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[Throbbing Green Shaft On... Maybe?] Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight
Drunk_caterpillar
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Force Unleashed? How about I unleash Kyle Katarn all over your face? What up now, bitches!?
That's right. Before the era of crazy realistically cracking wood there were jagged polygonal badasses with green sticks that went all "vwoom vwoom tshhhh!" I mean, before then we had some wicked shit too, but this is when it really took off for me.
So look, for all of you out there that aren't in the know, there was this crazy awesome FPS called Dark Forces that starred a character named Kyle Katarn. He was awesome and he wrecked a lot of Imperial shit, if you know what I mean. A while later, a second Dark Forces came out called Jedi Knight. Not only did it star the same awesome rebel badass as before, but now he had a lightsabre, righteous force powers, and even a branching story mode for Jedi and Sith endings.
I am playing through this game right now because TFU isn't interesting me that much even though I crave Jedi awesomeness. Who is with me, damnit!?
SCREENSHOTS:
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That's right. Before the era of crazy realistically cracking wood there were jagged polygonal badasses with green sticks that went all "vwoom vwoom tshhhh!" I mean, before then we had some wicked shit too, but this is when it really took off for me.
So look, for all of you out there that aren't in the know, there was this crazy awesome FPS called Dark Forces that starred a character named Kyle Katarn. He was awesome and he wrecked a lot of Imperial shit, if you know what I mean. A while later, a second Dark Forces came out called Jedi Knight. Not only did it star the same awesome rebel badass as before, but now he had a lightsabre, righteous force powers, and even a branching story mode for Jedi and Sith endings.
I am playing through this game right now because TFU isn't interesting me that much even though I crave Jedi awesomeness. Who is with me, damnit!?
SCREENSHOTS:
EDIT FOR GREAT JUSTICE!
Everybody check out the re-skin pack!
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Since i had been killing civilians while cackling maniacally, my Kyle became a dark sider.
Surprisingly, I couldn't stand being the bad dude, and restarted the whole game again to be a light sider.
Of course, it just meant i replayed more awesomeness.
Cool bosses? Or coolest bosses?
Why is that cool?
My solution was to take out the repeater and just keep firing 'till he was dead. Fuck the saber.
I barely touched the expansion. I think it was the lack of awesome FMV.
Steam Support is the worst. Seriously, the worst
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Anyway, does this game hold up.
Fuck YES this game holds up!
Seriously, the levels are still awesome as hell, with cool puzzles and huge designs and memorable locations. The gameplay is still fast and furious and super fun, the atmosphere is perfect despite the elderly graphics. The story is rock solid and the bosses are cool as fark.
Also, the game being as aged as it is, it runs blazing fast on just about anything now.
Truly amazing game and still among my favorite PC games of all time. Holds up GREAT. If you've never played it, I urge you to get a copy. It's seriously worth it.
I used to spam force speed on do laps on a map while one hitting players with my light saber as i zip past at mach 10.
Then some hackers ruined the multiplay by somehow riding magic carpets and shooting 3 trillion fireballs an instant at everyone. I can't even imagine how they hacked magic fucking carpets into a starwars game.
But this game... I think this was one of the first games I played that was 3Dfx enabled so not only did it look beautiful because of the actual levels, but also because they were actually recognizable. One of the first games were I could just look around in awe at the huge environments they built for it.
Defeating them felt so badass.
Didn't you learn anything while playing games? Frogs with swords of various types are inherently cool.
Jedi Knight had fucking everything. Awesome levels, awesome bosses, super-cheesy FMV cutscenes. Fucking lightsabers. Used to play online back in the dial-up days too. Oh the lag! But it was so much fun.
Likewise. I remember playing it online. It was glorious back then, and I especially loved that Bespin map.
Does anyone remember how you had to play this online? There was no in game lobby so you had to use services like Microsoft Zone! to be able to build a 4 player lobby that would then launch the game. Totally ridiculous.
I posted about my time with this game in TFU thread. I played this so much to the point that by the end I was hacking the shit out of it. Double bladed lightsabers, all force powers, repeaters that fired concussion rifle blasts. Just the most ridiculous stuff you can think of.
But I still had the most fun when I was playing legit.
hate is such a strong word. Just the lack of of FMV was a disappointment.
But as I said, I never finished it. I don't remember the details but I got stuck at some point and couldn't figure out how to continue. Gave up and never tried again.
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AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOMG REINSTALLLLLLLLLL
After Jedi Knight, it was something of a step down. The level designs wasn't nearly up to snuff. I eagerly purchased it, but like many, never finished it.
DAMNIT WHY DIDN'T I KNOW ABOUT THIS A MONTH AGO!?
"Kyle! We need your help down at ops, they've got us pinned down!"
This needs to be added to the op. Right now.
Are you on a dual core processor?
Nope. I'll give it a shot again later and come back with specifics.
Hm. The only fix I know is because both my processors were working on Deus Ex at once and it went twice the speed, so I had to disable one of them every time I launched the game.
Alternatively, compatibility mode did it too I think.
(also mods lol)
Hey that's cool. I don't see an actual link to the video though.
http://speeddemosarchive.com/demo.pl?JediKnightDF2_3403