What was it Yoda said about trying? Clearly Star Wars fans haven't been listening. The demo of Force Unleashed, the new Star Wars game, is apparently the first to reach 1 million downloads on Xbox 360. Force Unleashed, released next week, is being billed as the "next film", giving fans the chance to find out what happened between episodes 3 and 4.
I picked up a review copy this week and so far so good. It looks great – bar some stilted cut-scene animation – and the lobbing-stormtroopers-through-the-air action hasn't got boring yet. But could that change?
There is a review embargo for the 15th Sept which essentially means no online reviews until the game launches in the US. Clearly this is a marketing exclusivity deal with a mag/major review site or something but Too Human suffered a similar embargo and we know how that turned out. What I've played of Force Unleashed so far is good, if slightly brainless, fun but Star Wars gamers have suffered enough in the last decade – KOTOR and Battlefront apart – so the pressure is definitely on. More on Force Unleashed next week then. Anyone here tried the demo yet?
