April 9, 2008
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Ethanos Comment 1 yay! done it again little bro woo!
DARK LORD GRIEVOUS Comment 2 OH....MY....GOD!!!!!!
Thats is just so friggin killer!!!! I wanna get a WII, because it seems like the WII version will be the best cosidering your character is doing what your doing..litteraly! 
JediJef Comment 3 Eh, I have to call marketing bullshit on that one. The extent of the differences appears to be a couple of tacked on levels, and for the PS2, PSP, DS, and Wii, simplified control schemes and five year old graphics.
I'll still check it out, but that video smacks of salesman gloss, and very little information of substance. 
DarthDan Comment 4 Actually, the video shows that each game has completely different modes of play.
JediJef Comment 5 Define 'modes of play.' Looks to me like you're hacking and slashing, regardless of platform. Different locales doesn't equal different modes of play.
CAndyman Comment 6 What it looks like tto me is different authors pen-ing the same story, so there will be a difference in perspective or interpretation from one console to the next, and some different bells and whistles but basically the same game.
I think the point of the differences seems to be to capitalize on the individual console's strengths, which is a good concept, we'll see how well they carry it out. I'm still optimistic, I am pretty sure I'll have fun playing it no matter what.
DarthDan Comment 7 Yeah, listening to the developers and Blackman market up their game with buzzwords was not was I was talking about. I was excited about what they were actually showing in each of the games. On the Wii, you can use the Wii-mote to wield your lightsaber and the nunchuk to cast force powers (this we already knew). The Wii version also has Arena mode (pictured above), which looks like a versus mode with 27 different characters from across the Star Wars timeline. (Seeing the ANH Award Ceremony Gold Jacket Luke put his lightsaber into guard position when they were mentioning that mode was pretty fricking shwoo-tastic to me.) The PS2 version includes the additional story arc where you visit the ruined Jedi Temple and participate in the Jedi Trials, with the cool dialogue from the Pau'an Sith saying, "A thousand Jedi died cursing Darth Desolous," apparently as you fight him. The PSP version has five Historic Missions that let you replay five epic moments from the six films, which apparently include Bespin and the Geonosian Arena survivor's circle. The DS version has the touchscreen interface combo system that allows you to chain attacks together. Spiffy stuff to me.
CAndyman Comment 8 QUOTE(DarthDan @ April 9 2008, 10:28 PM) Yeah, listening to the developers and Blackman market up their game with buzzwords was not was I was talking about. I was excited about what they were actually showing in each of the games. On the Wii, you can use the Wii-mote to wield your lightsaber and the nunchuk to cast force powers (this we already knew). The Wii version also has Arena mode (pictured above), which looks like a versus mode with 27 different characters from across the Star Wars timeline. (Seeing the ANH Award Ceremony Gold Jacket Luke put his lightsaber into guard position when they were mentioning that mode was pretty fricking shwoo-tastic to me.) The PS2 version includes the additional story arc where you visit the ruined Jedi Temple and participate in the Jedi Trials, with the cool dialogue from the Pau'an Sith saying, "A thousand Jedi died cursing Darth Desolous," apparently as you fight him. The PSP version has five Historic Missions that let you replay five epic moments from the six films, which apparently include Bespin and the Geonosian Arena survivor's circle. The DS version has the touchscreen interface combo system that allows you to chain attacks together. Spiffy stuff to me. I agree, I look forward to playing a couple of different versions, particularly the XBOX360 and the Wii (who named that thing the Wii anyway, it sounds like a kid name for private-parts LOL) but I bet the Wii version will be very cool and unique and the XBOX360 will be grahically most impressive. 
Darth Agnon Comment 9 360 for me. Unless I get a PS3 by then. Which I might since I have AN EXTRA 6 MONTHS TO WAIT FOR IT!!!!
DarthDan Comment 10 I'll be checking out three versions of the game: the Wii and PS2 (which I already have), and I plan on getting an XBOX360 this summer, more than likely saving the (graphically) best for last.
JediJef Comment 11 I'll get the 360 first, then the Wii version. After that, I'll probably rent the PS2 if the differences actually are more than cosmetic. Same with the DS and PSP versions. The PS2 and portable versions really strike me as a money grab, particularly since the game's marketing has done an about face from being 'next-gen Star Wars' to 'Star Wars on every console that might be in someone's closet dating back to the Atari 2600.' Its kind of telling that they've actually spent time and money designing a version of the game for a seven year old system. Greed can be a powerful ally, indeed.
I didn't think the PS2 temple level was a separate storyline, simply because it doesn't make any kind of story sense. How can he be going through the Jedi trials if the temple is in ruins and there are no more Jedi? Is Vader putting him through some Sith version of the trials, all the while keeping it a secret from Palpatine? Is he flow-walking back to some period where the Sith are in abundance? I don't see how they could come up with a separate story that incorporates those elements, which is why I'm betting its an add-on level or two, kind of like the Wii arena. Although, given Blackman's involvement, any kind of story retardation is possible. In regard to the DS attack chaining, I'm skeptical that that can be referred to as a feature, because I guarantee you that you can chain attacks via button presses in every other iteration of the game. The only thing different about the DS is that you use the stylus and it 'features' Super Nintendo graphics. You can use the stylus in Lethal Alliance as well, and its really much ado about nothing. Aside from puzzle games and the occasional innovative use of the peripheral by games like Zelda Phantom Hourglass, its little more than a gimmick (though I wouldn't put it past Lucasarts to totally rip off the Zelda scheme for TFU DS). At the end of the day, it really chaps my ass that they're releasing five iterations of this game. I can stomach adding in some differentiation for the three next-gen consoles, particularly the Wii, but the rest is just marketing replacing innovation. I'm sorry, this is a bit much, and they'll be lucky to get $120.00 from me, let alone $310.00.
CAndyman Comment 12 QUOTE(JediJef @ April 10 2008, 07:45 AM) At the end of the day, it really chaps my ass that they're releasing five iterations of this game. I can stomach adding in some differentiation for the three next-gen consoles, particularly the Wii, but the rest is just marketing replacing innovation. I'm sorry, this is a bit much, and they'll be lucky to get $120.00 from me, let alone $310.00. I hear you there, there is a fine line between creating a multi-faceted juggernaut, and milking a license. I'm hoping for the former but we will see.
Darth Agnon Comment 13 I might get the PS2 version after hearing your reviews on it, but I don't really much care about the minor differences enough to buy all the different platforms. I just want a new Star Wars game damn it!!
LuvtheDarkSide Comment 14 it looks like Mortal Kombat!
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