Initial Star Wars fun, but very limited, drab, and gets redundant.
Never played the Force Unleashed I, but considering I am a Star Wars fan, I decided to purchase this one for the Wii. It seems to follow a previous storyline, but even if you haven't played TFU One, don't be discouraged, it's pretty easy to pick up the plot.
Gotta say, at first, it was pretty awesome, all the stuff that can be done with the "force" moves. However, after a while the environment and enemies get a bit stale. There seems to be only a handful of different enemies to attack - which I found very limited.
Also, there are only about four or five scenes/areas throughout the game, most of which are dull, grey/brown ship hallways, with not much to explore or find. Although your character is afforded the ability to bash and break stuff with the force moves - there seems to be no point, other than it looks kinda cool, and to waste time.
As far as modifiying your character, not much is available, other than force move and light-saber colors/upgrades. Again, extras/power ups can be found - but they are few and far between. I looked everywhere for them, throughout the game, and I only found about half of them by the time the game was over.
Regarding gameplay, I was a little dissapointed that the classic controller option was not afforded, but the nunchuck and other controller were pretty intuitive and easily manipulated. The gameplay in itself was fairly easy, with a few challenging areas where specific jumps had to be made - other than that, the game was not difficult. I completed it in about six or seven hours - a few days (other reviews complain about this).
Also, although combo moves were afforded, it seemed that really, no specific control was required to unleashed the combo moves, other than just clicking the button and shaking the controller continuously - even an unskilled player could do that... While the force moves could be utilized, again, I was unsure what the point of using one over the other was, as just about any move could kill an enemy. It probably would have been more dynamic if the game would have required certain moves for certain enemies, and more control over the combo moves.
I found myself using the the "force rage" move frequently toward the end of the game, just to get rid of the onslaught of foes - which btw, requires the player to sit through lame, slow motion battle scenes, and watch the character slice off enemies' arms or cut enemies in half - which again, gets redundant.
Ultimately I would have liked more enemies to fight, more areas to explore, a longer game overall, more colors (other than drab grey or brown hallways), more options to change my character, more down time for freeplay, more power ups, and a better gameplay challenge...
Another thing that was annoying was that you cannot go back in the game, as it is constantly auto-saving and pushing you forward, not to mention that the music sounds as if it is all under a timer, and even the gameplay has an overwelming sense of urgency - constantly your character will be encouraged to "hurry, hurry, hurry!" via radio.
Regarding the dual 2-player mode, it was pretty pathetic/underwelming - all done in sidescrolling 2-D as if I was playing the original 1980's Nintendo. Plus, it only allows a limited amount of moves - not really adding anything to the game dynamic, IMO.
All-in-all, this one's a cool game initially, not bad for a few hours of gameplay, but probably only if you happen to find it at a discounted price.Read full review
