Force Unleashed Demo 21/08

[Darkside55]

but out of curiosity what storyline travesty did they inflict on the star wars universe?

Spoiler

Picture some nerds standing around, debating how powerful Anakin Skywalker is. He's basically Space Jesus--created by 'midichlorians,' a being completely composed of the living Force. The most powerful force user in the universe because he is completely made out of it.

Then one of the nerds goes, "Nuh uh! In my fanfic, I've written a character more powerful than Darth Vader! He completely goes against everything that's been put into media before about the power of the Force and he multiplies it by one--no, TEN million!" He adjusts his taped-together glasses and continues his reedy, nasal exposition.

"And it doesn't matter about midichlorians, because STARKILLER--that's his codename--is so powerful that the midichlorians that speak to all Force-sensitive people don't matter to him, because even though he's just the offspring of two no-name Jedi he's the most powerful being in the universe and even the will of the Force has to bend to him."

"Now hold on," another nerd says. "He CAN'T be stronger than Darth Vader, that's just impossible."

"NO!" Starkiller's creator screams. "He IS more powerful! He could beat Darth Vader since he was a child--in fact, he DOES beat Darth Vader as a child! And he can beat the emperor too! He can beat anyone, any Sith or Jedi that ever lived because he's THAT powerful, and he can take on the entire Galactic Empire and he could beat them if he wanted to because he could cause all their ships to crash from lightyears away!"

"This is bullshit."

"You're bullshit! This is how it really happened!"

"Oh yeah? Then why didn't we hear about him before if he's so great? Where was he during the original trilogy, or afterward?"

*Separate spoiler because this is THE ENDING OF THE GAME DON'T READ IT UNLESS YOU WANT IT SPOILED, SRSLY*

Spoiler

The shrill-voiced nerd thinks for a minute, contemplating the question. "Because," he declares, "no one could beat him in combat, so he built up the power of the Force within himself and detonated it, taking out a huge chunk of the Death Star with him. And because he was working as Vader's spy, the Rebellion thinks of him as a martyr and the entire Rebel Alliance comes about solely because of my character, Starkiller. In fact, if it wasn't for Starkiller, Star Wars as you know it wouldn't have happened at all. He created the conflict in Star Wars and he was undefeated when he died, but I don't know I'm a shitty fanfiction writer and maybe I'll bring him back to life because he could totally do it. He's just THAT awesome." The nerd smirks, thinking himself triumphant.

His fellows look at him.

"Your character," one says, "is a god damned Mary Sue."

And then they beat the shit out of him.

 

[Deleted member 56031]

No seriously darkside please tell me you made that up O_O

That's a ****ing disgrace. That is up there with the prequels in terms of butchering star wars. **** SAKE!

where did you hear about this?

 

[StardogChampion]

Is this out then?

 

[Jimmeh]

I got bored after about 10 minutes.

I did the tutorial, and ran around a large hangar throwing around boxes and zapping shit for a bit. Didn't really hold my interest for much longer than that.

 

[VictimOfScience]

So I am still at work, but for those of you who have played it, how is the music?? Is it the classic tracks or some decent reworking of them at least? I really want to be immersed in the universe....

 

[Viperidae]

Spoiler

Picture some nerds standing around, debating how powerful Anakin Skywalker is. He's basically Space Jesus--created by 'midichlorians,' a being completely composed of the living Force. The most powerful force user in the universe because he is completely made out of it.

Then one of the nerds goes, "Nuh uh! In my fanfic, I've written a character more powerful than Darth Vader! He completely goes against everything that's been put into media before about the power of the Force and he multiplies it by one--no, TEN million!" He adjusts his taped-together glasses and continues his reedy, nasal exposition.

"And it doesn't matter about midichlorians, because STARKILLER--that's his codename--is so powerful that the midichlorians that speak to all Force-sensitive people don't matter to him, because even though he's just the offspring of two no-name Jedi he's the most powerful being in the universe and even the will of the Force has to bend to him."

"Now hold on," another nerd says. "He CAN'T be stronger than Darth Vader, that's just impossible."

"NO!" Starkiller's creator screams. "He IS more powerful! He could beat Darth Vader since he was a child--in fact, he DOES beat Darth Vader as a child! And he can beat the emperor too! He can beat anyone, any Sith or Jedi that ever lived because he's THAT powerful, and he can take on the entire Galactic Empire and he could beat them if he wanted to because he could cause all their ships to crash from lightyears away!"

"This is bullshit."

"You're bullshit! This is how it really happened!"

"Oh yeah? Then why didn't we hear about him before if he's so great? Where was he during the original trilogy, or afterward?"

His fellows look at him.

"Your character," one says, "is a god damned Mary Sue."

And then they beat the shit out of him.

I applaud. My sentiments exactly.

 

[OmegaX]

This looks like another Too Human disappointment. Judging by your first impressions anyways.

 

[Gargantou]

I actually enjoyed Too Human.. More than The Force Unleashed anyway. Demos that is.

 

[Dalamari]

downloading it atm, will review shortly

also, ps3 web browser ftw

 

[Mutley]

It's sad, it had a lot of potential with the physics but is smeared in unoriginal gameplay.

 

[Dalamari]

feels like dynasty warriors and JK2 were combined into one game

But, it somehow sucks

 

[Cormeh]

Yeah, got a chance to play it last night.

Definitely nowhere what was promised, the targeting wasn't exactly great, using both sticks to control force grip was rubbish and the lightsaber is really just a bat with a lightbulb inside.

Despite this, it's got its charms. Force pushing blast doors open is great, bending out walkway supports to destroy TIE fighters is what I can only describe as "win" and generally causing mayhem by throwing objects and enemies all over the place is rather delightful.

What's strange is that the physics system seems really depleted from previews. You can actually blow TIE fighters up by holding a troop out in its path. Plus the AI isn't up to scratch; in the three or four times I played through the demo I had only one stormie grabbing on for dear life as I gripped him off his feet. Not to mention that enemies are all incredibly thick. They'll stand on the spot and fire whilst you casually block everything.

Not worth a full purchase from the demo. Maybe a rental or bargain bin job.

 

[VictimOfScience]

I played it once and HATED it. I played it again and got a lot more out of it. The force powers were pretty cool, but yes, the control of them was a big problem in a lot of cases. The AI too was pretty bad/non-existent as well, but I suppose that was done on purpose so you would have lots of toys in your Force-powered sandbox.

I didn't think the demo was all that great though as the environments were pretty boring and there was just so much junk strewn around what one might hope to be a pretty organized ship. I was disappointed my force powers could not take down the AT-ST either. Pretty pathetic. QTEs at that point made me sad. How am I supposed to work my way up to pulling a Star Destroyer out of orbit if I cannot even knock over a two-legged walker?

I think the full game will be much more effective though, as all of these powers won't seem as cheap if you earn them one by one (which I assume you do in the full game but I don't actually know for sure). The music didn't stand out to me at all either which was disappointing as well. I must go through it again and focus just on that. This is probably a rental for me or bargain bin, as people have already stated.