The game awards one "Force point" upon the completion of each level, and an additional point if the player finds all of the secret areas. These powers fall in three general categories: Neutral, Light, and Dark. As the player progresses through the game, Kyle gains Jedi abilities, known as "Force Powers". Kyle starts the game with no knowledge of the Force. While on this journey, Kyle learns that seven Dark Jedi (Yun, Pic, Gorc, Boc, Maw, Sariss, and Jerec, the leader), his father's killers, are intent on finding the Valley of the Jedi, a focal point for Jedi power in the universe. Afterwards, he recovers a lightsaber from his father's workshop, compelling him on a journey to confront his father's murderers and to discover his own latent Force abilities. 88 tries to kill Kyle but he escapes from a gun to the head and chases 88 for a stolen data disk meant only for Kyle from his father. Kyle is informed by 88 that his father was killed by a Dark Jedi named Jerec. Taking place several years after the events in Return of the Jedi, it begins as Kyle looks for new information of his father's death from a droid named 8t88 ('88' for short). Challenging but fun, Dark Forces II has a great plot.
The use of blue screen was wonderful, the acting was good and you couldn't wait to get through a level to be rewarded with a short movie to add to the story each time you finished. After playing games like Knights of the Old Republic, I realize that it isn't the best, but the story line is great.
Also, when Kyle joins the dark side, his mentor Rahn (a ghost) disowns him and stops giving introductory speeches at the beginning of the levels where Kyle fights Jerec's Dark Jedi henchmen (and ultimately Jerec himself).įor 1997, the graphics are great, never did I think once about them having awful graphics as a kid. The only difference is, if he joins the dark side, Kyle fights Yun again instead of Sariss. Regardless of which side Kyle joins, the player must still go through the same levels and defeat Jerec in the end. A "Morality scale" on the Force powers screen shows which side of the Force Kyle is resting on and he will automatically join that side at the end of the 14th level (where he fights Maw), after which he will only be able to use the Force powers of that side (Healing, Persuasion, Blinding, Absorb and Protection for the light side, Throw, Grip, Lightening, Destruction and Deadly Sight for the dark side). The player can determine which side of the Force that Kyle Katarn will eventually join by whether he kills innocent bystanders and harmless droids and how much of the light and dark side Force powers he uses.