disappointing...

recently i finished playing one of the most disappointing games of 2010



and boy, were the critics right.

initially, i thought it would be a fairly long game (around 6-10 hours long)
man was i wrong...
being the star wars fan that i am, i was really impressed with how The Force Unleashed turned out. the gameplay was fun, it was certainly a challenge, and the story was good. when TFU2 came out, i was, how do you say, doubtful, because it felt like TFU was great enough that i felt it didnt really need a sequel. knowing it was just a simple hack-and-slash action game, i knew i wasn't going to purchase it since those kinds of games are just: play>beat>hardly/never play it again and that's how i usually feel towards those kinds of games.
so i eventually got the chance to fully play TFU2 by borrowing it from a friend. man how disappointed i was.
the game merely took about 5 hours long to complete on medium difficulty. the combat is still the same and fun for a while, but it gets repetitive and boring in the long run and annoying when you die in a hard spot. the story started out good, but it got really cheesy. "I R GONNA FIND MAI LUV. SCREW DA REBELLION! LOLOLLLOLwwwww!!11!oneone!" "YOU KILL MY WAIFU? I KILL YOU NOW!!"
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they focused on the romance way too much and not more about starkiller's cloning.
what disappointed me the most was combination of the length and levels. after the first level, i thought i was gonna go across the galaxy searching for juno while learning more about starkiller's cloning. yeah right. like i said earlier, turns out you were ONLY looking for juno and not caring about yourself. but enough about that, the levels. god were the levels bland. imo, i thought the levels would consist of one of a planet or 2 levels of a planet, repeat. something like TFU. but instead i'm given 3-4(?) levels of the SAME planet and location. as soon as i knew it, i was about finished with the game. all in about 5 hours. DISAPPOINTING. the only thing i can really praise were the sound and visuals. the visuals are gorgeous and the sounds is great. typical star wars fare, which is ALWAYS good. the voice acting was good, but got really cheesy towards the end.

i like star wars and i liked TFU, but TFU2 was one of the most disappointing sequels i've played and the most disappointing star wars game i've played (so far). with only about 5 hours dedicated to the main story, challenges (which are anything but entertaining), and unlockables (which are pretty cool), TFU2 is simply a rent.

6/10