Star Wars: Force Unleashed 2 Demo Impressions

Force Unleashed 2 is the follow up to a game that has received mixed reviews. Personally I have never played the first Force Unleashed, but I have watched all of the cutscenes on youtube, and I thought that the game had a great story that provided a bridge between Star Wars episode 3 and Star Wars episode 4. Playing the demo, I was already interested in the story about the protagonist Starkiller, and how he *spoiler alert* helped find the rebel alliance in the first game.

The gameplay itself however, is nothing to really write home about. The action is fun, and you feel like a true badass when you combine ridiculous force powers. The games targeting can be a little difficult at times, but there are also little improvements made to the overall gameplay. The only new ability you see in the demo is mind control, but that doesn't really give you as much as a thrill as using the force to throw someone off a ledge. A nice little addition, but that's the only one of few. What I loved about the demo was the awesome but brief free-fall segment and the graphics looked really pretty. The demo takes place on the rainy cloning facility planet of Kamino, and the water reflections and thunderstorms were epic to behold. I couldn't help to draw a connection to the God of War series, after all it's an action adventure game that takes place on a linear path. Unlike RPGs or multiplayer shooters, I can see this game falling under the curse of a "great rental". Meaning that once you play through the 8-10 hour story you pretty much see all the game has to offer. I am not saying that Force Unleashed 2 will be a bad game, but with so many games coming out in the holiday season and a limited budget, there are a lot of people that will likely pass on the Force Unleashed 2. The game doesn't do anything particularly new or amazing, it's just a really solid action adventure game.