Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Feature

• Confront and associate with familiar faces from the Star Wars films, including Darth Vader in addition to new adversaries such as fugitive Jedi and Force-sensitive Felucians
• 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: Secret Apprentice won’t just Force push enemies into walls – he’ll Force push enemies through walls, and will Force grip them in midair, zap them with lightning, then drop them to the ground
• Visit locations such as Episode III’s Wookiee homeworld Kashyyyk and the floral Felucia, the junk planet Raxus Prime, plus an Imperial TIE fighter construction facility
• Decisions made by players throughout the game will determine the path of the story, including multiple endings that will rock Star Wars continuity as they know it.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Overviews

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. 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 behavioral-simulation engine, euphoria enables interactive characters to move, act and even think like actual human beings, adapting their behavior 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 face s from the Star Wars films, including Darth Vader.
• Visit locations such as Episode III’s Wookiee homeworld Kashyyyk and the floral Felucia, the junk planet Raxus Prime, plus an Imperial TIE fighter construction facility.
• The Force Unleashed debuts Digital Molecular Matter from Pixelux and euphoria behavioral 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 gameplay and the Force like it’s never been seen or experienced before.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed RelateItems

• Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith
• Star Wars Battlefront II
• Star Wars the Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
• Star Wars Battlefront
• Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed CustomerReview

I didn’t expect much out of this game really. It’s a scaled back version on an older system. I got it because I had a gift card and nothing else looked moderately interesting. Dang that was a good decision! The first thing that hit me were the graphics. I didn’t think you could pull off this level of graphics on a PS2 without slowdown, but they sure did. I can’t remember one bit of slowdown the entire time I played. Quite impressive considering all the things on screen.

The problems come in three basic categories.

1) Game Length – The game is short, plain and simple. I beat it in maybe seven hours. You can die as often as you like and won’t cost you much. Things stay damaged so you don’t have to re-fight the same guys again. You could wear down groups that way, but there’s little reason. The game is fairly easy on the whole. Many battles come down to just swinging your lightsaber like crazy and most boss battles are interchangeable.

2) Camera – In a word, the camera “sucks”. It swings around wildly, the lock-on loses target or at least doesn’t lock on, and the right analog stick feels like it moves the camera in the opposite direction it should. Overall, I found the camera to cause most of my deaths.

3) Targeting – I mention this separately from the camera lock-on, because it’s not always where your camera is pointing. You can think you’re facing at an enemy, but you suddenly attack to the left or right. This didn’t happen often, but was annoying. I noticed it quite a bit trying to toss Tie fighters into tractor beam generators towards the end. It’s also a major pain to take down flying enemies in the heat of battle, because you’ll have a very hard time targeting and attacking them.

The good still outweighs the bad as far as I’m concerned. You get the best StarWars feel since the Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords, possibly even better. You shoot lightning, deflect blaster fire, hold and choke enemies, even throw your lightsaber and impale them. You even have a decent amount of energy to power the Force, so you don’t feel like some normal fighter with a few magic attacks. You’ll be hooked the first time you run into a room, electrocute 3 guys, pick another up and toss him off a balcony, and then finish off the last guy with your lightsaber. Cool!

If you like StarWars at all and have a PS2, Force Unleashed is a no brainer. Heck, it’s worth getting this version just because your pilot Juno Eclipse is (in my opinion) way hotter in this one. Yeah, it’s cartoony, but she doesn’t have that creepy “almost” lifelike look from the other games and she even loses the jacket for the last half of the game. Let’s hear it for eye candy!

Seriously though, it’s a good game. Rent first if you want, but give it a try.

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