Star Wars Retrospective: Episode VI siths through the FPS titles

I like these star wars retrospective things.. but after the first few, it seems like they're trying too hard to stretch this thing out to make it last until the force unleashed drops.

Kyle Katarn is one the most badass Star Wars characters around

Kyle Katarn was the most amazing badass that you could play as in the 90s. And no Star Wars character has come close since.

I'm just waiting until they do Shadows of the Empire.
(I think it's the next episode). That game was awesome.
Probably one of the best N64 games.

Haha this made me pull out my dusty copy of Jedi Outcast

What's with the comment system....I can't see my post until I post a second time

Heh, I remember Jedi Academy, moded the crap out of that game.

When are they gonna show the Rogue Squadron series?

Dark Forces and Shadows of the Empire were both great. I put in an insane number of hours shaving my time down on the Battle of Hoth and memorizing the biker-smashing (whatever) level. The idea that Rendar is better than Katarn, though? Come on, who's got the light saber and force powers.

I love these, high quality all the way.

Too bad Jedi Outcast turned Kyle Katarn into such a god damned sissypants.

The lightsaber mechanics and graphics were the only good features about that game. The level design was boring, and at the mercy of the Quake 3 Engine. The voice acting was half assed, and the story was garbage (Jan gets "killed" by dinosaur sith lord, blah blah) and the AI was pretty damn goofy most of the time. It took way too long to get the lightsaber, and when you do, you're sniped from every which way and hit by grenades from goons with bullshit accuracy. It makes sense, but not very fun. Getting past that yield some decent light saber battles, but it takes too damn long and too much frustration to enjoy it.

DF & JK were excellent games for their time. They haven't aged well, but they're still a blast to play and difficult by design. I wish they never outsourced the series to Raven, and if they happen to revisit it, i hope that Jedi Outcast is ignored.

I find you lack of praise disturbing.

Story and voice acting, where half ass, I will agree to that.

Level design, for its time was just as good as anything else that was available.

However, you make it sound like the game was unplayable. Thermal detonators and snipers a problem? Use force speed, or push. Which is what made that game great, the force powers, I hope they took notes from this game for force unleashed. The powers where so well done, its was so fun you push aside an entire wave of stormtroopers, to fling them, and chop them in the air.

I wish other games took notice to how this game did saber combat, at first it seemed simple, but after a little bit of online multiplayer, there was just so much depth. fainting, dodging, parring, they where all there.

With that said, I would be happy if someone made another jedi knight game.

I still have jedi knight II: jedi outcast. That was a fun game.

There was guns in Jedi Academy? Wow... I seriously don't remember that.

Can't wait for the next one. The KOTOR series are some of my favorites video games.

I bought Jedi Knight recently for £3 in a charity shop. Good times! Aren't Gametrailers forgetting the actually-quite-good Republic Commando, though?

After watching this, I broke out my copy of Jedi Outcast and reinstalled it. I never got Jedi Academy, but I want to find it somewhere. I wish I had a DOS Legacy machine so I could play Dark Forces again. That game was so badass.

Just finished a run of Shadows on my N64 last night, still can't find all those damned challenge points. I usually like to whip it out and fly the last mission in freeflight, just love to take me down some tie fighters. Lucas arts should really make another game like this with two player co-op.

Jedi Outcast? Game is crap compared to Dark Forces II. You people are too young.

I've been waiting for this episode forever. Glad they finally showed Jedi Academy.

Glad they finally showed Jedi Academy.