Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II - PC

Or maybe it's "These are not the bugs you are looking for." I'm not sure which. :)All joking aside, this game could have been great. It looks like Star Wars. It sounds like Star Wars. But the game is buggier than an anteater's lunch. There are graphics bugs where textures don't show up or show up "black." (A reload of the game helps this, but you shouldn't have to do this!) Cut scenes don't play or cause the game to hang. Saving games cause the game to hang. There are weird physics bugs - e.g. floating storm troopers. And talking about "flogging a dead horse," as the saying goes: you can chop up dead bodies time and time again before they finally hit the ground. Sometimes I didn't know if they were dead yet, so I just kept hacking away. :) There are crash bugs galore, and bugs that prevent further play. This last one is very inexcusable. Just to a search for "force unleashed 2 fuse bug" for this very nasty bug which prevents advancing to the next level/stage. I don't know how the gaming industry gets by with this! Did anyone actually beta-test this game, or was it just shipped without anyone actually trying to play it from beginning to end?Some of the crash bugs seem to be during transitions from game play to rendered cutscenes. One in particular made me laugh because I was so engrossed in the game: it was the last cutscene after you fight Vader. You make an important choice, and then, as I excitedly waited to see what happened, I was greeted with an error dialog and my desktop. :) Fun stuff!!! The perfect time for a crash bug!If I went to a movie and there were - for instance - scenes missing CGI effects, out of place music, color problems, or the dialog wasn't synched, I'd be exceedingly angry, demanding my money back from the cinema, but here we are, beta testing a game that shouldn't have shipped. And this is far from uncommon. It happens all the time. The gaming industry needs to grow up in this regard, and consumers need to voice their opinions by not buying games like this or demanding refunds. Customers have rights too, and it's inexcusable to ship a game that is filled with this many bugs.Another negative is this game is very short. I'd be surprised if I played it 5 or 6 hours. A considerable amount of that time was dealing with crash bugs and trying to find out work-arounds to the bugs. The games shortness contributes to further, non-technical issues.With the game being so short, the plot wasn't explained well enough. In fact, I'm not entirely sure what the plot was supposed to be. It has something to do with Kamino and clones. (Yeah, breaking some new ground there!!!) It seems little thought was given to expanding the anemic storyline.The game seemed - at least to me - to suffer from some balancing issues when it came to the "bosses." They were really cool, but some of them were frustratingly hard to beat. But maybe that's just me. :)The shortness of the game also affected character development. You collect saber crystals (a very cool concept!) during the game which you can install in each of your two sabers to give you additional powers, adding a bit of RPG feel to the game. Of course, you have Force points you can allocate, too, but by the end of the game, you'll have almost all of them full anyway, which kind of defeats the purpose of "creating" your own character. Jedi Knight did this the best, and no SW game has topped it since.Yeah, it's clearly a console port, but in this case, it really didn't bother me. What usually bothers me is the absolutely insane, nausea-inducing camera angles, save system, and UI limitations. The save system is fine here. The camera angles never created a problem. And the controls were typical for any PC FPS. There was some button mashing - which is weird on a PC keyboard - and combos moves that are not typical to PC gaming, but I felt that they weren't too distracting and didn't take away from the immersiveness of the game. In fact, I thought it was much better than most console ports when it comes to controls. At least it actually references a mouse and keyboard and didn't ask me to push gamepad buttons!!!But not all is lost - pretty close to total failure, but not entirely. The graphics are beautiful - except for the aforementioned problems. The level design is absolutely brilliant. It really captures the SW universe, and this is certainly one of the high points. Although, it would have been nice to see more inhabitants to this world other than 1) the generic rebel soldier, 2) 3 variations of storm troopers, 3) Sith/Jedi clones, 4) and droids. Most of the races we expect in the SW world are not present, making the game seem barren and lifeless, so to speak.Another definite highlight is the variety of playing styles. By that I mean your character is put in some situations in which you wouldn't see in the average FPS or TPS. I don't want to give away specifics, but you are fighting in some pretty unique circumstances. Utilization of the main character's Force powers really comes into play nicely!The voice acting is top notch, and I especially like the guy that plays Starkiller. He's acting is great, particularly in the end!!! The music is also what you'd expect from a SW game.What's sad about this game is it clearly had the potential to be great. It's set in the SW universe. It has great graphics. It has fun game play. It has likable characters. And even if the storyline did rehash some elements already used in SW movies, it was still enjoyable. But the bugs, shortness (feels more like an expansion pack than a full game), and lack of story depth, relegate it to being less than what it could be. It's worth a play, but it's not worth paying full price with your hard earned money. It's far from the most frustrating game I've played recently, but it's a such a disappointment because the developers clearly are capable of producing a great SW game. Unfortunately, this game isn't it.

Running on Windows 10 EASY FAST AMAZING GRAPHICS. My computer is 3.6 with 32 ram with a GeForce GT 1030 I also got on here. Wasn't sure after reading review what to expect. I'm 45 and play video games but not a gamer. But this game sucked me in. I'm sooooo stoked. Moves fast, AMAZING GRAPHICS for my 45 year old brain ..haha. been playing it tons since I got it yesterday. Fun story, EVERYTHING ..highly recommended

I decided to pick up this game after seeing it was the winner of "Best of E3 2010" in many places.I had also checked out some gameplay trailers and looked pretty fun.I was neither right or wrong.If you're looking for a game that is flashy and fun, you may like this game.I enjoyed it just for the fact that the graphics are great, and it was just plain fun - if you like this kind of genre.I've heard some people from other sites complaining about low framerates, but i think that may be due to system requirements which seem to be higher than what is noted - at least to run it smoothly.I personally ran it fine on medium detail, with decent framerates throughout, and my gaming laptop was only top class two years ago.If you're looking for a game to spend some time on, you may want to think again.The game is pretty shallow storywise, and if you're a die hard starwars fan you may even hate it(no details as there would be spoilers).The game is also very short - finishable in 4-6 hours (like in my case).You're basically in four major areas, provided each does have it's own length, but at times the battles do get a little repetitive. There aren't many skills to learn, and the combos are are pretty limited.The controls are simple, which were a plus for me as it helps being "fun", but it may be a minus for many.If there were some RPG elements that would have been much more fun, with some replay value. The only RPG like elements are the points you gather from defeating enemies, which you can use to upgrade your force powers.If it was a little longer with maybe RPG elements such as leveling up(something like a starwars version of fable) I think this game could have reached greater heights.Overall, I'd say it's a visually pleasing, fun and fairly fast-paced game, with shallow storyline and short length hindering it to become anything more than a momentarily shining star.Graphics: 9.0Gameplay: 7.5Sound: 8.0Story: 5.5==Overall: 7.5

I originally had this product, and the disk went bad, just wasn't recognizable by the drive, so I got a replacement, now I can play the game again.

Love this game

前作で死亡したスターキラーですが，ダースベイダーがクローン人間として復活させました。しかし，シス，ジェダイはクローン人間からは生まれないはず・・・。プレイヤーはスターキラーを操って自分自身の謎に迫っていきます。グラフィックは前作から一新され，非常に美しく，スターキラーのアクションもエピソード3「シスの復讐」のアナキンを彷彿とさせるアクションにスターウォーズファンならシビれることでしょう。また，使えるフォースも格段に増え，マインドトリックのように戦術に大きな影響を与えられるフォースも使えるようになりました。欠点といえば，ハングアップしたり，敵が消えてゲームが進行しない，たまにスターキラーの向きを変えられなくなるというバグが放置されている点と前作と比較して難易度がかなり高くなっている点でしょう。前作と同じつもりでプレイしていると，大変です。というわけで，スターウォーズファンにはおすすめの作品です。バグが目立つ点の考慮して星4つとします。