JK: Jedi Academy full game (Split from demo thread)

[AmazonBabe]

Ok, game came out yesterday. I got it. I'm playing it.

So who ELSE has gotten the game??? :D

[Morgan Evanar]

Me. Seriously, I can't fathom why they included dynamic flicker. Its evil. I'm running a Radeon 9700 on an Athlon XP 2200 and it drops my FPS from 80~90 to 50 in narrow corridors with low polys. So very, very weak.

[ReaperFett]

Comes out tommorow for me, getting it straight away :)

[AmazonBabe]

I should put up pics of my blue female Twi'leck :D :p

[ReaperFett]

Wasn't there an option for a human female wearing paint then? :)


How are the early levels?

[ReaperFett]

Got it now :)

Only played a few levels, but Kyle cracks me up. You really feel he doesn't want to be there :D

And the sabre in rain effects? Brilliant (Dont remember them being in JO) :D

[Dasquian Belargic]

and hows the character customization? what else can you be?

[Morgan Evanar]

Dont remember them being in JO Swamps, they were there.

[ReaperFett]

Ahh okies.

Character Customising is the same I think. Maybe some extra alien clothing.

The Sand Burrower level was great. Didn't realise they MOVED :)

[Jedi Master Carr]

I picked it up today, one thing I noticed from reading the book

Boba Fett is back cool, Can't wait to test my jedi powers against him :p

[ReaperFett]

So far, I'm enjoying this more than JO. More fun levels :)

[AmazonBabe]

Only played a few levels, but Kyle cracks me up. You really feel he doesn't want to be there :D

As my fiance put it... Kyle Katarn is the Han Solo of the Jedi. Sarcastic, witty, and with this mood he really doesn't want to be wherever he is. Or something to that effect.

[ReaperFett]

The Vjun level is great when he's moaning about switches being 14 floors up :D

[ReaperFett]

Finished :)

Very good overall, last few levels were very satisfying. And where else can you ride Speeder bikes in multiple colours? :)

Only thing I noticed was Force Grip 3 was WAY too powerful. The theory is dark siders can push you away. But if you move the mouse fast enough, they can be airborne way before they have a chance. One level I completed using only grip, mind trick and sabre toss twice :)

[Jedi Master Carr]

Man you are Fast I have just reached the Hoth level, which I love. I am going with the light side then later on play as the dark.

[ReaperFett]

Light's better IMO, but there are a few cool differences :)

[Aaron Belargic]

Originally posted by ReaperFett
Vjun

Wow! It will be neat to see that after having RPed on the planet for such a long time.. without really having an idea of what it looked like

[Morgan Evanar]

Its ugly. And the rain is green. It looked too much like a typical Imperial facility for my tastes.

[ReaperFett]

It isn't rain :)

But the interior is better than the exterior, that's for sure. Some nice big enemies too :)

[Morgan Evanar]

Just because its not water doesn't mean it isn't rain. It is rain.

The Q3 engine blows at outdoor areas. Its better than some other engines, but its no Tribes 2, thats for sure.

[ReaperFett]

Ride the Rancor! :D

[ReaperFett]

Or if you want to get more modern...

[ReaperFett]

Oh, and for multiplayer, You can spawn the Swoop map apparently, with Swoops there :D

[imported_Kanji]

I wanna play some multiplayer... :D

Damn 56k... ugh

[ReaperFett]

Oh and for anyone doing the player model codes, remember this. You actually change INTO that character. You wont get any exclusive weapons they get, but you take their allegeances, force and so on. So Luke has a green sabre, maxed out lightside powers and no darkside powers for example. Some wont affect you, but some will. Change into a Tusken, no Tuskens will shoot at you :)

There is a code to change this, but not learnt it yet. Need to, I've found a very nice forceless character, who I want to use and fight with :D

[Aaron Belargic]

wow how did you get onto a rancor o_O

[ReaperFett]

in the console:

helpusobi 1
npc spawn vehicle rancor_vehicle

[imported_Kanji]

What about the X-wing?

[ReaperFett]

x-wing instead of rancor_vehicle. Space raises it. Bare in mind, it's fast :)

[Hayes Muirso]

I can't get the rancor to work. We're still talking about the demo, right?

[ReaperFett]

Full game :)

[ReaperFett]

Played the MP Siege mode. Although VERY laggy for me, it was no end of fun.

[imported_Kanji]

Has anyone tried the search for player thing to see if it works?

[ReaperFett]

No, as I know noone :)

IIRC it worked fine for finding people in JO, so it should work fine.

[imported_Kanji]

Well, why don't we find out!
I'm going to start a game, look out for me as SirKanji

[txa1265]

Reading the manual, one thing I was really looking forward to was using Mind Trick level 2 or 3 on a surface, turning off saber and walkign through a room of imperials ...but I never got it to work. It drains my force pool, but maybe one of the imperials is distracted, even at level 3. Does my overall level play into it, I wonder? I was only up to Hoth. I started again, new character (KelDor rather than human) and chose different force powers.

Mike

[ReaperFett]

I find that if you get a surface close to them, they'll all turn around. If you're fast you could go undetected, but I find it easier to use it in order to kill them all quicker :)

Course, I find it best to just use the trick on the guy with the biggest gun and let him deal with them :)

[txa1265]

Originally posted by ReaperFett
I find that if you get a surface close to them, they'll all turn around. If you're fast you could go undetected, but I find it easier to use it in order to kill them all quicker :)

Course, I find it best to just use the trick on the guy with the biggest gun and let him deal with them :) That's what it seems to keep coming to ... :( but I didn't like the 'control' aspect of Mind Trick in JKII - it seems like a Dark power to me - send my pawn into battle to die in my stead. I'm trying to go extreme light-side, and was hoping that mind tricking surfaces would enable me to go through rooms unnoticed.

Oh, well ...

Mike

[William Belargic]

I was watching my fiance play, and he wasn't able to call down the console by pressing the tilde (~) button. Is there some other magic button or is that the only one?

[Lord Van-Derveld]

It's shift and the button to the left of 1 on your keyboard (whatever that is - it's ` on mine) - I think.

[William Belargic]

Ah, you have to hit shift + `(~) key. Got it. :)

Thankee! ^_^

[ReaperFett]

I believe the key is tilde in the UK :)

[William Belargic]

Also in the US. :p

[txa1265]

Originally posted by txa1265
That's what it seems to keep coming to ... :( but I didn't like the 'control' aspect of Mind Trick in JKII - it seems like a Dark power to me - send my pawn into battle to die in my stead. I'm trying to go extreme light-side, and was hoping that mind tricking surfaces would enable me to go through rooms unnoticed.

Oh, well ...

Mike I've heard that people have done it successfully on other forums. I'll level up my Mind Trick to Level 2 (jeez that sounds like RPG-speak ... too much NWN lately;) after I finish the level I'm on.

Mike

[Kack Mebuff]

I can't wait to get this game. But I gotta wait 'til I get my new PC. Cuz my old one is waaaaaaaay too slow to run it. The only good thing on my old PC is my video card.

[Jedi Master Carr]

You might be able to run this game on your PC. If you could run Outcast, you should be able to run Academy.

[Kack Mebuff]

I don't have Outcast. I could barely run Rebellion on my PC. hahaha!

[Peter McCoy]

I was messing around with the console commands, and came up with this screenshot. Quite a nifty lightsaber if you ask me! :p

(Don't worry, no spoilers in the screenshot)

[ReaperFett]

"Am I Jedi, am I Sith? GUESS!"

:D

[Ace McCloud]

tell me...is dual lightsabers have as bad movement as it did in the demo? Cuz the Demo is crap :lol

[Jedi Master Carr]

I like dual lightsabers it has some cool moves in the game, but they are hard to master, you have to be careful if you get to cocky using them one of those reborn punks will eat you alive.

[Jedi Master Carr]

I'm on the Ord Mantell mission how in the world do you defeat Boba Fett??? If I get in close he kills me with his flame Thrower too far way rocket launchers away. Man he is hard. One thing I hope he is avaliable in mutliplayer :P I've got to play as him.

[imported_Kanji]

Originally posted by Jedi Master Carr
I'm on the Ord Mantell mission how in the world do you defeat Boba Fett??? If I get in close he kills me with his flame Thrower too far way rocket launchers away. Man he is hard. One thing I hope he is avaliable in mutliplayer :P I've got to play as him.

You don't kill him. He's like.. unbeatable... but anyho. Just keep running about and doing the mission objectives, try not to get in close.

[Peter McCoy]

Jedi Master Carr, I'd advise you to edit your post - thats classed as a spoiler in my opinion.

[Peter McCoy]

So you think Neo's "da man" huh!?

Luke beats him lying down! :)

[Jedi Master Carr]

Thanks :) I will have to try that now. Oh and I didn't think about the spoiler bit I was so frustrated with that level that is all I can think about.

[ReaperFett]

I completed it by running. Just keep going, don't wait.

[William Belargic]

Actually... You don't defeat Boba Fett, but you do knock him down enough where he finally gives up on you and leaves. My fiance actually stuck around and nailed Fett several times with the concusion rifle and lots of Force lightning. Eventually the man admitted defeat, said something about pity there wasn't a bounty on the Jedi's head, and then flew off never to return. So you CAN get him off your back... if you're persistant enough and good at not getting killed.

[Jedi Master Carr]

That seems hard Iw ill probably just run :)

[Morgan Evanar]

Dual sabers rock. I haven't tried the staff saber yet. I do wish you could use the slow stance with the duals as an alternate instead of light. That would be a wicked switch-up.

I beat the game, Tavion was pretty easy. Look for signs of charging up, get airborne. Her attacks only seem to occour at ground level. The smash will screw you up good, but the purple energy is a giveaway. I couldn't figure out the stupid level, but just walk around the edge of the left pit and use sense. As for the last guy in the preceeding level, just run past him and save your time.

[imported_Kanji]

Also, to defeat the Reborn/Cultist's easily, if there is a death-drop or long fall and you have atleast Grip 3, toss em off, might take a little pratice but it works. Easy.

^_^;

[Peter McCoy]

Fetts right - Grip 3 really is the Uber power :)

Though my favourite tactic is still to use Speed and just hack 'em up in seconds. :)

[Ryan Pode]

I'm buying it tomorrow. Its on sale at best buy.

[Ryan Pode]

Nevermind. Delete this post please, thanks.

[imported_Firebird1]

It's a good game. I think in one way, it's too short. But the fact that you get to travel to so many planets, ride interesting things, and do so many things in that short time, it makes it a fun ride.

[Verse Dawnstrider]

I for one was very unhappy with the last battle. I slapped her around like a Master Pimp. I only took 25 damage (I had no shields goin' in) both fights combined. I just w+c+attack1 her twice with my dual sabers and she died. I had way more trouble with the Reborn.

[Shanaria Fabool]

I just went out and got the game :) and I'm having a BLAST!

I was having a heck of a time with the mutated rancor untill I looked at my objectives screen and saw WEAPONS WILL NOT EFFECT IT! after seeing that it wasn't hard to find out that you had to crush him wil the cargo containers

I so think that two sabers are better than a double bladed, I guess that may be because I love using the skill saber throw.

[txa1265]

I did the whole thing Single Saber. This time through I'll try dual sabers. I tried using Dark powers, but it just isn't my style ... so I started again. Zabrak female ... she's quite cool. I like her voice, a bit lighter than the male Jaden.

Mike

[Shanaria Fabool]

I'm using a female Twi'leck... the female characters are way better than the male ones... i also think the voice is way better then the male one.

[Rognan Dar]

Wow. This is disapointing. I have resently bought the game and in about half a week I have betten it already. I thought that it would go on longer then it should have. But then again, they would have to come up with something extra.

BTW, Is anyone interested in have a net match? I haven't seen what there is to do yet, but I wanted to know if people were interested in getting together and have a good game.

[Tear]

Personally i loved the game more then the last 2 in the Jedi knight series. Dont get me wrong they were both great especially Jedi outcast but Academy gives you more emersion...the feeling that your actually there participating instead of guiding a premade Katarn through his struggles. You get a story made for you.

But whats great if your a long time fan like me that i really enjoyed was partnering with your master and watching him from a new perspective.. was pretty cool.

Oh and for those of you who lean toward the darkside of things and have Force lightening 3...leave your saber/sabers off and give it a try...its incredible the feel of power makes you think of how the Emperor must have got a kick from zapping luke around.

[Rognan Dar]

Yeah, its cool to have Kyle with you. But sometimes he gets in the way more then he helps out. I love his comments though. Everything he says is some kind of joke.

As for the other Knight series: I liked outcast. It was the next best thing then. There was things you had to work more at. But as you said, it didn't thave that feeling like you were part of the order. Thats whats cool about Academy. You get to choose, to a point, what missions you want to do.

[txa1265]

Originally posted by Rognan Dar
Yeah, its cool to have Kyle with you. But sometimes he gets in the way more then he helps out. I love his comments though. Everything he says is some kind of joke.

As for the other Knight series: I liked outcast. It was the next best thing then. There was things you had to work more at. But as you said, it didn't thave that feeling like you were part of the order. Thats whats cool about Academy. You get to choose, to a point, what missions you want to do.

"This one's mine!" ... sure, Kyle, whatever you say [slice] ...

"You're joking, right?!?" ... one of my favorite lines, I wish Kyle said that in Jedi Outcast - I remember a time in Cairn I was facing a bunch of enemies, I just held my ground in light stance and they all killed themselves ...

Mike

[Rognan Dar]

I also like near the beginning when Luke and Kyle are talking. When you have those to together, it just makes everything great.

[Chaos Alexander]

I think the game is great. I have beat it with all three saber types, and I am torn over which one is teh best. My favorite move though is to be locking sabers with Dual Sabers. Just hit the Alt. Attack button and you use teh saber like a boomerang. It is so sweet......

[Kelt Simoson]

Duel saber by far the best in my opinion.:)

[Tony Maxwell]

Im about to beat the game, Im using dual sabers and dark force moves

level 3 force lightning is awsome against none force users, and here's a little hint for fighting lightsaber weilding people, use level 3 grip and move them over drop and let them fall to their death

Its sooooooo funny to watch them fall. ^_^

[Sai]

oi


hehe, Jedi acadmey rox.

*shameless clan plug* yus, im in a Jedi Acadmey clan, if anyone's interested in a match or maybe joining, PM me. :D