Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #71 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: ACTIVISION
• Released on: 2008-09-19
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

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The Star Wars saga will continue in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, a videogame developed by LucasArts, which casts players as Darth Vader's "Secret Apprentice" and promises to unveil new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy. The expansive story, created under direction from George Lucas, is set during the largely unexplored era between Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. In it, players will assist the iconic villain in his quest to rid the universe of Jedi - and face decisions that could change the course of their destiny.

Join the Dark Side

You are Darth Vader's Secret Apprentice View larger.

Use The Force to disable your enemies View larger.

Artwork of the Jedi "Maris" View larger.

As its name implies, The Force Unleashed completely re-imagines the scope and scale of the Force by taking full advantage of newly developed technologies that will be seen and experienced for the first time: Digital Molecular Matter (DMM), by Pixelux Entertainment, and euphoria by NaturalMotion Ltd. Paired with the powerful Havok Physics™ system, these new technologies create gameplay only possible on the new generation of consoles. DMM incorporates the physical properties of anything in the environment so that everything reacts exactly like it should - wood breaks like wood, glass shatters like glass, plants on the planet Felucia bend like plants on the planet Felucia would, and more. Meanwhile, as a revolutionary behavioural-simulation engine, euphoria enables interactive characters to move, act and even think like actual human beings, adapting their behaviour on the fly and resulting in a different payoff every single time.


Game Features:

• During the period between Episodes III and IV, players hunt Jedi in the role of Darth Vader's Secret Apprentice.
• Unleash and upgrade the Secret Apprentice's four core Force powers - Force push, grip, repulse and lightning - throughout the course of the game, and combine them for ultra-destructive, never-before-seen combos.
• Examples of unleashing the Force in ways never thought possible:
  • The Secret Apprentice won't just Force push enemies into walls - he'll Force push enemies through walls.
  • The Secret Apprentice won't just Force grip foes to throw them aside - he'll Force grip them in midair, zap them with lightning, then drop them to the ground to explode like a bomb.
• In addition to new adversaries created just for the game, such as fugitive Jedi and Force-sensitive Felucians, players will also confront and associate with familiar faces from the Star Wars films, including Darth Vader.
• Visit locations such as Episode III's Wookiee home world Kashyyyk and the floral Felucia, the junk planet Raxus Prime, plus an Imperial TIE fighter construction facility.
• The Force Unleashed is LucasArts' first internally developed title for next-generation consoles, and it represents the first in-game collaboration of talents and technology between LucasArts and Industrial Light & Magic, two companies now finally under one roof at the new Letterman Digital Arts Center in San Francisco's Presidio district.
• The Force Unleashed debuts Digital Molecular Matter from Pixelux and euphoria behavioural simulation from NaturalMotion Ltd.
• LucasArts is preparing an unprecedented promotional effort around the launch of The Force Unleashed, encompassing a full line of toys and game-based action figures from Hasbro, as well as a full publishing program from Dark Horse, Del Rey and Palace Press.

Meet the Cast
The Star Wars Saga will continue in 2008 with LucasArts' biggest-ever video game event. Set during the "dark times" between Episodes III and IV, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed portrays the previously untold story of Darth Vader's Secret Apprentice -- and now you can put a face to that mysterious character as well as the major supporting cast members as LucasArts unveils the actors set to star in The Force Unleashed.

The New Technology of The Force Unleashed
With The Force Unleashed, LucasArts not only introduces a new chapter in the Star Wars saga, but also two completely new and innovative technologies -- Digital Molecular Matter by Pixelux Entertainment and euphoria by NaturalMotion Ltd. These groundbreaking technologies combine with Havoc physics to create true next-gen gameplay and the Force like it's never been seen or experienced before.

Customer Reviews

I enjoyed this, and it has replay value.
Let me start out with two facts... 1) I'm not an avid gamer, 2) I am an avid Star Wars fan. I bought this game for the PS3 almost immediately and my overall rating is a 4 because I enjoyed myself.

I'm not rating the game on graphics, or sound, or cut-scenes - but mainly on the fact that I found myself quite immersed in learning my Force powers and using them in different ways to kill off Stormstroopers, Gonk Power Droids, smashing windows, chucking bits of debris at Rhodians, throwing Biker Scouts into carbon freeze chambers, fighting Darth Vader, hiding behind walls and flattening Purge Troopers with immense boulders, electrifying AT-STs, releasing Wookies on Senate Guards, waiting until about 6 enemies surround you and hitting Force Repulse, watch 'em fly away... there's just loads to do.

Sure, you throw one Stormtrooper off a ledge and get a "Long Way Down" bonus and you think "Yeah, that was good!", do you want to do it a thousand times? Well, no... but there's other ways to do stuff... have a giggle while you're flinging a Stormtrooper around the ceiling and he grabs hold of something up there and starts yelling: "No, no, aaaah!"

I found electrifying Rancors one of my most fond moments - the poor, dumb, beats.

The control system is a thing of beauty to me... I never really liked using the directional buttons on the SIXAXIS, but once I was forced to get used to it, it became second nature. Most things in the environment can have something done to them... the puzzles are puzzling enough for them to drive me nuts a little bit, every now and again... the story is able to take you by surprise the first time around.

So... I liked it. Is it the best game out there? I doubt it, as others seem to infer it's lacking in many areas... but, end of review, I liked it.

Is that it?!
Personally i think the gameplay is fine, and was fun. I cared less about linking the storyline of episodes 3 and 4 although it was interesting to watch.

However, the biggest issue I have with this game is the outrage of having to pay £40 for something that I completed in less time (on hard) than it takes to watch an episode of the films! Its like when your favourite TV series releases a special one-off episode on DVD to complete your collection, but you still have to pay the price of a complete series!

Its too late for me to return it, but im definately trading it in as now that I have played it and watched it, im not going to pick up that light saber again.

If only we had another Battlefront game. Good times.

Damn Uninterpretable Cut Scenes
I only gave this 3 stars for fun and 1 star overall.
It is a great deal of fun. However it has one flaw that really gets on my nerves in respect of the way it handles death near the start of a level.
You enter a new area, it play a nice cut scene showing what you have to do to get through (mini mission basically) then you get on with it. Now if there is quite a tough area involved you are likely to die a few time while you figure it out. With this game (and MANY others) when you die you restart the level (even if you select save). That is a minor irritation. The MASSIVE irritation is that it plays the cut scene again, in full, without the ability to skip it. I only need to see the cut scene ONCE to understand it. In some really tough areas you can easily watch the same cut scene 20 times and find yourself yelling "I know dammit..." at the TV.
This game would have been so much less irritating if you could press a button to skip the cut scene the second through twentieth time.
Why can't game designers get this right? Its pretty simple and some games do it well.

Other than this niggle it is damn good fun and the story is very appealing although it is rather short.

Buy it unless you are very short tempered as the cut scenes will have you throwing your controller across the room.