Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast (Windows)

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Description

In Jedi Outcast, you once again play Kyle Katarn, star of LucasArts' Star Wars-inspired 1st-person shooters Star Wars: Dark Forces and Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II.

Kyle has retired from being a Jedi fearing consequences from the Dark Side of the Power found within himself during his chase of the foul Sith-Lord Jerec into the lost vale of the Jedi at the end of Dark Forces 2. Chronologically taking place after the second Star Wars Trilogy, you'll meet various well known people from the original Star Wars movies like Luke Skywalker himself and Lando Calrissian.

Also following the tradition of its predecessors, you explore the surroundings in the typical 3D environment and can use a lot of different weapons and gear from the Star Wars Universe, including the famous Jedi Weapon, the light saber.

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Alternate Titles

• "杰迪武士2：杰迪放逐者" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
• "JKII" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: id Tech 3 (Quake III: Arena)
• Force Powers-themed games
• Setting: Space station / Spaceship
• Star Wars: Dark Forces / Jedi Knight series
• Star Wars licensees

User Reviews

The force is strong in this one.	Sam Hardy (82)	unrated
Right now I feel like I could take on the whole Empire myself!	Terrence Bosky (5463)
Damn it Sam, you stole my one-liner! :)	Chris Martin (1204)	unrated
Starts slow but picks up after first few levels.	Jason Becker (5)
Very good, this game is. Play you must.	Kartanym (12759)
A slightly bland FPS that attempts to feel the force.	RussS (819)
Worthy sequel	Czar Husk Qi (39)
Dark Forces return to Greatness!	Jason Musgrave (74)	unrated
A Solid Sequel...	Scott Monster (1009)

Critic Reviews

Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Jun, 2002		100
Atomic Gamer	Mar 29, 2002	94 out of 100	94
Gamesmania.de	Mar 27, 2002	92 out of 100	92
Svenska PC Gamer	Mar, 2002	90 out of 100	90
PC Games (Germany)	Apr 12, 2002	90 out of 100	90
IGN	Apr 01, 2002	9 out of 10	90
Gameplay (Benelux)	Apr 29, 2002	88 out of 100	88
Yiya	Apr 14, 2002	B+	83
JeuxVideoPC.com	Jan 08, 2003	15 out of 20	75
Factornews	May 05, 2002	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Cutscenes

Many of the 'combat action' displayed in cutscenes (and at one point watching the young Jedi train), including a moment with Luke Skywalker, are not pre-determined and are done somewhat more randomly via the AIs. What this means is that no two cutscenes are alike... and even though you may have seen it before, it will probably happen differently the next time. This is notable because sometimes unintentionally humorous and anti-climatic results occur (aka the AI doing something stupid).

This excludes the pre-rendered video files (usually of spaceships and exterior views) used within the game.

Information also contributed by WildKard

Related Web Sites

• Fight the Dark Side (An Apple Games article (archived on the author's webpage) about the Macintosh version of Jedi Outcast, with commentary being provided by Aspyr Media President Michael Rogers (August, 2002).)
• Jedi Knight 2 files (Almost all major Jedi Outcast maps, skins and mods can be found here including Jedi Academy files.)
• NZMac Review (A (largely) unscored but positive review of the Macintosh version of the game by NZMac, a New Zealand Apple site (Jan. 01, 2003).)
• Wikipedia: Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast (Article about the game in the open encyclopedia)