games. If the devs can’t match it, they have no business even putting out a game.

[@elcidS15]

Amen

[@TheRixtah1]

This, Republic Commando, and Knights of the Old Republic form the holy trinity of masterclass Star Wars games. Jedi Academy, Empire at War, and Battlefront especially are also worthy titles.

[@Montyandrew45]

Yeah there is no way EA would put out a game like this. There is no money farm for them

[@BabyKobeeee]

DONT DISRESPECT BATTLEFRONT 2

[@Montyandrew45]

@@BabyKobeeee Which Battlefront 2? The Real one or the new one

[@OverlordZephyros]

They don't make good star wars games like they used to I wish they continue Kotor and rogue squadron too

[@jasonmhite]

I wish The Old Republic had been more successful. It actually did a lot of things well, it just wasn't very innovative in other areas.

[@MyRickyjoe]

@Isaac Clarke *rubs thumb and forefinger together menacingly* AAA just doesn't give a shit about single-player games anymore, they want a clash-of-clans or WoW-style subscription service, or it just isn't worth their time, apparently. I am so done with AAA, and every franchise that I used to love, people like us aren't the preferred audience anymore, because we aren't brain-dead whales.

[@fierto]

Kotor. Those 2 games were so good!

[@AWretchedMan]

nobodybodybody The old republic is garbage and doesn't even compare to Kotor lmao! 😂

[@lewispitts9448]

Lord Zephyros Rumours of a Kotor movie script, really hope they don’t butcher it.

[@kibo4568]

I'm a young one, turning 19 this year. Brought this game and played it after watching your video comparing this to the combat in the Witcher 3 and I must thank you for opening my eyes when you did a few years ago. I realized everything I had been missing with all the shit that is put out there by the gaming industry in the last few years. I've been playing almost exclusively old games since then to experience all the gems I've missed and will never be made again in the foreseeable future. So again, thank you for opening my eyes Mack. The last couple years of gaming has been unforgettable thanks to you!

[@WorthABuyreviews]

I think I used Jedi academy as the compared game but tbh it's almost identical to this combat wise, anyway you now see why I have such a problem with modern AAA combat, it just sucks.

[@TheQuantumShell]

Funny thing, is that I recently installed this game and playing it :) Absolutely excellent. The level design back then in games is by far superior what we get today.

[@TheQuantumShell]

@@Arglactable I feel you and have played all the games you mentioned :) and your avatar bring back good old memories. When I remember how many times i got lost on that station and how many times I couldn't find codes for doors. ah, those were the days when you needed brain for figuring out stuff. The only good game in the last decade that I had fun and got lost on the way trying to find items and paths to progress was Dark Souls. That game has great lvl design.

[@TheQuantumShell]

@@Arglactable I hope in the future we'll see more games that are complex and have great lvl design like we use to have back in the day, but that would need a huge change on gamers mentality that we have today. Majority of new gamers are not into it. They want it all served on the platter with one button mashing and "I want to win" now button. This decade was a huge downfall in game design and how every decade is very different than the previous one I just really hope we see a huge turn around towards quality gaming. The new game that FromSoftware is making with George R.R. Martin is taken me by surprise. They talk about open world. How will they approach it is a real mystery to me. It could be something new and fresh as they haven't done anything like it before or it could fall flat. I hope not :)

[@zzygyy]

I bought the collectors edition back in the day. Steel box with lightsaber key chain. This game rocks..... "Just a guy with a lightsaber"

[@pyramidhead3109]

dont even have to watch it, it's WAB 100000000000000000000%

[@moth2185]

Didnt even need to watch it to know its WAB

[@lwaves]

The question isn't "Is it worth a buy," it's "Why haven't you already bought it." :-)

[@arnox4554]

Just a note. If you wanna play multiplayer, you should really get Jedi Academy as it makes JK2's MP almost entirely obsolete. And you really should be playing multiplayer as it's hands down one of the absolute best aspects of the whole Jedi Knight series.

[@codesterrrr]

g_saberRealisticCombat 1

[@TheTommify]

Omg the memories

[@yosharian]

Exactly. Fucking epic with this on

[@wilhufftarkin8543]

devmapall god setforceall 20 g_saberrealisticcombat 20 notarget noclip npc spawn reborn npc spawn reborn npc spawn reborn npc spawn reborn npc spawn rebornboss npc spawn rebornboss npc spawn rebornboss npc spawn shadowtrooper npc spawn shadowtrooper npc spawn tavion npc spawn desann npc spawn jedi npc spawn jedi npc spawn jedi npc spawn jedi npc spawn jedi2 npc spawn jedi2 npc spawn jedi2 npc spawn jeditrainer npc spawn jeditrainer npc spawn luke *flies away* *PC crashes*

[@xlviiK]

After literally over a decade I still remember that code as if it were yesterday.

[@RKroese]

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[@AlexanderPews]

oh yes my childhood was great, I was like 12 when I played this and I did it for quite some years. My favorite things to do was play online and duel in lightsaber combat, sometimes friends would have LAN parties and we duel eachother. Also in the campaign just throwing jedi tricks or throwing the lightsaber at stormtroopers was so damn satisfying.

[@LonelyGamr]

Yeah same. Also played operation flashpoint and dues ex. Great time for pc

[@pumpkinpie8235]

Oh yes, the MP was awesome fun!

[@realhamonwry8620]

This is easily the best Star Wars game to date.

[@darken2417]

I'd say that Classic SWBFII is still a strong contender considering Galactic Conquest. Would completely blow everything out of the water if the superior PC version with higher troop counts had access to the local co-op/versus of the console version. Game basically becomes a grand strategy, first person shooter, space combat game when playing against a friend in Galactic Conquest as they both fight to dominate the map. Alas this is all talk of a long dead golden age.

[@valkir293]

Knights of the Old Republic 1 & 2 are better than the Jedi Knight series.

[@realhamonwry8620]

@@valkir293 - I'd agree with you but then we'd both be wrong.

[@valkir293]

@@realhamonwry8620 Nope, played them both again in 2017. KOTOR 1&2 all the way.

[@Dja05]

I like academy better tbh :/

[@invinciblereason1618]

It's sad to think that a game from nearly twenty years ago has better lightsaber combat than modern star wars games. Have devs working on star wars games ever played jedi academy? They should have taken notes from these games instead of dark souls and the witcher. Also, for anybody reading this including mack, check out a mod for jedi academy called movie battles 2. It's an online class based mod with the most realistic lightsaber combat you will ever see. Tons of classes with various weapons, lots of maps that the players vote on and it's one of those experiences where funny shit happens all the time. It's really hard to master but my god is it a good experience. The community on certain servers is a bit toxic (tR servers) but if you find a decent server it is great fun. Not that many people play it nowadays but there's always enough usually for two or three full servers and i highly recommend checking it out.

[@davidhero1000]

This is why i couldnt enjoy battlefront 2 combat is trash

[@KnightPapa]

To be honest, most of the triple A games are not going to change much because they are maximizing profit when they put less emphasis on actual game development and more on marketing. It's unfortunate, but it also gives Indie developers a chance to prove themselves. There are a lot of indie gems out there. I guess we'll wait and see what the second half of 2019 brings us.

[@alexa1591]

Knight which is why it was an absolute sin to give the Star Wars IP solely to EA. We’ll never get anything remotely different or innovative again in the Star Wars universe whilst they have their rancid claws in it. Although I suppose you could say the same about Disney and the films

[@RicardoSanchez-es5wl]

Mack, you triggered a nostalgia overload for me with this game. I remember being in 4th and 5th grade coming home from school and going to my grandmas house every day looking forward to playing this game. Time really does fly...

[@SpartanOfLuxon]

Hey Mac, there is still multiplayer on Jedi Knight Jedi Academy

[@TheHypernaught]

It's great Movie Battles 2 mod is awesome

[@cit-bolon-tum1322]

do you play it? I used to play jka a lot (1000s of hours)

[@daveeller9708]

PC gaming at its finest. The difficulty is reminiscent of games from the 80s and 90s (when I played some of the best games ever). Thanks for this, Mac.

[@DNH17]

The best game for difficulty is Ice man... u will really face difficulty there. (Sierra). It s on gog fortunately.

[@daveeller9708]

@@DNH17 So are a lot of others from that era. Bard's Tale, Starflight, Zork etc. I wish they would bring those types of games back. Those companies cared about their games and reputations.

[@ardoronro6677]

Oh yeah, disemboweling opponents in this game was satisfying. Thanks for the reminder of Star Wars games' better days.

[@Droid98765]

Rather have this remastered then Jedi Fallen Order

[@utrak]

you'd rather have a glorious masterpiece than a steaming pile of shite? Imagine that. *ding*

[@mrt4755]

@@utrak they say fallen order is much better then what they showed at E3 and its closer to metroid and dark souls then just another nathan drake adventure clone heres hoping anyway

[@patrickoviatt2432]

Definately agree. still have it, and boy I still love the force-choke Saber-throw combo

[@SleepyDroid]

Fallen order doesn't even have limbs taking off. Like this game.

[@ImaITman]

@@mrt4755 I hope so, because you're right E3 footage was total hot garbage.

[@ZaffProductions]

Such a great game. I actually finished this as a kid on Jedi Master back in the day. I’m struggling as an adult on the normal difficulty 😭

[@DNH17]

Keep trying u will become a kid again.. it s abt the brain.

[@ZaffProductions]

This brain takes slightly longer nowadays unfortunately. And less patience!

[@codesterrrr]

I have great memories with this game. One of the first I played intensely. Especially the multiplayer.

[@DNH17]

I know what u mean... big memories with operation flash point for me in 2001. No multiplayer for me but .. what a blast

[@greatdelusion7654]

The more the years roll on, the more the greatness of this game is realised.

[@guitaroso]

Always said this was one of the best games I ever played - there was something about the combat that felt so rewarding -- no lock-ons, fluid motion Even playing multiplayer was awesome

[@mattmattmatt131313]

You are in control of your character. You point at what you want to hit (with a mouse not a controller) and if your weapon connects with the enemy you get a hit. In most modern games all you are doing by pushing buttons is triggering a fancy animation with your enemy. The first time the animation looks cool, the 1000th time after a few hours of gaming it is just a snooze. Watching this gameplay reminds me again of Mount and Blade. One of the last oldschool PC games that still survive (maybe...cause Bannerlord) :(

[@robolivieri9915]

Multiplayer isn't dead. There's a mod called Movie Battles 2 which allows you to play multiplayer and there's a huge variety of characters to play as. There's also another mod called Movie Duels 2 and you get to play through all six original movies. It feels like its own game, highly recommend that one as well.

[@Mikplayeur]

Nice video in order to explain why "Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order" will be not a true "jedi" game.

[@slickysan]

but it will be close. i.ve just completed jk on oculus too with the vr mod. fallen is the closest thing we will ever get. i hope heads will fly and dont fuck it up with a t rating

[@dixonb.tweenerlegs4225]

Except it was. Fallen Order is the more accurate representation of a Jedi on the run during order 66.

[@noahfessenden6478]

Jedi Fallen Order is actually pretty fun. But it still doesn't hold a candle to Jedi Outcast.

[@RichardVSmall]

Do Jedi Academy next, there's even still an active multiplayer with the Movie Battles mod!

[@Williamstanway]

The levels on this game have a great atmosphere and they make you think.

[@Introvertedtroy]

I like how they make you wait for the lightsaber

[@elkjaer615]

Love the retro reviews. Please make more. Maybe of some of the all time best RTS games from the old school days (Age of Empires 1 and 2, Age of Mythology + Titans Stronghold 1, Cruaser and 2, Warcraft ect).

[@rentonmalseed-smith4431]

Am I the only one who would love to see Mack do a top ten games of all time?

[@SekaiNoGaijin]

This was one of my favorites when I was a kid. I didn’t speak any english back then, so it was even harder, but I really loved it.

[@maxwagner6342]

I know you haven’t played the original fallouts, but I would love your thoughts on fallout 1 and 2 because they are my two favorite RPGS of all time.

[@maxwagner6342]

Mi Ke honestly picking between 1 and 2 is one of the hardest decisions but if I had to pick it would be one because I very slightly prefer the story, but overall 2 is just a better game in scope.

[@StrangeDaysGaming]

The bespin city streets with the laser rifle snipers still gives me nightmares.

[@eagletheblue]

Man, I played hours and hours of FFA in MP. Jedi Academy next?

[@Brekner]

I remember playing this while not having access to the internet yet...man, it was brutal, lol. Some of the puzzles were way too difficult for me, but i did manage to finish the game!

[@ShiningOmega]

A couple other things about Jedi Outcast I would want to know if I was considering it after this review: - You keep your full arsenal even after getting your saber/force powers, and bullets/rockets/explosives are physics objects that you can manipulate with Force Push/Pull. Combine that with Force Speed and you can play as a superpowered commando if you want. - There are some massive semi-open world levels in the game too; it's not just linear hallways. - Force Grip at max level lets you move enemies around freely. You can whip them around and fling them away or off high places too. It's not just a slow, passive kill.

[@kaskas9882]

If this game got a reboot in 2019 journalists will cry because of the difficulty lool.

[@TheHypernaught]

2007 was a great year for gaming. Crysis, TF2, Quake Wars, Portal, and even Modern Warfare (yeah the shitiest title that year)

[@BlatentlyFakeName]

Any reboot of this game is bound to suck tbh. You just don't get this level of attention to detail anymore.

[@undergroundman5153]

Kas Kas988 it just got ported to the Switch and PlayStation 4.

[@Fnelrbnef]

And because he saves a woman.

[@jtolson66]

This brought back so many memories. I remember playing this game so much growing up. I used to have favourite levels I would go back to and play (like the level where you are start by fighting a whole load of storm troopers). It balanced being difficult with making you feel so powerful in a way I haven’t experienced in a game since. It’s probably been 15 years since I played this but I still remembered all the levels in the video. It’s nice to see this properly appreciated- I may need to buy it!

[@chris.dillon]

First, I was like: _there's a new one!?_ Then I saw the (Retro Review). Then you said _let's read the words from 17 years ago_. Actual, real life LOL. You got me. :D

[@XiliGaming101]

I loved when you said "WHEN games were really really great", cause that is exactly how I feel about todays games in general. Especially with this game specifically I have SUCH fond memories of it, this vid took me way back to the past, much apreciated :)

[@WanderPIerce]

What a weird coincidence, I'm about halfway through Jedi Knight 1 on my way to this game and you upload this of all things, great video!

[@idealirreal]

So glad you started playing old games. You are practicaly playing my youth years playlist.

[@sekspyras]

Its one of the best games i have ewer played, good job mack!!!

[@FrontSideBus]

I loved this game soooo much back in the day. The original Dark Forces was one of the first FPS’ I played on PC.

[@lwaves]

Dark Forces was the main reason I bought a PC and ditched my Amiga. Remember the 8Mb expansion card requirement to play it?

[@TBrianOnline]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who loved this game. Great job, Mack!

[@BashirH]

The PvP on this game was so amazing. We used to sit in the computer lab at school & play the absolute HELL out of this game. Good times.

[@TimmacTR]

JEDI ACADEMY + KNIGHTS OF THE FORCE MOD

[@therandomdickhead5744]

Finally! I used to play this game as a kid, I was waiting for this for so long.

[@MartinDugas]

my favourite "cheat" was deadly lightsaber, or how was it called. It made a lightsaber kill anything by just touching it (this also meant much mooore dismemberment) which made lightsaber duels even more juicy, especially in MP duels =)

[@lwaves]

Not just one of the best Star Wars games ever but one of the best games ever. If I remember correctly, not only do you not get a lightsaber for a while but you also don't see any Stormtroopers for a while either. I remember walking down a dark corridor, when I heard the familiar click and voice of two troopers talking. A genuinely exciting and heart racing moment.

[@Droid98765]

Its nice to see thr lightsaber actually be deadly and not just like a stick like it is now in games

[@ag0nii]

Just bought my copy for 1.33 Euro.. gonna game this tonight!! =D thank you so very much for the awesome review (as always). Remember playing this when i was younger and i loved it. Just forgotten about it.. so thnx again!

[@TiberianGamer]

This is my favorite game of all time , I played it when it came out, and sporadically ever since . Today’s Star Wars games always fail to nail lightsaber combat, but this is the perfect example of that made right

[@johnschreyer4186]

Thanks for the retro review, best jedi game ever! Great memories of my roomies and I on our house network playing multi player online......

[@OneofInfinity.]

I still have the physical copy, great game that aged like good wine.

[@aidenrogers1468]

Fallout 1 and 2 next? Fallout Tactics if you want i guess

[@eiszapfenderwutendenwinde3233]

Fallout Tactics is good and i wished the original two Fallout games had exactly that combat system/s! But people are too stupid to read. The title already says it, TACTICS and everyone is crying about how not RPG like that game is. Man, its about combat. Enter Level, shoot everything down, loot and go home. If i go to the pizzeria, i don't expect to eat a McFool's crappy hamburger!

[@hankczinaski915]

Probably my top 3 game of all time. That moment when you encounter first Reborn in Bespin...

[@ManOfFortuneGamingChannel]

My childhood game, left me with such a great feeling gaming. It's a dream

[@Veloce87]

I remember me and my mates playing Jedi Academy at uni, such good times! Downloading both now :)

[@scrombom]

Just found this game on sale, Knew nothing about it. Very pleasantly surprised

[@sdsdfdu4437]

Given the gameplay shown for fallen order, it has the potential to not be crap, although it likely won't live up to jedi academy and jedi outcast. The problem is it's EA and you can't trust them worth a damn

[@CamoflaugeDinosaue]

Sdsdfdu it’s going to be on rails, scripted, guided. I’d be willing to bet on that. Animations look smooth and fluid, but that novelty wears off in about 5 seconds.

[@wilhufftarkin8543]

Fun facts for all Star Wars Expanded Universe fans out here: The Valley of the Jedi you visit in this game is the place on Ruusan where the mind bomb exploded in Darth Bane: Path of Destruction and the Jedi vs. Sith comic. Also, Galak Fyyar's and Desann's Imperial Remnant faction is the Empire Reborn, whose "emperor" is Lord Hethrir. They also appeared in the novel The Crystal Star.

[@izzydmg5750]

I loved this game back in 2002... the light sabre duels in Fallen Order reminded me of it a lot 😊

[@Muckytuja]

I wish we could have something like g_sabercombatrealistic 1 in Fallen Order as well! :D

[@mariaveenema4337]

This, and Jedi Academy are just on a whole other level. My favourite ever Star Wars games. The multiplayer was excellent too. Some REALLY skilled people.

[@vladimirkaminski7060]

Makes you wonder why with today's technology no developer has made a game in this style. Battlefront from EA was utter shite - yet if they just of made Battlefield 4 style but Star wars theme it could of been up there with this game as one of the best.

[@mariaveenema4337]

@@vladimirkaminski7060 Mac touched upon it in the review. They need games to be made for consoles too.

[@hikeskool]

Great critique on modern gaming. Here is my own experience: I am tied to PUBG with my friends. I typically play every major "AAA" shooter that comes down the pike, at least the single player campaigns. I had a craving for old-school fun, so I reinstalled the 2016 Doom and started dabbling in the campaign on hard. Like you, I 'sperged out initially. This thing was tough, at least for me! I had been softened up by total fucking garbage over the years. But in the end, I had a BLAST. Guess what? My PUBG performance improved. No longer was I pissed about getting run up on or losing midrange engagements. I was the guy leading the squad because I was confident I could snap to a target the fastest out of all my friends. Folks, play the older stuff again. You will enjoy it, even if the learning curve is steep!

[@SethHoustonCrum]

I forgot this was in my steam from 2012. Thank you for reminding me

[@lilwayn1000]

looking at this warms my heart i have the best memories with this game to anyone who didnt play it and loves star wars YOU NEED TO PLAY THIS

[@johnpatz8395]

I absolutely love this game, not only for the single player but the multiplayer lightsaber duels were a blast. I was never the best with the lightsaber but was great at using force powers, I loved the tie fighter hanger bay map as force choking my friends and dropping them out of one of the openings was always great fun, and really used to get people raging.

[@russoft]

Long time fan of this series of games (Dark Forces, Jedi Knight, Jedi Knight II, etc.). Thanks for all your reviews Mack. Two of my current favorites are Arma 3 and Prey. I wouldn't have bought them without watching your reviews. I'd have bought some other trash that I hated.

[@HawkeyeFan321]

FYI on sale for $2.50 @ fanatical

[@michaelsteffensen6844]

The combat in this looks more fun than the new Star Wars game coming out. The problem with new AAA games is the devs/publishers want it to look good all the time, and that usually results in the devs limiting what the player can do to reduce the number of situations they have to account for when making all their animations flow smoothly and whatnot. It would be almost impossible to have the kind of free-flowing combat like this game without conceding that it's going to look a bit strange at times. So now we get massively compromised combat mechanics that look "cinematic"...

[@iCharli92]

Think I’ve finished this game about 12 or more times and double that for Jedi Academy. It has the best lightsaber combat in all the games. Every now and then I just turn that on and play some saved moments in the Jedi Temple vs 4 Reborn robots and hack my way through.

[@Mario-fv3zs]

This is also my all-time favorite game. I was already playing it back in 2003 and I still play it at least 2 times a year! For a game this old, the graphics are still very acceptable. In 2003 - 2004, I played the multiplayer version of this game for at least 7 - 8 hours a day !

[@MrErnieDevlin]

The early 2000s were a great time to be a young teenager with nothing but time to kill on the weekends. LAN parties with truly good games.

[@MauveAvenger7889]

More like this! Loving the retro reviews Mac. I loved Dark Forces 1 & 2, don't know how I managed to completely miss Jedi Outcast. I remember in DF 2 you had to put in a lot of work before you got hold of a light sabre - made it seem really special. It was also cool how the virtue of your actions would lead you down the different sides of the force, each with their own awesome force powers. Did anyone ever play a game called boiling point? Came out in 2005 I think. I really enjoyed it and thought it was lightyears ahead of it's time, but I've never met anyone else who actually played it.

[@Tr33fiddy]

It's the little things. Like when you see an enemy Sith in the distance he just stands there staring at you. Won't attack until you draw you lightsabre and charge.

[@rasplez9889]

*warning* Before you play, the initial resolution and other graphical changes made are extremely low quality. It's about 640x480/ 800x600, meaning you get that horrible compressed screen if you alt tab or try to escape to desktop with the game running. I'd recommend using the "Jedi knight expanded menu mod" as it has a much easier to navigate main menu, as well as other neat options like being able to choose a custom resolution. (naturally 1920x1080 would be preferable for most monitors). That's mainly the reason you'd want to use it, but it also unlocks other settings in the config menu that weren't available to change in the base game (besides editing the config file but that's fiddly and takes too much time). It also comes with an expanded cheat menu if you happen to use those so you rely less on the debug dev menu. It also dials up the decapitation on your lightsaber so it's a neat little package and really does bring the game into the modern era. Also, if it doesn't let you play because you don't have the CD, you can easily download a CD-fix patch off the internet.

[@milesjazz9957]

MORE of that retro stuff,as requested. Its what the world needs.

[@eddyfromouterspace7308]

definitely my personal favourite among all the star wars games

[@TheIcemanModdeler]

Jedi Academy was my favorite, with the addition of mods like Moviebattles and Evolution of Combat, the manual directional blocking that these mods add is very nice.

[@Mezeskex]

I have played this game online for long time. We even had a guild and was just duelling all day against other players. 3 lighstaber style using combos. What an amazing time were for gaming.

[@slenzip]

Oh god I remember this game on the Xbox and my brother and I (who were not very good at games) taking turns each death we had.

[@philillustration8424]

This with the Knights Of The Force mod. Oh the memories.

[@RevelsCat]

Just bought it thanks for the review!

[@ImJustPeter]

Imagine this game, but with 2019 graphics....... I want it so badly! And I guess you should move onto Jedi Academy now :D

[@cyberangel82]

Good one, Mack. I remember being a fan of Dark Forces and Jedi Knight: Dark Forces back in the day and I was so looking forward to Jedi Outcast coming out in 2002, because of Raven Software, who made my favorite games Heretic 1&2 and Hexen 1&2. Those were the days... Oh well, back to the unfulfilling present.

[@unitybeing777]

Going to play it now. Thank you for review.

[@battlemode]

I didn't play this one but I loved Jedi Knight, it was one of the best games I'd ever played when it came out, and I suspect I'd still love it now.

[@CYON4D]

One of my favorite games of all time as well. Awesome video.

[@walzy1981]

Thanks Mack for this I have been needing a really good game buying off your links keep up the great work

[@rab3072]

Have great memories playing this and Jedi Academy

[@snafuedem]

The multi player mods for this game were amazing.

[@Demoner]

I keep this game installed on my laptop to play while I'm away and have no internet. What a fantastic game.

[@TheMarcodiator]

Oh so many memories. My first online matches with lightsaber dueling, just wonderful. The only small issue I had was with the force speed. It's ridiculously OP. :D You can melt any boss by just force speeding (which slows down the game) and seeing them go in slow motion and delicately chopping off the bad guy's head. :D But it's a really great game nonetheless.

[@greatdelusion7654]

* Switches to Geordie accent * _YOU DON’T KNOW THE POWAH OF THE FORCE!_ 🤣

[@bradleyadams2241]

The Force is very strong with this one.

[@WorthABuyreviews]

damn right it is.

[@kgb3310]

I cannot picture it anymore but deep inside I still remember how it felt to light up my hard earned lightsaber for the first time in this game.

[@maltorsever]

Games Then : required skill, use of logic and patience . levels that required you to manually travel through them and puzzles that actually presented a challenge . Games Released as a whole product , Patches were sparse but free. No Battle royale in the early to mid 2000's Games now : Literally impossible to fail even if you try to fail , 5 minute long CGI cut scenes and QTE's that take you out of the game any time that there's a "difficult " Section . having to do fetch quests with flashy glowly arrows telling you exactly where to go is considered a puzzle . Developers intentionally cut out game play and sell it as DLC / Micro transactions , patches either happen too often and end up wrecking the essential game play or no patches at all . Battle royale is literally the only Genre in 2019 (2016- God knows when the fad will die )

[@maltorsever]

something I put effort into : we sleep Shit post about Keanu Reeves : DEFCON 1 SHIT IS REAL .

[@mrdangerdave]

You're right man, it was completely different back then. Games were original and were shipped as complete products. None of this, ship it out now and we'll maybe patch it some day.

[@carny15]

When was the last time you played a game?

[@maltorsever]

@@carny15 Okay so perfect example is Fallout 76 which just recently had a period of being F2P , I played that for all of one hour and pretty much ran into everything wrong with gaming today in one game .

[@DNH17]

Agree but try to play games with no HUD like I do.. that s the only way to immerse if the game is well designed. Otherwise it s just trash i agree if it doesn t work like that either... sure u need taste and if u have u are like me, i know what u mean but i know how to solve it most of times.

[@WelcomeToRapture08]

Mack ! Bought and finished this under your recommendation. Absolute top notch start to finish. I forgot about the outdated graphics after 5 mins. Proper puzzles. No glowing 'click this bit next' bullshit. Gun play superb. Lightsaber acrobatics surprisingly satisfying considering this was quake engine stuff. Best thing I've played in years. More retro reviews please.

[@gyloir]

I loved this game back in the day. Easily the Jedi style game we got out of all the Star Wars games. My only complaint was the melee combat felt too floaty, the way it was designed with the movement keys being tied to combat led to what was known as the "ice skating" effect, where basically visually the combat felt like people were just ice skating around instead of well, looking like a real jedi fight (it's still good, but just could have been better imo). I wish the combat would have been more like Severance, which is one of the few melee action games of that era that solved the whole "ice skating" issue that plagued many great action games with how its controls worked.

[@tuff-knorf4561]

It funny you mentioned the hard puzzles without the hand holding. I got to thinking when I was like 13 and finished “Laura bow and the dagger of Amon Ra” for the first time and you are supposed to tell who murdered each person in the game. And I didn’t even know the names of the victims. I don’t even think I’d get it right to this day. Such a great game.

[@JohnSmith-kz7rd]

top 5 best game iv ever played this, they dont make them like this anymore sadly. great vid Mack