xhonzi said:
DominicCobb said:
xhonzi said:
imperialscum said:
xhonzi said:
But not a single mention of the Force Unleashed games?
That is the single worst SW game I have ever played. I wish I could delete the brain memory of it. The storyline is insulting to the characters of Vader and Emperor, to say the least. Some dumb worthless character defeating both Emperor and Vader. Stupid and ridiculous. I mean how could a crap like this get a green light at LucasArts? Oh I forgot... it was developed by LucasArts. No wonder the new owners closed it down.
Ouch! I can tell you really disliked it. There's no accounting for taste, I guess.
I knew it had a bad rep, but I figured that mostly came from people who never really gave it a shot.
As far as insulting to the characters- you're probably right. But I didn't hold the game up to the same standards as a book or movie as far as that goes. I took it as a fun, non-canonical romp in a universe I enjoyed and it had some great environs.
Much like the Dark Forces series- I really enjoy the games and the stories, but I don't consider them canon.
That's exactly how I viewed the game when playing it. From the start I thought to myself, "Vader had an apprentice? What? No he didn't... This is what it would be like if he did have one, and if it was the most powerful jedi ever."
Not to get too philisophical, but it's like a musical. In musicals, people dance and sing. The characters they are playing probably didn't dance and sing, but that the language of the medium. It's the way the story is conveyed, and not the story itself.
If you watch the cutscenes of the Force Unleashed, Starkiller is far more restrained in his use of the force than when compared to the gameplay version of himself. I think the language of the game is "game" and has to be taken to be more "over-the-toppy" than the underlying reality they are "gamifying".
Playing a wimpy Jedi would be no fun. Playing a god like Jedi is (arguably) fun. Fun wins.
Yeah, yeah, you're right. He's still super powerful in the story too, though (pulling down a STAR DESTROYER).*
*Yes, I realize this was a playable part.