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STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) vs STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy

STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) is an FPS game from Pandemic Studios (2019) while STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy is a fighting FPS game from Raven Software (2009).

STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004)

2019 · Pandemic Studios

7.7GamingPickz Score

$9.99

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy

2009 · Raven Software

8.0GamingPickz Score

$9.99

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

What each one is

Steam files STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) under FPS. In contrast, it files STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy under Fighting and FPS.

STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004)

Fight the greatest battles in the STAR WARS universe any way you want to. The choice is yours.

Description from its Steam store page

STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy

Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004)STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy
GamingPickz Score7.7/108.0/10
Steam ratingOverwhelmingly Positive (96%, 4,710)Overwhelmingly Positive (96%, 13,821)
Critic aggregateNo aggregate81/100
Price$9.99$9.99
Install size3 GB
Steam Deckplayableunsupported
Released20192009
DeveloperPandemic StudiosRaven Software

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) vs STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004)FPS game
    STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi AcademyFighting FPS game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004)Action, Classic, FPS
    STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi AcademyAction, Sci-fi, Third Person

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004)Score 7.7 · 96% on Steam
    STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi AcademyScore 8.0 · 96% on Steam · 81 critic

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004)4,710 reviews · 3 GB
    STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy13,821 reviews

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004)$9.99
    STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy$9.99

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004)Playable
    STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi AcademyUnsupported

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 1 each. Which one is "better" is the part no figure decides, so we leave it to what you want from the two.

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Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.

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How positions are decided

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  • Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
  • No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
  • A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
  • Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.

Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy (GamingPickz Score 8.0)
  • Better on a Steam Deck: STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) (playable)
  • The safer bet by weight of reviews: STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy (13,821 reviews)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

ActionMultiplayerClassicFPSThird-Person ShooterSci-fiSingleplayerShooter

Where they differ

STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) is also

SpaceCo-opControllerWar

STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy is also

SwordplayCharacter CustomizationAdventureRPGHack and SlashFighting

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) and 1 for STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) and STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy in scope?

STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) has drawn 4,710 Steam reviews and installs in 3 GB. STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy has drawn 13,821 Steam reviews.

Is STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) or STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy better?

By the GamingPickz Score, STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy rates higher (8.0 to 7.7). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) or STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy?

STAR WARS Battlefront (Classic, 2004) is cheaper right now at $9.99, against $9.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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