So last night I finally started my time travel journey with
Star Wars: Dark Forces.
First thing I did was to try to get a more modern experience with this game. Coming from both F.E.A.R. games, I knew that playing this one would be a bit jarring. I thought of using DarkXL, but according to PCGamingWiki, the project is no longer in development and has been restarted with another name (The Force Engine), which is also in pre-release. Both of them contain several bugs and issues, so I though I'd be better off not using any and get a more close to the original experience.
So instead I used this
guide by a fellow Gogger (AranhaRush).
I only had time to play the first mission, but with the modifications from that guide, it played great. I felt kind of dizzy though with how movement of the character, but again that must be because I came from playing F.E.A.R.
But overral I enjoyed it very much. Haven't played a Star Wars games in a long time, so it felt good. The voice acting is pretty good and the sound design, albeit old, it's still charming. The only issue so far is that the levels can be a bit confusing, but imo that's a problem with all of the games from that era and of the same genre (Duke 3D, Shadow Warrior, Blood).
The main goal is to beat the game now, of course, since I don't like quitting games. And I'm actually thinking of continue through with the Jedi Knight after it.
EDIT: I cannot seem to get the link for the PCGamingWiki page, regarding DarkXL to work properly within the text, so I leave it here: [url=https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Dark_Forces#DarkXL]https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Dark_Forces#DarkXL[/url]