Jedi Knight II Preview

On a roll today, not one pure RPG news related bit so far, here’s a preview of the sequel to two of the very bestest action/stealth games ever created, Dark Forces and Jedi Knight. Dubbed Jedi Knight II by Raven Software, I guess the former has been relegated to the basement 486 computer. The 3 page long preview comes with a smattering of screenshots sprayed throughout, and details the game at length.

Before the obligatory quote, here’s a picture I’d like for you to look at from the game. Notice anything that… should maybe not be in the picture? The guns in hands of everyone in the control room, even while at the computer. Jeepers! Let’s hope they do catch this eventually and have somewhat of a brief animation of guns appearing on the Empire’s minions once suspicious at least. It would make for a much more realistic atmosphere… a la Thief.

And here’s an RPGish related bit from the preview:

Jedi Outcast: Jedi Knight II will have eight different locations with far more sublevels than in previous games. Although Tosti was pretty tightlipped about the storyline, here is what he let us in on (which isn’t very much). “Players once again take on the role of Kyle Katarn, nine years after Jedi Knight. He’s been developing his force powers and is now a pretty formidable Jedi. His sidekick, Jan Ors is back in the game and for Outcast, she will play more into the storyline and really make a contribution to the story. I really can’t go into it now.” He did say, however, that players could expect branching storylines, surprises, lots of secret areas, and more NPCs playing more significant roles in the game.