The first Force Unleashed was a good, but flawed game. It was too repetitive and the game was boring in spots. Does it's sequel fix these problems?
If you're wondering, no, it doesn't.
I'll start off with the good. It has amazing graphics. The levels on Kamino are especially breathtaking. Lucasarts really puts their work into the graphics for their games. The character models are also very good, when you see Darth Vader for the first time, you might crap your pants, they really make him look like the Dark Lord of the Sith. Starkiller is also very nice looking. The cutscenes are top notch.
The sound in the game is also a high point. Although John Williams doesn't do the score for this game, whoever replaced him did a very good job. You won't hear most of the classic Star Wars songs in this game however, i don't really understand why they wouldn't put them in. The blaster and lightsaber sounds are also one of the high points. They all match up with the sounds from the movies. The characters are also all voiced well, they all show the proper emotion with their voices and i think the best voiced character is Jedi Rahm Kota.
Now, from the great, to the shit.
The one thing I will say about the gameplay in this game is, that it's repetitive. Everything about it is. Get used to seeing the same lightsaber attacks, the same enemies, and the same quick-time events. Starkiller didn't seem to learn any more than three lightsaber combos. The only way you get to see a new one is if you buy it with experience points. Also, be prepared to tap the X button, a lot. The enemies are all the same, you always see the same stormtrooper, the same enemy that you can't use force powers on, the same enemy you can't use the lightsaber on, and a mix of both. But there is one enemy that Lucasarts fell in love with. It's a big robot that has a shield and an ice or fire gun. The first time you fight one of these enemies, you get excited and are in shock and awe. The twentieth time, it's not so fun, especially since you do the same quick time event and it shows the same little cutscene for every single one. The game is fun for the first level, then it starts to wear off.
The final boss fight with Darth Vader is also boring, drawn out, and repetitive. You fight him with a lightsaber, take his health down a little bit, he jumps to another platform, throws glass tubes at you, then you throw them back at him. Wash, rinse, and repeat. I wanted to play through the last level again, just to see the dark side ending, but i couldn't bring myself to play this last boss fight again. The game also ends on a quasi cliffhanger, it ends right as the game's story is getting good, notice how i said story.
To close, the game is fun for a little while, but is incredible repetitive, short(i beat it in 5 hours), and it feels like it isn't finished. Oh, and, you don't fight Boba Fett. At all. It's not worth more than a rent at best.
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