The combat is still great, even if Fallen Order has rather moved the bar somewhat upward for Jedi combat. Even better is using Force Grip to lift them from a platform and drop them to their deaths. Wading into a bunch of Stormtroopers and slicing them up is an absolute joy. This means the action is a lot more immediate than before and you get to the good stuff right away. We didn’t have to look up a walkthrough once which is great because we used one for like 90% of the last game. There’s no more looking for some random switch or a hidden grill up in the ceiling. The worst thing about Jedi Outcast was its level design which was so hostile to the player that it sometimes felt like a personal attack. Having Force powers and a lightsaber from the start makes this game immediately better than its prequel. The basics (push, pull, sense) are all mandatory but you can either pick ‘good’ powers like healing and mind tricks to baffle people or you can go darker and do the best move (Force Grip), lightning and others. You can also pick your own Force power configuration. You can start slicing folk up immediately in this game. Remember those five hours at the start of Jedi Outcast where you just had guns and it was the dullest part of the game? That’s all gone now. Aside from being a plot device, this also serves an important purpose. Jaden begins the game with a homemade lightsaber. However, along the way your master, Kyle, and Luke Skywalker become aware of a threat to the Jedi known as the Disciples of Ragnos who are going to locations known to contain dark Force energy and siphoning it. The game opens with him (or her if you choose) heading to the academy to train as a Jedi along with a few other padawans, including Rosh Penin.Īs the pair go through their training, it becomes apparent that Rosh is something of a dickhead but luckily Jaden has all the talent and so you get to do all the good missions which generally involve rescuing people or blowing stuff up. Instead of playing as Jedi-turned-bad-boy-turned-Jedi-again Kyle Katarn, this time you play as a fairly bland apprentice called Jaden Korr. This game is set a few years after its prequel. We reviewed that game’s port last year and gave it a respectable 7 out of 10 but were always bigger fans of Jedi Academy and so we were looking forward to this release, even if the almost twenty year old game mechanics and level design did occasionally make Outcast less fun than it should have been. Jedi Academy is a straight forward port of the 2003 sequel to Jedi Outcast. Apin PS4 tagged hack and slash / jedi academy / port / rerelease / space / star wars by Richie
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