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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed | 
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| From: Lucas Arts Entertainment
Category: Video Games
List Price: $59.99
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Rating:  95 reviews
Sales Rank: 304
Platform: Playstation 3
Genre: adventure_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: PlayStation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 901802
Model: 32389
UPC: 023272332389
EAN: 0023272332389
ASIN: B000R39GPA
Release Date: September 16, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 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. |
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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
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Use The Force to disable your enemies
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Artwork of the Jedi "Maris"
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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 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 faces 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 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 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 true next-gen gameplay and the Force like it's never been seen or experienced before.
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 Cool...but frustrating December 3, 2008
D. Call (SLC, Utah)
While there are some very cool aspects to this game, the clunky controls, the minigames, and the endless jump challenges makes this game entirely too frustrating to enjoy.
The good:
- Reasonable story
- Beautifully rendered cutscenes
- Nice graphics
- Being able to pick things up and throw them at your enemies (sometimes electrifying them with sith lightning) is probably the coolest aspect of the game
- Lightsabers, sith, and sith lightning are just cool on principle
- Killing the last surviving jedi has a certain appeal to it
The bad:
- Horrific targeting system
- No long-range weapons for you (unless you count using the force to hurl debris at your enemies) - your enemies are free to blast you from afar with a litany of weapons, while you are stuck with throwing things at them from afar with the force
- Minigames suck (and always will suck for any game) - there are countless minigames that are (usually) required to kill your larger opponents and bosses
- If you are not excellent at jump games, be ready to be frustrated as you will jump-jump-jump-miss only to slide your way to the very bottom of the level and have to jump your way back to the top...only to slide all the way back down to the bottom of the level again
- Long load times - you will die a lot and you will get sick of seeing the load screen - you will also get sick of seeing the load screen when you change your lightsaber configuration, your costume, or upgrade your force powers
The game started off as a lot of fun. The first level is extremely enjoyable. From there, it starts to degrade as the minigames, jump-games, and other frustrating elements seem to grow in both number and difficulty with each level. By the last level, I was so frustrated with the negative aspects of the game that I had to write this review to warn other people about buying this $60 mixed bag. Buy it used, or better yet, rent it.
a quick bit of fun November 29, 2008
J. Sliney
Sigh...I'm a Star Wars fan and a gamer...it's hard on us people.
This game is okay. Very exciting at times with an okay story going on. Ooh, look it Darth Vader. Ooh look a tie fighter. Ooh look the game is over. Yeah, the problem with the game is that it is too short. It's not open-ended in any way that allows you to replay it really differently. The skills sections (that allow you to customize your character as you gain experience) are...okay. The bit of wow wears off pretty fast as all you are in essence doing is running in a tube destroying anything in your way. Still the action-feel is well done, the graphics are awesome, and it's hard not to enjoy dispatching enemies with a light saber.
Dear Game Designers:
Gamers want to play a game for more than a week or two. Action CAN include role-playing elements, like dialogue choices, or open-ended, optional, side missions that don't effect your main story line significantly but players can enjoy. We want to feel that we can influence the story, even just a little. We want to be more than button pushers. We want to enjoy our exorbitantly expensive video games more than once.
As for The Force Unleashed, get it cheap, or even better, rent it, no, better yet, borrow it from your friend who unfortunately paid for it (I assure you he/she is done with it already), and enjoy it for what it is, a flashy action game with no depth.
Great game but its too short. November 26, 2008
Daniel Matsuo (Hawaii / Japan)
I loved the older star wars games like old republic where it was more RPG but this game focuses more on the fighting. The powers that you are able to use are pretty cool and you are able to do combos with them. So for example you can use force grip to lift up a storm trooper, electricute him, throw your lightsaber into him, and then send him flying away. The force grip feature is the coolest, I have never seen it in any other game and its easy to grab things and throw them at your enemies.
The story is really good too. It has a lot of familiar faces like darth vader, emperor, princes leia, and others. It explains how the rebel alliance was formed. Its kind of the bridge between the movies episode # 3 and 4.
The only thing that I didnt like was that I finished the game in like 2 days on hard. The game is way too short. After you finish it you can go back and play it again to try and collect all the holocrons and complete all the objectives.
Well hope that helps.
 Amazing graphics and gameplay November 25, 2008
Edward H. Shih
Great story and gameplay with amazing graphics. You dont need to be a star wars fan to enjoy this game.
Ladies you will enjoy this I did! November 20, 2008
Jeanner M. Harris (CA)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
I Have tried several of the Star Wars games but this one by far was the Best for Us Ladies,I enjoyed it and Suprized my Hubby and Kids which was alot of Fun! If you haven't tried or hadn't though about trying this Game is a must!
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