Author Topic: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Ultimate Sith Edition (PC/Mac/PSN/XBLA) (Read 2692 times)

ManaByte · « **on:** July 25, 2009, 01:23:13 PM »

http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/697704/The-Force-Unleashed-DLC-And-Ultimate-Sith-Edition-Announced-At-Comic-Con-09.html

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At the Comic-Con 09 Star Wars Spectacular panel, it was revealed that Star Wars: The Force Unleashed would be getting downloadable content for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The DLC will be set in Tatooine and feature...wait for it...Boba Fett!

But wait, there's more! A new compilation pack called The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition is in the works for PC and Mac (!!!). This package features all the DLC and a level set on Hoth, where The Secret Apprentice will be at Darth Vader's side!

If you're not excited for these new Star Wars goodies then you're either dead or an overzealous Star Trek fan.

Check out the trailer (above) and screenshots of the new goodies that are on the way.

Last May, Lucasarts said it would be impossible to put Force Unleashed on to the PC due to the POWAH of their engine:
http://kotaku.com/389776/force-unleashed-not-coming-to-pc-and-this-is-the-best-excuse-lucasarts-could-come-up-with

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If we made the game for high-end PCs], someone with a low-end PC would have a watered down experience, they would have to turn all the settings down and it wouldn't be the same game. On the other hand if we made that game for as many people as possible then it's not taking advantage of what those $4,000 systems can do.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #1 on:** July 25, 2009, 01:46:22 PM »

I think all of that stuff (Hoth) will be included in the DLC. The trailer makes it seem that way.

Looks so awesome, I loved The Force Unleashed.

Nevermind, Hoth is retail exclusive for now.

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Available this Fall via direct download from the Xbox LIVE� online entertainment network and the PlayStation�Network, this new downloadable mission continues the story of The Force Unleashed in a new "Infinities" storyline that takes the Star Wars Saga in an entirely new and unexpected direction.

The mission begins at the end of the story of The Force Unleashed and re-imagines the Star Wars Saga as if the Secret Apprentice had killed Darth Vader and taken his place at the Emperor's side, becoming the most powerful Sith Lord in the universe. The story picks up as the Emperor sends his new apprentice to the planet Tatooine to dispatch Obi-Wan Kenobi -- who has been hiding on the planet ever since the events of Star Wars: Episode
III Revenge of the Sith. During their hunt for the reclusive Jedi, players will also explore the depths of Jabba the Hutt's palace and encounter notorious bounty hunter Boba Fett.

Due to be released in retail stores this holiday season for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3, Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition combines the original Star Wars: The Force Unleashed videogame and three new levels to create the definitive ultimate-evil storyline of the events that occurred between the two classic Star Wars movie trilogies*.

The additional content includes two levels set on Coruscant and Tatooine previously only available via direct download, and an all-new exclusive level available only in the Ultimate Sith Edition package.

The exclusive level concludes the "Infinities" storyline set up in the Tatooine mission, as the Secret Apprentice is sent to the planet Hoth on a crusade to crush the Rebellion once and for all. While on Hoth, players face Luke Skywalker himself while visiting iconic locations seen in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.

I'm sure they'll make it DLC at some point down the road.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #2 on:** July 25, 2009, 02:33:54 PM »

hahaha that pc excuse is such bullshit, even my laptop smokes better looking games

what's the price on this? it can't be too high, you can pick up the vanilla version for $15 now

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3 on:** July 25, 2009, 03:11:21 PM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on July 25, 2009, 02:33:54 PM

hahaha that pc excuse is such bullshit, even my laptop smokes better looking games

what's the price on this? it can't be too high, you can pick up the vanilla version for $15 now

I'm sure it will be full-priced.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #4 on:** July 26, 2009, 02:16:28 AM »

Considering that the vanilla version goes for $20 and it's well known that this game is mediocre at best they'd be crazy to charge full price for this version. Doesn't mean they wont though.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #5 on:** July 26, 2009, 02:36:51 AM »

I'll get it during a 50% off Steam sale.

ManaByte · « **Reply #6 on:** July 26, 2009, 03:33:24 AM »

It's possible this is just the Greatest/Platinum Hits version.

demi · « **Reply #7 on:** July 26, 2009, 03:34:26 AM »

I will get it from gamefly. Apparently this game makes you want to rip your dick off on the hardest difficulty. A good trophy to put on my wall.

chronovore · « **Reply #8 on:** July 26, 2009, 11:35:05 PM »

I really liked the Jedi Knight / Kyle Katarn games. A lot a lot a lot. The only part I did not enjoy was the Jedi Temple battle where "jedi speed" (here in its pre-bullet time incarnation) basically reduced a major boss battle to a Force Power spamming, mouse-clicky spaz out.

When I played the demo for STFU it seemed like a repetitive button masher laced with a bunch of QTEs. Adding DLC that lets me go back and re-write history, killing off all the good characters I liked from the original series and invalidating that timeline seems to be continuing the Prequels' goal of taking a giant, wet diarrhea crap on the forehead of all that was good and noble in telling the original Campbellian arc.

ManaByte · « **Reply #9 on:** July 27, 2009, 03:53:56 AM »

Uh, go read SW Infinities. It's a comic series this DLC is based on, and it's fucking awesome. It's like the Marvel What If? comics. The ESB one was What if Luke died from the wounds suffered by the Wampa on Hoth? And was AWESOME.

chronovore · « **Reply #10 on:** July 27, 2009, 05:11:22 AM »

But I'm also not a fan of the "Marvel: What If..." series. It almost always seemed to be about "Hey, yeah, we know this is pretty messed up, but lookit: if it wasn't that bad it would have been so much more worse! EXCELSIOR, TRUE BELIEVER!"

Still, I'll give it a shot and see if I've changed since reading my last What If, probably 25 years ago.

chronovore · « **Reply #11 on:** July 27, 2009, 06:14:27 AM »

It's a PR/Marketing thing, and they're never honest. Positioning is all about spin, therefore rooted in bending truth.

"We don't feel like being ass-raped by pirates" is not really a marketable bullet-point.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #12 on:** August 27, 2009, 05:12:33 PM »

Tatooine DLC is out today on PSN. Can't wait!

I know a lot of people didn't like the game, but I thought it was awesome.

chronovore · « **Reply #13 on:** August 27, 2009, 11:53:31 PM »

I bought this and haven't played it. I'm hopeful about the story, which everyone says is at least better than the Prequels.

Now I'm potentially sad that I didn't buy the 1/2 price DLC when it was on the cheap.

chronovore · « **Reply #14 on:** December 21, 2009, 05:09:24 AM »

Confirmed. I am sad I didn't buy the DLC when it was half price. I'm actually enjoying the game now, in a kind of "staple my dick to a runaway chicken" kind of way.

Quote from: demi on July 26, 2009, 03:34:26 AM

I will get it from gamefly. Apparently this game makes you want to rip your dick off on the hardest difficulty. A good trophy to put on my wall.

This. I'm playing it on the hardest open-from-the-outset difficulty, and there have been times where it has been so frustrating that I can't believe it. I can see how closely-tied the game is to the dark side of The Force, because I can hear the game designers mewling, "Good... your hate has made you powerful."

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #15 on:** December 21, 2009, 05:21:15 AM »

I'm guessing we'll see the Hoth DLC sometime in early 2010.

chronovore · « **Reply #16 on:** December 21, 2009, 11:01:38 PM »

Quote from: distantmantra on December 21, 2009, 05:21:15 AM

I'm guessing we'll see the Hoth DLC sometime in early 2010.

Made by which dev team, I wonder.

STFU was in production so long, it wouldn't surprise me if they had a sweet toolchain in place. But trying to get DLC working with a team on the outside... that'd be difficult.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #17 on:** December 21, 2009, 11:09:16 PM »

So this game is actually decent?

chronovore · « **Reply #18 on:** December 22, 2009, 05:42:46 AM »

There are several things it does well, particularly if you're a Star Wars fan. The environment, the feeling of immersion in a Star Wars world, particularly one that is about the same era as Ep. IV with the dingy-and-used or austere-and-industrial designs, is very good, while at the same time managing to bring a bit of fresh feeling to familiar locations. The voice acting's very good across the board, and the writing is good. Just saying that it's better than the Prequels' writing isn't really giving it enough credit: so far I am liking this as much or better than Return of the Jedi.

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Hey, there aren't any ewoks. That goes a long way. And you can kill a mess of Jawas.

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Gameplay-wise, I've realized that it's similar to God of War, a genre with which I am not historically thrilled (no pun intended) though I did enjoy the hell out of Kung-Fu Panda which is essentially the same. Maybe I just hate Kratos. Or David Jaffe.

There have been some sequences which have been frustrating beyond anything else in recent experience, most of it due to two bad game designs: checkpoints and camera. The checkpoints are unevenly spaced. Several times there have been long sequences which would benefit from two or three checkpoints, not just from difficulty, but from having to hear the same dialog and/or watch the same, canned, short cutscene over and over and over again. Difficulty-wise though, it can also be meaninglessly hard; some of the enemies are cheap and other times the camera is incredibly unhelpful.

Is it worth picking up for US$20 or 30? Definitely. Do I plan to buy Ultimate Sith Edition...? No, but I might cave and pick up one of the DLC packs.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #19 on:** December 22, 2009, 12:31:24 PM »

I trust your opinions very highly chronovore so I think this is now on my list to pick up. Hope the PS3 version isn't gimped!

Thanks

ManaByte · « **Reply #20 on:** December 22, 2009, 01:39:23 PM »

Don't buy the PS3 version. Bad tearing, bad framerate spots, worse textures than the 360. I traded in my PS3 one towards the Ultimate Sith Edition on 360.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #21 on:** December 22, 2009, 01:52:06 PM »

Ugh another 360 game evilbore is going to turn me into a 360 gamer again :'(

Thanks for letting me know mana.

ManaByte · « **Reply #22 on:** December 22, 2009, 01:58:59 PM »

And BTW I finished the game on the PS3, suffered through the whole thing. Then finished it again on the 360 and it was a much better experience.

Also finished it on the PSP.

DJ_Tet · « **Reply #23 on:** December 22, 2009, 05:05:40 PM »

I finished it on the DS $:-\$

chronovore · « **Reply #24 on:** December 22, 2009, 07:11:14 PM »

Quote from: ManaByte on December 22, 2009, 01:58:59 PM

And BTW I finished the game on the PS3, suffered through the whole thing. Then finished it again on the 360 and it was a much better experience.

Also finished it on the PSP.

Holy cow. You must have really enjoyed it. There have been a few times where I've thought about setting it aside, but I know if I put it down it won't get picked back up.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #25 on:** February 22, 2010, 03:50:22 PM »

The Hoth level will be made available as DLC this week for 360 and PS3.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #26 on:** February 22, 2010, 04:33:54 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on February 22, 2010, 04:10:39 PM

Free DLC?

I didn't see a price listed, but I'm sure it's not free.

maxy · « **Reply #27 on:** February 22, 2010, 05:06:05 PM »

And it sold over 7 million.

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additionally, it was revealed that Star Wars: The Force Unleashed has sold over seven million copies worldwide across all formats. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II is set to release for PS3, PSP, DS, Wii and Xbox 360 later in 2010

And PS360 studio was nuked...heh

M3wThr33 · « **Reply #28 on:** February 22, 2010, 05:25:18 PM »

Hoth is $10 on PSN.

Glad I got the Sith Edition.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #29 on:** February 22, 2010, 11:37:15 PM »

Quote from: M3wThr33 on February 22, 2010, 05:25:18 PM

Hoth is $10 on PSN.

Glad I got the Sith Edition.

$10? Holy fuck that's outrage-oh who am I kidding, I'm buying it.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #30 on:** February 22, 2010, 11:39:19 PM »

I thought this game fucking sucked ass

brawndolicious · « **Reply #31 on:** February 23, 2010, 12:24:26 AM »

Quote from: Trent Dole on February 22, 2010, 11:39:19 PM

I thought this game fucking sucked ass

Well all the dev team was laid off before they could really polish the game but it is possible that maybe all those glitches were patched later on?

I wonder who's even making the expansions.

ManaByte · « **Reply #32 on:** February 23, 2010, 02:41:31 AM »

Hoth sucks. There are no achievements for it.

chronovore · « **Reply #33 on:** February 23, 2010, 11:59:33 PM »

If you have save data from the original game, is it possible to play just the expansion stuff off Sith Edition?

ManaByte · « **Reply #34 on:** February 24, 2010, 01:51:08 AM »

The expansion stuff is completely separate. No save needed.

chronovore · « **Reply #35 on:** February 24, 2010, 10:37:55 AM »

Ah, thanks for the info.

It is pretty tempting, but I basically bought the game and soon after purchasing it the Ultimate Sith Edition came out and made me feel dumb for not waiting even longer than I had. If Hoth sucks, maybe I should just bag the DLC once my copy comes back from the friend I loaned it to.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #36 on:** February 25, 2010, 03:32:26 PM »

Quote from: ManaByte on February 23, 2010, 02:41:31 AM

Hoth sucks. There are no achievements for it.

I swear I saw trophies for it in the trophy list on my PS3. I remember seeing something about getting a gold for killing Luke...

ManaByte · « **Reply #37 on:** February 25, 2010, 03:38:34 PM »

The PS3 trophies and 360 achievements are identical. NO Hoth Trophies or Achievements:
http://www.ps3trophies.org/game/star-wars-the-force-unleashed/trophies/
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/star-wars-the-force-unleashed/achievements/

demi · « **Reply #38 on:** February 25, 2010, 03:40:56 PM »

^ ACtually, there is one for killing Luke on the PS3 side

ManaByte · « **Reply #39 on:** February 25, 2010, 03:45:56 PM »

Fuckers.

PS3 has three Hoth achievements. Fuck them.

Well, the 360 has the better version of the game anyways. Less screen tearing and better framerate.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #40 on:** February 25, 2010, 03:50:51 PM »

I knew I wasn't hallucinating.

Quote from: ManaByte on February 25, 2010, 03:45:56 PM

Fuckers.

PS3 has three Hoth achievements. Fuck them.

Well, the 360 has the better version of the game anyways. Less screen tearing and better framerate.

Were you raped by a PS3 or something? So much hatred and anger towards something so insignificant.

ManaByte · « **Reply #41 on:** February 25, 2010, 03:52:12 PM »

I played through the PS3 version before the 360 one. It's worse.

chronovore · « **Reply #42 on:** February 25, 2010, 07:35:37 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on February 25, 2010, 03:50:51 PM

I knew I wasn't hallucinating.

Quote from: ManaByte on February 25, 2010, 03:45:56 PM
Fuckers.

PS3 has three Hoth achievements. Fuck them.

Well, the 360 has the better version of the game anyways. Less screen tearing and better framerate.

Were you raped by a PS3 or something? So much hatred and anger towards something so insignificant.

Anyone who paid launch prices was raped by a PS3.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #43 on:** February 25, 2010, 11:06:27 PM »

Hoth has five trophies. Got three of them on the first run through.

chronovore · « **Reply #44 on:** February 26, 2010, 09:06:41 AM »

Oddly, there are The Force Unleashed avatar items now on the Xbox 360 Spotlight channel. Man, a little late to the party? Did LucasArts marketing just notice that these had been waiting in their inbox for a year or something?

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Author Topic: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Ultimate Sith Edition (PC/Mac/PSN/XBLA) (Read 2692 times)