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Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith
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Level design
About level design, the Sith creators have created some very neat levels. Some are enormous and complex that sometimes you don't really know where you exactly are.
Using the map won't help you much further if you are stuck.
And this is where the fun ends, in some levels. I had moments where I was finding the exit for about 15 - 20 minutes and I always got back at the same place where I eventually started. Ok, I consider myself to be a smart man and logical problems can be solved very easily but in Mysteries Of The Sith, logic ends when you take a closer look on how some levels are made.
I'm not saying they are crap, absolutely not, but I can't imagine that there are gamers that are willing to spend more then 15 minutes on 1 particular level without finding anything new or exicting.
These nasty frustrating levels are towards the end and the last 2 levels are a real pain.
Some gamers may love these, others may not.
 
3D environments are sweet!
On the graphic side, Sith looks as good as Jedi Knight. Using the same engine of course and some new ideas, it al looks awesome in 3D mode. There are some graphic-bugs in it where clipping is the worst. If you don't own a Voodoo card or any other supported 3D-accelerated cards you could have serious slowmotion problems. Even on fast machines without any 3D-acceleration there might be slowmotion on many moments. Especially when there is a lot of action and in Sith, there is always action. It's everywhere.
Still, when I compare the graphics of this expansion pack with others, I must admit that this is one of the best packs that you can buy at this time.
On the Graphic Option screen, which is accessible at any time during the game, there are some new options that didn't founded their way into Jedi Knight. One of them is the Colored Lighting mode. Also seen in Quake II and other great games this new graphical feature really needs to be turn 'ON' if you have a 3D-accelerated card.
What does it do? Well, it light things up when something happens or when you do something. For example, in Quake II there are lots of gloomy places. When you aimed your gun towards something
and fired, you saw the colored bullet flying towards it and everything around that area changed colour.
With colored lighting, colours are just floating in eachother which gives the gamer a feast for this eyes. Remember, when enabled you could lose FPS. Quite logic because the more options that are enabled,
the slower the game might go if your system can't handle it.
Sound effects and Music
LucasArts games, certainly the Star Wars series, are always excellent in providing the best music and sound effects. Sith is not an exception. The soundtrack of this game features the greatest SW-tunes I ever heard and the sound effects are clear without any noise or scratches.
The speech that is used in this pack could be better.
So could the cut-scenes be. They look a bit childish to me. Forget the FMV that was used in Jedi Knight. Here, they are using 3D rendered cutscenes that sometimes pops up with no reason what-so-ever. It is not very important and you can get a big laugh out of it!
Play Sith in Multiplayer
Jedi Knight: Mysteries Of The Sith also features one the best and fastest Multiplayer mode available.
It has been improved using Jedi Knight multiplayer action which was also excellent.
One of those new features is that the developers of Sith has added several character classes with their own Weapons, Force powers and Speeds into those multiplayer levels.
It combines strategy with action. In some of those levels you might think that some came straight out of a SW movie.
If you do have multiplayer capabilities, like TCP/IP, LAN, ... you really should give it a try.
Conclusion
Considering that this game is an (official) expansion pack for a very successful game, Jedi Knight: Mysteries Of The Sith is for any Star Wars fanatic a winner.
Build on the same engine that Jedi Knight used and with a handful of new ideas like the 'colored lighting', 'Force Powers' and others, Sith is definitely worth spending your money on.
For other gamers, they may find other expansion packs for Quake II more amusing because there is less puzzling involved then in Mysteries Of The Sith.
But if you have ever played Jedi Knight, you gonna love this game.
-Bjorn
Ratings
Manual:
90% |
Graphics:
88% |
Music & Sfx:
95% |
GamePlay:
80% |
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