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PC Zone UK - Preview/Review

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 Anakin
07-21-2003, 6:48 PM
#1
With more information coming out of this magazine than anyother this is great.

Main Points

September 2003 Release
Exclusive Review on August 21 2003
They have been playing the Beat build with Tauntaun's
Hints of a Demo
Tooooo many combo moves using the different styles of Sabres

More to come as I read :)

Plus a good selection of photos too.

Anakin
 B-YLD
07-21-2003, 8:42 PM
#2
Sounds good, thx for information
 taekwondo joe
07-21-2003, 8:44 PM
#3
i dont get the mag since i live in the US, so can some one post the info and pcis?
 The Truthful Liar
07-21-2003, 8:48 PM
#4
When in September? Do they mention that? Early or late that month?
 Reprehence
07-21-2003, 8:48 PM
#5
There is a preview I hadn't seen at PC Zone UK here (http://www.pczone.co.uk) . Go to previews and the archive. There are a few screenshots I haven't seen - fighting on Hoth - as well as what looks like a force push effect that creates a kind of lense distortion.

You may have to register to see it all, but it is free.
 Blademaster_109
07-21-2003, 9:02 PM
#6
SWEET
 taekwondo joe
07-21-2003, 9:15 PM
#7
sweat too, thanx a lot dude i am on the site now, just a thing i want to point out,t he link doe snot work becuase you left out the k at the end of it .uk, you put .u/ so add the k and the link will be fixt
 Reprehence
07-21-2003, 9:20 PM
#8
Thanks...I fixed it. I would have put a direct link, but there's not a full URL for the article.
 JEDI OUTCAST
07-22-2003, 12:10 AM
#9
STAR WARS JEDI KNIGHT: JEDI ACADEMY

PC

First Person Shooter

31 Dec 2003

1

Raven Software

Activision

http://www.activision.com)


dont think this is right.
 HertogJan
07-22-2003, 7:11 AM
#10
31 Dec is winter :)

Oh here's the link to the screens Reprehence mentioned :)

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/openpic.php?pid=101110&article_id=93201)


And thx for the update!!

September 2003 Release
- YAY!!!

Exclusive Review on August 21 2003
- OK... Exclusive... Hope PC Zone Benelux has that one too :)

They have been playing the Beat build with Tauntaun's
- Good for them :rolleyes:

Hints of a Demo
- W000000000000t!!! I want it... NOW!!

Tooooo many combo moves using the different styles of Sabres
- The more the merrier :)
 Reprehence
07-22-2003, 10:51 AM
#11
Somehow I think Activision will be the last to know, and maybe the last to actually post any information about JA.

I ran across the computerandvideogames.com site last night too. It was a little strange to me that the layout was exactly the same - then I noticed the content.

The question is becoming, how much more do I really want to know about the game. I still would like to encounter it fresh.
 BawBag™
07-22-2003, 11:12 AM
#12
Originally posted by JEDI OUTCAST
STAR WARS JEDI KNIGHT: JEDI ACADEMY

PC

First Person Shooter

31 Dec 2003

1

Raven Software

Activision

http://www.activision.com)


dont think this is right.
You're right thinking that it's not right! ;)
I think the 31 Dec date was just put there for the sake of it, because when we first got wind of a Jedi Outcast sequel the mentioned release date was fall 2003.
Perhaps Activision put it on their site really early and haven't bothered to update the information.
:p
 Andy867
07-22-2003, 2:37 PM
#13
I spoke with Kenn Hoesktra, and says that there is no Official release date, other than Fall 2003, and when i checked on Amazon.com, I told him about the September 16th date, and he said that by his guess, it will probably be before then. But he still remarked that it could be anywhere between august and december.
 HertogJan
07-22-2003, 3:42 PM
#14
Originally posted by Andy867
I spoke with Kenn Hoesktra, and says that there is no Official release date, other than Fall 2003, and when i checked on Amazon.com, I told him about the September 16th date, and he said that by his guess, it will probably be before then. But he still remarked that it could be anywhere between august and december.


WHOA!! Before September 16th :) That would be.... great! But I won't get my hopes up too soon!

*thinks*

Darn, I already did :(
 boinga1
07-22-2003, 3:51 PM
#15
 taekwondo joe
07-22-2003, 4:12 PM
#16
lol nice pic
 Mex
07-22-2003, 5:03 PM
#17
Woah nice pictures.. That second picture makes me feel sick for some reason.
 Anakin
07-22-2003, 7:01 PM
#18
Its getting there- I did send Andy the back cover of the mag with some details Im currently typing up the 'preview' as well.
Ill see what I can do with the screenies as well.
 Anakin1607
07-22-2003, 7:21 PM
#19
Thank you Anakin!

You do all us Anakins proud. ;)
 Reprehence
07-22-2003, 9:07 PM
#20
Great Anakin - looking forward to it.

Your so much better than that whiny brat in AotC :D
 Agen
07-23-2003, 12:27 AM
#21
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/screenshots_library/dir_202/vortal_pic_101110.jpg)
Kiss rag doll physics goodbye :p
some great stuff in this thread though :D

Hmmm... i coulda sword i pressed submit 2 hour ago :p
 taekwondo joe
07-23-2003, 2:53 AM
#22
man were is ragdoll, not in the trailer, not in the demo, i am getting worried:(
 Reprehence
07-23-2003, 10:37 AM
#23
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/openpic.php?nid=101115&article_id=93201)


Did anyone notice the distortion lense around what looks like a force push?
 toms
07-23-2003, 10:42 AM
#24
i have NO IDEA what that is supposed to be. :(

these pics are all a bit of a mixed bag... nice graphics in places, but little things wrong that ruin the effect.

Snow troopers look cool, but the tauntauns look silly standing on those hills.

Dual sabers look cool, but the fact they aren't touching looks silly.

THat distortion bubble looks wierd, but maybe it will look better in motion.
 HertogJan
07-23-2003, 1:18 PM
#25
Did you notice the hilts and the blades don't touch in mostof the screens?? Sounds like the same problem as in JO :mad: :mad: I want a lightsaber damnit, not a hilt with a glowing thingy floating above it :mad:

I hope those screens are from earlier builds, because when JA IS coming out in the first half September, it doesn't leave them much time to fix that damn glitch...

Really the screenshots don't really look that great, especially the sabers :(
 Emon
07-23-2003, 6:06 PM
#26
Early shots of JO had that same bug. It could just as easily be a debugging cvar someone left on. You wouldn't think they would do that for screenshots, but they do. They did for JO. In half the shots the lightsabers didn't have additive blending, they were all dark and yucky like in the first release of the original trilogy.
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