

Still, it's better than a contrivance to get Kyle back to a weaker state to provide a compelling challenge and sense of progress to the game. I understand why Raven and Lucas opted to go with an entirely new character for the series but it's still hard to say goodbye to such an old friend. Gameplay One of the biggest changes is that you won't be playing as Kyle Katarn. While the title does many things better than Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy nevertheless comes with a few minor problems that bring entirely new frustrations.

So we should just cut and paste our Jedi Outcast review and replace all the "greats" with "phenomenals," right? Well, not quite. Now Vicarious Visions is porting Raven's sequel, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, which strengthens many of the features of the previous game. What really shocked us was how well they captured the license and designed a really solid game around it. We weren't at all surprised that Raven had made such a great game we were used to that already from Elite Force and Soldier of Fortune. About a year ago Vicarious Visions gave Xbox gamers reasons to rejoice then they ported Raven's Jedi Outcast from the PC.
