Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is a action and fighting video game developed by LucasArts and part of the The Force Unleashed multimedia project with other developers and publishers namely Dark Horse Comics, Lego, Hasbro and del Ray Books. The game was developed for consoles, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360; and also handhelds, iPod Touch,iPhone, mobile phone, N-Gage, Nintendo DS and also PlayStation Portable. It was released on September 16, 2008 in North America, September 17, 2008 in Australia and September 19, 2008 in Europe. The game enables single-palyer and multiplayer modes. It was rated 12 by BBFC, T by ERCB, PG (DS, N-Gage, iPod Touch and iPhone) and M (PS3, Xbox 360, PSP, PS2 and Wii) by OFLC and also 12+ (NDS) and 16+ (others) by PEGI.

Features

The game is set between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, begins with the player controlling Darth Vader and searching Kashyyyk for a surviving Jedi. Vader then discovers the Jedi’s Force-srong child, whom he raises as his secret apprentice. Upon childhood, Vader ask Starkiller (name of the apprentice, which is the player) to hunt down the remaining Jedi for his ultimate goal to assassinate the Emperor. However, the Emperor’s spies discover Starkiller’s existence and the Emperor forces Vader to kill the apprentice; Vader hurls Starkiller into space, but secretly dispatches droids to retrieve and revive him. Vader gives his apprentice a new mission: to make contact with those who resist the Emperor’s rule and foster a rebellion among them to distract the Emperor so Vader can make his move. Starkiller rescues love interest and Rogue Shadow pilot Juno Eclipse, Jedi Master Rahm Kota, Princess Leia Organa and Senator Bail Organa. In the process, Starkiller learns from Kota about the Jedi way and ultimately spares the life of Jedi apprentice Maris Brood, despite her fall to the dark side. Starkiller travels between missions aboard the Rogue Shadow, whose crew develops a kinship despite their agenda.

Review Summary

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is an exciting and full of adventure PS 3 game. The game is about war which you have to fight, shoot and save people. The game is supported by the Lucas Arts’ proprietary "Ronin" engine. It also assimilates the third-party technology for example Havok for rigid body physics, Pixelux Entertainment’s "Digital Molecular Matter" for dynamically destructible objects, and Natural Motion’s Euphoria for character animation and artificial intelligence. It contains a video game, a tie-in novel, action figures, a comic book, a reference book and a role-playing game supplement. You played a character named Wookiee who is the superhero and have other characters such as Darth Maul, a bounty hunter, a smuggler, or "the last Skywalker". The face- and motion-capture equipment is used during stage actors’ voice and physical performances of their lines, and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra recorded a two-hour soundtrack. The PS 3 version features the fashionable "Historic Mode" which allowed players to redo battles and events from the Star Wars films. Viewers find the game exciting especially fans of the Star Wars movies who find it quite entertaining. Some players commented that the game is adventurous and fun. While others said that the game is simply dull and boring.