star wars the force unleashed 3 gameplay

LucasArts also make deliberate display of the point that players will now have to combine lightsaber skills and Force powers to dispatch enemies. And detached limbs: Now, Star Killer can decapitate and dismember legions of Storm Troopers as he cuts his way through what still appears to be a largely linear experience (nothing wrong with that). Most immediately, Star Killer now has two lightsabers, turning his already-impressive penchant for flashing swordplay into a veritable dervish of neon lights and fan-like audio samples.

The more pressing gameplay concerns are where LucasArts invested the lions’ share of Gameplanet’s eyes-on presentation.

That said, the wending narrative in the first was a pleasant surprise, so we're already preparing to make a hasty retraction. It’s hardly inspiring and perhaps a little worrying. The Force Unleashed II sees players take on the role of a Star Killer clone (“or is he!?”) as he escapes from Vader’s laboratory. Turns out they’ve wheeled out the old “clone” device. The first thing this game must address is how to tell a story when the lead character is dead. Codename Star Killer – Darth Vader’s secret Sith apprentice – sacrificed himself at the end of the original game so that the Rebellion might have a chance. LucasArts briefly skimmed over the premise for this second dip into the era between Star Wars movies III and IV. Not only must it address the first’s numerous gameplay flaws, it must match or exceed the storytelling on display in the original. The Force Unleashed II faces two very significant development challenges, then.

The game was plagued by elementary flaws such as knock-down locks, poorly implemented mini-game additions (the woeful and much-hyped Star Destroyer sequence, for one) and an unpredictable difficulty curve. For all that it was the fastest-selling LucasArts title of all time and featured an award-winning narrative (from the Writers Guild of America, no less), the original Star Wars: The Force Unleashed pulled up short in the gameplay department.

Star wars the force unleashed 3 gameplay