The Long Awaited Sequel to Star Wars Force Unleashed
With his death, Starkiller robbed Vader of the opportunity to destroy the Emperor, and most importantly, gave rise to the Rebellion. But, waking up in shackles on the planet of Kamino, Starkiller has only fragments of memories of his past life. Told by Darth Vader that he is merely a tool, a clone that Vader will use to gain control of the Empire, Starkiller escapes and sets out to learn the secrets of his past.
Darth Vader's Apprentice "Starkiller"(played by Sam Witwer) returns in this epic battle of Jedi Vs Sith. Yes we know he supposedly died in Star wars The Force Unleashed. That is why the game starts on the cloning planet of Kamino where Darth Vader has been attempting to create a powerful Sith Clone of his Apprentice but this time without the "weaknesses" as Vader Puts it of his previous Apprentice. Vader is has a hard time eliminating Starkiller's feelings for his friends and companions especially the strong feelings he has for Juno (his former pilot and love) When Starkiller fails to kill a Holographic image of Juno thus failing Vaders test he gets a flashback of Vader Stabbing him (or rather the predecessor he was cloned from) in the back with a light saber. With the quick realization that Vader is about to repeat history he quickly reacts and escapes starting a new epic adventure as he races to save his former allies, and his love Juno.
The Game features the apprentice now wielding dual lightsabers and also has some new abilities and force combos. Starkiller is even more powerful than before capable of dispatching Tie Fighters a whole lot faster and more efficiently by either grabbing and crushing them or lightning striking them down. The control on the game is much more precise than before allowing you to aim your force powers, to catch projectiles and missles out of the sky and redirect them back at your enemies. And this game features a Force Storm Fury that supercharges all your powers to extreme levels to help you eliminate even the most stuburn of your enemies.
With new enemies, new styles of combat and new combos this game is extremely addicting. There are also some great chalenges that are fun to undertake and help you hone your skills. The Combo challenge is quite difficult to master in the time alloted but we eventually were able to defeat this challenge as well as all the others. Even though technically speaking the challenges supposedly come from Darth vader's training of Starkiller, as always some of the challenges are easier to complete with higher scores as your character gets stronger throughout the campaign. So going back to the challenges later will also help.
The story line on the game is almost as good as it's predecessor (which won several awards for it's story line) and the ending still keeps with the original Star Wars movies. The game seems like it might be a little shorter than the Original Force Unleashed Game but that's probably because there are less planets / levels and less boss fights. But there are many more minor bosses and each planet / space ship / level is extremely long and full of action. The creative use of force powers necessary to complete the game make it more interactive which combined with the acrobatics and game play make for a great game.
Make sure you pick up Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2 at your video game retailer today it is worth the price.
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