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3.0 stars
"One of the better Star Wars games to come out"
Pros: It fills in the gap between Episodes 3 and 4. Let's you finally be a sith and have fun with all their powers. Lots of room for experimenting with combo's and various types of attacks. You get to play as Darth Vader for once!
Cons: Story seems a little bit last minute fabricated at times often looking for the quickest way to make something tie in together. Load times are aweful.
Summary: I've always been a big fan of Star Wars games, going all the way back to Star Wars X-Wing for PC back in the early 90's. The first really good game which put you in 3rd person mode was Jedi Outcast. This game obvious takes a lot from that game but with modern graphics and technology it takes it 10x's further. This game had to live up to a lot of hype and close to 3 years in the making from when it was announced to the delays and post-ponement...it's hard to impress everyone when at that point they're expecting something mind-blowing.
Don't get me wrong, it is a very good game and kept me entertained the first and second time through but with what it excells in graphics and overall gameplay, it strongly lacks in story. You have one of the greatest Sci-Fi stories of all time to build a game around and smartly you put it set during a timeline that was never explored by any other game or movie (aside from the Knights of the Old Rep 1+2 and the Dark Knight series which I found incredibly boring).
This game fills in the 15 - 18 or so years from where Episode 3 leaves off and before Episode 4 begins. This is a huge span of time that could have gotten a minimum 2 games dedicated to telling this portion of the story. One of my biggest gripes with Lucas Arts is that they develope games without and intention to leave it open for a sequel...almost as if they expect their games to fail. Sure we all know what's going to happen eventually, but you have this opportunity to really dive into the little details instead the game feels rushed to get to Episode 4. Force Unleashed could have easily been split into 2 games and would have let this unknown story really develope and grow. Instead you feel like you're bridging 2 decades worth of missing story into a game timeframe of a couple of weeks.
Leave the game on a cliffhanger like the movies...let us think we've done something really good and redeeming but then smash our hopes in the last cutscene to show that the journey isn't quite over yet. I believe George Lucas had some part in the storyline of this game, which makes me wonder if he's turned into the Gene Simmons of movies/games in which it's just about how well you can market and bleed the Star Wars franchise for every dollar it still may hold in it.
A good game that had some much potential, but still enjoyable.
Where to buy
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Xbox 360):
$55.99 - $59.99
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