Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Nintendo Switch Review - Is It Worth It?

The mindless flailing of lightsabers is strong with this one.


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[Cloudninja]

Lowkey if they released Star Wars Battlefront II 2005 for the Switch with Online multiplayer. I’d buy that in a Heart beat

Edit: 3 yrs later and they finally came through. See you boys on bespin platforms March 14

[SonofMrPeanut]

I remember being amazed by "WHOA, the lightsabers leave a MARK on the WALL!"

[petwisk]

Star Wars: Dark Forces 4: Jedi Knight 3: Jedi Outcast 2: Jedi Academy

[TheAquarius]

Pc gamers found their way onto the Switch multiplayer servers:
"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced."

[tnnt]

Game: is 13 years old
Review: THE PORT WAS RUSHED

[matthewcollyer]

They should release LEGO Star Wars the complete saga on switch.

[noahdenno]

dude you're capping if you think that this fallen order lightsaber combat is better than this.

[DWS]

I really want KOTOR 1 and 2 on Switch. I’d be so happy, among others. Please Aspyr, would you port those to the Switch?

[unseenphantomamvsytp]

Now if only we could get a Classic Battlefront and Rouge Squadren collection on Switch!

[timdj]

This game was BY FAR the best star wars game I've ever played growing up. Just the way some of the sith would taunt u by making a line a the ground with their light Saber & also battling 2 to 3 sith at a time made for the best light Saber battles I've ever had. The memories & endless fun i had playing this with my brother growing up were such simpler times. The nostalgia is so epic!!!

[nijunikuro]

"The lightsaber combat is clunky and inprecise."

I'd like to point out that the lightsaber combat in Jedi Academy is *still* considered the best depiction of lightsaber combat in *any* Star wars game - yes, that includes "Fallen Order" - by people familiar with canonical lightsaber combat styles. Heck, there used to be online servers where people taught others how to use different canonical saber-combat styles in-game (and I think some of them are still around).

While the "Fallen Order" saber combat *might* be more fun to casual players, it's just made to be flashy and oversimplified. In "Jedi Academy", it might take a bit to learn how to perform specific saber slashes and combat movements, but if you *do* take some time to figure out how to control your character properly your movements become far from "clunky and imprecise". Unless you find *any* game NOT using auto-aim/auto-lockon to be clunky and imprecise. -_-

"The addition of quick shortcuts to your force powers"

You've clearly never played the 2003 PC version, 'cause if you did you'd know that you *could* assign keyboard shortcuts to force powers in the original release of the game. :/

[infinitygames]

The PC version is fantastic and the mods are amazing.
But I wouldn’t say Fallen Order is superior. It’s good, but this is still my top saber game.

[miroslavdeshin]

It's a shame this game doesn't get as much love as it deserves.
You literally could summon through cheats an entire army of sith and another army of jedi and make them fight while you are just there, sitting on your 4ss making bets. I loved every single moment of this game.

[ndrs]

Its funny he calls the saber combat janky. I just talked about it with my friend and we both agree its the best star wars/lightsaber combat system ever in any sw games.
If they would just make a new game with this same saber fighting system it would sell like hot cakes. It feels the most star wars like.

[lukec]

This game is an amazing gem. I would pay $20 for the online multiplayer alone. As others have already stated the lightsaber dueling and controls are incredible and allow for a diverse play style from player to player. It's crazy that this review states that the combat is "janky" and "clumsy" which could not be further from the truth. There is a reason that this 13 year old game still has a hardcore fan following.

[Arandur]

I still remember the multiplayer of the PC game. In my guild, can't remember the name, there were "Grand Masters" who teach the Padawans how to use the lightsaber with different styles. May be it's clumsy if you wield you lightsaber just smashing buttons, but it's still the best lightsaber combat videogame.

[seacrezt]

I’m really enjoying this game at the moment. I played this game when I was 12 on PC so I’m probably biased but it is really good.

[ELJoseNova]

I used to love the light saber duels back in the Days online. I remember jumping and slicing and turning the sensitivity high so you can do like a 720 spin slash with the heavy setting and crouching too

[rulsis]

I remember being upset about this game when I found out you didn’t play as Kyle Katarn. But I quickly got over it when I started playing and having fun! Really glad that this and Outcast came to Switch!

[dumbcrambo]

The combat you describe as “clumsy” is still the best lightsaber combat that we’ve gotten outside of VR experiences.