Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast PC Review | Second Wind Retro PC Reviews
507Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast PC review. Jedi Knight 2 is my favourite Star Wars game ever and is probably in my top 10 PC games ever.
I haven’t played Jedi Outcast for a few years and I can say without any nostalgia that Jedi Knight 2 is actually better than I remember.
The story is set two years after the last Jedi Knight PC game. Kyle Katarn has turned his back on the Force and goes back to mercenary work with his old trusty pilot, Jan Ors.
Kyle eventually runs into the Dark Jedi, Desann; is soundly beaten and is given a lot of motivation for revenge. Kyle is motivated to get his Force powers back and he spends the rest of the game tracking down Desann with the intention of killing him.
That’s a pretty cool edge to a central Star Wars character. What I love about Jedi Knight 2's Kyle Katarn is that he isn’t your clean-cut Jedi hero. He’s motivated by revenge and now we see him brought back into this fight against his will. Kyle’s not an optimistic goody two shoes like Luke; he’s seen what the Dark Side can do. He’s jaded, angry, out for revenge.
In terms of the way this plays out in Jedi Outcast's gameplay, Kyle’s Force powers develop on a linear path. It’s a very linear story, there’s no branching good or evil options like in previous Jedi Knight PC games. And the Force powers are part of that experience so there’s no branching skill tree either.
And it works. Like Jedi Knight games before it, Kyle is following the clues from planet to planet, unravelling the mystery of the Reborn. Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast really captures that Star Wars adventure PC game feel with Kyle going all over the galaxy, getting into scrapes and hunting down the bad guys.
Every location in this game is big and rich and detailed, but not so completely directionless like in previous games. Levels are way more linear but they’re laid out perfectly. The level design is the best it’s been in this series; there’s still hidden areas dotted about but I don’t think you’ll get lost at all unlike the massive levels from Dark Forces or Jedi Knight. The puzzles, too, are good. Not too obtuse like in the previous PC games, by and large they’re easily solved with a bit of Star Wars logic and careful application of your Force powers and/or lightsaber.
My God are lightsabers good in this game. Jedi Knight 2 is the gold standard for lightsaber games. Force Unleashed may have all that mad technology going on but Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast is the king. OG. An incredible lightsaber game.
Kyle starts out with one lightsaber form but as Jedi Outcast goes on he’ll unlock three. It’s your usual fast-medium-strong setup, but each style does actually have a part to play in the combat. The fast form carves mad combos and it deflects incoming fire with a comedic level of accuracy. Strong stance will one-hit anyone but leaves Kyle wide open if it whiffs. It’s the best lightsaber experience ever. You will feel like you’re controlling a legit Jedi Knight. The only crime is that the system hasn't been built on by newer games; Force Unleashed was all piss and vinegar compared to the finesse of Jedi Knight 2.
The intricacy of the lightsaber combos, the stacking of those combat forms and powers has not been beat. The lightsaber combat alone in enough to make sure Jedi Knight 2 will always feature in my top Star Wars PC games. But add into that a wicked character who you can get behind, and the kind of heart and soul - the sense of fun - that developers used to put into these games, you’ve got something which is more than the sum of its parts. If you’re only ever going to play one Star Wars PC game, play this Jedi Knight 2 PC game.
https://www.gog.com/game/star_wars_jedi_knight_ii_jedi_outcast
http://store.steampowered.com/app/6030/STAR_WARS_Jedi_Knight_II__Jedi_Outcast/
www.instagram.com/thegameshowuk
www.twitter.com/thegameshowuk
www.facebook.com/thegameshowuk
www.thegameshow.co.uk
#jediknight2 #starwarsgames #secondwind
------------------------------------------------------------
"Before the Night" and "Pyxis" by Midwest Collective is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://midwestcollective.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-night
Other Videos By Stoked
Other Statistics
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast Statistics For Stoked
Currently, Stoked has 38,886 views for Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast across 2 videos. His channel published less than an hour of Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast content, less than 0.22% of the total video content that Stoked has uploaded to YouTube.