QSF5.com - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Demo Impressions

QSF5.com writes:

"The Star Wars: The Force Unleashed demo was released earlier today on both the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live! Marketplace. The game sounds brilliant on paper and definitely showed well in demonstration videos, but as the gameplay videos began to trickle in, doubt began to settle in my mind. I want a spiritual successor to the Jedi Knight games with rich lightsaber combat and despite the obvious subtitle; I was hoping The Force Unleashed would deliver on that. Unfortunately, I expected a bit too much."

[Silogon]

I just didn't like it. Graphically, gamelay, everything was just blah ad meh. It seems like it'll get too old too quick. Hell, it already did. It reminds me of too human in a lot of ways too. Well, just the stiff combat. It just isn't a must buy game and anyone saying otherwise are too lost in the whole starwars saga t care.

[batichon frandy]

gameplay sucks

[10YearFlop]

Too Human is now the definition of failure and floppage

[morganfell]

My copy of Playstation the Official Magazine arrived today and they reviewed the game and gave it a 3.5 out of 5. The PSP version got a 4 out of 5.

I had issues with the game last year. This force power on steroids ruins a lot of the Star Wars idea. More does not equal better. Some times it seems like, "Well we suck at level design and game mechanics but if we jack your force powers through the roof and focus on physics, that would be just as good right?" No.

Sorry but after playing that demo all I can say is Dark Forces Jedi Knight owns your ass.

Add to that there were two different endings for DFJK, a great story in the SW universe from an untapped period, perfect soundtrack, well no question:
DFJK - 1
SWTFU - 0

[FCOLitsjustagame]

I liked the graphics and the sound and of course the setting. However I thought the camera was really bad, as was the AI of the enemy and the controls seemed kind of lose (hard to aim at specific targets to pick up or attack).

Now, what I didnt like about the demo may be issues I could get through once I got more used to the controls but the Demo actually put a bit of a damper on the hype I had for this game. I will still probably get it for the potential of coolness but I am not sure if its day one or not, depends on what else is out at the time.

[PMantix]

I agree. I was having fun throwing things around for a while and blowing open the doors IS pretty sweet.. but it still felt kind of bland considering the potential for awesomeness. AND I'm am really disappointed that you can't dismember people with the saber.. seriously WTF. Of course we are only seeing just 20-30 minutes of the beginning... so I'll still give it another chance.

BTW, I kind of felt bad about cutting that R2 unit in half.. it's like killing your own childhood dog or something. =(

[10YearFlop]

Obviously it's the Xbox 360 version that disappoints

[Lord Shuhei Yoshida]

Along with the 360

[darkshiz]

I had fun with the demo I might get it and I was never intending to.

[PikkonX]

I thought the demo was great since it's so similar to one of my favorite games, Psi-Ops.

[daddy_09]

i thought it was ok there was some problems with the target aim.....but the camera got on my nerves.....but overall its was ok.rent material

[morganfell]

I have a pretty long list of games either paid off or at least with money on them:

http://i39.photobucket.com/...

And this demo may have just killed a sale.

[shadowxcore]

impressive list.

i wish i had the money to spend on games like that.
props. ;]

[Baka-akaB]

it's good except the people responsible for the camera must be shot . Its clunky , doesnt replace itself very well , goes far too high when it lock onto an object to levitate .

Plus i really hate my head going up when i look down , so i had to invert the axis . Yet even then the camera feels wrong .
Fighting isnt really that awesome neither .

It's a shame they got a killer of a concept and new character .

So far the game seems worth playing , but i sure wont buy it at full price .

[bumnut]

thats because the devs feel they can be lazy and still sell tons of copies because it is star wars

[INehalemEXI]

Im still Sold. I did not want QTE in this though.

[justaddh30]

Movement is difficult and the camera is deplorable. I also got little glitches when going through blasted doors.

Also, when i launched the demo on the PS3 my tv changed inputs to 480......480....tell me it's just the demo that is 480.

QTEs suck and should never be in a star wars game.

No online mode....sale lost

[sak500]

I dont know what you guys are cribbing about. Its quite fun. I loved smashing through the doors and throwing around objects and troopers. Although the auto target has to improve on the objects so we can quickly grab them and throw. Also as someone above pointed out i was trying all sorts of combos to cut up the troopers but they simply died and looked quite comical. If its M or T rated i should like to slice em up just like the AT at the end.

[kingstar]

that shizit is sick,one of the best star wars games ever made

[tiropitas]

The camera didnt trouble me but the aim did.. frustrating to pick the correct target you want.

[rickyjb23]

might buy it but i did notice some slow down on both 360 and ps3 version the 360 one more so , and i agree with what people siad about the camera , but if you charge force push and move the camere infront of him it looks realy cool.

[KidMakeshift]

My biggest complaint is that the demo is so jaggy. I'm hoping the final build is smoothed out

[DARK WITNESS]

lol....

i enjoyed it... there was something that felt lacking... though its one of those cases i would say i can't quite put my finger on what it is.

I thought the cam was ok, somtimes it felt a bit too far. something felt wrong with the objects.. they all felt like they had the same weight, or rather it felt like they had no weight.

target- it was a bit off, but i was not worried about what i was picking up, i was just picking anything that i could and flinging it at them !

cool bit was when you get onto the walkway and the tie fighters fly by shooting at you. i didn't get it first time round and tried throwing stuff at them. second time round, just bent the poll things at the side and bent them outwards so they would fly into them... awesome !

ya, overall a good game.. i am going to asume that your combos and stuff change as you level up. i only leveled up once in the time that i played.

Not sure about how much replay value there would be, but will still get it and trade it in for something else later.

[zPlayer]

i like the demo but once i saw that this was going to be a full on multi-platform game from 360 to psp then i figured that it would have some problems. i think they should have delyed it at least once