Jedi Knight/Dark Forces 2 Review: I did not like Dark Forces (the first game in this series). I thought it was extremely difficult and no fun. And the lack of saving mid-level prompted me to not even finish that game. Jedi Knight was completely different. The inclusion of a quick save feature is worth high marks alone. But the game play is quite fun as well! The lightsaber and force powers are a great addition and easy to learn how to use. The live action cutscenes are a staple of this game and totally worth playing just to see them. It's totally campy 90s Star Wars... and I love it! If you did not like Dark Forces never fear, Jedi Knight's level design and gameplay is more fun and interesting. Plus... Quick Save!! Mysteries of the Sith (MotS) Review: I did not like Dark Forces. I loved Jedi Knight. And sadly Mysteries of the Sith is more like Dark Forces than Jedi Knight. The levels are long, tedious, at times boring, and lack a story worth caring about. The cool live action cinematics of Jedi Knight are gone and in it's place is bad voice acting and blocky animations. The frustrating levels leave you googling how to solve them a whole lot and I got to the point where I wasn't even enjoying myself so I decided not to finish MotS period. It is unfortunate that MotS decided to complicate its level design to become frustrating as I thought Jedi Knight had that perfect balance of fun, but sometimes challenging level design and enemies. Plus the characterization of Mara Jade is so off from how she acts in, well, everything else, and that also sucks. Overall: This game purchase is TOTALLY worth the $6 and even more worth whatever GOG discounts it for (they have regular discounts for Star Wars games), If you were meh about Dark Forces, give this game a shot! The addition of a lightsaber is a lot of fun! Don't feel the need to play MotS though, it'll leave a bad taste in your mouth. As a first time player who didn't have nostalgia blinding him, it's worth the buy.
I purchased this game because I was a huge fan of its sequel, Theme Park World, back in the day. As Theme Park World isn't on GOG (yet?) I thought, ah what the heck, I'll try it out. But man oh man, was I wrong. I'm not sure if it's the Mac port, but the controls are downright awful. For a point and click the pointer and clicker don't work too well. The game doesn't run as smoothly as I feel it should, yes I know it's a 90s game but still. The sound is buggy and the text is hard to read a lot of the times. A lack of a manual or tutorial means you sort of just have to figure it out on your own. I get the feeling these 5 star reviews are nostalgia based. In my opinion, save your couple bucks, buy Zeus+Poseidon if you're looking for a good management game or Theme Hospital which I'm having way more fun with. And vote in the GOG wishlist to bring Theme Park World, the sequel, to this website! It's a much better and more fun version of this game! I'd pay a million bucks for that!
