Yes this adventure will be yours, this war is you who will lead it. So make the right choices, and more than ever, May the Force be with you Starkiller! BASED lightsaber and force projection! We need to things right away, Star Wars The Force Unleashed is not an adventure game with the image of what has been done in recent years. Even if the universe of George Lucas' saga lends itself perfectly, the KOTOR series initiated by the talented Bioware studio has already given its pedigree in this genre.
No, it is indeed an action game hardcore, the worthy heir of the Jedi Knight PC or the 3 mythical episodes on Super Nintendo.
We announced a game where we will play as a young apprentice of Darth Vader. We'll have to get by, use all the powers of the Force and his lightsaber out beyond reason. Buoyed by a game engine created for the occasion, called Euphoria and Havok supported by the system, management of physics must be a technical strengths of the game because, in addition to the lightsaber, the projection force, controlling the electric force, the uprising by force or the choke will be our weapons throughout the 11 courses (basic) that make up the adventure.
order to dominate the most of these newly acquired powers and finally to the scope of any Star Wars fan, the game begins on the planet Kashyyyk (aie! ouch! Ouch!) Where one person embodies the Lord Black , Darth Vader. Mission for the Emperor, he is there to track down and exterminate the last of the Jedi and incidentally stumbling Wookie.
This level will close encounter and battle against a Jedi named Kento Marek in exile on this planet. Winner, Vader finds himself facing a small orphan boy now he will take under his wing so the Force looks great in it. And this is really begins the game in the skin of Galen Marek aka Starkiller!
At any time, you can access the training mode to perfect our control of the authorities and try some of the challenges offered.
a big game BUT THAT JOB! From the technical side, unfortunately, it is far from reaching the summits. A framerate not stable at all and V-sync to pick up (horizontal lines cut the screen during most trips syndrome quite common and rather disturbing).
displacement of our character, let's talk about exactly, may be poorly understood. Ugly bugs collision prevent us from time to time to move forward as we see fit. Bothered by a twig, slip at idle and unable to move on a stone or any object dotting here and there on our way, this happened to me many times.
Far from spoiling the adventure or progression, these are all the same technical flaws that make task when talking about a big production like this game
To finish with the negative, I would add that the handling of Starkiller in battle is marred by the absence of "lock" worthy of the name. A trigger is yet assigned for this purpose but personally I've used it at a very early and stopped when I perceived that decided the game like he wanted any enemy target and especially changed his whim, sometimes even before the first enemy target is eliminated. What's great nawak. So, better to calmly deal with fights and traditional way: by hand without any help assisted.
VARY ITS STYLE, THE KEY TO SUCCESS In the classroom, THE POWER OF THE FORCE has it in spades. It is also necessary not to become entangled in the brushes of many confrontations. If the enemies, the bestiary of the game and the situations are quite diverse, it will be on our side know how to vary his style of fighting pain of Game Over insured (or bored if you play in easy). We are fortunate to have among fingers a great power (but without responsibility ^ ^), let's show what we can do. Especially since the enemies are usually immunized against one (or more) of our powers, we must learn to know the weaknesses of each. Electricity cons everything robotic projection of force against the smaller enemies, etc ... No problem against the Storm Toopers basic them, the poor are ballads like puppets. Kindling to break our hands lumberjack Force somehow.
Finally, the biggest enemy will be finished by a sequence of QTE families, ending in triumph by the movements of a class.
MEETINGS WILL MAKE YOU Chronologically, the game's storyline is So between episodes 3 and 4 of the saga of G. Lucas. And despite some paradoxes (the ability to kill certain people that we are supposed to discover in episodes 4, 5 and 6 for example) this new story fits perfectly between the two trilogies. It feels well the consequences of the Clone Wars and the rise of the Galactic Empire. It's simply exhilarating didn't feel to participate in any alternative history patched the original scenario.
It is with pleasure that we find some familiar faces like Darth Vader, of course, Princess Leia (stealth), the Emperor himself, and characters equally familiar if you take the trouble to download additional content or simply buy as bibi publishing Sith the game
FASHION VICTIM
At each place visited, Starkiller is dressed differently. Bure Jedi training clothes, armor Sith. There's something for everyone. The last tough choice to you under the late game (Erm) , we will unlock a skin associated with the dark side or light side of the Force that this choice generates. In a rare class, the latter 2 are worth their clothes only to repeat the adventure (or the last level it depends) to unlock that which we lack. And why not, perhaps try the Sith Master difficulty game.
Different DLC available or the Sith edition of the game offer their sides to get into the skin of colorful characters in the saga. Luke Skywalker C-3PO through a selection of Jedi or even the big bad Darth Malak Star Wars KOTOR. In all, two dozen additional skins. Fan service at its best what!
more, I WANT MORE!
If it is felt the urge after finishing the game and the bottom, the 3 chapters available in the Ultimate Sith edition of the game (the first two are also downloading) are there to add even more spice to the original adventure.
- JEDI TEMPLE :
Gave Storm Troopers and various units of the Empire, this chapter takes us to this place that is the legendary Temple of the Ancients. Starkiller's mission is simple: find out more about his late father himself a former Jedi. The spectral shape of the latter also guide our feet into the 2nd part of this chapter, a series of tests using our power to move objects by the Force to finish on a pretty tough boss. In the first part of the Temple, there is fierce fighting fairly complicated (depending on the difficulty chosen course).
- Tatooine :
This time, it was as an apprentice of the dark side of the Force (under the command of Darth Vader so) that Starkiller goes on Tatooine, the planet of Jawas. In search of information held by the robots protocol such as C-3PO and R2-D2 that everyone knows.
is the frantic action that takes precedence in this level and the various meetings will lift your heart to any Star Wars fan who respects himself. Between face to face with Jabba the Hutt and especially his silly pet to be killed in the purest style Skywalker (attached is a success for that matter) to fight against Boba Fett and a final against Obi-Wan Kenobi is the feeling of being totally filled me overwhelmed.
- HOTH :
Not available for download, we send this chapter on the ice planet Hoth in order to eradicate for good the rebellion led by Luke Skywalker himself. It is the shadow of the film E MPire-cons attack hanging over this campaign. Caught in the crossfire, was both an opportunity to tackle rebels (last few) as these forces of the Empire with a lot of Storm Troopers motorized, of Imperial soldiers and especially the towering bipedal mecha-TR TT and their big brothers quadrupeds.
Much of the chapter from the caves of ice, is also pleased to find the famous Yetis as powerful as Force-sensitive (the poor).
All this to finish on the face-off against long-awaited epic, Luke Skywalker, the son of our master thus.
These 3 additional chapters stink detour and are relatively long (like a chapter from the original game means anything). To this we must add all the skins and color lightsaber downloads, plus one new for Starkiller skin, armor Sith wickedly class. I also welcome the presence of enemies and characters not present in the original game, which gum a possible effect of déjà vu or just adding to the game Star Wars Force Unleashed Sith Ultimate Edition is So although the ultimate version of a game already incredibly rich, not free of faults but an extreme pleasure.
Review carried out on the Xbox 360 version of the game