Everything GREAT About Star Wars The Force Unleashed!
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The fact that they just used Sam Witwer's face for Starkiller's character model is SO cool.
one of the earliest games i can think of use this idea that VAs could also just **be** the character. quite honestly it could have been the spearhead for that entire concept
Also the fact that this dude was so good that he even voiced Darth Maul.
@@Comicbroe405 and palpatine
@@Comicbroe405 mans an true fan of the series
You think that's cool? How he got the part, in front of George Lucas, was that in a meditation scene, he gritted his teeth and grunted and it was difficult for him. When the director asked him why, in all the takes, he did the meditation the same, his response: "Because Vader wouldn't show his apprentice any peace and how to meditate, so it's a struggle for him. He was trained in the dark side, so 'peace' is a foreign concept to him." Shocked everyone, landed the part. NERDING OUT got him the part of Starkiller. 🤯
5:53 Fun fact: The Force Unleashed came out in 2008, the same year the Clone Wars movie came out and the series premiered.
One featured a new apprentice for Darth Vader, the other a new padawan for Anakin Skywalker.
And both held their lightsabers in a reverse position.
And as far as I remember, this was pure coincidence, according to the devs.
Holy crap, wow
That would be a hell of a coincidence
Favorite Star Wars game ever
I remember once making a joke about Anakin's teaching method since both his 2 main apprentices hold their lightsabers in the reverse position
it was more or less. Sam Wittwer during a TFU playthrough together with a dev said that CW was top-secret at the time and they didnt knew anything story-like from CW and it was more the fun side project
I also LOVE that Sam Witwer plays the Emperor’s voice as well.
He did Darth Mauls voice too
holy shit i never knew that, he's got great range
He also was in "Days Gone"
@@joefloggg3257 he was? Which character?
@@an-animal-lover Deacon St John
The idea of Vader ironically creating the rebellion through starkiller was incredible. Galen, Juno, Kota and proxy are such a good crew. I miss them so much :(
I still remember the hype building up to this game, especially all of the content they put out about the game's physics engine for destruction. Destructible environments are pretty standard now but the concept was just starting to really get its feet under it at the time.
In the past when I've talked to people about this game, I point out that it accomplished everything it set out to do: develop and demonstrate the technology for destruction physics, as well as the technology for performance capture, expand the limits of what the Force is capable of, and tell an interesting story between Episode 3 and 4. That doesn't make it perfect, but it does make it a success, in my opinion.
Nah this is even better bro. There are only like three or four games where you can grab an enemy and just do as you please with them.
Half-life series
The best part of this game. Is just playing with the enemies. I wish their AI had more personality.
If you force grip a storm trooper. They freak out, and wiggle. You can even slowly rotate and spin them. And unlike other physics engines, they’ll grab he’ll they’ll grab other troopers and hang onto them. Sometimes they randomly fire ooff their blaster. Very few games give you such good enemy interactions. But none pay so much attention to detail to a floating rag doll.
I wish this was still cannon, but as a dramatic retelling, that way star killer was never so powerful. I like this origin for the rebellion best, and it makes a whole lot more sense than five people in a single ship, taking down the empire on a regular basis (rebels) there’s a reason the troopers can’t beat this dude.
And finally the sheer variety and competency of the enemies is tight. Everyone jokes on storm troopers for being bad shots, but storm troopers will hit you unless you dash, jump around. Or block regularly.
Then officers are just as weak but more accurate.
Then finally, my boys, the scout troopers. The most competent troopers in the ot to the point they back hand Harrison ford as Han Solo. The empire’s elite snipers. They are extremely hard to break their laser lock, able to track you everywhere through every action, except your dash, and even then, they Re lock you as a target in about 5 seconds. Faster even. None of that pathetic “bad equipment, foodder, or 80’s bad guy aim.”
I think the saddest part is how many of the trooper designs don’t carry over, and get replaced by absolutely terrible trooper armor.
The jump troopers, float and hit you with a repeating carbine. Abs are highly nimble, they look industrial, tough like an elite and hardened storm trooper corp ready to ambush their enemies form above. Then the goof ass rebels version that EA and dice used.
The storm Commandos are the peak, absolute peak of trooper design. My only complaint would be x they need to change the colors for different storm trooper units. Especially compared to how they only get pilgrims later.
Then evo troopers. Perfect. Good for all environments, should be an exiditionaty force. Made even cooler by their super rare, shadow evo variant. Much better than trooper with, breathing appratus.
Shadow guard need more love, and riot troopers form 2.
Disney wants to do very little with its troopers or strap away from the iconic skull for more angular and sleek designs.
Also GWs! You didn’t talk about the sheer encounter variety, trooper combinations. And the sheer variety and intensity some of the area s have!
@@saisundernarous9137 When i owned this game on console as a wee 6-7 year old i would pretty much just torture storm troopers with the force by throwing them into their buddies, or holding them in front of flying tie fighters. My favorite activity was getting them to hold onto ledges and then cutting them down when they hung there. Typing this out makes me realise kid me was an utter psycho and should not be trusted with force powers.
Not even in game physics were cool tho. I played it on the wii and I remember having so much fun using the wii remote as a lightsaber. I know there's a remaster for the switch so I'm hoping it's the same controls.
I was there when it came out in 2008. I watched all of the videos on how they built the physics for the in game.
Sam's final scream in this is probably one of the best guttural screams I've heard in anything. Just the final, resilient "No" is just perfect way to end Galen's final act of rebellion (until Force Unleashed 2).
I feel like The Force Unleashed 2 shouldn't have happened at the end of the day. Not only did it end of a cliffhanger and get promptly cancelled but it took away the impact of the first. Despite my love for the first, I don't recognize the second installment.
3:09 always loved this shot. The disproportionate size of Vader’s saber to Galen’s body, and that look of intrigue from Vader.
I love how Vaders mask shows more emotion than any of the cgi cast of lion king😭
@@vibeyjoint8345 While I agree with your statement, to be fair. Vader's mask is actually humanoid and is an a constant state of expression, that can be altered to an extent judging by his movements.
Whereas with the Live-Action Lion King, they just literally recreated real animals that are incapable of showing expression 😂
I would love to see a remaster of this at some point, maybe even a remake refitted for canon! One of my favorite parts of this game (at least in the Ultimate Sith Edition) was the dark side ending where Starkiller takes Vader’s place as Palpatine’s new apprentice.
Best i can do is switch port
This was the ending i took when i first played this game and damn was it satisfying to easily kill a beaten vader that i had to try and beat like 3 or 4 times in the first phase, also sith stalker outfit is great both general and hoth variants (tusken looks cool but not as much)
The ultimate Sith edition was for the game with the Sith Starkiller dlc included. The ending was in both.
battlefront?
@@charliedore138 Easily? You beat him easily? I had to look up how to cheat him, cause you can't jump.
This game is one of the earliest forms of Star Wars media that really got me invested into the world. ROTS, Lego, and TFU. Galen deserves his spot in canon, even if he is nerfed to fit the story. The small story detail that it was Vader - or Anakin - that was the kickstarter for the Rebellion just makes me nerdgasm.
THIS.
Even then, he was not that overpowered compared to other force wielders in the EU. Palpatine could create force storms. A jedi I forgot the name of threw a star destroyer out of orbit from a planet. Yoda slammed ships together and crushed entire armies in the CW 2003. Anakin in an EU CW novel held back a theta storm, which if I remember correctly was a planet level disaaster for quite some time, and obi wan believed that yoda could not accomplish this
@@lapplandkun9273 Yeah. Cant forget about how Revan could literally turn people into dust by using force lighting and splitting his consciousness into two sides of the force after being captive for 300 years. Even so, characters in canon are so dumbed down compared to their EU counterparts. There's no reason they can't do it with Revan, Starkiller, or even Kyle Katarn
And he does fit with the Inquisitors :)
@@darthsaruman9697 also Bastila could literally mind trick thousands of people in a solar system wide area.
Sam Witwer’s voice acting in The Force Unleashed games (and every other Star Wars property he’s in) will always be legendary. Dude throws everything into those roles, you can tell how much of a fan he is.
5:22 I love how Proxy, when he has nothing else to do, mimics the mannerisms/walk cycles of people around him. I can't remember where it is, if in this scene or later, but he flips his "hair" at the same moment Juno does, and I think that's hilarious.
If I remember correctly, as it came out at the roughly same time as the original Clone Wars movie which introduced Ahsoka, it was actually a coincidence that Ahsoka and Starkiller would hold their lightsabers in the reverse grip style and not a planned parallel. The game was one of the first to pioneer Euphoria AI where characters would dynamically react to their environment (attempting to grab hold of things as Galen force lifts them, or failing that, attempting to rotate them selves in the air to get a shot off at him if held long enough, the recoil of the shot sending them spinning again) and used the Digital Molecular Matter physics engine which made bulkheads crumple when smashed into and dynamic cloth physics (which was still a relatively new thing to games at the time) Both were big parts of the TFU's original marketing campaign as I recall.
Matt Sloan who voices Vader in the game and its sequel was at that time best known as the voice of Darth Vader's less successful brother Chad Vader from the comedy youtube series: Chad Vader Day Shift Manager (and also played his rival Clint) and should get a win in EGA: TFU2 for his performance there, because he absolutely kills it in the role.
George Lucas really wanted this game to be a fun, "dial the Force up to 11" romp and damn do I miss that attitude when it comes to Star Wars games, the EA/Disney era's strict adhesion to only doing established canon things with no: go nuts for the sake of fun gameplay deviations or non-canon dark-side endings to up the replay value has really taken some of the joy from the games they made, even if Fallen Order & Squadrons were both really good in their own rights.
"George Lucas really wanted this game to be a fun, "dial the Force up to 11" romp and damn do I miss that attitude when it comes to Star Wars games". I do too! George had the same dream and aim-for-the-sky ambition for this game as he did his original trilogy and it makes this game feel like real Star Wars.
euphoria engine was also being used in gta 4
I feel like we're in desperate need of a new one, I miss the power fantasy that these games gave me, and as much fun as it is to go back and play these now. I'd love to see what could be with today's technology in the right hands
"I'd love to see what could be done with today's technology in the right hands" Oh, it would be glorious
"As long as you're angry enough, you can survive anything." Hmm, seems like SOME things have been part of the story longer than people want to believe...
Yep
Shhhh. The Star Wars "fans" will hear you calling out their BS logic.
The fact you think citing fucking TFU as a valid argument to defend something as hilariously satire-level as Kenobi is actually going to TEH PAWNZ TEH HATERRZZZ!!! is....simply beyond words. How the fuck do you function? How do you remember to breath?
@@sirmalkolm Its not cannon....also, the newer media is mostly poorly written and low effort.
Looks like Qui Gon should've just been more angry
I love this game. The gameplay's fantastic. The story, while not being the greatest, is still pretty unique amongst other Star Wars games.
My true problem with it is how people react to the game, and Galen himself. It just ticks me off because there are quite a few sources that often disapprove what they're saying about him being overpowered. In the grand scheme of things he isn't.
Edit: okay, he is OP, just not as much as everyone seems to believe.
I’d love to hear your argument for why he’s not OP. I think he is, a little bit, but don’t mind too much because I get it’s a game about being OP, and it doesn’t affect the rest of the universe too much.
He’s definitely pretty overpowered imo. Just because he’s not literally the most powerful person in Legends doesn’t mean he can’t be OP. He beats Vader for christ sake
Okay let me rephrase that. He's not as OP as everyone says he is.
1. He spent more than a decade training under Vader, who was 80% as powerful as Sidious. His entire life, he was training to overthrow Sidious. He'd have an idea how each of them fought.
2. Vader's main weakness is electric overload, which is probably the reason why he didn't immediately murder Sidious following Padme's death. And Starkiller was very skilled at it. The speed and agility advantage probably helped too.
3. The Star Destroyer scene isn't as broken as everyone seems to think it is. Starkiller didn't pull it down, he redirected it as it was falling. And the novelization stresses that it required all his power to accomplish this incredible deed.
@@tommyscott8511 In the grand scheme of things yes Galen and by proxy starkiller are forces of nature in combat. But as a byproduct all of them such at basic jedi and sith things that don’t involve killing people. He fails to meditate, he can’t really predict the future, he struggles to connect with others through the force, so on. Galen/Starkiller is a weapon. He’s been trained since he was young to be that and only that.
Another thing is he can’t really open himself to the force. The strength we see is his alone, but any time he needs more strength he can’t just tap into the force for more because his connection to it is so brute force.
@@cryamistellimek9184 That’s a fascinating examination, and expresses something I’ve struggled to before.
Ever since I was a kid, my parents never let me play M rated games but finally when I was in 8th grade or a freshman I think. I convinced my mom to get me the force unleashed as it was T rated, best decision ever made. One of the most over the top Star Wars games ever, made to just be fun.
What boring backwards parents lol
I've never played the PS2 or PSP version of this game, as I only had the Wii for most of my childhood, but the game play was still very similar. Sadly, I never knew that Galen could rip a Star Destroyer out of the atmosphere but still. This game meant so much to me when I was young, and now I just want to play it again and again. The nostalgia from this is just great.
Wii version had the jedi temple which was dlc on the psp version
PSP has arena, survival and movie duel modes on top of the main campaign. These modes are not present in any other version
@@blondon1368 Played the PSP version as well, it really was packed, it gave your powered-up Starkiller a lot more to do at the end. Probably a worthy trade for the poor recreation of some of the cutscenes.
I think the Jedi Temple DLC also ties into the story pretty well since SPOILER ALERT : he gets a final lesson from his dead father and at the end has to fight his dark side version, or what he will become if we take the dark side ending, with a very nice ending where he is told by that dark side version that he'll never escape him, which is the game reminding us that the darkness will always be with us, but it's ultimately our decision whether we surrender to it or continue to fight it.
The temple DLC happens after the level on Kashyyyk where he finds his father's house. He goes to the temple to look for more info on him. He ends up passing all the Jedi trials to get to the great holocron so Starkiller by the end is an actual Jedi. In the PS2/Wii/Switch version, Vader sends you to the temple a couple times between the earlier levels to train and you go to a different part of the temple each time to complete a trial.
I love the fact that any conversation between Palpatine and Starkiller is Sam talking to himself as played both characters. Still the game has its epic moments
It's just my absolute favorite thing when two or more characters voiced by the same person interact with each other
I was just playing this the other day one of the best Star Wars game ever a CLASSIC
This is up there with some of my favorite Star Wars games honestly. It just has a special place in my nostalgic heart and Sam Witwer is a seriously underrated actor. I would love if we got Starkiller back in canon as an inquisitor or something. Obviously not to the same power level but a nice nod.
LOVE this game! Story: Great, Gameplay: Great, Acting: Great, and you can tell the developers put a lot of love and care into the game.
13:47 - Actually, when this came out, bleeding crystals wasn't a thing yet. Sith made sythetic red crystals themselves, rather than corrupting an existing crystal. There were also extremely rare naturally occurring red crystals - for example, prior to Maul revealing himself in _The Phantom Menace,_ Adi Galia had a red lightsaber using a natural red crystal, which she swapped out for a blue crystal to distinguish herself from the Sith once the Sith had made themselves known again. So it's entirely possible that Maris Brood made or found red crystals for her guard shotos, or, since we never see her ignite her sabers before her 'fall', it's possible she had red blades all along.
All of this has now been unfortunately wiped away with Disney's explanation for how crystal colors work.
IMO canon way crystals work make it much more cooler and personal. Even spiritual.
I've always preferred prepare the new cannons way to have the sith corrupting the crystal because it's more personal that way that is. Well that's just my opinion of course
@@MardukeTheRaven That's totally fine. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and I can't fault you at all for liking the canon version.
The reason I HATE the new canon way color crystals work is because my first exposure to color crystals really came from _Knights of the Old Republic,_ which, along with its sequel, are not only my favorite Star Wars games ever made, but, in my opinion, the best Star Wars stories ever told. When Disney took over, they rendered that story that I love so much non-canon, and ripping away the way crystal worked, the ability to choose my saber's color was ripped from me as well. It just felt like Disney was taking everything, not just the big things, but even the tiny details.
And that's the other part of it - sure, it's definitely more 'spiritual' to have the crystal attune to you through the Force, but I liked have the freedom to choose my own color, to change it if I found a rare color crystal that I liked more. With the new canon, you're stuck with a color that you don't even get to choose in the first place.
@@SerathDarklands Well, the more you change, the more your crystal changes with you. Some Jedi during Clone Wars had their sabers colors changed, notably Ahsoka and Agen Kollar but I get it that some people want to have that feeling of choice.
Also, a civilised discussion about Star Wars. Didn't think I would ever again get into one!
@@SerathDarklands I looked into the EU to see if Disney got "inspiration" from it when it comes to bleeding and purifying crystals and I'll be damned, they definitely did. At least in the purifying case. Jaden Korr purged the dark side from the lightsaber crystal of a Dark Jedi he killed, imbued it with a constant stream of light side energy and it eventually transformed into a yellow crystal after the process was complete.
The Force Unleashed is one of my favorite Star Wars games and I would love a remake or to have some elements from it in other games like the upcoming Jedi Survivor.
I really like your videos. One of my favourite parts of this game is that there were 2 endings depending on which final boss you chose to fight. You could get the Jedi ending sacrificing yourself to save your friends or the sith ending pursuing revenge and killing Vader. Also each ending had a different cut scene and unlocked a different outfit
I love replaying older games for the nostalgia. As you said, yeah the games might be a bit dated, but I enjoy replaying some of them on occasion. You actually got me to reinstall Force Unleashed with this video.
Granted I now have the PC version as opposed to when I first played it on the Wii, but still.
I would love to see Gamingwins cover the Dark side ending voice and its dlc missions along with the jedi temple mission.
I had this game on the Wii, and it was soooo much fun, especially with the motion controls for the Force and lightsaber combat. Kinda like VR before VR was a thing
The wii version is great
i have this on the DS and man it's a completely different game than the console versions
One thing I noticed listening to Galen is there are a few moments you hear Witwers Maul voice coming through Galen . It especially came through when he screams or when he said “what is your bidding, my master”. You gotta be listening for it but you can definitely tell they’re voiced by the same person
I remember seeing Rey pulling down the first order drop ship in Rise of Skywalker and getting flashbacks to this game. I hope we see her do more crazy stuff in the future.
These two games are still some of my favorites. I would kill for remakes or a third game now that they're doing non-canon stuff now too. Not gonna lie, Shaak Ti had me swooning in this game
I had this game on the DS, and I probably played through it dozens of times when I was younger, super fun game!
The reason I buy the romance and love subplot between juno and star killer is because they both were outcasts and betrayed and ended up saving eachother and influencing and helping the other and give them slack since the sequel material really tried to make it a main focus.
Absolutely love this game. Played the Wii and Ps2 version (technically same game) and bought the PS3 version during quarantine. Absolute Masterpiece!
I know the answer is probably no, but is there any way to get lucky and obtain a ps2/ps2 games these days?
@@an-animal-lover I dunno. Look up your local retro stores if you can.
Too many people online say “vIeW eBaY”. But the online retro market is both insecure to buy games in and you might see yourself paying a premium when trying to guarantee a quality purchase.
Gotta admit, I wish you winned the small cut scene after Galen is tossed out the window when he “dies”. The emperor just gives Vader a look and stalks off, knowing full well that his plan to get the rebels in the open is underway.
I played this game back in the days when I was a teenager and boy I loved it! The combat was so smooth, the story was - despite not winning any award - nicely done and overall you can really feel everything that is happening - especially the parts where you questioned whether Vader was mourning Galen or not!
I play this game every year around the start of May when I just binge on all the movies again, such a great game to just fly through and mow down some troopers. 10/10 game
05:50 I remember that exchange from the PS2 version. It still amuses me how Galen sounds downright nonchalant when he says it, and Juno’s “excellent” wonderfully conveys her own internal attitude of “I’m screwed…”
Me too. I much prefer the ps2 version I grew up with to the Xbox 360 version
You killed my master years ago!
Vader: do you have any idea how little that narrows it down!?
Whoever’s reading this, I pray that whatever your going through gets better and whatever your struggling with or worrying about is going to be fine and that everyone has a fantastic day! Amen.
Can't believe you didn't win the absolutely AWESOME finish on Proxy Maul. cutting the saber in half and impaling him on the wall with his own saber is just SO FREAKING COOL! also, the vader boss fight is one of my favorites in all of gaming. Seriously, he's tough as hell, and it's no gimmicks, just you vs the scariest fucking asthmatic in the galaxy. if you don't know what you're doing and haven't practiced, he'll RUIN you, especially on harder difficulties. really makes it feel earned. and the way the fight goes from a basic lightsaber fight with some force thrown in and then to a full on force battle with throwing things at each other, so awesome! not to mention if you kill vader in the dark side ending, that finisher is BRUTAL. also the DLC is just fun, even if we are slaughtering and mutilating our favorite star wars characters, it's just great fun. but still fantastic video as always, and I always love these videos, as a huge star wars fan and just a fan of positivity in general, your channel and cinema wins always remind me that there's a really good place for wholesomeness, and praising what's done right, not only tearing things apart for what they (supposedly) did wrong.
I absolutely love this game
I love this game. I've replayed it so many times I've lost count. I even had to buy a new second hand PS3 just to play this game again. And Sam Witwer was the perfect choice to play Starkiller, and his voice acting is top-notch.
This was my first game for my PS3 back in the day. The implementation of the euphoria system was so next-gen to me at the time and is primarily why I still go back to this game today, throwing and pushing stormtroopers around never gets old.
I played this game around the time it came out and heck the game case I have still has the Blockbuster sticker on it just to show how times have changed, but I love this game so much that every now and then I still go back to replay it just cause of how amazing it felt to just abuse the force to the max (especially throwing jawas into the stratosphere)
I played it back in 08 at the young age of 8. Had a blast and man was it awesome !
Definitely would like to see you cover the sequel.
This game came out around the same time I was born so I couldn't play it when it first came out. Six years after it came out I would go over to my cousins house and play the Wii version of TFU2. When I got my Xbox one around the age of seven or eight, TFU was the third game I ended up buying and TFU2 being the fifth game I bought. For years I played these games every time I was bored and I still do as these are some of the most fun games I've played that don't get boring after a few hours. It wasn't until recently that I bought the Dark Side ending DLC for both games and all I have to say is that there should be a follow up video covering the story DLCs as they present a darker time line to the star wars universe and show a Starkiller who has nothing other than the Emperor to hold him back.
i've completed this game too many times to count
I remember loving this game. Even simple stuff like picking up objects and throwing them felt fun. I’m hoping Jedi Survivor at least gives us the power to do fun stuff like that.
Jedi Survivor better give us more things to do with the Force. Maybe it was just this game spoiling me, but using the Force in Fallen Order felt boring at times
One of the (sadly) few *good* Star Wars games. This was certainly a nice blast from the past. Feels like ages since I played it, but was lovely to see it again.
>few good Star Wars games
>Battlefront (classic) 1 and 2
>Republic Commando
>Galactic Battlegrounds
>Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2
>Dark Forces/Jedi Knight saga, all five of them
>Shadows of the Empire
>Episode 1 Racer
>Episode 3 the video game, both console and portable versions
>Lego Star Wars 1, 2 and 3
>Rogue Squadron 1, 2 and 3
>Starfighter and Jedi Starfighter
>X-Wing/TIE Fighter series, all four of them
>Super Star Wars 1, 2 and 3
>The Old Republic
>Galaxies
It should be noted that at the time that the force unleashed released bleeding was not a thing yet that was Disney canon. Back then red crystals were entirely synthetic which means she made 2 crystals which is still impressive.
one of my favorite games of all time, wish we’d get a remake so he can be cannon and change the story just a bit enough to make him realistically fit in the story. Even if hes a little op
Aaand the nostalgia hits. I played that day for hours with my friend and even give it a run nowadays. It was one of my first contacts with star wars at all and I love it. Thanks for the little timetravel
One of the things that I loved about this game is the way the npcs acted. Like when you lifted them up with the force they would grab onto things or allies to try and hold on or when you broke a window and they got sucked out. It was the little details like that which made the game so fun for me. You don't see those as much even now.
Yeah that was pretty cool. I also loved the way materials moved or broke realistically. Wood would splinters and giant mushrooms would wiggle around.
Kazdan Paratus wasn't infusing droids with the Force. Yes, he was using the Force to string together parts and pieces to control them from afar, but that's all they are.
I played this game on the Wii. It was the deluxe version, which actually lacked a lot of things, like the PROXY fight (it was just a regular Shadow Guard), and bring down a Star Destroyer (it was a cutscene). In that version, the combat was tied to the Wii Remote, where it slashed in the same direction as you swung it, and holding it horizontally would block/deflect.
It also came with a toy lightsaber that had two buttons. One just turned it on and off, the other flipped out four "claws", resulting in the saber turning from green to red.
Bonus points for them having Light and Dark costumes depending on your choice at the end. The Sith Stalker and expanded Dark Side ending content is fantastic (if a bit jank).
13:54 I'm fairly certain that wasn't a thing yet. Red crystals were red because they were synthetic, unlike the natural blue and green ones found on Ilum.
This was not only my first Star Wars game, but to me, still holds up as the best Star Wars game ever made. I have a whole heck of a lot of memories of watching my dad play it when I was really little, and then, once I got older, finally getting to play it myself for the first time. Getting to really experience the story after growing up seeing bits and pieces of it. I will say though, to anyone who hasn't played the game or just couldn't have any fun with it somehow, do yourself a favor and PLAY IT ON THE Wii! The Wii version may have dated graphics and is missing a few scenes but this game (specifically the first one) is SO much more fun on the Wii! I'm glad thats how I grew up playing it even if I missed a few things.
Played through the whole game on every difficulty and the hardest difficulty actually required combos and planning for each fight. There was a lot of enemies that you needed to adapt your combos to actually defeat and every boss felt like a struggle. Best highlight though was tombstoning Vader with Starkiller.
I first played Force Unleased on the Wii and I've never felt more like I'm an unstoppable Sith badass then that
PS2 and wii versions of this game just have so much more story to them. Sure, the graphics aren't as good, but the jedi temple storyline, intro at night with 501st, and overall feeling just feels so much more like star wars. The next gens (of the time) felt hollow compared to the other version. I love them both but I still will always support the older gen versions. They were perfection
One thing worth noting about Sam Witwer - he's a major Star Wars nerd, one example being that Galen Marek first meditates he struggles to do so - this was not in the script, Witwer added it becuase as a dark acolyte Starkiller would've never learned how to do it
In legends, Red Crystals were never bleed, but were created synthetically and some were naturally found, but not really used by sith or dark jedi. I just wanted to clear that out of the way. Either way AWESOME video and I love this content.
The thing that blew my mind about TFU1. Is that they literally ended up making 3 distinct TFU1 games. You had the old gen version for Wii And PS2. (Even though the Wii version had special features that PS2 didnt have, namely local multiplayer). Then you had a next gen version for PS3 and X360. And then you had the PSP version.
All 3 of those version followed roughly the same story. Vader's apprentice. But all ended up having their own sort of take on the game and the way the story progressed.
Anyone else believe Maris is an underrated character? I feel she is. She’s got unique abilities in acrobatics and camouflage. She’s a foil to Galen in her dark deeds and all. Anyone else agree?
I played the heck outta this game back in the day. I think it was my first or second star wars game and I loved every minute of it.
It was the first time I ever heard Sam’a voice and since then he’s one of a few people whose voice I recognize instantly. I was watching season 4 of Supergirl and when this mask dude started talking, I literally that Leonardo DiCaprio meme, pointing at the screen “that’s Sam!”
Anyway, this game remains one of my favorites as well as Fallen Order.
Bro it’s like the first time in years that I hear of someone that also played Spartan total warrior, that game deserves more recognition
I’ve played this game on the PS3, Wii, Switch and DS. I’ve loved all of them. This game is definitely in my top 20 favorites of all time.
I played the Force Unleashed so much when I was younger and still pop it in from time to time.
Even Starkiller can't resist the "DEW IT"
I JUST HAD A STROKE, I REMEMBER PLAYING THIS GAME ON MY DS SO FU**ING MUCH WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID IT WAS SO GODDAMN FUN OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS MEMORY BACK TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my uncle got this game for me in 2008 christmas. i was 8 years old and i loved the game even when i had NO CLUE what was going on but hey, it was easy enough to go around wrecking stuff as Vader in the intro
Galen is one of the most powerful characters in Star Wars, so much so that he created at least 1 Force ability - Repulse. It's a combination of Pull and Push in an area around the user to create an unstable mass of Force energy. Anakin and Obi-Wan did the same during their fight on Mustafar in the control room when they both attempted to Push the other away at the same time; the strength of their Force Push attacks compressed the Force energy they were attempting to direct and as they attempted to intensify their Pushes, the compressed Force energy exploded and knocked both of them flying. Galen was strong enough to do that on his own in a sphere around his own body and with enough strength that the resulting shockwave of Force energy could literally disintegrate nearby objects and creatures. His usage of that ability was (as far as I know) unique which leads me to conclude that he created it.
1:10 That "No" sent shivers up my spine. So full of heartache.
I remember renting this game from blockbuster a ton of times (yeah this game is that kind of old)
I absolutely loved it as a kid and still love it to this day
The story and performance is just plain amazing
Although i will always have a sweet spot in my heart for the wii version
It was just so much fun
And had some levels and stuff that don't appear on the other version (versions?)
I know I'm late but I'm shocked you didn't include the "You agreed to stay away ! - I lied" scene
I picked up Spartan Total Warrior completely by chance when I was young, and I fell in love with hack and slash games. That's how I got into God of War games and Later the Force Unleashed games. So epic that I still play them all even to this day on my old a** ps2
When Proxy disguised as Obi-wan attacks Vader you can here a small part of Anakin vs. Obi-wan. (That small part was a reference to the music that plays when Luke and Vader fight in ESB)
"Fear leads to anger and anger leads to hate and hate leads to never letting anyone else talk!"
15:40 I love how you acknowledged that exchange because I noticed that when I first played it and thought it was awesome despite being 11 or 12 at the time of playing it
I forget the actor’s name who voices Starkiller (he was in Being Human, Supergirl S4, and a load of other stuff, and he’s really good), but this is what made me a fan of his.
Man, you said this game is 15 years old and now I just don't wanna be alive anymore, I remember playing this game when it released. Where the hell did the time go.
Important note about bleeding the crystals. That's purely a new canon invention.
For most of the series' history, most red crystals were produced artificially in a crucible while the Sith imbued their negative emotions into them.
Loved everything (I've seen) that Sam Witwer was in (even his stint in Smallville), he absolutely carried Force Unleashed on his shoulders.
I wish Star Wars would actually revisit this character as well as Dash Rendar from the Shadows of the Empire properties and incorporate them in new projects.
Regarding what was said at 13:46,
What maris is using are synthetic red lightsaber crystals, not natural crystals that have been bled. Bled crystals were not added to canon until disney took over which was years after this game came out, so she probably made them during her time with shaak-ti, not being able to find any naturally occurring ones on felucia.
I used to play this as a kid on my ps2 while I never watched a single star wars movie 😂 but I still loved it
I would personally also count it as a win that the star destroyer Galen is on is heading into a sun and none of the escape pods work. You can even hear them say "We're trying the codes, they don't work!" That's how deep Vader's treachery goes. He murderizes an entire star destroyer's worth of people just to erase any hint of Starkiller being alive.
I’ve been saying it for years. Starkiller absolutely NEEDS either his own show, movie, or a rebooted game. Either way, this is a gold mine of lore that can be explored now that Obi-Wan’s show and Jedi: Fallen Order opened the doors for this era in between movies.
Starkiller is easily one of the best and most complex characters in SW history. He is just so badass
I played the PS2 version first actually and I still love it to death.
This game and the original Star Wars Battlefront titles are a big reason why I love Star Wars so much.
It's undoubtedly a classic and I love the second game too.
Played it on 2008 and loved it, I just recently played it again and it keeps being one of my favorite star wars games.
I played the Wii version of the game and loved it as a kid. I recently grabbed the Ultimate Sith Edition for the PS3 and the PSP version. The HD, Wii, and PSP versions are basically completely separate games, but they're all super fun! I'm still miffed that the Force Awakens stole Galen's Starkiller codename for their Death Star replacement.
I think playing retro titles is a cool thing to do for the channel as well. I'd be down with watching more of those videos too.
I kinda wish you had covered the alternate ending as well, I remember discovering it by accident on my second playthrough on the wii and was blown away. I think it's one of the first times I had seen an alternate ending that wasn't Canon in a game
Sam Witwer
Vampire, Zombie Apocalypse survivor with a motorcycle, and most importantly Darth Maul's Voice actor 👌
I beat that game four times on PS3, once on Xbox 360, and three times on Wii. The story was so good I couldn't get enough, and playing on the Wii hinted at a possible glory that nothing until Vader Immortal for Oculus would rekindle, using your hands in a natural way to use the force and a lightsaber.
Think one thing crazy about this game was, Vader was severely gaslit by Palpatine into truly believing he could never overthrow him. It's why Vader resorts to things like this but doesn't ever truly see them as chances to kill Palps. It wasn't until the dude was dead after giving Palps a run for his money that Vader realized "Oh crap I had something here..." and then goes on to try and replicate that, with the only problem being what truly pushed Galen to become that powerful as Vader's constant betrayals pushing him further and further. We start way at the start with Vader just tossing him about, then again when he just overpowers the guy and captures the rebel leaders. I do think that defeating Vader actually fully cleared anything clouding Galen's confidence, as he was likely more afraid of him than Palpatine. Vader needed it to be that way so Galen never thought to betray him, especially since he could use lightning, Vader's kryptonite.
I remember getting the dark side ending on accident in my first playthrough and having my little brain cracked thinking that it was Galen who took over as Vader in the OT. Then I played again and got the light side ending and went "ohhh that makes a lot more sense."
The funny thing is, a few minutes before I found this I was thinking about playing it.