Zero Punctuation: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

[silv]

Actually, you have to weigh yourself for a noose

 

[samaugsch]

Wow... I didn't realise Yahtzee'd be cynical enough to only like 2 star wars movies.

I am an idiot.

Funny review though, and the game did sound mediocre from the Escapist review. And I wasn't planning on getting it anyway. But I agree with everyone else saying WHERE IS BATTLEFRONT III!?!?!

Most idiots don't even know that they are. :3

 

[AssassinJoe]

Force lightning is EVERYBODY's weakness?
That's....
*puts on sun glasses*
Shocking
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

STOP THAT!!!

Any way, I agree that with everything in this video. But the one thing that rang true the most was when he mentioned how short the game was. I finished it in 3 hours, probably could have been less time but I was trying to get all the collectibles.

 

[zHellas]

I wanted to play it just to play through as Guybrush.

Yeah, how do you play as Guybrush exactly?

http://kotaku.com/5672055/see-guybrush-threepwood-in-action-learn-how-to-unlock-him

Thank you!

So gonna do that when I get the game.

 

[lozfoe444]

Well, at least you picked the right version of the game this time, right?

 

[Spoonius]

I started thinking that

I have to agree that this game is the biggest insult to Star Wars fans, WHERE IS BATTLEFRONT 3!!!!!!!!!!!

but then i realised: nooooo battlefront 2 was immense, dont give modern developers a chance the muck it up!!!
kill it while it was good

Battlefront 2 was good? since when?

Since it came out, probably.

 

[putowtin]

liked it, too short, more of a challenge on Unleashed mode but still is better than any of the clone wars shit lucas is so fucking rapped up in at the mo!

 

[Jon Shannow]

I'm shocked by the intelligence of stormtroopers, after watching me kill 20 of his friends through decapitation,electrocution, pushing into walls and forced suicide he still stood there and slowly shot at me

 

[Sjakie]

So right on the money again.

..and i still like star wars, just none of the crap that came out since the phantom menace movie+game.

That new SW MMO is probably gonna suck balls as well.

 

[Norix596]

I would add Star Wars Battlefront/2 to the right side of the see-saw.

 

[CleverNickname]

I still like Star Wars. Not Force Unleashed, as first it wouldn't come to the PC with retarded excuses, and by the time it did, everybody knew it was crap. So the gamer in me actually hates Star Wars, but I still, like, watch the Clone Wars. No really, I do.

 

[WhiteFangofWhoa]

Who likes Star Wars anymore?

Me and countless others who enjoy stepping into that bizarre Galaxy. No franchise can go for this many incarnations without some stinkers and that goes doubly so given the current age and sanity of its founder and your current expectations. Not trying to defend the Prequel Trilogy or anything, but I'd think twice before lumping everything else Star Wars into the same bucket as that... thing. Read Star by Star, Destiny's Way or Heir to the Empire then we'll talk about books. End rant.

Wasn't planning on getting this anyway for reasons above, but it almost sounds like you want an angry storm of fan mail blasted into your face for this. Glad to see I'm not the only one who feels between this and The Old Republic there's Lightsaber/Force Power overkill. Oh well. Free publicity, all you have to do is insult a global franchise like Doctor Who based on one of it's less celebrated installments. It's like magic!

 

[jediroshi]

I for one thought if the devlopers dealt with the bugs and issues of the first game we could have had a good game. Sadly that is not the case of course our first hint is when they made the trailer with no actually game play... Ugh

And Yahtze yes I still like Starwars... in concept, the sci-fi world is great with jedi powers and such abound. What is shit is the story and quality of the product recently coming from the gaping maw from Lucasarts. Serisouly, it's like there a girl who has been ridden by too many fanboys and now they'll just let anything out of it since that's good enough....

 

[Ashendarei]

This review was all kinds of awesome George "franchisacide" Lucas needs to let the IP DIE already.

 

[s0m3th1ng]

I would add Jedi Outcast to the list of three things good about the Star Wars franchise. As for TFU 2, the only way they could have made it good was if half way trough, Kyle Katarn showed up out of nowhere and murdered Starkiller with his fists.
Anything less is, well, is the final product.

Here's to you mate.
The Jedi Knight games and at some points the Jedi Academy games are the only Star -Wars based games I enjoyed.
Well...Rogue Squadron for the N64 was pretty decent, and the battlefront games are pretty fun with friends.

 

[guinness3102]

I feel like I want my money back for buying this game.

 

[eyedonutkair]

Why have you been reviewing these kinds of games? Like you said in your EP, they're repetitive, and stink of filler before the Christmas season. Review some old games, at least they would be a trifle entertaining.

Agreed. Why not review less popular games that are actually fun to play. I'd give you a list of games I think should be reviewed, but I think I'll put out the flames before they're posted. >.>

 

[duchaked]

was it really necessary to diss ALL fans of a franchise? such generalization of any series is kind of...
well okay his dick level increase might be his cry for help ("please let me move on and do something other than these weekly videos...")

oh well lol
gotta say, my review of FU2 wasn't too different
repetitive boss fights, fun overpowered powers that could have been used more...and as I was fighting Darth Vader I kept thinking "oh god let this end already...this part of the game really causes it to lose points"

and btw Half-Life 2...I still can't get the motivation to finish it. just not that entertaining.

 

[Kulingile]

Why have you been reviewing these kinds of games? Like you said in your EP, they're repetitive, and stink of filler before the Christmas season. Review some old games, at least they would be a trifle entertaining.

Agreed. Why not review less popular games that are actually fun to play. I'd give you a list of games I think should be reviewed, but I think I'll put out the flames before they're posted. >.>

Well didn't Yahtzee say that people didn't like it when he talked positively about a game, like his review of Psychonauts. Most people enjoy watching a game get torn to shreds.

 

[Buccura]

I remember when I played the demo for the first one. Never have I mehed more at anything in my life.