First Off, there are a couple of spoilers here, so be fair warned!

Now I'm sure I’m just leaving myself open to be flamed, but I enjoyed this game, all six hours of it!

Yes, it’s extremely short; it’s almost the ‘Altered Beast’ of Next-Gen in this sense. However, I can't say I didn't enjoy it, the game with its’ many, many flaws still held my interest. I shall try to explain.

First off; in general I’m a bit of a Star Wars fan; however, I'm no fan-boy. Secondly; 'The Force Unleashed' is definitely not the best Star Wars game, not even close. That title, well for me anyway, is held by Jedi Knight and KOTOR. Thirdly; I didn't feel like I was lied to.

Although I tried to read as little as possible on the game, the trailers I watched and the posts I read didn't seem too dissimilar to the end product, even if it could have been better polished.

With all this said, there are problems, as I'm sure you are all aware. The lock-on system AI needs some serious work; there are some map problems, especially on the second ‘Felucia’ level (yay for walking on air in some parts! N-gons, or bad collidable sets?) and some other game play elements where a pain in the ass. Pulling the Starfighter down was full of fail, and because I didn't grow up playing ‘International track and field’ for 6 hours a day, surprisingly, I can’t tap fast enough to get out of Darth Vader's force grip!

And, please, don't even get me started on the ps3 version, slideshows when all that’s shown is you and the map with NO NPCs is just bullshit!

However, there are a couple of redeeming qualities, and these made up for all the problems in this game.

1. I fought 'Darth Maul', yes I do realise he was just a persona of proxy, but it was still awesome.

2. The storyline was very fulfilling; showing the origins of the rebellion was a very interesting idea.

3. Using DMM, Euphoria and Havoc in the same engine will leave some sort of mark on the Industry. Bending the odd pole or door here or there was much more interesting than just blowing a hole in a wall!

4. And the reason I enjoy this game:

Pick up Stormtrooper. Ram Stormtrooper into other Stormtrooper. Pick up both Stormtroopers whilst they hold each other in loving embrace (:p). Lightning. Sabre Throw. Force push through plate-glass window into space!



You see, THIS is the redeeming quality. Try and do that in Halo!

So am I the only one who appreciated this game? It's nowhere near a fantastic game, but it was enjoyable and I didn't think I wasted my money.

So who’s with me?