Star Wars:The Force Unleashed Hands on September 18, 2008
Posted by Eric Newton in 360, Microsoft.Tags: 360, Review, Star Wars:The Force Unleashed, Xbox
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From the previews of SWTFU,you wouldn’t expect much.I was pleasantly surprised when I sat down last night and played it for several hours. If your a fan of Star Wars,then this is one of the better games to show up in quite a while. Although,there are some technical issues with the game and a few plot points that make you go” What the hell?” You’ll certainly be entertained with the game.
Pros:
The graphics are pretty impressive and the locales are pretty varied
The Storyline so far(little over half way through) is one of the better I’ve seen ,save for a few moments
The powers and upgrade system are fun.It’s a blast just whacking the Wookies!
Plenty of enemies and nods to the Star Wars Universe
The Cutscenes are excellent!
Cons
Glitches. Yes,there are some glitches. Fighting at a point in the Junkyard planet the game wouldn’t save,so I played it over and over for 8 times till it did.I almost broke a controller.
Some enemies are resistant to the Force? Never heard of this.Wow
The difficulty ramps up quick later.Which isn’t that bad really.
So,in short,If you are a Star Wars fan,then I would probably pick up the game.It’s not a amazing game,but it is a very title to play.In fact,I’ve had more fun moments in playing this game than many others in quite a while.I’ll give it a B- right now at where I’m at,but I might revise it as I finish it up .I’m still enjoying it though.
Grade: B-
Xbox 360
Too Human Demo:A second look at my review July 23, 2008
Posted by Eric Newton in 360, Microsoft.Tags: Demo, Review, Silicon Knights, Too Human
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It’s not really fair to review a demo,I know.
But,I felt like I needed to look at it again and I just feel like the game has some complaints,but it’s going to be a title you really have to put some time into.Looking at the menu for upgrading your armor,weapons,ablities it’s just a lot of information to dissect.
I still stick to my first impression that the controls just don’t feel good on melee and that the setup scenes on enemies is just not appealing,but I want to spend some time with the full retail game.I also think the scene when you die could be cut or shortened as I don’t care to see it every time.
Dyack has received a lot of flack about this game.I’ve even said in the beginning that I wasn’t enthused about it.I could be wrong about the game and I’m willing to try it out and see what the full retail game entails.
