Star Wars The Force Unleashed demo impressions

Wow,today is a great day to have your Xbox 360 connected to the online gaming service Xbox LIVE. LucasArts has gifted us today with a demo to their much anticipated upcoming title "Star Wars The Force Unleashed".

Right from the start you are treated with a cut scene featuring the apprentice (the main playable character) and Darth Vader. This cut scene quickly shows off the game's very high level of graphical detail,with an extreme close up of the apprentice's face showing off the facial expressions. The graphics throughout this demo are top notch,with a high level of reflections on floors and on the storm troopers uniforms,etc. The visuals are going to be one of this title's high marks when the game releases this September.

Now on to the other "stuff" I want to talk about from SWTFU. First of all,physics. The physics in this demo are some of the best around. This game is no doubt going to take "ragdoll" physics to the next level. In the demo you will learn how to control your force powers,like throwing objects with the force. How you do this is you first target who or what you want to pick up. Then press and hold the R trigger,while holding down the R trigger move your left stick around to move the object or person with the force,then release the R trigger to throw them. Once you do this for the first time,you will be hooked. Just playing with this demo's physics alone is fun enough to keep you entertained for quite a while.

Control wise ,the game plays like a "hack n slash" but in the Star Wars universe and flavor. You can execute a force push by pressing the B button,or when you acquire the ability,you can hold down the B button for an extremely powerful force push that can even knock doors out. While enemies are shooting at you,you can hold down the L trigger and this will execute your blocking ability with your lightsaber,which can deflect the blaster fire right back at the enemies. The controls in the demo are overall very easy to get the hang of and becomes a blast to play.

Right from the start you can pick from a selection of different difficulty levels,apprentice,sith warrior,sith lord and a locked difficulty which will be revealed in the full version of the game. You are also given the option to take the force grip tutorial to help you master the different force abilities. I don't want to spoil much more of the demo but at the end of the demo you have to execute a "quick time event" that requires you to hit certain buttons at certain times,and this results in a spectacular scene of destruction of a certain object that you are fighting against.

Going by the demo we definitely need to stay excited about this game's release. It is a blast to play,it looks great,the different abilities you have in the game are varied but are easy and fun to get the hang of. The file size of the demo is not to big either weighing in at just over 900mb at 905.