With Jedi Outcast, however, you have a game which doesn’t even introduce its melee system until around the quarter mark but manages to perfectly capture the thrill of a combat style that has achieved mythical status in the realm of pop culture. Titles like Blade Symphony – one of many games inspired by the revolutionary combat in Jedi Outcast – have even gone so far as to base the entire game around the mechanics of its melee fights. Star Wars games or no, developers everywhere are still chasing the perfect melee combat system. It would be lovely to say that Jedi Outcast’s combat forever changed the way that developers approached melee battles in action games, but that sadly isn’t the truth. They are beams of pure energy that can destroy a foe in a single blow if the person wielding the weapon is able to use his agility and Force powers to land the perfect strike. Lightsabers in this game are not treated like bright swords that deal “X” points of damage with each successful hit. Actually, the truly fascinating thing about Jedi Outcast’s lightsaber combat is that it doesn’t require you to look at it through the lens of any historical context in order to fully appreciate it.ĭespite the promise of motion control lightsaber battles and VR experiences, no game has ever really come close to replicating the sublime brilliance of Jedi Outcast’s brand of acrobatic melee mayhem. It’s not until the next level that Jedi Outcast finally allows you to participate in a lightsaber duel and experience the element of the game that has defined its legacy.
Instead, the game forces you to wade through a level that lets you briefly use your lightsaber and accompanying Force powers against a squad of woefully unprepared goons, before making you revert back to your arsenal of blasters to effectively dispatch the litter of snipers peppered throughout the area. At that point, the game doesn’t even automatically redeem itself by allowing you to partake in the splendor of its saber combat. All told, you are going to have to endure about three hours and change of this gameplay before you’re ever allowed to even touch a lightsaber.
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