First Look: Star Wars Jedi Outcast: Jedi Knight II
Get ready to fire your blaster and dust off your lightsaber in this sequel to Jedi Knight from LucasArts.
LucasArts awesome Dark Forces series continues with Star Wars Jedi Outcast: Jedi Knight II. In the latest first-person-shooter/third-person-lightsaber-combat title, you?ll again play as fallen Jedi Kyle Katarn?but now his Force powers are fully developed. Based on a modified version of the Quake III engine, Jedi Outcast will sport immense levels, intense action, and incredible detail?such as the glowing red trail your lightsaber leaves as you cut into a wall.
In the E3 demo, LucasArts showed a huge lightsaber battle between numerous Jedi in the docking bay of a space station, which had Kyle taking out tons of Stormtroopers in a variety of nasty ways?severing limbs with lightsabers, wielding incredible Force powers, and spraying blaster fire. Glorious lighting effects filled the screen at every moment, creating an eerie beauty to the battles. If you ever wondered what happens when good Jedi go bad, you?ll get to find out with Jedi Outcast.