"Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster, the next big overhaul from Nightdive Studios, is set to arrive on Steam and consoles on February 28, 2024.

Dark Forces tells the tale of Kyle Katarn, a former member of the Imperial Army who quits the team and takes up the mercenary life after discovering that his parents were murdered by—gasp!—the Empire. Naturally, he finds work with the Rebel Alliance, which contracts him to uncover the truth of something called the Dark Trooper Project, and then put a stop to it. Much shooting is involved.

To be honest, Dark Forces never really lit my saber, although I suspect that's because I'm not much of a Star Wars fan. It was a very popular shooter back in the day, though, and very well-received by critics: It came out in 1995 and I'm pretty sure pcgamer.com didn't exist then, but according to Mobygames we gave it a 92% score in our magazine review.

The fact that the remaster is coming from Nightdive also sets my expectations high. The Blade Runner remaster from 2022 was a big whiff, yes, but the more recent System Shock is a masterful example of how to modernize a game without losing any of the qualities that made it great. The Star Wars: Dark Forces remaster will support 4K resolutions with "advanced 3D rendering" effects, updated controller support including a new weapon wheel, rumble effects, and motion controls, and Steam achievements.

Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster is available for wishlisting now on Steam, which for the moment still says that it's "coming soon." And yes, so does the trailer up above—that's because it's the reveal trailer from when the remaster was first announced. But barring any delays, February 28 is the day."

https://www.pcgamer.com/star-wars-dark-forces-remaster-comes-to-steam-in-february/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b9TTurkH4c

1 year ago*

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eh I would want a remake over remaster.
remaster still looks dated.

1 year ago
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+1

Games this old should only be remade not remastered. They seem to have their order backwards, they remake new games, remaster old ones.

1 year ago
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I think it makes sense for titles like this that are old enough to benefit from QoL improvements but might not justify the investment of a full remake from the ground up, specially now that Lucas Arts no longer exists and with how unwilling Disney seems to do anything beyond licensing their IPs to someone else when it comes to games.

1 year ago
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Looks better for sure. I'm not too familiar with the Dark Forces community but I'd be surprised if there weren't already mods to do some of this.

Either way looks pretty good, as if they were shooting for what people probably remember it looking like, vs. what it actually looked like.

1 year ago
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Disney doesn't have the balls like Bethesda to just update an old game that people already have in their libraries.

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Weren't the enemies 2D sprites like Doom 2? So I guess they would either redraw them in HD or replace them with 3D?

EDIT : That YouTube video barely looks like they did anything. GG Sure the prerendered stuff is nicer but who cares? I wanted HD sprites!

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Most likely, this will be skipped by me. If it was a complete remake, I'd be in, but a remaster doesn't really excite me.

1 year ago
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not the best starwars game

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