No thanks...$30 for this when I can just wait 2 weeks and get The Battlefront Collection for $5 more. Battlefront has near infinite replay value, and even if it's a buggy release, it still will have more value than this lol
Still have a TON of the expanded universe novels about Han, not to mention the Republic Commando books. I remember picking up a stack of Han Solo books from the local library on sale as like an 8 year old and being so excited 😂
You should check out the fanmade remake of Dark Forces 2/Jedi Knight in Unreal engine. Not a remaster but it does a really good job with the visuals imo while the gameplay is virtually the same
@@ieatchuall Too bad thats just one level. But in light of this and the upcoming Battlefront Collection, I'm glad people are seeing that SW under Disney is pure BS.
@@Kaiserhawk Yeah, but one mediocre title isn't bad. I feel their best comes out when remastering old FPS games, like original System Shock, Rise of Triad, and the Turok trilogy.
@6:30 this! Exactly this! Watching the remastered footage I was thinking ''man, it just looks the same as it always did'' until you showed the quality of the original. Crazy how older graphics are remembered in higher quality than they actually were.
I missed out on Dark Forces, But only because I was absolutely trying to 100% Shadows of the Empire on my N64. They really managed to scare young me with the Wampa's at Echo base and the water creatures in that one sewer map
@@Von_Langsteinme too i was terrified of those wampas.. and there was a robot boss that i think was at the end of the train level.. that used to scare me also. Lol
The melee in the System Shock remake is like Quake level at the very best, I am cringing to imagine an entire fucking game (well, 90% of it) based around swinging a "laser rapier" around.
@@ULTRAOutdoorsman Lightsaber combat in Dark Forces 2 is decent you just have to practice a little. There is like 5 different ways to attack with the sabre.
This. Dark Forces 2 had the best gunplay by far and some fun, arcadey jedi mechanics and multiplayer. Jedi Outcast/Academy definitely had the best jedi mechanics/gameplay and had much more fleshed out multiplayer. I hate to say it, but as innovative as Dark Forces 1 was for its time, it really has aged pretty badly in comparison to its three sequels, and I don't think anyone was really clamoring for a remaster of Dark Forces 1.
You didn't mention how almost every weapon has a secondary fire - the repeater fires all three barrels, the fusion cutter all four in a spread, etc. They were actually pretty useful, increasing damage per hit at the cost of increased ammo consumption. From memory the thermal detonartor also swapped between bouncing a few times or detonating on impact? Both really useful modes.
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@@Clay3613 They'd probably have an option to play it in the original graphics anyways like the DF Remaster and Tomb Raider Remaster. The aliens didn't look bad but the human enemies looked atrocious lol. And I want to see the Newborn actually look like the one in the movie all slimy...
I literally got the email 18 minutes ago that this game was released on Steam and now I get to watch a review for a remaster I didn't know existed just a week ago. Just hope this is a sign that a Tie Fighter remaster is a possibility too.
Played this as a kid over and over again. The replay value of games always was how fun they are to play and what they let you experience. So this game letting you run & gun like Doom through the Star Wars universe was all I needed to keep coming back. I still replay it occasionally, so this remaster is a no brainer for me.
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This game being an extension of the films is a perfect description. It has endless homages but it genuinely feels like it takes place in the universe. A better time 😢
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This game was underrated and was overshadowed by the big games coming out in 2005, especially Halo 2, it's crazy just how good this game looks for 2005 and the ragdoll physics and game design are way ahead of its time
Now what they need to do is release a heavily remastered double package of Jedi Knight and Mysteries of the Sith! Those had the best atmosphere by far since Empire Strikes Back! Although some other remasters I'd also kill for: Dungeon Keeper 2 v1.7+, Vampire the Masquerade Redemption, Metal Fatigue, Revenant, Incubation, perhaps also: Ground Control + Dark Conspiracy, Need For Speed 4 High Stakes / Road Challange, Black & White series, Thief 1 & 2, Sacrifice
I remember playing the sewer level where dianoga (garbage squids) could pop up from sludge pools and attack was terrifying for younger me! *Great Star Wars game!*
This! I feel validated that I wasn't the only one 😆. That level and the first time you face a phase 1 dark trooper- that ominous, electronic "growl" (not sure how else to describe it) they make when they first see you and start to briskly run towards you was the freakiest moment in a game for me up to that point.
My parents were completely against buying me doom II so I got this instead. This brings back so many memories and I’m gonna grab this when I get home! I wasn’t even aware this was being remade, thanks for the video.
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I remember finding the strangest Easter egg in Dark Forces as a kid. On the snow planet (been too long so can't recall if it was Hoth or another snow planet), there is a spot you can crotch and get into a cave that outline Max's head on your map.
the only snowy planet in the whole game is the robotics facility level, which takes place on Anteevy. but yep, the max-head easter egg is right in the beginning of the level. there's usually an extra life in the center of the area too!
@@angelganon8213 when you start the level "robotics facility" on the ice planet, walk to the waterfall beside the slab of ice you start on, crouch into an underground area and turn on your map. a max (from the "sam and max" series also by lucasarts) head will display on your map screen.
@@angelganon8213 He's talking about the character from Sam & Max, which Lucasarts had developed a game for at the time. Max also appears as an easter egg character in Dark Forces 2.
Aw man, I remember being a Star Wars fan once. It was great. Grew up playing all the good stuff... that was then, this is now. Edit. I am fixing to delete this comment if I continue to get replies hate-dumping on Star Wars, its fans, or those who just don't enjoy it anymore.
While a lot of the weapons were projectile, each did have an alternate form of fire that gave a bit of variety. For example, the fusion cutter could fire all barrels at once & repeater gun could fire a cluster. Mines also gave variety. I seem to remember if you used mines when fighting the kell dragons, in certain places, it would blow them up to the ceiling where they would get stuck, presumably from the spines on their back.
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I think Omikron: The Nomad Soul needs a overhaul remaster, like Shadow Man's HD remaster. Improve controls and gameplay, and restore the lost content. And able to play it in classic or modern style mode.
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Oh great call! Given the focus on storytelling and scene setting in Omikron, it could really benefit from using modern hardware for the environment and character models. I worry that it has too niche appeal to justify a rework that would do it justice but it I'd love to play it again if they updated it.
Nightdive are doing fantastic work in reminding me that there is still hope and joy to be found in gaming! I'm looking forward to checking this out on my Steam Deck, and can't wait to see what they work on next! I'd love to see No One Lives Forever too...and TimeSplitters...and the other Jedi Knight games!
There is interview out there with Nightdave about NOLF, but sadly, nobody knows who owns the rights to NOLF, so a remaster is out of question until then.
This video was in my suggested feed and I was not expecting a RedLetterMedia shoutout. Well done 10/10. Might pick this up, only played Outcast + Academy.
18:11 - Same here, Man. Same here. Not sure If the Issue about the Rights was ever sorted out. Would absolutely love to see a rerelease of No One Lives Forever become available someday! Might pick up this Remaster If I ever get back Into Star Wars Games again, Lol. I really enjoyed the Jedi Knight Games and Jedi Academy was fun to mess round In. The first Star Wars Game I played, If I recall, was Episoder 1: Racer on My Uncle's PC back In 1999 when I was either 6 or 7 years old. He had one of those Racing Wheels and I had a blast playing It. Did pick It up on Steam some few years ago and might revisit It at some point If I ever get Into that Star Wars mood again.
It's awesome that how this game impacted not only in games, but in movies too. Didn't knew that the Dark Troopers even brought in the movies alone. It'll be nice of they bring Kyle Katarn makes his appearance in Star Wars spin off series/films.
@@lollipopwaraxe6032 That's all I've ever wanted - to be able to replay the first (superior IMO) Darkness game on PC - the story, the score, the performances....it's glorious. I finally got Scarface playable on PC thanks to modders, all I need are Mother 3 and a Darkness 1 PC remaster.
Jedi Academy was such a surprise at the time, considering the name makes it sound like a bunch of dull training missions or something. Especially since it was on the discount shelf for $5 at the time. Nope, has a decent story with Light and Dark paths, fine voice acting, multiple races to play as, and solid gameplay! I spent so much time Force Pushing dudes off ledges, since the game was very happy to include lots of places for them to fall, and slicing fools to pieces with that code that turned on dismemberment. Hell even that one mission where they took your lightsabre and made you go old-school FPS, had a part where you pilot an AT-ST! Looking forward to that remaster for sure.
I played this game for the first time last December with the Force Engine. I was quite impressed how modern the level design, objectives, and story felt for a game so old that came out in a time of arena shooters.
Star Wars Dark Forces is still my personal official canon for how the rebels obtained the Death Star blueprints And that Rogue One is the bad fanfiction
I actually liked Rogue One, but the Sequel trilogy can go into the trash compactor. My headcanon is that the Death Star plans in Dark Forces and Rogue One are two parts of a whole. Would make sense for the Empire to compartmentalize the plans for such a massive installation.
It's a niche remaster that has zero chance of selling a million copies or even a hundred thousand copies. They might sell a couple ten thousand give or take and they have to recover their costs on those limited sales. I'd rather pay $30 to get the remaster than have had no one take up the project at all because the economics of it didn't make sense. People who bitch and moan about the price on something like this don't deserve good remasters of classic games.
I played the hell out of this on PS1 back in the day. You nailed it in the review: the game really feels like a legit extension of the universe. So much fun in that game as long as you can take it for what it is.
I played this back in the old days, I remember turning up the screen brightness to see in the dark, there was a setting that messed with your shield and made it easier to play, but melee attacks would still shrewd your health.
Man, I can’t wait to play through this start to finish. Also, pro tip: okay through it normally, then play through it again with cheats. There are so, so many Easter eggs and visual gags that you otherwise can’t access without cheats.
Dark Forces wasn't just on PC. It also released on the Playstation in 1996. I remember this well as my best friend had it for PC and I wanted to play it so badly. The only problem was I was mostly a console only game (I had a Saturn and Playstation). One day in 1996, I walked into an Electronics Boutique and to my immense surprise Dark Forces had released for the Playstation. I bought it that instant, went directly home, and played it until my fingers bled...it was that good. Well, I just got it again and in a few moments I will be going back in. The game is absolutely fantastic. It's also a first person shooter that released in 2024 that works as intended without a 400GB update and a year to fix.
Dark Forces also gets a throwback in Andor. Cassian uses a Bryar pistol, just like Katarn. First Dark Troopers, now the Bryar pistol. I'm hoping for Desann to feature next.
That is because they ripped off this story with Rogue One. Jan Ors Jyn Erso. Really subtle. Sadly the sheep that only follow popular logos, cheered for it. Franchise cancer.
@@stigkenobi7525 I'm not sure the Bryar pistol appearing in Andor can be directly linked to Disney """taking inspiration""" from the existing lore. But hey, the games still exist despite Disney's treatment of the franchise, so why not give 'em another go? (Rhetorical question, please don't answer).
@@stigkenobi7525Rogue One had a lot more references IMO. There is even a scene with Mon Mothma that looks like right out of Dark Forces' first cutscene. Which on one side hurt a little (because Disney just threw away the whole extended universe, which I still see as the most exciting cross media phenomenon of the 1990s), but ok the other is a nice nod to what is for me one of the most important Star Wars games ever.
I actually thought this video was done at the halfway point. Funny enough, I started watching this basically as I was waking up, you've done that before. Except this time I was completely taken off guard, thats good sh!t to me ! Totally would appreciate a Aliens Trilogy remaster, however.
I really hope this will open up the possibility of seeing in the future a remaster of not only the rest of the Jedi Knight series, but also of Outlaws. I loved that game, and his soundtrack, as much as Dark Forces II back in the day 😊
Star Wars in the 90s was like an arrow of love in my chest, spreading feelings to this day. I'm thinking about generating a rendering of this magnificent work.
@2:00 I understand, as I was a MASSIVE Lucas Arts fan back then. In my eyes they could do no wrong (except for Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures). It all started with Monkey Island on Amiga 500 for me, and it was just hit after hit going forwards. Monkey 2, Fate of Atlantis, X-Wing, Tie Fighter, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max, Rebel Assault, Dark Forces etc. etc.
Oh it's absolutely a timeless masterpiece! I loved it in the in 90s, it was one of the few games to release around the same time on the Mac as on PC (and one of the first new AAA games on PowerPC). Ray Gresko did a wonderful job with the Jedi Engine, it feels a shame it wasn't used more, but PC hardware and game engines were moving really fast then and I suppose it just became redundant quickly. I played through Dark Forces again recently and it was still just as fun and compelling. I bought it on COG before the remaster came out and used an open source modern re-implementation of the engine, which is ultimately similar to the remaster, in that it looks sharper without taking anything away. I don't play a huge number of old games but I would recommend this one to anyone who is a fan of Star Wars and FPS shooters.
The fusion cutter and repeater have alternate fire which fire multiple projectiles at the same time. Detonators and mines also have alternate detonation modes.
This game would deserve a proper port to either Raze or GZDoom engine. As for "workplace safety" - this is a common problem in architectural design in movies from 1970s:-) The lack of railing was seen as clean and futuristic. Some actual buildings from that era would not stand a chance in contemporary building permit process.
Man, played this much when it came out, on a 486DX2/66 SB Pro and external Roland speakers. It was immersive gameplay for its time, to me atleast. Still have the original box and CD.
Man, there was a single person that released the engine of this game and allowed it to be modified such at 1080p resolution, it was called DarkXL or something, takes all the crisp away and is an easy launcher. I was really impressed by some features, such as being able to shoot lampposts and the light would be gone from that surrounding area.
This was my first shooter game. My first time SEEING a shooter game was Wolfenstein 3D at a party where an older kid was playing it but my dad stopped me from watching cuz I was way too young. Fast forward later, and I remember finding the game case for Dark Forces in a stack of PS1 games my dad owned when I found this game. I was NOT good at it, but just running around shooting a blaster was all the fun I needed!
Not employed but I did a lot of the ship models for the cutscenes. Knew about this game about a year before it was made public and that was a tough secret to keep!
Even I have got my PC since january -97, I have never played Dark Forces. I had some demo from some gaming magazine back in the day, but never played the full game.
I admit I played through the game last time almost 7 years ago, but watching your video I was thinking "Okay, but when will you show footage of the remastered game?" up until you showed footage of the original, lol. It really looks like how I remember the game.
Loved this game as a kid when it first came out. It was the first actual computer game with gameplay that my parents bought for me. I got the PS1 version on my PS3. Had no idea there was a remaster. Maybe I’ll actually be able to beat now. I never could as a little kid.
After PO'ED and Dark Forces, Night Dive now did the same for Doom 1 & 2, with a few of the previous retail classic id Software content in a combined game with a new episode, and with support for Boom, MBF & MBF21 PWADs. Basically the new Doom remaster with these features is Vanilla Doom on steroids. The new Classic Doom remaster doesn't support any ZDoom and GZDoom PWADs however, as they use ACS (introduced in Hexen 1), DECORATE and ZScript, as these features of ZDoom/GZDoom are prone to cause performance issues on lower end PCs, and even with higher end PC hardware.
So glad they did this one. Weirdly though I do think it sort of looks better at the lower resolution just because the walls don't feel as obviously flat as they are, but then you have the option to toggle the graphics.
The "rooms over other rooms" bit was done by Marathon much earlier. Similar to Marathon also having a form of rocket jumping, dual wielding, and a few other fps staples way earlier then anyone else.
I'm pretty sure the Repeater and Fusion Cutter had alternate shot modes. The repeater has a triple shot and the fusion cutter shot from all 4 barrels at the same time, making them both also function sort of like shotguns.
7:09 is where young me was going crazy trying to find out where I heard a similar melody. It’s close to the medals case music from DOS X-Wing, it bugged me the whole time on this mission…
So how do you reconcile both Jyn Erso and Kyle Katarn getting the plans? Erso got the WEAPON plans, details of the flaw built in. But they also needed more general station plans to connect the dots. These were a little less secure than the weapon plans on Scarif. After succeeding in getting those plans, they dispatched Katarn to get the station plans since he was the closest and able to nab them before the Empire locked all data on the Death Star down.... There, fixed it.
I've re-reading Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy and man, the 90s were such a great time to be a Star Wars fan. Glad we're at least getting bits and pieces of that lore back.
Nightdive continue show themselves. Who is the boss for Remastered Old game again. Wish, they can also remastered both Dark Forces II and Jedi Outcast in future as well.
Would love to see more SW FPS. Sequel to Republic Commando basically being Star Wars Halo, a sequel to the Dark Forces Franchise being Star Wars Doom. Would love to see Star Wars version of the recent Wolfenstein: New Order type deal. Maybe even a Star Wars version of Borderlands. You start out on an outer rim planet, and everyone is like centuries behind everyone else. You try to find and fix old star wars weapons (we're talking from the Bioware Old Republic games) until you eventually move up and catch up with the blaster tech from the Disney Sequels.
This looks A M A Z I N G! I played the PS1 port back in the day and...yeah it was rough looking. This was my first "Doom-like" game. My folks weren't keen on the demon stuff in Doom, but Star Wars was more kid friendly, I guess. Those probe droids ended up spooking the hell out of me though. You'd hear them before you saw them, hovering above you...anyway. The sequel, Jedi Knight, was my first online multiplayer game. I became VERY familiar with all of those art assets and they look incredible in this remaster. This is what a loving remaster should look like!
OK, I know this is nitpicky, but... Weapons have their advantages, other than just using different ammo. 2. Pistol. Surprisingly good at precision shots. Your go-to sniper gun until you'll find(5). Also - it uses 1 energy per shot instead of two, used by a blaster rifle. This is extremely useful in sewer level on hard difficulty. 3. Blaster rifle. It is what it is. No comments here. 4. As above. 5. Imperial repeater. Your next sniper choice. Also, alternative fire mode can kill any imperial soldier, officer commando in one shot (but uses 3 energy). So you are covered at any distance. But sometimes I agree it's just a replacement for a blaster rifle when you run out of ammo. 6. Fusion Cutter. Closest thing to a shotgun here. Alternative fire is devastating at close range and safe to you (no splash damage). Great for minogs (those creepy sewer monsters) and other healthy opponents when you can't or don't want to put distance between you and them. 7. 8. No comment. 9. My love (in this game, butchered in sequels). BFG 9000 of Star Wars universe. Great for killing groups of low health enemies (whole squads of storm trooper's with officer as icing on this cake of death 😅). Good for everything else...just at a safe distance. Splash damage is a b$%ch. I agree, it's harder to shoot at enemies at different level than you. As far as I remember, you must aim precisely at enemy in such cases. Little unintuitive for weapon that gives you so much leeway in same-level combat. 10. No comment. Of course... Everything depends on your play style. I always took more methodical, slow, tactical approach in Dark Forces. If you play more dynamically, like in Doom, all I wrote above could be unimportant to you. Regardless of how you play, I hope more people will play DF. Maybe we get more games with more blasters than light sabers. Not everyone wants to run through imperial bases with glowing sticks 😂
I played a bunch of this today. Has a great time, the thought of them remastering the Jedi Knight games is almost too much. Those games are very special to me and to see a full remaster would make my year.
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I played this so much as a kid... It's the very first game I ever owned. I got stuck in the sewer level for like three months... And then the Groma's mines... Man it was tough. But I still love it. Thanks for the review, might give it a go later.
It's nice that modern Star Wars kind of acknowledges legends canon sometimes, like featuring Dark Troopers in The Mandalorian. It's also hard to ignore the Jyn Erso/Jan Ors similarity when both were involved in stealing Death Star plans.
Actually, there's a issue with the music implementation in the remaster, where notes don't play at the right times, that's why it sounds like a jumbled mess. They didn't have the source code for the IMUSE music system, so they had to improvise. They didn't quite hit the mark, so hopefully there's a fix for this. Watch the Digital Foundry video to learn more.
It does work properly in The Force Engine though, right? I believe to know DFs music very well and don't remember that anything felt off during my playthrough. Also I haven't noticed the slight stutter that according to Digital Foundry happens when the game doesn't run with exactly 72 fps (due to the way the original DF was implemented) and is supposed to be found in both the remaster and The Force Engine.
@NeovanGoth I notice the stutter and there's a big difference in smoothness between 120 and 144 fps, where 144 divides evenly with 72. Try it yourself, and if you have a 60hz panel, use the console commands like in the DF video to change the internal timing to 60 instead of 72, the game will run a tad slower but it will be 100% smooth. The music has problems too. Perhaps you just can't tell and that's fair.
@@MTaye7 Yeah I actually tried it yesterday and know now why I didn't notice it before: Because I was playing in 400p, in which case the judder seems to get completely eaten up by aliasing effects caused by the low resolution. In 4k with 120 fps it is very obvious though, particularly when directly compared to 72 fps (via RTSS frame limiter). Interestingly when capped to 72 fps, TFE runs _almost_ perfectly smoothly on my PC, but there still is judder every now and then, like every couple of seconds.
Buy it here, cowards:
store.steampowered.com/app/2292260/STAR_WARS_Dark_Forces_Remaster/
Next they gotta remake Tie Fighter and X-Wing
Here's hoping they do the sequels in the series justice too, night dive is killing it❗☢️
Buy it on GOG
No thanks...$30 for this when I can just wait 2 weeks and get The Battlefront Collection for $5 more. Battlefront has near infinite replay value, and even if it's a buggy release, it still will have more value than this lol
Dark forces 2 physical remaster. That game seems to be massively over looked.
Between the books and the games, the 90s was such a great time to be a Star Wars fan.
i see what u did there
You could say the same for the 2000s. Clone Wars, Old Republic introduction, a shitload of quality video games
The nineties were such a good time to be, period.
Any time before 2012 was good, really.
Still have a TON of the expanded universe novels about Han, not to mention the Republic Commando books. I remember picking up a stack of Han Solo books from the local library on sale as like an 8 year old and being so excited 😂
If Nightdive ends up remastering the rest of the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight games, I'll be a very happy boy
me too but the jedi acadamy mutliplayer expierience is going to be hard to replicate without things like JA+ and lugormod.
You should check out the fanmade remake of Dark Forces 2/Jedi Knight in Unreal engine. Not a remaster but it does a really good job with the visuals imo while the gameplay is virtually the same
@@ieatchuall Too bad thats just one level. But in light of this and the upcoming Battlefront Collection, I'm glad people are seeing that SW under Disney is pure BS.
They will most likely
Hoping for Outlaws too since it's on the same engine as the original DF1
I tell you what, Nightdive has been one a roll with their remasters and even their System Shock remake. Damn good stuff.
I agree. System Shock remake was my personal game of the year last year.
'cept Bladerunner...
@@Kaiserhawk Yeah, but one mediocre title isn't bad. I feel their best comes out when remastering old FPS games, like original System Shock, Rise of Triad, and the Turok trilogy.
Nightdive awesome with remasters
System shock, Quake 2 remaster , dark forces ...
@@maxkliegl2001 i still hope the remake comes to console one day
@6:30 this! Exactly this! Watching the remastered footage I was thinking ''man, it just looks the same as it always did'' until you showed the quality of the original. Crazy how older graphics are remembered in higher quality than they actually were.
Nobody cares what you hate 🤡
@@Ihatevideogames334 Captain Hook?
I hope they remaster Shadows of the Empire like that.
Even if they just fix the skating-on-grease ground game and stop the camera snapping back when aiming, I'll buy it in a heartbeat.
I missed out on Dark Forces, But only because I was absolutely trying to 100% Shadows of the Empire on my N64. They really managed to scare young me with the Wampa's at Echo base and the water creatures in that one sewer map
@@Von_Langsteinme too i was terrified of those wampas.. and there was a robot boss that i think was at the end of the train level.. that used to scare me also. Lol
Never can be happy with what you have.
@@bell5679Of course not. Otherwise humans would still live in caves and play with rocks.
"Paves the way for Jedi Knight"
I really hope so! One of my favorite star wars games
The first Jedi Knight was one of my favorite games of my childhood. I know people kinda pan it compared to J:O and J:A, but I have a soft spot for it.
I want Nightdive to remake Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight (Mysteries of the Sith included) like they remade System Shock
The melee in the System Shock remake is like Quake level at the very best, I am cringing to imagine an entire fucking game (well, 90% of it) based around swinging a "laser rapier" around.
ALien Trilogy
@@ULTRAOutdoorsman You don't actually *have* to use the lightsaber but a few times in the entire game, lol.
@@ULTRAOutdoorsman Lightsaber combat in Dark Forces 2 is decent you just have to practice a little. There is like 5 different ways to attack with the sabre.
This. Dark Forces 2 had the best gunplay by far and some fun, arcadey jedi mechanics and multiplayer. Jedi Outcast/Academy definitely had the best jedi mechanics/gameplay and had much more fleshed out multiplayer. I hate to say it, but as innovative as Dark Forces 1 was for its time, it really has aged pretty badly in comparison to its three sequels, and I don't think anyone was really clamoring for a remaster of Dark Forces 1.
You didn't mention how almost every weapon has a secondary fire - the repeater fires all three barrels, the fusion cutter all four in a spread, etc. They were actually pretty useful, increasing damage per hit at the cost of increased ammo consumption. From memory the thermal detonartor also swapped between bouncing a few times or detonating on impact? Both really useful modes.
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A remaster of the old Alien games would be sick. I'd buy that up any day.
Yea Alien Trilogy and Alien: Resurrection
@@GodofWhoopass I think Resurrection would lose a lot of its charm with high-res graphics.
@@Clay3613 They'd probably have an option to play it in the original graphics anyways like the DF Remaster and Tomb Raider Remaster. The aliens didn't look bad but the human enemies looked atrocious lol. And I want to see the Newborn actually look like the one in the movie all slimy...
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This would be amazing, right into my childhood
I literally got the email 18 minutes ago that this game was released on Steam and now I get to watch a review for a remaster I didn't know existed just a week ago. Just hope this is a sign that a Tie Fighter remaster is a possibility too.
Star Wars Squadrons is the closest thing to a Tie Fighter remake and it's pretty darn good
Isn't that available on gog?
@@SupersonicspyroYeah, it is. Just bought it from there.
i would kill a man for jedi outcast remastered
Why didn't we know months ago? The fuck is wrong with Nightdive.
Played this as a kid over and over again. The replay value of games always was how fun they are to play and what they let you experience. So this game letting you run & gun like Doom through the Star Wars universe was all I needed to keep coming back. I still replay it occasionally, so this remaster is a no brainer for me.
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That "yer mum" on the picture of Jabba made me laugh way more than it should have. Definitely my favourite Gman mum joke ever.
Same, I've grown completely numb to Gman's your mom jokes over the years, but this one really got me 😄
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This game being an extension of the films is a perfect description. It has endless homages but it genuinely feels like it takes place in the universe. A better time 😢
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Anyone else thinks that a Republic Commando remaster with added co-op would be a great idea?
a full remake or sequel
This would be a great idea, I tried to play it the other day and the bad graphics really made it difficult to enjoy
We did get the HD release on PSN and Switch which is decent for what it is.
Co-op would be sick though.
Too bad they didn't bring it's multiplayer back.
This game was underrated and was overshadowed by the big games coming out in 2005, especially Halo 2, it's crazy just how good this game looks for 2005 and the ragdoll physics and game design are way ahead of its time
Now what they need to do is release a heavily remastered double package of Jedi Knight and Mysteries of the Sith! Those had the best atmosphere by far since Empire Strikes Back!
Although some other remasters I'd also kill for: Dungeon Keeper 2 v1.7+, Vampire the Masquerade Redemption, Metal Fatigue, Revenant, Incubation,
perhaps also: Ground Control + Dark Conspiracy, Need For Speed 4 High Stakes / Road Challange, Black & White series, Thief 1 & 2, Sacrifice
Ooooh yeah and Republic Commando!
I remember playing the sewer level where dianoga (garbage squids) could pop up from sludge pools and attack was terrifying for younger me! *Great Star Wars game!*
EA and disney are truly the Dark Forces here...
Yeah, 10 year old me was also terrified of that sewer level! And that fear was compounded by everything being in 320x240 resolution 😂
@@marcovirtualfor some reason sewer levels are always intimidating. 😅
Same was for me in Strife and its mazelike sewers back in the day
This! I feel validated that I wasn't the only one 😆. That level and the first time you face a phase 1 dark trooper- that ominous, electronic "growl" (not sure how else to describe it) they make when they first see you and start to briskly run towards you was the freakiest moment in a game for me up to that point.
Same here! The giant one that was the boss gave me nightmares.
My parents were completely against buying me doom II so I got this instead. This brings back so many memories and I’m gonna grab this when I get home! I wasn’t even aware this was being remade, thanks for the video.
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I remember finding the strangest Easter egg in Dark Forces as a kid. On the snow planet (been too long so can't recall if it was Hoth or another snow planet), there is a spot you can crotch and get into a cave that outline Max's head on your map.
the only snowy planet in the whole game is the robotics facility level, which takes place on Anteevy. but yep, the max-head easter egg is right in the beginning of the level. there's usually an extra life in the center of the area too!
No I thought it was about those ewoks.. lol
@@nybergsgaragemax head?
@@angelganon8213 when you start the level "robotics facility" on the ice planet, walk to the waterfall beside the slab of ice you start on, crouch into an underground area and turn on your map. a max (from the "sam and max" series also by lucasarts) head will display on your map screen.
@@angelganon8213 He's talking about the character from Sam & Max, which Lucasarts had developed a game for at the time. Max also appears as an easter egg character in Dark Forces 2.
Rogue One was a sham. Kyle Katarn is the real hero.
Aw man, I remember being a Star Wars fan once. It was great. Grew up playing all the good stuff... that was then, this is now.
Edit. I am fixing to delete this comment if I continue to get replies hate-dumping on Star Wars, its fans, or those who just don't enjoy it anymore.
Couldn’t agree more.
Disney ruined all of LucasFilm
Andor is outraged at this disrespect.
@@herbiehusker1889Star Wars fans ruined Star Wars.
Star Wars lost me decades ago.
While a lot of the weapons were projectile, each did have an alternate form of fire that gave a bit of variety. For example, the fusion cutter could fire all barrels at once & repeater gun could fire a cluster. Mines also gave variety. I seem to remember if you used mines when fighting the kell dragons, in certain places, it would blow them up to the ceiling where they would get stuck, presumably from the spines on their back.
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I think Omikron: The Nomad Soul needs a overhaul remaster,
like Shadow Man's HD remaster.
Improve controls and gameplay, and restore the lost content.
And able to play it in classic or modern style mode.
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Oh great call! Given the focus on storytelling and scene setting in Omikron, it could really benefit from using modern hardware for the environment and character models. I worry that it has too niche appeal to justify a rework that would do it justice but it I'd love to play it again if they updated it.
Nightdive are doing fantastic work in reminding me that there is still hope and joy to be found in gaming! I'm looking forward to checking this out on my Steam Deck, and can't wait to see what they work on next! I'd love to see No One Lives Forever too...and TimeSplitters...and the other Jedi Knight games!
Ah yeah joy, that's the reason they took a pause in 4-year-late projects to do something completely different.
There is interview out there with Nightdave about NOLF, but sadly, nobody knows who owns the rights to NOLF, so a remaster is out of question until then.
This video was in my suggested feed and I was not expecting a RedLetterMedia shoutout. Well done 10/10. Might pick this up, only played Outcast + Academy.
18:11 - Same here, Man. Same here. Not sure If the Issue about the Rights was ever sorted out. Would absolutely love to see a rerelease of No One Lives Forever become available someday!
Might pick up this Remaster If I ever get back Into Star Wars Games again, Lol. I really enjoyed the Jedi Knight Games and Jedi Academy was fun to mess round In.
The first Star Wars Game I played, If I recall, was Episoder 1: Racer on My Uncle's PC back In 1999 when I was either 6 or 7 years old. He had one of those Racing Wheels and I had a blast playing It. Did pick It up on Steam some few years ago and might revisit It at some point If I ever get Into that Star Wars mood again.
The '90s and '00s star wars games were A+
I've never been into Star Wars much but played the hell out of Dark Forces back in the day. What a game!
Holy shit they want $30 for this? I think I will just mod the original game...
Classic NDS
It's awesome that how this game impacted not only in games, but in movies too. Didn't knew that the Dark Troopers even brought in the movies alone. It'll be nice of they bring Kyle Katarn makes his appearance in Star Wars spin off series/films.
I really hope Nightdive gets the rights for The Darkness.
Oh god, please and a sequel to 2
The first game on pc would be insane. I hope it happens soon
@@lollipopwaraxe6032 That's all I've ever wanted - to be able to replay the first (superior IMO) Darkness game on PC - the story, the score, the performances....it's glorious.
I finally got Scarface playable on PC thanks to modders, all I need are Mother 3 and a Darkness 1 PC remaster.
@@guilhermehank4938 YES the game adaptations SORELY need closure. But then again, these days? It's almost expected to receive a Monkey's Paw outcome.
@@mrmusickhimself Someone has obviously found a monkey's paw with 1,000 fingers on it.
Please NightDive give us NOLF!
Fantastic game(s)
Never thought I'd see a Mighty Boosh reference in here :)
I played this with my dad so much back when I was a little kid!
Jedi Academy was such a surprise at the time, considering the name makes it sound like a bunch of dull training missions or something. Especially since it was on the discount shelf for $5 at the time. Nope, has a decent story with Light and Dark paths, fine voice acting, multiple races to play as, and solid gameplay! I spent so much time Force Pushing dudes off ledges, since the game was very happy to include lots of places for them to fall, and slicing fools to pieces with that code that turned on dismemberment. Hell even that one mission where they took your lightsabre and made you go old-school FPS, had a part where you pilot an AT-ST!
Looking forward to that remaster for sure.
Did you notice that the pistol in Andor is a replica of the pistol in this game?
They ripped it off tomake the apes cheer for a memberberry, to distract from the fact that they ruined continuity with that show in general.
No shit about No One Lives Forever, I wanna see the first and the second remastered by Nightdive.
No one knows who has the rights to the franchise sadly. Nightdive made an attempt years ago.
I played this game for the first time last December with the Force Engine. I was quite impressed how modern the level design, objectives, and story felt for a game so old that came out in a time of arena shooters.
Star Wars Dark Forces is still my personal official canon for how the rebels obtained the Death Star blueprints
And that Rogue One is the bad fanfiction
Yeah I was thinking "But Isn't the death star plans the main plot in Rogue One?"
I actually liked Rogue One, but the Sequel trilogy can go into the trash compactor. My headcanon is that the Death Star plans in Dark Forces and Rogue One are two parts of a whole. Would make sense for the Empire to compartmentalize the plans for such a massive installation.
15:00 was really not expecting the mighty boosh
30 BUCKS FOR THIS IS CRAZY
@oldworldorder4ever anything tbh lol but I love battlefront 2
It's a niche remaster that has zero chance of selling a million copies or even a hundred thousand copies. They might sell a couple ten thousand give or take and they have to recover their costs on those limited sales.
I'd rather pay $30 to get the remaster than have had no one take up the project at all because the economics of it didn't make sense.
People who bitch and moan about the price on something like this don't deserve good remasters of classic games.
I miss going to Comp USA or Best Buy and browsing the rack...
Cool but 30$? I dont think so..
I played the hell out of this on PS1 back in the day. You nailed it in the review: the game really feels like a legit extension of the universe. So much fun in that game as long as you can take it for what it is.
I played this back in the old days, I remember turning up the screen brightness to see in the dark, there was a setting that messed with your shield and made it easier to play, but melee attacks would still shrewd your health.
Man, I can’t wait to play through this start to finish. Also, pro tip: okay through it normally, then play through it again with cheats. There are so, so many Easter eggs and visual gags that you otherwise can’t access without cheats.
17:03 I love the mighty boosh man
Dark Forces wasn't just on PC. It also released on the Playstation in 1996. I remember this well as my best friend had it for PC and I wanted to play it so badly. The only problem was I was mostly a console only game (I had a Saturn and Playstation).
One day in 1996, I walked into an Electronics Boutique and to my immense surprise Dark Forces had released for the Playstation. I bought it that instant, went directly home, and played it until my fingers bled...it was that good. Well, I just got it again and in a few moments I will be going back in. The game is absolutely fantastic. It's also a first person shooter that released in 2024 that works as intended without a 400GB update and a year to fix.
Dark Forces also gets a throwback in Andor. Cassian uses a Bryar pistol, just like Katarn.
First Dark Troopers, now the Bryar pistol. I'm hoping for Desann to feature next.
That is because they ripped off this story with Rogue One. Jan Ors Jyn Erso. Really subtle. Sadly the sheep that only follow popular logos, cheered for it. Franchise cancer.
@@stigkenobi7525 I'm not sure the Bryar pistol appearing in Andor can be directly linked to Disney """taking inspiration""" from the existing lore. But hey, the games still exist despite Disney's treatment of the franchise, so why not give 'em another go? (Rhetorical question, please don't answer).
@@stigkenobi7525I'd argue she's more of a discount store Bria Tharen with a mangled version of Jan Ors' name.
@@stigkenobi7525Rogue One had a lot more references IMO. There is even a scene with Mon Mothma that looks like right out of Dark Forces' first cutscene. Which on one side hurt a little (because Disney just threw away the whole extended universe, which I still see as the most exciting cross media phenomenon of the 1990s), but ok the other is a nice nod to what is for me one of the most important Star Wars games ever.
I actually thought this video was done at the halfway point. Funny enough, I started watching this basically as I was waking up, you've done that before. Except this time I was completely taken off guard, thats good sh!t to me ! Totally would appreciate a Aliens Trilogy remaster, however.
I really hope this will open up the possibility of seeing in the future a remaster of not only the rest of the Jedi Knight series, but also of Outlaws.
I loved that game, and his soundtrack, as much as Dark Forces II back in the day 😊
Beautiful timing after watching the FPS doco.
Nice work in that, btw bruthaaa
Star Wars in the 90s was like an arrow of love in my chest, spreading feelings to this day. I'm thinking about generating a rendering of this magnificent work.
@2:00 I understand, as I was a MASSIVE Lucas Arts fan back then. In my eyes they could do no wrong (except for Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures). It all started with Monkey Island on Amiga 500 for me, and it was just hit after hit going forwards. Monkey 2, Fate of Atlantis, X-Wing, Tie Fighter, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max, Rebel Assault, Dark Forces etc. etc.
Oh it's absolutely a timeless masterpiece! I loved it in the in 90s, it was one of the few games to release around the same time on the Mac as on PC (and one of the first new AAA games on PowerPC). Ray Gresko did a wonderful job with the Jedi Engine, it feels a shame it wasn't used more, but PC hardware and game engines were moving really fast then and I suppose it just became redundant quickly. I played through Dark Forces again recently and it was still just as fun and compelling. I bought it on COG before the remaster came out and used an open source modern re-implementation of the engine, which is ultimately similar to the remaster, in that it looks sharper without taking anything away. I don't play a huge number of old games but I would recommend this one to anyone who is a fan of Star Wars and FPS shooters.
The fusion cutter and repeater have alternate fire which fire multiple projectiles at the same time. Detonators and mines also have alternate detonation modes.
This game would deserve a proper port to either Raze or GZDoom engine.
As for "workplace safety" - this is a common problem in architectural design in movies from 1970s:-) The lack of railing was seen as clean and futuristic. Some actual buildings from that era would not stand a chance in contemporary building permit process.
Why? With The Force Engine there now already exists a perfect source port.
Man, played this much when it came out, on a 486DX2/66 SB Pro and external Roland speakers. It was immersive gameplay for its time, to me atleast. Still have the original box and CD.
Man, there was a single person that released the engine of this game and allowed it to be modified such at 1080p resolution, it was called DarkXL or something, takes all the crisp away and is an easy launcher. I was really impressed by some features, such as being able to shoot lampposts and the light would be gone from that surrounding area.
This was my first shooter game. My first time SEEING a shooter game was Wolfenstein 3D at a party where an older kid was playing it but my dad stopped me from watching cuz I was way too young.
Fast forward later, and I remember finding the game case for Dark Forces in a stack of PS1 games my dad owned when I found this game. I was NOT good at it, but just running around shooting a blaster was all the fun I needed!
The Phase 1 dark trooper with it's vibroblade that could ignore your shields used to terrify me back in 1995 lol.
Not employed but I did a lot of the ship models for the cutscenes. Knew about this game about a year before it was made public and that was a tough secret to keep!
nice job in any case^^
Even I have got my PC since january -97, I have never played Dark Forces. I had some demo from some gaming magazine back in the day, but never played the full game.
I admit I played through the game last time almost 7 years ago, but watching your video I was thinking "Okay, but when will you show footage of the remastered game?" up until you showed footage of the original, lol. It really looks like how I remember the game.
Loved this game as a kid when it first came out. It was the first actual computer game with gameplay that my parents bought for me. I got the PS1 version on my PS3. Had no idea there was a remaster. Maybe I’ll actually be able to beat now. I never could as a little kid.
Loved this game. Remember getting it in 96’ from my local computer store in the UK (which also sold fishing tackle weirdly).
That's hilarious dude that Kingpin footage where that guy was getting stuck that s*** kept happening to me
After PO'ED and Dark Forces, Night Dive now did the same for Doom 1 & 2, with a few of the previous retail classic id Software content in a combined game with a new episode, and with support for Boom, MBF & MBF21 PWADs. Basically the new Doom remaster with these features is Vanilla Doom on steroids.
The new Classic Doom remaster doesn't support any ZDoom and GZDoom PWADs however, as they use ACS (introduced in Hexen 1), DECORATE and ZScript, as these features of ZDoom/GZDoom are prone to cause performance issues on lower end PCs, and even with higher end PC hardware.
wow that Mighty Boosh clip was deep cut
So glad they did this one. Weirdly though I do think it sort of looks better at the lower resolution just because the walls don't feel as obviously flat as they are, but then you have the option to toggle the graphics.
WOW what a blast form the past... my dad had this game and we used to play it all the time. Thought the graphics were amazing for the time.
The "rooms over other rooms" bit was done by Marathon much earlier. Similar to Marathon also having a form of rocket jumping, dual wielding, and a few other fps staples way earlier then anyone else.
Much earlier? Both games were 3 months apart...
"youre not gonna be spending any serious time here"
Me obsessively playing the ps1 version of this as a kid star wars fan in 1997:
I'm pretty sure the Repeater and Fusion Cutter had alternate shot modes. The repeater has a triple shot and the fusion cutter shot from all 4 barrels at the same time, making them both also function sort of like shotguns.
7:09 is where young me was going crazy trying to find out where I heard a similar melody. It’s close to the medals case music from DOS X-Wing, it bugged me the whole time on this mission…
So how do you reconcile both Jyn Erso and Kyle Katarn getting the plans? Erso got the WEAPON plans, details of the flaw built in. But they also needed more general station plans to connect the dots. These were a little less secure than the weapon plans on Scarif. After succeeding in getting those plans, they dispatched Katarn to get the station plans since he was the closest and able to nab them before the Empire locked all data on the Death Star down....
There, fixed it.
Kyle's blaster is also super accurate at long ranges so it maintains its usefulness.
I've re-reading Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy and man, the 90s were such a great time to be a Star Wars fan. Glad we're at least getting bits and pieces of that lore back.
It was a good time to be a SW fan, a more civilized time, before Disney.
My childhood star wars games were the Pod Racers and Shadows of the Empire for the N64. If either of those manage to get a remaster I'll be happy
Nightdive continue show themselves. Who is the boss for Remastered Old game again. Wish, they can also remastered both Dark Forces II and Jedi Outcast in future as well.
I mean, also there's a remastered soundtrack for Dark Forces. It was being used for the Jedi Academy DF mod in the late 2000s.
dark forces, jedi knight 1 n 2 - mysteries of the sith, then the acadamey game , remake them all or even redo em would be epic
We've all come to expect "your mum" jokes from Gman but I had to confess 15:30 took me off guard
God, this makes me pine for the old days. I loved this, dark forces 2 and the jedi outcast series. Kyle Katarn is such a badass.
Would love to see more SW FPS. Sequel to Republic Commando basically being Star Wars Halo, a sequel to the Dark Forces Franchise being Star Wars Doom. Would love to see Star Wars version of the recent Wolfenstein: New Order type deal.
Maybe even a Star Wars version of Borderlands.
You start out on an outer rim planet, and everyone is like centuries behind everyone else. You try to find and fix old star wars weapons (we're talking from the Bioware Old Republic games) until you eventually move up and catch up with the blaster tech from the Disney Sequels.
This looks A M A Z I N G! I played the PS1 port back in the day and...yeah it was rough looking. This was my first "Doom-like" game. My folks weren't keen on the demon stuff in Doom, but Star Wars was more kid friendly, I guess. Those probe droids ended up spooking the hell out of me though. You'd hear them before you saw them, hovering above you...anyway. The sequel, Jedi Knight, was my first online multiplayer game. I became VERY familiar with all of those art assets and they look incredible in this remaster. This is what a loving remaster should look like!
The SoundBlaster version of the Star Wars theme takes me back.
OK, I know this is nitpicky, but...
Weapons have their advantages, other than just using different ammo.
2. Pistol.
Surprisingly good at precision shots. Your go-to sniper gun until you'll find(5). Also - it uses 1 energy per shot instead of two, used by a blaster rifle. This is extremely useful in sewer level on hard difficulty.
3. Blaster rifle.
It is what it is. No comments here.
4. As above.
5. Imperial repeater.
Your next sniper choice. Also, alternative fire mode can kill any imperial soldier, officer commando in one shot (but uses 3 energy). So you are covered at any distance. But sometimes I agree it's just a replacement for a blaster rifle when you run out of ammo.
6. Fusion Cutter.
Closest thing to a shotgun here.
Alternative fire is devastating at close range and safe to you (no splash damage). Great for minogs (those creepy sewer monsters) and other healthy opponents when you can't or don't want to put distance between you and them.
7. 8. No comment.
9. My love (in this game, butchered in sequels). BFG 9000 of Star Wars universe. Great for killing groups of low health enemies (whole squads of storm trooper's with officer as icing on this cake of death 😅). Good for everything else...just at a safe distance. Splash damage is a b$%ch.
I agree, it's harder to shoot at enemies at different level than you. As far as I remember, you must aim precisely at enemy in such cases. Little unintuitive for weapon that gives you so much leeway in same-level combat.
10. No comment.
Of course... Everything depends on your play style. I always took more methodical, slow, tactical approach in Dark Forces. If you play more dynamically, like in Doom, all I wrote above could be unimportant to you.
Regardless of how you play, I hope more people will play DF. Maybe we get more games with more blasters than light sabers. Not everyone wants to run through imperial bases with glowing sticks 😂
I played a bunch of this today. Has a great time, the thought of them remastering the Jedi Knight games is almost too much. Those games are very special to me and to see a full remaster would make my year.
I played this so much as a kid... It's the very first game I ever owned. I got stuck in the sewer level for like three months... And then the Groma's mines... Man it was tough. But I still love it. Thanks for the review, might give it a go later.
I had this on PC back in the 90s. I still have the copy. I later got it on PSP.
I just realized that whenever I see "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" I instinctively reach for the volume. dang
Kyle Katarn, I SO hoped that the sequel trilogy would have him, Jan, Luke, the Yavin 4 Jedi Temple, etc...Ah well, I was naive lol
Nice review! Rogue One did Kyle dirty! Your OG Dark Forces footage is slightly stretched. 320x200 didn't have square pixels.
It's nice that modern Star Wars kind of acknowledges legends canon sometimes, like featuring Dark Troopers in The Mandalorian. It's also hard to ignore the Jyn Erso/Jan Ors similarity when both were involved in stealing Death Star plans.
Not sure if that's an acknowledgment or the most lazy of recycling. 😆
Actually, there's a issue with the music implementation in the remaster, where notes don't play at the right times, that's why it sounds like a jumbled mess. They didn't have the source code for the IMUSE music system, so they had to improvise. They didn't quite hit the mark, so hopefully there's a fix for this. Watch the Digital Foundry video to learn more.
I was about to say, yeah its quite unfortunate they didn't get that part right.
It does work properly in The Force Engine though, right? I believe to know DFs music very well and don't remember that anything felt off during my playthrough. Also I haven't noticed the slight stutter that according to Digital Foundry happens when the game doesn't run with exactly 72 fps (due to the way the original DF was implemented) and is supposed to be found in both the remaster and The Force Engine.
@NeovanGoth I notice the stutter and there's a big difference in smoothness between 120 and 144 fps, where 144 divides evenly with 72. Try it yourself, and if you have a 60hz panel, use the console commands like in the DF video to change the internal timing to 60 instead of 72, the game will run a tad slower but it will be 100% smooth. The music has problems too. Perhaps you just can't tell and that's fair.
@@MTaye7 Yeah I actually tried it yesterday and know now why I didn't notice it before:
Because I was playing in 400p, in which case the judder seems to get completely eaten up by aliasing effects caused by the low resolution. In 4k with 120 fps it is very obvious though, particularly when directly compared to 72 fps (via RTSS frame limiter).
Interestingly when capped to 72 fps, TFE runs _almost_ perfectly smoothly on my PC, but there still is judder every now and then, like every couple of seconds.
my favorites were sega's sw trilogy (arcade), shadows of the empire, dark forces, jedi knight, rogue squadron, rogue leader
I absolutely loved this game. You really hit the nail on the head. Lucasarts was an absolute powerhouse in the 1990s.
I'll never forget this game, I played it on a joystick-less ps1 controller 😂
It was pretty cool getting to see a Hutt Jedi at the beginning of the vid.