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Some Missed Potential

Published November 7, 2010
3 out of 5 starsScore: 60/100

After having played through Star Wars The Force Unleashed II I can't help but feel like there was some missed potential. On one hand the game has what I consider to be some pretty amazing/impressive graphics, set piece moments, a decent enough story, and force powers that are of course pretty fun to use.
 
The issues are really how it's all tied together with far too much repetition, whether it's defeating the same enemies with the same simple strategies, or the fact that you end up back tracking through environments more than once, there are moments of brilliance in the game, but a lot of the time an area will feel more like a chore than anything.
 
I did like the game, but with it being relatively short, and not having a ton of variety with it's environments/enemies it definitely doesn't feel like any kind of improvement over the original, just an average expansion. A longer campaign, and maybe some visits to a few more famous Star Wars locations (like the first game's DLC) would have had me liking it a bit more.

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