There are weapons available in each level and after level three, the player has the use of a lightsaber, along with the Force. The game consists of twenty-one levels with objectives which the player must complete before being able to continue to the next level. Jedi Knight is primarily a first-person shooter, although it does offer the choice of a third-person view. An expansion pack, Mysteries of the Sith, was released in 1998, and a sequel, Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, in 2002. Upon release, Jedi Knight received critical acclaim for its gameplay additions, narrative, and improvements over Dark Forces, and has been cited as one of the best video games of all time.

The game introduces the lightsaber and the Force as prominent gameplay elements in the series, as well as a multiplayer mode that allows players to compete over the internet or a local area network. The story features branching paths and cutscenes recorded with live actors as full motion videos. It uses a more powerful game engine, the Sith engine, which supports 3D acceleration using Direct3D 5.0. Jedi Knight makes some technical and gameplay improvements over its predecessor. With his father having been murdered years prior by the Dark Jedi Jerec and his followers over the Valley's location, Katarn embarks on a quest to confront his father's killers and find the Valley before they do. The story, set in the fictional Star Wars expanded universe one year after the film Return of the Jedi, follows returning protagonist Kyle Katarn, a mercenary working for the New Republic, who discovers his connection to the Force and 'The Valley of the Jedi', an ancient source of power. It is the sequel to 1995's Star Wars: Dark Forces, and the second installment in the Star Wars: Jedi Knight series. It was later re-released on Steam in September 2009, and again in 2015 on GOG.com. Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II is a 1997 first-person shooter video game developed and published by LucasArts for Microsoft Windows. First-person shooter, third-person shooter

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