Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II (1997)
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II is a 1997 shooter video game made by LucasArts.
Every path Kyle Katarn walks bends the galaxy a little further. This shooter follows Katarn, a mercenary who once slipped inside the Empire, as he digs into his father's murder and starts learning the ways of the Jedi. You fight through real filmed cutscenes into blaster firefights and lightsaber duels, spending hard-won points on Force powers as you go. The choices you make nudge Katarn toward the light or the dark, and the villains, a coven of Dark Jedi led by Jerec, are hunting the same buried source of power you are. It is a late-nineties landmark for putting a saber in your hands.
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What is Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II about?
Every path Kyle Katarn walks bends the galaxy a little further. This shooter follows Katarn, a mercenary who once slipped inside the Empire, as he digs into his father's murder and starts learning the ways of the Jedi. You fight through real filmed cutscenes into blaster firefights and lightsaber duels, spending hard-won points on Force powers as you go. The choices you make nudge Katarn toward the light or the dark, and the villains, a coven of Dark Jedi led by Jerec, are hunting the same buried source of power you are. It is a late-nineties landmark for putting a saber in your hands.
When was Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II released?
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II was released on 30 September 1997.
Who made Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II?
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II was made by LucasArts.
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For players who want a lightsaber-led story with room to shape your own Force. If the light-or-dark pull interests you, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt delivers weighty choices across a huge world, and BioShock wraps its shooting in a story that keeps testing what kind of person you are.
Star Wars stories beyond the movies
Dark Forces II follows mercenary Kyle Katarn into a corner of the galaxy the films never show, chasing his father's killer and the buried secret they both want. These Star Wars stories dig into that same expanded universe, following Jedi, Sith, and smugglers through wars and intrigues far from Tatooine.
Games where you choose the light or dark side
Every choice in Dark Forces II nudges Katarn toward the light or the dark, and the ending shifts to match. These games hand you the same moral steering wheel, letting your decisions reshape the story, your character, and the fates of everyone caught in your path.
First-person shooters with a story to tell
Dark Forces II threads live-action cutscenes between its blaster firefights and saber duels, treating the shooter as a place for real drama. These first-person games do the same, building rich worlds and characters around their gunplay so every level pushes a story forward.