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Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster review - a meticulous overhaul of a shooter that still blasts with the best

Nightdive reveals a shooter that hits the brief like a proton torpedo, a Doom clone elevated by its vivid, imaginative …

Gromas Mines sees you dodging through industrial drills on a rust-coloured planet for a showdown with the Phase 1 Dark Trooper, while Ramsees Hed makes up for it with some knotty, transforming level design. The best missions are the ones that make you feel most like a Rebel agent, like scouring the crags of Planet Fest for the secret entrance to the Imperial base there, or trekking across the ice of the Robotics Facility to sabotage the Dark Trooper Assembly Line. Blasting stormtroopers as you frantically input imperial codes into computers evokes Luke and Han's chaotic attempt to free Leia from Vader's clutches, while accessing the right detention block involves more ingenious methods of bypassing security.

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