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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
Can't wait for the sequel. And a lot of people in the comments probably don't get it, but what you mention is an absolutely proper title for this game.
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."
ASMR CARBON Yes!!! Throw that in there also. I’m surprised it’s not on Switch. I thought it would have, with it being on IOS and Android. I hope Aspyr does more ports.
@@MonkeyDBatman Are you talking about lego star wars or jedi academy..? I know lego star wars is on a lot, I used to play in on xbox a loong time ago, very fun. Would be nice to have it on-the-go on the switch though. As for JKA, I know that too is on xbox/switch/ps/android but its more of a PC-exclusive at heart due to its nature. Ports of it really weren't very good.
@@miguelangelvillanuevaromer4857 Did that seriously go over your head or are you terrible at sarcasm? The game is likely older than you. Switch tried to port it, terrible idea without upgrading it. Thus Nintendo stopped releasing it. It would have been a great game if they upgraded it. Go order it for over 100 bucks.
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.
When I had this on PC when it came out, I used to do that on the Korriban level and just have an all out war. I also used to make tournament style teams in offlnie multiplayer mode. ex: 20 Chewies against 20 Chiss. Whoever won moved on and played a different character. I would play the winning team. It passed the time quite a bit. Then I found out the Jawa cheat and played a duel weilding dark Jawa with double red sabers LOL
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!!!
@@Fishlipsandbabyhands Its not gonna happen on Sony or Microsoft consoles because they don't want to take attention away from their new games. Their not releasing the new BF games on Nintendo consoles so I thought they might as well do this.
@@unseenphantomamvsytp2186 I mean it is on xbox, just a backwards compatible version of the classic xbox one. I've been blasting my way through the historical campaign, so many memories from sitting in front of my ps2 as a kid.
"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. :/
@Ryan Bramble back then...being a teenager with too much time on my hands needing to find more in life than star wars lol. Always ticked my friends off so they would rage quit.
Nijuni Kuro I read 5 comments before I read yours, but your comment really convinced me to buy the game. P.S. I only watched 1:31 seconds of the video thank you for saving my time😎👌🏾
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.
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
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.
Saber combat is janky, it just requires high skill that not all can master. A few people in MP who mastered this saber combat would kill you in a few seconds and you won't even give them a scratch.
@@killuazoldyck9929 IMO I only think the game needs a proper blocking system. Btw I've NEVER played this game and only got around to it when it came to switch. Once done with the story I got online and like you said the pros came and I couldnt even touch them. They were the jedi masters and we were the padawans. But after playing with the people on my level then moving to harder players I got better. Getting the skills I have now is because of the mixable combos and freedom the game gives you. The combat rewards those whos stick around and learns its mechanics. I would also make the point that if players can fight other players without getting scratched doesn't that show some kind of skill. Ive learned of skills like 'poking' because of the games flexible combat which is simple in nature but complex enough for each player to have a unique fighting style.
@@benh224 that’s so good. having a game with a high skill ceiling is way more fun and replayable then if everything catered to bots. even if it makes the saber fights janky it’s great to know you could turn that into master jedi gameplay
Probably? Definitely you mean. I never played it back then but I gave it a shot this time around and it’s very bad lol. For what it is, it’s alright though. Six is a fair score, even five would be.
@@rollastoney yeah something i have noticed about the old starwars games is that they're really bad now. Take the old republic for example, everyone raves about how good it is so i gave it shot despite the graphics and it's literally unplayable.
@@MonkeyDBatman Yes But JKA has the most realistic and innovative saber combat to date. Every star wars game after this one has fallen short by far. I still give this game a 10/10 review and ive played it and many other star wars games on and off for years this one for 14 on pc.
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.
I played the multiplayer years ago when this came out on PC for hours on end back in the day. I'm waiting for a sale honestly but I see myself getting it eventually.
My dad got this back when I was like eight and play it on his computer and I loved it. It's a great game, and probably the first game I played that was a 3ps
once Star Wars Episode 1 Racer releases on the Switch let's hope it sells well enough for Nintendo to make ports of either Star Wars Racer Revenge or the Knights of The Old Republic games.
@Carl Ward well look what bethesda and Nintendo did with Doom all of the games that could have been in one legacy collection are all separate so it's possible Star Wars is going to wind up repeating recent history.
@Carl Ward aside from my response on how Nintendo could port any future Star Wars games to the Switch which of the games I mentioned before you replied would you want to be announced for the Switch should Star Wars Episode 1 be a hit among the Switch community of gamers?
Played this game for over 10 years, met some awesome people on the game online, clans that would use ninja mods to create themes and communities, free for all communities, capture the flag is STILL going on to this day on PC with private servers, truly a wonderful experience over the years. Streamed plenty of it over the years too later on in the years.
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!
As someone who prefers Jedi Outcast, I must say Jedi Academy definitely translated better on Switch. That said, Aspyr could've done better, especially for a $20 price tag. I still love the game of course.
They’re getting my hopes up. They’re making me hope they will release every classic Lucas arts console Star Wars game on switch. Rogue Squadron, Republic Commando, Battlefront, KOTOR... all of it. Give it.
As someone who played this on PC, I can't imagine how you would fight using lightsaber against the Cultist and Reborns. Even in PC saber combat is difficult because saber movements are determined by combinations of directional movements and even the jump button.
It's literally just as easy. The joystick works exactly the same to swing the camera around before or after swinging the saber. Using them together makes combat really easy.
Haven't watched the review yet, so not sure if he mentions this, but the horizontal FOV is the same as the 4:3 PC version, resulting in a cropped image on the 16:9 Switch.
@@tzera_rhuon yes it does. Jedi academy had it from day 1. Jedi outcast was patched in like 3 months after release. But as of now, both games have invert aim. Jedi academy is the better of the 2 in my opinion, and it has online multiplayer.
@@Garobb95 it’s been a while sense I last played but try tapping down on the one of the joystick. Pretty sure that’s how you do it. If not try L or LZ, if it’s still not working then check out your controller options and see what you can find or mess around with your controllers a little
I've never played Star Wars Jedi Knight Academy or Outcast, but I played Battlefront 2 2005 a lot as a kid and I loved the game so much, now I might end up buying Academy for my Switch, I don't mind the graphics, it's the gameplay/Single player/Multiplayer that interests me
As someone who played Outcast a ton on the GC, the one thing I noticed that they removed from Outcast was the “sticky aim” which really made it difficult to enjoy. Can anyone attest if that is back in this game or is it non existent?
I have been playing this game on my Xbox One X recently as they gave it an update to have anti-aliasing cleaned up, 16x anisotropic filtering and resolution pushed to 4K. And there is a cool work around to play online. That said I will be purchasing this game for my son on the switch as he really enjoys Jedi Outcast. Wish the first game was backwards compatible
there is another colon there Star Wars: Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight 3: Jedi Academy I just wish they'd put the original Dark Forces, Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight, and Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith on the switch as well
(Just lowkey advertising for PC version here..) PC is only $10. Game is very much worth it, but Aspyr did a pretty awful job with the port and charge double the price.
Is anyone else finding it REALLY difficult to control your character with the switch controllers, like aiming and shooting. I can't get past the first area because of it
They use the same servers as PC, so computer players can hop into Switch matches and perform saber exploits like pokes, wiggles, and spins. For anyone who doesn't know what pokes and wiggles are, you basically swing, and turn your camera so your blade stays in your opponent throughout the animation, inflicting colossal damage. (Pro tip- Crouch fanning with medium style is a pretty good strat.)
I order the Jedi Knight Collection for PS4 and it comes with both games on the disc both single-player story modes and the multiplayer for both though you have to be online for the multiplayer
I have been pondering on whether or not if this game is worth porting into my Switch. I grew up with this game. After seeing this video, I am now more confident in getting the game, myself. Thank you very much for this review. Thanks to you, I know I will be having heck of a lot of fun with this game.... and a lot of nostalgia. Hehehehe.
In my honest opinion, they should have brought back the entire Jedi knight series, remade with modern graphics, and I'm saying ONLY graphics, the rest should be as it is. No additions of these new things, like remakes, often do. I'd enjoy battling Yun, Boc, Jerec and the rest of his dark Jedi in modern graphics. I can see the appeal of the old graphics, believe you me, I played the shit out of every Jedi Knight game. But young gamers won't enjoy our games as much as we did. Also, I kinda have the entire series on steam.
Fallen order is just a flashy 'darksouls' as they say, where you mash quick or strong attacks. It's just combos, this gives you way more control in combat. You clearly didnt fully enjoy the lightsaber combat and missed the appeal, it took me a while to understand how using joysticks allow you to control how you swing your saber.
@@Fulcron13 It's a very short game, when I first played it I was a kid and I'd only ever finished it once. Call it a short attention span or not understanding that choosing jedi master meant the difficulty was at it's highest. If you take the time to mess with the saber combat and understand all the tricks you can do, you'll love it. It's not beautiful like fallen order, the combat gives you control so the moves aren't so flashy that you feel like you're in the films. But the combat feels much more rewarding, saber comabt isnt repetitive in how enemies attack you, that said they have the same 3 combat stances you do so they can change it up to make your stance useless against them. If it's cheap, pick it up give it a go, but for me this game is a pure nostalgia trip with a combat system that gives me control of a lightsaber. Not me locking onto an enemy and just pressing x and y rapidly.
Hey man! Star Wars: Demolition was a pretty fun game!! The game was Twisted Metal, but with Star Wars!!!! I would buy that game a million times over if I could.
I still now and then play the multiplayer on pc, remember when I was a teenager, I was in a Clan where we had a Master/Apprentice rankings😁 learned alot of tricks with the lightsaber combat through that clan🙂.
I bought the game for switch I never got to play it as a kid i dreamed of getting to play this when I was 10. I’m 23 now and I finally get to do it and Motion Controls with joy con almost make it worth the wait it feels lik I’m really swinging the saber in game
Overcat checking in from 2003 Xbox days I remember Ringmaster Trovaxo Jackjeckel Jakejeckel Scionnbalance and many more! If you remember turning up sensitivity you are a veteran.
I was 2 the first time this game came out and just saw it for the first time on the Nintendo eshop and instantly fell in love. I’m buying it later today for sure.
The lightsaber combat isn't janky. It's just horribly explained. The tutorial doesn't really teach you a single thing about how it actually works. The deeper nuance goes completely unmentioned, and most players just hammer the attack button and get seemingly random swings thinking that's how it's supposed to work. And of course it's not their fault.
Hi games, I'd like an opinion on this game, I bought jedi outcast on Switch and finished it, I thought it was one of the best and worst game I've ever played at the same time, some levels were awful (Nar Shada flashbacks) and I felt like Kyle was constantly on ice when I was moving. It didn't feel good. I habe already played jedi academy on pc 2 years ago and loved it I know the level designs is way better and the story too but I'm scares by this switch port, does controlling the character feels better than in jedi outcast ? It's my main fear with this port and I don't want to pay 20 bucks just to be disapointed
@@Fulcron13 hi dude, huge SW fans here and no, it's not worth it to buy these games on switch. I love these games to death but damn those ports are shitty, it's hard to explain because English isn't my native language (it's french) but like I said in tte comment above the characters are impossible to shoot because your character is constantly on ice (I checked other people's opinions and turns put I'm far from being the only one) and it has many other problems. In that state those gales aren't with so much money (I mean seriously ! Those games are old as fuck and these ports are pretty meh and you're asking me 12+ 19 dollars ? Wtf
Thanks for a really honest and straightforward review. It saved me some money. Granted, I do have the original games and also got them for free on Amazon's gaming portal, but hey...a decent Switch version would have been nice. Guess I won't do it now though. ;)
I bought it to say, and waiting for it to download, I am curious about this game actually, I can say I'm excited for it next thing, I'm getting republic commando
@@wolfrandom9769 the Star Wars Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight, when i bougth all the games i try to launch the game It Just crashed and didn't launch anymore (or didn't Go anywhere) The Dark Forces 1 Go Just Fine through DosBox the other two i didn't testes yet I Don't remember an error mensage
@@petwisk2012 A lot of the Jedi Knight games required being ran as an administrator in order to function properly. I'd run it as admin and see if it works--I know Jedi Academy requires that.
I’ll pass. I’d rather an entire remake from the ground up like what they did with Spyro, I know that’s a completely different game style wise but it proves it can be done. Still hoping for that KOTOR remake since I didn’t get the chance to play it back in the day
