You face the same enemies level after level. Except the God of War games were all pretty intensive and had tons of enemies, finishes, and puzzles - TFU2 has fewer than a dozen stages and grants maybe 10 hours of gameplay. This all boils down to a God of War clone with a Star Wars skin slapped on top. That’s a great thing, because there are plenty of times Starkiller will die in five hits from normal Sith enemies. Luckily TFU2 has frequent autosave points, so an aggravating death doesn’t often mean backtracking. Usually, it’s just frustrating seemingly random deaths and unbalanced enemy difficulties had me cursing at the screen a few times per level. No exceptions.Įven forgiving the ho-hum visuals, the game is mildly entertaining at best. When there are lightsabers and blaster pistols in your game, you have to make their effects pretty. There’s nothing on the few game levels that really feels spectacular, and that visual “wow” is one of the elements that a great Star Wars game must have. Noire, but gameplay visuals are only par with other action games. Cutscenes are gorgeous, and facial animations could almost rival L.A. It brings quality elements to the table, but even those are marred. Unfortunately, the second installment of the series fails to impress, and ends up being another lackluster, unfulfilling action-adventure title. Vader dismisses him as a failure, and Starkiller spends the rest of the game trying to find Juno and exact his vengeance against Vader. Starkiller’s motivation is to discover who he really is this Starkiller is a clone of the original, but he shares the memories of Juno (from the first game) among other things. Still, Starkiller is relatable, unlike his master General Kota - the general had a lot of screen time in the first game, and was painted as a very “Obi-Wan” kind of character, but he takes a backseat to the apprentice this time. That renders your choice (if you played the first game) pointless. TFU2’s story functions as though Starkiller defied the Emperor it the prequel, though players had the option to side with the Empire. Central to the storytelling is Starkiller - he’s an empathetic character, and doesn’t gravitate exclusively to either side of the Force. Developer LucasArts wanted to expand on the “darker” elements of the story presented in the first TFU, with more complex emotional themes. The sequel once again follows Starkiller (real name: Galen Marek), Vader’s secret apprentice.
If it had a pod racing minigame, I might have been completely sold regardless of the other gameplay’s quality.
It has lightsabers, fun Force powers, and a direct conflict with Darth freakin’ Vader. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II is one of those games that I really want to love.
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