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Syndicate was designed to be the main title of the maps I'd map for Jedi Academy. Syndicate: Initiation is the first of the maps, and at the same time it is my first complete map for JA. The continuation of the saga is uncertain, and might not happen before the next Jedi Knight series game. |
| Syndicate: Initiation is the same map I have showcased previously as The Puzzle. Originally, Puzzle was to be a map demonstrating some puzzle techniques. However, I noticed I'm totally unable to build such a simple map as would have been needed for such a simple purpose! At some point Puzzle just was a project big enough to earn to be a full-blooded SP project. |
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Syndicate: Initiation is not a big campaign like Lighthouse, but it features full cinematics, intensive plot and interesting characters. Of course from the gameplay point of view, the emphasis of the map remains on various puzzles. Without doubt, it has the highest number of puzzles per square unit of all JA maps released. |
The mysterious Cult of Ragnos is attacking the Jedi Academy and stealing residual Force activity from all sources and places imaginable, for its unkown, sinister purposes. To thwart the threat of the Cult, Luke is sending all the Jedi available to guard places of known Force activity. The Jedi are still few, the possible places numerous. In order to cover more area, some places that are considered to have minimal risk of being under threat are to be guarded by single Jedi.
One of the Jedi sent found more than he bargained for... |
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What is behind the name Syndicate? It's an independent group of force users, not Jedi, not Sith, but something between. They struggle in their everyday life like normal people do, not selflessly guarding the Galaxy, but not trying to conquer it either. They use their force abilities to protect themselves from the suspicion and distrust of the Jedi and from being exploided by the Sith. |
Syndicate: Initiation was reviewed at Map-Review, the biggest JO/JA mapping review site, and received a good score of 8.75/10 from Thrawn42689, the reviewer. Here's an excerpt of his impressions of the level:
"This, quite honestly, is one of the best-looking levels I've ever seen. While there are no grand vistas or intricately detailed command chambers, everything seems to fit together with a simple, elegant unity. The mysterious, otherworldly atmosphere is with the player every step of the way." - Thrawn42689 of Map-Review |
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In addition to my own work, the level contains work from Amidala from Chop Shop, Eldritch, Business Eskimo, Gothix, Torchy, and Mercenary. Voice acting was performed by:
Richard'frances_farmer'White, AmosMagee, Shadriss, Wedge, and Simon'Kengo'Williams.
Technical help was provided by Leslie Judge
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You will find Syndicate:Initiation at the following locations (the list will be updated when more sites post the level for download).
PCGameMods.com
Massassi.net
JK3Files.com
For those who get stuck, I have written a walk-through. |
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