STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast™

A Game that brings so much Nostalgia.
This is something that was, when first released was on a disk, and ran on a different OS. This game has a story line that is, so far something that the newer games, I think just fail to achieve. The way you have to navigate through the linear, and puzzle matched way, to get to the next area is something I think that has just simply died out. Hence that it can be a bit frustrating if you do not know what you are doing, since they're isn't any hints or glowing door indicators of where to go next. Making you think of where to go, and how to get there next. Sure, the graphics are not the most appealing. Sure, the movement and the A.I. are very old... I really find these games deeply enjoyable and something that any Star Wars fan of the old time games and even some of the newer games can really appreciate in the story, and in the combat and the story line.

In my opinion, I think that a true Star Wars fan will enjoy playing even though that this game is very dated. I do recommend getting this game ONLY on a super sale or a SUPER deluxe bundle where you can get all of the games or a decent amount of them for a MEGA sale.

This game is awful to play through. It's too old so you have to dig into the config files to figure out how to make the game playable on modern PCs. Then when you get the game running get ready for torment. Guns do not shoot where you point them. And blow off, Star Wars fanboys, if you say "that's how a stomtrooper rifle would be they cant shoot straight lol." I could stand five feet in front of a mob and blow my rifle off of ammo on him, crosshair covering his body and none of the shots hit. The character slip slides everywhere and they expect you to do pin point platforming at some points of the game. Then since you fire off so many shots because at least half of them will miss, you'll be out of ammo during tense escape scenes. I couldn't stomach this game enough to get to the point where you actually get a lightsaber. The lightsaber parts are what everyone glazes over too. Though, I'm sure the lightsaber combat is atrocious. Don't buy this game. Everyone who likes this game is a nostalgia driven fanboy.

Jedi childhood"

An elegant game from a more civilized age.

"map design is my passion"

I know people love this game but to me this game is basically the growing pains of raven software wanting to make a lightsaber dueling game with force powers and shit instead of the third entry of an fps franchise. The gun play is jank as fuck, full disclousure, did jump in into the highest difficulty, but there are plenty of other games that I played at the highest and loved, It felt like my shots were missing, enemies barely staggered while I was pumping em full of lasers, asrsenal is fun I guess, the lightsaber combat was pretty good, it was way more effective to just charge in spaming force powers and cutting troops up then using your guns, though I did cheese a lot of the sith enemies by knocking them down and then spaming explosives at them while they were down, killing them. Beat the final boss that way. Just play jedi acadamy instead of this weird game that likes 70 percent hack and slash and 30 percent fps.

Childhood game,good story for an old game,just buy it and play it,trust me

Any Star Wars fan should know this story arc! What a shame this has not come back to life with a Kyle's story continues in 2025!

Played this as a kid loved it, played it when i could time to time, still enjoyable, wouldve liked to see a remake of this, with additional levels, maps, customization of characters, clothes, weapons, lightsaber and colors too. with sidequests, training, everything thought of

One of the most fun games from the Star Wars universe. For a game from 2002, it is simple and awesome.

Still a great game. The visuals are a little dated and the story isn't canon though the game and mechanics are fun.

if you ever go into a pitch black room, press [] for inventory then select night vision then ''enter'' to use

fuck this game

No idea how to play this game, no idea if it works properly.

classic jedi game

This is one of my favorite games of all time. Built by a dream team of developers working with the best technology of the time. This game is one of the most fun jedi simulators ever made. Kyle is back and as much the badass we love and remember. The gameplay holds up even after all these years. The graphics are amazing (for the time). Do yourself a favor, get this game and Jedi Academy. If you were to play only one game in the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series, let it be this. The modability of this game (and *especially* Jedi Academy) also ensures lots of replay value.

great successor for Jedi knight series, great predecessor for Jedi academy z interesting plot, campaign, soundtrack, enemiesies and locations

A classic!

One of the best games of all time!

Kyle Katarn is an awesome protagonist. It would be a miracle to see him in live action.

I think Jedi Academy is far better but still the game has good level designs and variety. I recommend you to play this game first, its a good preparation to next game. The story takes place before it and tells us Kyle Katarn background. It's like a raw version of Jedi Academy and gives some glimpse of its gameplay. Trust me go with this order, you will enjoy more.

Easily the best Star Wars game

Disney sucks and their new EULA sucks. Don't buy it.

the star wars ark we should have seen in cinema.

Game needs a remaster BADLY. I think alot of people will probably drop this game before they manage to get the lightsaber when the game really starts to get good. The gunplay is atrocious, probably some of the worst in any Star Wars game you could imagine. It feels impossible to hit moving targets because of how slow the projectile speed is and how imprecise the reticle is, the pacing of the first few levels dont help it much so it makes replaying the game a slog for me personally.

Now the irony of all of this is that when you get the Lightsaber it is still the best saber combat Star Wars has ever had. The game picks up like you would believe, and yeah there are still moments where you need to shoot but it is significantly less at that point. For most people I would probably suggest Jedi Academy over this game since you start with the lightsaber right off the bat, it also helps that you have more fighting styles in that game too.

I would still recommend it but just know if you arent prepared for the slow burn of the game then it can be really off putting.

great game aim shoot force powers

The continuing adventures of space Chuck Norris.

Good:
- Music
- Atmosphere
- Moment to moment gameplay
- Difficulty

Bad:
- Man, I wish for well working first person lightsaber play
- Nar Shaddaa. You love the vibe, you hate the level design
- No FMV no more ;_;


8/10
Lack of FMV cutscenes drops this from the all time greats.

Also damn it's tricky to get the cutscenes to play well on an ultrawide

>Game called Jedi Knight

>Don't get lightsaber till 1/3rd of the way through the game

Fuck off

its got aliens, light sabers, grenades and other things.
It cant be any worse than tf2

amazing game with honestly a decent gameplay even today

its a fun game but a lot of moments of asking "what should I be doing" and " where do I go". Be prepared to look up a guide for this time.

Not much to say its a classic arcade shooter with a star wars coat of paint on top, the saber dueling mechanics are janky as sin but, all and all it rather enjoyable, arguably better then anything EA has made for this IP lol

This is so extremely good, I cant find the proper words.

I have no words to describe this pile of *****, this is horrbile game. No way I recommend anyone to play this game.

The game holds up as for fun and "puzzle-no-instructions games from the 2000s". Its a mix of shooter and jedi, but I had tons of fun playing it, it gave more material to understand Kyle (since I only played jedi knight academy many and many times).

You will die a lot. You will get lost alot. And have a deacent time. Maybe in a week the game is over. You will miss the fights with the light saber!! increadible mechanics for it time.

Fantastic

Don't let me lack on time played on steam fool you, I'm pretty sure I played about 100 hours of this game as a kid. This is an absolute master piece of a game for its age. Story line is pretty good, combat is fun and challenging. The cheat console allows you to spawn in weapons and NPCS! You can have like 20 storm troopers fight a couple of jedis.

Might be my nostalgia but this game is a 10/10 for me

I've played this one before on the Gamecube and while I enjoyed it, I did find it to be a bit frustrating in places. Still, me and my brother very much enjoyed the split screen deathmatches.

Fast forward about 15 years and I thought I'd be able to breeze this on PC. I didn't. Let me explain why.

So, it's very much a game of its time. Graphics are fine, music and sound effects are great and everything is very authentic. My big issue is that the game just feels like a series of challenges thrown together. Rather than a level playing organically and you work your way through, you end up throwing yourself at a situation over and over, dying and reloading until you work out what you're supposed to do. Then the next bit happens and provides another challenge. This wouldn't be so bad if the challenges didn't kill you outright or cause an immediate game over. You don't feel like you're getting anywhere because of skill or wits. You're just reloading over and over until you learn the right pattern. As I said, that seemed to be a thing with PC games and consoles didn't do quicksave so much back in the day so the games didn't throw impossible stuff at you so much because it would make the game annoying, where PC players could just go back and keep reloading.

It's also very easy to get stuck. Your vague objective rarely gives exact instructions (Get in the base..... How helpful) and you're left to find out how to do it. Don't get me wrong, there's some real sense of accomplishment when you do figure a section out but sometimes the way forward is way too vague (crawl up to that rock by a tiny waterfall that looks like a glitch, In a swamp level surrounded by mountains and you can get under it to progress. And I was supposed to figure that out HOW??) There's no map and no objective marker so you don't even know if you're going the right way half the time. It sounds like First world gamer problems, I know, but I'm past that bit of my life where I'm willing to wander around for hours with no idea where I need to go. And believe me, you need to find that one route. There's no deviating from the very set path the devs have planned. No trying to find your own way. You as a person would obviously do things differently, go a safer way, cut through a door, climb a rock, but if it's not the route the designers intended then forget about it. No matter how stupid the route you have to take is. This is something the difficulty level can't influence either. If you don't know where to go, no matter how easy or hard the baddies are, you're screwed.

Don't get me started on the bit where you take out hundreds of Stormtroopers in a base but then you get a forced stealth section where if someone sounds an alarm, you're immediately captured and its game over, complete with unskippable cutscene. Literally it was quicker to turn off my PC, reboot and reload then sit through the plot point. Add this to the fact that your character jumps on platforms like he's wearing roller skates sometimes and you'd think I hate this thing.

Truth is, I don't. I think a second playthrough will be quite good as I know what to do now and I can just focus on the narrative and smacking Stormtroopers without wandering aimlessly for ages. It's quite a cool story and like I said, the weapons, levels, music and sound are all very authentic. You definitely know you're playing a Star Wars game, which is why I recommend it. If you're willing to put some hours in (or use a guide if required) you'll probably get some enjoyment out of this. Like I said though, don't expect to flow through it.

Played this game since 2003 and it never gets old. Some levels do have some where do I go moments but the game is really enjoyable. I probably have 2000 hours logged in the Xbox version's multiplayer and it is so satisfying to fall of a ledge and hear your character scream. Sound design is excellent

The reason I always come back to this game, besides the insanely fun lightsaber combat, is the fact it feels like playing an old Star Wars novel/comic thanks to its numerous references and nods to the original Expanded Universe, all intertwined and packaged in a simple yet well executed narrative that makes for a cozy comfort zone for any SW fan from that era, and a fun time all around.
Just have patience with the level design if it's your first time playing and check guides if you have to. The same goes if you struggle with the lightsaber mechanics early on; it's quite a learning curve, but a rewarding and satisfying one at that once you reach the other end.

This hits the old Star Wars game vibes that i crave some times. Of course you get the most of the story if you've played the other Star Wars Jedi Knights games. But even only playing the Jedi Knight academy game myself the story is great. The only part of this game that made me want to die was the forced stealth portion. But that's just because I suck at stealth.

good ol classic star wars game that is not disney crap

10/10

One of my all time favorite Star Wars games!!

good

one of the greatest of all time

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.

How do i get P.1.02 version with bugs and other fun movements ?

i love everything about it

wow the jedi knight games are so annoying to get running. why do i have to be a hacker to start up a game and download a bunch of files and drag and drop into the game files for the game to start because it was built like such a turd. why am i doing lucasarts job

The first Star Wars game with good lightsaber combat. Solid game and better if you like the universe.

yes