Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster (2024) REVIEW 

Def coming !

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

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.

@@Fastwinstondoom The first one. Without the dinosaur.

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

What happened to your friend?

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

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.

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. ❤️ 🕊️

Sorry this game looks terrible

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

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

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.

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

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

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).

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

@@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.

Shadow of the empire

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

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

Achievement Unlocked. 😍

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.

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.

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.

@@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.

@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.

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

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.

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

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

Agreed! Love me some Tie Fighter too!

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

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

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

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

You can change it in settings

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Yes. Key was F6 I believe.

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

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

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

mum gave it ? why no PC ?

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

I don’t blame you, Legends has better Star Wars content than most Disney has produced in recent years.

Canon is defined as whatever the priests like, and want to use against you - it is not what you prefer, and it is not for your benefit. Unless you seek to understand Star Wars by it's canon. It makes me genuinely angry, that you think it only exists to suck you off, specifically, out of the 8 billion people on earth... What about us, you think we are all inferior to you? Is that a threat, Sir? And by what logic do you pretend, we should all suffer for your gratification, hmmm? Are you trying to tell us, that you are a threat to sexy girls, and we need to lock you away forever, just to keep them safe? Legends is the ultimate lack of understanding, the ultimate no-think-looks-cool. Luke Skywalker vs. Luuuuke... what are you, 5 years old? No plan, no point, no purpose. Limitless only because it is a LIE. Just a loser power-fantasy fan-fiction, shat out of thieving piggy-backers, who only came to steal your money. The very pinnacle of everything you claim to detest, in a paper thin sugar-coating, and you can't wait to reward them for their abuse of you... and it's YOU, isn't it? That's the big secret you're hoping to hide, behind your fascist, safe "opinion" parrotting? But when you beg for a pat on the back in that cowardly way, I'm going to punch you in the face, like you deserve! I am saddened and disappointed, that you gravitate towards something so utterly conceited and selfish. Particularly, when I don't want to have sex with you, your insolent self-importance only reads as a beg to be hammered into the floorboards. You attended class with Lucas, but you didn't learn a damn thing, too busy endlessly rotating around your own butthole. You're embarrassing in your vulgar display of weakness and entitlement! Please stop talking.

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

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!

Forgot to add to my RU-vid 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.

Much appreciated!

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

Yeah, sort of. Dark Forces, Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight, Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy.

I was playing this while a friend was over last week and they basically INSISTED I turn off the head bobbing. They couldn't stand it. LOL

@@MetalJesusRocks Hah they must've hated Doom back in the day, gotta love the things old games did to make more "realistic" movement

You bet!

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.

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

BAHWHAHAHA! This is my favorite comment today. 😂

I'm hoping they'll do Dark Forces 2 next, and move on to Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy later. But mostly fix Dark Forces 2, because those early 3D era PC titles are just awful to get running on modern hardware. Plus that game changes to 640x480 every time you friggin pause the game. Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight NEEDS a remaster.