Played the 3 level demo of this game endlessly as a kid. Still is just as fun today. Its a shame they don't sell this version on Steam anymore. Works great on Steam Deck when loaded via The Force Engine.


Star Wars: Dark Forces
1995 Bullet-Proof Software76Good
Playtime
ShortIt typically takes about 8 hours to finish the game.
Playable on
Game modes
Details
- Launch
- February 28, 1995
- Developer
- LucasArts
- Publisher
- Bullet-Proof Software
- Themes
- Genres
Overview
The Empire stretches its evil clutches across the galaxy, consuming planets with devastating results. Through many struggles, the Rebel Alliance has learned of a new Imperial battle station, the Death Star, with enough power to destroy an entire planet. The evil Empire is secretly building a massive army to complete their arsenal of domination and render their reign of terror unstoppable. Kyle Katarn, a formal Imperial Stormtrooper must join the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division, and re-take the Empire from the inside, one battle at a time. Unlike many other Doom-based games, Star Wars: Dark Forces attempted a realistic approach: the missions followed a specific storyline, sometimes cut up by scenes to progress the narrative. Each mission had its own briefing and objective. The levels were designed to represent actual bases, mines, facilities, and other known places from the Star Wars universe, like Star Destroyer interiors, Jabba's ship, Coruscant, etc.
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Reception
- Steam88from 2.3K reviews
Very good DOOM-like game in Star Wars setting, although it has a few hiccups. Level design is not all that impressive and sometimes can be really repetetive and confusing. Same goes for a few puzzles this game has. Overall, not bad, but not really memorable
Still hits
Star Wars is Legendry
As a DOS game from 1995 this game runs phenomenally well, though it's not without its flaws. The controls and level design are very much from another era that doesn't really translate to modern story-based shooters. HOWEVER, there is incredible modding support for this game that brings it closer to the modern age. I played the first 6 levels vanilla,...




























