the problem with the game, as the developers said, is that they wanted to do "less, better". And that, as a genuine motivation is fine, but the problem is that you can't really have that mentality for a sequel to a large and epic game like TFU 1.
Their less is more approach went too far, imo. As many have said, the story took a major beating. I don't mind it being a slightly more personal story, but to limit it to "some dude goes to see his girlfriend but runs into trouble on the way" was TOO much of so little. As another poster said, it really felt like 5 hours were cut out of the middle of the game. And honestly, when Vader has Juno and tells Starkiller to hunt down Kato, I assumed that I was only at the half way point (and was subsequently VERY disappointed when the ending played out).
I found myself wishing we had the huge collection of combo moves like in the first one, tho admittedly, i only used maybe 10 moves from the first game. But options are always nice to have. This is not to discount the combat here - it was simple and fun. I would have liked to have seen more variety in the grapple attacks though.
Playing on a PS3 I found the graphics to be great, and was impressed with the cutscenes and little details (the smoke from a zapped jumptrooper was fantastic), but i was surprised that some of the distant landscapes and buildings in the background (like when your trying to save Kato) were REALLY bad.
I think the challenges are a nice touch, but i wish we got the multiplayer like the wii. I think that too would help lessen the sting of such a short game.
I'm not sure what score I would give this game. The things that it does well, it does really well, and were it needs polishing, it'd take a lot of effort. This game seems to sit perfectly in game purgatory - its not a bad game, but it falls short of being the epic tale that we waited for and the publishers promised.
I'll give the game a 6.5/10. The weak story and subsequently incredibly short single player really kills it for me.
