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Hayabusa Donating Member (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 06:18 PM
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Have You Ever Fought Dark Forces?


Why the hell did I miss this game ~15 years ago?

Especially considering the impact it had on other first person shooters.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Forces#Comparisons_with_Doom">From a Star Wars Wiki

And it's really, really fun, too.
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Strong Atheist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 09:37 PM
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1. Recommended,
dammit! x(
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Aqaba Donating Member (781 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 09:42 PM
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2. Every morning right after my first cup o' coffee
Dark forces indeed!
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 09:46 PM
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3. The best 2 1/2d shooter out there IMO.
And that's not just because I'm a Star Wars nerd.
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Hayabusa Donating Member (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-14-09 08:51 AM
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5. Agreed
Though it's likely because I am a huge Star Wars nerd... Came into the series with Jedi Outcast and have never left it. The technical innovations in this, though, are just interesting to look at from the perspective of a modern gamer. It was the first FPS to have levels with multiple floors.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-14-09 10:17 AM
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6. Duke Nukem 3d touched on the idea
but never really implemented it throughout the game.

This was actually the first FPS I owned. I'd played Doom and a few other Doom clones and Duke Nukem before this one, but the only thing Duke Nukem had over Dark Forces was the multiplayer.

And when Dark Forces 2 came out, the biggest selling point was the multi-player combat. :) Which I never really got into, by the time I had a decent internet connection Outcast had come out. But I kicked ass in network play with Outcast and Academy.
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 10:43 PM
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4. Does that include an ex-wife and her lawyer?
Then, yes.
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-14-09 01:15 PM
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7. I played the sequel, Jedi Knight.
Interesting game.
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Hayabusa Donating Member (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-14-09 01:31 PM
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10. That's #1 in my book!
It goes Jedi Knight, Jedi Outcast, Dark Forces, Jedi Academy. Never played the expansion pack Mysteries of the Sith.

I cut my FPS teeth on an old game called Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold. Not bad, but no Doom or Dark Forces.
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-14-09 01:38 PM
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11. Blake Stone....
Used the same engine as Wolfenstein 3D, IIRC.
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Hayabusa Donating Member (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-14-09 05:21 PM
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12. Never played it, sadly.
Need to, though, if I can find a copy.
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proteus_lives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-14-09 01:19 PM
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8. Oh yeah!
When I was little, that and Doom/Duke Nuke'em where about the first computer games I ever played.
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-14-09 01:20 PM
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9. Yep. I worked with Advertising Account Executives.
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-14-09 05:24 PM
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13. gotcha beat
Edited on Tue Jul-14-09 05:33 PM by merh
I've worked with lawyers and politicians.

x(
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-14-09 05:49 PM
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15. By a length, I'd say.
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CrownPrinceBandar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-14-09 05:31 PM
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14. Yup........
I,II and both Jedi Knight titles.
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