The day has finally arrived for all of you out there who've ever wanted to taste what it's like to have the power of The Dark Side, err... by your side.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is upon us with a promise to let you use The Force in varying ways as Darth Vader's secret Sith Apprentice in a plot to destroy the Emperor.
Will you succeed as Vader's student? Or is redemption waiting around the corner? You'll have to play the game for yourself, just as we did prior to
today's review. Lest we spoil such an intricately crafted Star Wars tale for you.
Check out what we thought and be sure to hit up our AusGamers
game page for all related media and info.
Posted 02:35pm 17/9/08
oreary?
don't suppose you've played this on wii ?
Posted 03:16pm 17/9/08
Looking forward to getting the Wii version when it goes on sale tomorrow though.
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Scotland was thrashing me then I pwnd them 3-nil woot.
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Posted 06:42pm 17/9/08
other then that, yeah story is abit ass as is the script.
would of prefered more sabre control then whats on offer, but i guess ill get the wii version for that.
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The DVD doubles as a 10% discount on the game at Game stores throughout NSW.
Posted 10:36am 19/9/08
it's pretty fuckin rad apart from as my man steve says, the camera angle can be annoying
when you are fighting a boss though you can lock the camera on them (or any enemy) and the camera stays behind you and you look at them always
the force repulse is fuckin siiiiiiiick
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Posted 01:37pm 19/9/08
took me ages to work out to jab the controls in, in sequence as the control comes up on the screen to do the finishing move
Posted 08:59am 29/9/08
It is NOT what videogames should be about. It was one of the stupidest parts of God of War, and it's the bit they've copied! Of all the parts of GoW to pinch...
As for the crap autosave system - artificially padding out the game by making you replay whole sections - cheap instant deaths a long way from an autosave, shit targeting for the force powers...
An incredibly frustrating game. Gameplay design is appalling; the only thing saving it is some pretty levels (although the level design is pre-1996 - it's basically a corridor shooter) and the bridging story.
Wait till it's cheap or LucasArts will make more shit games like this.
Posted 09:18am 29/9/08
Getting the bosses down to 5% is the hard part. I like that the moves have been designed to use the wii controller's full capability and certain shockwave moves where you hit the ground or make a large swipe with your sabre require that swinging motion with the controller.
It would suck to not be playing this on wii.
Posted 09:40am 29/9/08
Posted 10:57am 29/9/08
If I stop to try and take them on it usually takes about 10mins to get through an area because more and more guys keep coming out of nowhere and if you die you have to wait for what seems like forever for it to reload. It definitely is a frustrating game, but I want to finish it eventually.
Posted 11:00am 29/9/08
Most enemies can be quickly taken out with a quick force-pickup and through at another enemy. A few swings of the saber, a push here, meh heaps of bad guys killed.
I find it a little too easy :(
Posted 11:24am 29/9/08
I die very rarely and i am not very experienced at these games. Whenever health gets low I just run around for one of those red life vials.
I don't really know what you mean by dieing and replaying long areas, as that hasn't happened to me.
But I kill everything I can find for the XP to unlock new force powers. Why would you avoid XP??
Posted 01:44pm 29/9/08
Also, being rag-dolled and sniped while you lay there unable to move, and being knocked over again before you even get control of your character back shits me to tears. As fun as parts of the game is, the designers were seriously fucked in the head.
I haven't tried the Wii version yet. I'm hoping to get a copy of it from work for free so I don't have to shell out.
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Posted 05:25pm 29/9/08
Can't target, the camera is retarded especially for their choice of little puzzles (vertical but you can't look up). Also the "action sequences" kind of suck - I want to watch the awesomeness not the bottom of the screen for the next unrelated button to pop up.
Posted 07:07pm 29/9/08
it sounds like total ass with a controller, it's awesome with the wii you just aim with the nunchuck, just twist around with the control knob
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Posted 08:53pm 06/10/08
awesome story
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Posted 10:49pm 06/10/08
It's probably just less broken on the Wii.
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