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After several negative posts about some of the older Star Wars games, I finally have good news! Jedi Academy is a great game.
Granted, as you would expect of an older game, the graphics are fairly basic. However, what works for this game is the feel of being a jedi which the game manages to capture really well. It's just a whole passel o' fun to run around with your lightsaber and block blaster shots while carving up stormtroopers.
The game also tries to mix things up by having a mix of puzzles and combat sections. The puzzle sections are fairly basic though which in this case, is a good thing. Basically, the puzzle elements do a good job of mixing up the gameplay so that you have a continuous cycle of ramping up the action before a brief pause to recover before the action ramps up again (which is a key element in designing a good game). This means you never get bored with constant combat but at the same time, the puzzles are simple enough that you never get stuck on them and can get back to the action quickly.
The only nitpick complaint I have is that the keyboard makes it hard to play with my force powers. I had the powers mapped to the number keys but in an action game, by the time I reached over to press the right number, the enemy had already moved out of my crosshair. In practice, this meant that, outside of Healing and Force Field (which are generally activated outside of combat), Force Push was the only ability I used as it is a useful ability when facing Sith and they combat grab you (Force Push can break the grab).
Overall, a really fun game and one I definitely recommend.
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