History VideoGame / DarkForces

* {{BFG}}: The Concussion Rifle, the Mortar Gun and the Assault Cannon.

* FisticuffsBoss: In one level, Kyle is captured and stripped of his weapons by Jabba the Hutt, then forced to fight a kell dragon unarmed (two in hard mode). After he is done punching it to death with his bare hands, another kell dragon-infested part of the level opens up, but the odds can end up a little more balanced in his favor if he chooses to force some grenade-carrying {{Mooks}} to part with their weapons.

* {{BFG}}: The Concussion Rifle and the Assault Cannon.

* GiantMook[=/=]HeavilyArmoredMook: The Dark Troopers are essentially these. They're huge Stormtrooper-shaped battle droids who can soak more than 40 blaster bolts or several direct explosive hits before falling, and are armed with rapid fire plasma assault cannons. Unlike most examples of the trope, they're also [[LightningBruiser Lightning Bruisers]] with jetpacks who can fly around surprisingly quickly.

** The game was one of the many "Doom clones" of the mid-90s, though like those on the Build engine it included many innovations such as true room-over-room. All the later games were fully 3D.

* DownTheDrain: Probably one of the most infamous (and earliest, at least FPS-wise) examples of this trope. The sewers come into play as early as Level 3: they combine a confusing maze of corridors, underwater creatures that are very difficult to spot and hit before they spot and hit you (not to mention the NightmareFuel factor that put many younger gamers off at the time of the game's release), limited supply of ammo and battery cells and being all around just a chore to get through. It doesn't help that the whole setting seems to be the last place you would ever be looking for a prominent officer in the Imperial Navy (who actually looks more like a mercenary thug, making you wonder whether the purpose of the level was not changed at some stage of development).

* GiantMook[=/=]HeavilyArmoredMook: The Dark Troopers are essentially these. They can soak more than 40 blaster bolts or several direct explosive hits before falling, and are armed with rapid fire plasma assault cannons. Unlike most examples of the trope, they're also [[LightningBruiser Lightning Bruisers]] with jetpacks who can fly around surprisingly quickly.

* GiantMook[=/=]HeavilyArmoredMook: The Dark Troopers are essentially these. They can soak more than 40 blaster bolts before falling, and are armed with rapid fire plasma assault cannons. Unlike most examples of the trope, they're also [[LightningBruiser Lightning Bruisers]] with jetpacks who can fly around surprisingly quickly.

* GiantMook[=/=]HeavilyArmoredMook: The Dark Troopers are essentially these. They can soak more than 40 blaster bolts before falling, and are armed with rapid fire plasma assault cannons. Unlike most examples of the trope, they're also [[LightningBruiser]]s with jetpacks who can fly around surprisingly quickly.

* GiantMook[=/=]HeavilyArmoredMook: The Dark Troopers are essentially these. They can soak more than 40 blaster bolts before falling, and are armed with rapid fire plasma assault cannons. Unlike most examples of the trope, they're also LightningBruisers with jetpacks who can fly around surprisingly quickly.

** You have no lightsaber or force powers. Also, Kyle lacks his trademark beard.
** The game was one of the many [[FollowTheLeader "Doom clones"]] of the mid-90's, though like those on the Build engine it included many innovations such as true room-over-room.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: When you are stripped off all your weapons and other equipment, it only figures you should try and retrieve it. What's the name of the item you need to pick up in order to get your gear back? "Your Gear".

* SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou: The cover art features a Stormtrooper blasting at you, while you get a hit in on one of his squadmates.

* SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou: The cover art features a Stormtrooper blasting at you., while you get a hit in on one of his squadmates.

* ShoutOut: Max from ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'' makes an appearance. A demented, pint-sized lagomorph received official mention in one of the online RPG supplements.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the first game you have no lightsaber or force powers. Also, Kyle lacks his trademark beard. The first game was one of the many [[FollowTheLeader "Doom clones"]] of the mid-90's, though like those on the Build engine it included many innovations such as true room-over-room.

* VariableMix: ''Dark Forces'' did this with MIDI using the [=iMuse=] system, previously used in Creator/LucasArts adventure titles and the ''[[VideoGame/XWing X-Wing]]''/''VideoGame/TieFighter'' series.

* ShoutOut: Max from ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'' makes an appearance in the Dark Forces game. A demented, pint-sized lagomorph received official mention in one of the online RPG supplements.

''Franchise/StarWars: Dark Forces'' (1995), the first game in the VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga, is a standard FirstPersonShooter. The beginning levels introduces Kyle as the one to steal the plans for the first Death Star and transmit them to [[TheAlliance the Rebel Alliance]], thus leading into ''Film/ANewHope''. After that, it jumps after the Death Star's destruction and goes into its own story involving TheEmpire's secret "Dark Trooper Project". The game was a dramatic leap for graphics and level design, being one of the first to feature multiple floors. It was also one of the first successful uses of looking up and down, as well as jumping.

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