Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

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  1. tuxpingviini
    Jul 14, 2023
    10
    best star wars game, and the multiplayer is still alive, by the way. check out OpenJK or EternalJK.
  2. armadonpower
    Jun 9, 2023
    10
    Jedi Academy's combination of customizable combat, engaging story, and multiplayer options make it a true Star Wars classic.
  3. Magical_Viktor
    Apr 30, 2023
    8
    Существуют просто Зло и Большое Зло, а за ними обоими в тени прячется Очень Большое Зло. Очень Большое Зло, Геральт, это такое, которого ты и представить себе не можешь, даже если думаешь, будто уже ничто не в состоянии тебя удивить. И знаешь, Геральт, порой бывает так, что Очень Большое Зло схватит тебя за горло и скажет: «Выбирай, братец, либо я, либо то, которое чуточку поменьше»Существуют просто Зло и Большое Зло, а за ними обоими в тени прячется Очень Большое Зло. Очень Большое Зло, Геральт, это такое, которого ты и представить себе не можешь, даже если думаешь, будто уже ничто не в состоянии тебя удивить. И знаешь, Геральт, порой бывает так, что Очень Большое Зло схватит тебя за горло и скажет: «Выбирай, братец, либо я, либо то, которое чуточку поменьше»
  4. RockerMike
    Mar 13, 2023
    10
    Jedi Academy is the best 3rd person melee game I've ever played period. Playing the multiplayer portion of the game gave me more hours of enjoyment than I can count. Literally as good as it gets.
  5. Demon2017
    Jun 19, 2022
    10
    Лучшая игра по звёздным войнам. В ней просто всё сделано как надо: офигенная боёвка на световых мечах, тривиальный, но интересный сюжет с выбором сторон силы, разнообразный геймплей и полноценное ощущение себя джедаем. Это шедевр, который я советую всем фанатам звёздных войн.Лучшая игра по звёздным войнам. В ней просто всё сделано как надо: офигенная боёвка на световых мечах, тривиальный, но интересный сюжет с выбором сторон силы, разнообразный геймплей и полноценное ощущение себя джедаем. Это шедевр, который я советую всем фанатам звёздных войн.
  6. AngryGeek
    Jun 7, 2022
    8
    Although the story was shallow, the gameplay was very entertaining. You can feel nostalgic. It is a game you must play. I wish today's lightsabers war was like in this game.
  7. Jackie_Jackson
    May 26, 2022
    10
    Хотел бы Я сказать что если бы учился в такой академии то учился точно бы не на одни тройки но зачем мне врать самому себе а
  8. ozzsoffy
    Mar 4, 2022
    8
    Great game, interesting story, I liked the fight mechanic, it was easy for me to handle. too bad it wasnt related to the movies, only by characters, but it was ok too.

    Playing this in 2022, 20 years after it's release, means a lot about the game.
  9. 3t3rnal
    Dec 21, 2021
    9
    A very solid SW experience with very good gameplay, and a few very minor issues.

    Easily can be recommended even to people not overly familiar lore or those who did not play previous games in the series - considering some of them don't even work properly on new OS/hardware, that's a very good thing. Although some knowledge of SW lore will help understand what is going on, the game by    A very solid SW experience with very good gameplay, and a few very minor issues.

    Easily can be recommended even to people not overly familiar lore or those who did not play previous games in the series - considering some of them don't even work properly on new OS/hardware, that's a very good thing. Although some knowledge of SW lore will help understand what is going on, the game by itself is good enough to not require it to be fun and to pull you in.

    The story is a bit disappointing and there are definitely better pieces of SW EU / Legends media in that regard out there.    … Expand
  10. Kelen
    Oct 9, 2021
    8
    8/10 ❤️ - Very good
    (after completing the game several times)

    Fighting with a lightsaber gives a lot of satisfaction and lightning, choking and throwing others against the wall is something you can love.

    The plot is not particularly outstanding, but quite enjoyable. The decision we make has a significant impact on the end of the game
  11. Bushido95
    Sep 27, 2021
    9
    Лучшая игра в жанре экшен-шутер по вселенной звездных войн и одна из самых лучших по вселенной.
  12. Goshan220
    Jul 31, 2021
    9
    Наверно на данный момент всё ещё самая масштабная игра про джедаев с адекватным сюжетом, прокачкой и самое главное боёвкой.
  13. Axilley
    Jul 22, 2021
    9
    good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good SW VERY LEGEND 1
  14. RecebiSpam
    Jul 5, 2021
    10
    Este jogo é ótimo! Provavelmente é meu jogo favorito de Star Wars. Parece ótimo, e os detalhes fazem o ambiente ganhar vida. Exemplo: Quando você fica perto de uma parede, e seu sabre a toca, ele deixa uma marca de queimadura laranja exatamente onde a lâmina estava, e ela desaparece após alguns segundos. Pequenos detalhes, como o vento na grama, e luz de fogo cintilante tornam seusEste jogo é ótimo! Provavelmente é meu jogo favorito de Star Wars. Parece ótimo, e os detalhes fazem o ambiente ganhar vida. Exemplo: Quando você fica perto de uma parede, e seu sabre a toca, ele deixa uma marca de queimadura laranja exatamente onde a lâmina estava, e ela desaparece após alguns segundos. Pequenos detalhes, como o vento na grama, e luz de fogo cintilante tornam seus arredores muito agradáveis aos olhos. Os tempos de carregamento são quase inexistentes, e este jogo se abre em questão de segundos. Seu personagem e seu sabre de luz, e você começa a fazer uma escolha no final do jogo. Eu recomendo isso para qualquer um que seja fã de Star Wars!
    Este jogo também tem multiplayer, e se você clicar em "Nova Lista" depois de ir para a página do servidor, você verá que existem DIVERSOS servidores ativos!    … Expand
  15. Keitan
    Jun 13, 2021
    9
    Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, un juego que en general es bueno, pero si eres fan de Star Wars no habra cosa en este mundo que te separe del tu Ordenador (O consola).

    La personalización del personaje es simplemente increible, desde su especie hasta la empuñadura y color de tu sable de luz, eso combinado con el hecho de que puedes elegir entre estilos de comabate y elegir que tipo    Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, un juego que en general es bueno, pero si eres fan de Star Wars no habra cosa en este mundo que te separe del tu Ordenador (O consola).

    La personalización del personaje es simplemente increible, desde su especie hasta la empuñadura y color de tu sable de luz, eso combinado con el hecho de que puedes elegir entre estilos de comabate y elegir que tipo de poderes de la fuerza quieres aprender hacen de este juego el juego mas inmersivo para todo fan de Star Wars, la historia y las misiones hacen que te sientas en episodios de una serie de la cual, tu eres el protagonista.

    Si hay una unica cosa que reprocharle, es que al igual que sus predecesores, el diseño de niveles en ciertas ocasiones llegar a ser confuso y en mas de 1 vez me vi obligado a buscar guias para encontrar a donde debia ir, ademas del increiblemente anti climatico y poco convincente final que tiene la historia, el cual si bien no es lo peor del mundo, ciertamente es bastante extraño e inesperado despues de jugar una serie de misiones bien escritas. Pero de ahi en fuera, es uno de los mejores juegos de Star Wars que he tenido la dicha de tocar.    … Expand
  16. Sami_Steen
    May 2, 2021
    10
    if you play this game with koft mod the game becames masterpiece
    +okay story
    +very good combat
  17. SrHusky
    May 1, 2021
    10
    El juego es toda una maravilla,desde que el inicio te hace sentir un enganche con el modo historia,el uso de poderes de la fuerza,estilos de combate y la variedad de armas significa el gran esfuerzo que le han dado a este juego.Lo único que me hubiera gustado es que la historia haya sido más larga ya que aún me deja mucho que desear, pero aún así yo lo considero un juego perfecto paraEl juego es toda una maravilla,desde que el inicio te hace sentir un enganche con el modo historia,el uso de poderes de la fuerza,estilos de combate y la variedad de armas significa el gran esfuerzo que le han dado a este juego.Lo único que me hubiera gustado es que la historia haya sido más larga ya que aún me deja mucho que desear, pero aún así yo lo considero un juego perfecto para todo fan de Star Wars.… Expand
  18. Wineneeder
    Dec 20, 2020
    10
    Lightsaber combat could have had more depth, but I still deeply love this game.

    NOTHING will ever come close to being as cool as completing singleplayer and then going to multiplayer with all the duelists. Loading up the young emperor Palpatine clone model mod I downloaded for the last game* and DESTROYING literally everyone who came at me, in a 32 players a server, while looking twice    Lightsaber combat could have had more depth, but I still deeply love this game.

    NOTHING will ever come close to being as cool as completing singleplayer and then going to multiplayer with all the duelists. Loading up the young emperor Palpatine clone model mod I downloaded for the last game* and DESTROYING literally everyone who came at me, in a 32 players a server, while looking twice as cool anyone else. (*robed and disrobed versions! remember when games let you do this? Amazing.)

    I couldn't even believe it, I wasn't an accomplished duelist in the last game, JK2, but I distinctly remember thinking they were all 'reborn' to me... referring to the basic lightsaber enemy. The truth is, they were a lot easier!

    Something clicked with the double bladed saber for me, you could really mix it up with it, switching from super heavy combos and swings, to single bladed quick action. I was the big buck for a month before anyone was close to competition.

    Multiplayer was weird, but fun, at least up until everyone just started spamming the instakill double lightsaber spin. It basically created a sphere of one hit kill around them, no finesse at all, no controlling flip combos and spins into your enemy, trying to perfectly hit your enemy with the tip of the saber in their FACE, just press button for instant kill, ruined it when people figured out how do to that and everyone started it, four months after release.

    But being malicious to stormtroopers was pretty fun too. Loved the singleplayer. I would highly advise playing it for that, it can't be an expensive game now.

    This is from a time when LucasArts was royalty gaming and you could count on a Star Wars game.

    Now? lmbo, no. Even the movies are worse!    … Expand
  19. Orange-A
    Dec 19, 2020
    10
    A classic with consistently amazing sword fighting mechanics. If one pursues the multiplayer (perhaps challenging in 2020 but there are a few servers still up), then it can promise hundreds of hours of content, with communities as tight knit as they were when I first played it in 2005.
  20. Hannibaal
    Jun 20, 2020
    8
    Es un juego mas fácil que Jedi Outcast y se agradece porque el otro llegaba a desesperar en ocasiones, pero tal vez el diseño de niveles de este juego es menos meritorio, los combates con la espada láser son incluso mejores en Academy, en cambio en la historia y personajes si que es inferior a Outcast.
  21. Kotofon
    Jun 5, 2020
    8
    События игры разворачиваются через десять лет после завершения событий фильма Звёздные войны. Эпизод VI: Возвращение джедая. Вторая звезда смерти уничтожена, пали император и его ближайший соратник Дарт Вейдер, но империя не сдаётся.
    Вы в роли нового ученика, стремящегося изучить Силу Джедая от мастера Люка Скайуокера. Встречайтесь со знаменитыми персонажами Звездных Войн во множестве    События игры разворачиваются через десять лет после завершения событий фильма Звёздные войны. Эпизод VI: Возвращение джедая. Вторая звезда смерти уничтожена, пали император и его ближайший соратник Дарт Вейдер, но империя не сдаётся.
    Вы в роли нового ученика, стремящегося изучить Силу Джедая от мастера Люка Скайуокера. Встречайтесь со знаменитыми персонажами Звездных Войн во множестве классических локаций из фильма лицом к лицу и сделайте свой выбор: сражаться за добро и свободу на светлой стороне или следовать пути мощи и зла на тёмной стороне.    … Expand
  22. Baltifru
    May 22, 2020
    8
    Jedi Academy is like Jedi Outcast but even better.

    The main flaw of Jedi Outcast, in my opinion, was that sometimes, the player would be stuck desperately looking for the next part of the level. With overall shorter, but more numerous levels in Jedi Academy, I didn't face this problem once, and each and every level could be played with fluidity. Another welcome change is the shift from    Jedi Academy is like Jedi Outcast but even better.

    The main flaw of Jedi Outcast, in my opinion, was that sometimes, the player would be stuck desperately looking for the next part of the level. With overall shorter, but more numerous levels in Jedi Academy, I didn't face this problem once, and each and every level could be played with fluidity.
    Another welcome change is the shift from an arsenal of a dozen of weapons to the limitation to 5 weapons per mission. This allows to put more emphasis on what the vast majority of players like: being a Jedi using mainly the lightsaber and the Force.

    Jedi Academy includes a (very minor) RPG component with the possibility to spend skill points in different skills, each belonging to a single side of the Force. I've not done the game a second time with a different combination but I assume your choice has consequences on the scenario. There is even a point in the game when you're explicitly asked to choose between the light and the dark side of the Force.

    For the rest, the game is still everything you'll like if you've ever dreamt of being a Jedi, with even more lightsaber fights against Siths, and even various missions a bit out of the ordinary, like speeder levels or hide-and-seek with giant monsters. You can even customise your lightsaber (appearance, colour of the laser, and style: single, double or two lightsabers) and that's thrilling.
    The scenario is quite useless and the game can feel a little repetitive for some players, but if you like lightsaber fights like I do, this is a real blast.

    Finally, Jedi Academy includes a brand new multiplayer mode where players can gather in arenas and engage into huge lightsaber fights. As a casual player, the multiplayer mode feels like a huge mess to me (as my skill is limited to a constant clickfest) but it feels great anyway. At the moment the multiplayer can even be played cross-platform with the Switch at least, but this is more of an accident that developers are trying to correct.

    Anyway, this game is cult, and an absolute must-have for every Jedi out there.    … Expand
  23. AlenM
    Mar 22, 2020
    8
    Played this game again after a long time and I have to say it has aged well and I still had a lot of fun playing it. It's much better than Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast.
  24. PanMrkvicka
    Feb 12, 2020
    9
    Great game for Star Wars fans. Missions are original and great. Gameplay is one of the best in any star wars game.
  25. XXMarkD
    Jan 9, 2020
    10
    Truly the all time best Star Wars game. Force powers, Saber + wielding styles, choosable character, choosable ending. Tons of different enemies etc etc. Everyone should play this game at least once.
  26. ElCucuy
    Apr 24, 2019
    2
    This game in its time passed by me, so I got acquainted with it relatively recently on the basis of many positive reviews. Well, the result is disappointing. Apparently nostalgia is strong in people, because today it’s decidedly impossible to play, the game is terrible in all its components.

    So what's wrong with that? I'll start with the most important thing: the combat system. At    This game in its time passed by me, so I got acquainted with it relatively recently on the basis of many positive reviews. Well, the result is disappointing. Apparently nostalgia is strong in people, because today it’s decidedly impossible to play, the game is terrible in all its components.

    So what's wrong with that?

    I'll start with the most important thing: the combat system. At first, it seems difficult and beautiful, but soon it becomes clear that there are only a few animations in the arsenal, and battles with all the characters, except those who do not have a laser sword, turn into an easy walk, which gets boring after a few hours of play. Those opponents who can fight back can kill with one strike, or vice versa also fall, with one player’s strike, against the background of such a random, any tactics fade into the background, any battle with them turns into a rudimentary shouting.

    Graphics without any exaggeration is disgusting, I just do not believe that a game with so bad graphics could come out in one year with projects like GTA: vice city, KOTOR or Max Payne 2. In terms of graphics, this is 2000-2001 year.

    The protracted gameplay. At first, the game is fascinating and even tries to bring in a certain moment of diversity in the gameplay, for example, by entering a level with races (which, by the way, is so bad that it would not have been better). But after 2-3 hours this monotonous cutting of the dummy starts to bother, and after 5-6 hours you need to force yourself to continue to play it.

    And most importantly, for me personally, that dropped the assessment almost to the bottom. Disgusting, terrible, vile, wrong game design. Locations are monotonous, and many times you will be in a situation where it is unclear whether you are in a new location or you have been in this location in the past, due to the fact that the developers have stuck the same objects and copied them many times. The situation is aggravated by the fact that you constantly have to look for cards and pull different levers many times for each level, which, together with the above, makes you wander absolutely in every location. It's horrible. It is for this reason that I deleted this game, and did not pass it to the end, although it was almost 90%. Game design in the beginning and mid-2000s massively suffered this problem, but I have never seen such a poor performance, although I was an active player at that time. I am really amazed at how bad it is in this game.

    Bottom line: 2 out of 10. Score for the wonderful musical accompaniment from George Lucas' s paintings of the same name.    … Expand
  27. MadnessisRising
    Mar 15, 2019
    9
    Best Star Wars game in my opinion! What a fun to fight vs that many sith or jedi. Absolutely love it!
  28. CristianDorta
    Dec 21, 2018
    10
    Fue mi primer gran juego online. Me dio unos tres o cuatros años de vicio. En su momento había una gran comunidad y eso solo pasa en los grandes juegos.
  29. NightGeisha
    Dec 9, 2018
    8
    I was feeling nostalgic I start to browse my old games collection and that was when I think: "Star Wars", I have several old Star Wars games that I could retry and give a small updated review.

    Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy it's fantastic, even thinking that it's a 2003 game. It has mechanics to play in 3rd person or in 1st person depending of your play style. Sure it didn't have nice    I was feeling nostalgic I start to browse my old games collection and that was when I think: "Star Wars", I have several old Star Wars games that I could retry and give a small updated review.

    Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy it's fantastic, even thinking that it's a 2003 game. It has mechanics to play in 3rd person or in 1st person depending of your play style. Sure it didn't have nice graphics by 2017 standards and not even reach 1920x1080. But has a very nice story, very well placed in Star Wars universe, and like many other things on the Star Wars universe, the old, is better.

    It’s a “must have” classic for any gamer or Star Wars fan. Enjoy it and “may the force be with you”!    … Expand
  30. Azazator3000
    Nov 23, 2018
    10
    Лучшая игра по зв всех времен, даже спустя 15 лет в неё хочется вернуться и нагнуть Роша Пенина.
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#46 Best PC Game of 2003
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#15 Most Discussed PC Game of 2003
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#7 Most Shared PC Game of 2003

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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. GMR Magazine
    70
    With the exception of battling other Jedi, you'll be slicing your way through this game in no time. [Dec 2003, p.80]
  2. games(TM)
    70
    Taking out several Stormtroopers with one sweeping flash of neon is a gratifying sight, but the fun really starts as more and more Saber-wielding Dark Jedi are introduced into the fray and the scene becomes awash with multiple blades. [Nov 2003, p.116]
  3. Gaming Age
    91
    The amount of control you have over your character in Jedi Academy is one of those things we all asked for while we were playing "Jedi Outcast."
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