Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

In Jedi Outcast you take on the character of Kyle Katarn, a retired jedi who cut off his link to the force after almost turning to the dark side, but is forced to re-open the link when he and his partner, Jan Ors, uncover a secret saber crystal mining operation run by the dark jedi Desann and his apprentice Tavion. The rest of the game is centred around Karl re-learning his force abilities and rescuing his mercenary partner from the grasps of Tavion and Desann, and stopping Desann's secret mining operation.

The entire game, while lacking in the graphics department, has a long and involving storyline that has new developments throughout its course that keeps you guessing about what has happened after the last game ended and the new one began and also on which characters are bad and which are good. The controls are also easy to use after you get used to them, making the game easier to enjoy.

The graphics of the game show how old the game really is, but the levels are vast and some are rather intricate, which can cause frustration when a player gets lost or stuck in the larger levels. The campaign gets boring once you have played it more than once, but the multi player games are ever changing and always interesting.

Pros:

• A good first person shooter that combines the best of the force with the best of the shooter genre.
• Multi player matches provide good tournament play.
• Good storyline that lasts a long time plus good, long levels.

Cons:

• Graphics show how old the game really is.
• Joining internet games can be troublesome.
• Some unresolved glitches and bugs.
• All the controls can be hard to get used to.