Star Wars™: Jedi Knight™ - Jedi Academy™

Currently this is my favorite Star Wars game of all time, I always come back to it whatever happens, I'd say this game is 10x better than most recent ones - a good old classic. What is the best about it is the Multiplayer - yes you might find it weird but the Multiplayer of this game is still alive with a lot of people playing daily even. If you are looking forward to play online within an active server and a big community connect to {JoF}Public Server ! Upon joining you will be welcomed by all players and best thing there is - you can join the community of {JoF} (which stands for Jedi of Freedom) by making an application on www.jofacademy.eu If for whatever reason something draws you back to this game it's worth a lot to relive nostalgia so come connect with us! May the force be with you!

I liked the mission structure in this game, even though there is no longer a cohesive connection between levels. I enjoyed the combat mechanics, and the inclusion of additional lightsaber styles. The story, I think, is the weakest part of this game, but it doesn't affect it too much since the core gameplay is good. Some of the characters are pretty poorly written (Rosh mostly). It never hit the level of love I have for Jedi Outcast, but Jedi Academy is a really solid Star Wars game.

Fun lightsaber action game. Good pacing, has choices (though not very impactful) and some story. It is just fun and aged reasonably well.

For 2003, truly a gem. By far the best jedi simulator out there for the price point. Make lots of quicksaves. Sure, they should have had better writers, sure the checkpoint system is absolute garbage, sure the game should give better guidance in missions so I didn't jump off the balcony and spend half my total playtime just looking for the wrong waypoint on Cloud City, sure the cutscenes bug out and don't work... But you get to go from being some guy getting bullied in Jedi school to being a blasterproof space magic laser ninja sent out on exciting and varied dungeon crawls that impact the fate of the galaxy. It's a long and hard game that just feels so good on certain levels. It feels great to completely overwhelm foes with your VERY limited Force powers until you start seeing that the enemy has access to the same powers. Then there's a brutal climb ahead of you. And it is so satisfying to get good and beat the hell out of the bosses.

This game is great, but not as great as the second: Jedi Outcast. Fighting still feels very good, force is a bit better implemented this time. A great new option is the free mission choise. Levels are shorter, but you have more variety. But this here is actually the biggest problem: Remember those huge complex levels from Jedi Outcast? Well, you have nothing like this here. Instead of huge mazes, the levels are more straight, more oneway. Sometimes there are alternate routes, which lead to secret rooms, but more often then not, these are one ways, so you have to walk back on track afterall. Often you run in circles, meaning that you go from A to B, B to C and then back from C to A. The leveldesign is still very nice, don't get me wrong, but this is clearly a step back to Outcast. The gunplay still feels very good. Sadly there are NO new weapons, so this game may feel more like an addon at times. You have to choose a fixed amount of weapons at the start of the level, but can carry more if you find new ones throughout the level. But there are some strange things: Why for exmaple is it not longer possible to change camera to 1st person mode, while wealding the lasersword? Also because of the more straight levels, stealth (that was an option in Outcast) is a nogo in this one. Why these steps back? I don't get it. The combosystem is quit nice, but actually not rewarding enough. It those not make things easier to unleash the best combos in relation to just smash the left mouse button. What is really great is the level variety. There is one level where you should not touch the ground, if you don't want to get eaten by a worm. Great idea, something that Outcast was missing. Last but not least, your own made character is a bit boring compared to Kyle Katarn. Well that is a thing to live with, but worth mentioning. So lets settle this down: Jedi Academy is a great game! No as good as Outcast, but still an awesome shooter / SW game. Although it feels more like an addon.