Comment on What games did you sleep on for too long?
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
Star Wars: Dark Forces (1995).
I had it growing up as a kid, but could never beat the third level so I shelved it and forgot about it, until a few days ago when I decided to try it with The Force Engine which adds mouselook and some quality of life features.
As an adult, I finally was able to figure out that 3rd level, and appreciate the cool setup for the missions (in a way, it’s kinda like Andor).
Was absolutely blown away by how much I enjoyed the combat and level design, had an absolute blast from start to finish, and now consider it one of my favorites.
Akasazh@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That must be the longest sleep in this thread. And I’m curious to now.
Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s basically Doom: Star Wars Edition
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
I actually played the OG Doom right before Dark Forces (it was what reminded it me to try it), and while the first few levels of Doom are fun enough to the point where I beat the first episode, I very quickly lost interest in episode 2, as the level design begins to get really maze-like and sprawling, and the monster closets get old. Episode one gave me all the Doom I needed, personally.
While Dark Forces is definitely very Doom-like, it added quite a lot to the experience over Doom that drastically helped to keep my attention. The addition of a story with cutscenes to provide context for the missions, the specific objectives that needed to be completed, and the far less game-y level design was drastically more interesting to engage with. I just really liked the set-up of each mission being an infiltration, with sometimes requirements to then escape back to the extraction point.
I also noticed that none of the missions in Dark Forces are really that long, they kinda felt like bite-sized missions, which kept any one mission from overstaying its welcome.
Overall it’s just a much more fleshed out, more intriguing take on the doom formula.