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| From: Lucas Arts Entertainment
Category: Video Games
List Price: $59.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  108 reviews
Sales Rank: 46
Format: Cd
Platform: Xbox 360
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 33276
Model: 32761
UPC: 023272332761
EAN: 0023272332761
ASIN: B000R0URCE
Release Date: September 16, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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.
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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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 Bleh! Fix the targeting system. October 14, 2008
This game is playable, especially on the medium level. Great story. Definitely fun at times.
Try anything harder than that and it becomes an exercise in frustration. The targeting system is fatally flawed. It doesn't give appropriate weight to proximity and often results in your force attacks being wasted upon objects on the other side of the room instead of, say, that 30 foot AT-ST standing right in front of you. You can work around this on the lower difficulty levels...but on more advanced levels when one misstep results in your death...get ready to swear a lot. The save checkpoints are at times distant from each other...adding icing to the cake.
No multiplayer. Let me state that again for the back row...it's a FPS without multiplayer.
It takes 2-3 hits with your lightsaber to kill things like storm troopers. Are you kidding me?
Admittedly, I had high expectations. I've played the Jedi Knight series on the PC. Though the graphics are undeniably better in Force Unleashed, the gameplay is actually worse than those decade old PC games.
Bleh!
 BEST STAR WARS GAME EVER!!!! October 14, 2008
For starters, I don't agree with the reviews that say this game is repetetive. You are constantly unlocking and upgrading new force powers that never get old or boring. If you're a star wars fan, you'll be in Jedi/Sith heaven. If you're not, you'll still be in action video game heaven. I too beat this game in one sitting but I'm not complaining. It was about a ten hour game but with action games, I think that is perfect. I'm so busy with work and school, both full time, on top of a family, that my only real time to game is on the weekends. So a game that I can complete in a day or two is perfect. There has never been a more fun and bad a** star wars game than this one. You feel more powerful in this game than you ever did in the Jedi Knight games. (Which I also Loved)The voice acting and facial expressions in the animation felt a lot more cinematic than the usual bla performances in other video games. Though not the deepest story I've ever seen, you don't really need it for action games like this. This game is extremely fun and I recommend it for anyone who likes action games. My only slight problem with it is that there is no multiplayer. If you could take everything about this game and throw it into the multiplayer modes of Jedi Knight for some online battles, it'd be the perfect Star Wars game.
 The Force is strong...but might not be strong enough October 14, 2008
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I rented the newly released Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for the Xbox 360 this weekend.
This was a game that I had anticipated buying...but then the mixed reviews that surrounded it upon release gave me pause.
Ultimately, I am better off for having played it...so it was well worth the rental and an eventual purchase when I find it with a red clearance tag at Target someday.
The Pros:
* The best Star Wars (non-RPG) game to date.
* It's fun. (Except for a few particular instances...which will be described below.)
* Awesome CGI cut scenes. This game serves as an interesting addition to the Star Wars canon...and does a good job setting up some of the events we see in Episode IV.
* The game features the delicious Battlestar Galactica alum Sam Witwer (Crashdown) as Darth Vader's apprentice. He looks as good in the game as he ever looked on television. The Force is with him...indeed.
* Great acting. This game featured some of the best animated acting I've seen. Anywhere.
* An awesome array of Force powers are available to you from the beginning of the game and most of them are fun to use.
* Watch for a great appearance of a classic villain...well worth the price of a rental.
* Great use of the classic Star Wars music by John Williams. The music makes the mood...and this game nails it.
The Cons:
* This game has a few moments that will drive you absolutely nuts. Without going into any spoilerific details...I'll just say that the game very often gives you too little information and/or verbal/visual clues as to what you need to do to solve a challenge.
* Some infrequent yet horrifying bugs. When I fight my way through Darth Vader and make it to my show down with the Emprorer...I expect the game to keep running. Instead...my game froze up just as I was about the "defeat" the Emporer. Thanks, Lucas Arts. I restarted my console and made it through a second time without any difficulties...so who knows. All I'm saying is that Bioshock never froze up on me...and there was just as much carnage going on on-screen.
* The game is a quick play...especially if you've got it set on the Apprentice level of difficulty. The only real times that I died where when the sometimes wonky camera angles and sometimes difficult controls caused me to fall down deep chasms and lava pits.
* They managed to snag Jimmy Smits as Senator Bail Organa (a role he originated in Episode III,) yet they couldn't get Carrie Fisher, Ian McDermond, or James Earl Jones? Seriously? What is Carrie Fisher doing these days? She couldn't stop by the studio and lay down some audio for Princess Lea?
* No Yoda. :(
* There seems to be absolutely NO personal consequence for your character using a variety of Force powers throughout the game that would be considered 'Dark Side' powers. You can kill as many people as you like...and you still seem to turn out ok in the end.
Anyhow...it's worth a rental or a purchase if you are so inclined. Avoid the Nintendo Wii version if you've got a PS3 or Xbox 360...
May the Force be with you!
Worst. Camera. Ever. October 14, 2008
Playing The Force Unleashed was an exercise in frustration. The game has beautiful visuals. Cool Force powers. The ability to pick up and throw just about anything. However, it has horrible controls and camera control. As a result, I felt like I was fighting the game controls and not the enemies.
One example - it's far too easy to randomly get turned around. You are fighting some rebel scum, and next thing you know, your force lightning is going off 180 degrees from where you thought you were pointing.
During boss fights, the camera is fixed - well, not so much fixed as outside of your control. I'm sure this was meant to give the fights a cinematic feel, but instead you just get annoyed.
And I don't see why they implemented a 'Save' and 'Load' feature. It doesn't seem to work anything like how I would expect it to work. After trying to beat a miniboss several times, I finally succeeded. So I saved. When I went to reload, it took me back to the previous checkpoint, not the point I saved at. Ok, not good - I saved at that point specifically so that I wouldn't have to re-fight the miniboss if the stupid camera caused me to accidently fall to my death. Fine. I can (barely) live with that. After proceeding to play a bit more, some friends came over and one of them ended up being the end boss of the level and proceed to the next level. Well, I have a save, right? So I can go back and redo the last half of that level and fight the boss myself. Nope, the save someone was for the last checkpoint on the current level. Huh? How is that even close to what I as a player would want 'Save' to do?
I've given up on this game and am feeling like I wasted my money - having to battle the camera, controls, and save 'feature' took all the fun out of the game.
Good, but rent it-- don't buy it October 13, 2008
When I first started playing, I liked it. As I continued-- I loved it. The controls were easy to get used to and you got a real sense of power from killing people with force grip.
However, it gets boring within a few hours. It's very repetitive and, when it comes down to it, there really aren't that many force powers to 'unleash'. I found myself sticking to Lightening and force grip the entire game. Force push was just about useless and I rarely ever even used force repulse.
It's a good game to rent over a weekend, but I really wouldn't recommend it.
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