Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Review

Monday, September 15th, 2008
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As we promised, here is a review of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, written by our very own gbdallin.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

That’s right! Only two more days before it’s released, but I have had the chance to get a hold of this game, and I took it.  The result: you get the review NOW!

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Ok, so, let’s do this in sections, since there’s sooooo much information to cover. First section:

Story Mode

The cut scenes are great, in both quality and timing.

The cut scenes are great, in both quality and timing.

You begin the game actually as Darth Vader.  To be honest, this was in my opinion the worst part of the game, because Darth Vader walks like he’s ninety years old.  He’s super powerful, though, and it’s a great opportunity to learn how to use the control system.  After running around killing wookies, the story somehow inserts itself, and you learn the origin of Vader’s secret apprentice. After a moderately macabre movie (I did that strictly for the alliteration), the game begins, for real this time, and you get to kill more stuff! (See screenshots below)

Yeah, Im killing Storm Troopers (I have to keep my Sithy-ness a secret)

Yeah, I'm killing Storm Troopers (I have to keep my Sithy-ness a secret)

I pledge allegiance to Darth Vader (else he will Force Squish me)...

I pledge allegiance to Darth Vader (else he will Force Squish me)...

As you progress throughout the game, you will have the opportunity to learn new Force Powers and upgrade ones you already have. Learning new moves us facilitated primarily through story (boss battles), whereas upgrades are done through a point system. As you kill enemies, they drop little bundles of blue force upgrade credits. Credits pay for upgrades through either the pause screen or when you are in your ship (covered later).

You can read the rest of the review in our forum.

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  • Tobbe

    Nice
    Ill get this!

  • phoenix1414

    I got this game on the 12th and beat it the next day and i have to say its a great game, but also quite short :( took me about 10 hours. but, my goal of beating it before it comes out has been fulfilled :D

  • Neil

    Anyone else a little disappointed in this game (just the PSP version)? The graphics are grainy, the framerate is unstable, textures occasionally disappear, enemies fall to the ground 5x faster than gravity should pull them, and you can’t change the difficulty. I guess it’s worth the money, but damn… it seems like a sloppy port of a great game more than a great game itself.

  • SolidSnake44x

    I agree with you Neil, I enjoyed the game but it’s nothing compared to GoW or Crisis Core. I do have to say though, I anticipate that the console versions will be awesome.

  • http://pspnation.forumeiros.com/noticias-e-releases-de-jogos-f1/star-wars-the-force-unleashed-videos-t128-15.htm Budius

    I also have to agree with Neil.
    There are a LOT of basic flaws in graphics, physics, etc….
    textures are poor, framerate really unstable, the camera always choose the WORSE angles ever…
    BUT, despite it all, it is a GREAT history, the game have really good action and it is great fun!!!

    …and just to remenber: I already finish it, too! AWESOME ENDING!

  • NeCrom-X

    Are the games identical between PSP and PS3 well aside from the obvious graphical limitations. Was story shortened/different or levels drastically different?

  • XJathx

    Judging from actual experience of playing both versions on psp and xbox360, the console versions are a lot more in depth in graphic control and a bit better in story outlining, also having the ability to change difficulty is rather unique to only the console versions (sorry psp users) over all though, this game is worth buying on both the psp and a main console (ig. 360) just to experience the different gameplay mechanics limited to the “controller”. And to those who are new to this game, the block button is your best friend.

  • http://alex3410.com alex3410

    amazing game, the only game i have complete in ages (tend to get fed up with them or get a new game :P )

    but i have to say the ending was crap, a big disappointment as the rest of the storyline was really good

  • PSPerry

    I got the game on the 22nd of september and i had completed it within about 4 hours and now half way through the game again…

  • Deduxi

    This game was boring during level 1, and I got bored of it after level 2. If you don’t like Star Wars, you probably won’t like the game. Even if you do like Star Wars, you’ll be bored of the game and just play for the story(as if it isn’t boring).

  • http://hotmail.com tfu master

    some cheats for it are:countdooku=unlimited force, cortosis=godmode,tyranus=all force powers, speeder=1,000,000 force points.

  • Marian

    Grejt Game :D Amazing story. Super Fun :D