Originally posted by Prime
Not much information, but it is pretty cool to see how much these guys love to make these games and how much they enjoy Star Wars. Yes ... sometimes that insight is worth the read by itself.
I am glad I have a high speed line ... I downloaded what purported to be 'Official Trailer #2' from gamespot. DO NOT BOTHER ... it is just Trailer #1 from E3, perhaps higher res, but still as dark and from an apparently old build...
Mike
what are you talking about? the trailer 2 from lec is new, and has boat loads of cool new things!!!!! go to the official site, and dl the trailer 2!
Originally posted by taekwondo joe
what are you talking about? the trailer 2 from lec is new, and has boat loads of cool new things!!!!! go to the official site, and dl the trailer 2! I agree - what I'm saying is that GameSpot has Trailer #2 labelled as #1, and then just added the old trailer labelled as #2. Confused?
All I can say is go to the official site and grab Trailer #2, as Joe says - it is higher res and lower size than the GameSpot version.
Mike
true about the trailer. i was waiting for it to be on the jedi academy site 2 days later there it was and i was.:)
gamespot trailer. 20.mb
lucasarts trailer. 8mb
Originally posted by Prime
Not much information, but it is pretty cool to see how much these guys love to make these games and how much they enjoy Star Wars.
I agree. It's always nice to see the developer's perspective, and I often find it interesting to see the early development stages for a game, especially if it includes old concept art and the like. :)
Bluesnews highlights as a 'Morning Preview' an older preview located here (
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/r/?page=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/news/news_story.php?id=95391)
And also points to 'Morning Screenshots' they incorrectly identify as from "Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Outcast" located here. (
http://www.pcpointer.de/jediknight_jediacademy_screenshots.php)
Nothing new as far as I can see ...
Mike
Originally posted by Vivli
Okay, if the spoiler tags don't show up, don't blame me lol!
Okay, the cameo appreances the magazine listed were Luke and Chewie as we know, Boba Fett, Wedge Antilles and C-3PO. I don't imagine these are all the ones in the game though, I mean C-3PO but no R2-D2? And Chewie but no Han? Anyway, it also confirms that you can turn off one blade of the lightstaff, and even says that if you go down the dark side you get to "kill a particually annoying incidental character".
As for multiplayer, it lists some interesting features. For the siege mode it says it's not yet as good as games like Woflienstien Enemy Terrority as it lacks good maps and such, but what interests me is it lists some equipment. It says for the scout class you get a cloaking device on the lightside and a "Boba Fett style jet pack" for the dark side. There are some interesting screenshots to, for example, a stormtrooper on a jetpack (looks like a darktrooper to me, but its probably the light) and the Jedi fighting Boba Fett.
I'll re-read the article and see if there's anything else. If anyone can host pictures I can scan them and send them to him/her so others can see it. Any UK fan should get this mag as soon as they can, it has a preview of Knights of the Old Republic too. Got a big picture of a Sith on it, (from KOTOR not JA strangely) so you can't miss it lol!
EDIT:
I jsut re-read it and found some more stuff.
THe vehicles are apprantly quite disappointing, they say the speeder bike level was the only let down as the handelling was "woeful" and that you CANNOT drive AT-ST's as first reported. Why remove a feature already in the game I don't know. They also list some locations as Tatooine and Hoth as we all know, and Coruscant and "Darth Vadar's Castle Residence" whatever that may be. The new force powers listed are Protect, Drain, Absorb, Sight and Dark Rage, all from JO MP it seems. There's also a picture of an X Wing blowing some stuff up with the caption "Kyle Katarn lends aerial support from his X-Wing". Never knew Kyle had an X-Wing lol! It also says that the reason you get to upgrade your lightsaber is as your old one gets destroyed, sounding very JKish, except here you get to design your new one. It also says you can carry on fighting once you've force thrown your other lightsaber if you use two, which sounds like a neat feature. Whew, that's all for now I think!
Sounds like PC Zone may have been a little misinformed or mistaken, whatever...
Good to get hints every once in a while ;)
Here's yet another ...
GameSpy's Daily newsletter this weekend had the 'releases of September', and for September 17th it listed 'Jedi Knight 3'.
The release list is here. (
http://www.gamespy.com/gamereleases/september03/)
GameSpy has seemed (IMO) to give JA very little attention and/or respect. They feature Halo and the lates BF1942 mod ... which I suppose is reasonable since BF1942 was so highly rated last year and Halo is still X-Box king ... but shouldn't they have at least gotten the name right ?!?
Mike
Originally posted by txa1265
GameSpy has seemed (IMO) to give JA very little attention and/or respect.... but shouldn't they have at least gotten the name right ?!?
Mike
Yeah, for a big gaming site, with their 'finger on the pulse' that seems like pure laziness. :rolleyes:
And as for PC Zone being mistaken...which part were you referring to Mr. Gummelt? You quoted quite a few bits there. ;)
*assumes it's the bit about the AT-STs*
I wouldn't be surprised if the stuff listed is wrong, like when was the last time Kyle took a crash course in an XWing especially since he loves his Raven Claw since it was redone for Jedi Outcast. And why would Raven post about driving vehicles like the AT-ST only to remove it.. Like Chang said, it sounds like the PC Zone got their information mixed up or were misinformed.
Go check it out here (
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/jediacademy/preview_6074513.html)
They also have a few new screenshots.
Mike
Also, the latest Star Wars.com Homing Beacon has an item on the new Official JA Site, and links to an item here (
http://www.starwars.com/eu/news/2003/08/news20030822.html)
Mike