
I also began to use the game’s quicksave system to back up my progress every few rooms. I eventually restarted, dropping the difficulty and going again. The first blaster you get is mostly awful, requiring the alternative mode charging shot to really do any damage and so at first you feel a bit under-equipped, especially when the Imperial forces seem to be able to kill you pretty easily and despite offering a very early checkpoint, those restart points end up being very very rare, surprising you at how much progress you generally lose when you die.Īll that means that your first few minutes with Jedi Outcast are miserable. In terms of the combat at this point it is standard first-person shooter fare.


He starts the game working as a mercenary with his partner, Jan Orr, and for several hours, the game is initially just a first-person shooter set in and around a lot of Star Wars flavoured assets as you battle your way through rooms and corridors filled with Stormtroopers and Imperial Officers. The game is set eight years after Return of the Jedi and features Kyle Katarn, a former Jedi who has given up his Force powers after nearly succumbing to the Dark Side.
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Being one of the few PC games that I bothered to complete more than once, I was particularly thrilled to have another go at it and this was all despite the fact that I can take or leave Star Wars generally.

Octoin PS4 tagged first person / jedi outcast / lighsabers / port / remaster / shooter / star wars / third-person by Richieīack in 2002, Jedi Outcast, stood out as being one of the few truly good Star Wars games and with the franchise currently faltering in the hands of EA, we were as pleased as we were surprised to see the game was getting a current-gen remastering.
