Only Jedi Outcast 2 and Academy looks any good. But even then it looks nothing compared to KOTOR series
you can't even compare KOTOR to Jedi Knight series, completely different games
Single player is still very fun. Cant remember so much about Jedi Outcast, but the ultimate fun in Academy is tier 3 force lighting or force choke, sheath your saber and you do a stronger 2handed lightning blast that sends all enemies flying, only Sith don't get insta-raped. I like being a lightside Jedi who uses incredibly evil powers, it amuses me.
For those pesky Sith who give you trouble the 'choke' system on this game is amazing! Tier 3 choke lets you manouver people around as you crush them, either as a human shield or just for lolz. The downside is that all force-using enemies will use 'push' to escape from it, but you have a short opportunity to jerk your mouse upwards suddenly and release them before they use 'push', this sends them sailing into the sky and all enemies can take lethal falling damage, done correctly this is a one-shot kill of all those arrogant Sith who think they are worthy of a lightsaber duel!!! I love crushing them with the force.
I already had Dark Forces 2, Mysteries of the Sith, and Academy, but I bought the whole bundle just for nostalgia. Even with only Dark Forces and Outcast I made savings!
Run both the singleplayer and multiplayer executables at least once, to generate config files. Go to <gameDir>\GameData\base.
Open jk2config.cfg and edit these lines:
seta r_mode "x"
Set this to -1.
seta r_customwidth "xxxx"
seta r_customheight "xxx"
Set this to your favorite widescreen resolution.
Add this line to the bottom of the file:
seta cg_fov "xx"
I recommend 90 for 16:10 resolutions, and 95 for 16:9 resolutions (default is 80).
Now do the same for jk2mpconfig.cfg.
I still play Jedi Outcast multiplayer. I tried to move to JA because its more active, but its just not as good imo. I've been playing jedi outcast since i was about 9 years old.
Heres me playing in the third place match of a casual jk2 (JO) tournament about a year ago, starting at about 1:26:10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Om39dHr67OI#t=5175
The activity levels fluctuate a lot, it goes through waves of activity but lately its been less :/ if you guys think crpg is dead, that games total community is less than the amount we have on at one time during some strat battles, and its been hanging on for years. JKA is still active I believe though.
I'm mostly done with JK2 now, but it'll always be my favorite game of all time. I've spent half of my life playing it and I love the community to death. In most games a clan is just sorta a tag; in that game my clanmates really did feel like family. Any time I hear the word nostalgia, JK2 in its golden days is what instantly pops into my head =P
Thanks for making this thread =)
Don't you think the M&B attack/block system in combination with a bit more dynamic animations could work great for a Jedi Knight game?
Haha yeah, I remember flinging NPCs all around the map with grip and push :D
Other cool tricks:
- force pull + throw lightsaber
- force pull + force kick
I think it would, if it introduced more options for making errors. One of my dislikes about M&B attack/block is that at high levels, it's too easy to stay unharmed in melee vs melee, also called block fest.
I think this is at the same time a curse and a blessing. It makes high skill duels longer and more intense, while it also makes ganking very powerful.
Theh, Jedi Outcast II and Jedi Academy :>
I loved it how the people in Outcast II Multiplayer often gathered up in a circle and watched 2 guys duel each other :)