The lights are on
The first Force Unleashed game featured some pretty amazing displays of the force, but Starkiller 1.0 apparently has nothing on his latest version. In the following video documentary, the team at LucasArts highlights some of the new combat abilities at the player's command, including enhanced versions of force lightning and a Jedi mind trick that causes enemies to explode.
There are also a few peeks at some new enemies, including one fleshy behemoth who could probably eat Rancors for lunch.
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Yea I'm ready for some crazy force powers.
can't wait
Thank goodness they're fixing targeting. The game looks like it's going to be more fun. Can't wait to get my hands on it!
I am really jonesing for this game...
Yay Yay Yay the sequel to the most fun game of 08 is here soon!
amazing, so amazing. i want NOW. why do i have to wait for all the good games!!!!
Starkiller: "This game will come out earlier!"
Stormtrooper (confused): " *This game will come out earlier!* "
SLISH!, SLASH!.... SLASH!!!
yay!!!! to good for words!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome. Pure awesome.
I want his game so badly.
I just hope the story is as good as the first.
That is really awesome! some of those moves were in the cutscenes, or even the boss battle minigames, of the first game, so you weren't actually performing them. But in this one, you get to actually do those powers, seemingly taking down, for example, an AT-ST almost with the ease of a normal stormtrooper.
Man Oct is gonna kill my wallet. 1st up is Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, the I've got Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, and finally the month wraps up with Fallout: New Vegas. All worth it though. I'm gonna be a happy gamer for the next few months.
hopefully they fix that ridiculous thing with the fixed camera during boss fights, that worked against the sarlacc cause its a huge monster, but against any of the jedi it was just a pain
Woo what an awesome new combat system. If that was real gameplay footage right now I can't wait to see what they surprise us with when the game comes out for real. I hope there is a lightsaber battle against Yoda and many other jedis lol. Fighting a fully powered Luke sounds great too. I like how Repulse can turn enemies to dust due to sheer force.
A terrible example of MOAR!!!
You know what would be awesome!? More lightning! More sabers! More powerful!
But... isn't it ridiculously out of line with the perception of strength within the universe?
... MOAR!!!
Looks like it's going to KICK ***.
The lightsabers still don't look right to me. Not saying it looks bad or unfun, but they're clearly nerfed. They're still very much a glowing baseball bat. They should've made a combat system like Bushido Blade - one or two hits kills pretty much anything -- at least all the storm troopers. That way you could focus on defense, placement and maneuvering. Dashing, blocking, countering, etc. That would result in fights that are waaaaay truer to Star Wars, and also really tense for a video game.
But while I'm disappointed at the lightsabers (and worried that they won't get another chance to fix it, since TFU3 has apparently been cancelled already), everything else looks awesome. Throwing people off of stuff was more fun than fighting in the last game anyway. And the variety in the levels - at least visually - is really, really welcome. That casino looking place looks sweet! Finally, I'm excited that they've designed such distinct enemies, to really mix up the combat. Which got incredibly monotonous in the first title.
This really looks like a big improvement over the first, already fun, game. So I'm happy. I'm just saying that the lightsabers still look wrong.