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Post by Steve Farrelly @ 02:11pm 17/09/08 | 41 Comments
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.





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paveway
Posted 02:35pm 17/9/08
And from all of this stems my biggest problem with the game: the promise of playing as a Sith Lord and experiencing the power of The Force is cheapened because you're constantly reminded you're just playing a videogame.


oreary?

don't suppose you've played this on wii ?
darkjedi
Posted 03:16pm 17/9/08
You can definitely see Lucas' horrible hand in the script in general, but Jedi knight/Outcast weren't exactly remembered for their tight storytelling :) The PSP version handles well enough given the system limitations - I've noticed several cases of slowdown (mostly on Felucia) which is almost purely due to too many things on screen + having a very active environment around you. It's something God of War PSP suffered from as well, so it's mostly forgivable. mostly.

Looking forward to getting the Wii version when it goes on sale tomorrow though.
nF
Posted 03:40pm 17/9/08
I don't think I could enjoy a Star Wars game that didn't have Don Burke in it.
3dee
Posted 04:13pm 17/9/08
Lol, this game is on the App Store. Apparently you don't run, it runs, but you do gestures on the touch screen to do force powers... Sounds kinda lame.
thermite
Posted 05:45pm 17/9/08
Wait, are you saying you don't control which direction the guy goes?
3dee
Posted 05:51pm 17/9/08
Apparently not.
nF
Posted 06:20pm 17/9/08
Hahahah.
3dee
Posted 06:26pm 17/9/08
Meh, I got Real Football 09 (read: soccer) and its awesome. Best sport game I've played on iPhone by far.

Scotland was thrashing me then I pwnd them 3-nil woot.
infi
Posted 06:28pm 17/9/08
this is gonna rock. less QQ fags.
groganus
Posted 06:42pm 17/9/08
overall the game is fun, abit harder then i thought it would be (which is a suprise, considering how easy i find games these days)

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.
infi
Posted 06:58pm 17/9/08
when is wii version out?
darkjedi
Posted 10:10pm 17/9/08
now!!!
ravn0s
Posted 11:03pm 17/9/08
the PC needs another good star wars game. i want a mix between kotor and jedi knight
natslovR
Posted 11:52pm 17/9/08
On Monday morning a stormtrooper and two imperial guards were giving out a promotional dvd for the game at Martin Place station in Sydney

The Force Unleashed

The Force Unleashed promo

The DVD doubles as a 10% discount on the game at Game stores throughout NSW.
paveway
Posted 10:36am 19/9/08
bought this for the wii last night

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
3dee
Posted 10:47am 19/9/08
Where's the swoop bikes? They didn't even go there on swoop bikes?
infi
Posted 10:48am 19/9/08
is there co-op?
paveway
Posted 10:53am 19/9/08
no russ it's single player only apart from the dualing bit
infi
Posted 11:02am 19/9/08
DAMN now i have to share with gf
Steve Farrelly
Posted 11:10am 19/9/08
I'm sure your mum won't mind ;)
paveway
Posted 01:37pm 19/9/08
i just killed the AT-ST last night

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
Jeremy
Posted 08:59am 29/9/08
God I hate quicktime events; where's the fun in arbitrarily pressing unconnected buttons flashing up on the screen? They're not controls, they're just... it's like that old child's toy from the 80s where you had to hit coloured buttons in sequence.

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.
infi
Posted 09:18am 29/9/08
Jeremy I respect your right to have an opinion but you're wrong. The quicktime events are fun. You can enjoy the awesome Jedi action moves which try to distract you from completing the quicktime sequences.

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.
paveway
Posted 09:40am 29/9/08
yeah it's certainly awesome on wii, forget playing it on anything else
Davetron
Posted 10:57am 29/9/08
I haven't played this much but so far I've found myself just running and jumping past as many enemies as possible to get through levels.
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.

Tollaz0r!
Posted 11:00am 29/9/08
? Why are finding it so hard?

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 :(
infi
Posted 11:24am 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.


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??
Midda
Posted 01:44pm 29/9/08
The targeting in this game is seriously fucked. SO many times I've found myself trying to target this massive fucking rancor or AT-ST in front of me, only to electrocute a box to the side.

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.
Tollaz0r!
Posted 03:59pm 29/9/08
O, I'm using the Wii version and it hasn't suffered from those problems.. at least not for me.
reso
Posted 05:25pm 29/9/08
Maybe the Wii has been tweaked to be easy mode. This game is pretty frustrating on the 360.

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.
paveway
Posted 07:07pm 29/9/08
you can look up, well i know you can on the wii

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
ViscoS
Posted 07:59pm 06/10/08
Maybe Krome did something right for once?
trog
Posted 08:25pm 06/10/08
For once? They're what, the biggest games developer in the country?
infi
Posted 08:26pm 06/10/08
I got a bit bored of it, it's a bit reptitive. I keep pluggin' away.
paveway
Posted 08:53pm 06/10/08
have you finished it yet infi?

awesome story
Tollaz0r!
Posted 08:57pm 06/10/08
I finished it a little while ago, half-way through I thought they were going to break the Star Wars lore, but it was OK. The ending was OK.
paveway
Posted 08:58pm 06/10/08
well it couldn't have really gone any other way, not like he could have won
infi
Posted 10:34pm 06/10/08
no i haven't finished it, it just gets a bit boring.
Midda
Posted 10:49pm 06/10/08
Maybe the Wii has been tweaked to be easy mode. This game is pretty frustrating on the 360.

It's probably just less broken on the Wii.
Tollaz0r!
Posted 08:40am 07/10/08
Without having played any other version I think the force powers would be far more intuitive an easier to control on the Wii. It is quite easy to run along a platform, pick-up and throw enemies over the edge as you run without much of a thought. Just the way it should be.
Midda
Posted 10:16am 07/10/08
Holy shit, I can see Steve's avatar!
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