Jedi Knight 2 Gone Gold!

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  Explain how those shots are low poly. : h0rus
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    Okay. Each environment consists of a floor and a ceiling and maybe a five polygon wall. Other than that ... : nudel
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      The character models look fine. I'm only talking about the actual environments. All detail in the env... : nudel
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        Christ, look at this: http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/jediknight2//7/thumbs/jedi48.jpg I can't ... : nudel
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          That's what you get with hyper-fast development times... they're even reusing Jedi Knight maps for the S... : bargeld
          • Point me to a resource where that is indicated. I'm curious as to the validity of that statement. : h0rus
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      Did it ever occur to you that the environment would look like that? Have you seen any of the starwar... : h0rus
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        Look at any set from starwars and it's a lot more detailed that that. Sure, there may be a lot of large,... : nudel
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          Well, shit is a strong word. It looks like something that would have been impressive on 1997/98 hardware... : nudel
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            I would give up now if I were you, fanboys have a pea where their brains should be. Yes, it looks like s... : Mentasm
            • it doesnt look like shit. you obviously need to get your head out of your ass to see clearly. : pimpium
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  oh my God. Did the badass factor of FUCK YOU THIS GAME IS COOL pop into your head at all? : dopeman
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    umm....how about EYE CANDY != A GOOD GAME :) : clain
    • How about GOOD GRAPHICS + GOOD GAMEPLAY = NICE. No one is saying that the screenies alone decide alo... : h0rus
• it has a first-person view. : V0lk
• screenshots are pointless anyway, it'll matter how much fun it is to play : hawkeye
• for Pete's sake, it DOES have a first-person mode... >:( : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  1) low poly? No. 2) Third person? No. Not unless you choose to use 3rd person. 3) Nothing but spa... : unmaker
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    Your points are fair enough. I'll agree to disagree about the thrown lightsabre (looks arse to me) and d... : nudel
    • I guess your gripe is that the maps don't have brushes as pipes. I'll choose good texturing and mini... : h0rus
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      I'll agree that the actual level geometry is somewhat....'budget'. I suspect Raven decided to concentra... : johnny rotten
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        I still think it looks great! Have you seen the SOF2 screenies? : h0rus
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          Oh I think it looks good, but I can empathize where hOrus is coming from. Of course when I watch the vi... : johnny rotten
          • err.... switch horus for nudel : johnny rotten

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• Thanks for the link, I don't have a copy of the first game anymore so this was a good deal (even better ... : moz
• Wicked! Thanks. : setaanbomb
• done and done! : anti-orp
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  must...resist...temptation, must purchase morrowind...ack : afrochops
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    put them both on credit card. That means they're free!! : johnny rotten
    • ohh yea, that's how the world works these days. too bad i can't convince myself to get one : afrochops

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  i disagree. Raven peeked at Hexen 2. A trully epic and brilliant game. Since then the scale and complexi... : disembodied potato
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    you mean Heretic 2, not Hexen 2. : unmaker
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      no i dont mean heritic. Im talking about Hexen the first person fantasy shooter. : disembodied potato
      • my apologies then. I'd forgotten that Raven had also worked on Hexen 2 (which I didn't much care for). I... : unmaker
• I don't have any problem with 'ok' games - just a problem paying $50 for them. : Ulkesh

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  I always played light anyways, still was a great game. I hardly think choosing your path was the best p... : Silentlobotomy
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    Well it made it feel like an adventure game. In my opinion games of late rely so heavily upon graphics t... : disembodied potato
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      I agree, choosing the path was cool, but the method they used to give you "stars" in which to spend on f : futtbucker
      • Definately. Looking in a stupid toilet for a fantastical star does not equal JEDI POWRSSE. : Barnahog
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      Like Shogo, I agree... I loved playing dark as well as light. But I will pick up this one... it'll be... : [Zoesch^2]
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        Shogo was so so cool. : abrasion
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          A truly underrated game... I think two of the Best FPS EVER were Shogo and Jedi Knight : [Zoesch^2]
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            actually Shogo was a steaming pile of lithtech vomit. The single player game was poorly conceived (the p... : unmaker
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              I won't bother laughing at you... but yep, this is the shack and in this place people automatically assu... : [Zoesch^2]
              • it was cool, but yeah, it had limitations... the AI blew, the story was kinda iffy, the multi was almost... : Kniggit
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                my pleasure. Monolith left a bad taste in my mouth. I was part of the (largely ignored) Shogo beta test ... : unmaker
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                  I believe you're talking about the Red REAMER at least that's what I called it. it WAS impressive : Kniggit
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                    heh, that's a good name for it. Hell, on some of those maps all you had to do was get the red riot, take... : unmaker
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                      Ass ramming...? maybe you played a different game than the one I did... : Kniggit
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                        No, if you bought the game I'm sure you got the same ass-ramming as the rest of us. =) : unmaker
                        • well, i bought it in the bargain bin for $5... maybe the discout version didn't come with Big Jim Sl : Kniggit
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              Lithtec has one bug - mouse code, that is all. : abrasion
              • heh, no I found a few more than just that. I'm not getting into it here though. : unmaker
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  1) You're wrong. Heretic 2 (which was very similar to JK in many ways) was a truly excellent and und... : unmaker
  • I'm looking forward to this game because of h2. The blade staff in it was done well, and you could contr... : haokah
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  Raven makes good games. As for great, I don't think anyone has in sometime. Except GTA3 by Rockstar prob... : thrymm1
  • The MMORPGs started out as hohum. It just took us a little while to figured it out. I'd rather pound my ... : unmaker

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  I've never actually played multi. I wonder how neat it would be to actually play it with this type o... : h0rus
  • Multi = teh BOMB yo. aside from all that zone shit, hope they never do that again. : Kniggit

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• Maybe I'm strange, but I also liked Dark Forces a whole hell of a lot. JK was good for other reasons, th... : Gauss

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  From the screenshots I've seen it looks better. : abrasion
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    HOOK LINE SINKER! : h0rus
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      YEs you did bait me well - but I just had to take it. : abrasion
      • HEHE. I think the coll edition will be nice to buy. It has those prior games of the series includ... : h0rus

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  what I'm wondering is if canyon oasis will make a return... : Kniggit
  • TEH Best DM map. : jhof

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• Maarten's dick is a few hours long? : Kniggit

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  h2 was too short, and I'm afraid jk2 will be also :/ one problem with the cost of content-development ti... : Gauss
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    well, the Heretic 2 single-player was pretty short--but it *was* fun, and the multiplayer experience was... : unmaker
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      I thoroughly enjoyed the demo. never got around to buying the game. oh well : jednet
      • well, that was the problem. Most of Heretic 2's quality lay in its multiplayer, and most of the multipla... : unmaker

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• thats really good to hear. : Turd Ferguson

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  ow bout now? : johnny rotten
  • ow? : johnny rotten

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  Why thank you :) : Mr.Fusion
  • No problem whatsoever bro. : wunderbred
• WooTage! : jhof
• damn wunder, that is some quality shit. : fluze
• that music arouses me. I will cream myself in the theatre in Ep3 when that theme finally plays (you kno... : johnny rotten
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  already have it from the days of WSWSOTD. :-) : the archvile
  • Longest. Acronym. Evar. : greh kleh

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  did you play jk1 or wheel of time? similar to that, though I have a suspicion this time around its going... : Gauss
  • no, i didn't :( : hatelull
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  Guess you never played JK1. : Poor Yurik
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    no, i didn't. pc at the time wouldn't run jk1. how did it work? : hatelull
    • certain force powers cancelled others. Force Sight (as in see in the dark and invisible things) will ... : Silentlobotomy
• The game won't be like JK1. The force powers are items you pick up. Kinda lame. I liked JK1's take on... : nooral

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  well, you're right about that--Raven has some mighty large shoes to fill when it comes to the single pla... : unmaker
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    it was pretty cool, but yeah, it was kinda irksome at the same time. : Kniggit
    • it was a unique experience, I'll give it that. =) : unmaker

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  if there's going to be a linux server i'm sure we'll consider it though its not exactly easy for us to g... : Maarten Goldstein
  • the force is strong with speakeasy... I see a great future for this server... : Silentlobotomy
  • There damn-well better be a server, this game is the REASON to have a server. : Lone Swordsman

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  yes, a demo is necessary. I don't trust any new games anymore. : jednet
  • neither do I, no matter how good it looks. Thank Black and White for that. : Kiriakos

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• About 14" : xakmalice
• 6" here : |mali|
• ask your mum : root beer
• i am in heaven : jedi_27
• This long *holds fingers close together* : Mugsy

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• roffle roffle roffle! : wunderbred
• I think the next logical progression should be Dark Forces 3: Jedi Knight 2: Mysteries of the Sith 2 : Portax
• You forgot the "Star Wars:" part of the title. : Crusader
• [Edit?] Star Wars: Dark Forces 3: Jedi Knight 2 (Sub-mission B): Jedi OutCast[/edit?] (Sub-mission A ... : jhof