Star Wars: the Force Unleashed Demo Sets Xbox Download Record

The demo version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was released a few weeks ago for download through Xbox Live and the Playstation Network. Now, LucasArts has announced that the game shattered records for the number of downloads on Xbox Live, taking only eight days to reach 1 million. The full version is due out next Tuesday, and LucasArts will be holding a launch party in San Fransisco on Monday night to celebrate. The game is part of a multimedia project which includes a best-selling book, a comic, action figures, and other tie-ins. According to Eurogamer's interview with producer Cameron Suey, previous Star Wars games suffered from a "lack of ambition." Suey also shows off some of the gameplay in a video. A video walkthrough of the PS2 and PSP versions is available at Kotaku. The game will not be available for PC. Early reviews for the game are good, but not great, and developers recently mentioned that George Lucas himself provided input on the project.

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of course its good but not great.

[unity100]

because they went the stupid route of capitalizing on wannabeeness, and calculated that if they capitalize on the 'whooo dark jedi' thing it will all be a big success. and they literally FORCED the player to do stuff that s/he may not want to do all throughout the game, but the end.

kotor 1, 2 had been stellar successes by doing exactly otherwise - providing the player with choices starting from their first minute in the game.

but then again, what do you expect from a game that was mainly made for xbox, a microsoft outlet ? i remember spotting anti-net neutrality rants and suggestions subtly placed in mass effect, in 'info' screens of the game telling about how networking is handled in mass effect universe. THAT kind of an evil mind.

Re:of course its good but not great.

[Anonymous Coward]

but then again, what do you expect from a game that was mainly made for xbox, a microsoft outlet ? i remember spotting anti-net neutrality rants and suggestions subtly placed in mass effect, in 'info' screens of the game telling about how networking is handled in mass effect universe. THAT kind of an evil mind.

Seriously, do you listen to yourself when you talk? Because that's some ridiculous shit you're spewing.

Do you really think that Microsoft paid off the Mass Effect developers to put anti-net neutrality messages in a video game so they could one day use that to push anti-net neutrality legislation through? Really, we want to know, because this sort of bizarre conspiracy theory stuff is just so hilarious to read. Please tell me you're smoking something here. I know its in to rant against Microsoft here, but this is on par with twitter in terms of delusional thinking.