Jedi Academy Announced

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• isnt this just the fault of a star wars licence though? i mean i know jk2 was rushed and this seems to be... : grimiv
• ...... /head explodes. : Cygnus X-1
• I would love to see Ritual do one!....cept they are working on Star Trek right now =(.... : Normality
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  http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/jedi_academy/Star+Wars+Jedi+Knight:+Jedi+Academy/2/thumbs/6.jpg doe... : Ziggurat
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    There you go: http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/jedi_academy/Star+Wars+Jedi+Knight:+Jedi+Academy/1/th... : Aubrey Philipsz
    • You could crap in a tin, and if it used the Q3 with a Starwars license people are going to love it. : seven
• mmmm.? level design was great. : yautja
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  the impression I have always gotten post mortem of jk2, was that raven wanted continue to do all kinds of... : gladbach
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    Did you listen to that Seamus Blackley interview? : diehlr
    • nope, details? link? : gladbach
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  RIRUAL? Name one good game they made. ONE. I dare you. : [7]kami
  • Erm... guess STOP did not keep me from posting the incorrect post. Nuke this one, maa'en, if you must. : [7]kami
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  RITUAL? Name one good game they made. ONE. I dare you. : [7]kami
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    Sin - First game to give multipath levels a shot. Excellent level design, fun guns. Had its down points b... : node
    • SIN & FAKK2 both were avarage games. You know. The obligatory "8". Nothing special. : [7]kami

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  Dark Forces Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight Dark Forces 3: Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast Dark Forces 4: Jedi ... : Schnapple
  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=7115672 I was close : enigmatic
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    shouldn't you insert "Star Wars" before all of those? like, Star Wars: Dark Forces? : dodob
    • I'm just shocked that it's a fall release. : Liquid
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  Heretic and Hexen are guilty of the same crime. Also raven games. Heretic Hexen Hexen 2 Heretic 2 ... : dafragsta
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    well, the excuse is that Heretic follows a named character, Corvus, through both games. Hexen is supposed... : jet-poop
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      Romero has the gaming intelligence of a poodle. I don't care what he wanted. : wunderbred
      • Only he doesn't he's only had one real fuck up and he still has immense passion for games. and in any IN... : 4ge
    • this is true - it was stated after Heretic II was released (which was after Hexen II). Of course then Ion : Schnapple
• I don't think it's a full out sequel. It seems more like what Vice City is to GTA3. : TwiLyght

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  I don't know whether to laugh or cry. : Pointy
  • I laughed. : node
• umm they did, mysteries of the sith : -=kodiak=-

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• Ha, why would you expect one? : king_darius
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  I just feel being ripped off. FYI I got a copy of CE of JK2 when it's out. : xphil
  • Thanks for the info, I don't know what you're trying to say though. The game is the same price for anybod... : king_darius
  • Ok. Biased. I admit. But look at those shots. Who wouldn't think of ripoff damnit. : xphil
• um, new game. doom2 was a sequel to doom1; same engine...i dont understand your logic. : mrspyral
• As long as they add better stuff than was in JK2, I'll buy it, and expect no refund. : wunderbred
• Following that same logic I should have a rebate for JK2 since I bought Q3A?.. : melt_core

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  yes its still Quake 3 engine : Maarten Goldstein
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    I guess that's why they'll be able to get it out the door so quick. Kinda wish they would've went with th... : huds0n
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      They said the game's more than half-way done.. I'm glad they didn't wait to try and make a whole new game... : esky
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        lighting, and the way maps are built/look are a big step ahead of the game. : Silent Wolf
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          Ragdoll would have been cool, too. : KungFuKenobi
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            ragdoll could be implemented but yea, the level construction process is a biggie for content creation l... : grimiv
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              It's really not all that different. Of course the creation, editing wise, is a lot different, but the ma... : esky
              • actually if you read that interview they did, they mention they incorporated a tech from SOF into JK3 so ... : Jackass1233
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  I'm surprised they didn't use the Doom3 engine for this : lordlobo
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    Quake4 is doom3 Jedi knight 3 will be doom4 though : stgdz
    • no, it is still quake 3 engine. it is using SOF2 GHOUL2.0 Technology along with someother small revisions... : phyre

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  when every one is the same with just new models, maps, and characters it aint that hard. : Jackass1233
  • indeed, bland and repetitive can't be too hard to do. : seven

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  I doubt it'll happen. : wunderbred
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    why not? that's lame. : dodob
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      lucasarts has always been like that, no blood/decapitation. Pretty much to insure a Teen rating. : krazy_yak
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        Plus now Greedo shoots first... : Schnapple
        • http://www.originaltrilogy.com/ : wunderbred
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  jk2 had decapitation in with 'g_SaberRealisticCombat x' or something like that where you could cut off he... : sweetnutz
  • Always count on nutZ. : jake2000
  • mp_tatooine! direct port of casa with tatooine textures! please sir : Ziggurat
  • yea i knew about that, but the server had to have it enabled or something cause it never worked when i tr... : maulla

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• Yeah, agreed. JK2 could have been better and Sof2 was terrible. I give them one more chance with this and : node
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  From what I saw in JK2, I think one thing they really lack is talented artists. Texture artists, modeller... : seven
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    I actually didn't notice much poor texture work, but the level design certainly could've been better, not... : wunderbred
    • There were actually show stoppers in SOF2. There weren't any (that I found) in JK2. But yes, there was... : seven

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  I don't care what anyone says. The Q3 engine is aging quite well. It's fast, easy to develop for, and has... : dafragsta
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    You're telling me. Compare the quality of Heretic II to the quality of any of their games released since... : wunderbred
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      SoF came after Heretic II. It was cool. Everything after that has been pretty lame. : dafragsta
      • Compare the sweeping and epic plot of Heretic II to the forgettable storyline of SOF. The controls felt ... : wunderbred
• nah, I am scanning some comparison shots from JK2 and this one and it is definitely awesome what Raven is... : rookieone
• LOL....... Do yourself a favor then, avoid any articles on ST:EF2, JK3, and that Konami game...What wa... : UTSD3DSUCKS
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  Yeah, except the Doom 3 engine will be half as licensed as Q3. The lighting engine is totally unsuited to... : node
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    Carmack has stated the tech is there, they're simply making the game they wanna make. The Doom3 engine i... : gyvoji
    • yeah, this is right, according to the info id has released. it's perfectly capable of large/outdoor areas... : jet-poop

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  I've been feeling "meh" about ANYTHING star wars lately :| : nofxsux
  • Even the movies are "meh". Two Towers graphics & CG > Episode 2 graphics & CG : reVy79
  • Star Wars: KOTOR will be our salvation :D : wunderbred
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  yeah, its disappointing that they haven't capitalised on x-wing yet. all of their space games after xwi... : gladbach
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    Well, Raven software is developing Jedi Academy (and Jedi Outcast), but other developers released the X-W... : wunderbred
    • naw, galaxies is just a rehash of everquest in teh SW universe. I might be tempted, but thats not what I... : gladbach

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• Yea, those textures are definitely BLAH. : madclown

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• why? because they have the money to make it, and they want to make it, and their publisher wants them to ... : Ziggurat
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  look at the feature list from interviews and stuff. new sabers, new player models, new animations, new le... : sweetnutz
  • Shh! You're ruining his moment of cynicism! : johnny rotten

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• probably only in mutli, but i hope thats not the case : jedi_27
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  that came up in the interview from yesterday or the day before I think, and you can be evil with a branch... : johnny appleseid
  • yea, they said the few final levels will change depending if you're evil or not : esky
• "Looks great"? How so?!?! It seems obvious that they are using their second string guys to shit this ou... : Poor Yurik
• How evil? More evil than using dark-side force powers that have been around since JK1? : jake2000
• Didn't the interview say your force choices in game split you off to two different endings? You should be... : project13

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  that thing get any play time? : maulla
  • recently it has, but it was dead for a long long time : ashkie
• You host a RTCW server by any chance? : UTSD3DSUCKS
• if i was in the usa, i'd be playing on it. still a great game, but my isp have pulled down their jk2 ser... : yautja

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• if you can hold out a little bit after it is released you'll be able to snag it for $30 prolly : ctlaltl33t
• Well, JK2 could have been better and SoF2 was only saved by the multiplayer, otherwise it was 100% unrema... : node

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• 7 hours. : wunderbred
• Counting Multiplayer? Personally, the first one gave me much more than 15 hours of play time... though, I... : smart1

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  That's a good point, especially considering it wasn't in development that long. But something tells me Lu... : krazy_yak
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    depends how good it is i suppose : grimiv
    • not necessarily, both serious sam titles were pretty fun and good, but still bargains at $20 : krazy_yak
• Ofcourse we are assuming nicer games will be out. I would like to think that the end of the year round up... : baron calamity

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• Yeah, good game... cept for those damn jumping puzzles. : reVy79

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• are you sure it wasnt in jk2 already? i seem to remember that it was : grimiv
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  Definitely, that thing rocked. I had more fun playing Dark Forces than any of the more recent games in t... : parker.ny
  • Dark Forces and Jedi Knight were both great experiences. JK2 had a lot going for it, but it had a LOT th... : tomservo

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• dont you mean Star Wars: Dark Forces 4: Jedi Knight 3: Jedi Outcast 2: Jedi Academy... : grimiv

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• same here! thanks LA!!! : jedi_27