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The Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II E3 2010 Trailer

Yo, Starkiller, you're in a trap!

Imagine if koala bears axed each other on a whim. One koala grabs some eucalyptus for another in a stupid little tree, and boom; dead by koala bear teeth. I bet if this was the case, koalas would build some distrust for their own species. But the Sith? Even though these dudes burn each other every second, they tend to pal around as if a venom-laced koala bite isn't coming. Case in point, apprentice Starkiller and Darth Vader in the new E3 2010 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II trailer. Vader straight betrayed Starkiller in the last game, but hey, here he is, chilling with Vader again. And, as you'll see below, Vader tries to level the kid. 
 

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== TEASER ==The footage comes courtesy of GameTrailers and it's all cut-scene, CG-type stuff. There's some dual-wielding lightsaber action, dramatic Stormtrooper kills, and a battle with a force-launching robot that appears as if it could be based on a real fight in the game--a fight that might be QTE-heavy like the boss battles in the original TFU. (I'm hoping for less clunk and sexier button presentations if QTEs return.)
 
I gotta note, I'm getting the feeling that there'll be more than one clone-Starkiller in TFUII. Link II-style shadow fight confirmation incoming? A man can dream.
    

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Edited By Afroman269

Not gonna lie, that trailer was awesome. Too bad he won't ever be that strong in-game.

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Edited By rapid

Yeah! Dynasty Warriors: The Force Unleashed 

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Nice CGI trailer but nothing on the actual gameplay considering the game is out in 4 months you would think they would show the actual game by now, or is the actual game such a pile of crap that they dont want to show it.
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@pumpactionpregenancy said:

" @applet0n said:

" *sigh* The usage of clones to continue the story is just lazy. "
Just think of them as Jedi Zombies "
Jedi Zombies?? Not a bad idea!
 
Holy smoley that vid was awezome, that thing died!
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Awwww, fuck.  Clones?  Goddammit, that's the last thing I wanted to see in this game.  Again, they succeeded so much with the actual story of the last game, especially in making Starkiller such a likeable character, the fact that "HEY HE'S A CLONE!" isn't exactly getting me that excited for the game. 
 
If they improve the gameplay and balance of the last game, then definitely I'll check it out, I am just not super into them messin' up the what was so good about the first game.

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Maybe this is just me, and maybe the game is awesome, but I was reading up on it and the character names are killing me. They sound like awful fan fiction, but I'm not quite sure why.

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I feel this game is going in the complete opposite direction of what it should be.
 
For one, even though it is Star Wars, the story is really stretching it.  How exactly does this fit into the established movie timeline?  The first game was fine, but now we're going up against Vader, etc, again?  This feels to me like it's going to be sub EU canon. 
 
And in terms of gameplay, the best part of the first game was when you were Vader, trashing everything with your force powers.  Why have they chose to focus on fighting the big, imune to force power, robots?  I want to see a biger focus on the force powers, not the sub-par lightsaber/glow stick hack and slash mechanics.
 
I also have to say the two lightsabers looks ridiculous.  Why would anyone fight like that?  It's stupid in every concievable way, and unless you're 14, it does not look cool.

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@WinterSnowblind said:

"And in terms of gameplay, the best part of the first game was when you were Vader, trashing everything with your force powers.  Why have they chose to focus on fighting the big, imune to force power, robots?  I want to see a biger focus on the force powers, not the sub-par lightsaber/glow stick hack and slash mechanics.
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YES YES YES. I thought it was a travesty when they said the sequel would have 'bigger, tougher enemies'. The best enemies of the game were stormtroopers. They should think about having more weaklings (that's the point of your super-powerful force attacks) and generals thrown in sparingly. 
 
Edit: I wanted to add that the trailer itself was great =)
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Cant believe we're on page three before 
"Who turned out da liiiiiights?"

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this trailer was pretty cool. for one, the heavy light sabre action might suggest a better fighting system that has better sabre controls. if you only have seen this trailer it might seem as though that is the original starkiller.  i agree with everyone here that a clone is the worst "how can we ruin a decent ending to make more money" idea ever. i really hope they can change this although it is unliklely, and if they don't i'll just have to do my best to pretend that the original starkiller just miraculously survived and go from there with my own between chapter story.  
PS they used my favourite starwars song during the battle with all the clones about half way through.

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oh where to start.
1st of all, a man that can crush robots with his mind is not gonna be bothered by chains. Who was the brightspark that thought "I know, lets put starkiller in chains. It'll be like awesome cos it'll look like there is no way he can get out" The entire opening premise was ridiculous.
 
2nd, when they chained him up i guess they didn't bother to think of removing his weapons. both of em for f**ks sake.
 
3rd, if he's that amazingly invincible powerful, how they hell did they chain him up in the first place.

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@TheHBK:  IGN recently confirmed that dismemberment will be included in the game. Go there and check out the new gameplay.
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@Willy105 said:
" Awesome trailer.
 
The game will disappoint.
 
The story and music is all I am hyping from this game.
 
Wanna bet? You could plainly see where the awesome was hiding in the first one, and if they just make the combat better,  this game could be one of the best Star Wars action games.
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Awesome trailer! I hope they improve the lightsaber combat. I know the focus of the last game was the force, but the lightsaber combat was very dissapointing, I want an all round star wars experience! :P  
I still don't understand which ending from the first this is supposed to follow.

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 Wow this is really stupid. It pisses me that just now, we're hearing about this bad ass Vader apprentice that had a big impact on the whole of the Star War's franchise. He started to fall in love with that imperial pilot chick, who in turn went over to the good side and played a major role in establishing the Rebel Alliance. Also, a single Jedi was NEVER so powerful. It's ridiculous and it ruins Star Wars(or at least whatever is left of it). Starkiller is so much more powerful than Vader, and the Emperor, put together, why the fuck was he following them? Also, we have a protagonist called Starkiller, STARKILLER??? That has to be the stupidest fucking name I've ever heard

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I didn't realise this game was popular enough to get a sequel. I still haven't gotten around to playing the first game yet, picked it up dirt cheap on steam and only played the first level so far.

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Its funny how one trailer for the Force Unleashed 2 can outshine the prequels put together.
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That trailer didn't get me very excited for anything but the chance of fighting an army of yourself, which itself is pretty ridiculous.
 
Story wise I don't have very high hopes at all and I'm not really interested in fighting giant robots. We'll see.

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Okay, that video was pretty awesome.

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@Deusoma said:
" @Willy105 said:
@ArbitraryWater said:
" The first game at least felt enough like Star Wars that I wasn't totally repulsed by it. This seems straight up Expanded Universe level of convoluted nonsense. Clones? Really? "

I am guessing you missed Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. "
I am guessing you missed the fact that the prequel trilogy was utter trash, and that it would be wise for major Star Wars projects to avoid the subject of clones for a while. Of course, you already know what score you're going to give the game, so perhaps I'm wasting my metaphorical breath. "

Although I wouldn't call it trash, the prequel movies were pretty badly made. But that was just the build quality and directing, the actual story was great, especially when you see the awesome Clone Wars TV series.
 
And I don't know what score I will give to the game, or even know what that phrase is supposed to mean, since I am not wasting my breath on this game at all. There are more exciting Star Wars games coming out, like the Clone Wars MMO or The Old Republic, or even LEGO Star Wars 3.
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Why would they revive him only to kill him again in an execution??

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maybe its all a part of vader's plan?
or he is just a lil bit special.

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If there is a shadow clone, will he mash the push button while running around unlocked like me, sending everything flying? not  a clone if he doesn't play like I play.

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I love how he was like, "Ah, no, pain, you're too powerfu-hah, nah I'm kidding. Eat lightning and die.", then went all stab-happy at that 4-legged thing near the end.

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Dude pulled a star destroyer out of the sky in part 1. It was supposed to be this awesome impressive feat, but it ended up being the worst part of the game. I wanted to like the first force unleashed, but the controls were just horrible. Here's to hoping, I guess.

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@Duder_Me said:
" @TheHBK:  IGN recently confirmed that dismemberment will be included in the game. Go there and check out the new gameplay. "
well for me its really not dismemberment.  That was cool in Jedi Knight 2.  But I am talking about killing a guy in one blow who isnt powerful, like a stortrooper.  The fact that they could take multiple hits was dumb.  I know a lot of games use the cortosis crap to try and make it harder, but a regular old storm trooper.  And even in JK2, if you were good, you could take down someone with one hit.  Thing is, they could do the same to you, so it made the game real satisfying to play as a star wars fan.
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@TomA:  Well, that's why it's called expanded universe. There is probably 100 or more Star Wars books, which most of them are accepted as a piece of the mythology. And as far as I recall Starkiller was the original name for Luke Skywalker.
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Just doesn't fit in with the Star Wars I used to like. Besides I can't stand all the oh look more powerful than Luke bullshit, when in the extended universe there are like 3 dudes more powerful than Luke, but Luke is still the most dogged.  

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him being chained while still having his light sabers on him is where I gave up on this

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@Grayvern said:
" Just doesn't fit in with the Star Wars I used to like. Besides I can't stand all the oh look more powerful than Luke bullshit, when in the extended universe there are like 3 dudes more powerful than Luke, but Luke is still the most dogged.   "
I don't especially recall Luke beyond too crazy bad ass in any of the original movies. Essentially every Jedi shown in any recent movie, TV show, book, or comic has been more bad ass then Luke was in those movies.
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Darth Vader Cameo? 
 
Hopefully the bosses in this game actually take effort to beat.

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I guess I really should play through the first one.

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If this game had Lincoln Force, it would be complete.

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awesome!

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Cool

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Looks pretty interesting. 

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Great clones of Starkiller.  I bet that is the whole storyline to the game.  Finding out your a clone.  Spoiler.

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Still haven't beaten the first one.

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this will be awsome
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Haven't played much of the first one but this looks good.

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Not pumped really.

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Vader is a Koala.

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I'm not sure if it could be any worse than the first one, but I still can't stand the absolute pussification of Vader that this stupid series is doing.

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Looks awesome

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Why are there no games that involve fighting Koala bears? :(