Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

4 TIPS. QUICK N EASY:

1. USE THE FOCUS CRYSTAL FOR YOUR SECONDARY SABER AT ALL TIMES. YOUR FORCE ENERGY RE-CHARGES INFURIATINGLY SLOW ON UNLEASHED DIFFICULTY, SO THE LESS FORCE POWER YOU USE, THE BETTER.

2. MIND TRICK LEVEL 3 IS A MUST. HIT EVERY ENEMY POSSIBLE WITH THIS ON EVERY STAGE OF THE GAME! IT WILL BUY YOU TIME TO DEAL WITH UN-MIND-TRICKED ENEMIES, AND WILL ELIMINATE WEAKER ENEMIES ALTOGETHER. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE FIGHT WITH VADER AT THE END WILL BE 1000 TIMES EASIER! TRUST ME.

2. A FULLY CHARGED LEVEL 3 SABER THROW WILL KILL ANY AT-ST OR WARDROID IN ONLY 2 THROWS. THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO KILL THEM. ALSO, PARRYING THE ROCKETS SHOT AT YOU BY THE AT-MP'S IS TOO RISKY (YOU'LL LOSE UP TO A WHOLE 3RD OF YOUR LIFE IF YOU SCREW-UP THE TIMING!) - FORCE GRAB THEM INSTEAD, AND SIMPLY THROW EM BACK. :)

3. WHEN FIGHTING VADER, IMMEDIATELY THROW LIGHTNING AT HIM. THIS HE WILL DEFLECT. WHILE HE IS DEFLECTING THE LIGHTNING, DASH AT HIM AND HIT HIM WITH THE 3-HIT X-X-Y COMBO. HE CANNOT BLOCK THIS. THROW LIGHTNING AGAIN. HE WILL DEFLECT. HIT HIM WITH X-X-Y AGAIN. WASH, RINSE, REPEAT. BUT DON'T GET GREEDY! CONTINUE THIS PATTERN, MIND TRICK THE CLONES WHEN NECESSARY, AND YOU WILL CRUISE RIGHT THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE FIGHT. :)

4. WHEN FIGHTING VADER IN THE FINAL SEGMENT, USE THE SAME STRATEGY AS ABOVE - IT WORKS AMAZINGLY WELL! I WAS ABLE TO KICK HIS ASS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES! THROW LIGHTING, X-X-Y, THROW LIGHTING, X-X-Y, ETC. DON'T WORRY ABOUT YOUR PROXIMITY TO THE TOWERS - JUST KEEP ATTACKING HIM. IF YOU DO HAPPEN TO GET HIT BY THE LIGHTNING TOWERS, NO BIGGIE. JUST THROW LIGHTING AGAIN, DASH AT HIM, AND CONTINUE THE ONSLAUGHT! IF ANYTHING, YOU WILL BE WHACKING HIM ALL AROUND THE ARENA, AND WILL SHOVE HIM UP AGAINST THE TOWERS EVEN FASTER USING THIS METHOD! THEN JUST SHOCK THE SHIT OUT OF HIM! :) WHEN HE'S DONE GETTING SHOCKED, HE'LL TRY TO THROW LIGHTNING AT YOU. SIMPLY BLOCK UNTIL HE'S DONE, DASH AT HIM, THROW YOUR OWN LIGHTNING, AND CONTINUE WHIPPING HIS DARKSIDE! (HAHA, GET IT?) KEEP IT COOL, STICK WITH THE PATTERN, AND YOU WILL OWN HIM.

***SPOILERS ALERT!!!!***
OK, I just got this achievement so here the guide it will take me some time to complete the guide but please bear with me and I will take suggestions and tips as well, thanks.

I have confirmed that you cannot play through the game on "Easy" and then change the difficulty setting to "Unleashed" before you finish the final boss, this will NOT unlock the achievement. Each level must be STARTED on "Unleashed" mode and finished for this achievement to unlock.

(I beat the game on "Unleashed", waited for the credits and my achievement did not pop up... I looked at my level select and noticed the first level was not beat on unleashed, I must have changed the difficulty form Easy to "Unleashed" after I beat the game once.)

"Unleashed" mode can only be unlocked by finishing the game on ANY difficulty. And if you did as I did, start the game on "Easy" then beat the game on "Unleashed" all lower difficulties will also unlock. The achievement should pop right when the FINAL cut-scene starts after you choose which side (Light or Dark).

The differences on "Unleashed": #1 Enemies do more damage, #2 You receive less health for each enemy you kill, #3 Your Force Bar takes longer to replenish, #4 You have no Health Regeneration, NONE whatsoever. #5 Your Force Bar depletes faster. I think that is all the differences between the difficulty settings.

Boss #1: Space ship. (forgot the name of it :P)
This guy isn't very hard at all even on hardest difficulty. When hes using his lasers just hide behind the barricades. Only come out when he shoots one missile at a time, rebound these single missile attacks either by using Force Grip or your parry move (press the X button 1 second before the missile hits you). When he does the 4 missile attack simply hide behind the barricades or move out of the way. Press the button combinations when prompted. Rinse and Repeat and you have him.

Boss #2: Gorog
This guy is the 2nd toughest boss in the game I think.
Phase 1 attacks:
Hand Swipe: Double jump and mid-air dash out of the way.
Fist Pound: Dash out of the way.
Palm Pound: This one is quick and has much more range than the Fist Pound. Just wait until the last second and Super Dash out of the way (Super Dash is performed by dashing and immediately performing the force push maneuver after you dash, it give you a little extra of a dash and knocks down any enemies in your direct path.).
Breath Attack: Block.
Double Ground Pound: Lightning 1 hand, it will take just slightly over a full bar of lightning if your force bar is 100% maxed out. Follow through with the button sequence, then rinse and repeat for the 2nd hand.
Extended Breath Attack: Block until his face is turned the other way, then lightning him. You'll need to do this until all of his green bar is gone.

Phase 2: He is quicker in phase too and there are stormtroopers every now and again as well.
Triple Hand-Stomp: Wait till he smashes twice then dash out of the way before his 3rd smash.
Force Push seems to be most effective as it uses very little force power and its does the most damage. You'll want to switch to lightsaber attacks when hes hanging form the top though.

Phase 3: Compared to the 1st 2 phases this one is a joke, simply dodge upwards and use force push to break through the objects that are incoming. Also use the Dash maneuver to speed this phase up, when you get closer try to upwards dodge and force lightning him. once you get even close just use Lightsaber Throws. This phase isn't hard at all. Good luck. I think I spent a little over an hour on this dude my 1st time through on "Unleashed" difficulty.

Boss 3: Large Spider thingy (Steve)
This dude himself isn't tough- its all the little guys around him. TOP PRIORITY- take out the "Disappearing Siths" 1st, as they are the most formidable. To do this effectively just Force lightning them once the appear near you, they will be stunned now, so smash in a lightsaber combo or 2 and they are done for. Also anytime you see a "blinky mini spider" coming up on you then Force Repulse him, no need to charge it up. Use the explode Barrels nearby to Force Grip and throw at the "Large Spider", they do massive amounts of damage. Remember to keep dashing this whole fight and try to fight away from the "Large Spider", only once you've taken out enough enemies or received enough health form killing lots of small spiders, then you should go and attack the big spider. At one point the "Large Spider" will get his shields up, then you need to place all 4 power converters back into their slots (remember to Force Repulse all the "blinky mini spiders" before doing this on each power converter). Once that is done, attack him some more then you will be able to ride him. This is the easy part- simply use your missile and laser attacks to kill all the "human size spiders" around, (I think there is 3 or 4 of them.), then move the "Large Spider" into the large beam. End of fight. The tough thing about this fight is all the dudes that are attacking you at once, rather than 1 dude. Best of Luck! This was the hardest fight for me.

More to come soon.

Guide for the Vader Fight:

Phase 1: The Tower.

In this part you will be in a "dream mode" for part of it. You have limited look, limited movement, walking through halls and Vader will pop out and saber-lock you every so often. Loosing these doesn't seem to have any impact on your health.

After the dream mode you will encounter Vader on the cloning tower. Follow him up it. Dashing attacks to his unguarded side (The hand not holding the saber) are effective to a point. If you can dash past him and attack from behind you do more damage faster, but it is hard to do that. Every so often Vader will release your clones on you. If you can mind trick them, they will attack him and allow you to attack and do even more damage.
I was rarely able to trick all the clones at once. I usually would end up with no force power and 2 clones left. Just kill them for the health. You will need it.

Parry and counter attacks also get you some good damage and keep you fairly safe. Wait until Vader is pulling his saber back and then hold LT until he strikes. He will be pushed back a bit and then you can press your attack against him. Don't get greedy. Any time you engage him with the saber take 3 or 4 swipes and then dash out. After about 5 he gets his wits about him, and gets mad and begins a flurry of his own that is hard to parry.

If he raises his hand like he is about to strike while you are more than saber striking distance away, block. He is about to throw his saber at you.


Phase 2: The Lightning Rods

This is the part where you fight Vader outside and are in Force Furry the whole time. Unlike in the rest of the game Force Furry does NOT make you invincible here. Don't act like you are.

The key to this part is the lightning. And it goes both ways. Vader can stand between the rods and not get hurt. You cannot. On the other hand, trying to keep him near them is your best bet to win this part quickly. Dash at him and smash X as fast as you can. The idea is to get him into a saber-lock near one of the lightning rods. Don't screw up the lock as he will do massive damage if you do. If you win it though you throw him up on the rod and have to hit Y fast. The faster you hit it the more damage you do while he is up there. In this manner you can do the same amount of damage in seconds that it would take you 10 minutes to do in normal fighting.

When he comes down from the rod however, do not press the attack. Run and block. He will bring both his hands up and draw lightning to you. This will take out 1/2 to 3/4 of your health bar in one instance if you don't block it.

After you get Vader up on a rod for the 3rd time he will have little health left and it will stop going down with a tiny bit left. This means the end is very near. He will come down, throw you and you will be left hanging. Hit left on the LS 3 times to avoid his saber throws and then be ready to tap B. You will have to tap B until you pick up the spire he has thrown at you, and hold RT while tapping B again to throw another one back. Once you have done that you have won. It's just a matter of choosing light or dark side at the end of the game.

A few things I found helpful to complete the game on Unleashed:
* Definitely start from the same save with upgraded powers. If you're not fully upgraded yet, it won't take long to rack up points on Unleashed difficulty.
* If you start Unleashed not fully upgraded, focus on getting level 3 powers on mind control. It may not be as cool as other powers, but it's great to take biological enemies to stop fighting you while you concentrate on droid enemies. This especially comes in handy when fighting Vader at the end. Use this a couple times to control 3 biologics per use. Many times, you can then repulse them off a ledge because most won't try to block.
* When the gorog swipes his hand across the ground (first segment), dash toward the back of the arena, then double jump in the direction of where is hand landed and dash in mid-air. This should easily get you over his hand. It's less likely that you'll jump over his arm which is higher so definitely get back.
* During the second and third segments of the gorog battle (when he's hanging and when he's falling), use Force push instead of lightning. This seems to do more damage and gets you from check point to check point faster.
* Another power to focus on level 3 upgrades is repulse. This gets you out of tight situations. I also recommend at least one Focus saber crystal to use less Force power letting you use repulse more.
* For the larger droids keep your distance and throw your sabers. Helps to have the level 3 upgrade for this as well.
* When fighting the terror walker (giant robot spider boss), focus on dashing around the room and taking out the terror droids (? - the invisible guys) by shocking them and then using repulse a couple of times. Repulse will also take out the spider droids.
* Still regarding the terror walker, I recommend blowing up the crates from a distance. I died by these exploding from either missles fired by terror droids, or my own lightning / force push / repulse and killing me.
* When you have to put the power cells back in the wall when fighting the terror droid, clear the area around you, get close to the power cell, and quickly put it in the wall. Dash away immediately and dash toward the next one. Once all of these are in the wall, then go back around and charge them. Because the cells take time to seat, you may not have time to put them in the wall and charge them at the same time.
* When fighting Vader on the cloning platforms, definitely use mind control on the clones. Not only when Vader often focus his attention on them and off you for a short while, you can then repulse them off the platform many times or at least saber the heck out of them.
* When fighting Vader on the final segment (when you're "Fury-ous"), stay away from the towers and edge. These are electrified. Instead, push him toward the edge as you hack away at him (even if he blocks) and you'll run him into the towers and the edge. Immediately dash away once when he starts to get shocked. Rinse and repeat.
* When Vader tries to shock you (often right after a Quick Time Event), wait until his hands go back and then block (just like blocking a saber or staff strike). Hold the block and you shouldn't take any damage (the damage can be substantial otherwise).
I originally posted this to http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showpost.php?p=3781... but thought it might help more people here, too.

For anyone struggling (not that you probably will lol) here is a link to a complete walkthrough on Unleashed difficulty with full commentary.

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheSeraphim17#grid/user/9ADA1C85...

Hope this helps.

This is more of an overall opinion than an actual solution:

Parry Vader - It takes away just as much health as doing the whole lightning zap and hitting him a few times, and it saves your force powers for something more useful, like mind trick. Plus, Vader has a nasty habit of (sometimes) reflecting your zap back at you. All I did was get close, parry his attacks, mind control clones and go through the cut scenes.

This battle was 100x easier than the first game. Actually, doing this game on this difficulty was a 100x easier than the first game.

This ain't really a solution but a tip that nobody has seemed to note. Use your Force Rage by pressing both analogue sticks. As long as there are easy kills around it will regenerate and will not go down again if you die. In this mode you have unlimited Force and can not die.

Tips when fighting Vader;
+ Try to dash just to the side of him. you can catch him off guard with a small lightsaber combo, then dash away again.
+ Be prepared to block when he throws his saber at you.
+ When he's on a seperate platform and throwing those Cloning Pods at you, catch them with Force Grab and Lightning Charge them before throwing them back. you do a little more damage.
+ On phase 2 of the Vader fight, try to get the cutscene attacks near an electric pylon. this give you an oportunity to amplify Force Lightning and do a good amount of damage.

After many years, I was finally able to complete the game on the Unleashed difficulty. What had thwarted me was a glitch at the start of Kamino the Return, where the player must hold R and furiously tap A to use the Force to remove debris blocking the path into the facility. There are a lot of posts about this issue in various places online. It occurred to me that a rapid fire enabled controller might be the solution. I cleared the room of enemies and the two turrets, and took position by the debris. I then disconnected the regular 360 controller, and connected my Hori Fighting Stick VX, which has rapid fire enabled for the buttons and the trigger buttons. After all these years, it finally worked, and once the debris was gone I was able to get inside to the next checkpoint. I then disconnected the stick and reconnected the controller, and within an hour I had finally completed the game on Unleashed.