This probably says something about the quality of my character and perhaps even my upbringing, but whenever I hear someone say “Luke Skywalker,” I instead think of “Luke Skyywalker,” also known as Luther Campbell, the Miami mastermind behind the 2 Live Crew. Eventually, George Lucas would step in and say “hey, no.” So he eventually just became known as Luke, or, on occasion, Uncle Luke.
Hang on, what were we talking about? Oh, right, Force Unleashed for the Wii. I got a chance to play it at a Nintendo event last week, though only the game’s multiplayer fighting mode was being shown. Two players can duke it out while running freely around the arena, popping off Force powers while occasionally getting up close for some swinging of the light saber, which is done by moving the Wii Remote. Aside from unleashing your crazy lightning hands, you can lift up various objects WITH YOUR MIND and telekinetically fling them in your opponent’s direction and engage in other Force-related activities.
But that stuff, that’s all totally leashed. When you fill up your power gauge, you can, just like it says on the sign out front, totally unleash the force. This raises the potency of each of your attacks.
The game’s single-player story takes place in the gap between Episode III and Star Wars, giving it a bit of flavor from the trilogy that matters, hopefully without getting too bogged down by the trilogy that doesn’t. To that end, one of the characters is named Young Luke Skyywalker… er… Skywalker. But seriously, if a young Luther Campbell was in this game, it would be the greatest game ever produced. Uncle Luke’s got a force choke like you’ve never seen, trust me.
They could put Fresh Kid Ice in there, but his arm would have to be in a sling. Man, then they could put the Pac Jam Teen Disco in there as a playable level, too. Look, don’t mind me, just look for The Force Unleashed to release this summer, OK?
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This and GTA4 are the games I’m really exited for in 08 so far.
Ps. You guys are seriusly busting out alot of content right now.
AWESOME!
I take it that you’re not too into Star Wars, Jeff,…
I’m such a nerd I looked straight at the jedi dude with the awesome lightsaber and completely ignored the ladies. they look ugly anyways though.
make a new how to build a bomb!!!!
I don’t really like Star Wars, but this game looks very good. I can’t wait to play it.
Nice to see all these updates. Really looking forward to more podcasts and videos!!
I’m excited about the game, not so much the graphics though. Sloppy character models - again? Always with the sloppy faces. Luckily everything else looks slick. I suppose screens don’t do the light sabers justice though, because from here they look a bit lame.
Here’s hoping they look better in motion.
Why’s Ryan not talking about this? He’s the Star Wars geek not Jeff.
I can’t wait to play this game! Is the duel mode featured only in the Wii version or does 360 and PS3 have it too?
2 Live Crew FTW LOL.
This game has potential.
GOTY candidate? I think so..
Luke Campbell knows the real scoop on what Abraham Lincoln’s life really was like.
I saw a video of the duel mode on GameTrailers TV and it looks awesome. Can’t wait for this game.
I don’t know if i can go for the wii version considering there are multiple engines working for the 360 and Ps3
I am so looking forward to this game. I love everything Star Wars.
This game really looks cool but I am disappointed that the other versions will not have the duel mode.
When is this game released, i think that it’s gon be released in October ,right?
GOTY candidate? Don’t make me laugh please. This game is a joke. Ya moving entire star destroyers with the force. Great. Why don’t we introduce Goku into it so its badder and better. To hell with canon. Oh and I know Lucas worked with them but Lucas doesn’t really care about protecting canon in terms of what is reasonable with respect to the force, he just cares about the game having a stereotypical star wars style story.
Make a new Jedi Knight with nice realistic physics that bring the movies alive.. then we’ll see a real, modern star wars game.
Uhhh.. this summer? More like September noob!
don’t think its gonna be one of the best of the year but it would be a good rental game.
Release on September 16th in the US, 17th in Europe (I think), and 18th in Vegemite country. Not that I obsess about this game or anything.
2 Live Crew will be DLC.
DLC… UNLEASHED.
Hey the prequel trilogy doesn’t matter!
The first may be a load of crap, and the second may be “meh”, but the third was good!
This game will be hot! (On the PS3 i mean.. I don’t own a Wii)
This at least seems better than the normal Star Wars games that get put out on the market that don’t have anything to do with actual gameplay, they just try to “enrich the story”. THE MOVIES ARE DONE! I DON’T FLIPPIN’ WANT SOME STORY YOUR WRITERS MADE UP, I WANT SOME ACTUAL GOOD GAMEPLAY!
We all know the Wii version will be extremely gimped and looking piss ugly compared to the HD versions. Not worth bothering with unless it comes in at value pricing.
look at that ewok with the Daisy Dukes on!
2 Live Crew.. too funny Jeff. You must be old like me.
I’m definitely going to see about getting the Wii version of this. I’m just waiting for a full review and maybe some actual play time with it.
This will probably be a pretty decent game, worth a rental at least.
Why isn’t Darth Vader on the top banner? And is that butt in the middle princess Leia?