It’s unfortunate then that Jedi Outcast seems intent on turning off players with its off-putting opening levels.

There are some very silly sci-fi concepts thrown around but in the way that made the older Star Wars stories enjoyable it’s dorky as Sith but you just don’t care. The plot that unravels in Jedi Outcast is surprisingly compelling, even after all these years in cryo.

Star Wars fans, even those who haven’t played this entry before, will undoubtedly know where that kind of cold open leads to. You’ll play as space mercenary Kyle Katarn who has long abandoned his Jedi training, severing his connection to the Force and falling into the for-hire life of a merc.Ĭurrently, under the employment of the New Republic (headed by series favourite Mon Mothma) Kyle and his partner Jan Ors are deployed to investigate an ostensibly abandoned Imperial outpost. Nowadays we are used to the ever-expanding litany of new Star Wars stories (the sequel films, TV shows, video games and countless books) but at the time of its development, Jedi Outcast was telling its own version of events in a post Return of the Jedi landscape.Īs the two in the title implies we are dropped right into this game’s overarching narrative. The core canon (fancy word for officially recognised story in a franchise) of Star Wars used to look quite different before Disney acquired and essentially rebooted it in 2012. Jedi Outcast is a remnant from a different time. Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast Review Now as the Star Wars brand burns brighter than ever, Jedi Outcast is getting another shot with a new audience, unfortunate warts and all. The now seventeen-year-old game first release on PC back in 2002 where it garnered critical acclaim for its engaging story and revolutionary lightsaber combat mechanics. After what feels like an eternity without any Star Wars games on the hybrid console players can finally dive into an older, but the still legendary, title in the form of Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast. It’s about time we got to see the iconic “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” title screen on a Nintendo Switch.

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