Force Unleashed 2 is $5, it's like a stand alone expansion for the first game in terms of content. Definitely pick up the Endor DLC for 50 cents.
Posted 29 August 2015 - 07:34 PM
Finished Force Unleashed 2, as two pieces of standalone DLC for Force Unleashed 1 I would consider it good, but a full retail game?
There's the first level which is a bit of a tutorial, then the next 3 levels are really one level chopped into two chapter stops with a boss, the 5th level is tiny (like 50 yards) and just has a cutscene, then 6th and 7th levels are really 1 level with a chapter stop in the middle, and then there's the seventh level in which 1/3 of it is a rehash of the 1st level. It's probably half the length or shorter than the previous game.
Short length would be fine if the story was more compelling but it's pretty simplistic, find character A, character A helps in search for character B, save character B. If I had paid full price I would have felt ripped off, but $5 (what I paid on sale) is a fair price. Unlike the first game, the DLC level is extremely reasonably priced. In the first game, each was $10, for the second game it is a little shorter than the first game's DLC levels but it's only $1. I am assuming that was a universal price drop at some point, it annoys me to no end that they've never dropped the price or had a sale on the first game's DLC.
One thing they did to make it less of a button masher is they mixed in periodic strong enemies which are strong against a variety of Starkiller's saber and force powers to the point where you have to use the correct power in order to either kill them, or break their guard do you can attack with other powers. The force powers are also mixed in with the saber combos so you could go saber, saber, saber, lightning and Starkiller will charge his saber with lightning for the 4th strike which doubles the length of both blades for that attack.
The level design is pretty uninspired and very linear. Kamino, a floating casino city in the desert, a rebel starship under siege, and then Kamino again. I would say they must have had a LucasArts B-team working on this and not given them enough money and/or time to make it more exceptional. The combat is mostly fine, it's just much everything else about it is pretty half-baked.
Posted 04 September 2015 - 12:02 AM
Finished extra hard playthrough of Endor DLC, so about an hour of content for $0.50 (bought it on sale, normally $1). Very linear path (which isn't that different from the rest of the game) but the forest is a nice change of scenery at least. A few light puzzle elements, 3 new costumes which are shit, a few new enemy types (you get to murder ewoks) and a couple of boss battles (with familiar faces). The second boss battle was actually more challenging than the final boss battle of the main game (but fair) on extra hard, It comes with several trophies (300 TT worth) and it can be done pretty easily in 1 playthrough, you just have to press start and exit game (to the main menu) before the screen goes black after you die, then select continue for the no death trophy. You restart at the last checkpoint with full health.
If you decide to buy and beat the main game, I'd say it's a no brainer to buy the Endor DLC, it's worth it just to punt kick ewoks and to support reasonably price DLC.
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