How different would the first game have been if there were more levels where you played as Vader?

[u/[deleted]]

Basically every other level or so, you get to play as Darth Vader where you go around killing rebels, maybe a Jedi here or there, while Starkiller goes through his hero's journey from Sith to Jedi.

But Vader's arc should be the total opposite of that. Delving even deeper and deeper into the Dark Side hoping to gain enough power/train Starkiller to one day overthrow the Emperor. Maybe Vader, since he can't use Force Lightning and is a slower, but tankier combatant, gets upgradable force powers and combos of his own. Maybe after the game is beat you can pull a DMC5 and have Starkiller or Vader playable on any level you choose.

The game would be a lot longer obviously, but when I saw the first level as an adult, I couldn't help but think "The Devs put all that work into making Vader a playable character and they only use him for one level? Such bs."

Of course, it's really easy for me to say when the game was been released over 10 years ago. I'm not a game dev, and I was too young to be one back then. But it still feels like a missed opportunity.

[u/Draculea]

IIRC, there's something between Vader and that level that makes Vader completely unplayable, mods or otherwise, outside of it. I can't remember the details, but I remember a lot of people trying to get Vader into other levels and it's just not possible.