It almost fills the void of the prequels.
The story in fact, is rather deep and involving and tells a great storyline, with many twists and turns, and even fleshes out on Vader's psyche and character as well, which considering Darth Vader is one of my favorite villains: is a good thing.
The game play is where it seems to be it's strength and weakness. When the action is intense, it is quite awesome. Hack and slash game play with the ability to use the force is pretty good. It's an improvement over the Episode III video game, and I found it even more enjoyable than Jedi Academy in terms of game play mechanics.
It also uses quick-time moments, that Resident Evil 4 and God of War used. What makes it different here, is that, missing a button press does not equal death, and has little to no penalty, with the exception of seeing the animation. They tend to get annoying after awhile because sometimes you just don't see them coming, and sometimes they don't appear at all, yet for the most part, they do their job.
Where the game fails is design choices. The game has glitches. Some are not that obvious, while some are near game-breaking which force a reset. Luckily there are many checkpoints, but should not be there in the first place. It feels at times, as if the game was rushed in this regard. There are also some moments where the difficulty increases incredibly high, and the difficulty just lacks a balance. Sometimes the game feels easy, and then other times it feels frustratingly hard. It even has a terrible method to 'take the star destroyer down' it's terrible, i'll just put it that way.
Yet the action can be intense and quite fun, it just lacks a certain polish that would make it shine even more.
The music is great, of course it's John Williams. The voice acting is also top-notch to. The writing is clearly better than the prequel trilogy and the dialog works quite well. It could use a bit more original songs though, but the music all and all is great.
The graphics are beautiful. Now of course the PS2,PSP,DS, and Wii versions are not that good, but the PS3 and X360 versions look very polished and in some cases, look like one of the prequels with the scenery. It's a game to look at and wonder.
The game is a bit short, 8 hours. It almost feels like there should of been a bit more of the game. While there is some DLC on the horizon, I hear it's not even truly worth it. Though the game is a mixxed bag, it's certainly a good game in it's own right. Star Wars fans should find a way to play this.
Story: 9/10
Graphics: 8/10
Gameplay: 6/10
Sound: 8/10
Final Score:
7.5/10