This week, I rented The Force Unleashed from my buddies at Gamefly. First off: YES, this is definitely a rent! The story is great so far, and the main character is pretty interesting. It actually feels like Star Wars.
Sadly, the game itself has some major problems. Some are certain areas, some are broader. The main thing is targeting. Why would I ever throw my lightsaber at a crate? I wouldn't! I never have, not once. Not on purpose, that is. It's irritating, and it affects everything in the game. It's very frustrating.
Then there's the Star Destroyer part. shouldn't pulling a star destroyer out of the sky be FUN? Wouldn't that be hard to screw up? Because they did it! It's not fun. You have to battle a bunch of TIE fighters which are hard enough to get a handle on, and then you pull the Destroyer down. Then the TIE fighters come back and the destroyer starts to recover. Depending on how long you take you may be back at square one!
Also, a lot of the really epic Jedi stuff is done in quick-timer cutscene events. There's sort of two things here. One is that I wish it was more interactive. I am not sure how they would've done it though. So, barring that, I wish I could've just watched them instead of having to watch for button-presses. The cutscenes would be more fun that way.
It's disappointing, but still worth playing.
Sadly, the game itself has some major problems. Some are certain areas, some are broader. The main thing is targeting. Why would I ever throw my lightsaber at a crate? I wouldn't! I never have, not once. Not on purpose, that is. It's irritating, and it affects everything in the game. It's very frustrating.
Then there's the Star Destroyer part. shouldn't pulling a star destroyer out of the sky be FUN? Wouldn't that be hard to screw up? Because they did it! It's not fun. You have to battle a bunch of TIE fighters which are hard enough to get a handle on, and then you pull the Destroyer down. Then the TIE fighters come back and the destroyer starts to recover. Depending on how long you take you may be back at square one!
Also, a lot of the really epic Jedi stuff is done in quick-timer cutscene events. There's sort of two things here. One is that I wish it was more interactive. I am not sure how they would've done it though. So, barring that, I wish I could've just watched them instead of having to watch for button-presses. The cutscenes would be more fun that way.
It's disappointing, but still worth playing.
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