STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II

I can't even begin to say how many months of my childhood i withered away playing this game and some mod of it. Back when I still had a functioning set of discs for it (that I may still have somewhere) I also had dozens, if not more, mods for it that I would swap out and play it again with. The only thing I would have ever changed about the base game was the light saber choices were quite bland. But that is where some of the best modders came in and made it so you could dual wield or use a staff. Some even made dual phase mods where you could have a standard length saber or a double length. Basically I changed up my experience with this game almost every time I played it. I love it, I still love it. I know anyone that gives it an HONEST try will probably love it also. The base mechanics are smooth, the force is a little rough but I gotta say they did well with it all things considered. Deffinetly worth the money.. I wish I had the money. I can just see me slaughtering my son in the multiplayer like I used to do to my brother.

While it's not the pretty game in the stable, the puzzle design still holds up strong, even to this day. I remember sneaking into the computer room, with a bunch of my friends, at lunch time of course! We would install the game, renamed the file as something else, so it wouldn't be deleted! It was so much fun! The single player game was also a lot of fun as well, with a really good storyline, memorable characters, and the first game that brought the lightsaber into the first person perspective. I would give it a 9.5/10 score, only because of the graphics, and some minor glitches, otherwise it is perfect!

This was the first game I ever played with online multiplayer capabilities. Sabers only!!! Man... Reminds me of staying up well past a reasonable hour, whispering curses at players with hacks and mods that basically gave them god mode while trying not to get caught by my parents... The good ol' days!

Oh the Memories, even after 18 Years i almost knew the exakt placements of the Enemys. This was my first Star Wars Game (aktually Rebel Assault came first but i only played a few minutes) it captures perfectly what makes the Star Wars Universe great.

The original Dark Forces was a decent, fun game, but this one is a tragic step backward. I really wanted to like this game, but two things just make it a chore to play. First are the controls, which just feel wonky compared to Dark Forces; aiming is way less accurate and the auto-aim feature barely helps. Controls, though, those can be gotten used to. No, the real problem is this game is just not well optimized for Windows 8. It looks like shit on even high resolutions, and even blacks out the pause screen if it is set too high. Even worse, it crashes frequently (sometimes after a mere half-hour of gameplay or less) and the timing seems completely arbitrary. Sometimes it will run fine for an entire level, but then crash the moment you try to bring the pause screen up or even right after cutscenes. As the gameplay and level design, aside from the control issues, are for the most part good (it also finally has the ability to manually save during levels, the lack of which was a huge problem with the original Dark Forces) it's a decent game WHEN it works, so let the buyer beware.