Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was, well, unleashed on every platform known to man. With the iPhone gaming scene catching fire, it’s only natural that the new title would drop over onto Apple’s little device. This handheld edition takes a different approach to the title, moving away from the action/adventure style of every other version and going with a game where you just draw on the iPhone touchscreen.
Graphically, the game is impressive for the platform. The artistic backgrounds look fantastic, although you provide a stark contrast to the block-ish character models. Animations are great though, especially when you’re throwing enemies around with your Force powers. From a sound perspective, The Force Unleashed is just okay. The background music fits in with the genre, but there is zero voice over in the game. I guess that’s what we’re going to have to expect from iPhone titles.
LucasArts is pretty damn happy right now. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide within it’s first week of release.
“The record-setting sales of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed shows the undiminished power of Star Wars and its popularity across all media types, including video games,” said Darrell Rodriguez, president of LucasArts. “We’re blown away by the response to the game.”
These sales make The Force Unleashed the fastest selling Star Wars game of all time. Pretty damn good. The game isn’t bad, but it’s not terrific either. We’ll have a full review soon.
When I wrote oup my impressions of Star Wars the Force Unleashed I told you all about the joys of killing Wookies, well here is a quick clip to give you an idea of what it looks like. Unfortunately this player only used the force push because if you use the force grab and fling them around it is even better. There is also an achievement on the Xbox 360 for killing the Wookies during the Prologue of the story. On a side note has anyone else noted that the Star Wars the Force Unleashed acronym is STFU? (I know its childish and you have to consider Star Wars as one word)
Ok I have to admit that I have heard quite some mixed reviews for Star Wars the Force Unleashed so i had to grab this game and try it for myself. Let me start by saying that Darth Vader is a full fledged pimp. That being said I also think that the ability to force throw 7 foot Wookies needs to be incorporated into every game. Even better is using a Wookie as a bowling ball that you can hurl into other Wookiies.
The environments are for the most part fully destructible, which is a great touch for throwing enemies through trees. Targeting different enemies can be a bit challenging to get a hang of but once you get that down using the force powers like throwing your lightsaber is very fun. Fighting the first Rogue Jedi was an interesting battle when you realize that he is taking Tie Fighters out of the sky and throwing them at you.
So far the game seems to provide some open ended ways to dispose of enemies and interesting ways to use the force to get your job done. Cut scenes and voice acting are spot on and really provide great background to the game and pull you into the story. So far the Force Unleashed looks like a good time to be had.
Stay tuned for a full review of the game very soon.
Here it is. The final chapter in the thorough and informative Star Wars retrospective. This time, we get all of the 3 party titles that you may have avoided like the Clap. We get to hear some of the many voice actors who portrayed the major characters over the year and get a glimpse of what is ahead. A fitting ending to a well done retro.
You can chalk another achievement to the people over at LucasArts. SW: TFU had wowed many a fan with the gameplay trailers and promised total control over your surroundings with a truly original backstory. Now, many a gamer has downloaded the demo on the Xbox 360 and the PS3. 2.3 Million of them. Truly amazing. Now we have to see if the game is a force of its own. Double Pun FTW.
There seems to be no end in sight to the Star Wars Retrospective series. We are no treated to the 9th installment which covers Pilots and Pistols. We get a look back at the awesome Rogue Squadron and Rebel Assault. Pour some out for Porkins next time you get a chance.
Any fan of the Star Wars universe was hard as a diamond in an ice storm when we first got a glimpse of the trailer for TFU. After many jaw-dropping videos and demonstrations, we finally get a chance to play as Starkiller, Vader’s secret apprentice. The premise of the game is simple. You have every kind of force power at your disposal and you have to carry out missions for your master no matter what. The demo is a great look at what the game could be but I felt left short on their promise to deliver a huge demo experience.
Here is a little easter egg you can find in the demo for the SW: TFU. The demo is fun as hell and gives great insight to what they game is and could be. The demo was a lot shorter than I had anticipated and did not have the amount of content I would have liked. You’ll hear all of my insights on Monday with full impressions of the demo.
How many of these retros are there going to be? No complaints here because they are very well done but everytime I think its over they drop a new one on us. This installment tells us about the MMORPG of the Star Wars Universe. Grab your bowcaster and put on your Wookie pants, you have a Kessel run to make, in less than 12 parsecs no less. If you got this reference, you’re as big a nerd as we are.
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