Add in the fact that the cinematic cutscenes that were rendered in real time on the PC have been pre-recorded for the consoles and look just downright terrible. This isn’t even being evaluated on a nitpicker’s scale of fluidity average gamers won’t be able to help but notice all sorts of graphical glitches here and there in the game, and yet there are still much more attractive games on the system without these problems.
It generally isn’t a good sign when you’re starting up the first level in the game and you already can begin to see stutters and jitters in the framerate. In the PC title there was a good flow to the controls aided by the mouse, but with the move to the GameCube, it feels like the array of moves has been abbreviated or at least doesn’t come across as effectively.Īnother area where things can get downright painful is in terms of graphics. A final element for which the console control unfortunately falls short is in the control of the lightsaber. One area that complicates matters even more is that there are many levels and areas with places to fall to your death all around, and any flaky control makes this sort of thing even more frustrating. Unlike some other console shooters, there is a real need to move and aim at the same time in Jedi Outcast if you wish to be effective, and the controls simply don’t make this workable. None of the available control schemes in Outcast ever feel natural or fluid in any. Let’s face it: with the exception of a handful of titles, it is absolutely unbearable to play first-person shooters on a console system. The foremost problem in the game is unfortunately one of the most crucial, and that is in the area of control. While the core gameplay hasn’t changed in the move to the GameCube, unfortunately the great game waiting to be experienced has a wide variety of obstacles standing in the way of this conversion being at all enjoyable. In addition, you’ll also be challenged to make use of various force powers in order to overcome obstacles and occasionally maybe force push a stormtrooper or two off a cliff.
Through the course of the game you’ll make use of a variety of weapons, of course including the versatile and ultra-cool lightsaber itself. In the game you’ll take control of Kyle Katarn, an ex-Jedi and mercenary, who gets drawn back into the fray through a series of events beyond his control that could threaten the galaxy. Jedi Outcast is most definitely one of these titles. That isn’t to say that bad games are being converted from the PC market just that many good PC games don’t work well or are poorly executed on console systems. In one particular area, specifically with ports of games from the PC, there is usually more bad than good.
In the console world there are definitely some pros and cons to buying a system that is deemed viable by a wide variety of publishers.
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