Star Wars fans may have a game worth trying out, but overall this is a rather bland and uninspired effort. It tells the story of Darth Vader’s apprentice and is set before the original Star Wars movies, the PS3 game Force Unleashed gives you the task of getting a handle on the Force and dishing out oblivion to various types of enemies.

The in-game story was interesting, but nothing above or beyond typical SW fare. The control system is well implemented and you’ll be soon throwing enemies around left and right.

However the game seems to suffer from ‘Prototype‘ personality in terms of skill balancing. For example, there are many upgrade types, but only a few that really mattered long-term, so a player end up just using those much of the time. The design never forces you to use any others; game balance in this way is very much off, and is a big letdown.

Graphically the game is nice to look at, and cut scenes are fairly well done. It’s too short (around 5 hours or so) and is overall fairly disappointing, especially if you aren’t a fan of the SW mythos. Otherwise, rent it, don’t buy it.