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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed may possibly be the best Star Wars game in years, but is still full of imperfections graphically, and narratively. The game opens up with a small level tutorial that is sure to impress any gamer, and this greatness goes on into the first couple levels. That’s the problem though, the first few levels are amazing, but afterwards, tend to drift off a little bit and go downhill.



Story wise, this game was more well written then the second trilogy. It is a very powerful story, both in the science-fiction state, as well as telling the story of the classic good versus evil dilemma.

After completing the tutorial level, you begin the game as Starkiller, Darth Vaders apprentice, whom orders you to whipe out the rest of the Jedis. Vader comes up at plenty of points in the game, but most of the time will be spent with an android named PROXY and your female pilot Juno Eclipse (I love that name).



When it comes down to fighting, you’ll probably enjoy being a Dark Jedi because of the amount of fun you’ll have throwing Storm Troopers into Wookies. In the game, you can literally pick up any object and throw it. The physics are great, and very life like (if you could pick up objects with your mind), which will lead to hours of enjoyment just tossing things into one and other. Using the lightsabre is also a great time, because from battling a huge group of Wookies, to incinerating an innocent Storm Trooper, you hear the “woom” with every swing, which is pretty cool.



A big problem with the game is that the physics are just to good, and the level design wasn’t good enough. In claustrophobic areas it becomes very easy to pick up the wrong object, and throw it at the wrong target. You may just end up picking up an explosive barrel and blowing yourself up on accident. The physics also cause problems when trying to target enemies. It gets a little tricky, frustrating, and overall just a pain in the ass when you throw the wrong object at the enemy.



The LucasArts group came up with a very good story, and a semi-par game that offers a great story and moments, but it’s over before you know it. The most challenging part of the game is the Boss’s, which offer a great set of battles that won’t frustrate you. With each boss you’ll need to use a different set of attacks, and pay attention to the patterns and which are most effective. The only portion of the boss fights that may became frustrating is that on the 360 and PS3 models, occasionally the health bar for the boss will disappear, requiring a restart of the console because you’ll never be able to defeat it.



Overall the art design truly is rich and beautiful, and has one of the best stories ever told through a video game. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is a game where the story becomes better then the game play, and that after your 8-hours of pummeling bosses is over, you’ll want to hear more of the story.

7.5/10

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