89
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
4.0
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

Dark Forces is LucasArts' first attempt to enter the 1st person shooter market. Instead of licensing the Doom engine, the company created its own which has more 3D elements than ID Software's, with the ability to look up and down, and to jump and crouch.

The game is set in the familiar Star Wars universe, and contains almost all of the Imperial stuff such as stormtroopers, officers, and droids.

There are 14 huge levels to complete in the original version. Several animated cutscenes appear between the missions to develop the story. There is no multiplayer mode.

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User Reviews

A gem of its time, recreating the original Star Wars fun and adventure. RussS (390) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
The first First Person Shooter I ever liked enough to finish Alan Chan (3712) unrated
A long time ago... Chris Martin Bronze Star Contributing Member (1116) 4.25 Stars4.25 Stars4.25 Stars4.25 Stars4.25 Stars
Blaster bolts and hydro-spanners! Clinton Webb (21) unrated
The first game that stood away from Id's FPS crap MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (35183) 4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars
Doom-clones hyped up... not because of Doom Boston Low (54) 4.25 Stars4.25 Stars4.25 Stars4.25 Stars4.25 Stars
The first and best experience in FPS action. Jason Musgrave (75) unrated
Cheap Spaceballs Knock-off! Terrence Bosky Bronze Star Contributing Member (5237) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
One of the longest-lasting games that I know of Casey Neumiller (5) 4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars
Bad Graphics, but still a great FPS ThE oNe (188) unrated

The Press Says

High Score May, 1995 5 out of 5 100
Secret Service / New S Service May, 1995 290 out of 300 97
PC Games (Germany) Apr, 1995 94 out of 100 94
Coming Soon Magazine Mar, 1995 94 out of 100 94
PC Gamer May, 1995 92 out of 100 92
Just Games Retro Oct 24, 2004 87 out of 100 87
PC Player (Germany) Apr, 1995 84 out of 100 84
Shooterplanet Aug 06, 2007 82 out of 100 82
Power Unlimited Apr, 1995 8 out of 10 80
GameSpot May 01, 1996 7.6 out of 10 76

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Trivia

Dark Forces was voted #46 overall in PCGamer Magazine's Readers All-Time Top 50 Games Poll (April 2000 issue).


This entry was contributed by Picard (22314), Kabushi (48039), IJan (1980) and Grant McLellan (555)
 

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