Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (2010)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II is a 2010 role-playing (rpg) video game made by LucasArts.
Starkiller is back, or someone wearing his face is, and either way he can throw stormtroopers around like leaves. The Force Unleashed II picks up after the first game's secret-apprentice story, handing you two lightsabers and Force powers cranked past anything the films allow. Lightning, telekinesis, mind tricks, all of it aimed at cutting a path off the cloning world of Kamino and back into the galaxy's fight. It is shorter and flashier than its predecessor, built around spectacle and combos more than restraint. For players who wanted to feel like the most dangerous being in the galaxy, it obliges.
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What is Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II about?
Starkiller is back, or someone wearing his face is, and either way he can throw stormtroopers around like leaves. The Force Unleashed II picks up after the first game's secret-apprentice story, handing you two lightsabers and Force powers cranked past anything the films allow. Lightning, telekinesis, mind tricks, all of it aimed at cutting a path off the cloning world of Kamino and back into the galaxy's fight. It is shorter and flashier than its predecessor, built around spectacle and combos more than restraint. For players who wanted to feel like the most dangerous being in the galaxy, it obliges.
When was Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II released?
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II was released on 26 October 2010.
Who made Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II?
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II was made by LucasArts.
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A few thoughts on Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
The films remain the richer version of this fall-and-rise saga. The Empire Strikes Back carries the same Vader-shadowed weight the game reaches for, and Return of the Jedi resolves the pull between the dark and light sides it keeps circling. Bigger stakes, quieter power.
Original-trilogy Star Wars to revisit
The Force Unleashed II fills a gap in Star Wars canon, its secret apprentice brushing up against the war the films fight. Go to the source: The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi remain the saga's peak, while the Knight Errant comics and other Star Wars novels roam the wider galaxy the games love to expand.
Power-fantasy action games where you feel unstoppable
Force Unleashed II hands you two lightsabers and Force powers cranked past anything in the movies, built for spectacle and combos. These deliver the same feel-mighty rush: God of War's godly brawls, Batman's effortless takedowns, Mass Effect's biotic firefights. Play them when you want to feel overpowered and cut a flashy path through everything.
Big single-player epics to sink into
Short and flashy, Force Unleashed II is a spectacle sprint. When you want the opposite, a huge story to live inside, these are the marquee single-player worlds: the Witcher's monster-hunting sprawl, Skyrim's open north, Red Dead's frontier, Mass Effect's galaxy of choices. Trade the two-hour thrill ride for something you can disappear into.