Force Unleashed: Official Playstation Magazine…

So, I was out and abou today and decided to pick up the April addition of Playstation: The Official magazine. This was definitely worth the buy and featured a neat little pull out comic which is a exclusive sneak peak at the new Dark Horse comic graphic novel of The Force Unleashed. Written by Rob Smith, the article opens with the headline, “Strap yourself in for canon-shaking revelation as the gloves come off and LucasArts prepares Star Wars: The Force Unleashed”. Kudos to that! We can’t wait.

I’m going to go over some of the key points and some material that we didn’t know in the article. Naturally I won’t be giving out all the information in the article because, well, it’s worth the money and you should go get the magazine for yourselves. This will be a two piece post, the next post will be tomorrow so stay tuned!

Hare some key points about some of the game control:

• “Hitting the jump button while in mid-air does the double-jump, and you can also alter your body direction in the middle of a jump”
• “When using the lightsaber if you button mash quickly you’ll do quick strikes, but if you’re more deliberate you’ll do more damage in the area of effect”
• “Your force meter is drained by using your powers (the more powerful the power, the more it’s depleted), but with evena liver of energy you use any power, even the most powerful, for a final desperation attack”
• “A “pay-off” camera view will follow a flying body or other coll incident if you pull off a spectacular move”
• “Connect with a powerful lightsaber combo and you’ll slug a target into next week”
• “Blocking laser fire with the lightsaber is an automatic defense, but if you press and hold L2 the probability of blocking and reflecting that shot back at the enemy increases”
• “Exploration is encouraged and rewarded by finding holocrons. Sith holocrons grant power-ups (the exact type and format still to be determined), and Jedi holocrons are treasure chests, unlocking new costumes, lightsaber hilts, and lightsaber crystals”
• “A mini-map on the HUD will highlight enemies you know about and also have icons directing you to the next objective. It includes a snapshot of the map taken directly from Zed, the game’s level editor”
• “Connect with a powerful lightsaber combo and you’ll slug a target into next week”

These guys have the release listed for July, 2008! Be sure to check out tomorrows post where i’ll post a few more details on the plot and more on your force powers! There are quite a few new screenshots in the magazine to that i’ve never seen before, but I won’t be posting them, so you’ll have to pick up the magazine for yourselves!

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