Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years Amazon Minimum Age: 144 months Binding: Video Game Brand: LucasArts EAN: 0023272954581 ESRB Age Rating: Teen Label: Lucas Arts Entertainment Manufacturer: Lucas Arts Entertainment Platform: GameCube Publisher: Lucas Arts Entertainment Sales Rank: 2300 Studio: Lucas Arts Entertainment
Book Description: In the tradition of the multi-award-winning Star Wars: Jedi Knight, Star Wars, Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast features rebel agent Kyle Katarn in exhilarating first-person action. Several years have passed since Kyle avenged his father's death and saved the Valley of the Jedi from Jerec and his band of Dark Jedi. Allowing his Force powers to languish for fear of falling to the dark side, Kyle entrusted his lightsaber to Luke Skywalker, vowing never to use it again. But when a new and menacing threat to the galaxy emerges, Kyle knows he must reclaim his past in order to save his future.
Players assume the role of Kyle as they employ a unique mix of weapons, Force powers, and the lightsaber in both single- and multiplayer modes. Jedi Outcast features expanded and enhanced use of the lightsaber, with new attack and defense moves. Tap into the powers of the Force, including jump, push, Jedi mind tricks, and more. Employ combat or stealth, depending on the situation. When a fight is necessary, be at the ready with an arsenal of weapons: stun baton, Bryar blast pistol, and blaster rifle, to name but a few.
Explore breathtaking Star Wars locales such as Cloud City, the Jedi Academy on Yavin 4, Nar Shaddaa, the smugglers' moon--plus some never-before-seen locations. Multiplayer options include capture the flag, free for all, team FFA, duel, weapons-only, and Jedi master.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Awesome!
I bought this game for my son and he absolutely loves it. He is 13 and has barely been off of the video game system since. He highly recommends it.
Rating: - Awesome game
This game is so awesome! I mean it has great graphics and great gameplay. The only thing that sucks is that is is really rare. I had to have my parents go to a town about 50 miles away just to find a used copy! And it cost me $42 all together! Well, anyway... this game is awesome. The only problems I have with it is that there are only nine missions(they take a while though), when you use your guns you're in first person mode/ when you use your lightsaber you're in third person, and you have save frequently because if you don't and you die you either have to load your last save point or completely restart the level. Another bad thing, saving and loading takes forever! But other than that this game is awesome
Rating: - Review of Star Wars Jedi Knight 2 Jedi Outcast
INTRO: Jedi knight 2 is the 3rd installment of the Dark Forces Series. You return as Kyle Katarn and the help of some others friends to battle the Dark Side
THE GOOD: This game is perhaps the funnest game i own.The story mode is fantastic, and the the graphics and enviroments are stunning, but, for me the best part about this game is the Jedi Arena mode. It is eather multiplayer or single player and you can chose from a large varaity of players such as Kyle, Luke Skywalker, Stormtrooper, Lando Calarisian, and many many others. You can also chose from many diferent enviroments ranging from the death star to the Star Destroyer, and even the streets of Bespin.
THE BAD: There really isnt much bad to say about this game. The only bad things are that some of the puzzles are very hard and soemtimes when your stuck in one of the puzzles you feel like u just wanna blow up some stormtroopers. Also the first two levels u dont have the force or a lightsaber. It can also be a bit hard to figure out the controls because, after all, this game was ment for a PC.
OVERALL: Overall, this game was incredible and if you love star wars you will love this. By far the best installment in the Dark Forces Series.
Rating: - Way Cool
I have no idea how but I managed to score a brand new copy for the GameCube for only 40 buck! And I will never sell my copy it rock so hard, the single player mode can be incredibly hard if you dont know what you are doing. But the multiplayer is insanely fun. and with this game becomeing harder to find every day I consider myself quite lucky. Here is a tip that I found quite usfull when hunting for this game. Go to gamestop, funcoland, gamecrazy, or EB games as early as possible on tuesdays. Because on tuesdays they put out all of the used games that they have collected over the week. I found that 100 percent of the stores I went to had a used copy of this game. So its really not that hard to find if you know were and when to look.
Rating: - Not a spectacular port
Jedi Outcast originally started out as a PC game, an awesome one at that. In fact, it even won a few "Game of the Year," awards from different magazines and reviewers. Then, Vicarious Visions gets the rights to port it over to the GameCube and Xbox. As you will soon see, that transition from PC to GameCube was not very well done.
First, the good. The storyline is pretty good, if not a little shallow, and the sound is authentic and true to the Star Wars license. The puzzles are kind of cool and its fun to go back through the levels to see what different ways you can dispose of an enemy (should I chuck them off the cliff or should I choke them and use them as a shield.)
Now the bad. We'll start with the graphics. The graphics, even for 2002, aren't very well done. The game is very dark and it's hard to see where the heck you are going. Also, some of the environments are very "blah" and uninteresting. A few of the outdoor levels, like the end Yavin 4 levels, are pretty and detailed (rain will sizzle on your lightsaber) but really, the whole game should be like that. Also, there is a problem with framerates, especially in the multiplayer mode. If you get too many people on screen, you'll get considerable lag. Sometimes, the framerates will drop even without very many enemies onscreen. Doing tricks, like running along the wall, will also cause slowdown. The cutscenes use the in game engine are often full of artifacts(pixellations). You can even find artifacts in the few CG cutscenes.
Now for the controls. The controls are clunky at first, but you can generally get the hang of it. The GameCube controller, though, isn't very well adapted to rapid tapping of the shoulder buttons, but it works. Also, sometimes the controls are little slow to respond.
If I were to make this game better, I would make the controls more fluid, smooth out the graphics and add dynamic lighting, and I would make it so that the player actually felt like a true Jedi, which this game partially succeeded in. Overall, I give it a 7/10.
- Way Cool
