Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Platinum Edition

by LucasArts

Product Features

• Fight through challenge levels designed to test and hone your fighting and Force power skills while you skillfully manage your combat techniques to defeat brand-new enemies, which will culminate in epic boss battles
• Collector's Edition extras: collectible steelbook, 3 exclusive challenge mode levels, exclusive Ralph McQuarrie concept "Deak Starkiller" skin, exclusive lightsaber crystal, Starkiller 2GB flash drive designed by Mimobot, digital art book
• Continue the galaxy-altering journey of Starkiller, Darth Vader's fugitive apprentice, that shapes the key events between Star Wars: Episode III and Episode IV
• Unleash the Force with more power and precision through improved controls and new powers, such as the deceptive Mind Trick, which turns enemies against their allies and Force Fury, which exponentially increases other powers
• Take combat to the next level with the ability to wield dual lightsabers and punish enemies with all-new combo attacks as well as expanded customization options such as new costumes and power-enhancing lightsaber crystals

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B003O65UCK
• Product Dimensions: 1.3 x 5.4 x 6.9 inches ; 8.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 26, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,319 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PLAYSTATION 3 | Edition: Collector's Edition

Amazon.com Product Description

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II is a single player action game for PlayStation 3 and sequel to 2008's Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Following a unique storyline revolving around Darth Vader's secret apprentice, that parallels the events of Star Wars: Episode III and Episode IV, The Force Unleashed II revels in addictive and over-the-top Force-based gameplay powers which include those seen in the first game as well as new powerful additions like Force Fury and the Jedi Mind Trick. Additional features include dual-wielded light sabers, increased puzzle-solving gameplay, expanded customization and all-new combo attacks. This collector's edition contains a variety of additional items. See the complete list of its contents below. The Epic Saga Continues The Star Wars Saga continues with Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, the highly anticipated sequel to the fastest-selling Star Wars game ever created, which has sold more than seven million copies worldwide. In Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, the world was introduced to Darth Vader's now fugitive apprentice, Starkiller-the unlikely hero who would ignite the flames of rebellion in a galaxy so desperately in need of a champion. In the sequel, Starkiller returns with over-the-top Force powers and embarks on a journey to discover his own identity and to reunite with his one true love, Juno Eclipse. In Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, Starkiller is once again the pawn of Darth Vader-but instead of training his protégé as a ruthless assassin, the Dark Lord is attempting to clone his former apprentice in an attempt to create the Ultimate Sith warrior. The chase is on - Starkiller is in pursuit of Juno and Darth Vader is hunting for Starkiller. Continue the adventures of Darth Vader's fugitive apprentice Starkiller. View larger. Over-the-top boss battles. View larger. All-New Abilities and Tactics With all-new devastating Force powers and the ability to dual-wield lightsabers, Starkiller cuts a swath through deadly new enemies across exciting worlds from the Star Wars films - all in his desperate search for answers to his past. Along with using the power of the force to puzzle-solve by creating paths where there once were none, players can also look forward to a new explosive abilities. A few of these are Force Fury, a temporary ratcheting up of standard Force powers far beyond normal levels, and the Jedi Mind Trick that can make enemies either act as allies in combat, or cause them to take their own lives. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Collector's Edition for PlayStation 3 Includes View larger. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II for PlayStation 3 Premium collectible steelbook Exclusive in-game content Three exclusive challenge mode levels Exclusive Ralph McQuarrie concept "Deak Starkiller" skin Exclusive lightsaber crystal Exclusive Mimobot USB designer drive preloaded with bonus content Starkiller 2GB flash drive designed by Mimobot Digital art book, featuring insights into the art of The Force Unleashed II Key Game Features Continue the galaxy-altering journey of Starkiller, Darth Vader's fugitive apprentice, that shapes the key events between Star Wars: Episode III and Episode IV Unleash the Force with more power and precision through improved controls and new powers, such as the deceptive Mind Trick, which turns enemies against their allies Discover the true power of Starkiller with Force Fury, where his attacks and Force powers are exponentially increased Improved targeting system enhances precision use of Force powers and greater interaction with puzzles and the environment Take combat to the next level with the ability to wield dual lightsabers and punish enemies with all-new combo attacks Experience the most lifelike interactions with Pixelux Entertainment's Digital Molecular Matter (DMM) coupled with euphoria from Natural Motion LTD and the powerful Havok Physics system Expanded customization options such as new costumes and power-enhancing lightsaber crystals Fight through all-new challenge levels designed to test and hone your fighting and Force power skills Skillfully manage your combat techniques to defeat a variety of brand-new enemies, which will culminate in epic boss battles Immerse yourself once again in the story that was honored with awards from the Writer's Guild of America and the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Additional Screenshots Force powers old & new. View larger. Dual wield light sabers. View larger. Run for your life moments. View larger. All-new powerful enemies. View larger.

Product Description

The Star Wars Saga continues with Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, the highly anticipated sequel to the fastest-selling Star Wars game ever created, which has sold more than seven million copies worldwide. In Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, the world was introduced to Darth Vader’s now fugitive apprentice, Starkiller—the unlikely hero who would ignite the flames of rebellion in a galaxy so desperately in need of a champion. In the sequel, Starkiller returns with over-the-top Force powers and embarks on a journey to discover his own identity and to reunite with his one true love, Juno Eclipse. In Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, Starkiller is once again the pawn of Darth Vader—but instead of training his protégée as a ruthless assassin, the dark lord is attempting to clone his former apprentice in an attempt to create the Ultimate Sith warrior. The chase is on – Starkiller is in pursuit of Juno and Darth Vader is hunting for Starkiller. With all-new devastating Force powers and the ability to dual-wield lightsabers, Starkiller cuts a swath through deadly new enemies across exciting worlds from the Star Wars films - all in his desperate search for answers to his past. Collector's Edition includes: Premium Collectible SteelBook Exclusive In-Game Content: Three exclusive challenge mode levels Exclusive Ralph McQuarrie concept "Deak Starkiller" skin Exclusive Lightsaber crystal Exclusive MIMOBOT® designer 2GB USB Flash Drive: Exclusive Starkiller USB flash drive, which comes preloaded with: Digital art book, featuring insights into the art of Star Wars® The Force Unleashed II Game script by Haden Blackman Themed wallpapers

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37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun, but an overall disappointment, November 3, 2010

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Joseph Konigsberg (Owings Mills, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Collector's Edition (Video Game)

I'm going to split the review into two parts: one for the game itself and one that specifically addresses the collector's edition.

First the game:
The game is a lot of fun but it falls really short. The story passes through quickly, it really feels like there's about four levels (the game splits it into 8 or 10). The game play is basically the same as the first, using the Force is a little iffy at times, but it's cool to have all the Force powers, yadda yadda yadda. This one is significantly less buggy than the first, which is nice. It also looks a lot better than the first one. Cut scenes are a given, I personally feel the game itself was also cleaner.

However, the game does have its drawbacks. For one, the story mode is entirely too short and doesn't really add anything to the Star Wars universe. It works as a sequel, sure, but where the first one tied episodes 3 and 4 together in a brilliant manner, this is at best an epilogue to that. You're possibly a clone, you escape Vader, stuff happens that really only matters to Starkiller (I'm trying to avoid spoilers here) and then you go back to fight Vader again, then nothing really happens or is resolved. I'm willing to admit I missed something, but I just don't see how that contributes to the overall story.

Another issue I have with the game is the challenges. Some of them are insanely difficult. I know there's a certain degree of fun in something being a challenge, but in my opinion a few of them just go too far. The first one, for example, has you input all the combos to "prove your mastery of the Force." Sounds like fun, right? Unfortunately not. The response of your inputs can be VERY selective. For example, hitting Square three times might actually require six inputs for three to be recognized. To a certain degree you can figure out the game's timing, but it likes to randomly decide you weren't fast enough. Even if you're in mid-combo. Or the training droid will attack you, or the game will wait a good 5+ seconds before putting the input back up, which greatly affects your score.

You might have heard that this game was supposed to have a multiplayer mode, but as another reviewer already mentioned, this is for Wii only. From what I've seen it looks pretty similar to Super Smash Bros, which could be fun but meh. That was probably clearly stated, but word of mouth chose to ignore it.

So overall, I would give the game three, three and a half stars. It's definitely fun and worth looking into if you enjoyed the first one, but I would wait for the price to come down, as you'll finish just about everything it has to offer in a matter of a few days (seriously, I beat the story on Hard the day the game came out, and I'm not that spectacular at these games). The game is supposed to get some DLC in the near-ish future, I'm hoping it's either cheap, free, or very good to make up for what I, and many others, feel lacked from the game.

As for the Collector's Edition, I would not buy it. I'm typically a sucker for these things, so I got it without question. The bonus stuff on the flash drive, the extra sabers and costume...I thought it would be worth it. It is not. The flash drive is okay, but really more gimmicky than anything else. It's shaped like Starkiller, you can see the pictures. All it really has on it is a Flash backdrop and 5 or 6 pictures in various sizes. According to the box there's a full game script as well, but I was unable to find it.

The lightsaber was not worth it to me, especially since I pre-ordered from Gamestop. The Gamestop lightsaber powers up all attacks, the Collector's Edition only powers up lightsaber attacks. From what I inferred not even by that much, but then again there's no real objective way to tell. The costume is also pretty mediocre. Again, the Gamestop preorder is the winner, the Maulkiller costume looks very cool. Finally, the Collector's Edition comes with three extra challenges. They're mediocre. About as much fun as any of the other challenges, but really nothing too special or something that you "need" to have. Of course, the comparison of the costumes and lightsabers is pretty useless to anyone who didn't preorder, but honestly, all in all, keep your $15-$20 and just get the normal edition. The game comes in a plastic case which houses the metal case and the flash drive. The metal case itself is a little cheap. Seems to me like it would scratch or dent easily.

I would give the Collector's Edition extras two stars at best. There simply isn't enough there to justify the extra money spent. I honestly felt a little...well I wouldn't exactly say cheated, but I certainly feel that I didn't get my money's worth with respect to the extras. I would just put that $15 to $20 aside and investigate the DLC when it's released.

So yeah. I hope that was helpful! Avoid the mistake I made, I somewhat doubt the Collector's Edition will be in short supply any time soon.

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars FU2 Lucasarts, November 1, 2010

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Dougout78 - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Collector's Edition (Video Game)

What can I say... The sequel is never as good as the original, right?

If you own the first Force Unleashed, then you've played this game before but with a better story, and more in-depth gameplay.

There's maybe 5 hours of story play, less if you skip the cutscenes and the story is very unsatisfying with more than a few holes in it. They promised we'd find out whether or not we're playing a clone and by the end you're still not sure.

Yes, the cutscenes look better this time around, but it's not surprising that CG Movies would improve in the newer game. What is surprising is that the gameplay looks exactly the same as the first game.

You do get all combos accessible from the start. Though, most of the combos are identical to FU, the only difference being the second saber. Instead of a Lightning Shield, you get Mind Trick, so instead of taking less damage and dealing more damage, you get a weak enemy to battle with you for 3 seconds. No more character ability upgrading, experience points are now only used to upgrade force abilities. It is cool that you can mix and match saber crystals to augment different aspects of your character, similar to the what power crystals did in the first game, but I like when both sabers look the same regardless of their ability.

If you remember having problems with targeting and button response in FU, you'll be dismayed to find that no improvements have been made with the technical problems. You'll still find yourself turning around to stare at the screen instead of battling the enemy in front of you. There will be times when you're asked to hold a trigger button and press X repeatedly and you just start jumping repeadetly instead of raising a door, or blowing through a force field. From time to time, enemies won't take damage when expected to, assuming you can target them at all.

For most of the people who bought the Collector's Edition, the Mimobot USB doesn't work. Autoplay doesn't always recognize the drive correctly, and the embedded website doesn't work. The page loads, complains that you don't have flash player or javascript enabled, and after you allow blocked content (javascript) it just goes to a blank black page with no content. Lucasarts has not yet responded to the many forum posts and emails they've recieved about this issue.

If you bought the CE on the first day at midnight, you were disappointed when you got home and found that your Pre-Order codes worked, but the CE codes did not. Lucasarts finally made them available around 9pm eastern, unless you kept trying the code throughout the day and got locked out until the next day.

There is no Multi-Player unless you own the WII edition.

All in all, if you want the game, wait for it to be cheap. And don't expect a third installment. The current Lucasarts President, Paul Meegan, cancelled it during production because he doesn't feel Lucasarts should outsource any more projects. He also has been letting go of Lucasarts programming staff either by firing them or by making them walk out, so don't expect any more quality lucasarts games for a while.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Huge Dissappointment, December 12, 2010

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HJR8581 - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Collector's Edition (Video Game)

I buy Star Wars games for the story. Since no more movies will be made, video games have become one of the best ways for the Star Wars universe to continue. This game had better graphics and gameplay than the first did. But "thats all folks!". The story was non existant. Kotor 1 and 2 showed us that a great game could also have an amazing story. But you wont find it with this game. And after pressing the same attack button over and over you start to get bored quickly. Another thing is Darth Vader is a complete tool in this one. Im really starting to hate the guy. As we learn more about him, it starts to take away from the films. In my opinion he is a selfish murderer who does not deserve to redeem himself simply by throwing the Empreor over a balcony. Anyway dont buy...rent. Cause you will definetely beat this game, even on harderst difficulty, within a few hours. I will never buy another Force Unleashed game.

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