The Force Unleashed 2: Early Thoughts

[jtesauro]

Quicktime events are back. Sigh. So I still get to do amazingly cool action bits, but almost miss the entire thing because I'm looking for button prompts. Sorry Yahtzee.

And there goes any chance of me trying this game. I put up with all the (massive) bullshit from the TFU port, but when it got to the QTE bit, the game flew off my hard drive faster than Twilight.

It's worth mentioning, I do think that QTE's are handled better here then they are in most games. They almost never catch you off guard, you sort of know to expect them with the bigger baddies and so they become part of the experience and you catch yourself going "Ok here it comes" in your head when one shows up. Again, it's not unlike God of War in that regard. Point being, they rarely took me out of the experience the way they do in alot of games; Jericho strikes me as a blatant example of this.

Aye, maybe, but it's besides the point... I just hate them. It's not that they're hard, they're just completely uninteresting to me. I like them used in some ways (ME2 dialogue action), but for combat, it's just a big no :\

You know, come to think of it, and not to be overly crude, but is it just me or do QTE's sometimes feel like the game jerking off at us?

I see what you mean though. I'll take them over the Devil May Cry methodology of just making me watch everything cool happening, but I'd still rather see total control remain in the player's hands ideally.

 

[fozzy360]

I have to say, I am concerned with how Vader is treated so far. He was a pretty imposing bad guy in the first (as he should be), but I'm getting the feeling that's he's not the badass he's supposed to be in this game. Granted, the demo is a demo and only gives us a taste of what's to come, but I can't shake that feeling that Vader doesn't seem as threatening the first time around.

Not only that, but there's an odd disconnect between the films and this game. Starkiller is so unnaturally strong, it makes everyone other than the Emperor seem like gnats.

Eh, I'm still gonna get it. Jedi Mind Trick is just too fun.