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Amazon Minimum Age: 144 months
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: LucasArts
EAN: 0023272952419
ESRB Age Rating: Teen
Format: CD-ROM
Label: LucasArts Entertainment
Manufacturer: LucasArts Entertainment
Model: 95241
Platform: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
Publisher: LucasArts Entertainment
Sales Rank: 5168
Studio: LucasArts Entertainment
Variation Description: Jedi Knight/Dark Forces 2
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Amazon.com Review:
Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 caters to the farm boy in all of us by letting players grab a lightsaber and fight their way through the Star Wars universe from a first-person perspective. You slip into the boots of Jedi wannabe Kyle Katarn, guiding him through several adventures that should appeal to any Star Wars fan. (The two of you out there who don't care for Star Wars will just have to find another game to play.)
Your Jedi powers grow as the game progresses, and players are free to commit acts that strengthen their ties to either the Dark or Light side of the Force. Once the commitment to good or evil is made, you lose all your Force powers from the opposing side but gain the ability to add more powerful tricks to your arsenal from the side you chose. All the neat stuff from the movies is there, like the Force pull that lets you disarm enemies, and Vader's sadistic favorite, the Force grip, for choking enemies from a distance. Other powers like Force jump give you greater mobility in the game, and all the Force powers add immensely to Jedi Knight's gameplay.
The included Mysteries of the Sith add-on picks up the adventure five years later. This time you get to play as both Kyle Katarn and Mara Jade, the female Jedi from Timothy Zahn's novel Heir to the Empire. This time around you must adhere to the Light side of the Force, but that doesn't make gameplay any less interesting. Success in these expansion missions require much more use of your Jedi powers than the original game, and actually having to think our way through problems in a first-person shooter (especially in the last few levels) was a refreshing change.
Graphically, both games hold up well. Resolution can be cranked up to 1,600 x 1,200 if your video card is up to task. Although the environments you move through lack detail the level design is so spectacular, we doubt you'll care. Few games offer environments this massive or varied, and the familiar Star Wars architecture lend a great deal of atmosphere to the game.
The movie tie-in also means that Jedi Knight has some of the best sound effects ever. From the hum of a lightsaber to the roar of a passing TIE bomber, everything is authentic and immediately recognizable. If you missed this game the first time around, don't make the same mistake with this bundle. --T. Byrl Baker
Pros: - One word: lightsaber
- Massive environments with a familiar theme
- Ability to choose Light or Dark paths with specific powers (such as healing or lightning) for each
Cons: - Enemies aren't very intelligent
Amazon.com Product Description:
"A Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware of the dark side." --Yoda In Dark Forces, Kyle Katarn, a young mercenary successfully infiltrated the Empire. Jedi Knight continues the story of Katarn in Dark Forces 2 as he embarks on a quest into his past and learns the mysterious ways of the Jedi. With this knowledge, he must stop seven Dark Jedi from unlocking the powers of a hidden Jedi burial ground. This task forces Katarn to decide his destiny. If he chooses the Dark side, he will come into enormous power. If he chooses the Light side, he faces seemingly insurmountable evil. Whichever path Katarn chooses will change the face of the galaxy forever.
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The game dark forces 2 is my favorite game. I just beat it about two months ago. It was an extremely long and hard game. I've read some reviews for this game where the gamer had to go find cheats for it. I did not use any cheats of any kind. I defeated the game on the dark side and i'm replaying it on the light. This game has wonderful force powers. My favorite is force electricity. The lightsaber battles are fun but they could have been a little better. The graphics are really bad on my computer ... Read More
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I just got a system good enough to play Jedi Knight 2 and Jedi Academy, but I must say, Dark Forces 2 and Mysteries of the Sith are STILL brilliant Star Wars games. In the newer games, lightsaber combat is much more advanced and the multiplayer is much more fun.
However, in the matter of plot, Dark Forces and MOTS are still EXCELLENT. Force powers are just as good as the newer games (for the most part).
I have extremely fond memories of playing the MOTS demo over and over ... Read More
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This game was good in it's time, but by today's standards is lacking in terms of graphics and gameplay. I would wish for a better mapping system that is easy to comprehend. The levels are mazes, and I got lost so often I had to use a cheat to complete most levels. The shooting was easy, while navigating the game map was hard. If not for the cheats, I would have found it unplayable. In addition, Mysteries of the Sith cutscenes would play at a speed too fast to see or hear. Perhaps my system is too modern ... Read More
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This was the first computer game I ever bought. I'd been hearing about it since '96, when PC Gamer did a feature on it, and after reading that article, I knew I'd be buying this game. In fact, I went and bought it BEFORE I EVEN HAD A COMPUTER OF MY OWN TO PLAY IT ON. When it came out in the fall of '97, it blew the doors off every magazine that reviewed it. Until HALF-LIFE came out a year later, this game was the one to beat. And granted, the graphics are pretty seriously dated now in 2005, it's still ... Read More
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Out of all the Star Wars games I've played, PC and Xbox, this game for the PC is the best. It has the real Star Wars feel, great music, an original storyline that can stand on its own. Great camera angles, with the choice of 1st or third person. I was sad when it was over. I really enjoy the games where the controls make sense, the camera angles are positioned right and you are able to move freely and choose the weapons you want, not feeling like you have a handicap from the fault of one of the programmers. ... Read More
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