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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Footage Released

by Nick Breckon, Feb 22, 2008 11:56am PST

Some of the first in-game footage from LucasArts' upcoming Star Wars action title The Force Unleashed has been uncovered, and is now available to stream below.

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Expect Star Wars: The Force Unleashed to hit on the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, and Nintendo DS this summer.

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WOW! NICE SCREEN TEARING! Way to go developers! Disable that horrible V-Sync!
Also, I really like those ropes swinging! Nice physics! That overused "blur" effect is nice too. This game is shaping up to be the biggest over-rated turd ever made.

Feb 25, 2008 2:17pm PST

WOW! NICE SCREEN TEARING! Way to go developers! Disable that horrible V-Sync! Also, I really like those... : markalbiar

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Wow, first I've seen of this title. Gorgeous game design. Let's hope the game play matches.

Feb 25, 2008 9:18am PST

Wow, first I've seen of this title. Gorgeous game design. Let's hope the game play matches. : Inarion

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framerate is terrible

Feb 22, 2008 12:10pm PST

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- yup, looked like it was chugging : Shai-Tan

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Is it just me, or does it bother anybody else that he's holding the light saber backwards the entire time. I thought it was a bug at first.

Feb 22, 2008 11:57am PST

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Is it just me, or does it bother anybody else that he's holding the light saber backwards the entire time... : wviperw
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- that's just one of many jedi fighting stances. : dopefish
- Yeah, I hate that. : scythe_guildhall
- That's how you know he's evil. : Nick Breckon
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  I actually thought that was badass; I could do without people grabbing each other in midair. Desperately ... : kungfusquirrel
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    It's as badass as a gangbanger holding a pistol sideways. It looks cool and intimidating, but is stupidl... : coyoterys
    - yeah, but for a video game character in a third person game like this I think it's a great fit. : kungfusquirrel
- Anyone know if it will be possible to not hold it like that?...it's all I can focus on ugh. : Dr Van Nostrand
- This just shows how much this guy owns, doesnt even need to keep his lightsaber in front. From the looks ... : mrseldowski
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  Not only that, but he doesn't even seem to attempt to deflect incomming enemy fire. Saddening to see las... : mobab
  - the couple times he did it looked wtfawesome with just this casual flick of his wrist but yeah, there's n... : kungfusquirrel
  - I think that was just the way the god mode stuff was. I've seen other videos where he constantly does tha... : h o s t i l e
- yeah seriously, who holds a sword that way? : tunis5000
- Well Ninjas from 80's movies for one! Hail ShÃƒÂ´ Kosugi! : disaac
- so gangster the way he holds it, its awesome bad guys have style : sherwinpg
- doesn't look like he's going to be using it a lot anyway. Seems like all combat is force based and if yo... : contentious roy
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  the protagonist is supposed to be a bad guy? : pillzer
  - red lightsaber=bad! He's Darth Vader's secret apprentice : contentious roy
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    Darth Vader's apprentice. Vader hates the emperor and wants to kill him. : kek
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      Oh.. Then that's less of a problem; bad guys can be ridiculous.. They're bad. : pillzer
      
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      Still.. it doesn't fit too well in the SW universe.. : pillzer
      
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      Neither do ewoks. : tigeN
      
      Chewbaca disagrees : shirif
- very gay : gibolas1234
- I'm personally waiting for the nunchuk light sabers. : boredguy
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  Go tell Zatoichi you think his sword style sucks... It's just an inverted grip...Excellent for close ran... : AxeMan808
  - Which would all great and dandy if all those lasers were coming at him from behind. : mobab

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Consoles are really getting all the good titles now /weeps

Feb 23, 2008 6:50pm PST

Consoles are really getting all the good titles now /weeps : gyokuro

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They're putting this on all those consoles, but not on the PC? What gives?

Feb 22, 2008 12:51pm PST

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They're putting this on all those consoles, but not on the PC? What gives? : Mystery0000
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- Piracy!! : dedgecko
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  the market is in disarray : Wilhuf
  - Never fear, the PCGA is here! : wviperw
- u can pirate it on the DS , Xbox360 and wii. : easeup
- Obligatory post about how theyre bastards for not bringing it to PC. : aznboysix
- Seriously. I'd be all over this on the PC :( : moneyshot

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Is the Wii going to be able to handle those physics?

Feb 22, 2008 1:33pm PST

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Is the Wii going to be able to handle those physics? : shredomatic
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- i'm guessing the wii version is going to be nothing like that : headbone

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what I'm wondering is do those enemies ever grab on to anything that doesn't just float away with them? Seems like they would want to grab onto some big metal objects that are heavy enough to not just be thrown away. I understand how powerful the force is or whatever, but still, it seems pretty goofy.

Feb 23, 2008 7:33am PST

what I'm wondering is do those enemies ever grab on to anything that doesn't just float away with them? ... : mrazzino

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Wow, just wow, how retarded have the comments become on the shack, wtf is this Kotaku?

I mean the first video is obviously a technical demonstration, its not the game, wtf is all the whining about it looking boring or having bad ai, its fucking awesome what they do with the deformable environments and the seamless transitions of animations where he bumps the ST with the crate and he falls on all four then slowly gets back up.

Get a clue people

Feb 22, 2008 1:44pm PST

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Wow, just wow, how retarded have the comments become on the shack, wtf is this Kotaku? I mean the firs... : derean
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- No shit! that might be one of the top 5 amazing games from GDC I have sceen the texttures and pysics etc ... : valcan_s
- Please tell us how you really feel. : [7]kami

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By: Dan 101 x Show Full Post

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These videos make me want to play the game less. The Ai looks fucking terrible and the gameplay doesn't look that good to me anymore. Also, this looks a lot like Advent Rising, except with less cool powers.

Feb 22, 2008 11:40pm PST

These videos make me want to play the game less. The Ai looks fucking terrible and the gameplay doesn't l... : Dan 101

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The thing that I don't really care for about the physics engine and how it is employed in the game is that the actor models suddenly turn into ragdolls as soon as they are levitated by the force powers. They make little or no attempt to try and resist flailing their arms about wildly. It would have been much effective if the models would retain some sort of rigidity and form while being lifted into the air.

Having them randomly try to grab onto an object and drag it along with them really doesn't do a whole lot to convince me I am lifting an actual living being into the air as opposed to a 3-D model whose limbs are flapping about like a marionette.

Feb 22, 2008 2:03pm PST

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- thats the problem with every game that uses ragdoll physics, i dont see it changing much. I think FEAR di... : ballystix

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This looks amazing, can't wait. They need to put these force powers in Crackdown 2, that would be the shit

Feb 22, 2008 8:47pm PST

This looks amazing, can't wait. They need to put these force powers in Crackdown 2, that would be the shi... : pospesel

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A lot of really sexy tech. Hopefully they have the controls, level design and story to go with it. Looking forward to this.

Feb 22, 2008 4:47pm PST

A lot of really sexy tech. Hopefully they have the controls, level design and story to go with it. Lookin... : Sturm08

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I hope they include MP.

CTF and Duels were bad-ass in JK2.

Feb 22, 2008 12:44pm PST

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I hope they include MP. CTF and Duels were bad-ass in JK2. : razlebol
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  - Or maybe because they had MP in JK1 and JKA? : thewindcriesmary

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What's the deal with this angsty, emo Jedi phenomenon? "What's wrong someone miss his Godsmack, My Chemical Romance concert?" :(

On the other hand, this game could be pretty fun on the Wii.

Feb 22, 2008 12:59pm PST

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- emo Jedi phenomenon? : humbleone

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Sweet! Soul Reaver is back!

Feb 22, 2008 11:56am PST

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- Psi-Ops? : ShadeOGreen

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the enemy ai looks retarded

Feb 22, 2008 12:09pm PST

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- Yes it does : Mrc32

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Looks promising, but I'm a bit worried because they only show these pretty tech demos instead of giving us some lengthly gameplay vids.

Also, framerate looks all over the place.

Feb 22, 2008 1:11pm PST

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- It looked like they didn't even bother editing the video. Just a bunch of random crap thrown together at ... : billy_zelsnack

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I hope this game is good but thus far the only thing they're using to say the gameplay is good is the Euphoria physics.

Feb 22, 2008 1:10pm PST

I hope this game is good but thus far the only thing they're using to say the gameplay is good is the Eup... : derelict515

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Wow. Sure, there's a bunch of naysayers posting. But consider that this game is still months away from release, and it looks gorgeous, it serves as a nice example of things to come.
Think back to how much fun the other Dark Forces titles were.

Feb 22, 2008 12:33pm PST

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- it looks pretty, but pretty can play like shit and therefore is garbage. Too much wobble when people a... : dedgecko

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Quick, let's hold hands!

Feb 22, 2008 12:10pm PST

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- AIR-BANG!! suprise buttsecx!! : dedgecko

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To me, the visuals and art direction look fantastic, but the actual gameplay unfortunately doesn't look very good or special at all. We'll just have to see.

Feb 22, 2008 12:21pm PST

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- Yeah, I agree. Just standing around in big area making enemies do unnatural rag-dollish moves... looks b... : donjuancarlos

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The art direction and graphics look pretty good, but so far, from what i'm seeing in the videos the game seems pretty sub-par. If thats what most of this game is going to be like - Go from area to area using your force powers to solve different puzzles, and have no challenge in killing any of guys because they can't do jack shit too you. Yeah, i'm un-impressed.

Feb 22, 2008 12:31pm PST

The art direction and graphics look pretty good, but so far, from what i'm seeing in the videos the game ... : mchart

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Wow that game has some badass art direction. Hopefully the gameplay holds up to that standard.

Feb 22, 2008 12:31pm PST

Wow that game has some badass art direction. Hopefully the gameplay holds up to that standard. : razorblade79

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How the heck is this going to be any good on the PS2, Wii, PSP or DS?

Feb 22, 2008 12:05pm PST

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Well if the audio fucking cuts out constantly in the actual game like it does in the first vid, I guess I'm not going to be missing much by not playing this.

Feb 22, 2008 12:14pm PST

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  - Hmm. Well they shouldn't be releasing videos that make the game look bad like that one did. : Kazomir

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The first video looks cool. The second one has the new episode trilogy art style that i don't really like. It always seems soo unlike Star Wars to me.

Feb 22, 2008 12:17pm PST

The first video looks cool. The second one has the new episode trilogy art style that i don't really li... : grabbie

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This news item should have been called "Unreleased Unleashed footage released."

Feb 22, 2008 11:58am PST

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This news item should have been called "Unreleased Unleashed footage released." : disaac
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- Unleashed Unleashed footage is Unleashed! : Medster
- Unleashing unreleased unleashed footage released+ : disaac

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Oh my, this looks awesome. I love how the guys try and grab on to things when being lifted, even other guys.

Feb 22, 2008 12:13pm PST

Oh my, this looks awesome. I love how the guys try and grab on to things when being lifted, even other gu... : fuji-juice

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