Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition

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1. panzerthrice says:

   March 10, 2010 at 8:44 pm

   just the limited edition version that didn’t come out by the side of w the original release. DLC levels are really uninspired and cheap feeling. other than that it’s the same game as last time around with a really nice steel case. i’m a sucker for the steel case so i ‘upgraded’ haha but for 20 dollars the original may be the better regard if you don’t care about the mediocre dlc or the fancy steel case
   Rating: 3 / 5
2. Chad Varnadore says:

   March 10, 2010 at 11:41 pm

   Without a doubt the buggiest game I’ve played on the PS3. I’ve played owing to once in normal mode and, during the course of the game, my character got stuck at least a half dozen times all at different places, which is really frustrating when you’re about to beat a boss and then have to start all over again because you can’t even go. And be careful in the laser tunnel, if your character’s guide starts talking to you, it essentially freezes you in place, but the game doesn’t pause and you’ll get killed by the laser before you can go again, which means starting back from the beginning. Those are some of the most irritating glitches, but you’ll find many other bugs or poor design elements, like invisible troopers (not talking about the ones that are supposed to vanish temporarily) or getting hit at the beggining of a stage several times before the game will even let you go, getting shot thru closed doors (sometimes works in your favor). Seriously, they need to do MUCH better testing! And the 3 bonus maps are even buggier!

   I like just about anything Star Wars, but I’ve gotta admit that I reflect I ultimately found the gameplay of The Force Unleashed more irritating than fun. The challenges are mostly tedious than stimulating; and the gameplay is pretty basic and unimaginitive (fight your way owing to a level and then beat its boss – not anything new here. I know this game was designed a few years ago, but seriously, the PS3 is capable of doing so much more. While the game brings some new things to the table, I expected something a small more ambitious. Though it integrates a variety of force powers really well, controllability quirks, a unadorned storyline that doesn’t even try to stay within the Star Wars canon, somewhat mundane gameplay, and loads of bugs make the game feel a small cheap, like the designers were partially banking on the Star Wars name to make a sell. If you take away the Star Wars theme, I reflect this game would get anywhere near the praise it sometimes does.

   I didn’t expect to be able to play with so many different character skins. That was kind of clean. But at the very least they should have changed saber styles for different jedi/siths; Darth Maul has a completely different saber than Starkiller and Dookoo, Luke Skywalker, Obi Wan, etc, don’t use an underhanded stylishness. It’s also kinda lame having a non-jedi/sith wield a saber instead of a blaster, especially a droid like C-3PO; but kuddos to the designers for offering some variety.

   The Force Unleashed is the first game I needed help in beating in normal/Sith Warrior mode. Not that it’s all that tough, but when encountering several of the bosses (or more particularly non-boss stages where you have to do something like force-pull a star destroyer), after practically not getting anywhere after 10-20 tries, I wanted to at least confirm I was on the right path. The sports meeting directions can be sorely lacking. But I guess that’s supposed to be part of the challenge, even if it is more frustrating than stimulating.

   I played thru Sith Warrior (normal) difficulty first and then skipped Sith Lord and went right to Sith Master (toughest) difficulty, which I finished except for the very last boss, whom I finally lost patience with (him or the controls) after about 2 hours (made the bull rancor seem simple), so I dropped the level back to apprentice, just to see how the game finished when choosing the light path. Having played thru several times and having completed 91% of the trophies, I reflect playing the game in one of the two toughest difficulties is probably the funnest, if you switch it back to warrior or apprentice each time you get to the somewhat irritating boss stages, but I always found boss based sports meeting to be honestly bone idle in design, even in the 80s.

   As a fan of the franchise I’m still looking forward to Unleashed 2; I only hope the game designers at least place a small thought into their save points with the sequel and allow you to skip more of the movies on do again playback, or at least make the tale more fascinating if they’re going to make you sit thru it. Going up against a near impossible to beat, boss-like creature is one thing, having to start over and fight owing to from the beginning of an entire map everytime you get beat is infuriating after the 20th time, even more so when the only reason you got beat is because you couldn’t tell exactly which way your character was facing when you attacked or worse yet, you were facing your target, even had him highlighted with blue corners, but for some reason your attack chooses to target an inanimate object beside or just in front of the enemy instead leaving you vulnerable for a few seconds while you recover from your attack. Aaaarrrh!

   Edit: After playing this game again on a 100 inch 1080p front projection setup, character control was a small better. The game was just as buggy of course, but I could better tell which way I was facing than when playing in the living room on a 52 inch 1080p LCD, even though I was meeting proportionally just as close to the screen.
   Rating: 1 / 5
3. T. Stephen says:

   March 11, 2010 at 1:32 am

   I’ve been picking up Star Wars titles since the Dark Forces, Mysteries of the Sith, Rebellion and X-Wing vs Tie Fighter days. This has to be the most poorly implemented title I’ve ever installed on a PC.

   This game is so rife with glitches, hitches and bugs as to make it completely un-enjoyable. The controls at times are not just unintuitive, but counter intuitive. The controls are obviously intended for a console format. It feels as though, as the game was being designed, two weeks before release, someone said “Oh! We should make a PC version. Write some quick code and make it happen”.

   The mouse sensitivity seems to be set on “random”. One time you’ll pick up an object a certain space away from you, smoothly line it up and throw it at your enemy. The next time you might pick up the same type of item at the same space and as you try to line up for the throw, the slightest movement of the mouse jerks the object to the far side of the screen.

   Now all this happens, obviously, when the game decides it’s going to run. It’s a 50/50 proposition at best. And when you’ve had all you can stand and want to exit, you’d reflect that “Exit” and confirm “Yes” would get you back to your desktop. Not so. In the process of quitting the game, the developers thought you might like to see some tips on the way out. Penetrate, Right Click, Left Click, Esc. No getting past it. Wait it out.

   Jedi Academy was a far superior title to this one and it played well with PCs. This game looks and feels as though it should have been a bridge between Dark Forces and Jedi Academy. Pretty graphics do NOT a excellent game make.

   I watched the original Star Wars in the theater in 1977 and was absolutely captivated. Again with The Empire Strikes Back and finally with Return of the Jedi. Then, many moons later, there were PCs and many sports meeting were made to try and capture the magic of the movies and place the player in control of the action. Some were excellent, some were mediocre and some (to place it generously) were sub-par.

   As much as I really wanted to like this game, it’s crude design and make pleased are at times just plain insulting to those of us who hold the Star Wars franchise in high regard, but do not worship it. Like I said, excellent graphics won’t make a terrible game excellent and neither will putting the words “Star Wars” on the cover.

   Bear in mind that I’m commenting on the PC version. It may well be that the console experience is really different. I truly hope so because since I don’t delight in it at all, maybe there are those who will.
   Rating: 1 / 5
4. Guillermo J. Cajigas says:

   March 11, 2010 at 1:57 am

   Lot more gameplay options and storylines to play. Coolest thing is you get to play Vader but for a brief mission. Same as the regular edition but more things to reveal. A must buy if you haven’t brought the game yet and if you already the ancient one, don’t buy the same game twice just because it’s a special edition. You be wasn’t cash on only a few more things that the ancient one left out. I brought it because I waited til the price dropped and lucky for me they came out with the special edition.
   Rating: 5 / 5
5. J. Marco says:

   March 11, 2010 at 2:38 am

   The game is sort of a slow loader, but very well done from the force capabilities to the tale line and light saber fights are a lot of fun.
   Rating: 5 / 5