First Impressions

I know I said I wasn't all that interested in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II and I meant every word I wrote. However, as you can see on the side bar of my blog here, the game is listed amongst those that I've picked up and am currently playing.

Did I turn around and cave in?!

Short answer: No.

Truth of the matter is this; I did have a couple more days left on my Blockbuster game pass and seeing the game on the shelf was just too tempting to pass up. I wanted to see for myself if this game is every bit as bad as a lot of these reviews have pegged it to be. Hell I just want to see if the game is actually better on the whole, or if my first impressions from the demo were indeed correct.

Now I could have started up on this game, but I was far too busy diving back into the world of Albion with Fable 3...

The story so far seems okay and I wish I could at least try and bash the face in of your character's older brother. But so far, the game does feel the same as Fable 2 and I haven't seen much (outside of the holding hands option) that really differs from the previous game.

The one aspect that I am curious to see for myself is the evolution of your weapons, which is apparently based on whom you kill. And that brings me to my next curiosity: Should I take the blood of innocents? Do I want a weapon that bleeds? Hmmm....

And then there is WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011, which overall I am enjoying but am also disappointed to a certain extent. I feel like the game is only a demo, that it is missing something that is keeping it from feeling complete. What I dislike was the major changes in the game play, which have cut out the option of having more moves for your grapplers.

What I hate is the fact that there has been quite a few things taken out (besides moves) and it just feels to me like there was more taken then there was inserted...

But I think my girlfriend had a very good point about this: To get something new, you've gotta give up a thing or two in exchange.

Well said.