December 2nd, 2009 | 
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- Confront and associate with familiar faces from the Star Wars films, including Darth Vader in addition to new adversaries such as fugitive Jedi and Force-sensitive Felucians
- Unleash and upgrade the Secret Apprentice’s four core Force powers – Force push, grip, repulse and lightning – throughout the course of the game, and combine them for ultra-destructive, never-before-seen combos.
- Examples of unleashing the Force in ways never thought possible: Secret Apprentice won’t just Force push enemies into walls – he’ll Force push enemies through walls, and will Force grip them in midair, zap them with lightning, then drop them to the ground
- Visit locations such as Episode III’s Wookiee homeworld Kashyyyk and the floral Felucia, the junk planet Raxus Prime, plus an Imperial TIE fighter construction facility
- Decisions made by players throughout the game will determine the path of the story, including multiple endings that will rock Star Wars continuity as they know it.
Product Description
The next chapter in the Star Wars saga, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, tells the story of Darth Vader’s Secret Apprentice, a mysterious figure trained by the menacing Sith Lord, to hunt down the last of the Jedi. Set in the dark times between Episodes III and IV, the story is both a continuation of the prequel trilogy — exploring the aftermath of Order 66, which called for the immediate execution of all Jedi, and focusing on the continued rise of Darth Vader — a… More >>
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Tags: Adversaries, Apprentice, Construction Facility, Darth Vader, Familiar Faces, Felucia, Force, Homeworld, Imperial Tie Fighter, Kashyyyk, Last Of The Jedi, Midair, Mysterious Figure, Prequel Trilogy, Repulse, Rise Of Darth Vader, Sith Lord, Star, Star Wars Continuity, Star Wars Films, Star Wars Saga, Unleashed, Wars, Wookiee Homeworld
Amazon didn’t even ship this out until a day after its general release … so I got it a week after everyone else had it. That’s ONE Amazon!!!
Rating: 3 / 5
I don’t want to take up space here with my long (compared with most you’ll see written here) review so I’ll just keep it tidy and post a link to my review.
http://www.teamteabag.com/2008/09/15/2553/
Rating: 4 / 5
i bought this on launch day because it seemed like it was going to be a decent game. i saw the videos of the gameplay, and they looked pretty cool, and i heard good things.
then i played it.
the plot was terrible, and further pushed me towards leaving starwars behind altogether. i saw the new starwars movie (the animated one) and if you have seen that, you should know that that had GOOD writing compared to the storyline of this game. the love part only kicks in at the very end of the game, and basically consists of “hey. we survived stuff. lets be in love”, so basically George Lucas’s idea of love. it amazes me that he is married.
the graphics were ok, some were better than others, like the in-game maps were decent, but then you find that you can walk through most objects that arent walls and it kind of ruins it for you. the character models are horrendously done, and they remind me of the facial graphics in Final Fantasy X (remember how they were groundbreaking, but completely unlike any human face and the eyes look like plastic puppets with animatronic cardboard cutouts of eyes?).
the gameplay wasnt as bad as it could have been, but nowhere near as good as it could have been either. some enemies have an attack pattern that is just fast enough that by the time you get knocked down and start to get back up again, they have already started a new attack and knock you down again, so you cant do anything about it. the “cinematic” finishes make you look at the bottom of the screen for button cues, so you can either watch the part of the cinematic that corresponds to the first button, and then the failure caused by the fact that you missed the next few buttons, or get all of the buttons correct and see the cinematic out of your peripheral vision. bosses were all easy. all you do is figure out its weakness and get it to low enough health to do the final button cue combination, which keeps popping up until you do it right. the one hard part of the game (i played through on the next higher difficulty to normal) is force-crashing the star destroyer (that was a spoiler, so watch out) because just when you get it angled the right way, tie fighters get close enough that you have to stop and kill them before re-positioning it and try to bring it down again.
overall, this was a poorly made game that was over-hyped, and you will probably still buy it no matter how many bad reviews you read because hat is how the starwars franchise works. let me just leave you with the knowledge that YOU WILL GET NOTHING OUT OF THIS GAME.
Rating: 1 / 5
Pros:
Star Wars game
beautiful graphics
Cons:
Horrible, non-adjustable camera angles on every level
repetitive game play
Claim of RPG leveling element is rudimentary and basically stolen from previous Star Wars games from Xbox days
Mediocre controls, but requires you to finely manipulate your character and objects– VERY FRUSTRATING!
There is a sequence in-game that gives you faulty instructions and would be very lame and repetitive even without bad instructions.
The story is lame
Rating: 2 / 5
This is an unique game, even though the mixed reviews. This is one of the most entertaining games I’ve played in a while. Game is not that long (8 to 10 hours) to beat, but it is one that you can play over and over, to improve your lightsaber and force abilities. There are a couple of surprises like a classic lightsaber duel with Darth Maul and the final battles with Darth Vader where the force is all over the place, the double final (you choose your path) and the final confrontation with Sidious the Emperor. A multi-player online duel is missing for the 360 version, the reason of Xbox Live, but it is a great offline game. If you are a Star Wars fan it is a must buy, whatever the reviews are.
Rating: 5 / 5