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Lucasarts Explain Sucky Star Wars Games

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Once was a day where if you saw the words “Lucasarts” and “Star Wars” on a game box, it’d be an instant purchase. X-Wing, Tie Fighter, Super Star Wars, Dark Forces, Jedi Knight…all solid gold. But then something happened. They started putting out more Star Wars games. And they started to stink up the joint. Sure, a cynic might say that’s because, as the dash for Star Wars cash intensified, quality control standards slipped, but Lucasarts have a different answer. They say that because it’s “such a great licence”, it’s “really easy to get excited about that and not set the bar high enough”. Whatever lets you sleep at night, guys. That quote’s part of an interview with Force Unleashed’s Cameron Suey, who swears that FU won’t suffer the same fate, but then, that’s something we’ve heard more than once from Lucasarts before.

Lack of ambition to blame for previous Star Wars flops, admits LucasArts [Eurogamer] [Image]

Force Unleashed Not Coming To PC, And This Is The Best Excuse Lucasarts Could Come Up With

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:20:00 +0000

Well, PC gamers, it looks like piracy isn’t the only reason developers are cutting back on the number of games they create for the platform. It’s also your expensive, cutting-edge rigs! In trying to explain why Lucasart’s upcoming Force Unleashed wouldn’t be gracing the company’s former home platform, producer Cameron Suey has said:

[If we made the game for high-end PCs], someone with a low-end PC would have a watered down experience, they would have to turn all the settings down and it wouldn’t be the same game. On the other hand if we made that game for as many people as possible then it’s not taking advantage of what those $US 4,000 systems can do.

What a load of rubbish! You’re gonna cut PC gamers out of the loop, Lucasarts, the least you can do is be straight with them. Or at the very least, come up with a better cover story than “we can’t scale the graphics on a PC game”.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Interview [VideoGamer]

Play As Vader, Magic-Strangle Wookies

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:30:00 +0000

The above clip features not only the announcement that Darth Vader will be playable in the opening level of Lucasart’s Force Unleashed, but also word that via the powers of the force you’ll be able to pick a wookie up off the ground and wring his garbling, furry neck. Which should be the clip’s highlight, but no! That honour goes to Force Unleashed’s project lead, Hayden Blackman, who manages to keep the PR team happy by saying that your force powers are “amped up, over the top and in some cases totally out of control” while somehow keeping a straight face. Well done, Hayden.