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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

The first First Person Shooter I ever liked enough to finish Alan Chan (3715) unrated
A long time ago... Chris Martin Bronze Star Contributing Member (1121) 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 (34668) 4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars
Doom-clones hyped up... not because of Doom Boston Low (52) 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 (5239) 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 (191) unrated
Stop, Rebel scum! Ashley Pomeroy (227) unrated

The Press Says

High Score May, 1995 5 out of 5 100
PC Games (Germany) Apr, 1995 94 out of 100 94
Coming Soon Magazine Mar, 1995 94 out of 100 94
Just Games Retro Oct 24, 2004 87 out of 100 87
PC Player (Germany) Apr, 1995 84 out of 100 84
Power Unlimited Apr, 1995 8 out of 10 80
GameSpot May 01, 1996 7.6 out of 10 76

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Trivia

As far as anyone knows, the heavy android "Dark Troopers" were invented as the plot device for this game. Later, the Dark Troopers took on steam by appearing in later video games (Rebellion, Galactic Battlegrounds, etc.), and also in some comics and other media. A Dark Trooper's head/helmet is visible in a level of the expansion pack to "Jedi Knight" called "Mysteries of the Sith". It is safe to say that the Dark Troopers in later media are no where near as difficult as the ones Kyle Katarn went up against in this game.


This entry was contributed by Kabushi (39722), IJan (1992) and Grant McLellan (562)
 

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