When I was a kid, one of my favourite games was Jedi Academy: when I thought about the future of Star Wars games, this is what I imagined, and I love it. The gameplay is sublime, with fantastic swordplay, a wide variety of moves, and good Force implementation. The sound design is fantastic (because it’s Star Wars, every Star Wars project has great sound design), it looks fantastic in pretty much every way, and the story is really solid and enjoyable. I’m not a fan of games where the main cast doesn’t shut up for 5 minutes, and that did wear on me a bit, but for the most part I found them all endearing - Cal and BD-1 were both great in particular, and I genuinely like them. I did encounter a few bugs, mostly related to in-combat movement, but nothing game-breaking. It’s also a somewhat short, fairly easy game - I finished it on hard with 80+% completion after 17 hours - but I got it for about £5 on sale, so I really can’t complain.

Reviewed on Apr 11, 2024


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