https://www.youtube.com/@ShadowArtGames/videos look good too!


Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

See, /this/ is the sort of remaster I can get behind!

Jedi Knight Remastered
https://www.moddb.com/mods/jedi-knight-remastered
is a fan-project to update the graphics of Star Wars: Dark Forces II:
Jedi Knight. It's actually been around a while (at least as far back
as 2020, from what I can tell) and its only in the news again because
a new version was released.

As many of you know, I'm an unabashed Star Wars fan, even if I admit
that a lot of the media in the franchise is pure trash (and, honestly,
even the best Star Wars is pretty schlocky). But I'm excited about
this mod because - while there were a lot of things about the original
"Jedi Knight" that I enjoyed, its visuals were not one of them. The
game was released in the early days of 3D graphics, and even for the
time, the game was never much of a looker. Playing it 25 years later
requires a lot of effort! But this mod fixes many of those short-
comings. The game still isn't 'high-end' in its visuals, but at least
it no longer makes my eyes bleed.

Amusingly, this mod - at 900mb - is larger than the original game.

It should work with the original CD-ROM versions, as well as the
versions sold on both GOG and Steam.

May the Force be with you.

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On Sat, 24 Feb 2024 20:29:46 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Ant
wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/@ShadowArtGames/videos look good too!

Discord news hasn't really been updated since Dec 2022, but the guy is
still posting there.

I think it might be on a loooong development cycle.

In any event, I've subbed the Discord. I'll lyk if anything interesting
is happening there.

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On 2024-02-26, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sun, 25 Feb 2024 18:42:49 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:

On Sat, 24 Feb 2024 20:29:46 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Ant >>wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/@ShadowArtGames/videos look good too!

Discord news hasn't really been updated since Dec 2022, but the guy is >>still posting there.

I think it might be on a loooong development cycle.

In any event, I've subbed the Discord. I'll lyk if anything interesting
is happening there.

I'm less excited about this one. It's TOO much of a remaster for my
take (or, alternately, not enough). I actually like the somewhat
cartoony look of the original "Dark Forces", and its restricted
visuals couple well (IMHO) with the old-school gameplay.

Were the ShadowArt developers to create a totally new game to go with
their totally new engine, I'd probably jump on it. But there's
something that puts me off with their ultra-realistic visuals and the unrealistic level design of the old game; a sort of 'uncanny valley'
effect.

But maybe that's just me.

Yeah, kinda reminds me of what nintendo is doing now with mario
exploring hyper realistic enviroments
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On 2024-02-26, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:

On Sat, 24 Feb 2024 20:29:46 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Ant
wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/@ShadowArtGames/videos look good too!

Discord news hasn't really been updated since Dec 2022, but the guy is
still posting there.

I think it might be on a loooong development cycle.

In any event, I've subbed the Discord. I'll lyk if anything interesting
is happening there.

Thanks since I don't do and like Discord. IRC FTW. :P

Eh, I use it frquently. Bit of a bad history with it tho.
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Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:

On Sat, 24 Feb 2024 20:29:46 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Ant wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/@ShadowArtGames/videos look good too!

Discord news hasn't really been updated since Dec 2022, but the guy is
still posting there.

I think it might be on a loooong development cycle.

In any event, I've subbed the Discord. I'll lyk if anything interesting
is happening there.

Thanks since I don't do and like Discord. IRC FTW. :P
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