Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition

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  1. PanchiLoveShady
    Aug 17, 2023
    7
    Great game that has some strengths and some weakness. The strengths are the dubbed to Spanish is very good, an interesting story and the feeling (sometimes) of being a real sith. However the game is repetitive and sometimes stressing.

    Gran juego que tiene varias virtudes y debilidades. Las virtudes son vasrias, el doblaje al castellano es muy bueno y a veces te sientes como un verdadero    Great game that has some strengths and some weakness. The strengths are the dubbed to Spanish is very good, an interesting story and the feeling (sometimes) of being a real sith. However the game is repetitive and sometimes stressing.

    Gran juego que tiene varias virtudes y debilidades. Las virtudes son vasrias, el doblaje al castellano es muy bueno y a veces te sientes como un verdadero sith. eso sí, el juego se hace repetitivo y te estresa alguna vez que otra    … Expand
  2. Magical_Viktor
    Apr 30, 2023
    6
    Существуют просто Зло и Большое Зло, а за ними обоими в тени прячется Очень Большое Зло. Очень Большое Зло, Геральт, это такое, которого ты и представить себе не можешь, даже если думаешь, будто уже ничто не в состоянии тебя удивить. И знаешь, Геральт, порой бывает так, что Очень Большое Зло схватит тебя за горло и скажет: «Выбирай, братец, либо я, либо то, которое чуточку поменьше»Существуют просто Зло и Большое Зло, а за ними обоими в тени прячется Очень Большое Зло. Очень Большое Зло, Геральт, это такое, которого ты и представить себе не можешь, даже если думаешь, будто уже ничто не в состоянии тебя удивить. И знаешь, Геральт, порой бывает так, что Очень Большое Зло схватит тебя за горло и скажет: «Выбирай, братец, либо я, либо то, которое чуточку поменьше»
  3. kalkaloeb
    Mar 21, 2023
    0
    This is garbage impassible on the PC. The part of the game before Star Destroyer certainly doesn't score 0 points, but 5 is its ceiling. 0 because it is impossible to pass
  4. threeoftendie
    Feb 5, 2023
    8
    Это одна из первых игр моего детства. И, несмотря на возраст и недостатки, о которых я сейчас узнаю от других, она не кажется мне плохой
  5. MDXV
    Jan 27, 2023
    9
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  6. NyanFish
    Jan 22, 2023
    8
    Ух давно меня так не насиловали, если бы не её кривизна то вообще просто 10 из 10, а так то 2 босса заруинили игру, что финальный у меня багнулся и пришлось заново его ковырять что "Прокси" за карту вылетал 2 раза на лоу что вызволо адский батхёрт, а так то классно, играл бы я в это в 2009 были бы мокрые трусы
    8 из 10    Ух давно меня так не насиловали, если бы не её кривизна то вообще просто 10 из 10, а так то 2 босса заруинили игру, что финальный у меня багнулся и пришлось заново его ковырять что "Прокси" за карту вылетал 2 раза на лоу что вызволо адский батхёрт, а так то классно, играл бы я в это в 2009 были бы мокрые трусы
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  7. Giero
    Jan 4, 2023
    8
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  8. LeeTSimba
    Jun 28, 2022
    7
    I've played the game 13 years after its release for the first time. The game is old and you aside from the obvious lacking graphics you can see how rough a game like this and hasn't aged perfectly. That being said it was still able to captivate me to the end and the more force upgrades you get the better it feels to play the game. It has an element of fun that a lot of games that releaseI've played the game 13 years after its release for the first time. The game is old and you aside from the obvious lacking graphics you can see how rough a game like this and hasn't aged perfectly. That being said it was still able to captivate me to the end and the more force upgrades you get the better it feels to play the game. It has an element of fun that a lot of games that release day don't seem to have. Only major complaint is that most of the boss battles are not well thought out. There's very little strategy to beating the bosses and they usually rely on you spamming force lightning. Still a decent game by today's standards and could use a remake.… Expand
  9. Demon2017
    Jun 18, 2022
    7
    Очень клёвые ДЛС за кибер-Старкиллера, которые я проходил миллион раз, но оригинальная компания, к сожалению, скучноватая.
  10. Jackie_Jackson
    May 26, 2022
    3
    Какой-то дики никанон какой-то кал вместо нормальной ихры даже не знаю любой другой слешер в любой другой вселенной такая же херня
  11. LeviAkerman
    Mar 19, 2022
    8
    The interface is wonderful. You have so much information immediately available to you. Google Maps always has a minimap in the lower left corner, which gives you a good overview of the area. Getting information about people gives you a clear, clear window. Hacking offers a menu with easily recognizable icons, so you always know what your button presses will do.
  12. 3t3rnal
    Dec 25, 2021
    3
    This game is pretty damn bad. Considering this is a supposed ultimate edition with all of the patches and improved visuals, its shortcomings are even more glaring...

    I will start with plot, writing and characters first: Its bad - all of it. It has some twists, but you see them from the very beginning, considering A) the game takes place between episodes 3 and 4, meaning you know the    This game is pretty damn bad. Considering this is a supposed ultimate edition with all of the patches and improved visuals, its shortcomings are even more glaring...

    I will start with plot, writing and characters first: Its bad - all of it. It has some twists, but you see them from the very beginning, considering A) the game takes place between episodes 3 and 4, meaning you know the past and the future and B) it is very apparent the main protagonist is dumb, really really dumb. The MC is absolutely oblivious to anything and more naive than a sheltered 3 year old...

    The plot also jumps around a lot and feels rushed, you go from playing for team A to team B so fast the EA SW Battlefront 2 change feels like an intricate storyline. This also makes the interactions and relationship development between characters feel unrealistic as well as a lot of it is "behind the scenes" and you are often just told/shown the result. There are a lot of plot conveniences, or plot armor, if you will, as well.

    The gameplay is frustrating. The combat, movement, and force powers feels pretty good, untill you actually have to use them in combat. The hints and prompts will tell you about these amazing combos which will help you destroy your enemies, but the game fails to recognise most of the combos when performing them, and those few that can be performed consistently are only good for a couple enemies and completely useless against bosses. I decided to just cheese it and spam lighting at everything / everyone. It was boring, but at least semi-consistent and had decent effectivity.

    That brings us to enemy variety - considering the vastness of SW universe, it's pretty poor. On paper, there is about 25-30 different enemies excluding bosses, but in reality, when you check their animations and damage they do, it is really about 10-12 as pretty much every basic enemy has a reskinned version for other faction, perhaps the only exception being the AT-ST walker - which brings me to the other issues with the combat, it's inconsistent. AT-ST will not take damage during some animations, but other times it will, some enemies are similar - you will interrupt their attacks sometimes, but othertimes, they will plow right trhough your lightsaber slashes. Same goes for you - sometimes you will be stunlocked to oblivion, other times you will shrug everything off. You can never really tell what will happen when you make a hit, or get hit, and considering the combat style in the game, that is really really frustrating.

    The AI does not exist. Enemies will rush into the room, and just stay pretty much glued to their positions in case of long range enemies, or fight you 1 on 1 in case of melee, with a few exceptions. The game tries to implement some simple environmental puzzles, but all they do, is just show how bad the AI is, as you watch it stumble around the traps set for the MC and fail hilariously. The game also does something I really hate - it spams mini-bosses after the initial encounter - and without much thought either. Its like the devs realised they did not have enough enemy variety at the end of the dev cycle, and so they just copy pasted the previous mini-bosses around later stages.

    Environmental design is also pretty bad, but I guess it has to be, given the poor AI. The game is very linear, the environment does look more open than it actually is - the use of invisible walls and ice surfaces that make you slide back is just tragically hilarious by the end - there are more invisible walls in one stage of this game than the last four games I played put together... Visually, they look good though - at least the first time you visit them. This game has 7-ish places you visit, but they use only 3 asset sets - imperial space station, jungle and ship graveyard. The DLCs have some additional new environments, but honestly, its just more of the same crap gameplay wise, so why even bother? Also, movement in some places is really weir because the ground hitboxes aren't as precise as the textures / visual parts, so you will randomly get stuck in some places. This, combined with the many invisible walls, makes the couple platforming sections in the game very inconsistent and random.

    Sound is okay - when it works, which is does for the first half of the game, but breaks after that - music stops playing randomly, weapon sounds won't work, etc. It reuses, incorrectly and inappropriately, music from the movies.

    There are also some weird design choices as well, though I would say they are probably the result of time constraints because no-one sane would do this... There is no map, only a very constrained minimap. To see objectives, you have to pause game and go to menu. Changing visuals cannot be done before mission, only during, and will reset you to previous checkpoint if you do it in the middle instead of right after loading in, and so on.    … Expand
  13. Vhisper
    Jun 24, 2021
    4
    Worst star wars game I've played so far. Buggy piece of filth. Although the story is good, the developers cut it to some peaces and threw away the details. WORST GAMEPLAY OF STAR WARS GAMES EVER MADE. Sooo many bugs. Without player's fixes the game is so broken, just looks like the game was made for like 3 months and haven't been tested at all! Does this game woth it's money? ABSOLOUTELYWorst star wars game I've played so far. Buggy piece of filth. Although the story is good, the developers cut it to some peaces and threw away the details. WORST GAMEPLAY OF STAR WARS GAMES EVER MADE. Sooo many bugs. Without player's fixes the game is so broken, just looks like the game was made for like 3 months and haven't been tested at all! Does this game woth it's money? ABSOLOUTELY NO! I highly recommend you just watch the walkthrough on youtube, because there is just no sense to play this... I'm really disappointed...… Expand
  14. fake_nikpap
    Jan 28, 2021
    8
    So I revisited this game on the PC, since it was fun to play on the PS3 when it came out and because of my star wars marathon month. It's one of the better Star Wars games out there. I can't compare it to the Fallen Order game, since I haven't played it yet...The story is a very interesting one,although non canon and if you play the game,you'll see why. The 9 hour duration of the storySo I revisited this game on the PC, since it was fun to play on the PS3 when it came out and because of my star wars marathon month. It's one of the better Star Wars games out there. I can't compare it to the Fallen Order game, since I haven't played it yet...The story is a very interesting one,although non canon and if you play the game,you'll see why. The 9 hour duration of the story tops,without the dlc missions is ok and it sees you going through some familiar and some new planets. I really like the mission where you visit the Jedi Temple(dlc though). The combat is a bit on the button mashing side of things, but you never feel like Starkiller(the protagonist) is out of your control. Don't know why people hate it so much,but I had fun revisiting it and it held up pretty good...… Expand
  15. MatikTheSeventh
    Oct 11, 2020
    8
    The game, as old as it may be, is very well crafted, and environmental interactions are gorgeous. The story is compelling, but the path the protagonist takes to become a hero doesn't really fit film lore. Sometimes it's frustrating, and definitely monotonous towards the end, but it's great overall.
  16. Dark_Horse
    Jul 7, 2020
    4
    Сложно назвать это, "игрой" - это скорей испытание на прочность ваших нервов, усидчивости и выносливости к омерзительному управлению, оптимизации которая выливается в ужасную сложность. Проблемы не в маленьком количестве кадров, подвисаниях или лагов, а в том, что невозможно играть на клавиатуре и мыши как изначально планировалось, обязательно нужно искать геймпад или без него камера будетСложно назвать это, "игрой" - это скорей испытание на прочность ваших нервов, усидчивости и выносливости к омерзительному управлению, оптимизации которая выливается в ужасную сложность. Проблемы не в маленьком количестве кадров, подвисаниях или лагов, а в том, что невозможно играть на клавиатуре и мыши как изначально планировалось, обязательно нужно искать геймпад или без него камера будет ввести себя непредсказуемо и подтормаживать, да и с геймпадом играть будет невозможно. Игра очень сильно искусственно растянута, много повторяющихся мини-боссов, также врагов на уровне запредельное количество. Дизайн уровней, локации, окружения свалок и помоек на первых уровнях которых вам предстоит побывать - убивает всяческий интерес, сделаны настолько однообразно и скучно, что хочется закончить игру сразу же. По мере прохождения игры вы увидите много различных боссов и все они убиваются закликиванием одном кнопки геймпада, если приловчится. Если какие-то положительные вещи вы для себя подчеркнули в этой игре то ближе к концу вы о них забудете. Только в этой игре вы встретите самого сложного босса в истории видеоигр "Звёздный разрушитель" который разрушит вашу задницу целиком и полностью, наверное единственная уникальная своей неадекватной сложностью миссия которую можно сравнить с попаданием в чистилище где вы проведете целую вечность, (около 25 мин) что бы убить этого босса. Сложные игры - это интересно, но не в том случае когда анимация и управление деревянные. Единственная вещь ради которой стоит играть по моему мнению - это сюжет и кинематографичные катсцены, можно также накинуть 1 балл за лорда Вейдера.… Expand
  17. Bottlecaps
    Jun 15, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Star Wars the force unleashed is a game about the most powerful sith lords the starwars universe has ever known. calen merak aka starkiller is a welcome addition to the star wars " legends" canon not that i think this game breaks continuity much at all if any ? but that could easily be fixed in a possible remake or retelling there is alot to enjoy about this game but even more grievances.

    Story: Darth vader takes on an apprentice and manipulates him into doing his bidding , I LIKE THIS CONCEPT starkiller is a little edgy but only at first , starkiller is a character that struggles with identity ending up as a jedi from a sith slave , ironically becoming a better sith than vader could have hoped even becoming powerful enough to go toe to toe with him and the emperor only to sacrifice himself to allow the founders of the rebellion time to escape. in his defiance of vader and becoming a jedi he inadvertently showed the best quality a sith could have even defeating vader. i think if the force unleashed was a movie , casted cillian murphy for starkiller , showed junos softer side more subtly and kept the over all plot the same ( made it R RATED) then disney could have a masterpiece on their hands
    Story: 9/10

    World building: well technically i don't think world building counts here but it actually adds so much to the world the birth of the rebellion , vader's apprentice, vader implies he has a secret plot to take down the emperor , i think that this game takes the lore and its characters are better utilized than in jedi fallen order. the real best thing of the story is you never know what vader is thinking witch makes him threatening af
    Worldbuilding 9/10

    Graphics: my praises of this game go about as far as the story as this is a flimsy game at best , the graphics are bad even in the cut scenes it feels like there is a grainy lens over my screen the whole game , ok its an older game i can deal with that but also animations are stiff , colours are bland ( excluding light sabers. iv seen better locations in N64 Games. that isn't to even mention the glitches in gameplay , graphics and sound design
    Graphics: 2/10

    Gameplay: is this game fun ? is a question i ask myself every time i rate a games well gameplay and the answer is sorta , mowing down legions of storm troopers because of how inherently powerful you are is a blast i like a challenge so i usually play on a games hardest or second hardest difficulty, i played on sith warrior it was the perfect difficulty , not to hard not to easy. this game could have been ahead of its time if it did just one thing JUST ONE THING , Animation canceling you have to be very careful what buttons you press and when also if you are hit once you are pretty well locked in until the recovery animation plays sometimes you can hit the jump button to recover but that doesn't always work , i died plenty of times by terrible recovery and spammy moves , after playing this game i realized how incredible jedi fallen order actually is because this is basically the same time period ( give or take a 12 years) enemy types are very similar , its clear jedi fallen order took the good from this game and made it better but left the bad in 2009
    Gameplay: 5.5/10

    Sound design: you had all the sounds from the starwars canon and they are already timeless ageless and iconic all you had to do was make it work but you didn't , my sound cut out so many times and certain sounds would play and others wouldn't , voice "acting" was fine but i think the direction was a mess , during the cutscenes it was fine but in game starkiller feels like an entirely different person sometimes but the acting itself is actually solid. music was good.......when it played
    Sound design :4/10

    9+9+2+5.5+4= 29.5
    29.55=5.9/10    … Expand
  18. PanMrkvicka
    Mar 14, 2020
    5
    Kinda good but bosses suck and its unbalanced gameplay is bad but its fun and lore is interesting i guess.
  19. Your_Muza
    May 12, 2019
    10
    It isn't only the best SW game. It's the best game in the world. You really can feel Jedi! Or Sith... Sense of power very realistic. Everythink what you want. Starkiller and his story will always be in my heart.
  20. LoganFazbear
    Apr 19, 2019
    8
    SWTFU is an amazing game. The controls can be clunky at times, and the game is difficult as hell, but the overall experience is fun when you're hackin' n' slashin' your way through rebel soldiers or stormtroopers.
  21. LoletinAlexis
    Mar 28, 2019
    7
    A video game that, even with its flaws, will satisfy the followers of Star Wars.

    A remarkably good story, but some details are felt very forced or meaningless. The history of the base game could be perfectly canon. It would be better than what Disney has done with this saga until now. The Force Unleashed has a correct playable base, but it needs many better ones to be excellent.    A video game that, even with its flaws, will satisfy the followers of Star Wars.

    A remarkably good story, but some details are felt very forced or meaningless.
    The history of the base game could be perfectly canon. It would be better than what Disney has done with this saga until now.

    The Force Unleashed has a correct playable base, but it needs many better ones to be excellent.
    The few combos, the erratic movements and some pretty bad animations will make the gameplay of this title an impressive repetitivity and sometimes a huge frustration.    … Expand
  22. MadnessisRising
    Mar 15, 2019
    8
    I really don't understand those bad ratings on this game. Yeah, the story is kinda weird but I like it. Starkiller is indeed totally overpowered but that's it what make this game so entertaining. I also love the characters and the extra-levels. All in all a great game, totally worth buying it.
  23. HunterCastle
    Feb 13, 2019
    7
    Well, but the combat is, very easy, its hard die. If Star Wars The Force Unleashed to win Difficulty of Dark Souls, best.
  24. FoxBox
    Dec 21, 2017
    1
    This game is just awful a truly awful game can't recommend it for anyone. **** and boring gameplay **** voice acting no emotions stupid level design
  25. Trenos
    Dec 2, 2017
    6
    I can't really love this game, but i can't really hate this too. There some elements that i really enjoy, like combat system, soundtrack or boss fights. But story and level design suck so much. This is good game, maybe not the best star wars game, but it;s ok.
  26. mugen_is_here
    Mar 10, 2017
    0
    This is a completely ****ed up game. I give this game a complete ****ing zero rating. And here's why you need to NOT buy this game:

    COMBAT * You're a Jedi warrior. So powerful right? Wrong! In this game ALL your powers are limited to a very short distance. Lightning is limited. Push is limited. You can't pull. Grip takes a lot of time. Your enemies on the other hand are hiding in    This is a completely ****ed up game. I give this game a complete ****ing zero rating. And here's why you need to NOT buy this game:

    COMBAT
    * You're a Jedi warrior. So powerful right? Wrong! In this game ALL your powers are limited to a very short distance. Lightning is limited. Push is limited. You can't pull. Grip takes a lot of time. Your enemies on the other hand are hiding in unreachable areas - for example high up on the roof behind a fence. You can't target them because your camera doesn't turn that way. You can't target them either which is the next problem.

    * Targeting system - The bl**d su**ing Jedi prioritizes the SCRAP METAL parts over all the enemies, the bosses, the henchment, the door lock which is your mission. Out of all these things he selectively picks up the SCRAP METAL for targetting. So your lightning hits the metal while henchmen beat the hell out of you. Push goes to the metal. All your punches, light-saber swings goes to the metal pieces. Meanwhile the boss is beating you, snipers are targetting you from outside the screen, the ground is shaking and ALL your jumps are in the wrong direction.

    CONTROLS + KNOCKED-DOWN:
    Except movement ALL fighting buttons - lightning, grip, push have a 2 second delay. Yes 2 seconds. Not even 1 second delay but a whole 2. Okay so that is about the controls.

    About the fights ALL enemy punches will stop whatever you are doing and Knock you down. So if you just about to shoot Force push (maybe in a milli-second) and an enemy hit you you won't release all that power. Instead you'll fall down on the ground taking a hit.

    Now combine both these points together and the 3rd level onwards, about 90% of the fights in this game will be this. You meet a bunch of enemies. 3 guys knock you down. Your character is out of control. By the time he gets up he has already been hit 4-5 times. The moment you get the controls he gets hit and falls down again. So throughout the fight he endlessly stays down.

    SNIPERS:
    This is the most annoying part of the game. What is greater than a Jedi? According to this game it's a sniper rifle and mini-gun blaster rifles. So lets say you are on teh ground doing your knocked-down routine. You get up, fall down, get up, fall down etc. Suddenly a scope reticule will appear on you. When this happens you nkow that a sniper has aimed at you. And once the sniper does this he can target you THROUGHOUT that area. Yes you read that right. THROUGHOUT! Even behind a WALL! (Patch ***ing 1.2 - which is their latest patch which is after fixing bugs).

    This glitch makes the sniper guy the most powerful creature in the game. And the levels literally have dozens of snipers. So what you need to do in the levels is abandon everything else and first try to kill the sniper. Becauase once the scope reticule has appeared on you then the sniper wont allow you to hit a single unit.

    My workaround for this was to use a cheat trainer that gave me infinite lightning, infinite health etc. And still the game was a major pain in the a**. You fall-down, get up, fall-down, get up and try to look around for where the ***k the sniper is but you can't turn the camera because it's fixed. So you do the **** double jump and spot him - usually on some ledge. You jump + Force lightning = doesnt work. He is targetting the scrap pieces on the ground. Jump + Force Push= doesn't work. Still targetting the ground. You try to climb up but you can't. Max you can do is just keep jumping to spot him.

    THE ONLY COMBAT:
    The only way to fight is to pick up those ****ing scrap pieces and hit people with them. He always gives the highest preference to scrap pieces. So you force grip them and then throw them in a general direction hoping that it will hit the enemy. In most of the times it doesn't hit anyone. So you keep throwing the metal objects at the sniper. You throw once.. knocked-down, get up, knock-down, get up, knock-down, get up... try Twice.. it didn't work again. knocked-down, get up, knocked-down, get up... try Thrice. Still didn't work. Like this yuo need to try about 5-6 times and it will finally hit that ONE sniper. Don't forget there are OTHER snipers too!! Now repeat the whole process with the other sniper.

    BOSSES + HENCHMEN can interrupt Jedi Force Powers:
    While you're doing all these things EVERYONE around you is just beating the crap out of you! If you are using lightning on them then they don't fall down. Instead they will take out their gun and shoot and you get knocked-down again. I mean WTFF! A single blaster shot is enough to get the Jedi on the ground. Meanwhile you throw your light saber at them and they block it. They can block a F***ING LIGHT SABER! Even if you charge your light saber and throw it they can still block it. How is that even possible?

    Nobody dies from a single stroke of light saber. And I'm talking about the least game difficulty - the casual difficult setting. For the most ordinary henchmen you need 4 lightsaber stro    … Expand
  27. Coffeine
    Feb 2, 2017
    1
    This game really suck for a SW game. Force. combos and other stuff doesnt even means if you can pass the game with only simple hits of saber. Controlling on PC ugly, graphic sucks and LAGS. 1/10
  28. SuperkenGaming
    Jan 30, 2017
    7
    Star Wars The Force Unleashed
    More Like Star of Wars
    This game is basically God of War set in the star wars world but with none of the variety… You start the Game as Darth Vader and its perfect.. You’re walking slowly just destroying everyone and everything in sight… It’s a great way to introduce the fighting mechanics and I didn’t want it to end... honestly if all 6 and a half hours    Star Wars The Force Unleashed
    More Like Star of Wars
    This game is basically God of War set in the star wars world but with none of the variety…
    You start the Game as Darth Vader and its perfect..
    You’re walking slowly just destroying everyone and everything in sight…
    It’s a great way to introduce the fighting mechanics and I didn’t want it to end...
    honestly if all 6 and a half hours of this game was the prologue… it would be pretty close to a 10/10 experience…
    unfortunately it isn’t..
    Sadly you play the game as Darth Vader’s Apprentice after something happens that I’m not gonna say... I don’t want to spoil it…
    The Story here is actually really enjoyable, easy to follow along with and I wanted to see it to its end…
    But you play through the 9 missions in total killing the Jedi among other characters…
    And again this is god of war with light sabers…
    As you progress through the levels slicing enemies and finding new light sabers so you aren’t stuck with sith red... you’re leveling up for skill points to spend in the 3 different skill trees…
    You’re completing tasks in these linear levels using the force where you have to pull items out of their sockets for the most part or zap them with lightning… using the force to grab and pull doesn’t really feel all too intuitive or responsive though…
    many frustrating moments trying to bend doors and grab onto items to fling them through the air…
    And at the end of each mission you take on a boss…
    Every boss is really about jumping out of the way and slashing them more times than they slash you.. And they all end in a god of war style quick time event….
    it’s cool meeting all of these star wars characters and visiting the different worlds…
    But beyond the prologue... the game feels generic…
    You visit no place interesting..
    so level progressing trying to build yourself up to the Vader status you started as is just no fun…
    you feel more like running through to the end rather than spending the time fighting enemies wanting to get stronger because it is so boringly designed…
    You never truly reach the god status the games beginning teases you with either which was so satisfying and fun even at the slow pace Vader was moving at…
    This games graphics are insane though considering it came out in 2008…
    Usually early ps3 and 360 games are hard on my eyes…
    But this game could easily be passed off as a late gen ps3 game or a downloadable game on the ps4..
    I was genuinely impressed...
    I just wish they put these graphics towards making interesting levels and environments to explore…
    Overall Star Wars The Force Unleashed is a decently fun game with an interesting story…
    Just not varied enough with its gameplay or level design to call it a must play for anyone not already a star wars fan..
    But if you are a fan even a little and you do play... you won’t be disappointed.. at least not extremely disappointed...
    I give Star Wars The Force Unleashed
    a 7/10    … Expand
  29. Slomka
    Jan 3, 2017
    5
    The gameplay is very boring for me. Just hack through tons of enemies and kill the boss in a "dodge now, attack now" fight. The only good thing in this game is the story. Just watch the cutscenes on youtube or read it on wookiepedia or wikipedia.
  30. TheMetacritiqer
    Apr 12, 2016
    8
    I was obsessed with Star Wars, forgot about it for years, and know I love it again. This game brought out all the excitement I could get from one of the movies and then some. The levels had arguably the best openings ever. And that's because they start how every movie starts out. With the cyan colored sentence, and then boom. The roaring theme with the rising text. One of the best DLCsI was obsessed with Star Wars, forgot about it for years, and know I love it again. This game brought out all the excitement I could get from one of the movies and then some. The levels had arguably the best openings ever. And that's because they start how every movie starts out. With the cyan colored sentence, and then boom. The roaring theme with the rising text. One of the best DLCs I've ever played.… Expand
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#40 Most Discussed PC Game of 2009
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#58 Most Shared PC Game of 2009

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Metascore
65

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. GameSpot
    50
    A slapdash porting job turns the Force into a farce in this Star Wars action game.
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  2. IGN
    75
    It doesn't fix or change anything in the original game - it just gives you a few more levels and some new skins. If you don't already have the game, give it a look. If you do, you might just want to go the DLC route.
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  3. Gamers.at
    71
    The gameplay doesn't really satisfy me, but what's worse are the technical issues. Still, the game has its moments and can be great fun because of the story and the force powers.
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