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16 September 2008 (USA) morePlot:
The Star Wars saga will continue in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, a videogame developed by LucasArts... more | add synopsisAwards:
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Faraway, so close more (7 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Sam Witwer | ... | Darth Vader's Secret Apprentice (Starkiller) / Galen Marek / Emperor Palpatine |
 | Nathalie Cox | ... | Juno Eclipse |
 | David W. Collins | ... | Proxy (voice) |
 | Cully Fredricksen | ... | General Rahm Kota |
 | Adrienne Wilkinson | ... | Maris Brood |
 | Susan Eisenberg | ... | Shaak Ti (voice) |
| Matt Sloan | ... | Darth Vader (voice) |
 | Catherine Taber | ... | Princess Leia Organa (voice) |
 | Jimmy Smits | ... | Bail Organa (voice) |
 | Tom Kane | ... | Captain Ozzik Sturn / Jedi Knight (voice) |
 | Jarion Monroe | ... | Imperial Officer (voice) |
| Larry Drake | ... | Kazdan Paratus (voice) |
| Chris Cox | ... | Proto Rebel 1 (voice) |
 | Timothy Omundson | ... | Proto Rebel 2 (voice) |
| Lex Lang | ... | Stormtrooper 1 (voice) |
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During Starkiller's escape from Vader's research ship, he is referred to as 'Subject 1138' several times via the loudspeaker. This is a reference to George Lucas' first film, THX 1138 (1971). moreSoundtrack:
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Oh, and what kind of game it could have been. And many things they got really good, even dare to say excellent. Story is great (with influence and approval by George Lucas himself), fitting saga very good, voice acting is excellent and animations well synchronized with story, sound and music almost at the film quality.
Did they got the feeling of being a Jedi right? Yes, to the certain point. It's cool using light-saber, force (abilities develop by collecting points and experiences in battles) and especially light-saber fight with other Jedi.
Unfortunately, there are two big flaws: camera and character controls and in this types of game they are crucial for comfortable game-play.
Camera sometimes gets weird and makes you feel confused, which doesn't go too well with dozen of enemies in screen. E.g. you're fighting boss and have to avoid certain object while running. Camera focuses on boss so you don't see objects which you need to avoid. It's little frustration that you'll notice.
Controls are also not good and precise, especially force power that you use to move objects or enemies. You can see that game developers invested great amount of time in it, but unfortunately it just doesn't work so well. Just imagine, you're fighting enemy and trying to throw object on him, but it grabs other object or doesn't grab anything. It looks cool but with time you'll find it more practical to use light-saber and other force abilities and this leaves one segment of the game unused.
How do camera and control flaws influence game-play directly? Remember those epic x300 combos in God Of War when you exactly knew were you blew it? Well, in Force Unleashed it's not only you but certain amount of luck regarding on controls and camera.
However, those problems are not huge obstacle to beat the game so you won't have big problems with that, especially if you're Star Wars fan and story holds you even tighter to the game. However, although I like Star Wars I didn't have enough enthusiasm to beat it second time.
When I look at the game I have feeling it should have been developed a bit longer to correct those flaws that make so much difference in this genre. It's shame because we could have had the best Star Wars game since The Knights of The Old Republic.
Considering game flaws I'd recommend it to Star Wars fan. Others - try it before you buy it and if you like this genre and have PS2 I'd rather recommend God of War instead, it beats Force Unleashed in every segment (if you still didn't play it, of course).
Oh, and what kind of game it could have been.