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| From: Lucas Arts Entertainment
Category: Video Games
List Price: $59.99
Buy Used: $39.00
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Rating:  100 reviews
Sales Rank: 51
Format: Cd
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: adventure_games
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
Condition: Just bought and beat. Wishing to sell. Perfect condition.
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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.
Join the Dark Side |
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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Cool game October 12, 2008
Ampher
game is a must have for any Star Wars fan. Amazing story. Camera angles can be a bit frustrating, but not that bad. Minor glitches, combat takes a little getting used to, but once you master it the game is great. Non die-hard fans might want to try before you buy
 Some controls pretty wonky, still pretty fun game October 12, 2008
Todd A. Nigro (Columbus, OH)
Being a sucker for all these games since Dark Knight, I was really looking forward to this game. I'd first like to point out that I did have a good time playing this game, but it was WAY to short for $60. there really isn't any replyability. You can start over on a harder setting keeping all your accomplishments and unlocked avilities/crystals, but unless you're an achievement junkie, it's not really worth it.
The thing I was most looking forward to was the ability to grab and throw objects in the environment. While this was really effective in defeating foes, controlling this feature was frustrating most of the time. It was difficult to lock on the target you wanted, and once you did, it was really difficult to get off a throw quickly. Most of the time you were forced to guide the object around carefully and aim it just so...By that time you are being shot all to hell. What was most effective was the ability to pick up enemies and throw them quickly, this also increased your force points faster than using the saber.
Overall, i think this game was fun, but i would recommend renting first.
 The force is NOT unleashed. October 12, 2008
Brian Booher (Cincinnati, OH)
I really think that this game is still in its beta stage, as the quality is terrible to be a final product of a Star Wars game. Lucasarts did one of those mega-hype moves as Lucasfilm did with Episode 1. This game does not live up to Lucasarts standards. It would be best for them to actually finish this game, because there is stuff missing and bugs needed to be taken out. I believe that no one outside of Lucasarts had the chance to test this game.
THE GOOD: Using the force to throw your enemies against object to kill them. Using force lightning. Using the Force push to tear open doors. The cutscenes are fun to watch.
THE BAD: I've had this game lock up on me twice.
The targeting system is absolutely terrible. If you are knocked down, you take about 5 seconds to get up, and you can be knocked back down again and get beaten again.
The save feature really does nothing for you. You have the ability to execute the save anywhere at anytime in the game, but if you turn the game off or die, you are brought to the save point that the game automatically doe for you. Therefore the save feature has no benefit for you.
The lightsabers are too weak. They are essentially the nightsticks the two cops from Futurama use to beat people with. In no way do you have the ability to cut a stormtrooper to pieces, of which I think would be cool. You get to cut an AT-ST and a R2 unit in half, but not humanoids. This game is sooo toned down with the violence that it's boring. The typical thing you do is beat someone with a stick, like you're in martial arts.
The graphics on the game are neat, but the parts that you can walk up to have got to be improved. I have had cases where I will walk to a wall and the design, especially the junk heaps of Raxis Prime, will change to something a little different. It doesn't affect gameplay, but it makes the game not consistent.
The targeting system in this game is a piece of crap. You have to actually take time to focus on the right object you want, and that gets hard when you're under attack.
The camera angle is so bad as well. I am having a hard to time describe how bad without using profanity. Areas that have a fixed point are the worse, mainly with big boss fights. I was fighting Vader in the room before getting to the emperor and he used force push to break the platform I was on. The platform bent upwards and completely blocked my view of trying to fight Vader as well trying to keep off the forcefield on the floor that was killing me.
 Below average rental, for sure. October 11, 2008
Corey Noggle (Georgetown, Illinois United States)
I don't know how this game has garnered so many positive reviews. It's somewhat fun for an hour or two, but after that the glitches, repetitiveness, and mediocre level design grow too cumbersome for even the Force to save from the bargain bin. Great idea, great marketing, and great franchise, but in the end the game is but a polished turd.
Short but Extremely Satisfying October 10, 2008
Thomas Z. Moore (Macon, Georgia USA)
I'll agree with most of the other reviewers. The game is awsome but it is short. There are supposed to be at least one new level released for the xbox. I hope there are more. I could nitpick about this or that but my only real complaint is about the lenght of the game. I did enjoy every single minute of playing it which might have contributed to me going through it so quickly.
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