Comments on: Exclusive: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for iPhone

By: agent86

agent86 — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:56:17 +0000

quite interesting, hopefully will try and purchase for my iphone.

By: denverpodder

denverpodder — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:48:37 +0000

I watched the video and all I can say is that I’m disappointed. Basically it is an interactive movie. The character automatically runs from screen to screen and like Resident Evil, the angle changes every few seconds to make you think it’s totally 3d when it’s not. Then, little red instructions appear at the top each bad guy and you follow them in order to throw the characters off of the screen using the force. I hope there is far more to this game than practicing making lines with my finger. It would be a tragedy to waste these graphics, characters, and story lines on a finger exercise game disguised as an action game.

By: Pope

Pope — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:24:25 +0000

I’m.. not really impressed. It’s basically doing the same thing over and over again. It’s cute, but.. nothing jaw dropping or innovative. If they at least changed up the method to force throw people then I might be somewhat interested.

By: White Eagle

White Eagle — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:10:10 +0000

Quite a proof that why touch screen is not enough. Check http://gizmodo.com/381828/microsoft-touchscreens-old-and-busted-force-sensitivity-is-new-hotness

By: Joshua

Joshua — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:29:58 +0000

Okay,
initially this demo looked cool to me. But, I don’t really care for the style of game play. If all you do is draw on the screen like guitar hero or those games, than I think it will get a bit old. I’d be more interested in playing a game where I could control the character’s movements and powers/weapons. If you used the accelerometer to move the character and then had a few buttons at the bottom of the screen that could appear when needed an disappear much like the keyboard function on websites, etc on the iphone, I would be more interested. I think overall the game looks cool, but I think it could be even better, based on the footage I’ve seen!

Best of luck and may the force be with you!

By: Casper

Casper — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:15:13 +0000

I think the idea for the controlling isn’t bad, but from this short video it just seems very tiresome. It’s understandable that a touch screen interface is quite limiting, but if I should have done it, I would have mde it as a first person game, where you used the accelerometer for moving the lightsaber and blocking, while tapping the left, right, top or bottom side of the screen, to make an attack from each of these directions depending on how your opponent was blocking/standing. In reality I’m unsure if this would work better, but to me it would have more potential. Anyway let’s see how the final version ends up ;-)

By: 3G iPhone

3G iPhone — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:02:55 +0000

Wicked! I love Star Wars so this is brilliant.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:05:04 +0000

@winliuxq: Is there a reason why you have copied my whole comment!?

By: Funky Space Monkey

Funky Space Monkey — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:22:56 +0000

omg, this is awesome

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:33:37 +0000

So… an action-based game with very slow action because you have to swipe your finger all over the screen where the action is taking place. I mean, +10 for Star Wars on the iPhone, but -(several points) for a lame-o interface.

It looks more like a demo app than anything else to me.

I wish they would do something where it immerses you in the game instead of stuff that makes it look like you’re swatting at flies on a tiny screen… if you do the motion just right.

By: winliuxq

winliuxq — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:14:20 +0000

Breathtaking. Just Breathtaking. Sold out in Germany! ARGH!

By: Gregory Pierce

Gregory Pierce — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:05:30 +0000

That music sounded VERY 8bit and drab/boring. Heard better tracks on the DS lite. The whole touch screen experience while interesting at first gets really repetitive and stupid pretty quick. Does the guy only have two moves? I really hate to say it given the quality of its fullblown cousin, but this game has “hurry up and get something out” cash-in written all over it.

By: Devin Coldewey

Devin Coldewey — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:11:05 +0000

I was the cameraman and I don’t blame you for criticizing it…. but keep in mind this was in a VERY dark back room, a totally informal and off-the-record meeting. The camera itself was having trouble focusing (it’s a little thing) and of course Peter couldn’t hold the thing steady while tapping and drawing it either. So sorry about that. :D

By: Roger Dickey

Roger Dickey — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:08:26 +0000

OMFG… will it work for the touch too? I’ve been patiently waiting just to play it on the Xbox 360.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:43:49 +0000

I have seen lots of stuff about the iphone and on the Iphone and while I would never in a million years even consider buying one, even I have to admit thats pretty cool, looks like games on phones are about to mopve past tetris and solitaire!

By: greatslack

greatslack — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:50:20 +0000

A good first effort. This bodes well for the future of iPhone gaming.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:34:17 +0000

@Andrew: Its an similar Gameplay like “Zelda” on the DS; the Game is great. So,..i am looking forward to play more stuff like that on the iphone.

(If i could get one until 2011…)

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:31:49 +0000

Breathtaking. Just Breathtaking. Sold out in Germany! ARGH!

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:28:38 +0000

This looks boring as hell. drawing little squiggles on the touch pad? thats not an “ingenious way of using the touchscreen”.
In fact the harry potter game on Nintendo DS requires you to do the same thing to cast spells. and it gets boring after about three times.

By: cameraman!

cameraman! — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:18:24 +0000

I hate to be the guy that yells about the camera all the time, but seriously, I have a hard time watching a video where the camera man keeps focusing and blurring the video, while trying to control his 10 cup per day coffee addiction. Please next time get a tripod, set the gadget down, focus and give it a little effort. This video, while not as bad as some, looks like it was made by a high school kid.