Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for iPhone
CrunchGear has a cool video of the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed running on an iPhone. The first half is just dialog and cinematics from the game, so feel free to jump ahead a bit.
You'll see how the game makes use of the iPhone's touch screen. For instance, different gestures produce different effects (Force power, lightsaber deflect, etc.). I'd like to see how other aspects of the game work as well, like piloting a ship and other battles.
It definitely looks like fun, though constantly having your finger on the screen could get distracting. In any case, the iPhone is certainly becoming quite the little gaming platform.
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CrunchGear has a cool video of the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed running on an iPhone. The first half is just dialog and...
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July 17 2008 at 3:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOkay so the graphics are impressive, but the game itself looks dull.
Forget this Lucasarts, give us Sam and Max or Grim Fandango - surely they would port with ease...
Here's a second for Grim Fandango! Any of the KQ series, or Myst as well.
July 17 2008 at 2:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI'm gonna echo the "Repetitive" comment as well. I do like the idea of finger gestures for fast paste "dueling," but for the game to be fun, I'd expect more than just two gestures. It also seemed to get hectic when fighting multiple people because his finger was always in the way of the screen. How are you supposed to see how to kill Dude #2 when you're already performing a gesture to kill Dude #1?
In response to the gaming pad ad-on, I don't think Apple would ever sanction one. It would completely open up a path (of hardware ad-ons) that Apple is trying to lead away from. It's well known that Jobs hates buttons, and he's not going to allow any more buttons near his beloved iPhone. If a pad were to come along it'd be through the Jailbroken route... It'd be nice if they created a separate Jailbreak SDK for hardware, right?
It does look a bit repetitive, but color me impressed...
July 17 2008 at 11:00 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI was going to ask if I was the only one who thought this looked repetitive and boring as hell, but I guess I am. Where's the fun in watching a guy walk around and then drawing swirlies on the screen over and over (and over) again?
July 17 2008 at 10:25 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHorribly unimaginative. Its the same gesture over and over again. Hardly stimulating gameplay.
July 17 2008 at 10:56 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replythe sad part is if they made a standard iphone controller that could connect via bluetooth to the iphone every gamer would buy one and especially if they made games for the iphone with that controller in mind it would rock hands down, hell even i'd buy one as the games look great, but im not down with motion or touch as a primary gaming input, until that changes it will remain niche in my view
July 17 2008 at 10:15 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyseems a bit repetitive but could be good
July 17 2008 at 10:15 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyForce choke, throw. Force Choke, throw. Force Choke, throw. deflect, deflect, deflect, Force Choke, throw.
July 17 2008 at 11:08 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe control looks horrible.
July 17 2008 at 10:13 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyCould have worked, but just using the force and no duelling! Game design is not for me.
July 17 2008 at 11:04 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySimple, make a controller that you wrap around the iPhone.
That way, it holds the iphone in place so you can use both your hands to control the game.
I gotta say, that's pretty cool.
The force unleased itself looks like an awesome awesome game, but this looks super innovative with the use of the iphone touch screen.
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