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Star Wars THE FORCE UNLEASHED 2 |OT| You can use TWO lightsabers now
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BattleMonkey
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Seda said:
From what I have read, it's not really an issue of "bad" story, more like lack of story.
Rwar angry clone starkiller. *chop chop chop* *pew pew*.... 5 hours later, cliffhanger.
Broadbandito
Member
hmm. I can get the game for 20. Think I will do it so I can beat it and trade it towards black ops. win/win?
I thought the plot was ok. I didn't identify with his motivation for doing what he does. It felt shallow. Although technically the game is vastly superior to the first one and the gameplay mechanics have been improved, I felt that the game was a bit hollow. It really lacked a middle. It's as if there was only a beginning and an end and the end wasn't that great. The opening is awesome though. So I do prefer the first one to the second one by quite a margin. As for the plot, the first one felt like it could be part of the main movies, wheres this sequel feels more EU stuff ( I am not that big of a SW fan so I have only read a few EU novels like a decade ago lol)
chris121580
Member
It took me right around 7 hours playing on the hard difficulty setting. If you rented it, you could beat it in a weekendJohngPR said:
BigBlackGamer
Member
Well, I guess I'll let you guys know what I think about the game.
I was still on the fence, and 95% of the time, Amazon ships my game late in the afternoon so I thought I had some time, but I didn't take into account that once it's "Shipping Soon", you can't cancel your order.
:lol
I was still on the fence, and 95% of the time, Amazon ships my game late in the afternoon so I thought I had some time, but I didn't take into account that once it's "Shipping Soon", you can't cancel your order.
:lol
TheApatheticOne
Member
Well, Ive went back and forth on this one a million times, but chris up above posts on another board I post on (barely at all anymore though), so I trust his opinions. Got it preordered from Amazon with my $20 credit from Medal of Honor.
It usually takes me longer to play through a game than the average play time estimate, so if I can get 7 or 8 good hours out of the game, I'll be happy.
I thought about getting the Collector's Edition over and over, but I just couldn't pull the trigger. The unboxing kind of made up my mind for me although the artbook with interactive commentary sounds cool.
I thought about getting the Collector's Edition over and over, but I just couldn't pull the trigger. The unboxing kind of made up my mind for me although the artbook with interactive commentary sounds cool.
TSAGoodness
Member
Just got some extra birthday money today and preordered this from amazon, I can't wait. I loved the first one, and loved the demo for this, should be awesome.
BattleMonkey
Member
Steam doesn't have this game listed, what the heck, I have to go to a store to buy it? What is this madness
I picked up the 360 version. I've been getting these really weird pauses in gameplay. I would use force lightning on a tie fighter and before it blew up I would get a pause for a second. I don't think it's the game. Not sure how to fix it though. It totally ruins the awe factor of what's happening on screen.
Rated-Rsuperstar
Member
Managed to get the PC version tonight and Plot What Plot seems to be the best description for the game as well as where is the content.
The overall gameplay is much improved but theres like 4 levels. Kamino, Cato Neimodia, Rebel Nebulan-B Ship and then Kamino again. The gameplay is fun and you can tell they learned mistakes from the first game but maybe they should have taken the time making the 10 or so challenges and made more levels cause overall the game feels too short. It is more like what I would expect from a 29.99 expansion pack.
As for the ending it was to be expected since they have one more to make before they off the character to keep with the lore.
Solid Gameplay but the lack of content and overall expansion pack feel knocks it down to a 6/10. There is no replay value at all pretty much. I will add the PC version price wise is the closest to what it really should be.
The overall gameplay is much improved but theres like 4 levels. Kamino, Cato Neimodia, Rebel Nebulan-B Ship and then Kamino again. The gameplay is fun and you can tell they learned mistakes from the first game but maybe they should have taken the time making the 10 or so challenges and made more levels cause overall the game feels too short. It is more like what I would expect from a 29.99 expansion pack.
As for the ending it was to be expected since they have one more to make before they off the character to keep with the lore.
Solid Gameplay but the lack of content and overall expansion pack feel knocks it down to a 6/10. There is no replay value at all pretty much. I will add the PC version price wise is the closest to what it really should be.
antonz said:
Fuck. Loved the first one and this is one of my most anticipated releases this year. I was afraid this is how it would have turned out, and after playing the demo, I was left thinking the final product would end up as you described.
Really kind of want the tin case LE, but I might hold off for a DD XBL release next year now. Not feeling the need to blow $60+ on a dissapointing sequel.
Fun Factor
Formerly FTWer
antonz said:
Isn't there like 20 costumes to unlock?
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Willy105 said:
If you need to watch a game being played by someone else, up to the final boss, just to get an idea of how you may (or may not) like it... then how the hell can you say that the game's short?
You've already got double the time out of it!
HeresSomeWeapons
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After playing the demo, which I thought was AMAZING, I'm finding it hard to believe that the game is as bad as people are saying it is. Everyone shat all over the first one, but I enjoyed it anyway, so it's hard for me to know who to trust...
RiotPelaaja
Remedy
After the kind of sequels like Mass Effect 2, Uncharted 2 and Asssassins Creed 2, TFU2 is a huge letdown even for a Star Wars fan such a myself.
Well, that's that. 5 hours long. If they'd made a full game it could have been GOTY. Now it's condemned to reviewers arguing over whether it's worth renting or not. It's literally half a game. What story there is is fine, but all the plot points reach their middle when it ends. The game that is there is very polished, but guess what, 5 hours of that isn't enough. I'd rather take FU1 quality if it meant getting a real game rather than this demo.
As someone said the game is 4 levels: Kamino - Cato Neimodia - Rebel Spaceship - Kamino again. And half of one of those levels is the first half of the level but you walk through it backwards. The entire plot can be summed up as "Break out, get help, come back".
Force powers were turned down just a little too much compared to the first game. Very little DMM physics on show.
Most of the boss fights were great. One wasn't:
I miss the Jedi fights from the first game. The concept of a wide-side view in an arena for you to do a 1 on 1 acrobatic saber fight was great but the execution was really sloppy. Could have fixed it for this game.
Maps have a lot less variety. It's either tubular corridors or platforms bolted to the side of very tall structures.
I loved the OTT point I spoilered on the first page. That kind of stuff is why I follow these games.
Someone said the novelisation featured Admiral Ackbar but the game doesn't.
I really don't like fighting combat droids. Even human-piloted mechs are preferable.
That
was the rebel flagship? I thought the Mon Calamari cruiser was. And despite showing it at the end of
Overall I liked what there was, there just wasn't much.
Remember when Portal was considered a short game?
As someone said the game is 4 levels: Kamino - Cato Neimodia - Rebel Spaceship - Kamino again. And half of one of those levels is the first half of the level but you walk through it backwards. The entire plot can be summed up as "Break out, get help, come back".
Force powers were turned down just a little too much compared to the first game. Very little DMM physics on show.
Most of the boss fights were great. One wasn't:
the first half of Vader's. how many platform leaps did it take just to chip away at him?
Maps have a lot less variety. It's either tubular corridors or platforms bolted to the side of very tall structures.
I loved the OTT point I spoilered on the first page. That kind of stuff is why I follow these games.
Someone said the novelisation featured Admiral Ackbar but the game doesn't.
I really don't like fighting combat droids. Even human-piloted mechs are preferable.
That
medical frigate
Revenge of the Sith, we're now supposed to believe that it's a completely different ship shown during the original trilogy.
Overall I liked what there was, there just wasn't much.
Remember when Portal was considered a short game?
BattleMonkey
Member
HeresSomeWeapons said:
Most of the crapping on is because the game is apparently very light on content. Much shorter game with very little actual storyline, and no ending. They improved the core game it seems, but it's a lacking product.
Seems like they were rushing this one out and already working on a 3rd game to follow it according to the previous LA layoffs rumors.
Zenith said:
? Game takes place before ANH, one could figure that the rebels don't really have any Mon Cal Cruisers yet and Frigates are their biggest ships, we don't see anything bigger than the frigates till ROTJ. The ship at the end of episode 3? Only the corvette was shown, don't remember any mon cal.
BattleMonkey
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Zenith said:
Padme dies in a facility on Polis Massa, it wasn't on a frigate. The establishing shot in ROTS made it look like an asteroid base or something.
The Nebula B class frigate never appeared in ROTS, only a Corellian Corvette (blockade runner) was seen at the end of the movie.
BattleMonkey
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Valcryst said:
DLC!
That will just make things worse :lol
Look at all these extra levels we cut out to sell to you later!
BattleMonkey said:
I could have sworn we had a shot of it along with the blockade runner.
so-so. I find it almost impossible to do a second replay on almost any game. There are challenge levels you unlock, and depending on your rank you'll unlock a memory cinematic, sabre crystal and a costume for each. There's an alternate ending that you need to replay the last level for. Your force powers are persistent so the powers you have at the end of the game can be used on any level/challenge.
I thought it was fine. There's just as little of it as there are levels, as each level has really only 1 plot point.
It essentially goes:
Kamino
escape from here
rescue Kota
stop the Imperials from taking Juno
find Vader and rescue Juno
There's Dagobah as well but it's just a cutscene. I have no problems with Starkiller being more powerful than all other jedi combined, or any of the Extended Universe stuff it might interfere with. I like the actor who plays Starkiller. What dialogue there was was fine. The CGI cutscenes are excellent.
The database and memory flashbacks you unlock as you progress add some backstory.
I've Empires at War Gold Edition lying around and I never played it past the training levels and this game's put me in the mood for it.