STAR WARS™ - The Force Unleashed™ Ultimate Sith Edition

The game itself is pretty good but, the pc port lets it down. The later in the game you get the more frequent crashes become. I would save up for a remake if I were a fool who thought one was coming.

Great stuff! Liked it when it was released. Now it feels maybe a little outdated, but I'd say it still holds up. Combat and messing around with the force powers is fun, I like the story and the characters, I like the levels, I even like the UI (didn’t pay too much attention to it at first, but then I replayed the sequel). It runs well for a game that old. The only fix I used is the one for the sound issue on the last 2 levels. It’s not perfect, here are a few things that you may take into account:[list] [*]There is a lot of focus on, let’s say, body physics, which was very impressive at the time, but may make movement feel a bit clunky. [*]I would prefer if the checkpoint system was implemented a bit differently. [*]You may hit a few difficulty spikes especially on the higher difficulty levels. Maybe try clearing a couple of challenge rooms to figure out what your character is missing to level him up to your liking? [*]Oh, yeah. DLC costumes. There are a lot of them, and for some reason they are at the beginning of the costumes list. So, if you want to check "cannon" costumes, you need to scroll for a while. [/list]

Cool story but annoying mechanics in certain portions of the game.

Let me say that the story was really good, however I will say that this PC port is the worst port I have ever dealt with. Locked 30 (unless you use the 60 fps mod which fucks the game speed). In short I kinda recommend the game, however not at the same time. so take the yes a a middle side thumb.

Owned the game for some time now just never got around to playing. Short game if you just want to play the story and not 100% everything (roughly 7-8 hrs). Fun game play and enjoyed the story. I will say the game is definitely a product of it's time. Several spots are made difficult because they don't really give you any guidance. Not in a figure out this puzzle sort of way but a poor game design way. Still worth playing even still all these years later.

Great Game, bit Outdated but still one of my top 5 games.

That was the most overhyped game I've ever had the misfortune of playing. - It's Unbalanced. Too easy to get stunlocked, too easy to get knocked off of ledges - Combat is enjoyable, but so unbalanced it's actually funny. Instead of memorizing 5 button combos, just zap everybody with electricity and throw everyone else off the map. -PC port is garbage. Plug in a controller or have fun never being able to complete the game - Audio glitches everywhere. Cutscenes don't function properly at all - Unresponsive controls. Lost count of how many times I pressed a button and it just didn't work. - Over reliance on quicktime events. Only TellTale games have more quicktime events, I swear. Literally like 5 QTEs to end every single bossfight. - That Star Destroyer part is awful. I can't believe this game managed to make pulling a star destroyer out of the sky not only unfun, but incredibly frustrating. - The story is terrible. Darth Vader slaughters a village and then decides to take in this random kid to kill Palpatine for some reason. Palps, who can literally see the future BTW, does not notice somehow. Agent Starkiller joins the rebellion "undercover" but of course you can decide at the very end if you want to just be light side or dark side. After the MC beats up Darth Vader of course. - The characters are forgettable, but then again nobody was playing this game for the characters (except maybe for Darth Vader, who acts massively out of character here anyway). This game is so well liked because it was a bunch of people's childhood game. I played the PS2 version back when I was a kid, so I do get why. But wow, it really has not aged well. Do yourself a favor and avoid this buggy mess with poorly balanced gameplay and combat, excessive QTEs, and a fanfiction-eque overpowered main character that can pretty much solo everyone in the star wars galaxy.

The game is good overall the jank goes away quite a bit when you realize its meant to be played with a controller.

remember playing the wii version of this game as a kid so my recommendation may be influenced by that nostalgia, however, i think this is a pretty dumb fun game that if youre looking to feel like a jedi, will provide you with a worthwile experience. It can definitely get repetitive and boring at times, with most levels and combat being simple, but can be fun with how many force powers and lightsaber moves you can play around with. get this only if youre not looking for anything too complex or deep

Classic beat'em up from Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii era. Awesome progression, fluid combos, good story elements.

I forgot how much I loved this game! Plays even better than I remember Your OP but the game is still a challenge

[h1]Absolute cinema[/h1] The game is incredibly fun, trying to get all the collectibles on every level made me spend some time appreciating the level design as well. Game isn't very hard though, I never played it before and beat it on the hardest difficulty that was available to me (I did die a lot though, mostly because of the jank controls). btw, the final boss fight truly is a moment of jank controls meeting bs boss design.

Prob the best game in the entire star wars game series by far

Great game, would recommend, especially if your into the extra lore. good mechanics and fun boss fights. only problem is its a little short, like 8-10 hours

Very solid "power fantasy" Star Wars game which is more linear and arcade-y than KOTOR and not a shooter like Battlefront. A little disappointed in the lack of meaningful control (sometimes you don't target where you want to target and will swing randomly next to a boss, rather than at him); it can be super hard to do specific tasks like throw a stormtrooper into an explosive barrel because the controls are funny and there's generally too much going on for you to take time to set up cool kills before you get shot. Also, most boss fights felt completely arbitrary - the boss can block every attack and you can't land any, forcing me to play on Easy to finish the game without having to make 15 attempts. But, all in, a fun Star Wars game which attempts to bridge the gap between episodes III and IV.

The story and concepts hold up extremely well, but the controls and gameplay itself don't. TFU II is better this way at least. No next playthrough for me, back to Jedi Academy.

One of the best Star Wars games where you can live out your fantasy in soloing everyone the Star Wars universe as Starkiller. Great combat, even if there's annoying jank to it is still addicting till this day. The many variations of enemy types in this game is amazing on what they thought of. The boss fighting are challenging and intense whenever you're playing in Sith difficulty. The story is engaging as ever even if the concept is ridiculous they knew they had fun with it. It has crashed on me a few times and there was some audios issues in some missions where there was no sound or the volume was low for no reason. Probably a PC issue since this wasn't an issue when I played it on the 360 back then. Overall still a great game.

Not bad, but I couldn't bring the star destroyer down with my controller, which got frustrating to the point of me quitting the game and returning a few months later to finally be able to bring the star destroyer down with my keyboard. I would probably give it a neutral rating, but that doesn't exist on Steam, sadly, so I'd give it a 6 out of 10.

Egregiously terrible port thats locked to 30FPS. IIRC console was the same. Unlocking it breaks game-logic. Don't bother wasting your money on this port. I have no Earthly idea how my playtime is at 10 hours. Perhaps when I was younger I tried to force myself to play this abomination.

Still one of the best star wars game to date. Incredible story, good gameplay mechanics, and tons of replayability

The forced action camera for boss fights makes the game unplayable. There is no way to turn it off or add a toggle option for the target lock like there was on console, making the boss fights feel clunky and uncontrollable. Beyond that, the controls are unresponsive in general. 0/10 do not recommend.

I had no issues. Love this game when it first came out years ago and now that i have a PC i can relive my childhood. The graphics not the best but still playable, wish they make a remaster or even make more games like this again.

As a foreword, let’s start this review by saying that this port of the game is not the best. Thankfully, the guide to fix this game is extensively documented on the pc gaming wiki and some simple patches allow for a decent experience. With that, I will give some benefit of the doubt to some of the jank I experienced. I made no modifications to the framerate and locked it at 30 fps to prevent issues. Only fix I really implemented was audio fixes. Star Wars : Force Unleashed is, in my opinion, a game that is a collection of great ideas crushed under older game design decisions of the past. While this game has some great writing and gameplay moments, there are so many frustrating elements to this game that it’s hard to recommend. Reflecting on my experience with it more, this is a game that would heavily benefit from a remaster as there is something special here. But in this state, this Tequila needs a lot of salt to make it go down. If you wish to play it, it may be wise to play a seventh gen console version instead for a stable build and even achievement support. [b]Positives: [/b] [list] [*]Great flow of combat (when it doesn’t trip up) [*]Music, audio and voice acting is great. [*]Story is great fun, memorable characters and writing that slaps. [/list] [b]Negatives: [/b] [list] [*]Terrible at teaching the players how to play [*]Combat is filled with frustrating moments [*]Unbelievably frustrating QTE’s [*]Difficulty curve like a ecg graph [/list] [b]Neutrals: [/b] [list] [*]All DLC is included that was split across console versions [/list] [h2] The Details (Spoilers)[/h2] [h3]Game Mechanics and Game Flow[/h3] This game has a great premise for its combat, with a main character that feels like he can crush mountains and move like the wind. When you are crashing through enemy fodder, using all your force tools and lightsaber in tandem, this game actually feels incredible. However, once you hit a bump in the road in combat, it all comes crashing down. A major part that tanks the experience is the hit stun. When Starkiller gets knocked off his feet, you may as well fix yourself a drink because you won’t be getting back up for a while (assuming you live after everyone kicks you while you’re down) When it comes to the one on one duels as well, these feel like puzzles rather than fights. Like you are searching for an exploit rather than a weakness. Half of these fights for me resulting in me either using a weird combat method (Kazdon was rotten for this) or just cycling a a ground to air combo alongside a force burst (For the rest of the fights) The biggest issue I take with this game however spawns from the QTE’s. I have no prejudice against QTEs as a concept, but I take offence when they are placed in the middle of sections of gameplay that are action packed and busy. Half the time you will mess them up given how they just rip you out of your seat and throw the buttons at you. The biggest culprit in this line up however is from the Star Destroyer section. I say it with my chest, it may be the worst QTE section I have experienced in a video game. Having QTE instructions lie straight to your face (and apparently work even worse on keyboard and mouse, my prayers goes out to anyone who managed that) is an experience I would tell around a midnight campfire. [h3]Visuals [/h3] A part of the review where this game claws back some standing. While it’s on the edge slightly, it still maintains that earlier video game visual clarity, where clutter is minimal and environments are easy to comprehend. An honourable mention goes out to the physics system they used for destructible objects. There’s nothing more satisfying than shattering a window with the force and watching the shatter ripple through it. Each planet and environment also has a very distinct look, with Starkiller himself pulling up with a new fit every level (Not to mention all the other outfits and lightsabers) [h3]Story (Spoilers) [/h3] The premise of Darth Vader taking a secret apprentice and setting up a sabotage of the emperor is done very well. The story of Starkiller growing and forging his own path once his reality comes crashing down creates some great moments with some excellent pay offs in the final act. The journey that Starkiller experiences as well has some excellent moments, with his character shining through nicely. He strikes a nice balance of both serious and humorous. The supporting cast is all likeable here (Although the droid companion did grate at the latter point of the story) Each of the Jedi that you face are all interesting as well, with details on how they survived order 66 being great additions to the lore. [h3]Audio [/h3] In terms of music and sound effects, this gets an easy walk. One guy in the 70s goes on a mad one and sets a sfx template that is timeless. This game uses it all to great effect, with its own sound effects for destruction and so forth having a really nice impact. In terms of the voice acting, a great show of talent across the board. Sam Witwer (Voice for Starkiller) gives a great performance and provides the character with a lot of life. Random note but he does excellent screams,sounds like they were actually throwing him around in that recording booth. [h3]Longevity and Achievement List Review (Slight Spoilers) [/h3] For my review, I did a single playthrough, playing the game at the recommended second difficulty which took me four and a half hours. While not intentionally, I very much did a critical path playthrough, not going for any repeats or utilising any of the training challenges. There are multiple endings and difficulties, along with the sith edition bonus levels so if you like what you’re playing, there’s far more to enjoy. The steam version has no achievement list but console ports do. As mentioned in the abstract, this may be better played on console than on pc.

For 2008 this game is a killer, ever wanted to become one with the Sith, look no further than this master piece. Only downfalls is the games locked to 30Hz but can be modded higher but I noticed it causes little bugs to occure like the blocking animation playing twice, but as soon as I reverted the mod things worked properly. Also the biggest resolution it shows it supports is 1080p but this can be changed in the config files to 4K with no issues. I did see reports of people having issue with their surround sound, but mine seems to work ok, plus this game comes with complete Xbox 360 controller support (Can use Xbox One & Series X|S as well)

this game is poggers only bad thing is it sometimes crashes but that might be because pc is dookie

so fun and great with keyboard and mouse amazing gameplay truly makes you feel like youre unstopable and pretty good story as well

Super fun game with great combat and still holds up great even now, BUT the only downside is the game does crash every once and awhile

its very boring and outdated you'll get some cool moments and then immediately go back to playing one of the worst designed levels you'll ever see. its bad. 5/10

hey so I just downloaded this game and when I start it the first level starts but Vader isn't there ans it freezes. the sound keeps playing but nothing works. Iv changed the ClothLevel and done a few other things i saw online but nothing is helping. any ideas?

the game is a piece of SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT. there is one level where you get past because it dosen't work. the people who this game should be ashamed of themselves.

this game is so unbelievably janky, locked at 30fps, annoying combat and tried to play with a keyboard, that didnt work so i tried with controller, also went badly

Absolute garbage - I cant believe that this plays so much worse than the old JK games. If you want Star Wars nostalgia go ahead and play Jedi Knight. I played until the second boss which is an absurd grind fest (just keep blocking and tickle him with lightning as he counters anything else you try - well somethimes the lightning as well ..) with rng mechanics. I really don't know who consderes this "fun" .. After my third attempt the game just closed without an error or anything .. at the end of the day I am not even mad at it.

The game won't launch, had to re-install twice, spent 2 hours trying to fix the game just for it to crash every 10 minutes when i actually got it to launch, it didn't save my progress, i decided to get on the next day and it again decided that it doesn't wanna launch anymore, this game runs as well as a paraplegic child with down-syndrome.

like the boardroom said the main goal of the game is too "kick peoples asses with the force" and it did that, you do be beating the hell out of people with the force

Story is alright but wayyyy too compressed, Star Wars tho so still fire dash mechanic is nice

To musi być zajebista gra dla człowieka który zagrał w 3 gry i ma 9 lat

super super badass combat and story

It's a great game once you fix the launching errors.

classic star wars game. Cant go wrong with that.

its great until you have to pull down the fucking star destroyer

It's just not worth it. I adore star wars and wanted to replay a game from my childhood that i thought incredibly fondly of. However, it is a horribly unbalanced, janky, buggy, terrible port. Even with a gamepad on pc, it's still an infuriatingly janky mess of a game.

trying to play this on keyboard and mouse feels like trying to paint the mona lisa using your dick on a sand paper canvas. maybe im just bad at games. use a controller.

I feel that others may like it but i personally not a fan it moves really slow in the first part but once you play a little more it starts moving

awesome game replayed for the first timer in ages

alot of fun been playing since i was a kid but on xbox

Best starwars media ever created since empire strikes back.

A classic that I always love going back to.

:( A great disturbance in the force. The game did not work.

Electrocute and throw people fun

Great game , very short though!