STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II

$5.99

Release Date:: Sep 16, 2009
Metacritic:: 91
Developer:: LucasArts
Publisher:: LucasArts, Disney, Lucasfilm
Platforms:: Windows

Action PvP Family Sharing Multi-player Single-player Steam Cloud

About This Game

Dark Forces™ set the industry standard for first person action in the Star Wars® universe. Now Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II picks up where the award-winning game left off...with even more features and firepower in dazzling 3D graphics. As Kyle Katarn, you must acquire the lightsaber and learn the ways of the Force to become a Jedi Knight. Confront old foes... Greedo, Boosk, stormtroopers. And new enemies... seven dark Jedi who plan to harness the power of an ancient burial ground for unsurpassed evil. But take heart, your 10 weapon arsenal and over 12 Force powers make you a force to be reckoned with.

Single or multiplayer gameplay over modem, network or Internet. 9 multiplayer levels
All new realistic 3D environments with animated 3D characters in 21 heart-stopping levels
Encounter seven dark jedi, each possessing unique powers
Compatible with many 3D graphics cards
Intense Star Wars action in an all-new story fraught with danger and adventure - do you take the quick and easy path as Darth Vader did or do you take the patient route to Jedi Knighthood?

If you choose the light side:

Train to become a Jedi Knight - master the elegant Lightsaber and learn four special apprentice abilities
Use exclusive light side powers: healing, persuasion (for the weak-minded), blinding and absorption

Or be tempted by the dark side:

Use your Jedi Knight training and apprentice abilities to become an agent of evil
Use exclusive dark side powers: the grip (used if there's a disturbing lack of faith), Force throw, energy bolts and destruction

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User Reviews

Very Positive

6 user reviews

83%

Positive

User #253985 english

2 hrs at review

Recommended

peak

User #506449 english

6 min at review

Recommended

One of the first games I ever played, and even back then, it was total jank, but hilariously fun. It's always been an unstable game, and is even more so now, and I'm not just talking about crashes. The "physics" engine is wild, as is all of the weird platforming, the hair trigger force jump, hyperspeed force speed, and the infinite number of death pits. Yet it's not despite that but because of it that I love this game! There is absolutely nothing else that plays like it. It's so fast-paced, rewards exploration, has random Lucas Arts easter eggs, a fun uncomplicated story, and is just unapologetic action shlock. Dark Forces 1 is where Kyle first appeared, but the live action cutscenes are where the memes were born.

User #700427 english

12 min at review

Not Recommended

Unplayable for me, the graphics are completely glitched out. I'm sure i could fix it eventually with some mods or user-created fixes but I shouldn't have to do that to play a Disney-owned game on steam.