12.03.2008

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

Well it's been some time since I've made a post here, but it seems the right time to start updating this once again!

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Or perhaps Star Wars: The Story too Short?

Controls:
Left Trigger - Block
Left Trigger + B - Force Repel
Left Trigger + X - Saber Throw
Left Trigger + Y - Force Lightning
Right Trigger - Force Grab
Right Trigger + X - Force Grab Saber Impale
Left Bumper - Force Dash
Right Bumper - Lock Target
Left Analog - Move
Right Analog - Camera Controls
R3 - Center Camera
DPAD - 'Action Camera'
Y - Force Lightning
X - Saber Control
B - Force Push
A - Jump
Back - 'Player' Options
Start - Options

The Force Unleashed (TFU) is all in all a great bash 'em up, throw 'em around, and make sure they end up dead sort of game, but does it have the story we've come to expect from the Star Wars Franchise? I believe not. While you do play a pivotal role in the Star Wars universe in TFU, it doesn't give the feel that you're doing anything significant. You bash up some baddies, save some good guys, and earn a few Achievements along the way.

You start your adventure as Darth Vader in the prologue mission. You can earn an easy five achievements here by killing 15 Storm Troopers along the way, and sitting on the wooden bridge killing two hundred Wookies. You can also earn your frenzy bonus achievements by simply letting the Wookies pile up and continually using your saber attack with some Force Repel.

The prologue mission is pretty straight forward, run through a settlement on Kashyyk, kill some Wookies, and then kill little you's Daddy. That's about it. No grand story here, you kill an old Jedi who is running away from the Empire and find the Apprentice.

After this you get a cut scene where you're supposedly 18 to 21 and ready to kill some Jedi. Basically the entire game is kill a bunch of little guys, get to the boss, and then win. There is no puzzle solving, no real story during the missions, and nothing that really screams "Wow! I'm doing something of importance here!"

While it was fun for a few hours (It only takes about 5 hours to beat this game on the Medium difficulty,) it definitely gets old just using your super force powers and leveling up.

Over all the game has great graphics even in stretched 1080p, and has some really cool effects when you mess with the environment due to the Euphoria engine. Alas there is no great story telling and and no great feeling of the massive Star Wars universe.

Graphics: 9/10
Gameplay: 7/10
Replay Value: 4/10
Sound: 8/10
Controls: 8/10

Overall Score: 7.2 out of 10.

madlulz out until next time.

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