STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

One of the earlier Jedi simulators. Very fun.

This is part of my childhood, will always recommend.

That said the gameplay still feels good

great original star wars game. Amazing lightsaber mechanics.

a little glitchy but fun none the less

I replayed many years after and it remains a great game!

I died during a cutscene because Kyle jumped on my head and made me fall into acid.
10/10

Just like Jedi Outcast but way less cryptic. A- for not being able to play as Kyle and hear his scream when you jump off a cliff

This was my Half Life 2. But more than that, I got to live out all my double-bladed lightsaber dreams (okay fiine saberstaff lightstaff whatever.) I also got to live my nightmares of my rockets being force deflected right back at me. And getting blasted by a remote droid I couldn't figure out how to deflect the first time I played.

In other words, I have a friccin blast every time with this game.

This game (and Movie Duels mod) is everything I wanted from a Star Wars game

Once you calibrate your control settings, it's level of detail of light saber and force power play are unmatched

Poorly tuned. Nearly everything about this game feels at least a little wrong, almost like it wasn't playtested enough or something. The movement and shooting both feel very awkward, way below the standards of what you could expect from a game released in 2003. The weapons are a mixed bag; the ones that let you skip the bad shooting mechanics (basically any AoE weapon) are the most fun. Level design and enemy encounters are boring and repetitive, though they do try some unique tricks here and there which work out OK (like the prison escape level with the rancor). There are fixes for the performance but by default the framerate fluctuates like crazy on modern systems. And the story, to my taste, is just totally forgettable, managing to suck the charisma out of Kyle Katarn, one of the more memorable characters from previous iterations of this series. I think this game implements the John Williams score really badly too--I managed to get really sick of it by the end of the game, which I can't say for other Star Wars games that feature Williams' music, like Battlefront 2 (2005).

The saber combat is very impressively animated, and upon a google/Steam guide investigation it seems like there's a lot of hidden depth to it. But there's nothing preventing your average novice to the 3rd person-action genre--me, in other words--to just mash left-click while wiggling the mouse around for 95% of the game's many lightsaber duels, which actually works perfectly fine. I don't feel too bad about not trying to master complex mechanics that the game makes absolutely no effort to teach me--I took the cheesy path instead. The problem is that you get to the 5% of those fights, the bosses and mini-bosses, and the game expects you to actually know how to fight. So I won't lie to you, I cheesed my way through the last 3 or 4 of those fights by spamming force lightning and running away. Not exactly the most authentic experience to have with this game, but actually trying to learn the mechanics at a deep level just didn't seem to me to be worth it, especially since 1) again, the game doesn't teach you any of it whatsoever, 2) the game mostly doesn't require any deep knowledge of its systems, and 3) the game isn't very good.

At least force powers are fun, kind of. Your character becomes very overpowered very quickly, which is for the best for a game like this. Powers synergize well with both blaster and lightsaber playstyles, enhancing the enjoyment of both. The jankiness of the game's physics makes it so that force lightning will blast enemies way off into the distance team-rocket style, which is pretty entertaining. But the meter-management involved is just painful--those platforming sections in the endgame involve repeatedly waiting for your force power meter to regenerate in order to complete successive jumps, not fun. In fact there is generally a lot of waiting for force power to regenerate in this game, killing the flow of action with unnecessary pauses.

I've never played the mods for this game but it seems like that would be the reason to buy it. Otherwise, you're much better taking your 9-hours or more of play investment elsewhere.

Star wars JKJA in its vanilla state definitely shows it age; the controls feel kinda bad, textures look low res, sound effects arent as crisp as modern games. but with JAEnhanced mod this game is at least more fun that most games released today

Best Lightsaber combat this side of the Mason-Dixon

best star wars game ever made...enough said

I'd say no game comes close to its lightsaber combat, even 22 years later. It does have kind of a steep learning curve, but it is so much fun once you really get it. Everything except the story (which is a bit worse here) is improved compared to its prequel, Jedi Outcast. The graphics, although dated, weirdly enough do not feel out of place. P.s. movie duels mod rules

Played the campaign 5 times.

Gonna make a new character and do it again every year.

Best lightsaber combat in any Star Wars Game

playing this for the first time and it's pretty fun and the controls hold up. Only complaint about this game is that you have to make sure to delete old save files, because if it's full you can't save your progress beyond the checkpoints.

A remnant of the best days being a Star Wars fan. It's crazy to think how great so much of the Star Wars media was back then. This, KOTOR, Battlefront and whole host of amazing novels and Dark Horse comics.

Now I can't force myself to be excited about anything Star Wars even if I tried forcing myself. The world was gutted when they retconned the Expanded Universe, instead opting to take inspiration from these superior stories and write something completely half-baked and predictable.

Oh well. This game is still totally worth playing today and still has some of the best lightsaber combat you can find. The story is fairly charming and those who have enjoyed the novels post Return of the Jedi will find it interesting. Modding possibilities are nearly endless as well, playing around in Movie Battles 2 is an absolute must.

For anyone who finishes the game and wants to learn more about the story of the protagonist Jaden Korr, read the novels titled Riptide and Crosscurrent. These sorts of games and stories may no longer be canon or expanded upon, but they are still worth enjoying.

They don't make games like that anymore. No wonder more and more players are coming back. Especially with the Mod Moviebattles II this game is an absolute masterpiece.

I like this game very much its good made basically from golden age of franchise. But there is one thing in community. Some mod skins are looking characters after bee sting non-shrek variety with alcohol disease syndrome. I don't understand why somebody would do that but its just non acceptable to be such a narcissist.

Classic! Such a fun game.

best star wars game ever perhaps?

The game of my childhood.
Quite an adventure.
Here you can fight with a lightsaber! With two lightsabers! With a lightsaber staff!!!
You can use force and shoot from blasters.
Damn, you can even customize the appearance of your character and lightsabers.
What else have you dreamed of?

This game has the best lightsaber combat by a mile and has insanely active modding community.

Play this game with the enhanced/remastered mod in full 4k widescreen.
It's a must have for any Star Wars fan. Timeless and epic.
And it should have been canon.

I marked yes because I like the game HOWEVER this port has a lot of bugs. So keep that in mind. Cutscenes specifically have issues with this port. The game itself is fun and a great sequel to Jedi Outcast.

This game aged quite well, the combat is good altough it can be tedious at times, the better way to describe it is fun and unique.

If you get bored by the main storyline you can play with mods which make the game feel fresh.

Siendo secuela directa de Jedi Outcast, esta entrega de la saga Jedi Knight cuenta la historia de un nuevo iniciado en la orden Jedi que será entrenado por el restituido maestro Kyle Katarn. Con el mismo concepto general de gameplay de su predecesor y cambiando algunos aspectos relevantes en la forma en cómo se cuenta la historia principal, Jedi Academy es un buen juego, con un guion interesante que le da continuidad a una saga que viene desde mucho tiempo atrás y que ha ido gradualmente aumentando de calidad. Una jugabilidad que se mantiene, unas gráficas sobresalientes y una banda sonora sobre la cual no hay nada que decir (es Star Wars) hacen de este título uno que merece ser jugado.

it's canon so if you're getting into the lore, you have to play this gem.

Easily my favorite single player Star Wars game.
Despite being over 20 years old, it still plays well. After a few minutes my eyes get used to the dated graphics, and its an all in, fun SW romp. Never even tried multiplayer (which I've read only great things about) and I've still put almost 750 hours into this game.

This is the Gem of OG Jedi games. Very simple and easy to understand. Probably the best intro game to OG starwars games.

Game is still great in 2024. If you're not offended by the lack of ray tracing, this is one of my personal favorite star wars games.

Sand worms gave me nightmares as a kid.

Its a good game, very difficult but challenging fun.

Very good game, it's old but gold. Multiplayer is pretty active also.

Best Star Wars combat of all time.

Best lightsaber game

played 26 hours of boring combat, boring cutscenes, boring characters, boring everything. why did i do this? don't ask me

I've finished this game over 150 times when I was a teen. It still rocks.

Best Star Wars game ever made, either this or Outcast.

Graphics are of course a little dated but this game still holds up especially when it comes to all the fun of light saber battles, if only they did not make it so the main character had to be named Jaden.

old game with interesting but shotty mechanic system. some how this is the only real action jedi game that gives you freedom to build your own character and the multiplayer fun fun too.

One of the earlier Star Wars games I ever played and an absolute classic!

I never understood the hate this game got. While I haven't played the campaign since 2011 and have only been on multiplayer since, I've got distinct memories of having fun with the inbuilt NPC spawner, setting up custom fights in otherwise peaceful or easy levels, using Mind Trick Lvl. 3 to start fights and exploit glitches with the jet troopers. The aforementioned multiplayer servers may have been down for ages, the Bot system (I believe it was somewhat revolutionary at the time to have bots in multi?) makes up for it and is generally fun, even if the AI is antiquated. I'd recommend a play to anyone.
Even if the general consencus is that it lives in the shadow of Outcast, I actually enjoy Acadamy more from a gameplay perspective, especially with the improvements to bots/fights in the multiplayer side.

Got this from the Christmas discount. This game is very good and fun and worth it. Its graphics arent the best but it is what I expected from an early 2000s quake platform game. Its controls do need to be binded quickly when you start. But those are minor things and the story and the joy I get out of swinging a lightsaber that is actually a one hit KO as it should is so satisfying. Another slight plight is some of the cinematic scenes dont load right. But I fixed this by always making a save right before I finish a level and if it dosent load right I leave the game and load my save.

My favorite STAR WARS Game of them all. I've been playing this game ever since i was a kid and its still just as fun as it was then. Imagine a complete remastered version of this game, or maybe a sequel with the Jaden character.

I absolutely recommend this game as well as it's 'brother' Jedi Knight: Jedi Outcast. It is awesome still after some twenty years. Being an X Generation guy, I cannot do anything else but adore this game along with its rightful brother Jedi Knight: Jedi Outcast. In these times of remasters, I certainly wish they remastered these two as well, but after I enjoyed them back in their years countless times, I still think that they still are the best Star War games ever made.
Hope you enjoy them as well.
May the Force be with you always.

AWESOME!! A great substitute to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Survivor if you're running on a potato (like me) or are craving something more after playing them.

Still a lot of fun, a true classic.

This game is fun and better than most of the recent Star Wars instalments; however, there are frequent crashes and bugs. The saving system does not help with this as I find most often the game will come across a bug or glitch during a cut scene, and the game seems to save during every cut scene; this sounds good in theory, but most of the time leads to hours and hours of progression being wasted as upon reloading your last save you stumble back into the same bug or glitch. Outside of this, the game is entertaining, jumping around and swinging a lightsaber in every direction or taking down a Sith lord with a little blaster, watching his body fling around the room as he ragdolls.