Dark Forces is a strain to look at, grating to listen to, and a headache to play.

It offers some fun cinematics and does do a handful of things that are admirably different for being a "Doom Clone" in its era, but the uninteresting array of enemies and weapons, and the not-very-well-conveyed level design makes Dark Forces a struggle to play in 2020.

LuciusXL's The Force Engine source port project is something to keep an eye out for, as I anticipate it being the most palatable way to play this game on its release.

Reviewed on Dec 28, 2020


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