![]() ![]() ![]() Stuck with only these woefully cumbersome weapons for game beginning, Jedi Outcast seems to be begging you not to play it, with each potentially exciting but ultimately crippled moment eliciting tear after tear. ![]() The inclusion of the Bryar pistol doesn’t ameliorate the situation because its secondary charge-up shot is useless when facing more than one of these white-clad goons at a time, nor does the inclusion of the unwieldy Wookie Bowcaster, which has been cleverly designed to resemble a crossbow, a novelty that gives it some distinctive flair but doesn’t change the fact that it’s a crappy weapon. How the Empire conquered anything when its hordes are equipped with this thing is beyond comprehension, because, at least in Kyle’s hands, unleashing its crimson rage proves to be a dishearteningly futile affair: virtually every shot passes harmlessly around the intended targets, draining the ostensibly abundant supply of ludicrously lethargic lasers with arresting quickness. The E11 Blaster Rifle – the stormtroopers’ own – is what you’re stuck with for the torturous beginning, and saying that it’s a brutally ineffective killing machine would be an understatement of massive proportions. Through the ornately industrial halls of Kejim base and the Artus mining facility, the locales that comprise the initial torment, Kyle and his trusty pilot, Jan Ors, will fend off legions of stormtroopers, but not with force powers and certainly not with lightsabers – because that would simply be too much fun. Much to my dismay and to the developers’ sadistic delight, Kyle Katarn, former Jedi Knight and now Forceless mercenary, has forsaken his Jedi ways, leaving this anti-Star Wars gamer in agony that initially seemed perpetual, having had Jedi Outcast’s dismally broken first-person shooter engine forced upon me. Prepare yourself for it, because you will suffer. The pain comes first, and oh is it painful. ![]() By juxtaposing the intolerably excruciating with the overwhelmingly delicious, Jedi Outcast makes itself almost impossible to love completely, unless your love for the franchise is already unconditional. Being the self-controlled guy that I am, I managed to dive into the videogame rendition of the Star Wars universe by way of the oft-vaunted Jedi Outcast, without letting my previously formed opinion of the franchise affect my newly formed opinion of the game, although it became clear to me that much of the gaming populace has - Star Wars fans particularly. Rich science fiction settings and intriguing elements of fantasy are painfully mixed together with infantile philosophy and a massive, unforgivable layer of cheese. Not just those recent iterations, but the entire series. Being the self-controlled guy that I am, I managed to dive into the videogame rendition of the Star Wars universe by way of the oft-vaunted Jedi Outcast, without letting my previously formed opinion of the franchise affect my newly formed opinion o." ![]()
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