Yarren Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 Now, I know many of you will immediately say "It's not going to happen". It has been over a decade since Jedi Knight Outcast was released and it was a major success. Jedi Academy was released coming up to 8 years ago but wasn't as successful, but still did well. I don't know the exact stats so correct me if I'm wrong. Through these years we've seen many games come and go. Through this time Star Wars Galaxies was released and then shut down, The Force Unleashed came out and everyone hated it, TOR has just come out and although it's quite good, I don't see it lasting (People are going to get bored). It's clear that the people want a Battlefront 3 and a new Jedi Knight-styled game, a "JK4" maybe. The reasons the Jedi Knight series still has a population today is clear... It has something for everyone. I don't consider myself a gamer by any means, yet some may argue a gamer is merely someone who plays games. I've played Jedi Academy for five of its eight years of existance because I found it's Multiplayer feature very good for roleplay. I also found that the combat was awesome, and was enjoyed by many FFAers giving options to use saber or guns. The years have brought a lot of custom content enjoyed by the community such as JEDI's RPMOD and Movie Battles 2, something not easily re-lived with other games. 2012 is the time for JK4. Lucas arts needs to listen to its fanbase and understand what we want. We need to gather and support it!
Alexrd Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 On the book "The Art and Making of The Force Unleashed", when LucasArts was discussing ideas for a next-gen Star Wars game, one of them was called "Star Wars: Jedi Master", a spiritual successor of the Jedi Knight games. Eventually it was dropped off because their concept was too "gore"(?). That makes me think that if they eventually want to continue this series, it won't be a 'Jedi Knight III'. It will be something similar to the 'Jedi Master' concept.
JesusIsGonnaOwnSatan Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 Ideally, I want a JK4, but if it came to it, I wouldn't mind a spiritual successor. But that would depend on how faithful the successor was in capturing the feel of JK.
Darth InSidious Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 It has been, by my reckoning, nine years since the last game. I'm all for another Jedi Knight... but do we really want a remake or spiritual successor to Jedi Academy? I mean, the game had cool elements (particularly mission choice, upgrade options, lightsabers and the multiplayer), but the storyline was, it must be said, pretty dreadful.
Sabretooth Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 It has been, by my reckoning, nine years since the last game. I'm all for another Jedi Knight... but do we really want a remake or spiritual successor to Jedi Academy? I mean, the game had cool elements (particularly mission choice, upgrade options, lightsabers and the multiplayer), but the storyline was, it must be said, pretty dreadful. How can you say that, I wrote the Pulitzer-winning Jaden Korr - Darth Qollous off of it :S
Alexrd Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 but the storyline was, it must be said, pretty dreadful. I wouldn't say dreadful, but it just wasn't better due to the random mission based gameplay.
Yarren Posted January 16, 2012 Author Posted January 16, 2012 The main reason why I want a new game is to play a JK MP that actually has people playing. MP is dieing (If you haven't already considered in dead). Imagine if we could re-live those days when people would flood onto your servers!
ouned Posted February 14, 2012 Posted February 14, 2012 The main reason why I want a new game is to play a JK MP that actually has people playing. MP is dieing (If you haven't already considered in dead). Imagine if we could re-live those days when people would flood onto your servers! this and something that uses more than OpenGL 1.1
Zwier Zak Posted February 14, 2012 Posted February 14, 2012 From the other thread: BTW: http://kotaku.com/spark-unlimited/ http://www.sparkunlimited.com/projects.html So what do you guys think? The description fits JK much more than BF3. So yeah. It's about time to bring Kyle back into action.
Alexrd Posted February 14, 2012 Posted February 14, 2012 From the other thread: So yeah. It's about time to bring Kyle back into action. Good point. I actually never thought about that. Either if it's BFIII or JK3, I'll be happy.
M@RS Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 From the other thread: The mention of Unreal really has me excited, considering that LA just signed a deal with Epic about using the engine. Here's to hoping.
Zwier Zak Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 Good point. I actually never thought about that. Either if it's BFIII or JK3, I'll be happy. I must admit I'm hoping for JK much more than BF. So the project was worked on for 2/3 years, that's a decent time frame. We should hear more about it this year I suppose. We also know that Spark Unlimited never worked on a hi budget game before. They have some good ideas and concepts. Legendary wasn't that bad. Never played Fall of liberty though.
Alexrd Posted February 16, 2012 Posted February 16, 2012 I must admit I'm hoping for JK much more than BF. Me too. But with all the evidence that a BFIII was in the works, I was expecting it more than a JK game.
TK962 Posted February 16, 2012 Posted February 16, 2012 LucasArts has said time and again that they will not make another Jedi Knight game. Don't let your hopes drop though. Our mod team is working on creating a Jedi Knight 4 mod for Jedi Academy. Here's our ModDB page: http://www.moddb.com/mods/jedi-knight-jedi-betrayal1
Tinny Posted February 16, 2012 Posted February 16, 2012 ooooh, purdy... did you guys want help in getting that in MP to have coop?
Darth Groovy Posted February 16, 2012 Posted February 16, 2012 You are absolutley right. Main problem is convincing Lucasarts that this game will make them money. I mean BFII is said to be the best selling Star Wars game of all time, and yet no sequel ever saw the light of day. Bottom line, Lucasarts does not subscribe to the "if you build it they will come" process. So I guess have fun with your wii clone wars games and nods for ten year old games.
Zwier Zak Posted February 16, 2012 Posted February 16, 2012 LucasArts has said time and again that they will not make another Jedi Knight game. Really? I haven't seen that quote. Could you link it? Well anyway it's been 9 years since Jedi Academy, their policy could change. After the mixed reception of TFU and TFU 2, the clone war games and the terrible upcoming Kinect game, going back to one of their most beloved franchises and characters seems like a good move.
Yarren Posted February 25, 2012 Author Posted February 25, 2012 no-one will play Jedi Knight Jedi Betrayal unless you have some magnificent plan for advertising to an audience beyond the old JKA players by chiming in with posts about your mod. It's the second time I've seen you link JB. players making mods for JKA does not fulfil my desire to have a more active community.. I still want to press for a JK4 or successor
Rodders Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 JK4 would be incredible. I'd be happy with a recoding of Dark Forces and Jedi Knight. I'd be pretty cool to play them again on a modern engine. (we need a new X-Wing game too.)
Mercenary Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 LucasArts has said time and again that they will not make another Jedi Knight game. Don't let your hopes drop though. Our mod team is working on creating a Jedi Knight 4 mod for Jedi Academy. Here's our ModDB page: http://www.moddb.com/mods/jedi-knight-jedi-betrayal1 24 levels!? That's a ton of work for non-professionals. Do you really need that many?
Master Temporal Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 I would love to see another installment in the series. The one thing that separates Jedi games from most other FPS is the Light Saber and Force Powers. It really is an elegant weapon, unlike anything else out there. Maybe they will need to release another prequel/sequel to Star Wars before it will happen since they have already included just about every type of planet, vehicle, creature, race and weapon from the movies? Maybe they don't want to re-hash the same old thing?
irish_texan Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 It has been, by my reckoning, nine years since the last game. I'm all for another Jedi Knight... but do we really want a remake or spiritual successor to Jedi Academy? I mean, the game had cool elements (particularly mission choice, upgrade options, lightsabers and the multiplayer), but the storyline was, it must be said, pretty dreadful. definitely true. i loved the mechanics (for the most part) but the storyline was infamously bad.
irish_texan Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 a nice summary of my feelings on the next jedi knight game successor.
Tinny Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 That would seriously suck if the next JK game was unmoddable and the only extensions it had were DLCs >_<
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