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[darrylgorn]

$30 is too much for this when we're gettking Quake for $10...way too much!

Not seeing the price updated on Steam yet, but I wouldn't be surprised considering that they've waited until the last minute to reveal it.

They fucked up Turok 3's price and looks like they're going to mess this one up as well.

 

[Fake]

Expensive as the Rise of the Triad remastered with is not good.

And they already drop the support from that game, so this time I'll wait on discount.

 

[U n i o n 0015]

Yeah, I think Nightdive is pushing it with these prices. No doubt Atari wants more profits, but their games' sweet spot is the $10-20 range.

 

[Fake]

I really wish to support ND studios, but the way they quickly drop update/patch for Rise of the Triad was unacceptable.

The game don't even save your input biding with I find insulting.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

I definitely want this, but I'm only willing to pay $30 for one Star Wars classic this month and that's Battlefront.

 

[Yerd]

I was excited until I saw it's still using sprite assets. I don't care about these old style shooters. I played them back then and the industry updated that style.

I wish they did a full overhaul of assets. No interest with this kind of remaster. Making a square in the highest of definitions doesn't make it look any more square.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

Nice video thanks. Doom may have supplied the technology but ID could never write a decent story. Enter LucasArts.

 

[Krappadizzle]

*drooling over a potential "Brutal Dark Forces" mod.

 

[kingwingin]

Disappointing about the tick rate issue. Hope they add an option to let us console players set it to 120

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

The Price is absurd ..$20 was the sweetspot. ...i could see $25 for a really big undertaking, anything more is insulting. ..we just got an excellent Tomb Raider trilogy for $30, quake for $10 each

 

[Mr Hyde]

Looks cool. Never played it before. Will wait for a sale though.

 

[YCoCg]

The Series S version being the same 1080p as the Switch is a bit ridiculous when its like 8-9 times more powerful. It shoulfd of been the same 4k as the XSX and PS5.

Isn't the Series S capped at 1440p? I don't think I've seen anything on that system go beyond that, Night Dive probably thought that there isn't much use when most just use 1080p on that platform.

 

[Leonidas]

Glad I have a high refresh PC display to avoid judder

 

[Ozzie666]

Haven't played this since the week of release, so nearly 28 years. Looking forward to it and I can barely remember any of it. I recently played through Shadows of the Empire, warts and all. I recall Dark Forces being pretty good for a doom clone.

 

[Dazraell]

Welp, I was meaning to buy it, but that launch price is way too much for what we're getting. Will wait until sales

 

[DaGwaphics]

Never heard of it. It looks like Doom meets Star Wars. I'll probably take a pass on this one.

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

Never heard of it. It looks like Doom meets Star Wars. I'll probably take a pass on this one.

It's a classic.

 

[Allandor]

Well, I actually expected 3d objects instead of sprites. I love this game but I hoped for a bit more modernization.
Also the thing with the fps bound gameplay, really hoped they would fix this. Well at least now the game is playable on consoles, but 30€ ....

 

[Scotty W]

I have been waiting for a sale on Exhumed forever. It seems ND does not often do sales.

 

[ozzrik]

Still have my old big box mac version of the game. I love this classic.
I may try this new version.

 

[Ulysses 31]

30$ is a bit much when other Nightdive remasters from that era usually are 20$ or less...

 

[Chuck Berry]

Some cheap ass motherfuckers on here. Jesus

 

[Ulysses 31]

Some cheap ass motherfuckers on here. Jesus

Bro, I bought the limited edition a few years back.

Not in a rush to get this version unless it gets some killer collector's edition.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Bro, I bought the limited edition a few years back.

Not in a rush to get this version unless it gets some killer collector's edition.

Ill buy the posters off of you

I wanna tape em on my ceiling so the chicks have something to look at while I fingerbang them

 

[phant0m]

Well, I actually expected 3d objects instead of sprites. I love this game but I hoped for a bit more modernization.
Also the thing with the fps bound gameplay, really hoped they would fix this. Well at least now the game is playable on consoles, but 30€ ....

yeah not paying $30 for a remaster like this

if it was full-bore remake like SS1 I'd be in but I'm definitely waiting for this to hit $10.

 

[StereoVsn]

yeah not paying $30 for a remaster like this

if it was full-bore remake like SS1 I'd be in but I'm definitely waiting for this to hit $10.

Yep, SS1 was a remake done right and for the right price. Quake releases for $10 each were great. Tomb Raider trilogy for $30 was a good price.

This one with barely any changes and $30 asking price feels like it’s too much and I loved Dark Forces back then. I will wait till it’s $10-15 before picking the game up.

 

[WitchHunter]

Star Wars Dark Forces Remaster Launches Exactly 29 Years After The Original

Players can relive the adventures of Kyle Katarn in February.

www.gamespot.com

One of the best FPSes. wohoo, they should redo all the assets and shit in ue5.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Never heard of it. It looks like Doom meets Star Wars. I'll probably take a pass on this one.

That is quite literally what it was, a Star Wars game cashing in on the popularity of Doom at that time

But it introduced us to Kyle Katarn before Jedification and Mecha-Stormtroopers so it was a pretty good game even though yes it was a Doom-alike

 

[Guilty_AI]

Big nope. You can just buy the OG for $2 during a sale and use The Force Engine mod to get pretty much this same remaster



EDIT: The mod even seems to have better 3D rendering than what was shown on the remaster trailer. Only get this remaster if you can't or don't want to play it on PC.

 

[violence]

Looking forward to this. This game was important to me in my youth. At the time I thought Star Wars plus doom was an idea that couldn’t ever be topped. I know some people want an unreal 5 version of this, but I think redoing retro games with super Hi-Rez 2d art is pretty rad (StarCraft remastered) and more unique.

 

[phant0m]

Big nope. You can just buy the OG for $2 during a sale and use The Force Engine mod to get pretty much this same remaster



EDIT: The mod even seems to have better 3D rendering than what was shown on the remaster trailer. Only get this remaster if you can't or don't want to play it on PC.

once again the modding community produces better results than professional devs.

/sigh

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Big nope. You can just buy the OG for $2 during a sale and use The Force Engine mod to get pretty much this same remaster



EDIT: The mod even seems to have better 3D rendering than what was shown on the remaster trailer. Only get this remaster if you can't or don't want to play it on PC.

The assets are upscaled in the remaster and all the cutscenes are completely remade, you can clearly see this in the DF video

 

[YeulEmeralda]

Well, I actually expected 3d objects instead of sprites. I love this game but I hoped for a bit more modernization.
Also the thing with the fps bound gameplay, really hoped they would fix this. Well at least now the game is playable on consoles, but 30€ ....

I would have liked an orchestral OST. Not a fan of MIDI to be honest.

 

[Guilty_AI]

The assets are upscaled in the remaster and all the cutscenes are completely remade, you can clearly see this in the DF video

Still feel like marginal improvements, a game like this will look good even with the OG textures. Some may even feel the upscaled assets are uncanny (i see many complaining about this with upscaled DOOM assets).

In the end the main attractors are mouse-look and high-res widescreen support. And i'm still curious to see how the remaster does the 3D rendering since in a few moments of the trailer it seems like the game isn't handling vertical look well. From my tests, the mod i posted isn't even FPS bound like the remaster.

 

[Demigod Mac]

I would have liked an orchestral OST. Not a fan of MIDI to be honest.

Dark Forces uses LucasArts' iMuse system to dynamically adjust the music depending on the in game action, hence the continued use of MIDI.
Interestingly, Night Dive didn't have the full source code for this, so they had to do some workarounds.

 

[Guilty_AI]

I would have liked an orchestral OST. Not a fan of MIDI to be honest.

Dark Forces uses LucasArts' iMuse system to dynamically adjust the music depending on the in game action, hence the continued use of MIDI.
Interestingly, Night Dive didn't have the full source code for this, so they had to do some workarounds.

There was the option to use different soundfonts however



EDIT: Ooops, seem they did add different soundfonts. Just not the one in the video it seems.