Kyle, a mercenary and sometime Jedi, reminds me somewhat of Benton Quest, from the cartoon series Johnny Quest. The playback is triggered either by your own death, or by making what, for want of a better expression, I shall call a special move with your own lightsaber that results in the slaying of an opponent.įor this game, the character Kyle Katarn reprises the role he played in Star Wars: Dark Forces and Star Wars: Jedi Knight. Still, it's a nice touch, and one that hasn't actually disoriented me enough to result in a premature death. That is, when it was safe to distract the player. Furthermore, in Max Payne, playback only occurred when it was entirely safe to do so. It's not as cinematic as that found in Max Payne, and it lacks the slow-motion blood spray. A feature pioneered by Max Payne, the death scene playback has made it into Jedi Outcast. On several occasions, after getting myself killed by a saber-wielding foe, the replay clearly showed that I was missing an arm. For a game rated "Teen", it would be a bit much to expect to be able to cut a storm trooper in half, but look closely and you will see the occasional limb missing, particularly in your own death-scenes. While it's still not the slice-all weapon depicted in the movie, it is much improved. In my Obi-Wan review, I was fairly scathing about the lightsaber's effectiveness. A formidable offensive weapon, it also serves as a daunting defense.
The lightsaber is possibly the most powerful weapon in the game. But when equipped with a lightsaber, a third person view is used instead, and to great effect. The FPS view is the primary one, and uses the missile and energy weapons available. This game has been well adapted to the Xbox controller. I confess that I've never been able to adjust to the keyboard and mouse scheme preferred by PC gamers, so to play an FPS with a controller is my preferred method. I can't honestly say it represents the best that the Xbox is capable of, but nonetheless it does look extremely good. Not that that should be regarded as some kind of guarantee as anyone who has read my reviews will know, I tend to value game play over graphics every time.įortunately, Star Wars: Jedi Outcast plays about as good as it looks. I don't know whether it too used a version of the much-respected Quake III engine, but the results are sheer eye candy. It's a good-looking game. The version of Jedi Outcast that ended up in my eager, not so little hands, was for the Xbox.
The difference this time is that the developers were Raven Software, who have a wealth of experience when it comes to developing first-person shooting (FPS) games.
A year later there is a curious sense of symmetry in reviewing another Star Wars game, but this time reaching rather different conclusions. Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, WindowsĪbout a year ago I had the opportunity to review the game Star Wars: Obi-Wan.
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