Darklighter Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 So? Do you think JK3 will be better without Kyle Katarn, or was his role too important to give up, do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 I won't miss him at all. It's time for new blood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obi Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 Seeing how Dark Forces series is *about* Kyle, Jedi Academy shouldn't even be called "Jedi Knight III." Of course i'm goin to miss the ol chap. He was the main character! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boinga1 Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 another one of these? sure, i guess i will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agen Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 Yep, i will. Got pretty used to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HertogJan Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 Haha, it's great that you included the exact thing I was thinking in your poll: the beard was getting on my nerves I don't really hate Kyle, and he's an interesting character, falling to the dark side and all, but I hate the beard and his clothes. I want Jedi robes!! And I like the 'create your character'-feature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeTRiTiC-iQ Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 taking the game in a new direction is probably a good idea, not sure if i'll miss Kyle or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider AL Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 I won't miss Kyle for the simple reason that even if they never make another game with him in it, I'll make a Single-Player campaign that continues his story. I've had a few interesting ideas over the years about how to kill him off in a heroic manner. Don't get me wrong, I think Kyle's great. And every great hero deserves a hero's death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarn07 Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 GOOD RISANCE TO BAD RUBBISH! I AM FED UP WITH THAT LOSER... j/k, must I post my thoughts? I'm just glad he'll play an important role in the game. I read that somewhere... I hope it's true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_One Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 I'll miss him. Let's just hope he's back for JKIII, if they ever make it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hekx Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 I won't miss being him, that much. I suppose he was cool. It would be nice to see him as an active NPC at the Temple and on missions. Let's hope his hair's less grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacky_Baccy Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 Of course I'll miss him But I realise he's getting 'old', so it's time for a new direction... Not without him at all, just not with him as the main character, which is what JA has done It would be nice to have th DF series continue directly, perhaps with us taking on the role of Kyle and Jan's kid(s)... Keeping it the family, so to speak I just hope they don't forget about him after JA... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJL Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 Hmm... I have understand that this JEDI ACADEMY is not JK3 and that Kyle is going to be the character in JK3 if/when it comes... Am I wrong ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HertogJan Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 Well, the new game's called: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy So it's not a real JKIII. The developers thought that a game without Kyle isn't really a Dark Forces sequel! I hope Kyle is going to die in JA, a very heroic death. And then you, as a padawan, you must avenge him in the most horrible way... MWUAHAHAHHAAA!!! Let the blood of your enemies flow... MWUAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAA!!! Anywayz, I'd like to see that happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SettingShadow Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 Well, I've never been a real Kyle fan, but I guess he's cool. In DF I really liked him. I've only played the Demo for JK (didnt even finnish that, brrrrr, too hard) but from what I've seen he seems to been pretty cool... In JO though, I must say he's boring, I dunno why but theres something I dont like with him. Wait I know, AHHH THOSE CLOTHES THOSE HORRIIIIIIIIIBLE CLOTHES!!!!! All in all... I dunno, I really like the idea to create you own character, though it wont feel like a game of the DF series really (bah, I've only played 2 anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent_Thunder Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 I think Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is fine without Kyle. But I also think that it would be a major mistake not to focus on Kye for all of the Dark Forces series (Am I the only one that thinks that Dark Forces III: Jedi Outcast sounds better then Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast? Too many jedis!). In my opinion focusing on and playing as a child of Kyle and Jan would be really lame, to put it bluntly. But I have a sneaking suspicion that that's where we're heading for JKIII... I just hope I'm wrong. But on the other hand, I think that the character of Kyle Katarn was unrepairably ruined in JKII. Not that the ENTIRE character of Kyle was destroyed, but what was destroyed can't be gained back, I believe. Now some people like the character progression in JKII, that's fine. But I think it really wussified Kyle's character, and damaged the possibilities for sequals. First of all, why did they have the Valley of the Jedi invaded?? In Jedi Knight they made it seem like the person who got to the Valley of the Jedi would have the power of a "Super-Nova, within a whisp could be within his power". Now, not only do they have Desann actually GO to the Valley of the Jedi and have an unspecified ammount of time their, but they also have thousands of troops get "reborn in the glory of the force", AND Kyle uses it like nothing... Didn't he listen to Rhan at all? But the main thing I dislike about Kyle's character is how close he seems to be working with the Republic. Yeah, he did the same in MotS, but for some reason he still seemed to have a bit of a gruff mercenary attitude intact. In JKII he seemed too much of just another one of the Alliances' heros. In Dark Forces he was just a mercenary for hire. In Jedi Knight he was just an 'content old man' in a bar trying to forget the past who happens to stumble along a fateful journey. It seems Jan also left the New Republic too, after the Empires' defeat. He went through the whole game without any interaction with the Republic. Now in JK II he's good friends with Lando (?) and even Luke! I'm surprised they didn't add Han Solo, Boba Fett, Chewie, Leia, and the rest of the gang too while they were at it. Aynways, I got alittle side tracked... I mean to say that, I think Kyle's character may be too ruined to salvage for another true Kyle sequal... Maybe if a real JKII isn't made by Raven, but Lucas Arts they might be able to pull it off (no offense to Raven, but they just can't seem to do Star Wars as good as LEC in my opinion!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova_wolf Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 He was a real lovable scoundrel - Han if he turned out to be Force sensitive. He'll be missed, but I am sure that his wisdom and guidance (and hopefully quips) will be with us all the way. Besides, he has saved the galaxy enough now to have earnt some major holiday time away with Jan, just the two of them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryudom Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 yeah, i won't really miss the JO kyle heh, but the JK kyle, well thats a differant story. i like character customization as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidPanda Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 I hated that Mother ****er Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_One Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 Originally posted by RabidPanda I hated that Mother ****er Bah. Kyle, come here honey bunny He's such a looker with that beard and all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol-Gil Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 I gotta admit, Kyle has been one of my least favorite characters ever in a video game. He's just so bland, that same outfit/beard/haircut...nothing really exciting about his character [he's like Han with a lightsaber!]. I think Dark Forces had a good idea for Kyle in the cutscenes, as far as look and demeanor, but come JK, it was perverted into the sweater-wearin' yawn pile we have today. In my opinion. I'm just sayin', thank god there are SP mods...and now, JA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taos Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 I'm really not going to miss him at all. I had no attachment to him. If you keep on having the same character all the time the game gets kinda stagnet...there needs to be new characters to spice things up a bit and keep it fresh. So the change is a good thing IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Apprentice Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 Kyle is a very cool game character and has become one of my favorites, but I think his time is up. I just hope he is still in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legameboy Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 i like kyle, and i will sorta miss him, but like everyone said, same outfit, same face, he was VERY bland, i wont mind SEEING him, but i dont want to play him again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent_Thunder Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 Speaking of that sweater... Am I the only one that sorely misses that DarK Forces suit? I'm glad it made a modified appearance, but it's just waaaaaaay too ugly to be in any more games . If I see Kyle walking aound in that ugly brown, bantha herder uniform, that looks like it hasn't been washed in 6 years (and judging by the time-line, and the fact that Kyle is STILL wearing it leads me to that assumption), then I'm going to type in g_saberrealisticcombat 9 and have alittle fun... Anyways... Kyle's old armor/jackett was incredibly cool in my opinion. I loved that backmandalorian armor and yellow-ish brown coat. That mercenary look is soooo much cooler then the farmer/jedi look, that I just can't understand why they didn't use it in JKII?! Heck, even the first concept art showed Kyle wearing it, and so did all the magazines with JKII on the cover! And it's not like Kyle threw that armor away... he wore a modified version (no jacket) in MotS. Well... I guess I can only hope that Kyle gets his fashion sense back in Jedi Academy -- even if we can't actually play as him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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