The force isn't bad with this one.
Remember that awesome trailer where Star Killer pulls down a Star Destroyer and flings about a TIE Fighter? Well, you can do that, kind of, and it doesn't look nearly as cool as it did then, I meen you can take down a TIE Fighter, but you can't suspend it in mid air and toss it about wherever you please, it just kind of falls out the sky. Slightly lacklustre.
Another thing that really grates on me is the fact I can not decide how to finish off a major boss or bad guy, I get given Quick Time Events and begins to all feels majorly scripted, a bit like the entire game.
Worlds are very linear, there seems to be no freedom and enemies are very happy to swarm at you until they get 'sabred to itty bitty shreds. It lacks any real challenge and ends up a lot like Dynasty Warriors in the sense it becomes a bit hacky slashy.
It doesn't even have visuals that will totally wow you. Boxes break realistically, door crush when you Force Push them, and the jungle level all look pretty cool, but eveything else looks a bit meh. Star Killer is the lamest attempt at an Apprentice ever, he looks very average and involves the lack of any imagination.
The story however, is very good. True to the source material and does fill in plot holes and expands the Star Wars history. This aspect makes up for the mediocre everything else, with the addition of your cool force powers.
The Kashyk level, playing as Vader is also a game highlight, but that is at the very begining of the game and eveything just crumbles from there on in. Don't get me wrong Force Unleashed is an extremely fun game and does contain everything that was originally promised, however it feels that it's missing that bit more, it could have been a grand and epic quest for glory, but resulted ina contained and guided videogame with an HUD that shouldn't be there in this day and age.
I wanted be a kick ass Jedi, all I got was a videogame about one.