"First of all, there is a slight problem with the targeting system: There IS no targeting system.

You target what you happen to be looking at, so when there are multiple objects in front of you, like, say, all the time, you'd better accept the fact that no matter how dead-on you are, you'll still wind up targeting an innocent droid that happens to roll by like a special needs child on a wagon at the wrong moment. The good news, though, is that you can still use it to brick a Stormtrooper'..."

"I was eight when Star Wars hit the cinema screens back in 1977. And if truth be told, the whole spectacle of its release passed me by, until that is it appeared on terrestrial TV some years later and my Dad taped it on his spankingly new VHS recorder. I then became rather hooked on the SCI-FI opera that it was."

"Loopholes are present in the plot, which feels a little patched, and characters seem unfitting to the Star Wars universe. However, the game eventually plays out wonderfully and it all leads up to the epic ending that will satisfy the hearts of even those who have had just a nodding acquaintance with the series."

"Being such a well publicised title and carrying the Star Wars heading, there was little doubt that Star Wars: The Force Unleashed would perform well at retail. That it shot straight to the top of the UK multi-format charts was also of little shock, along with the reported sales in excess of 1.5 million units within the first week of release. However, a lot of weight still rests of LucasArts latest foray into Star Wars videogame crossovers; having been touted as the missing link between the tw..."

"Star Wars: The Force Unleashed plays more like an interactive movie than an action-packed video game. A fair story with great cinematic cut scenes, the game is high on production value. Unfortunately, it is also high on monotonous missions."

"It is fun in parts"

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for the Nintendo DS has recently been reviewed by N-Europe.

Sadly, it only received a 6/10. They suggest how the game is too repetitive on the console and how controlled gameplay is. They did like the vast array of battle options presented though.

"The aforementioned actors as well as the rest of the cast all put it incredible performances and I can't think of anyone who came off as 'wooden' or unbelievable. The rendering of the cutscenes is equally incredible and makes me wish LucasFilm would have focused on turning this into a CGI film instead of the Clone Wars. And guess what? There is not a single fart joke in this entire beast, imagine that!"

"To finish off the bosses you have to participate in quick-time events, and while I was assured that if you failed one of these you could just kill the boss and not get to see the cool cinema, that wise bit of design was cut; failures now force you to retry the combination of button presses again and again.

With some enemies it's hard to tell if you're hitting them at all, which is hard to explain considering you're carrying a fracking lightsaber. The places to use your force powers are al..."

"It's quite sad that the last action game that made us feel like a Force-wielding super being was Midway's Psi-ops - and that's getting on a bit these days. With a huge amount of technical wizardry and a healthy "for the good of the game" delay we had high hopes for LucasArts' Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Would this finally be the action game Star Wars fans have been waiting for or yet another game to feel the dark side of our reviewing stick?

The Force Unleashed takes place between Epis..."

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