The day has finally arrived for all of you out there who've ever wanted to taste what it's like to have the power of The Dark Side, err... by your side. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is upon us with a promise to let you use The Force in varying ways as Darth Vader's secret Sith Apprentice in a plot to destroy the Emperor.

Will you succeed as Vader's student? Or is redemption waiting around the corner? You'll have to play the game for yourself, just as we did prior to today's review. Lest we spoil such an intricately crafted Star Wars tale for you.

Check out what we thought and be sure to hit up our AusGamers game page for all related media and info.

And from all of this stems my biggest problem with the game: the promise of playing as a Sith Lord and experiencing the power of The Force is cheapened because you're constantly reminded you're just playing a videogame.

oreary?

don't suppose you've played this on wii ?

You can definitely see Lucas' horrible hand in the script in general, but Jedi knight/Outcast weren't exactly remembered for their tight storytelling :) The PSP version handles well enough given the system limitations - I've noticed several cases of slowdown (mostly on Felucia) which is almost purely due to too many things on screen + having a very active environment around you. It's something God of War PSP suffered from as well, so it's mostly forgivable. mostly.

Looking forward to getting the Wii version when it goes on sale tomorrow though.

I don't think I could enjoy a Star Wars game that didn't have Don Burke in it.

Lol, this game is on the App Store. Apparently you don't run, it runs, but you do gestures on the touch screen to do force powers... Sounds kinda lame.

Wait, are you saying you don't control which direction the guy goes?

Apparently not.

Hahahah.

Meh, I got Real Football 09 (read: soccer) and its awesome. Best sport game I've played on iPhone by far.

Scotland was thrashing me then I pwnd them 3-nil woot.

this is gonna rock. less QQ fags.

overall the game is fun, abit harder then i thought it would be (which is a suprise, considering how easy i find games these days)

other then that, yeah story is abit ass as is the script.
would of prefered more sabre control then whats on offer, but i guess ill get the wii version for that.

when is wii version out?

now!!!

the PC needs another good star wars game. i want a mix between kotor and jedi knight

On Monday morning a stormtrooper and two imperial guards were giving out a promotional dvd for the game at Martin Place station in Sydney

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The DVD doubles as a 10% discount on the game at Game stores throughout NSW.

bought this for the wii last night

it's pretty f***in rad apart from as my man steve says, the camera angle can be annoying

when you are fighting a boss though you can lock the camera on them (or any enemy) and the camera stays behind you and you look at them always

the force repulse is f***in siiiiiiiick

Where's the swoop bikes? They didn't even go there on swoop bikes?

is there co-op?

no russ it's single player only apart from the dualing bit

DAMN now i have to share with gf

I'm sure your mum won't mind ;)

i just killed the AT-ST last night

took me ages to work out to jab the controls in, in sequence as the control comes up on the screen to do the finishing move

God I hate quicktime events; where's the fun in arbitrarily pressing unconnected buttons flashing up on the screen? They're not controls, they're just... it's like that old child's toy from the 80s where you had to hit coloured buttons in sequence.

It is NOT what videogames should be about. It was one of the stupidest parts of God of War, and it's the bit they've copied! Of all the parts of GoW to pinch...

As for the crap autosave system - artificially padding out the game by making you replay whole sections - cheap instant deaths a long way from an autosave, s*** targeting for the force powers...

An incredibly frustrating game. Gameplay design is appalling; the only thing saving it is some pretty levels (although the level design is pre-1996 - it's basically a corridor shooter) and the bridging story.

Wait till it's cheap or LucasArts will make more s*** games like this.

Jeremy I respect your right to have an opinion but you're wrong. The quicktime events are fun. You can enjoy the awesome Jedi action moves which try to distract you from completing the quicktime sequences.

Getting the bosses down to 5% is the hard part. I like that the moves have been designed to use the wii controller's full capability and certain shockwave moves where you hit the ground or make a large swipe with your sabre require that swinging motion with the controller.

It would suck to not be playing this on wii.

yeah it's certainly awesome on wii, forget playing it on anything else

I haven't played this much but so far I've found myself just running and jumping past as many enemies as possible to get through levels.
If I stop to try and take them on it usually takes about 10mins to get through an area because more and more guys keep coming out of nowhere and if you die you have to wait for what seems like forever for it to reload. It definitely is a frustrating game, but I want to finish it eventually.

? Why are finding it so hard?

Most enemies can be quickly taken out with a quick force-pickup and through at another enemy. A few swings of the saber, a push here, meh heaps of bad guys killed.

I find it a little too easy :(

If I stop to try and take them on it usually takes about 10mins to get through an area because more and more guys keep coming out of nowhere and if you die you have to wait for what seems like forever for it to reload. It definitely is a frustrating game, but I want to finish it eventually.

I die very rarely and i am not very experienced at these games. Whenever health gets low I just run around for one of those red life vials.

I don't really know what you mean by dieing and replaying long areas, as that hasn't happened to me.

But I kill everything I can find for the XP to unlock new force powers. Why would you avoid XP??

The targeting in this game is seriously f***ed. SO many times I've found myself trying to target this massive f***ing rancor or AT-ST in front of me, only to electrocute a box to the side.

Also, being rag-dolled and sniped while you lay there unable to move, and being knocked over again before you even get control of your character back s***s me to tears. As fun as parts of the game is, the designers were seriously f***ed in the head.

I haven't tried the Wii version yet. I'm hoping to get a copy of it from work for free so I don't have to shell out.

O, I'm using the Wii version and it hasn't suffered from those problems.. at least not for me.

Maybe the Wii has been tweaked to be easy mode. This game is pretty frustrating on the 360.

Can't target, the camera is retarded especially for their choice of little puzzles (vertical but you can't look up). Also the "action sequences" kind of suck - I want to watch the awesomeness not the bottom of the screen for the next unrelated button to pop up.

you can look up, well i know you can on the wii

it sounds like total ass with a controller, it's awesome with the wii you just aim with the nunchuck, just twist around with the control knob

Maybe Krome did something right for once?

For once? They're what, the biggest games developer in the country?

I got a bit bored of it, it's a bit reptitive. I keep pluggin' away.

have you finished it yet infi?

awesome story

I finished it a little while ago, half-way through I thought they were going to break the Star Wars lore, but it was OK. The ending was OK.

well it couldn't have really gone any other way, not like he could have won

no i haven't finished it, it just gets a bit boring.

Maybe the Wii has been tweaked to be easy mode. This game is pretty frustrating on the 360.

It's probably just less broken on the Wii.

Without having played any other version I think the force powers would be far more intuitive an easier to control on the Wii. It is quite easy to run along a platform, pick-up and throw enemies over the edge as you run without much of a thought. Just the way it should be.

Holy s***, I can see Steve's avatar!