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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
The Star Wars Saga continues with Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, the highly anticipated sequel to the fastest-selling Star Wars game ever created, which has sold more than seven million copies worldwide. In Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, the world was introduced to Darth Vader’s now fugitive apprentice, Starkiller — the unlikely hero who woul...
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- Released
- October 25, 2010
- Developer
- LucasArts
- Genres
- Action · Role-playing (RPG) · Hack and slash/Beat 'em up · Adventure
- Publisher
- LucasArts
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
Clones are nothing but trouble.I should make it clear that I actually enjoyed the original Force Unleashed, unlike the majority of [...]
Developer Red Fly Studio is known to the Nintendo faithful already as the force behind the solid action experiences of Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars and the Wii edition of Ghostbusters: The Video Game. With Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, the company's designers were once again handed the responsibility of bringing a multiplatform project to the Wii hardware and making it feel fully at home here. They succeeded. The even-handed implementation of motion control, the introduction of Wii-specific Force usage, and the well-executed multiplayer mode set this edition apart as its own product. It'...
Re-releasing games from a bygone era is a dangerous business at times. You never know what beloved mechanic is going to age like milk. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is a great example of this phenomenon. Motion controls and quick-time events have shuffled off into the sunset for good reason.
Be careful what you wish for. I was really looking forward to what was going to be Aspyr’s next Star Wars-related release on the Switch, and was craving for the announcement of a remaster to Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, one of the most iconic games in the franchise in my opinion. Flawed, sure, but one which featured one of my favorite stories in the entire old Expanded Universe canon. I eventually got what I asked for when Aspyr announced a remaster of said game exclusively for the Switc...
Force Unleashed II on DS then, is a short-lived side-scrolling beat-'em-up with poor presentation, miserable controls, repetitive combat, and a confusing story. The game did have one genuinely cool moment, where the player gets to fight a gigantic boss in a rather enjoyable battle, but that was the only highlight for me. Even Star Wars fans should avoid this outing, lest their hearts and hands be broken as mine were.
Unleashing a top-level force lightning onto a group of foes
The Force Unleashed, when it was released back in 2008, was generally held as the ultimate fantasy simulator, as it finally let everyone be the Jedi badass they had always longed to be, wielding ridiculously powerful abilities and batting aside foes imperiously. Despite a few minor niggles, the game was pretty much a roaring success and left most fans clamouring for more. So with the inevitable sequel now amongst us, it’ll be interesting to see how they can possibly craft a title around a m...