The Force Unleashed demo coming Thursday to XBLM and PSN

[The Sith]

The Force Unleashed demo coming Thursday to XBLM and PSN

by Griffin McElroy Aug 17th 2008 8:30PM
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action

If the recent cavalcade of video previews for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was enough to whet your appetite for some midichlorian-infused carnage, then we've got great news: LucasArts recently confirmed that they will be following through with their promise to bring a demo for the title to the XBLM and PSN this month -- a playable preview will be downloadablevia the two services starting Thursday, August 21.

The demo takes place during one of the first levels in the game, known as the "TIE Fighter Construction Facility" -- we assume it's the same area featured in the recent batch of previews for the title. It will also contain a training mode which will allow the player to get a firm grasp on the Force Grip power. However, we know the question that's on everyone's mind -- will any of those adorable Ewoks be present? We can only hope.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/17/th...-xblm-and-psn/

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ZOMG I am really excited to try what may finally be another great star wars game!

[One-Shot]

My only concern with this game is the controls. You can do cool thinks with the force but I hope it is not a hassle to do them. Hopefully this demo will ease my mind.

[grcswoosh]

My only concern with this game is the controls. You can do cool thinks with the force but I hope it is not a hassle to do them. Hopefully this demo will ease my mind.

I am slightly concerned about that too. I remember playing Jedi Academy on PC and the controls were so much better than the gamecube (maybe N64) controls since there were so many more buttons. But I think it will be fine.

[radgamer420]

Im really looking forward to playing this demo.

[FdMstng99]

Jedi Academy is one of my most favorite Star Wars game. Hopefully Unleashed wll be a lot better. Can't wait to finally play this.

[THUGGEDOUT]

This is good news to hear, I have Friday off so I am going to put some time into this demo come Thursday night and as others have stated above, hope the controls are not too complex...

[Sparc]

I wonder if this game will be any good.

Guess I'll find out on Thursday

[Carsonal]

I wonder if this game will be any good.

Guess I'll find out on Thursday

Thats if the demo is indicative of what the final product will be like.

[SonyJunkie]

Thats if the demo is indicative of what the final product will be like.

Well they will be giving you more force powers just so you can use them, and the game has to be finished, so I'm pretty sure that it will be the same as the final product. Not 100% sure, but it should be.

[Carsonal]

Well they will be giving you more force powers just so you can use them, and the game has to be finished, so I'm pretty sure that it will be the same as the final product. Not 100% sure, but it should be.

There might be Dinosaurs in the final game.

[ManaBurnX]

I'm looking forward to playing this demo. Right now I have NO plan on getting this game but MAYBE that will all change once I've played the demo. All games should have demos!

[Need0fOne]

Jedi Academy is one of my most favorite Star Wars game. Hopefully Unleashed wll be a lot better. Can't wait to finally play this.

I agree, I liked that entire Jedi Knight series (were there 3 of them? I forget)

The first console attempt, Obi-Wan game (xbox), was disappointing.

I hope they are able to make the controls responsive and fun to use. The demo will be very telling for that.

[One-Shot]

Does anyone know when this will be up on xbl on thursday or when they normally put the demos up?

[vogt_51]

I was hoping it was like midnight US Eastern time.....but not sure.

Anyone know?

[tmacfan4321]

We have 3 minutes, I'll check then.

[One-Shot]

Nothing yet, I am thinking it will be up either 1 am est or 3 am est.

[Stripes]

It's midnight central time here now. Anybody got anything?

[krazey2k]

Demo on Marketplace now..!

[Sparc]

Yup. I'm downloading it now.

[FdMstng99]

Yup. I'm downloading it now.

Sparc can you let us know how the demo is?

[THUGGEDOUT]

Yup. I'm downloading it now.

Please give us your thoughts on the game demo, I'm stuck at work for the next six hours....

[Anbu_Evolution]

Please post impressions of the demo because I can't download it as well. ARGGHHH this is driving me nuts. I've been very excited for this game and I'm not even a big Star Wars fan.

[Sparc]

Please post impressions of the demo because I can't download it as well. ARGGHHH this is driving me nuts. I've been very excited for this game and I'm not even a big Star Wars fan.

Yeah I did check the EU and US PSN's but it isn't up there yet. I think it will be later today though.

I will post impressions of course

[Bhindi_Bhajji]

How large is the download?

I'm having a long lunch today, before I drive off to Wales. I'm hoping to get it downloaded during that time!

[krazey2k]

^^ 900+
By the way this demo is well short finished it already hardest difficulty that the demo can go upto..!
I will post my full impressions later