I found it awful already in 2002.

It had two unforgivable sins.

1. Using the Q3 engine. All precision in physics is lost in that point. The game was jerky, I could never tell if a shot will hit or miss, it was all around terrible (I felt the same in Q3 too. The physics of that engine is just awful with all the jerkiness and hit precision is all-around terrible in it...).

2. Lightsabers. Oh, my, the lightsabers. Only thing worse than the Q3 engine in FPS is the Q3 engine in TPS. Somehow, it managed to be jerky even from that perspective. Oh, and the movement of the main character, the jumps, the turns - all were awkward. I felt uneasy. In UT, I could tell where my character's pinky finger was - from first person perspective! In Q3, I felt I'm on a ship that's sailing on rough sea. Where was I? Oh, lightsabers.

On top of the Q3 engine, there was the option to finally do something with your saber - and by god, the mechanics were atrocious. I could never tell if I hit a stormtrooper or not, I could never tell how much damage I do. The characters were sliding all over the place, whenever I moved in saber range, I was immediately open to cheap hits, etc. It was just so horribly done, I can't find words.

It's unplayable in 2012, but it was already unplayable 10 years ago...