Psykoboy2
06-09-2011, 09:00 AM
I haven’t played very many Star Wars games. Force Unleashed is likely as far as it goes for me. So when I stepped into the meeting room with LucasArts to check out their new Star Wars title for Kinect, I really didn’t know what to expect. I’d heard a lot of negative things about the game just based on video we’d seen during press conferences. Combine that with my complete lack of interest in ANYTHING Kinect related and you can see where on the fence I may have been sitting going into this meeting.
I suppose I should thank LucasArts then when they told us that they could either explain everything going on while they play or have a volunteer take the controls and give the game a go while explaining everything to the others sitting in on this meeting.
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No one else raised their hand so I raised mine. Kinda glad I did. It’s a fun little title. I was first put through the paces on using the force. With both arms extended, I picked up a fighter of some kind (I’m not a Star Wars guy so that’s really all you’ll get for descriptions) and moved it to a designated area and letting my arms fall to my side just dropped the ship to the ground. Next up was using it in combat. With only my left arm extended, I could pick up an enemy and move him around the screen or toss him off to the side with a quick movement of my arm. I mean, to really cut to the chase here, if you’ve ever thought of how the force would work in these situations, it’s how they work in the game. To dash toward enemies for a quick strike, I only needed to step forward. For an evasive dodge to the right or left, I only needed to step right or left. And to jump over an enemy, well, I just had to jump. That simple, really.
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I could probably just use the force powers all day, but you do get a lightsaber. Extending your right arm would force grab your lightsaber and turn it on. From there out, it’s one to one movement and even better when combining it with your force powers. Holding your right arm out with the lightsaber would block most attacks of laser fire, but moving it around while being fired upon would deflect the laser back towards the shooter. Fun, but not as much as using the force.
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The game is currently scheduled to release later this year sometime and will cover the grounds of all 6 films. Not only that, but you’ll also have a partner fighting with you the entire time, so expect at least 2 of every enemy during each fight…this includes bosses. That’s okay though, because Kinect Star Wars features two-player drop-in drop-out co-op. No one got up there with me to try it out so I can’t tell you if the screen splits, or how the game reacts to someone else stepping in. But I can say I actually had fun with a Kinect game. Something I’ve only seen others do, but this swayed me. I’m not yet ready to run out and buy a Kinect yet, but that was very close. They keep this up, and I may become a convert.
I suppose I should thank LucasArts then when they told us that they could either explain everything going on while they play or have a volunteer take the controls and give the game a go while explaining everything to the others sitting in on this meeting.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2489/5812528610_4a3f58fdc0_z.jpg
No one else raised their hand so I raised mine. Kinda glad I did. It’s a fun little title. I was first put through the paces on using the force. With both arms extended, I picked up a fighter of some kind (I’m not a Star Wars guy so that’s really all you’ll get for descriptions) and moved it to a designated area and letting my arms fall to my side just dropped the ship to the ground. Next up was using it in combat. With only my left arm extended, I could pick up an enemy and move him around the screen or toss him off to the side with a quick movement of my arm. I mean, to really cut to the chase here, if you’ve ever thought of how the force would work in these situations, it’s how they work in the game. To dash toward enemies for a quick strike, I only needed to step forward. For an evasive dodge to the right or left, I only needed to step right or left. And to jump over an enemy, well, I just had to jump. That simple, really.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2313/5811963115_7479f9e824_z.jpg
I could probably just use the force powers all day, but you do get a lightsaber. Extending your right arm would force grab your lightsaber and turn it on. From there out, it’s one to one movement and even better when combining it with your force powers. Holding your right arm out with the lightsaber would block most attacks of laser fire, but moving it around while being fired upon would deflect the laser back towards the shooter. Fun, but not as much as using the force.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2572/5812529716_4fa8e68742_z.jpg
The game is currently scheduled to release later this year sometime and will cover the grounds of all 6 films. Not only that, but you’ll also have a partner fighting with you the entire time, so expect at least 2 of every enemy during each fight…this includes bosses. That’s okay though, because Kinect Star Wars features two-player drop-in drop-out co-op. No one got up there with me to try it out so I can’t tell you if the screen splits, or how the game reacts to someone else stepping in. But I can say I actually had fun with a Kinect game. Something I’ve only seen others do, but this swayed me. I’m not yet ready to run out and buy a Kinect yet, but that was very close. They keep this up, and I may become a convert.