I am not a big "gamer." I suck at FPS's. I get unceremoniously slaughtered on Halo (1, 2, doesn't matter). I think the last game I beat was Super Mario Bros 3 for NES.
But I am a Star Wars fan, and I'd been waiting for The Force Unleashed (Wii) for over a year as it was delayed over and over. It came out on Tuesday, and I was looking forward to enjoying an exploration of the world between Ep III and IV, honing my dark side skills, and just whooping ass on everyone, clone and rebel alliance alike.
So I have enjoyed the last few days, swinging the Wii remote like an idiot and force pushing and choking thousands of SW people as Vader's dark apprentice. BUT...
It's over. I beat the game in 8h30m. That's it. I can play the game over from the start, keeping the enhanced force and lightsaber abilities that I earned on my way through the game, but it would just be going back through levels I've already seen. Like I said earlier, I am no kind of expert gamer. So when I beat the game so quickly I was dissatisfied, let down.
I waited and pre-purchased for this? It's over? Upsetting.
The goods:
- Interacting in the Star Wars Universe is a lot of fun. Good diversity of characters and worlds.
- The story is good. Really good. I can spoil the story if anyone is interested. It's a great connection between the end of the Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope.
- Two-handed lightsaber/force fighting is a lot of fun.
- Choices of lightsaber color, force-enhancing crystal, costume, and other unlockables
- Finally being able to use force lightning and force push is saWEET!
- I already said it's short.
- Not much depth or creativity in most of the fighting scenes-- tough scenes often just means large numbers of stormtroopers shooting you.
- Graphics were inconsistent. Sometimes it's blocky, sometimes it's really cool. I don't really have the specific ways to explain...
- There's a romance in the story that is just thrown in and unnecessary.
Maybe I'm just comparing this to the neverending fun I've had as a SW fan playing Lego Star Wars: the Complete Saga. That game is incredible. Becky and I have logged days on that one, and we're about 45% complete. So much fun.
After beating the game last night, I thought about how this summer has been terrible for both Indiana Jones and Star Wars. Becky and I saw the Clone Wars movie in the theater. I dragged her along. That movie was awful. A New Orleans gay Hutt? "Snips" and "artooey"? Turrible. We also saw the Indiana Jones movie. Aliens? Commies? Really? Has George Lucas decided to destroy in one summer the cool and clever legacies he invented? It sure seems like it.
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hey, since you've got it and are done w/it, why not send it out to fresno on loan? that way, your wii buddies out here can enjoy it. then, when we've worked it over, you'll be ready for another run through on it.
(i know that most of that paragraph can sound very disgusting.)
btw, i finally got mario & sonic olympics. i've enjoyed what i've played, but haven't put enough time in yet to throw the hammer. jav was a little tough though.
I think I'll do that, after a little one-on-one jedi dueling with Pierre this weekend. I know Adam expressed an interest in the game a few days ago. I was thinking I'd mail it to him or you anyway, since Hastings (books/games/music) offered to buy it back for a paltry $14. Flooded market.
email me yr address and I'll send it probably next week.
Oh, and we played that olympics one. Becky really wants to get it. It is a tough one. There's also an Asterix at the Olympics, which looks fun too, since the wife also like Asterix.
ed, is the lego star wars you have the same one jay and becky have? i didn't know if you've played it any more than the time you and i did. maybe jay's love of it will inspire you to start that one up again? maybe.
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