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JA Demo released -doobie - Sep 06 02:52am |
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I'm not sure if this is SUPPOSED to be out yet, but it is... head on over to AOL's download center (AOL, bleh), and get the new Jedi Academy Demo. I haven't tried it yet, so check the comments for this news post for people to explain what's in the demo. The next phase in the Jedi Academy's history is almost here! |
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Helm Serolom - Ex-Student 
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This is my first post and I look forward to joining everyone with JA! Am I the only one that loves Dual Sabers? With one Green and a blue in my hands let the games begin. I'm getting great starting a duel with with one lit (middle mouse button) and in mid-battle hitting the stance change (middle mouse button) finishing with the spinning move (W+Space+Mouse1). Also running up walls and grabbing and leaping off them, WOW. It is fun to jump from column to column in the Jedi Tomb without touching the ground. Oh yeah and the force leap is nice. _______________ ________________________ "It is in the darkest night that the light we are shines brightest." -Mace Windu, Shatterpoint |
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LittleBigMouth - Ex-Student 
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So has anyone tried to play the game using a Gamepad Pro (a clone of a PS2 controller) yet? It's obviously designed for a keyboard, but if it's coming out on PS2, there must be corresponding buttons on the controller. Any suggestions? I've randomly assigned important tasks to buttons, but still use the keyboard and mouse to move around... I just pick up the controller when it's time for a lightsaber duel.  I think it has some great potential, I just feel kinda held back the way I have it set up now ... (Though I suppose I should quit being lazy and just Google how people set up their controllers for JKO. I'm such a frickin' padawan) Hey, this site rocks! _______________ "Always two there are, a master and an apprentice." This comment was edited by LittleBigMouth on Sep 07 2003 11:45pm. |
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Plo Koon - Student 
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hey man look at my name and picture!!  _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too |
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Bubu - Hubbub 
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it seems our servers will be full of Kel Dors running around with staffs... hehe.. pretty one sided.. they should have made the chars you can choose and the saber styles a bit more equal. well, maybe they are. after all this is only the SP demo. i can't wait... /me jumps up and down _______________ make install -not war |
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Fizz of Belouve - Student 
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well, I guess we're all gonna specialise, but i am focusing on being good average with all 3 saber types first  but I like the staff best so far, as its got simply the best looking finishing moves _______________ One of the Belouve boys, founder of the mighty FiZZsters Midbie council #20 - Fizz - #1933 - Jan '03 - Aug '04 "Renfield, you idiot!" |
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Plo Koon - Student 
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you mean kel dor Geforce? thats what i like,and im getting really good in dual sabers as well _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too This comment was edited by Plo Koon on Sep 07 2003 04:29pm. |
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Plo Koon - Student
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lol there not sith there dark jedi or remnant reborn _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too |
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LittleBigMouth - Ex-Student
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Thanks for the tips, Bubu and JavaGuy!  _______________ "Always two there are, a master and an apprentice." |
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Lithaerien - Student 
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I beat the demo in an houre in Jedi Knight but it's c00l. now when the real stuff comes i am gonna try out the Jedi Master Level right know i use the demo to choos my saber and charackter.and I found my favs i like The alien dude not rodian not sabrak the other guy. and i am realy good with the saber staff and i am not a sith i have a yellow saber _______________ "The Dark Side? I've been there... Do your worst!" ~Kyle Katarn "Don't force it" ~GeForce |
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Sith Lord - Student 
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The Jedi Knight Tomb level made me sad why can't we just all get along with the sith lol _______________ Is the enemy of your enemy really your enemy or your friend ? |
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Rampage - Student 
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the staff owns dual's....w00t... |
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Bubu - Hubbub
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java below the symbols are stones coming out of the pillar (or wall). you only see them with sense. push them both in. and prepare to run... _______________ make install -not war |
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JavaGuy - Student 
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Okay, I give up. WTF do I do after I defeat the boss on the tomb level? I used force sense to see the symbols on the walls on either side of the coffin. I used push and pull on both of them. I pushed and pulled the stone thingies set into the walls below the symbols. Nothin'. ;p I like the new specials--the sabre staff spin combos are cool, especially the way you can control exactly where you move and what direction you face even while doing a complex kata--but there should be more of them. Maybe I'm just missing them, but there should sophisticated Force-sabre combo specials. _______________ My signature is only one line. You're welcome. |
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Icco - Student 
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ya the sense power kicks butt. the demo is packed with cool stuff. try jupig off the edges in the cult level... you can find all kinds of shit. now if they would just release a multiplayer demo ... _______________ "this is Icco. Icco is old. Icco is lost. Icco is cool, but Icco doesn't know what the meaning of 'macrophageal sex'." - Vaughn /Icco |
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Bubu - Hubbub 
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lol ulic you're my hero LittleBigMouth, if you turn on force "sense" you can actually see how much health your enemies have left... so that's much better than seeing the saber burns coz they disappear after a while. _______________ make install -not war |
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Battlin' Billy - Student 
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WOW! Damn, I can't wait for the full version! I'm really diggin' the sabre staff, just gotta learn the moves. It was very choppy, but JK2 is a bit choppy as well. Anyone know how much it's gonna be? I would guess in the $40-50 range. That means I might have to wait 'til X-mas to get it. LOL @ Ulic! I probably would have done the same thing! _______________ Midbie Council Member #2 - Profile ID 2073 | Member of B@rtM@ulS@ar | Owner of Monty's 2000th comment & D@RtHM@UL's 8100th comment | Former Padawan of SilkMonkey & Arcuss JA Goaltender & NHL Fan | Fellow Rush fan to Axion|Plo Koon is my oldest JA friend Post your RL pics HERE! | Post you JK2/JK3 screenies HERE! |
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JavaGuy - Student
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LittleBigMouth, just hit the key to change your sabre stance. Sabre staff apparently has only one stance, so changing stances alternates between staff and "regular" mode. _______________ My signature is only one line. You're welcome. |
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Ulic Belouve - Student 
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I am such a Star Wars addict. I can get the demo from the office (have a Cable modem), but not at home (no cable modem). So how to get this home, with no CD Burner or other ways? "borrow" the hard drive. You heard me right. I am such a loser. _______________ Jedi do not fight for peace. That's only a slogan, and is as misleading as slogans always are. Jedi fight for civilization, because only civilization creates peace. |
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Badger Hat - Student 
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What did you mean by your AOL, bleh comment? _______________ RL bro to HawkJedi Chuck Norris pwns!(duh) Proud member of Yeah, it's a hat. |
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Dicemaster - Student 
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CAN'T WAIT FOR THE DAY THIS GAME COMES OUT I AM SO BUYING IT!!!!!1 _______________ Dicemaster |
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LittleBigMouth - Ex-Student 
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Oooooh, the demo tomb level is money! The biggest noticeable difference for me is you can see the damage you're doing to foes... The more you hit say, a sith, the more orange-and-black-saber-burned he becomes, so you can actually tell if you're close to finishing the job. Same goes for yourself, too  Did anyone else notice that you can use the staff saber as a single saber? I started with the saber in hand, off. Then I right mouse clicked to throw it, and it ignited and came back as a single blade. The only way I could figure out to get the double again was to shut off the saber and turn it on again. And I couldn't throw it as a double saber. My blue girlie would just kick when I right mouse clicked with both blades out. Kinda weird... Now that I've flown through the demo with glee, I have to go back and find all the secrets... _______________ "Always two there are, a master and an apprentice." This comment was edited by LittleBigMouth on Sep 06 2003 11:41pm. |
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doobie - Jedi Council 
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in the release you get the choice between dual and staff after you're "proved" yourself (i won't say any more about it)... it's about 2/3 the way into the game _______________ -Academy Leader/Dictator/Defeater of DJ Sith and JACen Solo in the JAK+ Tournament -I do think it (the JA) will help convert dozens, maybe hundreds, to the dork nation... --me |
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JavaGuy - Student
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Okay, I've played it. I'm satisfied with it as an incremental improvement over JO, but I was really, really, really hoping that sabre duels would be more like the duels in the movies and less hack and slash. I was hoping for a general-purpose telekenetic Force power too. Is there any way to turn off the visual distortion that accompanies Force Push and Pull? I know, the graphics guys thought it was cool, but it really breaks my Star Wars imersion, makes it look less like Star Wars and more like an arcade game. Also, one of my beefs with the JO single-player campaign was that there wasn't enough interaction with the environment. Yes, you could push buttons to open doors, and here and there was an object you could move or a section of wall you could destroy, but that was about it. Well, at least in the demo, there's even less interaction with the environment in JA! Another environment beef I had with JO that seems at least as bad in JA is the high number of things that cannot be damaged by a lightsabre. _Very_ un-Star Wars-ish. In the demo they just give you the option for dual sabres or sabre-staff right up front, and that's cool because the demo is supposed to showcase cool stuff. It seems to me, though, that those things are really hard-core and should be special abilities that are really hard to acquire. Does anyone know if that will be the case in the release? _______________ My signature is only one line. You're welcome. |
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Mune - Student 
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Doobie, it is indeed supposed to be released. Go to lucasarts.com and see for yourself. Downloading, and mowing... _______________ Captain Barkeep. |
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crazy_hacker - Ex-Student 
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thats cool that they tell u how to do the moves and acrobatics in this 1 _______________ if at first you dont succeed, try and try again. if you still dont succeed, youve just wasted a whole lot of time trying something you just cant do
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