Am I the only one who still does not realize why light sabers don't kill people in one swing????? Come On!!! We have all seen the movies and in the movies the light sabers rape, but in every video game ever made it takes like 5 hits with a light saber to kill a person.  

Yeah, it doesn't really make much sense.

i think they should put the option in there,,,   but i guess it makes the ganeplay better or something

I don't know that much about the game, but if you're fight against a lot of Jedi and one hit = a kill...that would mean if they hit you once it's a kill as well. I think designers just choose to make things a little less "realistic" so the game is more forgiving and more fun. You could say the same thing about Assassin's Creed. How could you take so much damage from a sword etc...

Its pretty simple,difficulty and the way the game plays are the reason for it. If every single person died instantly when you hit them once the game would just be way too easy. Then again with the way the force powers are supposed to be in that game I guess it wouldn't be that big of a deal to get 1-hit kills.

I'm just a bit annoyed that you can't dismember people,they had it in the Jedi Knight games,and secondly- On top of it needing that,when you're playing as a Sith apprentice,I think the game should of been stepped up so you can decapitate people as well,since there is no blood from lightsaber wounds,I don't think decapitations would warrant an M rating.

Regardless the game still looks really fun to me,and i'll be picking it up.

I have a strong feeling that this will be handled with a God of War-esque experience allocation tree. Ergo, the experience points you gather will be able to be spent in various skills. For instance 1,000 points can be given to the Force Lightning tree which will strengthen this skill or you could spend your 1,000 points in your lightsaber techniques, acquiring/improving fighting styles and strengthening or increasing the speed of your attacks.

I hope this is the case, using this type of skill system will allow players to play as they choose. This is also an efficient system which I wager the developers at LucasArts have considered and most probably implemented.

That would be a good system,I think it may be a bit different though, in one of the interviews I remember hearing you will "unlock" or "purchase" additional combo's as you advance in the game,so that kind of sounds a bit more like a devil may cry type thing.

Because if it was 1 hit kill in the video game, the game wouldn't be fun now would it? it would be like running around with the golden pistol in goldeneye with unlimited ammo

its like cheating.. its not fun at all.

Besides its like any game.. how come my 12 gauge shotgun doesnt kill someone in 1 shot to the face in 99.99% of fps games? because its a video game..

Video games aren't made to be realistic, they're made to be fun and entertaining. I get your drift but I'd rather not have one shot kills.

Yea. As others have said, if it was a one-hit kill, then there would be no challenge. Although, if you do think about it, it would be awesome if to make up for the one hit kill, they send hundreds of storm troopers at you at a time. XD THE CARNAGE!

It's a video game for goodness sake. From a gameplay standpoint 1-hit kills is not that interesting and won't create lasting gameplay value.
Sure, it'd be more realistic with the world of Star Wars, but it'd be a pretty bad game, or at least a pretty boring game.

Anyone ever play Jedi Knight 2?  That game had great light saber gameplay with one swipe kills.  It worked very well.

call of duty has one hit kills and its challenging... you just have to make up for that with smart AI and loads of baddies

yea I don't get it

Lightsabers are not real, games are not real.

not real + not real =/= real.

Get over it.

"Anyone ever play Jedi Knight 2?  That game had great light saber gameplay with one swipe kills.  It worked very well."

"Anyone ever play Jedi Knight 2?  That game had great light saber gameplay with one swipe kills.  It worked very well."

I have always wondered that as well.

Because 1 hit kills would make the game way too easy. Super powerful force powers AND a lightsaber that kills everything in one hit. Think about it.

I don't know. You tell me...

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It would be nice for someone to make a game that incorporated that.