I’ve finally had the time to run through the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed demo on Xbox LIVE a few times. The demo starts you out with “the apprentice” having a conversation with his master, Darth Vader. This really sets the tone for the demo and hopefully we’ll see many conversations like this in the full game.
You start the level oboard a giant ship and your goal is to kill everyone and everything. Before you go on your rampage, it’s a lot of fun to start picking up random containers and throw them wherever you please with your powers. The demo also starts you off with numerous force abilities including dash, defend, the saber attack, high jump, Force Lightning, Force Push and Force Grip. While nearly all work flawlessly with the simple control scheme, I wasn’t too thrilled with the defending ability. While standing still, it’s easy to defend against blaster attacks, but it’s a little tricky to defend yourself while moving. Other than that, movement is fairly fluid and feels right. Flinging objects at your whim is probably the #1 aspect of the demo. It’s definitely a fun feeling to fling a canister at a moving Tie-Fighter to take it out of the sky.
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