Jedi Knight pack on Steam now - yippee!

ic1male · 16 Sep 2009 at 20:25

Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast £6.99

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II £3.49

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy £6.99

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith £1.99

Star Wars: Dark Forces £3.49

Individual price £22.95
Jedi Knight Package price £14.99

1. Dark Forces - Runs fine on most systems since it's using DosBox. Some users reporting framerate problems due to frame limiter. Most are running fine.
2. Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight - Range of problems from artifacting, to black screen with just a HUD, to being completely unplayable. Even if you can get it working, there will be no music since the original game had CD music and LucasArts hasn't changed anything to allow it to find the music anywhere but from the original game CD in your disc drive.
3. Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith - Same engine as above, same problems
4. Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast - Fairly recent game, will run well on most systems
5. Jedi Academy - Same as Jedi Outcast

You save £7.96

bakes0310 · 16 Sep 2009 at 20:35

Awesome games back in the day, but it looks like they havent aged well at all.

paulc25 · 16 Sep 2009 at 20:36

Jedi Outcast was such a good game, I've been hoping for a new game in the series for quite some time. Never played the earlier ones though, are they worth picking up now or have they aged badly?

Shamikebab · 16 Sep 2009 at 20:39

I would pay that just for Dark Forces 2, still a great game and the best of the series imo

Hudzy · 16 Sep 2009 at 20:39

They didn't age well unfortunately. May still be worth a play if you like the story though.

starfighter · 16 Sep 2009 at 20:41

Tempted to buy this. Jedi Knight games are amazing. I wish they hadn't stopped making them for that crap console one. Bah.

Hudzy · 16 Sep 2009 at 20:42

Force Unleashed would have been amazing in the style of Jedi Outcast.

paulc25 · 16 Sep 2009 at 20:44

Ah well, maybe give them a miss then. Jedi Academy was not bad - Force grip enemies + high ledges = lots of fun!

Viper² · 16 Sep 2009 at 20:48

Just purchased. This should be fun.

JBod · 16 Sep 2009 at 21:03

JK2 I'd say has aged well, dark forces.... not so good.

andshrew · 16 Sep 2009 at 21:04

Dark Forces 2 sounds like it has a few issues...

Steam Support

Windowed cutscenes and not guaranteed to work with 3d acceleration.

reflux · 16 Sep 2009 at 21:06

Yessssssssssssss!

ic1male · 16 Sep 2009 at 21:06

andshrew said:
Windowed cutscenes and not guaranteed to work with 3d acceleration.

They are not really show stoppers. All modern computers will be able to run this game with the CPU in software, no need for a GPU.

andshrew · 16 Sep 2009 at 21:18

ic1male said:
They are not really show stoppers. All modern computers will be able to run this game with the CPU in software, no need for a GPU.

That's not really the issue. The problem is software mode in the games from this period mean't the graphics were very blocky. 3d acceleration made them look a lot nicer.

I can't find two decent comparison shots but if you look at this one it shows what the game looks like in software mode compared with this which is running with 3d acceleration (notice how much cleaner it looks).

It doesn't say it won't work but it's not guaranteed either, so I think I'll wait to hear some opinions before I jump in.

AWPC · 16 Sep 2009 at 21:38

As I still have my originals for all these presume no upgraded technical reason(s) for me to re-purchase?

Frapple · 16 Sep 2009 at 21:54

Good stuff - lost all my disks to Dark Forces II, Jedi Knight II & Jedi Academy.

Purchased!

Now all we need is KotORII & Pod Racer!!!

BIGBC · 17 Sep 2009 at 00:00

+1 for podracer. Man i loved that game on the N64.

titaniumx3 · 17 Sep 2009 at 00:40

First time I played Jedi Knight II and Jedi Knight Academy they were awesome, but unfortunately, when I reinstalled them recently, the experience wasn't how I recalled it. Everything felts so rigid and lacklustre ... obviously the 3d engine was dated, but the whole lightsabre gameplay just felt boring.

Maybe I've just been spoiled by modern games.

Phatjayunoi · 17 Sep 2009 at 00:45

Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight, what a classic!

Live-action FMV cutscenes!

Viper² · 17 Sep 2009 at 00:50

Played Jedi Outcast for a bit and the AI is hilariously bad. I love it.