Video: new Star Wars: Force Unleashed details

Posted Sep 21st 2007 5:00PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News

Star Wars games are a difficult breed. The franchise has spawned shooters, side-scrolling action games, arcade games, RPGs, and even chess. The games range from good (KOTOR, Super Star Wars) to decent (Battlefront) to mediocre or just plain awful (Revenge of the Sith). One thing that's pretty clear though, there hasn't really been a good Star Wars action game since the Super NES days (unless you count LEGO Star Wars). LucasArts looks to change all that with Star Wars: Force Unleashed. A new video showcasing the game's characters and the technology used to create them has just been released, and it gives a behind-the-scenes look at the game that bridges the gap between Episode III and Episode IV. If LucasArts has put as much work into the gameplay as they have into the characters and storyline, we may be in luck. A word of warning though, Force Unleashed does feature a plucky comic sidekick. Other than the grim possibilities that might present, things are looking up.

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9-21-2007 @ 5:16PM

NukeAssault said...

Games looks awesome... I just wish it was for PC... =(

9-21-2007 @ 5:24PM

Mauricio said...

yeah, im with Nuke. The game looks realy good so far.

9-21-2007 @ 5:34PM

LiquidPlague said...

The name Juno Eclipse is just terrible, the first name is fine but the last name sucks.

9-21-2007 @ 5:43PM

lord hobo said...

Ahh spring i cant wait that long for it.

9-21-2007 @ 5:44PM

NukeAssault said...

I was thinking the same Liquid. It just doesent fit.

9-21-2007 @ 6:01PM

RandomHero said...

The came LOOKS LIKE CRAP

If crap means Almost real whos the chick I wana hit that

9-21-2007 @ 6:02PM

RandomHero said...

Came = Game in my country of adhasidhasjkdhasindasjkls

9-21-2007 @ 6:05PM

D said...

Sounds awesome. I wish you could customize your character, but oh well.

9-21-2007 @ 6:09PM

Michael said...

Richard, how can you forget the Star Wars Jedi Knight series. Especial Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast! That was a fabulous action game!

9-21-2007 @ 6:14PM

Lewis said...

holy shit im impressed

I want this game more than anything now.

well not really lol

9-21-2007 @ 6:16PM

Sloar said...

I'll be glad when George Lucas isn't making any more of his demands of what should be in a Star Wars game. It needs to have a comic sidekick? Why? Nobody like Jar Jar, nobody. When people who haven't lost their storytelling abilities can write their own Star Wars stories, that's going to be an awesome time for us Star Wars fans.

9-21-2007 @ 6:18PM

M. Dizzy said...

If they hit spring...it'll be a good game for the post Golden Quarter doldrums that we usually get.

Hell it'll be a good game period. It's just...you know this guy is doomed...remember Shadows of the Empire it was based between episodes V and VI and we all know what happened to the new characters introduced in that one.

9-21-2007 @ 6:34PM

Jesse said...

Game premise of "kicking ass with the force" = mega win for all of us. I can't wait!

9-21-2007 @ 7:02PM

mark said...

When taking Star Wars games into account, you obviously forgot Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight, one of the highest rated PC games next to Half-Life and Quake. Jedi Knight set a bar for first person shooters and to dismiss it and say that there hasn't been a good Star Wars game since NES just shows you shouldn't have an opinion on any game. Ever.

9-21-2007 @ 8:59PM

ChiefQ8 said...

This is awesome ,and i think it will be the great star wars game ever..i am looking forward to it ^^

9-21-2007 @ 9:27PM

DaMan09 said...

lookin nice

9-21-2007 @ 9:30PM

Mike said...

"It's just...you know this guy is doomed"

Of course we know that, but what we don't know is "Why?". Why couldn't this guy be part of that era? I hope they explain that well.

Can't wait for this game :D

9-21-2007 @ 11:26PM

worst customer service ever said...

Seems like they are trying to product tie-in to the possible tv series that is supposed to take place between the clone wars and the original trilogy.

They'll judge the popularity of this game and move from there. Hence the casting of real actors for the roles, so in case, the game is popular those actors will make the jump to the live action tv show without missing a beat.

My dissapointment is there are so many books based on the extended universe out there and none are being turned into games with few exceptions. I.e. Shadows of the Empire.

New Jedi Order?
Rogue Squadron? (something based on the books)

or even the Thrawn trilogy (though TIE-Fighter for the PC touched on it)

I'll still buy this game. Just to see how badly it messes with the canon.

9-21-2007 @ 11:30PM

bus33boy said...

I've been following this tech since they started showing demos a few years ago. Its the same stuff they're putting in the Indy Jones game. Either it's going to fail to live up to the hype . . . or they're rewriting how games get made.
Madden with real-time tackles? Action games with no canned animations? God-damn INTELLIGENT artificial intelligence?
I just have to assume it's not going to live up to the hype. This is the holy grail of games since forever, and if it actually happens I don't have anything to look forward to after that.

9-22-2007 @ 12:10AM

MYPS3KilledMy360 said...

I must have this game now.

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