or Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

So there I was minding my own business, when E3 comes along and has a trailer for The Force Unleashed 2. I decide that I’m interest and begin checking out any info that I can about the game. Deciding that I might pick up the game my completionist tendencies kicked in and said “Woah there. We can’t play the sequel to a game without playing the original. That would just be wrong!” and I said “Where were you when I picked up Fallout 3? Huh smart guy!” Well, during this argument I had somehow managed to purchase the first game on Xbox on demand for about $30 (a little steep for a game that’s been out for two years, but nowhere near the price I would have paid had I bought it new.) Eagerly awaiting the download to finish I fell asleep, because in deciding to not give the 24-hour walmart any money meant that I was going to be here a while. I awoke the next day eager to start the game, wondering how long it would take me to finish it (That Damn Punk and I managed to beat the first Crackdown in shifts in only 14 hours after we picked it up.) Unfortunately I had to go to work. But only 10 hours later I was ripping into Imperials with my light saber and Force blasting the faces off of Jawas.

The game is nothing spectacular. It’s almost a standard sword and sorcery hack and slash except for the setting and the decent story that the game develops as you play. The cinematics are well done, the voice acting is really good for a video game (“You’re a jedi boy, size means nothing to you!” is one of my favorite lines from the game) and the visuals are great. The targeting of your posers is super-wonky, and you’re not going to find all of the hidden prize boxes (I mean holocrons) on your first play through, but it is otherwise a solid game.