DF Retro: The Classic 90s Shooter Forsaken Returns to PC and Xbox One!
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I played this on keyboard only in a way that would elude me these days!
Amazing game. Set pants on fire at release!
That PS1 version is legit!
Amazing game. Set pants on fire at release!
That PS1 version is legit!
Halfway through the vid and remastered looks like the way to play on PC.
Still think the modern versions lose a hint of character to their older counterparts.
Dark1x, I love your work!
And thank you for giving a fair shake on the Nintendo 64 version! I always thought of it as a different take on the original Forsaken level structure, so it's inclusion in the Remaster has me piqued.
Also can you link to that music video? I actually have the CD!
Edit: Nevermind, I found it!
And thank you for giving a fair shake on the Nintendo 64 version! I always thought of it as a different take on the original Forsaken level structure, so it's inclusion in the Remaster has me piqued.
Also can you link to that music video? I actually have the CD!
Edit: Nevermind, I found it!
I saw ads for this game in magazines all the time but never dug into what the game was about. A cool watch
One question though. At the start there was a mention of a Doom 64 remaster of sort. What was that? I did some searching of the devs and couldn't necessarily find it. Was it a mod of some sort? This Doom 64 ex perhaps?
One question though. At the start there was a mention of a Doom 64 remaster of sort. What was that? I did some searching of the devs and couldn't necessarily find it. Was it a mod of some sort? This Doom 64 ex perhaps?
Is there any way to disable the bilinear filtering on textures of the PC remastered version?
Honestly I don't like at all the blurry effect that it give to the overall look, this is why I like the PSX version way moe (texture warping aside).
Thanks!
Honestly I don't like at all the blurry effect that it give to the overall look, this is why I like the PSX version way moe (texture warping aside).
Thanks!
Wow, hope the fact they added the N64 maps in the PC/PS1 campaign means that they take a similar stance with Powerslave and include both the PS1 (which was already there in the free alpha release) and Saturn campaign (but separate in this case, they can't be combined in that manner as they're not completely new, just the same campaign fitting with each system's strengths with differences like the difficulty, level layouts and the ability to bomb-jump on Saturn which is missing on the PlayStation).
Really well done video. Enjoyed it with my morning coffee.
I played half or so of the original on the PS1 back in the day.
Descent felt like a more precise shooter I remember with more timing involved & more epic feeling showdowns (Forsaken favored very close-up encounters, rapid fire & mass destruction) but the lighting and 60fps of Forsaken was very impressive.
I played half or so of the original on the PS1 back in the day.
Descent felt like a more precise shooter I remember with more timing involved & more epic feeling showdowns (Forsaken favored very close-up encounters, rapid fire & mass destruction) but the lighting and 60fps of Forsaken was very impressive.
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Reviving Forsaken seems so random. It was a 7/10 game back in the day (the scale starts at 5 remember), it had some notable tech, but never a real following or anything, maybe game-of-the-month a few places at most? It had a lot of paper ads though.
Its semi-obscureness makes this revival interesting and is fodder for cool videos like the one above.
PS. Why no PS4 & Nintendo release? It was on those platforms before Xbox existed.
Its semi-obscureness makes this revival interesting and is fodder for cool videos like the one above.
PS. Why no PS4 & Nintendo release? It was on those platforms before Xbox existed.
That PS1 version looks ace - I did not know much about it.
Also I cannot believe that Kex now offers a Vulkan path!
Also I cannot believe that Kex now offers a Vulkan path!
ask nightdive, no one here can answer that, can they?
It's on pc and the future, anywhere else is irrelevant.
Great video. Happy to hear that they incorporated all the N64 content, that makes the remaster an instabuy for me.
Yep. The Kaiser chap Dark1x mentioned worked on it in his spare time. It's not a commercial product.
Yep. The Kaiser chap Dark1x mentioned worked on it in his spare time. It's not a commercial product.
Nice, thanks!
Never played the game, it looks cool but it cost too much right now, I'll put in wishlist and wait some discount.
I really wish they reworked the art of the game to make it more modern and hyper realistic ...I loved the game on PS1 back in the day but the controls, man the controls were very strange.
Just bought the remaster on Steam. It's 20% off right now on Green Man Gaming.
That's why Overload exists.
That's why Overload exists.
I always watch these, even if I have no clue what the game is. Still makes me nostalgic somehow. Thanks.
YES. It is. Thx man. Indeed its Zone Raiders created by Virgin entertainment the same who make Cool Spot, but in Brazil many call 'Seven Up' because its difficult to remmember game names here. I even have a cd from this game. My mother gave me as a christimas gift if I remmember from Nova America Barra Shopping.
I don't know if John played that game too, but when I saw this Forsaken gameplay today remind me so much Zone Raiders.
Thx for help mate.
I was hoping to see a breakdown of the remaster v the old ones. Excellent video does just that. Having never played any of the versions, I assumed the n64 was different, but not THAT different.
Sadly, a lot of the titles I'd want to see will be caught in license hell (i'm looking at you Heavy Metal 2000 FAKK/Elite Force 1 & 2, and Klingon Honor Guard)
For me, that's what I want more of. The obscure 6-7/10 games from the late 90s/early 00s that weren't popular enough to start a series, but are worth playing through again if one can get them to work.
Sadly, a lot of the titles I'd want to see will be caught in license hell (i'm looking at you Heavy Metal 2000 FAKK/Elite Force 1 & 2, and Klingon Honor Guard)
I think the PS1 version actually looks better. Partly due to the lack of filtered textures, but also it just looks less washed out with gamma values that better fit the visuals.
Paraphrasing Jeff Gerstmann's reaction to Buck Bumble: "This was certainly made in the UK at a very specific point in time"
Paraphrasing Jeff Gerstmann's reaction to Buck Bumble: "This was certainly made in the UK at a very specific point in time"
It's gotten to the point where I just watch every single DF Retro, regardless of topic - always so fascinating, informative and entertaining. Such a great video series.
I never played any version of Forsaken, but now I'm tempted. Overload looks really cool as well.
I never played any version of Forsaken, but now I'm tempted. Overload looks really cool as well.
I thought we had a pizza date scheduled!
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Now that Forsaken is out - I really want to know where Kaiser and team are going to go next. There are a lot of games out there from this period which would be amazing on Kex.
Requiem: Avenging Angel? A game I've heard exactly nobody mention.
Soldier of Fortune! But I guess there would licensing issues with the magazine? It's sad how that series just died with a terrible game and was forgotten forever.
Right, it makes sense in arcade games, but in a game where you can save anywhere at any time, I don't see the point.
He's said on twitter that the next thing he's working on is Powerslave EX, but this time officially as Night Dive were able to secure the rights for it and the Exhumed name just a few months ago