I'd beaten Jedi Academy by the time I first played Dark Forces, and this completion of Dark Forces was well over a decade in the making. I got this game's PS1 port way back when because my older siblings' CD for the PC version was so old by the time I tried it that it couldn't play sound, and I got so stuck on one level that I dropped the game forever... Until now.

Revisiting it through Steam, I still needed to look at a walkthrough for that part, one more comprehensible than the one I tried back then. Still, I had fun throughout, especially for its retro charm. The lack of permanent checkpoints during each mission is a little frustrating, though, especially for the more challenging missions.

It's also unrealistic because the stormtroopers can hit you.

Reviewed on May 09, 2022


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