I disagree wholeheartedly.I feel like there's some revisionist history with Jedi Outcast and Academy having good lightsaber combat.
That crap was floaty as hell and felt awful. It was only good with cheats and mods.
JO and JA combat could be improved, but its the best sword melee combat in any game to date. The only TPP game that came close to it, was Die by the Sword, by it was limited by control scheme too much.