Now we have this on document, I do know, however in case anybody wants reminding: Darkish Forces is one of the best Star Wars online game ever made. It won’t be one of the best online game made utilizing the Star Wars license, however it’s the most Star Warsy. So it’s very cool seeing the sport given a contemporary coat of paint because of the work of a devoted fan.
luciusDXL has spent the previous couple of years engaged on The Drive Engine, an effort to “reverse engineer and rebuild the Jedi Engine for contemporary techniques and the video games that used that engine”. It’s now at model 1.0, prepared for obtain, and to have fun this trailer has been launched displaying off a few of the enhancements we are able to count on to a sport that was first launched in 1995:
To get extra particular, The Drive Engine lets us play the identical previous Darkish Forces however with a great deal of fashionable enhancements and touches, like correct widescreen help, larger resolutions and, most excitedly, full mouselook help (the unique, like Doom, locked the gamers actions to the X and Y axis).
There’s additionally a contemporary save system, a correct aiming reticle and built-in help for mods. Certainly about the one change right here that goes past beauty or high quality of life enhancements are some tweaks to Boba Fett’s AI, although that—and every part else—could be switched off if you wish to play the sport as 1995 meant.
For those who’ve acquired Darkish Forces (it’s obtainable on Steam and GoG for pocket change) and wish to obtain The Drive Engine, you may get it right here. Oh, and earlier than we go, observe that that is an engine venture, not only a Darkish Forces venture, so the opposite sport constructed on the Jedi Engine—cult basic Western Outlaws—shall be getting comparable remedy quickly.