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Kenri has beaten Star Wars: Dark Forces

Okay so I pretty much marathoned the rest of the game today, until I hit the final level which is a rather brutal difficulty spike, mostly just because it's so long. I probably should have just gone to sleep and tried it again fresh tomorrow but instead I powered through and beat it on like the sixth-ish try, not counting ones where I reset because I lost a life too early. My hot tip is to get really really good at fighting the Dark Troopers, and also to play very conservatively. (Also, make sure your alt-fire works -- apparently it's a known issue that a lot of control schemes fail to set it correctly, including the one I was using for Steam Deck, and you'll really, really want the final gun's alt-fire.)

Overall I liked this game a lot. The objective-based nature of the level design means it's not as mindless as some of the other Doom clones/boomer shooters are, and there are definitely areas that need polish (and small frustrations that add up over time, like the respawning enemies), but I had a really good time with it despite all that. And the Star Wars flavor is on point, if you're the kind of person who cares about that -- it's hard for me to remember the last time I really cared about any Star Wars media beyond just thinking "yeah that was good I guess" but this definitely brought out the old Star Wars fan in me.