Force Unleashed

Mr Bloat

Would you buy it on 360/PS3 or Wii?

Better graphics or Wiimote lightsaber?

FreeOSCAR

360 Version for me although I would be tempted by the Wii version if I had one. The game is supposed to be quite average according to reviews. I love Star Wars so Ill give it a shot nevertheless.

Mr Bloat

Yeah, I was a bit disappointed when I read the reviews but, it's Star Wars and you get to play the first level as Vader with all the force powers. That's gotta be good.

Mr. K

Don't forget the Duel mode on the Wii! I'm still gonna go with the 360 version, but I might get the Wii one, if I see it cheap sometime.

The versions are quite different, the story is the same but the structure of the levels is completely different.

Pyr0

I'm still pissed that they're not bringing it out on PC, come on, the DS and not PC ?!

Mikeyt086

Got the full game yesterday.

Lads. Its bloody unreal. So much fun. The first level, well prolouge

The one with Darth Vader and all his powers.

is breathtaking and there is just so much action going on.

Mr Bloat

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

Got the full game yesterday.

Lads. Its bloody unreal. So much fun. The first level, well prolouge

The one with Darth Vader and all his powers.

is breathtaking and there is just so much action going on.

What are you playing it on?

Elem

Is their any online play?

Ross_Mahon

Got the demo for the 360, it felt really emotionless, They should have put loads of combos and acrobatic moves, And also a full customization of your character.

FreeOSCAR

Elem wrote: »

Is their any online play?

Nope and all the better for it IMO.

Dr Bob

Pyr0 wrote: »

I'm still pissed that they're not bringing it out on PC, come on, the DS and not PC ?!

Lucasarts have a history of PC hating in recent years.
the brilliant Xwing/Tie fighter/X wing alliance PC games get dumped for the dumbed down Rogue Squadron series on "teh consolezz".

Jedi Knight/Jedi Knight 2/Jedi:Academy(which actually did have loads of combos and acrobatic moves, And also a full customization of your character). gets sidelined for this...

...meh

FreeOSCAR

There is a PC version coming out. It was announced a few weeks ago.

Anybody care to share what Price this is retailing at High Street wise?

Oafley Jones

Tried the demo twice now and both times I've only lasted 10 minutes before boredom and the controls got to me. Nowhere near as good as Outcast/Academy on the PC. Also, it's the little things i miss, like the ability to powerup/off your lightsaber.:D

DirkVoodoo

Also played the demo. Take away the nice little physics of the force grip and you are left with an extremely average action game. In fact, I remember my little cousins brought the Episode 3 game over a few years ago. They loved it (all being less than 10), so I gave it a go when they got bored. It was terrible, as I'm sure you may all have guessed.

When I played Force Unleashed last night, I was immediately struck by a sense of deja vu. The combat is boring and uninvolving, I tried one or two combos but found tapping square three times would dispatch these cardboard cutouts just as quick. I'm also struggling to see where the amazing graphics are, it looks about 5 years old and nothing like any "next gen" title. Sure I had some fun tossing tie fighters around the docking bay, ooh more stormtroopers who provide no challenge whatsoever, but the force grip was nearly as frustrating as it was fun. Its hard to target the right object for a start, then maneuvering it through space while you get pelted by blaster fire is pointless. Running in circles tapping square is just as effective.

I think its probably the hype that surrounded this game that has me more miffed than anything. I didnt really follow it, but it was always talked up on every site as promising to be an evolution of the star wars games. I'll stick with the Jedi Knight Series thanks.

djkeogh

I'm torn between the Wii and the 360 version. I really should get it on Wii as I have no games to play on it at the moment and loads for the 360.

yoyo

FreeOSCAR wrote: »

There is a PC version coming out. It was announced a few weeks ago.

Anybody care to share what Price this is retailing at High Street wise?

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/09/08/scoop-the-force-unleashed-is-coming-to-pc/

Not anymore, seemed nvidia made another "mistake", as they did with final fantasy

Nick

tman

The demo was unbelievably dull, couldn't even bring myself to finish it.

Any review of it that I've read has read like a 6/10 review given a higher score just because it's Star Wars... (EG's for example)

Damn SW nerds!

lafors

Got it on the Wii today.
Was going to get it for the 360 but the demo put me off.
I really only got it for the wii for the motion controls and the duel mode.

Motion controls are good, just not as "free" as I expected i.e. you don't swing the remote like a lightsaber.......still great though.

Praetorian

I'm enjoying it on the 360, 3/4's through it now. Gameplay is very ordinary, force powers / music / sound are excellent, this is a Star Wars game afterall!

FreeOSCAR

I rented it for a week and im having mixed emotions about it. One minute I love it thinking its brilliant and the next minute im cursing my brains out from frustration (EG. The bringing down of the Star Destroyer).

Im on the last level and I must be only hitting the 7hours mark. Very Short. Story is great IMO as it fills in some plot details of what went on between EP III and EP IV. Some familiar faces in it aswell. Pity they couldnt use the same voices though.

Mr. K

It is very short, but the story is pretty epic. I enjoyed it for the most part, but there were some super frustrating parts. Now I'm trying to get more achievements out of it!

Duff_Man

yeh i rented it for a week aswell but iv finished it already! was great for the most part but some of the levels were mad frustrating! i liked the way they tied the story in so well

FreeOSCAR

One annoying thing I found was that certain enemyy A.I had their acts the same time you were getting up from been knocked to the ground. It makes gameplay very frustrating on the Harder difficulties.

Praetorian

Playing through it a second time after finishing

it with the bad ending, going to fly through it again with my new getup & with all my powers intact

Mr E

Its the best kind of rental... short and lots of fun to play.

Halfrican

FreeOSCAR wrote: »

I rented it for a week and im having mixed emotions about it. One minute I love it thinking its brilliant and the next minute im cursing my brains out from frustration (EG. The bringing down of the Star Destroyer).

Im on the last level and I must be only hitting the 7hours mark. Very Short. Story is great IMO as it fills in some plot details of what went on between EP III and EP IV. Some familiar faces in it aswell. Pity they couldnt use the same voices though.

Its so true, I got the same feeling bout the game aswel. Played it on 360 & wii, much better on the Wii i think cuz you can get the lightsaber attachement n u look like such a badass! "We can defeat him together master!"

Otacon

Bought this last Friday, have passed it twice since.

I really like this game. The gameplay is nice if you put the effort in to learn the combos (similar to God of War and Devil May Cry). The soundtrack is awesome, like most Star Wars games and the plot ties the trilogies together very nicely.

What I didn't like was its length; it is way too short (shorter than Uncharted!) There are also some issues with bugs (sometimes a stormtrooper won't be injured by Force Lightning as he is 'frozen') and as already stated, the locking system is atrocious.

However, even with these faults, I still want to play it.

Not one for purchase for most people but I still will give this a 7.5/10

Vic Vinegar

Praetorian wrote: »

Playing through it a second time after finishing

it with the bad ending, going to fly through it again with my new getup & with all my powers intact

you get to keep your upgrades on a 2nd playthrough?

Otacon

Headspin wrote: »

you get to keep your upgrades on a 2nd playthrough?

Yup, just hit Continue instead of New Game! It would be pretty crappy otherwise, you'd never unlock the better moves.

AnCapaillMor

I liked it, then again it could be a game of shovelling crap with a lighsaber and i'd love it because it has a lightsaber. Story fiited in well with the s.wars universe, altho was'nt shakk ti killed by grievous? so manyways to kill its ingeious. anyone find the black saber crystal, its the onlyone i can't find.


Found these codes on gamefaqs

OSSUS All databank entries unlocked
EXARKUN All force push ranks unlocked
ADEGAN All saber throw ranks unlocked
MASSASSI New Combo
FREEDON New Combo
SAZEN New Combo
LUMIYA New Combo
MARAJADE Unlocks a New Combo
LIGHTSABER Unlocks Deadly Saber
KATARN Unlocks Maxamum Force Powers
DANTOOINE Unlocks the Ceremonial Jedi Robes
HOLOCRON Unlocks the Jedi Adventure Robes
WOOKIEE Unlocks the Master Kento Costume "The Apprentice's Father"
MANDALORE Unlocks the Rahn Kota Costume
KORRIBAN Unlocks the Sith Stalker Armor

Mr. K

The black lightsaber crystal is in the last level,

it's on top of one of the lasers near the top of the room where you use the wind lifts (the last room before the final bosses)

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Azza

AnCapaillMor Shakk Ti was still offical alive at the start of this game. She was suppose to die in Episode III but the scene was cut. You can still see the deleted scene, I'm sure it would be up on youtube but its not considered her offical death.

Anyway I rented this game for 2 nights and got threw it in about 6-7 hours and overall I enjoyed it. Gameplay was good and so was the story.

Only major gripes is the sometimes frustration lock on system and camera and it was quite buggy at times. Was frequent clipping issues in it.

But overall was well worth playing.

jim o doom

Bought and played it yesterday - would have got it Friday but was out of the country - didn't like it for the first while as I got to grips with the control system, but I must admit; I totally love it - this is definitely biased as I am a total Star Wars Fanboy - don't have toys or anything, just love the series and especially the auld lightsabre.. it's a good laugh, looks good, is a bit buggy - but it's animal great fun bating around as a sith, haven't finished it yet mind.
To put things in perspective - I loved jedi outcast - the more recent one, the dept of that game was mind blowing, didn't really like jedi academy or jedi academy 2 because they seemed so simple in comparison to outcast - but I still bought and played em - also liked KOTOR - but never finished it as old pc died and lost the discs (something I am planning on rectifying, ditto with kotor 2).
Never liked battlefront at all, just seemed like a rubbish version of battlefield with jedis and it wasn't for me at all.

in other words; if u like star wars, light sabres & action - go for it, I havent touched mercs II since I got it, although I will defo go back to that once I've finished the jedi game a few times over

Zarbon

"PULL IT OUTTA THE SKY!"

So fun to play, plus great story. It has problems but everything does.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

half life didn't.

Zarbon

o rly? That's great......your opinion. Yay!