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Metacritic's First Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Reviews: Ouch!

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Killjoy3000 - 471 days 17 hours ago

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This is one of those games that you know has potential, but can't judge quality straight away from the demo.

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big shadow - 471 days 17 hours ago

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thats true

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HeartlesskizZ - 471 days 14 hours ago

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yea is a fun demo, but im not sure if I should buy it or not...

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JoySticksFTW - 471 days 7 hours ago

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1.3 - This sh!t's from the dark side :(

I too enjoyed the demo. Guess we all better rent it first before we dive in.

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Killjoy3000 - 471 days 7 hours ago

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Yeah. You don't want to be the same people that played the Too Human demo and was b!tching and moaning "Oh it's so fun!! It's no that bad give it a break!! You wait and see when the real game comes out!!"

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Torch - 471 days 6 hours ago

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1.5 - On the contrary

I have this pre-ordered and pre-paid with EB...but the uninspiring demo convinced me to move my credit to another game.

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The Mikester - 471 days 6 hours ago

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Are you kidding me?
I would so but this game it would be the stupidest thing ever not to buy a game b/c of the frikin demo.
This game is amazing and i can't wait to get it.

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Torch - 471 days 5 hours ago

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1.7 - @The Mikester

You want the game regardless of demo impressions?

Congratulations. I don't.

You're entitled to your opinion, but I can't help but find it MORE, in your words - "stupid" - to ignore the fact that I quite simply and honestly didn't enjoy the demo and proceed to invest my hard-earned money and already-limited time into the game - only to HOPE that it's not as listless as the demo was.

If you're talking reviews, then I can somewhat agree. But in my opinion, a demo should be indicative of the things you should expect from a game.

Two cases which come to mind are Uncharted and R&C FToD: I first played both demos, LOVED them, and bought the games as a result.

And guess what? I absolutely LOVED the games - which were pretty much on par with what both demos concluded me to expect from the overall game.

But if that's the best Lucasarts can do to convince me that the Force Unleashed is going to be a good game, then the game's obviously not for me. Despite the fact that I was honestly initially looking forward to picking up my prepaid copy.

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Spydr07 - 471 days 4 hours ago

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Nice. The Mikester has just brought anti-logic into the world. Soon, this form of thinking will spread like wildfire. Rational thinking, objective reasoning, and the like will be gone as we know it. In time we will become too stupid to function and the human race will die off.

Thanks, prick.

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ikaris - 468 days 23 hours ago

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Mikester, there are also so many instances where demos didn't display the true games potential, simply because they didn't show enough (i think the force unleashed demo needed more leveling up demonstrated) and simply because the games are still in beta form.
If you didn't like the play style of the game, yes you wont like the real thing. But then you might as well just never played the demo, or posted on this forum.

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LightningPS3 - 471 days 16 hours ago

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2 - Who would of thought?

The Demo was very good.

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nbsmatambo - 471 days 16 hours ago

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2.1 - yea..

i had fun with the demo...

using the force and sending troopers into oncoming ships lol =D

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Doggstyle - 471 days 15 hours ago

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nbsmatambo, I could do that all day long.

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Baka-akaB - 471 days 15 hours ago

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er no it wasnt ... crappy camera , silly targeting system , and pretty dull saberlaser fights .... and toying around with the troopers can get really old , especially with all of the above .

Was actually hoping a tiny little bit they'd fix those quirks at release.

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ICUP - 471 days 16 hours ago

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I enjoy playing the demo.

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Closing - 471 days 15 hours ago

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4 - I could tell from the demo

that it wasn't going to turn out well. I'd say the meta score will stay in the lower 7's. It's unfortunate as it did have lots of potential.

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kenshin22up - 471 days 15 hours ago

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Too Humaned? Although I had higher expectations for this game.. altho I haven't played the demo yet so maybe I may still like it.

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Killjoy3000 - 471 days 5 hours ago

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The only difference is, Too Human was destined to suck.

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VMAN_01 - 471 days 15 hours ago

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I don't care about metacritic or reviews I am still getting this game as I am an avid Star Wars fan.

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calis - 471 days 8 hours ago

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werd, I am getting it. I don't care what the reviews say.

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REPLOID24 - 471 days 4 hours ago

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6.2 - i agree with you.

i dig the mega man x series, but it's reviews are always negative. despite that, i always have fun because i'm a fan. you like what you like.

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smash1031 - 471 days 15 hours ago

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7 - I'll wait

Picked up Mercs 2 early and while it's ok, I should've rented it. So for this I'll wait for some user reviews. That's where you'll find the truth.

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BabyStomper5000 - 471 days 13 hours ago

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Take it back to Walmart when you're finished and get store credit for another game. Nobody should feel bad about ripping Walmart off.

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firelogic - 471 days 3 hours ago

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7.2 - Canadian Buyers!

EBgames has a promotion running right now where if you preorder the game, you can return it within 7 days for full store credit. So, yes it's store credit but you can pickup another new release title down the line with it such as Resistance 2 or Prince of Persia. 2 games for the price of 1. You can't really go wrong.

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Dii - 470 days 18 hours ago

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Is that a picture of you

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cemelc - 471 days 15 hours ago

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Heck i just want to know if he survives Dark Vader at the end of the game.

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Andor_Trask - 471 days 6 hours ago

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obviously not....or...maybe he goes into hiding..idk

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rhood022 - 471 days 6 hours ago

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umm...I know but I don't want to spoil it.

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ape007 - 471 days 15 hours ago

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it's an awesome game,I love it

you nearly have infinite ways dealing with enemies

am gonna buy it

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dachiefsman - 471 days 15 hours ago

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As a HUGE Star Wars fan, the demo was lame<IMO> after beating both Jedi Outcast II and Jedi Academy this variation really didn't add much.

I was going to buy this but I will probably rent it after all.

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rogimusprime - 471 days 11 hours ago

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10.1 - Agreed....

jedi outcast was a damn good game. You got to cut peoples arms and heads off. Why couldn't they add that in Force Unleashed? It's not like theres going to be any blood...lightsabers=instant cauterized wounds.

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calis - 471 days 8 hours ago

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because Star Wars generally isn't about the violence and is aimed at all ages.

Limbs flying off would up the rating.

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dachiefsman - 471 days 3 hours ago

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In Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy you could cut off limbs. Although it was not bloody, which isn't an issue. IF you choke gripped someone, you could snap there neck. It was just a little more visceral.

Adding more realism makes the experience for most people more engaging. The light saber in this demo didn't feel powerful like the two games mentioned in the post.

I wanted to like the demo, but it felt incomplete to me.

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Bombibomb - 471 days 15 hours ago

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This is good for my wallet. Now I can just save that money for something else.

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J@D - 471 days 5 hours ago

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^ exactly. When the game receive a good price drop like $30 or a Greatest Hits mark(If the game sells good enough) I'm certainty to pick up a copy.

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Mr402 - 471 days 15 hours ago

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12 - While the demo was fun for a bit.

It just didnt grab me. While I dont think it's near the stinker that Too Human (I rented Too Human and finished it by the way so I an give my opinion on that one)is. I do feel it could have been a lot better. I wish Lucas Arts would take the kid gloves off and give us a more mature and edgy type of game. Let's have severed limbs cut by a light saber no blood of course because the wound is cauterized but still. Something to show the brutality of the darkside and the force powers that come with it. Force choke that makes there head pop off. Crushing someones skeleton with your telekinesis. That is the type of Star Wars game I dream of. Oh wait there is a game like that and you can get it dirt cheap right now. It's called Psi-ops and for last gen machines it kicked ass. Lots of folks slept on that one. Had a better physics engine from what I've played too. This will be a gamefly pick for sure. I'll beat it in a weekend and buy it used down the line when it's cheap enough to warrant a purchase. Too many other games coming down the pipe that are better bets then this one.

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BabyStomper5000 - 471 days 13 hours ago

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Psi-Ops used the Havok engine. Euphoria is pretty much a newer version of that engine.

Oh yeah, no offense but... yeah f*ck tha Cornhuskers. Haha j/k. But seriously OU is the only "Big Red". :)

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calis - 471 days 8 hours ago

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congratulations on being cheap.

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kingme71 - 471 days 14 hours ago

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The beginning of the big Fall push is starting to roll in and at this point the heavier hitting games aren't producing very good scores. I hope this trend changes soon.

Mercs 2
Too Human
Star Wars
Infinite Undiscovery
Face Breaker (might be a middle weight)

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outlawlife - 471 days 11 hours ago

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eh nobody is expecting anything great from facebreaker...it was doomed from the start as soon as they showed that ugly art style

the demo only reinforced how unexciting the game is

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Andor_Trask - 471 days 6 hours ago

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what the f**k are you people smoking? HOW the hell can people say that this game and Mercs 2 have horrible graphics?! They are awesome!! You guys are wrong in the F**kin' head I swear. Yes, the games may be a bit repetitive for some people(not me), but calling these graphics horrible is just plain retarded. I don't mean regular retarded either, I mean seriously, crakhead, down-syndrome, short bus, /b/ retarded...

now, I DO agree that the face on this game and his face on SC4 are WAAAY different(SC4 being the good one) but they are totally different games. Unleashed has a crap load of...crap flying everywhere and whatnot. SC4 is a fighting game so most of the power goes straight to the gfx whil unleashed has to divert resources to all the other things in the environment.. DURR DURRRRRRRRRR
Good bye for now!

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Raoh - 471 days 14 hours ago

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for the sony haters

i may be wrong so i will accept being corrected

unleashed was not a ps3 lead console

unleashed started in 2005 (in concept maybe) but lucas arts admits to having had only 360 dev kits at the time

after developing for both consoles later on, lucase arts decided that they took the wrong approach.. they realized that for best multi platform its best to take burnout paradise developer stance.. start with the ps3 then port

i see a lot of ps3 hate for unleashed and if its at fault so be it.,.. but from what i understand this is a 360 build with future lucas arts games using the ps3 as a lead console

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willwsu - 471 days 11 hours ago

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16.1 - Doesn't matter.....

What machine leads development, an ok game is just that.....OK. Last i checked gameplay translates well between both machines, with a few acceptions, namely Orange Box, and thats ONLY because Valve didn't develop it themselves.

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Andor_Trask - 471 days 6 hours ago

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um, sorry to say but, Bluray>dvd......so...PS3 version limited due to outdated technology of other systems. ZIIIING

but then again....its also for PS2 and PSP so....I guess my statement doesnt matter in this case....Lucasarts didn't think out their plan all the way through I suppose.

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outlawlife - 471 days 11 hours ago

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doesn't matter what platform it is built on, that doesn't change the fact that the gameplay is less than inspiring

bring on KOTOR3 and give us a quality star wars game :-)

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willwsu - 471 days 11 hours ago

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18 - Knew this was going to happen......

It's hard to justify giving a single player game a high score now a days anyway......Bioshock, yea Fallout 3? maybe. But look how deep those games are. The demo was awesome but the game is........let's just say it, Psi ops with Jedis. That sounds bad, but Psi-ops was a good game......just not a great one. Like I said dont know what the heck they were thinking making the Wii version the only one with multiplayer. Specially seeing how the Wii is getting another game thats all about Light Saber Battles, kinda stupid. Should have put that feature on the 360 and PS3. The games just not strong enough on its own, needs multiplayer. Most games SHOULD have that nowadays, seeing that the internet is such an intricate part of the machines they are running on.

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SL1M DADDY - 471 days 9 hours ago

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19 - Telling from the demo...

I would give the game a solid 7. It was an ok demo but nothing that I would call truly satisfying when it comes to playing a Star Wars game. I just wish it had more. Solid rental.

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1 squall2099 | 471 days 15 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

Dacapn - 471 days 15 hours ago

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What?

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harry190 - 471 days 15 hours ago

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Since when did Sony turn into LucasArts?

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silverchode - 471 days 15 hours ago

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there are so many things wrong in that comment im not gana try.

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buckethead_X - 471 days 15 hours ago

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1.4 - Rofl

XD I didn't think it was possible to fit that much pure fail in one comment. And Sony would be honored that you said they can't do nothing right. What a compliment! :P

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Surfman - 471 days 14 hours ago

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youre silly, its only because Valve sux. They are 360 fanboys and dont want to develop on PS3 because its too hard for them. They are lazy.

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CaitSith - 471 days 14 hours ago

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YOU'RE on pot. Is this another typical 7 year old Xbox fanboy I'm seeing that's on weed? Think so. You look like a complete idiot with that post.

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KBDuB - 471 days 14 hours ago

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Lol. Bro, you can be a 360 fanboy. All the power to ya. But, please.. at least make an attempt to make sense.

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skulldrey - 471 days 8 hours ago

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apparently you dont understand that because it isnt a ps3 exclusive on superior blu-ray, its not as good. So in reality, blame xbox.

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tocrazed4you - 471 days 15 hours ago

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You have got to be kidding right? Anyways about the scores its kinda like Assassins creed looks great is fun for a bit than it gets BLAHHHHHHHH

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KBDuB - 471 days 14 hours ago

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Iuno. I liked the demo, and for me, it wasn't long enough to see if it got repetitive or not.

But, hell, if it is a repetitive game, I would love to keep flingin muhfckas around the room with the Force Grip! Lol.

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yea, the demo was fun, but kind of redundant

controls could use some tweaking as well

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morganfell - 471 days 14 hours ago

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Agreed. I had to put a gun to my own head to finish it. The aiming is horrendous. One minute you look up and target an item, you don't move, you look down and then up again and you can't target that item to save your life. You end up getting shot trying to lock onto a crate or container and it kips flipping in and out. You finally throw up your hands and just start beating these guys with a lightsaber. Of course you can't cut anyone in half in this G rated family title. Thanks but no thanks, I canceled and decided to spend the money elsewhere.

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KBDuB - 471 days 14 hours ago

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I thought it was a good demo. But, of course, the only problem I really had was the controls. They did get annoying after a while..

@Morganfell - I agree, it sucks that you can't chop em in half.. Lol.

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AngryTypingGuy - 471 days 6 hours ago

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Agreed. I didn't finish the demo because I became bored, but I did have a little fun. If people pick this up expecting it to be like past Star Wars games, they'll be disappointed. If they like the straightforward hack and slash, they'll like it.

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Harri4444 - 471 days 12 hours ago

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I played the demo and loved the game but hated the controls

HAIL SONY

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Dii - 470 days 18 hours ago

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Star Wars: Force Unleashed is going to be one of the best games this year. It has better graphics than GTA and more interaction if you have it for the Wii. And if you Don't believe me go to this website, and watch as many videos as you can on Star Wars: Force Unleashed.

http://www.gamespot.com/wii...

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Poor tech demo.

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i notice after mgs4 was released all the suppose to be a AAA game are getting a very bad reviews like alone in the dark, too human, mercenaries, japanese rpgs and now this...

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For some strange reason this gen reviewers are quick to give exclusive games 10/10 but when it comes w/ multiplatform games they grade more harshly.
This goes for any exclusive game most of them get 10/10 w/ the exception of some popular franchises like GTA and COD also getting 10/10.
These reviewers are quick to give MGS4, Killzone 2, Halo, Resistance, Gears of War, etc. 10/10 but if it's a multiplatform game they are harsher.
Can everyone agree fan boy or not from the looks of it that's what's happening this gen?

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ya mgs4 push the bar up a peg for all games... it isn't very fare to the xbots 360 because it cant compare to the ps3 any more.

and dfresh my guess is that most of the good compony have been hired by ms or sony so muti platform games are made by the lesser developers.

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