The demo for this was put onto the Xbox Live Marketplace today. You can queue it up here. Anyone play it yet? How are you liking it?

Have yet to play it. I'll tell you tomorrow.

pretty cool except for the dash sequence where the ship is blowing up the hallway(outta my way stormtroopers i can't see where i'm going), also needs more chuck-ables and stuff to rip out, but those will probably increase as the game goes on.

Tried it.  Pretty uninteresting to me.  Too much boring fighting against hapless stormtroopers.  Level design (in terms of gameplay) and the pacing is just monotonous.
 
The graphics are nice and smooth... but that's about all I could say positive about the demo.

tried it this morning. 
Yay canned animations, I guess. 
I'm not sure why, but I guess I was expecting something different.

Some of it felt pretty good, but I don't feel that enough changed from the first game. I'm already seeing the annoying fights where you're going to be constantly knocked down and shot while you have no control. =|

Gotta download it and check it out.

Seems like it will be a fun game to play, but not one worth spending $60 on. That's not to say it's a bad game by any means. I found it pretty fun. But it's not something you'd want to replay multiple times.

It rules the roost.

Definitely better than the first. Although they need to fix the combat so you can get out of a move before completing it. It takes some of the fun out of the game and makes it a little harder when a stormtrooper comes up behind you, but you can't do anything because you're in the middle of a combo that you can't get out of.

is this on psn?

" is this on psn? "

so far its been great. Best bit is when you use a mind trick on a stormtrooper and make him jump out of a window.

The combat is way more fun this time around. I'm amazed at their hard T despite being able to cut the storm troopers up into bits. Mind Trick is a nice touch.
 
The story on the other hand is so awful. A clone? really? Starkiller is dead. Take 15 minutes and make a fresh character.

" The combat is way more fun this time around. I'm amazed at their hard T despite being able to cut the storm troopers up into bits. Mind Trick is a nice touch.  The story on the other hand is so awful. A clone? really? Starkiller is dead. Take 15 minutes and make a fresh character. "

General echoing of what's been said so far. 
 
It seems to be better than the original, but we're using souped up abilities (you can check if you go to the upgrade screen with back/select. Nice that the menus are substantially quicker now) against basic infantry. That being said, it does seem more fluid than before, but there are similar trappings; being knocked down and taking damage when you can't react to anything is incredibly frustrating in this sort of game, abilities not really being of much use against certain foes (I don't eagerly anticipate this game's version of those 10ft tall black armour clad bastards from the original)  namely in the mind trick - a nice ability, but I'd rather have them, say, shoot at their former allies as opposed to killing themselves, especially considering I can kill them in one less button press.  
 
The exploding corridor is another good example of not quite good enough - let's put boxes in the way to break flow! Or, how about don't, because that's not as fun. 
 
The problem I see with this demo, and likely full game, that the first had, was that it wants to be more than what it should be. It should be fairly mindless and fun, but if you attempt that, it penalises you for not going deeper into the gameplay of pressing a series of buttons. Come on, you don't need two lightsabers, but it looks cool. Similarly, you don't need button pressing sequences when you'd rather lop off an armour clad robotic arm yourself by jumping and hitting the slash button. Definitely a bargain bin purchase. 
 
...but to iterate one thing, lopping off limbs IS good fun.

Not too bad but I'll rent it just like the first one.

I dunno why you guys didn't like it, but I'm absolutely blown away.  I only sort of liked the first game, it got monotonous really quickly, wasn't that good looking, and the combat sort of sucked.  While this is a demo, I was absolutely blown away.  The graphics (especially when Starkiller's falling at the start) looked like cinematics, and then all of a sudden I have seamless control.  It looks amazing.  And chucking 2 lightsabers and decapitating 4 or 5 stormtroopers at a time?  Shit yes.  The mind trick is a great touch (you can have them shoot the other guys, I did it several times) and force fury looks pretty neat, too.  I'm very seriously considering pre-ordering this game, the demo was that good.  The only thing I'm wary about is how mediocre the last one was, and that continuing on to this game.

I've already deleted the demo. I thought I'd gleaned everything I could from the play through - how did you get the Mind Trick to get them to shoot other dudes then? 
 
I thought Force Fury was a bit unnecessary. You're supposed to be this powerful dude, and now all of a sudden you're EVEN MORE POWERFUL THAN POWERFUL. Just seems a bit redundant - if my lightsaber (x2) can't do the job, why should me glowing purple suddenly do it? Granted, the graphics were stellar.

Meh.
 
It's ace sure, but it feels like TFU1 too much.
No WOW factor and I already got pissed off at the camera system (and I'm very forgiving with those!) and especially the stormtroopers with the staff that basically block through your saber combo and then just knock you out midcombo.
 
Didn't they learn from the huge black stormtroopers in part 1? Such dicks those were!

I thought falling in the rain was visually striking and pretty fun but afterward seemed pretty standard Force Unleashed. Seems like a sub $30 purchase for me unless the word of mouth is stellar.

" Some of it felt pretty good, but I don't feel that enough changed from the first game. I'm already seeing the annoying fights where you're going to be constantly knocked down and shot while you have no control. =| "

Limbs and heads going off is fun, but it's not enough to get me to buy this game. I wont be buying it on release, or at all. I played the first one, and the demo for the second didn't win me over.

Tried it on PS3, and I am a huge Star Wars fan. Did not play the first one ( except the demo ) :

 - Looks very very good.
 - The music score is great as usual in SW games
 - The story seems retarded, but can't really judge it from just a demo
 - The mind trick is nice, as well as the grip, and both seem to work very well.
 - What annoyed me the most is how extremely overpowered the force is in this game... this is not star wars, it looks like fucking dragonball. The Force in the movies is much more subtle ( except for lightning maybe ) but here is just completely over the top, which really takes away from the star wars feeling IMO . All the freaking effects when you use force push are ridiculous...not to talk about the mega force push in which everything explodes around him...it's just too much. When you are in the gliding sequence he is shooting down tie fighters like he has fucking bazookas in his hands. MEH.
 
Not sure what to think about the game tbh.

Graphics are a lot better than the first game.  And game play is also improved.  You still get locked into animation combos which sucks but its not as bad, though as we saw with the first game that when it gets harder, it will probably be the shit that annoys you the most. 
The lightsabers cutting guys and stuff is cool, though it should not take more than one hit to kill a guy.  Also, the two lightsabers and the reverse grip on them, very annoying and retarded.  Don't like looking at it.  He seems pretty powerful and makes you wonder how the Storm Troopers in the movies were ever able to kill any jedi.  I mrean, he barely rememebers he can use mind trick.  He is also pretty young and so you would think an experienced Jedi Master like Obi Wan kenobi could take care of some storm troopers just as easily.

It seems like an uninteresting game - just like the first one.

Better than the first, certainly. I just find it odd that there's no dodge roll/jump dodge ability..at least not that i found. If you're locked on to a guy, it would make more sense to dodge around him than just jump up. 
TBH it makes a great tech demo, but i can see it getting very boring quickly. Just like the first game.

Was fun. Just like the first game's demo. But if this is anything like the first game, it'll go south by Chapter 4--where your 'OMGUBERPOWERZSOFUN' will be countered by a special breed of anti-force super-wookies. Then again, they might get creative and make anti-force droids. 
 
Also, I figure you'll be fighting clones throughout the game. Which probably have more anti-force barriers. 
 
If you can't tell, the first game was pessimism-inducingly-disappointing for me.

the demo is broken for me, after the cutscene it fades to black and stays black, then i can hear the game sounds, i press buttons and hear them do things but still straight black, if i press the guide button then the screen goes waaaaaaay weird

The PS3 demo froze up on me. That irked me, so after rebooting my console, I deleted the demo. From what I played though, seemed kind of fun.  In a year with Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and God of War III, this game (from the demo at least) just doesn't live up to the others in the genre.

I enjoyed the first one despite the many flaws so I'm sure I will enjoy the sequel. The graphics seem better. Agree that the hallway running sequence was janky and the pacing and transitions were a bit jumpy in places, but then it is a demo. Will probably pick it up after the price drops in a couple of months, too many other games to get first.

Mediocre..

There are parts I like, such as the characters, general plot, setting, etc.  Though it's hindered this time by feeling very un-canon.  You know this story can't fit into the proper time-line, having Vader getting owned so badly so often really destroys his credibility and the plot twist is mind-numbingly obvious from the start.

The graphics look fantastic, but the combat still doesn't flow very well.  You don't feel like a Jedi because your "lightsaber" is basically a club, being able to repeatedly hit enemies over the head with it just feels completely wrong and  other SW games didn't have a problem with the difficulty, despite being able to instantly kill most enemies with it. 
 
If you liked the first game, you should enjoy it. 
If not, this isn't the game you're looking for.  Personally, I'm a lot more excited for Lego Star Wars 3.

I didn't play the first game, but the controls felt really jerky to me. It wasn't fluid at all, which is what I'm looking for in Jedi games. Played the demo, done with the game.

I am a HUGE Star Wars fan, and the demo makes me want to jab my eyeballs out. Yeah, its fun to kill dudes, but I can't get immersed at all. Darth Vader is a complete pansy, you are some steroid filled monkey. He revives you to kill Starkiller, it seems, which just seems downright stupid. Then you can grab Tie Fighters easily, yet a gunship chases you, oh no this even is scripted, you can't grab that gunship! Hey, you can go into super force mode, you can grab AT-ST's and crush them, those gunships dropping people off, no! Darth Vader comes out, and just lets your Tie Fighter fly away, even though it has been shown YOU CAN GRAB THOSE THINGS IN MID AIR! And of course, since you are a clone, it has to be on Kamino...
 
Star Wars nerd rage go!

What annoyed me the most is how extremely overpowered the force is in this game... this is not star wars, it looks like fucking dragonball. The Force in the movies is much more subtle ( except for lightning maybe ) but here is just completely over the top, which really takes away from the star wars feeling IMO . All the freaking effects when you use force push are ridiculous...not to talk about the mega force push in which everything explodes around him...it's just too much. When you are in the gliding sequence he is shooting down tie fighters like he has fucking bazookas in his hands. MEH.  Not sure what to think about the game tbh. "

this has probably been said before but THIS IS FUCKING GOD OF WAR WITH LIGHTSABERS AND FORCE PHYSICS!
 
thats not entirely a bad thing, the story is good and the graphics are beautiful, and..well...it's star wars!
 
BUT the entire time i played the demo i was disappointed because i knew i was playing god of war with star wars shits.
 
the new castlevania pissed me off in the same way. much like darksiders, dantes inferno, and even sonic unleashed. 
 
QUIT USING THE FUCKING GOD OF WAR ENGINE, SAVE IT FOR GOD OF WAR!!!
 
you're not fooling anyone!

I thought the first one was great, so this one will be no different.

" this has probably been said before but THIS IS FUCKING GOD OF WAR WITH LIGHTSABERS AND FORCE PHYSICS!  thats not entirely a bad thing, the story is good and the graphics are beautiful, and..well...it's star wars!  BUT the entire time i played the demo i was disappointed because i knew i was playing god of war with star wars shits.  the new castlevania pissed me off in the same way. much like darksiders, dantes inferno, and even sonic unleashed.   QUIT USING THE FUCKING GOD OF WAR ENGINE, SAVE IT FOR GOD OF WAR!!!  you're not fooling anyone! "

It controls better than the first game, though the force throw targeting is still wonky as hell. Targeting is a problem in general really, which basically just boils down to lock-strafing with little in the way of visual feedback on what it is you're targeting and no way to switch between various targets. Combat feels mashy, with over-long combos that are completely unnecessary since normal enemies die from one hit (as they should, we're talking about lightsabers here). I'd never in a million years pay 60 dollars for it, but maybe down the line when it's 20 bucks used. Or I'll just rent it.