QuakeCon Game Write-Up

Shack reader Atari. sent in his own games write-up, covering all the games shown at QuakeCon which ended on Sunday. Called Quakecon 2001: A Brief Overview of the Games Shown, Atari. has written impressions on Soldier of Fortune 2, Return to Castle Wolfenstein (single and multiplayer), Game Boy Advance DOOM and Jedi Knight 2. Here is a snip from the Jedi Knight 2 : Jedi Outcast impressions since we didn't write anything on that ourselves.

The second Jedi Knight game looks to take what the last one did and blow it out of the water. Everything from visuals to sound to interactivity with the environment had my jaw gaping open during the entire presentation. Another game built on the Quake 3 engine, the graphics could do no wrong. The snow flying into your face, the look of the work done on the models, and the level design were all top notch. The presentation started out on a cold, arctic level at a base of some sort. Starting out with the blaster drawn, it looks like standard looking FPS a first sight. Then the presenter takes a step around a few crates and all hell breaks loose. A few Storm Troopers heading across a bridge towards our Jedi were soon taken out by a few shots from our blaster, while a third Storm Trooper took sniping shots at us from a far suspended walkway [...]