Honzo August 8th, 2005

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

The game is the best so far in the Star Wars FPS serries. The
fighting styles with the lightsaber are a vast improvement on the saber
fighting in Jedi Knight II, which were a vast improvement on Jedi
Knight. With various keyboard combos you can do a variety of moves. The
combos actually play a heavy part in the game. If you do the right
combo - bam the enemy is killed. There is no step by step health
reductions in this game. The damage is given by the type of blow landed
on the opponent. A rolling saber stab to the chest - instant kill. Leg
blows? Minor health reduction.

The use of the force played a better role than in past games. Right
off the bat you are a jedi with a lightsaber, none of this
get-your-blade-in-the-middle-of-the-game-stuff. You get your lightsaber
right of the bat. There are alot of Dark Jedi that you have to right
and use the force against, countering the grip with a force push,
ect… Actually, the force push was my favorite force power. Alot of
the Dark Jedi are hard to beat, but they fight you over lava pits,
catwalks, ect… Nothing is more fun than having a Dark Jedi who has
kicked your butt three times in a row jump at you to finish you off and
then you force-push him off the bridge and into a pit of lava.

The game was pretty challenging, but beatable. There was only a few
of the infamous jumping puzzles. The most disapoint of part of the game
came after the best part. The final battle is very easy to win. The
lead up battle is a huge fight in the tombs of a Sith Lord. There are a
bunch of Academy Students fighting Dark Jedi. The ones that you save
follow you and help you on your quest.

The graphics and the storyline are top-notch. Ok,
so it is not Source, but pretty good none-the-less. Multiplayer is to
die for. The only problem for low-end computers and laptops is the
graphics card requirements. Gotta have an actual graphics card here.

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