Star Wars The Force Unleashed - Video Game (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii) - The New Order

Hells Sniper · 01:55 AM

Star Wars The Force Unleashed
By: Hells Sniper
The New Order - Registered User

When I saw this game trailer. I was utterly amazed, the trailer looked amazing in every single way. Words couldn't explain my excitement when I first saw it. I couldn't wait for the game and I've finally gotten around to do a review.

I'm just gonna go with the flow here and go by whatever comes to mind.

*WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD*

First things first is the Story. I absolutely loved the storyline to the game. How they managed to just flow through the gameplay. Every action made me wanna play more and more. The beginning, when you play as Darth Vader, gave you an insight to all the force powers and everything to come in the following gameplay.
*SPOILER* How they managed to make you the "Secret Apprentice" of Darth Vader was absolutely superb. Your father fights Vader and is killed, Vader knowingly kills the stormtroopers trying to kill you and you are trained in the way of the Dark Side. *END SPOILER*
Just wow.. After that, how they kept you on the edge of your seat the entire time. First attacking the Jedis, as you go along collecting force crystals and holocrons, leveling up, it was superb.
*SPOILER* As you went along, as the Emperor comes to Darth Vader and Vader betrays you for the Emperor, knowing this couldn't be the end of the game. You are awoken a few "hours" later inside Vader's ship. How you worked into it, transitioning from the Dark Side to the Light Side of the Force was beautiful. *END SPOILER*
I LOVED IT. It kept you going and it kept you wanting to know more.
Story: 5/5

Going into the gaming system, (leveling up, force powers, etc), aspect of the game. The system was awesome. While during the game in intense fighting, you'd see that LEVEL UP and you'd be like "WTF is that?" Well, pretty much, everytime you'd level up you'd get certain points for each category. Force Powers, Force Talents, and Force Combos.. Each one pretty self-explanatory. Force Powers being: force push, lightning, choke, etc. Force Talents would be: regenerating stamina, health, etc. Force Combos would be anything from attacking and force pushing the enemy into two others or a double lightning attack. The addition of these in this game, and YOU being able to choose when and what you get was another great thing the developers added.
The holocrons was another great addition. The Jedi Holocrons which gives you points to level up, and the Sith Holocrons, which give you force upgrade spheres. Another thing was the Lightsaber crystals. You have to find the crystals to turn your weapn into anything color you want was very nice. It gave you more reason to play the game. On the other hand, it also would have been nice to been able to costumize your lightsaber hilt, (the handle). There was a lot more customization than I thought you could put in a game (also the changing of your outfit).
Gaming Style: 4.5/5

Multiplayer - Unfortunately, there was no multiplayer in this game, for X360 and PS3, but I think this was a good move by the developers of the game.. Imagine it.. It'd be like Marnix screwing up the Star Wars RPG, it would just kill the game. Although I am curious to see what multiplayer would become, I think they made a right move by not adding the multiplayer.
Multiplayer - N/A

The graphics in ST:TFU, they were pretty good. During the gameplay, they were actually good compared to the cut scenes. At some parts they were a bit choppy and what not, but it was pretty good throughout the rest of the game. Although they could have added a little touch up on the faces, droids, and other things. They were pretty good. I personally thought it was just fine for the game due to the fact that.. you weren't really caring about the graphics more than what you were doing. Be it from throwing an enemy using force, or just the attacking. And in attacking, a lightsaber is supposed to cut through everything, it kind of only made a bright orange scratch through the person or thing you were attacking. And it dissappeared within 2 seconds.
Another thing I would have liked them to keep was the bodies. After you kill or destroy a person or droid, their body would just disappear in 2 or 3 seconds. I wish they would've kept those bodies, because, you can till lift up non-living things and throw them into other people. Which is something that would've added another great aspect.
Graphics: 3/5

Music - The music in the game, it felt like I was actually inside an actual Star Wars movie. It was great, they kept the nice classical feel to it, but at the same time added their own modern touches to the music. It felt awesome.

*SPOILER* At the point when you need to take down the Imperial Destroyer, the music playing in the background, kept me going. It was suspenseful and it was awesome *END SPOILER*

The soundtrack was amazing.
Music: 5/5

The Results
Story Mode - 5/5
Gaming Style - 4.5/5
Multiplayer - N/a
Graphics - 3/5
Music - 5/5

Total - 17.5/20 -- 87%

SUMMARY
My final thoughts on Star Wars: TFU are these.
The addition of multiplayer would have been nice to just see how it would be, although I think they did a great move on not having multiplayer, it would be interesting to see it.
The controls in the game are pretty easy to get used, too. And just like any other game, 'It's like riding a bike, you never forget.'
The Developers decision for the Force Upgrades menu was amazing. Having to be able to choose what you get and when you get it was a great thing to add. The lightsaber crystals and clothing options were nice to comman as well.

Overall; I loved the game and recommend it to everyone.