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User Rating: 8.4 | Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy PC
Other than the new story and customization options, Academy features a few tweaks to the old Outcast engine. You can now ride certain animals and vehicles like a tauntaun or a speeder bike, but these never quite control well enough to be much fun. Other things like improved character animation and area lighting are less noticeable, but they help make the game look a touch better than its older brother.

Academy gives you a lot more control over how you play than Outcast did, even letting you choose the order in which you play missions, but the levels themselves are more straightforward and less puzzle-ridden than Outcast's jump-happy maps. Some levels are creative and fun, while others are just straight-line, kill-everyone missions. Even the "diplomatic" missions usually end up with you just killing 50, maybe 60 people.