I played [Star Wars Force Unleashed on Wii] and it was very mediocre. the selling point of the game, the crazy force abilities, were just not really there on Wii/PS2/PSP because they were mainly driven by the Euphoria engine which of course couldn't run on those systems due to them being severely underpowered.
basically this version was just a very forgettable Star Wars game IMO.
it wasn't bad, but there are better ones with similar gameplay
Disagree about the gameplay, as I can just never find a way to enjoy the LucasArts Force Unleashed. Gorgeous, but play control is a mess IMO. Jumping is terribly angular, and the combat mechanics feel kind of like how a game sometimes plays when it uses a first-person shooter engine for swordfighting (sort of like how the Battlefront games are squirrelly and lack a sense of hit-feel.) I didn't even like the feel of the physics in combat, it felt great to rip stuff off the wall but then it felt like I was fighting stormtroopers with cardboard boxes. Krome's game has a much better feel, and the Force abilities are there decently enough (though it's less enjoyable to throw characters around into canned animations of cracked windows and stacks of boxes or whatnot.) It's a better beat-em-up, while the HD version is at its best when it's a physics toybox (but if that's the experience you're looking for, I'd personally recommend Psi-Ops way more than SW:TFU.) The Krome game is the only version of Star Wars The Force Unleashed I would ever recommend somebody play these days if they actually wanted to experience the story, since the visuals and physics are not as exciting anymore (even though, sadly, few games have that sense of smash-everything gameplay anymore.)
Two comparisons:
...That said, it is weird that they're bringing back the lesser-known one, and it'd be impossible to remaster the Krome one in a way that rivals the LucasArts one. Personally, this is the better game, and I'm very happy to see this version get remastered as I figured it'd never be seen again even if somebody like Aspyr relicensed TFU, but still, it's not the version even I expected. There's also elements of the story and presentation in the "real" LucasArts version, and generally better cuts of voice acting and performance, (plus the alt-story missions and coda added to Ultimate Sith Edition) that you won't get in the Krome game. (Also, Aspry hasn't detailed out this version, but the PSP and PS2 and Wii versions all had different bonus stuff in this, so will all of that be merged together, or is this only the Wii version repolished?) My ideal situation would be a master-package release of both games and all the content, or at least a release of both with different subtitles or something denoting the difference.
Calling this release "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed" does feel like a misrepresentation of what gamers would be expecting.
that and Dark Cloud, how can 2 demos stay with me for 20 years? The music and vibrancy, beautiful. Day one on this bundle.
