It's nice to see some choice be given to the player here, but it's how different some of these missions are that makes the game so great and how well each & every one of them is designed.Īt one time you'll be sent on a rescue mission to save some survivors of a starship that went down on a highly dangerous planet, yet upon crash-landing there you will find yourself stuck on a desert where giant worm-like beasts dwell under the sand. This is repeated twice until the end of the game, so it's like the game is split into three acts of levels. Once the majority of those are done, you are given the chance to go on the one remaining mission and continue later, or carry on through to the next main story mission right away. These are mostly about Jaden investigating the cult and its associates. Once you have completed those, you are given a little bit of freedom - in that a selection of different missions on various planets are offered to the player, which can be done in any order. Jedi Academy starts with a few short tutorial-like and introductory missions. Whilst the game doesn't really shine in its narrative, its gameplay is absolutely extraordinary. The writing is decent and most of the characters are likeable, but in the end - the story just isn't quite as epic as it could have been, even though it does set the scene for some awesome set pieces and gameplay elements. The plot thickens later on, but as you'd expect from an action game set in the universe of Star Wars, it's a fairly standard tale of good versus evil. Whilst travelling to the academy on foot, Jaden discovers a new conspiracy against the Jedi that involves a cult of wannabe Sith. ![]() As fate would have it, the shuttle crashes not far from its destination. Jaden, along with a number of other promising initiates, is on a shuttle to this academy to start his training and become a Jedi Knight. Luke Skywalker has opened his own Jedi Academy, to bring the Jedi back to their rightful place as the peacekeepers of the galaxy and restore their former glory. The New Republic has been formed whilst the remnants of the Imperial Army are trying their best to tip the balance of power in their favour in a desperate attempt to continue the fight. Ten years have passed since the Battle of Endor at the end of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Once you finish creating your character, you are briefed on the current situation through the usual "Star Wars crawl" intro. Fans of Jennifer Hale should rejoice, since she is the one who voices Jaden's female version. There are plenty of options, including species & gender - a well as some different selections of 'heads', 'torsos' and 'legs'. At the beginning of the game you get to customize your character. Instead, you take the role of his newest padawan Jaden Korr. To start off, it's worth noting that in JK 3 you no longer play as Kyle Katarn. Well, unfortunately, I missed all of those games but I have picked up the latest entry in the series - Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, released back in 2003, and here I am reviewing it in a very… retrospective manner. Then LucasArts released another game, this time developed by Raven Software, called Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast - apparently the best game in the series. It added lightsabers and an optional third-person perspective to the mix. ![]() Then came a sequel, known as Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II. It was one of the first few games of its kind that managed to improve the original Doom formula, whilst rising above the infamous title of "clone" and managing to be a great game in its own right. ![]() ![]() Dark Forces was a Star Wars FPS, released two years after Doom in '95. It actually took a few years for people to replace the term with "first-person shooter", and a new genre was invented shortly afterwards. Its style of gameplay and visuals were so unique & innovative, that most other shooters that were released after it and were similar to it were instantly dubbed as "Doom clones". By Bamul | Review Date: In 1993, a revolutionary game came out - it was called Doom.
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