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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: ManaByte on October 19, 2010, 12:42:21 PM

Title: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: ManaByte on October 19, 2010, 12:42:21 PM
Comes out next week, anyone jumping on the sequel to the best Star Wars game this console generation?
(http://www.starwars.com/img/games/video_games/tfu2_posters/fury.jpg)(http://www.starwars.com/img/games/video_games/tfu2_posters/anger.jpg)(http://www.starwars.com/img/games/video_games/tfu2_posters/pain.jpg)

PC version is also out at launch. PSP version canned.
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=tgdzFZHy-h0[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhbQAPCjHHU&feature=player_profilepage[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa_DAuX4ASY&feature=player_profilepage[/youtube]

PC requirements:
Quote
Operating system: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista® SP2, or Windows 7
 
Processor:
Required:          Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 5200+
Recommended: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 6000+
 
Memory:           2 GB RAM
 
Hard disk space: 10GB + 1GB Swapfile
 
Video:
Required:          256 MB Video Memory with Shader 3.0 support
                         ATI Radeon HD 2600 / NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Recommended: ATI Radeon HD 4800 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
 
Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible Audio Device
 
DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c (March 2009)
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: demi on October 19, 2010, 12:45:54 PM
I want to play the first one first. And I can't find a Sith Edition anywhere. 360 of course.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Rman on October 19, 2010, 01:03:09 PM
Quote from: demi on October 19, 2010, 12:45:54 PM
I want to play the first one first. And I can't find a Sith Edition anywhere. 360 of course.
What's the difference b/w the Sith Edition and the vanilla version?
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: demi on October 19, 2010, 01:06:39 PM
Includes DLC... and when you got for 100% you need it all baby.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Mr. Gundam on October 19, 2010, 01:41:10 PM
I liked the first one a lot, but I'll wait for a price drop.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 19, 2010, 01:42:52 PM
well, at least they didn't do another 30GB install
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 19, 2010, 01:45:56 PM
apparently there wasn't quite enough force unleashed in the last one
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on October 19, 2010, 01:46:18 PM
UNLEASH APATHY
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 19, 2010, 01:47:33 PM
UNLEASH $7.50 STEAM SALE
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 19, 2010, 01:50:19 PM
poor boba fett, gets punked out in everything

the li'l bitch of star wars
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Brehvolution on October 19, 2010, 01:51:58 PM
Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on October 19, 2010, 01:45:56 PM
apparently there wasn't quite enough force unleashed in the last one
:lol
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on October 19, 2010, 01:56:27 PM
Quote from: Billy Rygar on October 19, 2010, 01:48:08 PM
A friend of mine pegged the first one at something like 80 million dollars to develop :'(

$80 million? I heard $120 million. :teehee It was a huge boondoggle.

UNLEASH DEVELOPERS (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/30219/LucasArts_Confirms_Layoffs_At_San_Francisco_Headquarters.php)
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Stoney Mason on October 19, 2010, 01:57:09 PM
Here was the demo

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8024c4107f2/?of=1


I thought it looked decent enough and animated well but I got bored halfway through it and just deleted it.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: cool breeze on October 19, 2010, 01:59:55 PM
I hope the ending this time is the main character slitting his wrist with a lightsaber only to find out it cauterizes the wound.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 19, 2010, 02:01:29 PM
I UNLEASHED SO HARD AND GOT SO FAR

BUT IN THE END IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on October 19, 2010, 02:06:21 PM
Quote from: Billy Rygar on October 19, 2010, 01:59:17 PM
Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on October 19, 2010, 01:56:27 PM
Quote from: Billy Rygar on October 19, 2010, 01:48:08 PM
A friend of mine pegged the first one at something like 80 million dollars to develop :'(

$80 million? I heard $120 million. :teehee It was a huge boondoggle.

UNLEASH DEVELOPERS (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/30219/LucasArts_Confirms_Layoffs_At_San_Francisco_Headquarters.php)
I've always wondered what the biggest non-mmo flop in games was.  This has certainly got to be close.

It provides some more context for the sheer scope of the marketing blitz, even by Star Wars standards. The too-expensive hardcover art book (http://www.amazon.com/Art-Making-Star-Wars-Unleashed/dp/1933784253), the comic/novel/D20/card game tie-ins, the insanely fawning Vanity Fair (http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/03/lucas200803) article.

Quote from: Vanity Fair
I was left with the unmistakable sense that LucasArts was on the cutting edge of a huge leap forward for the video-game industry—a technological breakthrough, nearly as revolutionary as the introduction of sound in film, that could finally give gaming the kind of immersive realism that would enable it to join movies and television as a form of mainstream entertainment.

???
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on October 19, 2010, 02:14:47 PM
Remember that time The Force Unleashed came out, and videogames were finally validated as mainstream entertainment? Ebert wrote that editorial about how games were art, now, and we all held hands around the Xbox 360 devkit and sang Kumbayah?
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: demi on October 19, 2010, 02:45:22 PM
Quote from: Green Man on October 19, 2010, 02:41:37 PM
I played the demo and while the game plays fine and looks pretty damn good, I just don't like it. What I want, is a new Battlefront or Republic Commando. Shit, at this point I'd settle with just the multiplayer part of Battlefront 2 on XBLA.

Underage alert. The correct answer is JEDI KNIGHT FOUR
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: ManaByte on October 19, 2010, 02:47:55 PM
Quote from: demi on October 19, 2010, 02:45:22 PM
Quote from: Green Man on October 19, 2010, 02:41:37 PM
I played the demo and while the game plays fine and looks pretty damn good, I just don't like it. What I want, is a new Battlefront or Republic Commando. Shit, at this point I'd settle with just the multiplayer part of Battlefront 2 on XBLA.

Underage alert. The correct answer is JEDI KNIGHT FOUR

TIE Fighter for Win Vista/7
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: demi on October 19, 2010, 02:48:58 PM
Shoot I would take a remake of Jedi Academy... that game was so sweet.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Mr. Gundam on October 19, 2010, 02:50:00 PM
Quote from: ManaByte on October 19, 2010, 02:47:55 PM
Quote from: demi on October 19, 2010, 02:45:22 PM
Quote from: Green Man on October 19, 2010, 02:41:37 PM
I played the demo and while the game plays fine and looks pretty damn good, I just don't like it. What I want, is a new Battlefront or Republic Commando. Shit, at this point I'd settle with just the multiplayer part of Battlefront 2 on XBLA.

Underage alert. The correct answer is JEDI KNIGHT FOUR

TIE Fighter for Win Vista/7

Manabyte wins this one.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: demi on October 19, 2010, 02:50:31 PM
Lightsabers > Ships
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Mr. Gundam on October 19, 2010, 03:41:09 PM
A followup to Republic Commando would be ace, though.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: DJ_Tet on October 19, 2010, 04:38:14 PM
Grabbed the Sith version of the first one on Steam, haven't installed it though (20 gigs the fuck?)

I heard the Sith editions for the consoles were really limited, CAGers found some at Toys R Us and were talking about how they go for like $80 on ebay.  360 seems harder to find than PS3.

edit:  Also one of a handful who actually finished the DS version
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Joe Molotov on October 19, 2010, 07:02:06 PM
Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on October 19, 2010, 01:47:33 PM
UNLEASH $7.50 STEAM SALE

That's when I'll buy TFU2.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: naff on October 19, 2010, 08:54:58 PM
Force Unleashed was a damn solid rental. Wish lucasarts would stop being so stubborn and release a new iteration of one of their better Star Wars ip's though. Battlefront, Dark Forces/Jedi Knight, Rogue Squadron, KOTOR, Star Wars: Tie Fighter/Xwing style game, etc.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: TreIII on October 19, 2010, 09:10:42 PM
Quote from: quietID on October 19, 2010, 08:54:58 PM
Force Unleashed was a damn solid rental. Wish lucasarts would stop being so stubborn and release a new iteration of one of their better Star Wars ip's though. Battlefront, Dark Forces/Jedi Knight, Rogue Squadron, KOTOR, Star Wars: Tie Fighter/Xwing style game, etc.

Do they even have the people to make those kinds of games any more?

RavenSoft doesn't look to be that interested in going back to making a Jedi Knight game any time soon, the Factor 5 we knew is dead, BioWare is busy with a MMO and we can't even get a straight answer of who is going to be working on Battlefront III, ever since Free Radical shut down. And I doubt sincerely that there's any market for a PC-style flight simulator amongst the base that makes up today's Star Wars fans, now.

It really doesn't look like the future is going to be that bright for those who loved the other Star Wars games.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: naff on October 19, 2010, 09:46:46 PM
 :'( RIP Factor 5, Pandemic  :'(
only because of the star wars games that will never be produced now... never cared for any of their other games, looking at both of their track records over the last few years it's really understandable why they closed down.

:lol
RavenSoft

One of their last good games was Jedi Academy in 2003. They should definitely revisit the series, by the sounds of it Singularity has some merits but needed longer to cook. It's pretty crazy that in this gen of the fps they aren't interested in making a new Jedi Knight game.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Joe Molotov on October 22, 2010, 02:36:08 AM
This thread reminded me that I had TFU, so I decided to play it finally. Put about an hour in it, effed some dudes up. Pretty sweet game.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: chronovore on October 25, 2010, 11:05:20 AM
Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on October 19, 2010, 01:46:18 PM
UNLEASH APATHY
*waggles fingers*
This isn't the sequel you're looking for.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on October 25, 2010, 04:00:05 PM
(http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lauaxumf1K1qaim7mo1_500.png)
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Joe Molotov on October 25, 2010, 04:35:16 PM
Game Informer gave the first TFU 7.75/10, so I'm not sure where this massive disappointment is coming from, especially with LucasArts firing every people every 5 minutes.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Stoney Mason on October 25, 2010, 04:43:39 PM
Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on October 25, 2010, 04:35:16 PM
Game Informer gave the first TFU 7.75/10, so I'm not sure where this massive disappointment is coming from
:lol

So true. Isn't it more like The Force Unleashed 2 meets expectations.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: FatalT on October 25, 2010, 04:47:23 PM
It already leaked for PC. I've been playing it for about an hour now and it's pretty cool.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: WrikaWrek on October 25, 2010, 04:56:44 PM
Game has amazing graphics.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: ManaByte on October 26, 2010, 03:12:20 PM
Just killed the Gorog and got to Dagobah. The Gorog fight is fucking epic.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: ManaByte on October 26, 2010, 03:17:57 PM
If you have a TFU save on your system it'll unlock the endgame costumes in TFU2. If you beat it with both endings you'll have the Sith and Jedi costumes to use in TFU2.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: chronovore on October 28, 2010, 01:34:12 AM
That's pretty great. PC only, or 360 as well?
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: ManaByte on October 30, 2010, 01:38:43 PM
Finished it. Story isn't as good as the original.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: rodi on October 30, 2010, 05:35:51 PM
Was it just me or was it a bit short?  :-\
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Yeti on October 30, 2010, 07:43:04 PM
The first one seemed really short to me, so maybe that's par for the course?
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: ManaByte on October 30, 2010, 08:08:00 PM
This one is shorter. Like three hours tops.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Yeti on October 30, 2010, 09:06:50 PM
wow, definitely going to wait for bargain bins on this one then.  :(
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Mr. Gundam on October 30, 2010, 09:59:36 PM
$20 or bust. I'm sure there will be a Best Buy Reward Zone coupon knocking this sucker down shortly after Christmas.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: ManaByte on October 30, 2010, 10:20:12 PM
It's currently part of the B2G1 at BB.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: chronovore on October 30, 2010, 11:02:59 PM
A friend in the US told me that Target is 3-for-2 this weekend as well. But That still makes it a USD40 game. :shrug

The story is what really worked for me in the original. It was just fantastic, and I was mainly playing to get to see how it resolved. This sequel will be on my bargain bin watchlist.
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: Mr. Gundam on January 23, 2011, 03:10:04 PM
Beat the game this morning.

Just as you're having some semblance of fun, it ends. And holy shit what a stupid ending it is!

spoiler (click to show/hide)
You ARREST Vader? ARREST VADER? Really? You're gonna put the Dark Lord of the Sith on trial? And those shackles? Yeah, like those are gonna hold him for very long...
[close]

The story in this game is missing, and you can tell that there was going to be a Malastare level geting to the Salvation based on some dialogue between Starkiller and Kota. I wonder if it will show up as DLC?
Title: Re: The Force Unleashed II thread of vaporizing Stormtroopers [OT]
Post by: chronovore on January 24, 2011, 09:24:10 AM
The story was the best part of the first one, I'm just going to pass on this entirely and sing "la la la" and pretend that it doesn't exist. Like the Prequel movies.