Re: Discussion - the Expanded Universe
Having finally gotten a chance to play through the PS2 version of The Force Unleashed, I have to say... while it's flawed, it's pretty darn fun, and throwing one Stormtrooper into another never gets old! :D Didn't like how, after beating the game, you couldn't just play whichever mission you wanted to, though - you have to start over again to replay them, in order. Since there were some levels I didn't care much for (both Felucia-stages come to mind here...), that hurt it's ability to be played more than once for me. Also, dissapointing like nothing else, was the scene with the falling Star Destroyer... which in the PS2 version is relegated to a single, short, non-interactive cutscene. Urgh.
Still, despite flaws, it was a fun game, at least as long as you're fighting the 'nonheroic' minions. Bosses tended to be pretty hard to actually hurt, what with being able to block pretty much every kind of attack you've got (throwing stuff at them was my most succesful attack, but that requires time, room, and enough stuff laying about to throw), but at the same time, I only died once while playing the game (in the fight against two Rancors), so I can't call it hard, as much as frustrating to take on the bosses.
...but, despite all that - fun! :D