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Link to original post: [drupal=1429]Review: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed[/drupal]
Star Wars is quite possibly the most overly milked franchise in existence (right next to Final Fantasy) and as such gets a ton of games each year. Force Unleashed was a game that looked promising, but a lot of things look promising and this game is one that didn't live up to it's promise.
I suppose I'll start with the story, which as you may know is highly acclaimed. Basically, Darth Vader has decided to take a shot at this whole "parenting" thing that's all the rage these days. So after invading some Wookie planet (if you haven't figured it out, I may be a nerd about a lot of things but Star Wars isn't one of them) he takes home the son of some Jedi that he killed and decides to raise him as his apprentice that he hopes will help him overthrow the Emperor. But we all can guess how well that works out, so good ol' Vader "kills" you and then tells you to go in search of a bunch of misguided youngsters to help him take over the universe. The plot is supposed to connect the prequel trilogy to the original trilogy, but it's far from a great plot. I found the Apprentice to be... well, if you were to just bump into the guy and have a little conversation with him you would never guess that he was raised by Darth freaking Vader. And... well, that's really all I can complain about as far as story goes. Overall, the story works and gives you enough motivation to chop off some heads.
Gameplay is where things get really messy. First thing I would like to say is that this game has more glitches than reasonable. There was one part when I was in some colossal thing's lung I guess, and I had to try and get to the exit before it inhaled. But one time I didn't make it and while being pushed back by the inhale, I hit the wall weird and flew into oblivion. Another time I saw something interesting just out of my reach, so I do a few tricks and eventually got to it. However, it turns out that it was just scenery and nothing interesting. So I tried to jump out, but I couldn't because I wasn't supposed to be there. And then I have to restart my PS3 and start the level all over again. But the game still has some great moments, like the battles are awesome, and the boss fights are funner than****ing Mario Kart. This game also has a fairly interesting stat-building RPG element to it. You get points of different verity which you can use to upgrade your force power, lightsaber, health, ect. But the lightsaber is only really useful in boss fights because the Apprentice can clear a room with a cough. And here's another glitch I just remembered: one time I was at a level's end and I had to just walk into an elevator to finish the level. However, the game (for some odd reason) didn't load the level, and so the elevator just kept on taking me to random rooms within the level that I just finished. So I had to restart my game, and go through the level again before it worked. But I'll tell you what the worst part is! It's this right here! That's right, that. That epic picture of raw awesome. But it isn't awesome in the game because of how frustrating it is. After beating a fairly tough boss, you have to fight off some Tie-Fighters, then pull down the Stardestoryer with the Force. But you have this diagram that show you how to turn it because it just HAS to match the all mighty concept art, doesn't it? And this tedious task wastes time because immediately after you turn it and start bringing it down, another wave of tie fighters comes to try and blow you to kingdom come! And sometimes not even the ****ing diagram knows how you're supposed to turn the god**** thing so you'll be sitting there for hours trying to move the **** stardestoryer into the right ****ing position but you can't because not even the ****ing game knows how to ****ing do it! Eventually I just wanted to snap my controller in two and slit my wrists with it just to end the torment. If you're a regular reader of my blog (or a regular in the user blogs section) you'll notice that I don't drop f-bombs very often. This part was so unbearable frustrating that it made me use every last rude term in my vocabulary before I just said "**** this!" and went back to Resistance.
I'll summarize Force Unleashed like this. It has some great moments, but is completely screwed over by too many glitches and something more frustrating then trying to solve a Rubik's Cube with your elbows. And by the way, you would have gotten this review back in November if it wasn't for the ****ING STARDESTROYER.
Star Wars is quite possibly the most overly milked franchise in existence (right next to Final Fantasy) and as such gets a ton of games each year. Force Unleashed was a game that looked promising, but a lot of things look promising and this game is one that didn't live up to it's promise.
I suppose I'll start with the story, which as you may know is highly acclaimed. Basically, Darth Vader has decided to take a shot at this whole "parenting" thing that's all the rage these days. So after invading some Wookie planet (if you haven't figured it out, I may be a nerd about a lot of things but Star Wars isn't one of them) he takes home the son of some Jedi that he killed and decides to raise him as his apprentice that he hopes will help him overthrow the Emperor. But we all can guess how well that works out, so good ol' Vader "kills" you and then tells you to go in search of a bunch of misguided youngsters to help him take over the universe. The plot is supposed to connect the prequel trilogy to the original trilogy, but it's far from a great plot. I found the Apprentice to be... well, if you were to just bump into the guy and have a little conversation with him you would never guess that he was raised by Darth freaking Vader. And... well, that's really all I can complain about as far as story goes. Overall, the story works and gives you enough motivation to chop off some heads.
Gameplay is where things get really messy. First thing I would like to say is that this game has more glitches than reasonable. There was one part when I was in some colossal thing's lung I guess, and I had to try and get to the exit before it inhaled. But one time I didn't make it and while being pushed back by the inhale, I hit the wall weird and flew into oblivion. Another time I saw something interesting just out of my reach, so I do a few tricks and eventually got to it. However, it turns out that it was just scenery and nothing interesting. So I tried to jump out, but I couldn't because I wasn't supposed to be there. And then I have to restart my PS3 and start the level all over again. But the game still has some great moments, like the battles are awesome, and the boss fights are funner than
I'll summarize Force Unleashed like this. It has some great moments, but is completely screwed over by too many glitches and something more frustrating then trying to solve a Rubik's Cube with your elbows. And by the way, you would have gotten this review back in November if it wasn't for the ****ING STARDESTROYER.