Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster (2024) REVIEW

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4 ай бұрын

Nightdive Studios remastered the classic Star Wars Dark Forces game for modern consoles and PC, upgrading the graphics & music as well as including a bunch of developer behind the scenes content. Can they improve on one of the best Star Wars games ever made? Check out my review!
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@achriscilley3965 4 ай бұрын

Some of my FONDEST memories of being a kid in the 90's, was playing this game. I'll never forget the very first time I was introduced to Dark Forces. My neighbor got it for his birthday and called me over to check it out. We must have sat in his room on that computer taking turns for at least 2 or 3 days straight. I can still remember his Dad walking in his room and asking us if we had slept the night before. And his surprised look when my friend told him we had stayed up for the past two nights playing on the computer. 🤣 Good times! Sadly, my friend is no longer with us. Every time I see this game, I'm reminded of him and all the great times we had playing it together. 🥲 Thanks for the stroll down memory lane Jason. I needed a smile today. 🤜🤛

@VideInfra 4 ай бұрын

What happened to your friend?

@EDFCentral 4 ай бұрын

@@VideInfraHe died. That's all we need to know.

@EDFCentral 4 ай бұрын

Also, I had a friend like that as well. We went to see the Star Wars movies when they were re-released back in the 90's. We both were so excited to go see them. I remember after seeing one of them he asked me to drive him by his grandmothers house so he could get his copy of Rebel Assault for PC. He was in the Star Wars frame of mind that day. He too passed back in 2011, and he will forever be linked to my Star Wars memories.

@RUFU58 4 ай бұрын

Me and my friend did the same with this game and so many others. Unreal was one of the other ones we stayed up for nights playing and drinking Dr Pepper. Great times indeed. I’m sorry to hear about your friend. ❤️ 🕊️

@randybobandy9828 4 ай бұрын

Sorry this game looks terrible

@ebestul84 4 ай бұрын

A Dark Forces 2 - Jedi Knight remaster would be AMAZING!

@bones2015ify 4 ай бұрын

Def coming !

@Fastwinstondoom 4 ай бұрын

If this does well I think Jedi Knight is pretty much a given...

@Motorheadache95 4 ай бұрын

Yeah I bought this remaster right away- mostly because I wanted to play it, but also to vote with my wallet that we want them to continue with Jedi Knight.

@bbb462cid 4 ай бұрын

@@Fastwinstondoom The first one. Without the dinosaur.

@stormykeep9213 4 ай бұрын

Oh yeah! I miss some good 'ol Canyon Oasis death match!

@kazuhirala 4 ай бұрын

Those 90s Star Wars game covers are work of art. It really did a fantastic job in sucking you into the galaxy

@Koborover 4 ай бұрын

Before Disney changed it to Cassian Andor and "Jyn Erso", it was Kyle Katarn and Jan Ors who were sent to get the Death Star plans. Fun fact: In the Andor TV series (great show btw), Cassian Andor carries the Bryar pistol used by Kyle Katarn in this 1995 game.

@adambomber3384 4 ай бұрын

it's not actually the same model of Bryar pistol. it's morseo based on the Battlefront 2015 take on the Bryar model, which in turn was inspired by that game. it also added a rotating cylinder for reloads in Andor

@dboygamer8184 4 ай бұрын

Rogue One was still a good story. I had no problems with Jyn Erso she had legit a true struggling background story.

@boblowes 4 ай бұрын

Before Dark Forces, it was covered in the Star Wars radio play. So it's not the first time it's been retconned. There's also that PSP game where Kyle Katarn employs a Twi'lek agent and her droid to steal the plans as well.

@dboygamer8184 4 ай бұрын

@@boblowes Star Wars Lethal Alliance. Yeah she was cute

@jangofett7421 4 ай бұрын

Jyn Erso - Jan Ors omg how did it take this long for me to see this 😮

@badgamergate565 4 ай бұрын

Still waiting for a Rogue Squadron trilogy remaster...

@BloodRedFox2008 4 ай бұрын

I think Aspyr is more likely to handle that series. The question then would be if it’s a remaster like they did with Tomb Raider 1-3, or an upressed port like they did with Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy. I’d like Rogue Squadron to get the Tomb Raider treatment, but honestly I’m someone who wouldn’t complain too much about just simply getting a collection that simply just ups the resolution to 1080 and higher. Also if Rogue Squadron gets a modern collection release, I’d love to also have Battle for Naboo included. That game was the only dedicated Prequel game Factor 5 made and it slightly bums me they never fully revisited that setting (closet we got to a revisit of the Prequels was when they did include a level in RS3 that saw Wedge land on Geonosis and pilot Obi Wans Jedi star fighter after dealing with some separatist droids that were still functioning).

@majorgear1021 4 ай бұрын

Emperor Palpatine will return 3-4 more times before that happens. “Somehow, he’s back”

@badgamergate565 4 ай бұрын

@@majorgear1021 I'd call that a new hope then as the last bonus mission from the first game is taken straight from the "Dark Empire" comic in which Palpatine made a return as a clone. We're covered on that end... And since we're still getting a fair amount of old games making a comeback in remaster form, I'd say its a safe bet overall. I just won't put money in Vegas on it, but I may on the pre-order.

@disastermaster1413 4 ай бұрын

Shadow of the empire

@trashaimgamer7822 4 ай бұрын

Right. Hope they implement a checkpoint system instead of lives though.

@sullister1842 4 ай бұрын

Dusting off my SoundBlaster 16.

@nomad_boreal 4 ай бұрын

Definitely gonna go with the OPL-3 option once I start playing the remaster..

@jimbones0 4 ай бұрын

Yes, you could turn off the head-bob effect in the original version. You could also turn off the hud and holster your weapon. All of these functions were assigned to the F function keys on the keyboard (F1-F8) but it’s been so long I can’t recall which ones. Very innovative at the time. 👍

@OneTrueNobody 4 ай бұрын

For the soundtrack, it seems like they went for a soundfont that emulates what a more high-end PC of the time would have used. The thing about a lot of the DOSbox releases of old games is that they often choose to emulate a more basic sound card that *most* players would have had in their PC at the time rather than the higher-end stuff that the more dedicated PC users of the day would have favored; this leaves players of today to find and implement external soundcard emulation manually if they want that experience, which can be tricky to pull off.

@umeng2002 4 ай бұрын

Yes, when I played with the Force Engine, it also had that option with multiple high-end sound cards of the era. You can also download soundfonts and have the Force Engine use those instead of the built-in ones. MIDI was quite a wild west.

@fossilfern 4 ай бұрын

Though the SC55/88 was the Gold Standard, I was quite partial to the Yamaha MU80. Does anyone know where to download an MU80 soundfont ? You can replace the sound font in the files of the remaster but it obviously won’t fix the out of sync music. It seems a little too fast.

@slaapliedje 4 ай бұрын

I have an SC-88 Pro hooked up to my Linux desktop where I was making slow progress through the original Dark Forces with the beautiful MIDI music from it. Now, I am wondering if the Remaster will sound as good.

@fossilfern 4 ай бұрын

@@slaapliedje the remaster is still good but the music can be a bit annoying but it’s not terrible. Hope they patch the music issue.

@BrandonBlume 4 ай бұрын

@iedjeIt'd be fantastic if they offered a MIDI Output option for the music so we can use our own gear or drivers if we have it. But that's not going to happen. The SC-55 soundfont they're using is pretty close, but not perfect (no soundfont can be). As for the OPL3 (FM synth) emulation, I can't tell so far if they've used different OPL instruments (they've done this before with ROTT LE) or if they're just using a different OPL emulation core.

@Seether-jt6mo 4 ай бұрын

Watching your channel is like getting into a really deep game where you have to constantly go on the wiki to find out how to unlock certain items or have the best builds, then go on youtube & find a bunch of videos of how people are playing it. Basically what I'm saying is your channel has a really warm feel to it & it makes me have a deeper love & respect for video games & all the equipment that goes along with it

@MetalJesusRocks 4 ай бұрын

Achievement Unlocked. 😍

@dtruong926 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for posting this! The sheer amount of nostalgia I'm getting flooded with while watching is bringing tears to my eyes. These old Star Wars games that ran in DOS were amazing. I remember my friends and I collecting all of them and absolutely loving the heck out of the Dark Forces series, especially Jedi Knight. We were so hungry for new lore that we would sit through the FMV scenes in both of the Rebel Assault games and we absolutely devoured the story in the Tie Fighter Collector's Edition Strategy Guide. I have a bunch of them now in my Steam collection and need to find time to both revisit them and pick up this new remaster.

@lordsheldor 4 ай бұрын

I love the pixel style of the OG Version more

@electricmiragemedia 4 ай бұрын

Agreed. I think it looks a little strange with the high res work - like the world is a bit more lifeless?

@Dappydoo 4 ай бұрын

Bizarre take. What would even be the point in leaving it blurry and blocky

@lordsheldor 4 ай бұрын

@@Dappydoo cause retro style, you know, also known as boomer shooter ^^

@MrThecrazyzombie 4 ай бұрын

You can change it in settings

@George-um2vc 4 ай бұрын

Next version far better, so many upgrade over the original, HUGE W for this remaster.

@J.Wick. 4 ай бұрын

I remember beating this game over a weekend on a PS1. Believe I was sick that week/end, and my Dad made the weekly journey to the local rental store for me. He rented this and a couple movies. I was hooked on this game. Happy to see this get a proper revisit.

@Detective_L 4 ай бұрын

I wish they added a mini map with a tracker on where to go next. I may prefer old games but modern fixes like that are a blessing with big maze like games with identical layouts.

@greggvictorious968 4 ай бұрын

Official Star Wars is whatever Disney says it is. Authentic Star Wars is everything before the sale of Lucasfilm. You can't buy authenticity.

@kevinhardy8997 4 ай бұрын

That elevator puzzle stumped me. Genius puzzle design.

@Anguawolf007 4 ай бұрын

...for a game. If this were a real world scenario, the workers would be so confused and inefficient.

@arkham006 4 ай бұрын

This was an instant purchase for me! Love old school FPS games

@purefoldnz3070 4 ай бұрын

at $43 it was an instant no buy for me!

@thomascarluccio7099 4 ай бұрын

$43 is a lot of money to you lmao sad life you have. Maybe you just a cheap ass hat@@purefoldnz3070

@lucasrem 4 ай бұрын

i bought it in 1997, remastered ? It's still old...

@TheMcrico84 4 ай бұрын

I would love for devs to start doing this with games like Dino crisis 1 and 2 Re 1 and 2, code veronica Parasite eve 1 and 2 Silent hill They could make so much money and we would be so happy

@damn5987 4 ай бұрын

Resident evil 1 & 2 have a makeover via the seameless HD project, and RE1 was also remastered

@KonniBel 4 ай бұрын

Read that Parasite Eve can't happy because it was based on something and they were not happy with the games...

@TheMcrico84 4 ай бұрын

@@damn5987 im talking about the original just like tomb raider 1 2 and 3

@damn5987 4 ай бұрын

@@TheMcrico84 RE1 and RE2 (and RE3) in the seameless HD project are the original versions

@AbstractM0use 4 ай бұрын

Well, they did do RE2. Definitely want a Silent Hill remake. I played it a lot when it was new back in the day, but last time I tried it, it's very dated and looks bad, graphics-wise. Most retro games' dated graphics don't bother me, but that one does. I'd just love to see it in HD glory with what they can do with lighting and shadows now.

@noahgraeme 4 ай бұрын

Honestly... the Star Wars Universe after ROTJ and before TPM... was the absolute best. Will die on this hill all day 🤘🏻

@Kdkdkikdk 4 ай бұрын

Yes! Star Wars in the 90s got a special place in our hearts

@Motorheadache95 4 ай бұрын

I agree. There was something a bit more special about it back then, before all the Special Editions, prequels, Clone Wars cartoons, etc. It was just three classic movies and a few novels, comics, and games.

@woodsie315 Ай бұрын

I'll die on that hill right there with you. It's never been the same since.

@breeze1138 4 ай бұрын

Star Wars X-Wing is the reason I added a Roland SC-55 Sound Canvas to my computer. I'm glad they have that version, that's how I remember the music for Dark Forces! Just wish we got a discount for owning the original Steam version. At least there's a discount for owning Battlefront 1 and 2 classics when the SWBF collection comes out.

@RandomDudeFromSomewhere 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for mentioning SWBF collection, I hadn't heard of it.

@breeze1138 4 ай бұрын

I just noticed that there is a 10% discount for owning the original on Steam. I bought it!

@lucasrem 4 ай бұрын

Back then all audio was crab, midi sounds....... compressed or Flac better ?????

@RandomDudeFromSomewhere 4 ай бұрын

I think the head-bobbing in the original game was called "Head Wave" and *could* be disabled -- at least, in the DOS version.

@UnchainedEruption 3 ай бұрын

Yes. Key was F6 I believe.

@aforce82 4 ай бұрын

Probably my second favorite Star Wars game after TIE Fighter. Lucasarts was killing it in the 90's.

@MetalJesusRocks 4 ай бұрын

Agreed! Love me some Tie Fighter too!

@clivepotts1273 4 ай бұрын

Gotta be one of my favourite star wars games, 90s FPS were great

@mlmmt 4 ай бұрын

I played the original on PS1 to death, I remember that game so much!

@lucasrem 4 ай бұрын

mum gave it ? why no PC ?

@nvmskullworks4794 4 ай бұрын

the skating effect from games without headbob is what gets me.

@silverian 4 ай бұрын

Great to see Remaster version!

@ScruffyLookinRGB 4 ай бұрын

Oh my goodness i forgot all about this game. Great review I'll have to check it out.

@SeafoodKilla1 4 ай бұрын

gotta love all the ADLIB/SOUNDBLASTERY goodness of the midi soundtracks from back then

@lucasrem 4 ай бұрын

General midi crab you need ? why stick in the past, why you need that now ?

@losingstreak1138 4 ай бұрын

This is awesome! I really hope they do remasters for Jedi Knight and Mysteries of the Sith.

@cliftongardner4367 4 ай бұрын

Loved this game as a kid, I have the steam version but it just felt antiquated and frustrating to control when I went back to it a few years ago. This looks absolutely amazing and I cannot WAIT to play through a quality Nightdive take on this one.

@rafaelbrito9519 4 ай бұрын

I remember being 8 and watching my dad play this and shadows of the empire on the windows 98, it was mindblowing to play something 3d at the time, I didnt play this much, but I played a lot of shadows of empire, had a blast, the water level creeped me out, specially the boss, good times

@HenryKrinkle81 4 ай бұрын

Alllll I want is a Shadows of the Empire remaster that's a lot like this one.

@adamsultana8380 4 ай бұрын

Exactly, it's almost like that game is forgotten amongst developers....

@Motorheadache95 4 ай бұрын

A remaster would be great- ideally using the PC version, but add the option to use the N64 artwork cutscenes, which I thought were much better than the atrocious CG cutscenes in the PC version.

@rorz999 4 ай бұрын

Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight is one of my favourite games of all time 💜

@timpize8733 4 ай бұрын

Me too. In comparison the first Dark Forces isn't even worth mentioning. Jedi Knight is still one of the best FPS's of all times. The second one too.

@CymruJedi 4 ай бұрын

Extremely well edited and nicely spoken review. Well done on this one

@MetalJesusRocks 4 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

@jasonbladex 4 ай бұрын

Omg when I was tinkering with the original steam release I tried desperately to figure out how to run dark forces with roland sc55 audio on my modern pc. I had no luck. So glad they used that for this release.

@orangedrink888 4 ай бұрын

Wow! This looks great! Going to purchase now. Brings back soooo many memories DOS/Windows gaming in the 90s. Now I want a remaster of Carmageddon :D

@jcrebel18 4 ай бұрын

12:29 You're correct that Kyle Katarn is no longer a part of Disney's canon, however Cassian Andor is heavily inspired by Katarn as evidenced by the fact he has the same pistol in Andor that Katarn has in the games, albeit it does not look exactly the same obviously.

@lucasrem 4 ай бұрын

Muhahaha, Patme, Nathalie Portman dolls, she is not it ???? FCK THAT HARD !

@zolyguy 4 ай бұрын

Now we need Dark Forces 2 jedi knight + mysteries of the sith. that game has never been released on consoles and is absolutely incredible.

@MrAvenger1975 4 ай бұрын

It is. And the most difficult of the 4 Dark Forces games.

@akmark5000 4 ай бұрын

Good reviiew man, thhanks.

@Tall_Order 4 ай бұрын

For me legends is cannon. It's disney that isn't.

@cinnabarsin4288 4 ай бұрын

Oh man, I can barely think of a time when video game motion made me have a physical reaction but at 2:24 where the mouse look makes the skybox and geometry warp and move really gave me a nasty moment of motion sickness.

@SuperNicktendo 4 ай бұрын

I didn't even know you could look up or down in this game. Goes to show you how many times I just jumped into a game without looking at the manual first

@MetalJesusRocks 4 ай бұрын

You don't really need to look up or down in the original as the auto-targeting is pretty forgiving...but yeah... it's there if you wanted it LOL

@113caleb 4 ай бұрын

Hey, how do you switch back-and-forth to the original? I was trying to figure that out. I am playing on the series X Xbox

@blazr1976 4 ай бұрын

I had graphics culture shock when I went back to Shadows of the Empire for N64 recently. It is amazing how good it looked to me on release. I will definitely be picking up DF Remastered. Now all we need are remasters of X-Wing and TIE Fighter.

@Jalex0021 4 ай бұрын

Yes, without a good CRT, the visuals and frame pacing will always be worse than you remember.

@negirno 4 ай бұрын

Honestly, _Shadows of the Empire_ had very monotone graphics even back then thanks to the N64 limitations which were carried over to the PC version (which by the way required a 3D accelerator card). The Hoth levels had only one texture!

@Vanessaira-Retro 4 ай бұрын

Forgot to add to my KZfaq video link. Tie Figther, XWA, and X-Wing have been worked on via fans for many many years. The Tie Fighter Total Conversion linked above has released and the Reimagined Campaign is getting close to completion.

@johnhancockretro 4 ай бұрын

Some great Star Wars games came out in the 90s. I would love for Nightdive Studios to remaster X-wing and Tie Fighter.

@rinoz47 Ай бұрын

11:47 never noticed the Phase 2's on standby back there.

@ChetHanks-eh1md 4 ай бұрын

can you run the music score through your own midi tone generator ?

@tjstrato1 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the review!

@lexluthermiester 4 ай бұрын

@MetalJesusRocks Thank you for reviewing this! A remake would be very cool!

@spirit_in_exile 4 ай бұрын

I’ve recently replayed the original using the fan-made Force Engine replacement for some gameplay improvements, which btw has collab’ed w/NightDive & is going to support the Remaster’s assets, too! As for more of a remake: There was a DF mod for Jedi Academy well underway (07-08?), later cancelled, and the demo was/is pretty epic. Still on ModDB

@phaigemartin 4 ай бұрын

I remember back in the day this game felt like you were running around with your chest on the ground... perspective was weird but many great memories... great vid

@nutherefurlong 4 ай бұрын

The repeater was my most used weapon One of my memories of the game was when you go to... not to spoil, but just a place that's a bit different than the usual bunkers, and I was excited for a moment to maybe see some glimpse of noncombatants or an illusion of a populated area but it was clear that wasn't going to happen, the engine would probably fall apart, and it wouldn't have served a shooter story too well, I guess. Now those things are within reach of developers, but then it felt like every choice must have been exacting, despite it being decades after people were squeezing bits into Atari carts. A fond memory was how they used map geometry to create an illusion of different floors despite the Doom-style vertical limitations This one sneaked up on me, would definitely like to have it.

@thomasbaldiscola4671 4 ай бұрын

One of my favs back in the day. Dark Forces, Tie Fighter, & Rebel Assault 2 where my JAMS on my old Compaq! Take my money!

@GamingintoEternity 4 ай бұрын

Yo Jason! Great review! I actually have the Collectors Metal Box which featured Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast but also included Dark Forces and Dark Forces 2 all for Windows 95/98. It also included a mini light saber on a key chain that lights up. It's very cool! 🤘🏻

@thelatman9397 4 ай бұрын

LOved this back in the day, LucasArts had some big hitters that made my pC (at the time) a Star Wars machine.....X Wing, TIE Fighter, XvT, Rebel Alliance.........man, you're getting me all misty eyed wishing for my childhood again

@musamatheslim6617 4 ай бұрын

I'm convinced I could listen to MJR talk about anything video game related. Never played the original, no desire to play the new version... but still watched the entire video 😂 Can always appreciate the work that went in to each video, as always great work man 👍🏻

@untrustworthyshelfing9953 4 ай бұрын

Great review and attention to detail.

@philippeamon7271 4 ай бұрын

Jason Lewis started putting together a gorgeous Unreal5 remake a couple of years ago. The videos are still on his youtube channel, but no recent news about that project.

@wh1telightning 4 ай бұрын

Will definitely be picking this up!!! Great review. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

@kiriltodorov2192 4 ай бұрын

The remaster looks exactly how I remember it from the 90s :)

@Right_Said_Brett 4 ай бұрын

That's always the sign of a great remaster; to simply make the game look how you remember it looking, as opposed to how to it actually looked.

@Reploid-dj9jc 4 ай бұрын

With CRT monitors back then it most likely did , and now we all can have this great quality .

@Danzig420 4 ай бұрын

Please do more reviews Metal Jesus!

@odnetnin4720 4 ай бұрын

Oh man…I had no idea what you where talking about until I saw the big box art. Then it all came rushing back! So many memories so long long ago…….

@kybercore1213 4 ай бұрын

I remember sneaking downstairs when my parents were asleep to play this on pc back in the 90’s! The sound of our computer booting up was nerve wracking! 😂

@SeafoodKilla1 4 ай бұрын

AWESOME...thanks for the info Jason!!

@MetalJesusRocks 4 ай бұрын

You bet!

@CherniavskyDen 4 ай бұрын

Completed original mac version a year ago on my iBook G3 500. Still plays very well!

@marconihimself 4 ай бұрын

If youre a console gamer but like keyboard and mouse support for those remasters of old games, this one allegedly has it on xbox. Quake does as well (dont know about quake 2), age of empires 2 also has k+m on xbox etc. Kind of an underrated feature for xbox. I wished Larian implemented this for baldur's gate.

@flogcsiddrater3251 4 ай бұрын

i remember playing the Mac demo of this game over and over as a kid

@artofnoise5013 4 ай бұрын

This looks great! I love the smoother, sharper graphics while keeping the simplicity of the geometry. There's a nice sense of artistry to the remaster. I might just have to pick this one up.

@MartinBarreby 4 ай бұрын

Looks great! Will for sure pick it up! Great review! :) I'm in this phase right now though where I kind of like to play older games closer to their original resolution. When emulating Gamecube or PS2 for example, I have loved to play the games in higher resolution and almost get that remaster feeling. But now I really like to stick to the original resolution (or closer to them at least) since textures and geometries works so well with it. What I am starting to feel in some of the remasters is that even if textures are more high res, geometries often stay the same, and it just makes everything so "boxy" and blocky. But depends on the game of course so it can be hit or miss for sure. :)

@chocolocojames213 4 ай бұрын

What a nice surprise. I'm gonna get this eventually. Thank for the review 😊😊😊

@TyroClint 3 ай бұрын

I love the switch between original n remaster feature, so I can see what they have changed or improved anywhere in the game. Im using it a lot on the Tomb Raider remastered trilogy

@WthaHatchet 4 ай бұрын

Gotta get it! Such a good classic. They gotta do the rest of the Dark Forces games. All were really fun. You are totally right they need all the Rebel Assualt games too. The i love the second one just as much as the first. Everyone will be a must buy for a Star Wars fan especially into the lore and legends or just The Star Wars Universe in video game form. Great review man! 🤘🤘

@GamesofFuturesPast 4 ай бұрын

I first played this game on the PS1. The music had a different sound over the midi sound font. Can I play the game with that version of the sound in the remaster?

@ImaginaShip 4 ай бұрын

Does the original retail box still have the smell?

@NonApplicableRecords 4 ай бұрын

I am still hoping and praying for X-Wing and Tie Fighter remasters/rereleases! I also really wish they would fix the controls on Bounty Hunter as well, SO annoying!

@marklechman2225 4 ай бұрын

When this came out it was the absolute bomb. It came out during the tail-end of the shareware demo era so even us kids with no cash could try it out. It was Star Wars heaven for gamers of that era. I remember being so impressed that your character could look up and down! Talk about cutting edge!

@alexanderwharton187 4 ай бұрын

Loved OG Dark Forces! can't believe it's back with a new coat of paint! Love your content!!

@CheapJabroni 4 ай бұрын

Yeah baby! Love this channel!

@fgdj2000 4 ай бұрын

I for one am really happy they stuck to the classic look and didn't mess with it too much. I've never played this one back in the day, because it was on the index of our country (which means you were still allowed to buy or sell it, but you couldn't advertise it or put it openly in your shop). And ever since some retrospectives on Shadows of the Empire and the Jedi Knight Series I've been craving a classic mid-1990s Star Wars game. Finally got it! It's also great to remember a simpler time when there was just one trilogy and a growing but still manageable number of books and comics. 😊 (I am one of the few who don't mind any of Licas' changes or the prequels or the sequels, but I still like to go back in time from time to time and occasionally pop in the "GOUT" or Harmy's despeciaöized editions)

@AbstractM0use 4 ай бұрын

Being able to look up and down was revolutionary for the genre at the time.

@AmigaVR 4 ай бұрын

Nice, I played it on PS1 back in the day. Now we finally have a Amiga port 🤘🏻

@biffsuperman7519 4 ай бұрын

I had the original Mac version. There was an option to turn off the head bob or sway. I remember because it took me forever to figure out what that option meant.

@ericwadebrown 4 ай бұрын

Will there be a big box version?

@BR_5499 4 ай бұрын

Adding the compass feature like Quake 2 remaster did would help with the navigation issues. It works really well in Quake 2.

@alterbr33d 4 ай бұрын

2:38 You can't change the control bindings to Legacy controls. If you set the left stick to turn, and the right stick to strafe, what will happen is it will have both turn and strafe at the same time on the left stick and on the right stick. Its an old game that allows you to revert to old graphics, so I think it should allow for the old 90s controls, and also that's how my brain is wired still.

@DougyFreshGames 4 ай бұрын

That vault alone is interesting enough for me lol. I remember the box back in the 90s but never checked it out.

@matthewsmith3817 4 ай бұрын

Wait. They fixed the timing issues of the MIDI render? I bought the Steam version and the music sounds way off. A patch is incoming to fix this?

@MetalJesusRocks 4 ай бұрын

Yep! They literally fixed it yesterday in the beta and so everybody should have the fixed version.

@matthewsmith3817 4 ай бұрын

@@MetalJesusRocks Awesome! Thanks for letting us know.

@shldnfr 4 ай бұрын

I will pick up the inevitable LRG physical release as I've done for all of Nightdive's games.

@juanf5391 4 ай бұрын

I remember back in 2000/2001 when my parents bought my brothers and me our first P.C.(a Compaq) from Radio Shack. The first three games I bought were Diablo II, Medal of Honor Allied Assault (the game time forgot), and Star Wars Jedi Knight II. JK II blew me away and I played through the game multiple times on Jedi Knight difficulty until I left for boot camp in 2002. P.S: I also want to give a shout-out to Sim City 2000 which came with the P.C. That game got me hooked on sim games to this day.

@MrAvenger1975 4 ай бұрын

JKII is still one of my favorite games of all time. I still play it from time to time.

@egger7576 4 ай бұрын

7:15, credits, Winston Wolf, was that an homage to Pulp Fiction?

@creaturesfromelsewhere203 4 ай бұрын

Puking from the headbobbing was part of the fun, and a crucial element of the "Dark Forces Diet Plan."

@hovermotion 4 ай бұрын

This it one of my faves on the pc years ago..

@thegameplayer125 4 ай бұрын

man i have wanted to try this game for many many years now. this makes me excited

@michaelclark7447 4 ай бұрын

Did they improve the audio at all? Maybe new sound effects?

@bobtinney5368 4 ай бұрын

I’m 53 now, but I played this game on my first PC, I believe it was a Windows 2000. I immediately fell in love with it. I never played a Doom style game before, so I was surprised how much fun it was. I still own the original game CIB, but I’m excited to play the remaster soon. Great video!

@TheTrueMac 4 ай бұрын

MetalJesus I need your help. I have a Wii that I use for some random games but I’m in need of the 10 best shooter games overall, to use with my gun zapper peripheral. On-rails, hunting, anything. I know the hunting games are hit and miss and there are some on-rail games like HotD but there are too many to know for sure without having played them. Please help me oh gnarly one🙏🏼

@Pixelmusement 4 ай бұрын

Are you sure you're thinking about Rebel Assault and not X-Wing? Rebel Assault (and its sequel) were the FMV games which yeah, they look and sound cool, but their controls were kinda abysmal. :P

@TrojTV 4 ай бұрын

a 4K Rebel Assault collection would be awesome

@BrandonBlume 4 ай бұрын

7:30 That's not the Sound Canvas. That's Adlib/OPL3. The Sound Canvas facsimile soundfont is the General MIDI option.

@MetalJesusRocks 4 ай бұрын

Nightdive Studios pushed out a patch that changed the music. Who knows what it will sound like tomorrow. 😂 They are trying to address that timing issue reviewers reported, so perhaps this is evolving.

@BrandonBlume 4 ай бұрын

@@MetalJesusRocksThe patch fixed the MIDI note jittering issue (to a degree. it's not totally fixable as I understand it because of the way the timing clock was programmed deep in the engine code for DOS). But the music options didn't change. The SC-55 Sound Canvas is a PCM synthesizer module with realistic sounding instruments. OPL3 is Adlib (FM synthesis). Two entirely different things. Just pointing out that either you misunderstood the explanation NightDive gave you or NightDive misunderstood your question as their answer addressed something different. Or I'm misunderstanding what you said in the video lol. But you played back OPL music after talking about the SC-55 so just want to make sure you and other viewers understood what the SC-55 actually is. The General MIDI option uses the SC-55 soundfont and the OPL3 option uses Adlib/OPL3 emulation. Since Adlib is also emulated in DOSBox I suspect the difference lies in the OPL emulation core used. There are a number of OPL emulation cores available, some are more accurate at the cost of performance and others vice versa. DOSBox's is one of the easier on performance. Others like the "Nuked" OPL core strive to be as accurate as possible and so take up more resources to output. I don't know which one NightDive uses but it's obviously different from the DOSBox one. Or the patches are different from the original DOS version (wouldn't be the first time, they also used different OPL voices for ROTT Ludicrous Edition which didn't match the DOS original either).