The Force Unleashed video dump may 'blow your mind'

by Griffin McElroy { Aug 16th 2008 at 8:30PM }

We can only imagine how dejected you must feel right now, sitting at home with a tummy full of popcorn and a heart brimming with disappointment. Your friends and family inquire about the reason for your sorrows, until they notice the tear-soaked ticket stub for Star Wars: The Clone Wars lying on your dresser. No amount of playing with your highly collectible Mego Han Solo seems to help -- your infatuation with George Lucas' epic space opera is dwindling, flickering like a candle in the unforgiving wind.

Allow us to offer you this minor consolation -- a sextuplet of videos from Lucasarts' upcoming dark side frolic, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, via GameTrailers. The trailer above is one of the best pieces of media we've seen from the title, showing some familiar faces from the series and ... what's this? A romantic sub-plot? After the break, we've got five videos which apparently highlight one of the first levels from the game. Before pawning your collection of X-wings in protest, we highly suggest checking them out -- they might just rekindle your once unflappable Lucas-love.

Tags: krome-studios, lucasarts, n-space, star-wars, star-wars-the-force-unleashed, trailer, video-dump

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Arttemis @ Aug 16th 2008 8:42PM

So beautiful... must have... can't wait...
DO WANT!

LaughingTarget @ Aug 16th 2008 8:46PM

Damn you, September, I have not the income to weather your fury.

HighFiveJesus @ Aug 17th 2008 12:14AM

bootylicious, your witness

DaveC @ Aug 17th 2008 12:26PM

October/Early Nov looks worse. Fallout 3, Fable 2, Saints Row 2, Midnight Club, Far Cry 2, Little Big Planet.

If you're a PS3 owner there's Bioshock as well.

*feints*

theturtle363 @ Aug 17th 2008 1:48PM

as long as you have two, selling a kidney could get you through the season

giantenemycrab @ Aug 16th 2008 8:51PM

It could be just me, but those gameplay videos looked.... average.

LaughingTarget @ Aug 16th 2008 8:53PM

Could be because the guy playing it was a retard.

Jon2309 @ Aug 16th 2008 8:55PM

Yeah, but then again, the regular player on a DMC game makes a DMC game look average.
When someone who really knows what they're doing has a go at it, it'd look unbelievable.

Ihavepants @ Aug 16th 2008 11:48PM

It would be so much better on PC with g_saberrealisticcombat ... light sabers not having any effect on enemies just doesn't look right.

Xero @ Aug 17th 2008 3:38AM

^ Jedi Outcast much? :)

Roto13 @ Aug 16th 2008 8:51PM

I started watching the trailer thing in Soul Calibur IV but the guy in it was so annoyingly stupid I couldn't stand to finish it. I'll definitely try the demo, though.

Haggard @ Aug 17th 2008 10:13AM

Same with Left 4 Dead. GameTrailers must send out chimpanzees to play games because they're cheaper to lodge for the night than human employees.

ComradeTrotskii @ Aug 16th 2008 8:55PM

Given the way he is going about his business I imagine that this Starkiller fellow is going to cause all sorts problems in any future most powerful Jedi ever 'discussions'.

I for one look forward to them.

Has anyone seen the Clone Wars yet? Is it all bad or is everyone just picking on an easy target. I want to see it but quite frankly I am scared to do so.

LaughingTarget @ Aug 16th 2008 9:12PM

It's awful. Not surprising though, Lucas has been clinically insane for at least 20 years.

j.howlett @ Aug 16th 2008 10:17PM

starkiller, no matter how powerful or badass, will meet the same lame fate as all jedi not named luke. even luke almost went out early but he was young. the only way jedi seem to go out is with a gotcha moment.

theturtle363 @ Aug 17th 2008 12:02PM

considering that in the opening level Darth Vader can do all the stuff the apprentice can at maximum power, and so can the bosses, it seems like that's just the way the force is portrayed

Mr Khan @ Aug 17th 2008 12:50PM

It has the flaws that the prequels had. Bad dialogue and dumb new characters (Zero the Hutt. Wtf?)

Equally, though, it's got that swashbuckling Star Wars action that the prequels realized better than the original, due to budget realities and technological limitations

LordMinogue @ Aug 17th 2008 2:07PM

A run for their money, sabers, and powers!

I mean, he manhandled a Star Destroyer with Force Push! The only other Dark Jedi to come close is Jeric...

eugene @ Aug 16th 2008 8:57PM

can't wait, looks like a lot of fun.

I like how the music starts off with the familiar John Williams score but slides into a hans zimmeresque moment and then back to Williams at the end.

Vcize @ Aug 17th 2008 1:33AM

Does Hans Zimmer have anything to do with the music in the game? That would be awesome if so.

Nick the Hero of Canton @ Aug 16th 2008 8:58PM

I am not sure about this game. On one hand, it looks like it can be a really fun game. On the other, it looks like a glorified tech demo that will get boring after an hour.

The Fatass of Kickassness @ Aug 16th 2008 9:08PM

I'm gonna get the game just for the lore. I did a bit of research, and it's really surprising just how important the Apprentice is to the series canon. I'm not gonna spoil anything, but if not for his existence the rebellion wouldn't have been possible.

eugene @ Aug 16th 2008 9:09PM

did you mean to post that comment in the article for Id's Rage? :p

LaughingTarget @ Aug 16th 2008 9:11PM

On the third hand (yes, I have three), it could be average.

Arttemis @ Aug 16th 2008 9:48PM

Granted, this is just *one* level. Playing a single level of most action games in the genre (DMC, NG, etc) would get boring too.

Also, the "Level Up" screen seemed to signify that the abilities were very low. Other videos I've seen had more ferocious and fast paced action.

The only gameplay aspect I'm disappointed with so far is the inevitable T-rating lack of lightsaber dismemberment!... but the true test of having the game in hand will tell.

ComradeTrotskii @ Aug 17th 2008 10:46PM

Can you elaborate fatass, just for me seeing as this thread will be dead to all eyes by now, I'm intrigued as to why Vaders 'secret apprentice' is ripping swathes through Imperial 'troopers.

I'm hoping that it somehow reveals something about Vader that the prequel trilogy never did rather than the apprentice character himself.

Chris Are @ Aug 16th 2008 9:05PM

The more trailers I see, the more I'm thinking I'll skip the Wii version and go PS3- seems like the PS3 is going to be a "purer" version, whereas the Wii version will be gimmicky-er. But then again this whole game seems kind of gimmicky. So we'll see. Looks fun tho.

Ordeith @ Aug 17th 2008 2:12AM

or get the best - 360.

Darth Abe @ Aug 17th 2008 3:50AM

Yeah, I have a wii and a 360 and I'm definitely getting the 360 version. The wii version seems kind of...incomplete.

theturtle363 @ Aug 16th 2008 9:35PM

Only this game can renew my immense fandom of Star Wars after The Clone Wars

stuff @ Aug 16th 2008 9:38PM

brettmichaelpeter@gmail.com

Ihavepants @ Aug 16th 2008 11:57PM

Why yes, that is an email address, well done sir.

DangerMouse @ Aug 16th 2008 9:44PM

The art direction is incredible. The story and dialogue sounds poorly executed, just like the prequels. Can't say it doesn't follow the movies faithfully.

LuckyEMS @ Aug 16th 2008 9:48PM

TFU Plot:

bad guy, meet people, romance, sex, turn good, battle emperor, die

theturtle363 @ Aug 16th 2008 10:47PM

without the emperor part isnt that er, EVERYTHING?

Autopsy15 @ Aug 17th 2008 12:17AM

Sounds like a solid plot to me.

zuburi @ Aug 17th 2008 12:27AM

Something something something dark side.

Something something complete.

Poisoned Al @ Aug 16th 2008 9:49PM

What I can't get my head around is, THIS looks better then that pre-rendered dross of a movie.

juju187 @ Aug 16th 2008 10:13PM

so you guys are saying fire the movie guys, should of keep the Devs...
gotcha

Pudge @ Aug 16th 2008 10:20PM

Why does everyone think Clone Wars was horrible? I really enjoyed it for what it was, a cartoon made for kids that wasn't supposed to be a movie in the first place. Its gonna be a great show, and I'm amazed that everyone seems to hate the movie so much.

Oh, and I can't wait for the game... [staying on subject]

LaughingTarget @ Aug 16th 2008 10:49PM

I have no idea why they need to reimagine it. The Tartakovsky version was perfect.

Pudge @ Aug 16th 2008 11:44PM

Couldn't they both have happened? This is just an extension, it's not like the series is going to end in the exact same place that the mini-series left off. And really, for such a long and drawn out affair like a multi-years war, you need more than a few stories. This movie was like going to see Saturday morning on the big screen, it was fun, and as an introduction to the series, it was better than I had hoped.

Come on! We had a Gay Hutt!

Coldbrand @ Aug 17th 2008 12:09AM

Hutts are hermaphrodites, they can't be "gay".

RankHypocrisy @ Aug 18th 2008 9:54AM

Why do you say Hutts are hermaphrodites? I clearly recall a female Hutt in the background during the pod race in Episode I.

The sight of Hutt boobs scarred me for life.

TJ Wasik @ Aug 18th 2008 12:11PM

Hutts do have a specific gender, at a given point in their life cycle, Hutts change gender when they decide to reproduce, being Female during gestation and for a short period after birth, till the infant can survive on it's own, at which point they revert to being male. Also since Hutts do not mate with other Hutts, they can not be "gay"

guidedbyvoip @ Aug 16th 2008 10:21PM

I am a little disappointed that the player character is taking many blaster hits and barely takes any damage, or if he does heals quickly. I enjoyed Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy (although a bit less), but more importantly, I really enjoyed the deflection and heal/drain mechanics. These videos are hopefully from someone playing on an easy setting. It will be disappointing to such a "true to myth" strategic gameplay device removed from the game.