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As Kyle Katarn, fight through 3D Star Wars missions with blasters, a lightsaber, and Force powers while choosing your path.
Released 16 Sep 2009
Blast With Blasters
Wield a Lightsaber
Use Force Powers
Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II picks up where the award-winning Dark Forces™ game left off...with even more features and firepower in dazzling 3D graphics. As Kyle Katarn, you must acquire a lightsaber and learn the ways of the Force to become a Jedi Knight.
Developed by LucasArts · Published by LucasArts, Lucasfilm, Disney





Play as Kyle Katarn in a first- or third-person action campaign as he pursues Jedi training and confronts a group of dark Jedi. The story unfolds across 21 levels, with live-action scenes between missions.
Fight with an arsenal of blasters and other weapons, or take up a lightsaber and use Force abilities. Levels combine combat with exploration, switches, keys, secrets, and traversal challenges.
Earn ability points as you progress and find level secrets, then invest them in Force powers. Your choices steer Kyle toward the light or dark side and affect the ending; the game also offers multiplayer levels.
In this helpfulness-selected sample, players often praise the Star Wars atmosphere, story, and live-action cutscenes, along with the shooter combat and levels that reward exploration. Some also enjoy adding Force powers and a lightsaber to the action. Opinions are mixed on navigation and lightsaber fights, and several reviewers find the controls or modern setup frustrating.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
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| Metacritic | 91/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |