Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Reviews

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is ranked in the 28th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
3 / 5.0
Apr 26, 2022

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is pretty okay, as it’s an adequate port of the less great but still fun version of this title. The visuals aren’t very good and the gameplay can be janky, but there’s fun to be had for Star Wars fans without access to the PS3/360 version of the game.

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8 / 10.0
Apr 21, 2022

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed on Nintendo Switch is an amazing port. You get to relive the moments and space adventures of Starkiller and his motley crew in a much cleaner and sharper version of what the Wii offered.

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Liked
Apr 21, 2022

So do I like this port and do I recommend it? I did have fun with this game but that did require putting up with some pretty rough edges. The combat often becomes a cluttered mess and enemies feel like inconsistent meat shields at times. But I can’t deny there were moments where I felt like an awesome Jedi. Star Wars fans will certainly love this game. I would also recommend this to lovers of the Wii console, a fan base I know exists out there. For everyone else, it’s a bit tricky, since this is a title that resides in the past with no modern quality of life improvements. It’s also hard to ignore that some will see this port as a downgrade from the Xbox 360/PS3 versions. But if you love your Star Wars or just want to play a game that’s a decent action-adventure this is not a bad pick up.

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Recommended
Apr 20, 2022

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for Nintendo Switch is a perfectly fine rerelease of an already great game. However, there is no doubt that the title’s strange legacy will cause this iteration to come with some unfortunate discourse. Understanding why the Nintendo Switch version of The Force Unleashed is the way it is will be important to any Star Wars fan interested in picking up the game.

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75 / 100
Apr 20, 2022

STAR WARS: The Force Unleashed is the new title remastered and relaunched by Aspyr Media, exclusively for the Nintendo hybrid console. We will once again have the opportunity to control Starkiller, Darth Vader's secret apprentice through several iconic locations from the Star Wars franchise. It should be specified that the chosen base is the 2008 version of the Nintendo Wii, with its local multiplayer Duel mode and its movement control, but with the obvious lack of technical and visual muscle of the HD versions of the time. Still, it's a good opportunity to learn about Starkiller's history in a remarkable game.

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5 / 10.0
Apr 20, 2022

If you played the game on any other console, the Wii version of the game ported to the Switch isn’t the way to go when Xbox Game Pass has the game available on the Series X|S. While the story still hits, the gameplay is beyond dated and ultimately the motion elements remove any feeling of combos and replace them with constant wrist flicks and frantic waving.

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6 / 10.0
Apr 20, 2022

The fact the Switch version is a remaster of the massively inferior Wii version, by itself, is a huge disappointment. You’re getting less interesting visuals, worse controls, and shorter levels. Why was that version chosen to be the basis of the remaster? The Switch is underpowered, but it can handle an Xbox 360 game with ease. The motion controls aren’t even that interesting in this case. It saddens me to say this, but the Switch version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed isn’t the blast from the past you’re looking for.

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