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Star Wars: Dark Forces
PlayStation · Released February 28, 1995 · Developed by LucasArts · Published by Bullet-Proof Software
★ 77Total 72Single player
ShooterActionScience fiction
Summary
The Empire stretches its evil clutches across the galaxy, consuming planets with devastating results. Through many struggles, the Rebel Alliance has learned of a new Imperial battle station, the Death Star, with enough power to destroy an entire planet.
The evil Empire is secretly building a massive army to complete their arsenal of domination and render their reign of terror unstoppable. Kyle Katarn, a formal Imperial Stormtrooper must join the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division, and re-take the Empire from the inside, one battle at a time.
Unlike many other Doom-based games, Star Wars: Dark Forces attempted a realistic approach: the missions followed a specific storyline, sometimes cut up by scenes to progress the narrative. Each mission had its own briefing and objective. The levels were designed to represent actual bases, mines, facilities, and other known places from the Star Wars universe, like Star Destroyer interiors, Jabba's ship, Coruscant, etc.
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IGDB Rating
77.45 / 100
163 ratings
Total Rating
71.73 / 100
166 (user + critic)
Series
Star Wars
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Themes
Action · Science fiction
Engine
Jedi
Developer
LucasArts
Also known as
AliasDark Forces 1Alternative title
AliasStar Wars: Dark Forces (Classic)Alternative title
AliasDark ForcesAbbreviation
Release history (11 entries)
| Date | Platform | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 1995 | DOS | — |
| Jun 1, 1995 | DOS | — |
| Jun 1, 1995 | Mac | — |
| Dec 31, 1995 | DOS | — |
| Nov 30, 1996 | PlayStation | — |
| Dec 31, 1996 | DOS | — |
| Jan 31, 1997 | PlayStation | — |
| Mar 4, 1998 | PlayStation | — |
| Sep 16, 2009 | PC (Microsoft Windows) | — |
| Apr 29, 2010 | PlayStation 3 | — |
| Apr 29, 2010 | PlayStation Portable | — |
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Storyline
Behind a veil of secrecy the evil Empire is creating a doomsday army - one that, if finished, will become the final cog in the Empire's arsenal of terror and domination.
Your Mission? Join the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division, infiltrate the Empire, then battle every man and machine the Imperial Forces can muster. Search a vast galaxy for clues, attack enemy bases-all in a desperate attempt to stop the activation of this fearsome new weapon.
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