Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

The seamless controls and extensive levels can only be matched by the spectacular graphics and superior sound.

Without question, Jedi Outcast is the most enjoyable and accomplished Star Wars game yet. [May 2002, p.90]

The game is simply perfectly balanced in every way, and Raven have performed miracles achieving this. Whether you want to use grip to bash your opponent senselessly against the surroundings, or just go unnoticed for a while by using the mind trick, just about everything you would expect has been incorporated, and we love it to death.

It takes the best of "Jedi Knight" and superpowers it with well thought out Force powers, excellent level design, fiendish and boggling puzzles and simply magnificent lightsaber fights.

An immensely playable and entertaining game that easily overpowers its few niggling flaws with its style, its spirit, and most importantly, its unswerving dedication to fun.

The game is great... once you make it past the first three levels. Those who like to jump in a game, and make their decision within minutes will be highly disappointed.

The game is flawed on so many levels (and in so many ways), that its occasional glimpses of greatness almost get lost in the Bespin Clouds.

the down-to-earth gunplay, vast level design, strong force powers and precise lightsaber combat complement the best star wars story ever made.

So why is it called jedi knight if you don't get a lightsaber until like half way through the game? This game is great but the clunky nature of it brought it down. Also the saber combat isn't as satisfying as i was hoping.

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Not a great game, the goods out way the bads even if it’s a classic. It’s too dark, the level design is to maze like and can confuse players and is clunky when it comes to gun play. The lightsaber combat is amazing especially since it includes dismemberment of models and the multiplayer is fun and so is the cast. But it’s a platformer and first person shooter to the core which it is terrible within those parameters.

Unfortunately, I cannot recommend the game. The technical side is ok, apart from the physics, which are irritating when it comes to the thermal detonators (seldom can you see such an unrealistic bounce, even in games using the same engine). Graphically, the game is very decent, taking into account when it was made, but one has to admit that the quake 3 engine has ages very gracefully. Having written that the game is one of the most frustrating ones I've played in a long while. You start out with about 4 hours of boring, repetitive missions, puzzles which are often irritating due to their difficulty. The level design also leaves a bit to be desired, though its not very bad. The weapons are very nice, though the aiming system is less than acceptable (at least for me). On the whole, I tried to give this game a chance to grow on me, but it did not succeed. I actually enjoy Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight, with its dated engine, poor graphics, etc _much_ more than this one.