Another mediocre game that doesn't deserve the attention (Force Unleashed)

[tiredinnuendo]

I think the GoW comparisons come from the combat style, focus on brutality, and QTE usage.

Not that every game doesn't use QTEs, and while I won't say there is a "right" way to do QTEs, there are ways that are less wrong, like GoW, Conan, Heavenly Sword, Force Unleashed....

So yeah, basically God of War and all its clones.

- J

 

[Spartan Bannana]

I played the demo and I don't know if it was a bug or my controller or what, but I thought using force grab was extremely hard. I had to hold down R for a few seconds (and it only registered it half the time), release R, then press L and push the thumbstick in the direction I wanted to throw.

I didn't have that problem, must have been your controller

 

[squid5580]

I have just reached the third chapter and it does have a few flaws. The targeting sucks, camera sucks, and the framerate stutters. Although I could say the same things about alot of last gen and current games all that were recieved well.

The bottom line is I am having fun.

 

[Gxas]

There's a good reason you can't play a Light Side Jedi. Name me one Light Jedi crazy enough to abuse the Force the way you do in the game.

or, better yet, one light force move used the way you do in the game

"FORCE HEAL!!!"

...oh wait...

 

[Wewt]

* The game is short. Oh sorry, I ment "Average Game Length" of 6-8 hours.

I noticed 6-8 hours becoming the norm lately. it used to be 20 hours. 20. What the hell happened there video game developer No. 99303901232453463322364635? I wonder if episodic gameplay will also become the norm, in which case i better get out my old poker deck.

 

[DirkBelig]

Wow. People hating on Star Wars. I've never seen that before. :-/

To all who are complaining about not being able to choose Light/Dark paths: ARE YOU AWARE THAT YOU ARE DARTH VADER'S SECRET APPRENTICE AND THUS NOT A GOOD PERSON?!?!? If you want to play as a goody-goody Jedi, then play another game!!!

You never hear people whining that they can't have Gordon Freeman join the Combine, do you? Yeesh.

 

[Wewt]

Wow. People hating on Star Wars. I've never seen that before. :-/

To all who are complaining about not being able to choose Light/Dark paths: ARE YOU AWARE THAT YOU ARE DARTH VADER'S SECRET APPRENTICE AND THUS NOT A GOOD PERSON?!?!? If you want to play as a goody-goody Jedi, then play another game!!!

You never hear people whining that they can't have Gordon Freeman join the Combine, do you? Yeesh.

That's two different things altogether (Gordon come to the daaaawk side is a funny mental image though) but the fact that you COULD choose between the two side, and have a branching story, was what made it WORTHY OF MY HOLY MONEY. Saying that's it's okay that it doesn't have any of the two seems like justifying laziness.

 

[Jamanticus]

I'm wondering if people would still be defending this game if it wasn't a Star wars game, but had all the other gameplay elements and plot. I'm guessing no. Realistically, that just says laziness on the developers part, like Soul Calibur IV.

I could probably count on one hand the number of people that would defend this game if it wasn't Star Wars franchise

 

[darthzew]

Well, it's average. I'm going to buy it because I'm a massive Star Wars fan but for no other reason.

 

[Amnestic]

I'm wondering if people would still be defending this game if it wasn't a Star wars game, but had all the other gameplay elements and plot. I'm guessing no. Realistically, that just says laziness on the developers part, like Soul Calibur IV.

I could probably count on one hand the number of people that would defend this game if it wasn't Star Wars franchise

I could say the same about the people who would be insulting it so virulently if it was not a Star Wars franchise. If you stripped the Star Wars away, and it was just some guy with a sword, magic powers and running through space in a God of War clone, no one would care. It'd be one of those average games you pick up, but it certainly would not be earning the ire and hate that's been shown as of late.

Just as you'd have less defenders were it not Star Wars, you'd have a whole lot less attackers too.

 

[Jamanticus]

Just as you'd have less defenders were it not Star Wars, you'd have a whole lot less attackers too.

True, quite true- but part of that is the general bad rap that the SW franchise has gotten in the past few years (prequels, that new Clone Wars movie, etc)...

 

[Amnestic]

to get the full expreance bend some pipes then throw them at someone

Fail, you lose the Internet.

I dunno. What if he meant bending pipes and throwing them at people in the street? That'd be pretty hardcore, he'd get at least 1/4 internets for that. Maybe a full 1/2 if he then managed to evade the cops long enough to post on the forums about it.

 

[Aries_Split]

I think the GoW comparisons come from the combat style, focus on brutality, and QTE usage.

Not that every game doesn't use QTEs, and while I won't say there is a "right" way to do QTEs, there are ways that are less wrong, like GoW, Conan, Heavenly Sword, Force Unleashed....

So yeah, basically God of War and all its clones.

- J

Heavenly Sword QTE's were a *****. They were the most brutal, unforgiving, hateful, and AWESOME things ever put into a game.

Heavenly Sword remains awesome.

 

[Serious_Stalin]

I was really impressed with the demo, and I thought the gameplay was smooth and well thought out. Of course, I will be dissapointed if I find out that the entire game feels the same as the demo when its released in the UK on friday.