What I also appreciate is the fact that the game follows what would've happened if the Apprentice killed Vader and took his spot, meaning he's leading the Hoth invasion, albeit in a more hands-on approach. I also like his new, Vader-y voice. What I don't like is that we can only get this level -- and the other 2-3 original trilogy-based levels -- if we rebuy the whole fucking game again as the Sith Edition, instead of Lucasarts giving us these things as DLC. I loved playing The Force Unleashed, but watching this video reminded me of the horrible physics and gameplay of the original -- which the game originally succeeded despite -- which also reminded me that I do not need to be paying $40 more for this game after paying $60 for the first one. If you disagree, the game comes out tomorrow (and you're welcome to let me borrow it when you're done).
Comments
DoctorSmashy said:
I liked the Force Unleashed a lot - playing back the token easy first level in full Sith outfit with the electrical red saber and all the force power ups is pure Dark Side bliss, if only for the fact that you get to cut R2D2 in half and get hapless Storm Troopers sucked out into space. Although bringing down that Star Destroyer is right up there with all the other mind-numbingly frustrating, throw-your-controller-at-the-wall-and-jump-up-and-down-in-emotional-agony moments in otherwise great video games.
I would play it right now if my Xbox 360 didn't have the RED RING OF FUCKING DEATH
Posted 11/02/2009 at 11:39:05 AM
Halfazedninja said:
I thought that they were releasing this as DLC too. I thought they announced that the the clusterfuck that was the G4 comic-con special.
Posted 11/02/2009 at 11:43:26 AM
King Psyz is rocking with Eddie Riggs said:
This is why I rented the first and will buy this one, I heard there might be control tweaks as well, but I will have to wait to see...
Posted 11/02/2009 at 11:44:14 AM
Wesley said:
Glad I didn't buy it the first go-round and was waiting for cheap used copies. Suckers!
Posted 11/02/2009 at 11:49:29 AM
Zeig said:
I know how you all feel, Lucas Arts could have made a killing by releaseing TFU DLC "episodes" of sorts, maybe a bit cheaper for the DLC's, but into stories like the legacy comics and clone wars as Anakin
Posted 11/02/2009 at 12:01:29 PM
Anonymous said:
I know there are many Wii-haters out there, but I am very disappointed that this new edition is not coming out for the Wii. Granted the graphic were well below what was seen in 360&PS3 versions, but it was still fun waving the Wii-mote around as a lightsaber. I guess I will have to wait to upgrade my PC and buy that version.
Posted 11/02/2009 at 12:03:46 PM
Adam said:
This looks pretty cool, and I will probably get it and play the hell out of it, but what is the point of having a lightsaber if it can't cut through flesh? That wampa would be dead in like 4 seconds.
Posted 11/02/2009 at 12:13:33 PM
jeff said:
The Only good level was the first level where you play Vader, the rest was way too hard and not very good
Posted 11/02/2009 at 12:25:10 PM
The Admiral said:
No, I'm not buying it because I COULD NOT BRING DOWN THAT DAMNED DESTROYER EVEN AFTER TEN TRIES AND I CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH DISAPPOINTMENT!!!
Jeff--playing as Darth Vadar was cool, but didn't you get sick of his Stroll of Death? He sure wasn't in any hurry to off those Wookiees. (I'm awfully sorry if I mispelled that but I'm a Trekker for God's sake. I make mistakes like that.)
Posted 11/02/2009 at 12:37:23 PM
sal said:
Early SWG had Hoth has a planet. Though, you could neer travel there. Now Hoth is a battleground...
Posted 11/02/2009 at 12:44:59 PM
Paradox said:
The thing is, some of this actually is DLC. Both the Jedi Temple Mission Pack and the Tatooine Mission pack are already on the Marketplace, along with character skin packs (which I'll admit to being a big enough dork to have purchased).
The ONLY thing you need to buy the Ultimate Sith Edition for in the Hoth Mission, and I wouldn't be surprised if that was eventually DLC.
Posted 11/02/2009 at 12:49:33 PM
tvtastegood said:
Battlefront II had a hoth level that wasn't AT-ATs VS snow speeders. I never understood why the X-wings weren't enlisted to help take out a couple of the AT-ATs.
As far as this goes I'm in. I always thought the apprentice was ten times the jedi/sith that vader or the emperor ever were. Dude could have schooled yoda.
Hell he was prolly supposed to be the one the prophecy spoke of.
Yeah and fuck the star destroyer. If you could do that then he should have been able to smoke anybody he went up against.
Posted 11/02/2009 at 12:50:44 PM
El Kabong said:
Meh - color me not excited. The Wii version looked like shit and played horrible ("Hey! Lets remove that much hyped rag-doll physics engine that we've been pimping for a year now! Brilliant!") and the 360 version was barely tolerable.
I'll pass.
Posted 11/02/2009 at 12:59:37 PM
Geoff said:
"I never understood why the X-wings weren't enlisted to help take out a couple of the AT-ATs."
They were flying cover for the transports, remember?
Apprentice Mary Sue was fun to play as, but I wanted a longer version of the fight against Proxy where he keeps pulling more and more ludicrous Jedi out against you. "How about Obi Wan? Or Anakin? Or Yoda? Or Sam Jackson? Or Boba Fett armed with a lightsaber? Or the annoying kid from clone wars? Or that hot blue chick that was on-screen for ten seconds? Or this guy that appeared once in a Marvel comic but we're pretty sure it was a misprint?"
Posted 11/02/2009 at 01:00:10 PM
Darth Mario said:
I was gonna pick up a used copy of the first since I just got slim. But now I'm goona pick up a used copy of this one. :P
Posted 11/02/2009 at 03:08:59 PM
snakeeyes22 said:
I think they overestimate my desire to go back and play that game some more. They certainly did when I didn't download the new "characters" which were just outfits, with Luke and the gang still toting that save behind their back. The game itself had those crummy environments that are never clear if you can jump places for secrets.
I just hope you can destroy AT-ATs with snowspeeders this time! It's never been frustrating learning a different awkward control scheme so you don't crash into their legs! In what, 7 games?
Posted 11/02/2009 at 05:26:10 PM
Jason Lee said:
So this game is saying Luke's lightsaber is way better than a Sith lightsaber? Luke one pass Wompa missing an arm. Sith clubbed into unconscious state. What the hell is up with that?
Posted 11/02/2009 at 06:21:21 PM
Ken said:
First, as Paradox noted, only the Hoth level is totally new...at least on X-Box all of the skins and other levels have been available for awhile now. Of course, I wonder how Luke and company got away from the Death Star, since the Apprentice killed Obi-Wan on Tatooine in the DLC (and then you have to fight that bitch of a force ghost...lightning is your friend there).
Until the Hoth level is made DLC for those of us who shelled out all the cash already for the rest, I'm more interested in the Dooku ForceFX sabre.
Posted 11/02/2009 at 08:38:23 PM
pjpants said:
you know the whole stinking game was no more than a weekend play. rent it beat it. rent it get new levels
Posted 11/02/2009 at 09:41:23 PM
Utapau said:
hi guys, I have some good news. Don't buy the ultimate sith edition because the hoth level will absolutely come on Xbox marketplace and playstation network as DLC. Take a look at the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQll0e9zVHE&feature=fvsr
Posted 11/09/2009 at 01:00:26 PM






