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First two levels of UE4 fan remake of Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II now available for download


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Hot on the heels of the original Dark Forces remake!

 

 

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It might be 26 years old, but Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 is still a banger. It's so good, in fact, that we were still singing its praises(opens in new tab) as recently as 2020, praising its lightsaber-swinging and movement. But there's no getting around it, Dark Forces 2 is an ugly game by today's standards, which you'll only notice if you actually manage to get the thing running on modern machines. Thankfully, someone's decided to remake the whole thing in Unreal Engine 4.

 

The fan remake comes from a developer named Ruppertle, who mostly tinkers with Arma mods when they aren't remaking '90s PC classics from scratch, and you can currently play through two levels from the original game in it. On top of that, there's four wave-based survival levels(opens in new tab), and a sandbox mode. Oh, and a 3D model viewer, in case you want to sit and marvel at the poly count for a while.

 

It looks very well done indeed. Even as someone who's not played much of the original Dark Forces 2, the video showcasing the remake's version of its first level—Double-Cross on Nar Shaddaa(opens in new tab)—is tickling memory centres of my brain that haven't activated since I was six years old.

 

 

 

 

The files can be downloaded on the developer's Patreon page.

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Nice! Looks really good.

 

I did a replay of this for the first time in years pretty recently, and it holds up pretty well if you like 90s style shooters. The level design is crazy and often feels like you've managed to get yourself on some geometry you're not supposed to, but is in fact the intended path.

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