IGN Unleashed… Playstation 3 Hands On Exclusive!…

Yesterday’s post mentioned that IGN.com would be posting a week straight of hands on exclusives with all the consoles featuring The Force Unleashed! Yesterday was the PSP and today is the Playstation 3.

I have to admit, i’m pretty impressed with what they have done to bring a great experience to the PSP, but after watching the video of the Playstation 3, it almost blew my mind. The gameplay for the Playstation 3 looks absolutely fabulous!! I’m definitely going to have to get out and pick up a PS3 or a 360, just so I can drool over the stunning graphics and gameplay!

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“From the start, it’s immediately evident that the control setup is put together in a way that allows you work with both your lightsaber and Force powers in a very smooth and cohesive manner. Two face buttons work your saber with quick and heavy attacks, while another unleashes a Force push, which is an incredibly effective way of finishing off a lightsaber combo. The right trigger makes use of the Force grab (releasing it then uses Force push), while the left trigger acts as a modifier for Force powers. For example, holding the left trigger while enacting a Force push will unleash an area push, shoving everything around you away from you, while using the left trigger with a lightsaber attack button will perform a lightsaber throw”

“Running (or, that is, walking) around Kashyyyk and killing everyone in sight gives you a good glimpse at the euphoria and DMM technology in the game. Throwing a Wookiee into a large tree will crack and splinter it, with successive tosses of hapless furballs eventually break the mass free from its roots and topple it over, which takes out anything that happens to be below it. Boxes, barricades and other bits of cover can be Force grabbed or pushed and tossed out of the way”

“The fight against Kota is fairly awesome in that you start out fighting in what looks like a cross between a control room and an observatory that overlooks the planet below. There are windows running on the outside of the room and on the ceiling, with a handful of platforms in the room. After fighting for a bit, Kota steps back and acknowledges that you’re more powerful than he expected but that you won’t catch him. He then proceeds to use the Force to dislodge the entire room from the factory, sending it hurling into the planet’s atmosphere upside down. You’re now fighting on what was the roof and can see the planet rushing up to you below. As you begin to enter the planet’s atmosphere, the floor begins to heat up and melt, and you’re forced to take higher ground to finish the fight. Were this scene in one of the prequels, it almost certainly would have been the highlight of the three films.”

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