In the end, I just couldn't get into Jedi Knight. Light side abilities include healing and purer powers, while the dark side consists of more destructive and evil forces such as lighting and destruction. The powers you get depend on your choice to join the light side or the dark side of the Force. Also spiffy are the different Jedi powers you can obtain throughout the game. Your impressive arsenal includes a lightsaber, thermal detonators, a bowcaster (great for sniping), sequencer charges and several other weapons. It's a shame that ugly and uninspired textures were laid over top of them. They're very big and complex with lots of puzzle solving, clue searching and item collecting needed to complete missions. It looks like the developers actually spent some time and care building them.

One thing Jedi Knight does have going for it is innovative level design. (Stiffness perhaps?) The game itself controls well and precisely, with fully customizable button configurations. Maybe that's not the right word, but there's just something about it I cannot explain. It never emits any kind of real feeling - other than shallowness. The gaming engine is one of the worst since 3D Realms' Build Engine. High in production quality, they also actually feature good acting (for the most part). On the other hand, the FMV story sequences are nicely done, with a solid story for any Star Wars fan. A 3D graphics accelerator helps out a tad, but characters still remain similar in texture. What detail the characters do have doesn't help out much from their looking like the rest of the game: uninspired. Its engine uses bland and boring textures for walls, floors, ceilings and characters, which themselves are very blocky and look quite stupid. This isn't necessarily a great thing, because the visuals in Jedi Knight are completely uninspired. (I hope I'm not hunted down by the legions of Star Wars fans for not liking this game!)įirst of all, the graphics have been completely redone since Dark Forces.

Well, I think I'll just come out and say it: Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II just isn't that great.

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