Thrice.
By Shaunage 3 Comments
I recently sat down and played right through Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
Seriously.
I'm kind of surprised by how much I enjoyed the game, after some of the mediocre reviews it's gotten, but you can quote me on this: "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is a really, really good game."
It's certainly not a perfect game. Minimal camera insanity and mild targeting issues exist, but the fun I had just throwing guys around, slamming people against the ground and most importantly shocking people to death with force lightning makes any tiny problem with the game pretty insignificant. It tells a Star Wars story outclassed in the videogame world only by the first KOTOR and that I'd kind of like to see made into a movie.
One friend complained about the length of the game, as by his own admission, he went in expecting a game as long as KOTOR. Playing it through 3 times kind of negates that. I still might go through once or twice more and finish up the 1000 points. Jeff said the difficulty was "uneven" and that the game was occasionally amazingly hard and frustrating. What this boils down to is that there is one room at the start of the final level which is harder than the rest of the game. This room can be skipped entirely by running straight to the exit.
I could try to fault the game for going back to some of the same planets leter on, but the levels are different enough that outside of the storyline and level names, you probably wouldn't know it.
I have no legitimate complaint about S:TFU (lol) and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys Star Wars, action games or good stories. Bonus points for being the first good use of the appaling Havok engine outside of a Valve game. This time, the enemies are SUPPOSED to be floating in the air, flailing around like idiots.