So I'd heard a lot of great things about this game. I heard it was like Dark Souls crossed with The Force Unleashed.
That's kind of accurate.... except it needs to be modified: It's like Dark Souls without ANY meaningful character customization or progression, and it's like The Force Unleashed without any of the Force and wild sandbox gameplay.
It feels like this game was originally meant to be a movie, but they decided against it and just tossed the script to a game studio and said "make this into a game". AND IT'S ONLY 8 HOURS LONG. Maybe you could squeeze 10-11 hours out of it if you're OCD about collecting all of the useless cosmetic crap, but it all feels so fucking shallow and empty.
The worlds feel sterile and empty, like the game is unfinished or BADLY rushed. The combat is the same shit over and over. The Force powers and skill tree are laughably simple, leaving you no real choice in character progression- it's not like you can decide "This playthrough, I want to be a super tank that can't be killed!" and then build your stats/skills around this. The only progression is "kill enough things to get a skill point, then fill out the entire skill tree".
The list of Force powers available in this game.... this is embarrassing. You have Force Push, Force Pull, Force Acrobatics, Force Slow, Lightsaber throw............... AND THAT IS IT. With a property like Star Wars, and a magic system like the Force, your possibilities are endless. Instead, they just retread the most boring, lame powers we've seen a thousand times, and you can't even use them in crazy, inventive ways like you can in The Force Unleashed 1 and 2.
Why were people raving about this game? I suspect it's because it is new Star Wars content that is serviceable compared to the movie trash we've been getting dumped onto us. A slightly cleaner turd placed next to a filthy pile of diarrhea looks more appealing, and might even look refreshing after staring at said puddle of diarrhea.... but it's all ultimately shit.
What are your thoughts on this game, goats?
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[–] midnightblue1335 [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
So the best thing you got out of the game, was the desire to play a better game.
That's amusing.