Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

[The Guardian]

I keep hearing that it's short and thar there are only 3-4 locations. Other than that, it sounds great and the demo was awesome.

Anyway...Have fun Guardian. I'd like to hear your thoughts.

I'm not too worried, people talk ALLOT of crap online, I doubt it'll be any shorter than the first one and I'm not worried about the story, plus I usually take my time and enjoy the art styles and the details of the games I play so it'll be long enough for me!!!up: Thanks for the kind words, I'll post as soon as I can after I've had a chance to play it!!!

 

[Spider-Who?]

anyone know if walmart will be releasing it at midnight tonight? or do i gotta wait 8 stinking more hours?

 

[Benstamania]

I know GameStop is having a combined midnight release for Fable III, TFU II and Smackdown vs Raw 2011.

 

[Paradox1]

I'm going to the midnight sale at gamestop whoohoo only 2hrs away

 

[Benstamania]

Joystiq tore TFUII apart.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/26/star-wars-the-force-unleashed-2-review/

While the first Force Unleashed tied up a compelling piece of Star Wars cannon in a nice bow, the sequel has no aspiration to be a major part of lore or to be nearly as epic. It simply cobbles together glorified fan fiction for what amounts to an unexceptional subplot as it abruptly ends in the second act screaming, "SEQUEL GOES HERE!"

They were saying this would be "The Empire Strikes Back" of the Unleashed Trilogy (if we get a 3rd) but instead it seems to be The Phantom Menace... Wonderful.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Joystiq tore TFUII apart.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/26/star-wars-the-force-unleashed-2-review/



They were saying this would be "The Empire Strikes Back" of the Unleashed Trilogy (if we get a 3rd) but instead it seems to be The Phantom Menace... Wonderful.

I liked the Phantom Menace. I liked all the prequels. A lot actually. So if this is as "bad" as the later 3 films, ill be quite happy.

But man its disappointing that the story is so poor. I LOVED the first games story. Hm, im now contemplating picking up Fable and something else rather than this and Fable

 

[Benstamania]

I don't HATE the prequels but I don't like the prequels. TPM wasn't very good... more so with all the hype it had behind it, AotC was slightly better but Lucas can't direct or write love scenes for crap and I actually quite enjoyed RotS.

Fable III is also getting "eh" reviews... kind of "more of the same" ... so I may skip that as well.

I may pick up CoD after all, just because everything else I've been planning on picking up (outside of Halo and Fallout) seem to be mediocre at best.

 

[Paradox1]

Got the game at midnight waisted no time playing and roughly 3hrs later I'm only on the second level. If someone could beat this game in 5 hrs on hard they are a far better gamer than me.

 

[Benstamania]

They said 8 hours on normal.

 

[socool]

http://gameinformer.com/games/star_...rytelling-drains-this-entry-of-its-magic.aspx

Spoiler

Yoda is pointless and you don't fight Boba Fett? WHATS THE POINT?!?!?

 

[MOVIELORD101]

Y'know what? **** the reviews, I'm renting this game from Gamefly straight away. I liked the first game and the demo showed me this is probably a lot better! As long as the gameplay doesn't suck, then plot complaints be damned! The gameplay walkthrough on Gameanyone.com looks fantastic, so I think you guys are probably gonna like it.

I'm not too worried, people talk ALLOT of crap online, I doubt it'll be any shorter than the first one and I'm not worried about the story, plus I usually take my time and enjoy the art styles and the details of the games I play so it'll be long enough for me!!!up: Thanks for the kind words, I'll post as soon as I can after I've had a chance to play it!!!

I agree with you 100%. I don't care WHAT the fanboys end up *****ing about this time. I just want to play a good game, darnnit!

 

[MOVIELORD101]

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[The Guardian]

Y'know what? **** the reviews, I'm renting this game from Gamefly straight away. I liked the first game and the demo showed me this is probably a lot better! As long as the gameplay doesn't suck, then plot complaints be damned! The gameplay walkthrough on Gameanyone.com looks fantastic, so I think you guys are probably gonna like it.



I agree with you 100%. I don't care WHAT the fanboys end up *****ing about this time. I just want to play a good game, darnnit!

I agree and thanks!!!

 

[The Guardian]

Hi guys, sorry I didn't post last night like I said I would, I'm fighting a cold and wasn't feeling so well last night, but I'm a bit better this morning!!! Anyways on to the game, I played for a couple of hours and so far I'm loving it!!! The first major boss battle, and trust me you'll know it when it happens, is a "HOLY CRAP" moment lol, it's good stuff!!! The combat as I'm sure you know from the demo is similar to the original but a bit more streamlined but in a good way, it's awesome but like the first one can get a bit repetitive but that's not a big deal all games get a bit repetitive after a while!!! The story so far seems to be fine, although I agree Yoda is wasted in the game (He's my favorite Star Wars character)!!!up: Anyways all things considered I'm having a blast with the game, it's very fun to play, Jedi Mind Trick FTW lol, there's nothing like making the cannon fodder fight each other and commit suicide lol, and crushing a Tie Fighter as it's coming at you only to throw it at Storm Troopers you are making fight each other, fun stuff lol!!! The rage mode in the game is insane, you become a FREAKING MONSTER lol, you're just so powerful it's ridiculous, which is awesome lol, the game is great, so that about wraps it up, so far I give it a 9/10!!!

 

[Benstamania]

I'm a Star Wars lore fan... sorry, the lore is much more than "silly movies". I can't have fun playing a game that takes a dump all over Star Wars lore. The first game treated the lore with respect and every review is saying this games story dumps all over it.

The last commercial that had Starkiller hurling Vader through walls wasn't even cool, IMHO because it's just to "unbelievable" even for Star Wars, Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader is the Chosen One... he shouldn't be punked around by a stinking clone.

If you guys enjoy the game.... great, I however will be skipping it. MAYBE when it hits 17.99 used I'll give it a spin... but if what all the reviews are saying is true and TFU II is a silly game that seems like glorified fan fiction... then no thanks.

 

[Benstamania]

Reviewing The Force Unleashed 2 breaks my heart. As a rabid Star Wars fan who’s gone so far as to tattoo symbols of the franchise on my body, I wanted to jump into another epic story that better fleshes out Starkiller’s story. It’s disappointing that The Force Unleashed 2 not only fails to tell an interesting yarn, but also somehow manages to make the cool combat mechanics feel relatively pedestrian by failing to have enough variation in combat, or enough outside of combat to break up the pacing. Hardcore Star Wars fans should still check this out, but, as Master Yoda might say, “a good game The Force Unleashed 2 is not.”

7.0Presentation
TFU2 initially does a great job at engaging Star Wars fans, complete with the franchise’s iconic scrolling introduction text. The menus and other general UI feel pretty generic, though.
9.0Graphics
It looks gorgeous. Starkiller and the other characters are very realistically animated, and the weather effects in are some of the best I’ve ever seen.
8.5Sound
Drawing from a wealth of iconic Star Wars music and sound effects, is it any surprise it’s wonderful to hear over your speakers? The voice acting is also great in general.

6.5Gameplay
It's far too redundant, too short, and doesn’t have an interesting story. And that’s coming from a mega Star Wars nerd.
6.0Lasting Appeal
It's super short, and would make more of a decent rental for fans than a day-one purchase. Even the challenge levels and alternate difficulties don’t add much replayability.

Game play got a 6.5... that doesn't reflect "darn good game" to me...

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/113/1130400p1.html

 

[marvelman2006]

Game play got a 6.5... that doesn't reflect "darn good game" to me...

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/113/1130400p1.html

yeah but Im just happy this isnt another clone wars tv show game.

 

[Paradox1]

If your number one argument against it is the lore then you have been looking for a reasons not to like it. That's your right not to like it but please don't try to tell people their own personal oppoinon is wrong. Then try to confirm this by putting a review which is somebody else oppinion. I'm having a blast playing it and it's everything I thought it was which is a good action game.

For the most part action games have not been recieved well by critics. I watch a lot of reviews the only game in the genre who continues to get good reviews is gow. Nearly everything else gets in the '7-8range.

 

[Brainiac 8]

Batman: AA?

 

[Saint]

For the most part action games have not been recieved well by critics.

This is completely fallacious. Arkham Asylum, The Devil May Cry series, Infamous, Bayonetta, and the Prince of Persia series (with the exception of the reboot) are all third-person actioners that have been very well received by critics, and the list certainly doesn't stop there.

 

[Iron_Stark]

I got the SE of the game today and played it for a lil while but I didn't see the Ralph McQuarrie Deak Star Killer skin or the exclusive light crystal the box said it came with in it. Anyone know how to get it? or was that Kratos looking skin and silver crystal it from the code I got from Gamestop?

Also it said it recognized the part one game saves and it would add in extra costumes, was it supposed to add all the costumes from part one or just a few like I have now?

So far I'm liking this game.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

I bought this, Fable III and the Red Dead DLC. Damn i dont know what to spend time with. I played a bit of the Red Dead DLC and think ill jump on this game before Fable.

 

[The Guardian]

I got the SE of the game today and played it for a lil while but I didn't see the Ralph McQuarrie Deak Star Killer skin or the exclusive light crystal the box said it came with in it. Anyone know how to get it? or was that Kratos looking skin and silver crystal it from the code I got from Gamestop?

Also it said it recognized the part one game saves and it would add in extra costumes, was it supposed to add all the costumes from part one or just a few like I have now?

So far I'm liking this game.

I also have the collector's edition, there should be two codes, one for pre-ordering at Gamestop, which is printed on your receipt, and there should be a voucher with a code where the game manual is located inside the game case, I hope that helps!!!up:

 

[zenith16]

The Force Unleashed II
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[Iron_Stark]

I also have the collector's edition, there should be two codes, one for pre-ordering at Gamestop, which is printed on your receipt, and there should be a voucher with a code where the game manual is located inside the game case, I hope that helps!!!up:

Hey cool, I thought that code was to get a silver membership or something. haha duh.


Already downloaded the new skin, crystal and 3 new maps. Thanx