SW Force unleashed demo... meh?

Mojo · 1 Sep 2008 at 14:28

I downloaded the demo of XBLM (took bloody ages), played through, and was thoroughly underwhelmed by the whole affair. It seems a rather generic corridor third person shooter. The lightsaber combat seemed much better handled in ye olde Jedi Knight series, and although the force powers are fun, I still rate this a Meh.

Any thoughts?

Robert1986 · 1 Sep 2008 at 14:38

I enjoyed it and will be picking it up.

Check out the Demo Thread - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17906512

Kainz · 1 Sep 2008 at 14:53

Thought it was pretty pants imo. The demo hardly made me want to go out and buy it at all. Something just felt amiss, alongside the stupid AI.

Herojuana · 1 Sep 2008 at 15:06

I liked it, not sure I want to pay £40 for a game though

Noel Gallagher · 1 Sep 2008 at 15:07

Yeah I thought it sucked too.

I don't think i'll be picking this up any time soon.

Nanoman · 1 Sep 2008 at 17:39

I loved it tbf, I preordered it. Am a fan of the hack n slash types though.

Abooie · 1 Sep 2008 at 17:48

The latest games(tm) popper through my door and they've given it 7/10:

"This may not be the greatest video game ever created, but as a means of telling an untold Star Wars chapter it performs exceptionally".

GreenMint · 1 Sep 2008 at 22:19

Loved it myself

Qdos · 1 Sep 2008 at 22:47

I enjoyed it up until the quick time sequence at the end. If there's not too many of those in the full game, I might give it a spin - I'll probably pick it up on the cheap though.

Nor · 2 Sep 2008 at 01:01

Didn't do much for me.

titchard · 2 Sep 2008 at 11:33

I didn't enjoy it - was pretty boring and was only fun when you worked out the mechanics of smashing a stormtropper into a wall a few times.

They make the same sound as when you hit your head on a car boot - I swear!

Rich

stealthgeek · 2 Sep 2008 at 13:20

I admit I was underwhelmed when I first played it, but seriously, play it again - it gets loads better the more combos you discover - like square, triangle, circle for a really cool saber/lightning/push combo

Gengar · 2 Sep 2008 at 15:26

I too thought it was rather dull. Thought the visuals were nice, but it definatly is not as good as Jedi Knight 2 for example.

z0mbi3 · 2 Sep 2008 at 15:30

Gengar said:
I too thought it was rather dull. Thought the visuals were nice, but it definatly is not as good as Jedi Knight 2 for example.

In what sense?

Durzel · 2 Sep 2008 at 16:28

Personally I like it and will probably pick it up on release day. That said it doesn't look from the demo like it will be something that will last for multiple playthroughs, and the levels/points system sounds interesting on paper but I suspect there will be a given template/set of skills that are just fundamentally better than everything else. We'll see I guess.

z0mbi3 · 2 Sep 2008 at 16:32

I'm pretty optimistic that this will at least be as good as Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II in terms of story. Game play mechanics shouldn't be compared to Outcast or Jedi Academy as this is obviously far more force based than they ever were.

Actually, having just compared it to Jedi Knight I'm now really excited

Shamikebab · 2 Sep 2008 at 16:36

Was there something wrong with the other thread? :confused: