Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II logo
Studio United StatesUnited States LucasArts
Publisher United StatesUnited States LucasArts
Senior Developer Julio Torres
Steve Chen
composer Mark Griskey
Erstveröffent-
lichung		 North AmericaNorth AmericaOctober 26, 2010 October 29, 2010
EuropeEurope
platform Windows , Playstation 3 , Xbox 360 , Wii , Nintendo DS , iPhone
Game engine Ronin
genre Action adventure
Game mode Single player , multiplayer
Age rating
USK approved from 16
USK released from 12
PEGI recommended for ages 16+
PEGI recommended for ages 12 and up
information The games for the Nintendo consoles were released from the age of 12.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II is an action-adventure game set in the Star Wars universe that was developed and published by LucasArts . It was released in Europe and North America at the end of October 2010 for Windows , PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 , Wii , Nintendo DS and iPhone . It is the successor to The Force Unleashed , which was released in 2008 .

The player takes on the role of a clone of Starkiller, the main character of the predecessor. This was originally created by Darth Vader to replace Starkiller as Vader's right-hand man after his death. During a training session, however, he escapes from its facility and goes in search of his identity and love, the pilot Juno Eclipse.

The game received rather negative reviews from the trade press. Testers criticized the short storyline, the uninspired level design and the difficulty level.

action

The game plays around six months after its predecessor. After the death of Vader's pupil Galen Marek, known as Starkiller, Vader tries to make a clone of his adept in the cloning facilities of Kamino . After several attempts failed and the clones went insane, he succeeded in developing a stable clone. This clone initially proves to be a loyal tool and performs all of Vader's tasks. However, when he is asked in a training session to destroy an image of Marek's lover Juno Eclipse, he refuses. When Vader enters the training room to kill the clone for disobedience, the clone flees the facility.

Starkiller is looking for his old Jedi instructor Rahm Kota. He was captured by the Empire after the events of The Force Unleashed and imprisoned on Cato Neimoidia. Marek frees Kota and then consults with him about how to proceed. While Kota tries to gather more supporters for the rebellion, Starkiller tries to find Master Yoda on Dagobah . He is hoping for an answer to the question of whether he is a clone or not, as Kota is convinced that he is the real Starkiller. In the cave of the dark side, instead, he sees a vision in which a rebel fleet is attacked by the Empire and Juno is captured.

He then sets out to track down the rebel fleet together with Kota. When he has determined their position and immediately rushes there, no attack seems to be imminent at first. But while the two embark on the flagship Salvation , the bounty hunter Boba Fett starts a boarding maneuver with an elite unit of the empire and kidnaps Juno to Kamino before Marek reaches the bridge.

Starkiller pursues him and, together with the rebels, leads an attack on the cloning facility. While the rebels are bombing the facility, Starkiller enters the complex and searches for Juno. He finds her, but Vader is with her too. There is a duel between Starkiller and Vader, in which Starkiller wins.

The player can then choose whether to kill Vader or leave it to the rebels. If he chooses the former, he is stabbed to death by an assassin shortly before the final blow, who turns out to be another clone of Galen Marek. If he chooses the second alternative, he saves the wounded Juno.

Gameplay

The core element of The Force Unleashed II , like its predecessor, is the single player campaign. In this it is the player's goal to free his beloved Juno Eclipse from the hands of the bounty hunter Boba Fett. He achieves these goals in the form of successive missions.

The player has two weapons, his lightsabers and his gifts of power . The lightsabers act as a melee weapon. His gift of power gives the player access to a variety of special combat skills. The player can continuously improve these skills through experience points that he receives for eliminating opponents.

The game offers different levels, which the player traverses one after the other as part of the campaign. These levels are linear and filled with numerous opponents. After the player has defeated this and crossed the area, a particularly strong boss faces him.

The game is played from the third person . Only in the final fights of the level does the camera take a bird's eye view .

The Wii port differs significantly from the other versions in terms of play. It has a bullet-time mode , a special power ability that gives the character improved vision, and a multiplayer mode.

reception

reviews
publication Rating
DS PS3 Windows Xbox 360 Wii
1UP k. A. C + k. A. C + k. A.
4players k. A. 65/100 65/100 65/100 k. A.
Eurogamer k. A. 6/10 k. A. 6/10 k. A.
Gamereactor k. A. 5/10 k. A. k. A. k. A.
GameSpot k. A. 6/10 5.5 / 10 6/10 7.5 / 10
GameSpy k. A. k. A. k. A. 2.5 / 5 k. A.
IGN 4/10 6.5 / 10 6.5 / 10 6.5 / 10 7.5 / 10
Official Nintendo Magazine 39% k. A. k. A. k. A. k. A.
PC format k. A. k. A. 46% k. A. k. A.
PC Games k. A. k. A. 71% k. A. k. A.
PC PowerPlay k. A. k. A. 40% k. A. k. A.
Meta-ratings
GameRankings 42.25% 64.50% 56.60% 62.92% 69.17%
Metacritic 43/100 63/100 59/100 61/100 71/100

The game received restrained ratings from the trade press. The online database Metacritic , which collects and evaluates test reports, calculated meta ratings between 43 and 63 out of 100 points for the individual versions. Only the Wii port stood out a bit with 71 points.

In a test of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions, Anthony Gallegos from the online magazine IGN Entertainment praised the look of the game environments and the weather effects, which are among the most beautiful of the current titles. However, the game could not deliver what the graphics promise. The game is clearly too short and too easy. The combat mechanics also seem unbalanced and boring. Lucas Thomas, on the other hand, spoke of a good implementation in a test of the Wii version. In terms of play, it suffers from the same deficiencies as the other versions, but the multiplayer mode compensates for these weaknesses.

Web links

Individual evidence

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