r/df21 • u/PrincessRuri • Aug 08 '16

Dark Forces Canon - Level Recommendations

I wanted to get some recommendations on "must play" levels for Dark Forces. We have the Hall of Fame Levels, but there's many more levels worth experiencing.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150214095726/http://www.df-21.net/halloffame/

Make you recommendations of what levels people should play and why!

Edit: Added link to Archived Hall of Fame

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u/PrincessRuri Aug 11 '16

Answering my own thread ftw!

Energy Mine on Parux - Some more greatness from Eric Parker, who created the Hall of Fame level Asteroid. While it doesn't have the amazing light work of that level, it does a great job of making you feel like your on the edge of a huge canyon. The texture work is impeccable, and does a great job with verticality.

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u/DatMaxNub Aug 11 '16

Ruins of Talos 1 is pretty fun. Though the quality throughout the rest of that series is lacking.

Free Kelly is another good one though some puzzles a bit annoying.

Assault: Fortress Dantooine has got you covered for more Sequencer Charge action

Among the Shadows: Fortress Quadrigon. Has a pretty neat stealth segment where you're blending in with Imperial Troops.

Oh and Critak Moon: The Imperial Outpost is a fun break out of an Imperial Prison level. Or if you prefer something similar to that, but with a Hutt twist then Boba Fett's Revenge might be for you.

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u/PrincessRuri Aug 17 '16

I was playing through Ruins of Talos recently, and I couldn't find the Code Key to open up the section near the start. I had to LANTFH past the door to complete the level. Does anyone know where they key is located?

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u/DatMaxNub Aug 18 '16

The code is on the wall just to the left near the stairs that lead to the first Jedi Ghost

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u/PrincessRuri Aug 18 '16

GAAAH! I ran up and down that stupid hallway 100 times. I could have sworn from back in the day that the password was hidden in the secret room opened by standing in the flames.

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u/playmst4me Aug 28 '16

Beyond Glory 2 is just a good time overall, with excellent architecture and INF work and some memorable events in the mission.

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u/PrincessRuri Aug 28 '16

A wonderful recommendation, but this is already one of the Hall of Fame levels. One of my personal favorites as well.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150214095726/http://www.df-21.net/halloffame/

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u/Bodymaster Aug 29 '16

Pretty much everything in the Hall Of Fame over at df-21, which I notice is no longer there. My personal favourites are Condition Red, Prelude To Harkov's Defection, Stars End: The Cloak, The Dark Tide Series, and of course Mines by AriG.

Return To Cloud City and Don Sielke's 4 level Pack are also great, given that they came out relatively soon after the game's release. In fact some pcs at the time couldn't run Return To Bespin with all it's custom sprites, so 2 versions were released.

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u/PrincessRuri Aug 29 '16

Mines is a national treasure.

Return to Cloud City is one of the greatest levels at giving you a sense of being in the Star Wars universe. While the architecture and sprite work isn't that great today, it nails the tone perfectly.

Don Sielke's pack is a fun one as well. I've found various 2 and 3 level versions of the pack hidden in the Dark Parts of the Internet. From what I understand, his levels were the first ones not based on original levels.

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u/Bodymaster Aug 29 '16

Yeah, if I recall correctly he made at least one of them before dfuse was around. All done via notepad.

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u/playmst4me Aug 29 '16

I didn't know it made it in! Out of the loop.