Star Wars Dark Forces is being remade in Unreal by an Obsidian dev

Star Wars Dark Forces is highly underrated when it comes to considering genre-changing FPSs. Aside from being the first Star Wars FPS, just two years after Doom (and a year before Duke Nukem 3D) it was adding innovations such as having a proper story, the ability to look up and down, and an impressive use of elevated terrain. It is, however, very difficult to play now, so it's a good thing that there's a Star Wars Dark Forces remake in the works. The remake is being done in Unreal Engine 4, and it's not just a fan project made by enthusiastic amateurs - it's actually being lead by a professional developer at Obsidian. Jason Lewis is Senior Environment Artist at the studio, and has presumably worked on the developer's most recent games, such as Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire and the upcoming The Outer Worlds. Lewis has been working on the Dark Forces remake for at least a couple of years, and although it's very much a work in progress, there is a level available that you can try for yourself right now - although it's a little bit wonky.

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