4K in February
The remaster moves Dark Forces over to Nightdive’s own KEX engine, and makes it playable at 4K resolutions at 120fps. There will also be higher resolution textures, remastered cutscenes, gamepad support and more.
Dark Forces tells the story of Empire defector and mercenary Kyle Katarn, and features Doom-style shooting and circle-strafing in original trilogy environments. Expect lots of grey corridors and evocative sound effects. It was one of the first games I ever played on PC, although I never loved it like later Katarn adventures in the Jedi Knight series.
Earlier this year, Nightdive released theirexcellent remakeof the originalSystem Shock, and they have other irons in the fire such asa remaster of Sin. Not all their remasters have been hits however, as last year’sBlade Runnerreleaseleft much to be desired.
The Star Wars remaster will launchvia Steam. There are other ways to play a refreshed Dark Forces on modern machines, however. You could buythe original for £5and then download the fanmadeForce Engine upgradefor free, which will also let you play in 4K, with gamepad support, mouselook, AI improvements, among other tweaks.
