by Strangely enough, I’ve never played Jedi Outcast even though one of my favorite games growing up was Jedi Academy. Jedi Academy was one of those games that just felt like a classic game set in the Star Wars universe. Easter eggs, custom maps, cheat codes, lightsabers…everything. But for some reason, I never got around to playing Jedi Outcast. Now that I have, I’m a little disappointed. Everything about Jedi Outcast just reminds me of how Jedi Academy did it better. The level layouts were cleaner, the mission objectives were clearer, and the interface was more understandable. Granted, you have to play through about two levels of walkthrough at the beginning of Jedi Academy, but everything after that is just classic, lightsaber-y fun. In my opinion, Jedi Academy has the exact “feel” of what makes Star Wars games fun – even if it is a bit cliche. In my hour of Jedi Outcast, I spent most of that time wandering about, trying to figure out where I was supposed to go and what I was supposed to do. I’m sure the story is good, but all the little nitpicks force this into Tier Three when I could just play Jedi Academy instead.