STAR WARS™ - The Force Unleashed™ Ultimate Sith Edition

The graphics are a bit dated, still having that old school xbox 360 bloom. That said, the gameplay is still solid. I think the melee combat does not necessarily hod up against other modern action combat games, but the game is 'force unleashed' for a reason, and the force powers are fantastic. The AI is still the only example of dudes scrambling to hold onto things when you force lift them. The plot is a bit cliche, but its really cute, and holds its own against the other extended universe that Disney yeeted.

100% one of the best star wars games to ever do it, there isn't a single other game that embodies the power of the force like this game does, it's truly peak

All that happens in this game is every enemy knocks you down and your just stunned for the entire game and the star destroyer level is literally impossible on KBM so I had to find a controller just for that one part then the final boss with palpatine is the worst boss fight ive ever played he just knocks you down constantly and I counted and I was knocked down not able to play the game for 15 secs at a time some times so its just very frusterating.

Used to love this game on the xbox.
Now it is showing its age and it appears I'm able to go no further in the game due to a known bug that only shows when playing on a keyboard (as opposed to xbox controller).

Such a shame I used to love this game but it has not aged well

Beat this on the Wii back in the day, do not remember it being this infuriating. Maybe it's just what we were used to back then.

Constant enemies that laugh at your "unprecedented [Force] powers" forcing you to slash away with a pathetically weak lightsaber, late '00s obsession with QTEs, hit or miss controls, all adds up to one annoying slog you tackle strictly for the story.

This game is a really great game. This port however, is not it. The game simply does not work.

An absolulte classic of a Star Wars game, enjoy the Epic of Darth Vader's apprentice as he journeys deeper towards the Dark Side.

Starkiller is still one of the coolest StarWars characters. Decent hack and slash with a fun force grab ability and very over the top which I liked, could see myself running though this game again.

Very enjoyable game, normal setting gives a challenge time to time.
Even if its an old game the visuals still looks good!
Loved playing it again since mast time i did on a PSP!

A childhood game. Runs pretty well, and has the dlc. I like it.

Great game, recommended for who wants to have a little bit of action as a Sith lord or almost ;)

Peak game i used to play with my brother, it has really great physics for some reason but the graphics are not the best obviously for a game released in 2008. Still an amazing game that brings back a lot of memories. i HIGHLY recommend.

This is the definition of "Hype Moments and Aura" in video game form, and I won't deny that I have a heavy bias towards it because it was one of the earliest PS3 games I played, but I still loved it, even if it's objectively not the best game out there.

The gameplay does have a lot of variety it wants you to use... but once you fully upgrade the Lightning skill, everything else is completely superfluous. Srsly, Lightning is by far the most broken skill in the game, sure there's enemies like the Imperial Guards who can block it, but just wait for them to let their guard down and let the Lightning go to town on them. That's the best skill to get through the game.

The story is also a mess, it jumps around and doesn't let it's more interesting elements get developed, there's so many plot points and developments that come out of nowhere, especially the romance between Starkiller and Juno. If you thought Anakin's and Padmé's romance crap in Attack of the Clones was robotic, lame and stupid (which it is all of those things and more) the romance stuff between this game's leads is like saying two pieces of bread inside a bag are spooning. Srsly, it's so lame and rushed.

The biggest spotlight in terms of performances is Sam Witwer as Palpatine, you can tell he's having a blast playing the character and intentionally references some of the funnier lines from the prequels.

It's also a very glitchy game, I had my fair share of getting stuck on geometry, music or sound effects not playing, certain enemies not spawning or not taking damage when they should or me taking damage when I shouldn't and the targeting system for Force Grapple and Lightning being fairly finicky and unreliable. And also there's no invincibility frames, so if you get a bunch of enemies ganging up on you, you'll die pretty easily. The aiming system for the Lightning and Force powers is also very finicky and I'd even say unreliable, it always prefers aiming background objects or nothing at all when you have like 5 enemies ganging up on you right in your face.

The thing that holds it together for me is the fact it's just too fun from a moment to moment gameplay perspective. Sure, it gets easy as hell once you fully upgrade the Lightning, but it's still fun to just zap everything in sight, combine this with basic but also fluid and fun lightsaber combat and I still had a lot of fun with it.

great game but horrible port capped at 30 fps and the controls on keyboard and mouse suck but makes sense since this is a console game

Great game, bad port. Crashed during the fight with Shaak Ti and it put me back on the previous planet.

Do not get this game. It runs horribly, nothing works as intended. Almost all action interactives to progress the story will not work as intended and you have to repeat the step over and over until you get lucky. The game runs like dog shit. It's a horribly made remake of a great game. Not worth any money.

The game is not that great as I remembered, I played it for the first time when it came out on the PS3 and it seemed great at the time cause I was younger. Playing it again on my Steam Deck made me realize it has many flaws.

First of all the PC port is awful, I had to install a mod to be able to run it at 60 FPS and even with that all in-game cutscenes are locked at 30 FPS, on top of that the mod sometimes stops working and you need to restart the game to get 60 FPS again.

There are multiple bugs but some of the most annoying ones are an audio bug which causes missing sounds during entire levels and a physics bug which happens when lifting enemies or objects with the force and prevents you from properly control the movement.

The gameplay kinda sucks too, there are many enemies which can stunlock you very easily multiple times, you get thrown into the ground and are unable to perform any actions for a brief moment when you get up, which causes you to get hit again immediately and unable to defend yourself at times.

I like the story and it's well executed for the most part, but that's the only positive thing I have to say.

Great fun being OP and literally being able to practice all of my window washing techniques with the ragdolls in this game! It totally helps me get better at other simulator games!

This game is absolute cinema. Starkiller is a goat. Juno could get it. Please play it.

Am missing the bonus missions with this game the ultimate eddition is good but, got partally cheated of Hoth, jedi temple and tatooine. Anyway I can get help on getting those so I can enjoy completely finsihing the game would be sadisfactory please aswell as thank you.

I am inlove with the story and the gameplay.

Even with fixes the game is buggy and crashes a ton

Would I recommend this game? Yes. HOWEVER! Grab it on discount, I picked it up at 7 or 8 bucks and it was well worth it. DO NOT pay full price for this one, if you care to, read on.

This is not the best port I've ever played. The framerate is pretty low at 30fps, sure there's ways around it but DAMN! Also there's a glitch where in the last two levels of the game, quite a few sounds go slient and stay that way. I found a patch for it after looking in the discussions/guides, but come on. This is seriously something that should have been patched out of this "Ultimate Sith Edition." This shouldn't STILL be something that we as players should be having to fix ourselves. Also the game can be a bit crashy. During the main story it crashed a couple of times, but the DLCs were VERY crashy.

The controls were solid (using an Xbox controller) and despite it's age the graphics hold up well enough. Having most of the costumes unlocked right away wrings a little extra fun out of this as well. This game has some of the most impressive (IMHO) uses of the Force I've seen on a screen.

Great game..the story is a little out there I would say myself it's not bad though pretty decent game play I would give the game an 8/10 definitely would recommend I have seen people complain about crashing but I have not experienced that myself the only time I was upset with this game was during the star destroyer scene got mad and didn't play for 3 days but got back on and did it the first try
Would recommend using a Xbox controller on keyboard the controls are a little off
Very short game but definitely worth the price
(This is all based off of my first playthrough)

This is one of my old favorites. It is a short game, fun, and full or memories. I wish a newer version was made today.

this is a great alternative if you are craving some star wars action but do not have the specs to run jedi fallen order

Good game, bad port. It crashes every time I try to play and client support is nowhere.

really enjoyed this Star Wars game good campaign DLC was short but alright

Only reason this is a positive review is because all in all the gameplay is fun and the game is short meaning it doesn't overstay its welcome. Plus you can get it very cheap for a sale.

Anyhow other than the combat being very extensive with combos and enemy variety keeping your abilities in check, the one thing I'll absolutely slander is the story of this game which is really bad and partly not because of its own faults.

Everything happens very fast and barely anything is spent diving into what makes starkiller SO powerful (powerful enough to bring down a star destroyer, take on vader AND the emperor). The romance with juno is out of nowhere and forced. He switches to the light side so quickly that I though for a second there was a timeskip after vader sends you off into space only to rescue you later, because then you go on gathering these allies or fighting old enemies just for 'em to not even remember it was you who killed/injured their friends (oh of course but then kota mentions at the end that he knew all along he had light in him except this light was his completely spontaneous love for juno that he didn't feel until around after mid-game???)

It's like the whole story barely reaches skeleton structure. The potential is definitely there but MAN if undercooked had an image to represent it, it'd be this game's story.

Now the reason why I say it's not due its own faults (in certain aspects) is something that sadly a lot of star wars media connected to parts from 1 to 6 share in common: the moment they develop a very good premise, writing structure and arc, they have to then shove a wrench in the middle of that machine then drastically drop its quality so it remains canonical and cohesive with the events of the movie, which in many places its very frustrating given the faults of the movies being easily noticeable. The clone wars series gave me severe pain 'cause for everything good it did, it was painfully obvious when they had to lower the IQ of the characters so they wouldn't conflict with what happens in the movies.

So yea in conclusion it's only worthwhile for the gameplay and during a sale. I will say though the stagger animations after getting hit can get REALLY annoying for how long they are. Fucks with battle flow very easily.

PS: As for performance and stuff, I had 2 crashes throughout my whole playthrough. Good thing the checkpoint system isn't bad. I'd recommend you check PCGamingWiki before starting a playthrough.

Pretty much as good as I remember it as a wee-lad. The graphics in cinematic's are pretty dated but the game play is still as fun as ever. The psychics at the time were groundbreaking and are still pretty cool. The story is engaging and the acting from the cast and especially Sam Witwer is always a treat. On PC however, there's a few issues like you need a 60 fps patch, and some missions have missing audio, which you need a patch for as well. Overall its still one of the best Star Wars games ever made hands down. Its a shame its not canon after Disney acquired the IP in 2014 though :(

Would recommend this game for any player that have played the console port of this game and want a nostalgia fell, and for players that haven't ever heard of this game. Yes it does have a few glitches here and there that are annoying and can lead to crashing, but I think this is great purchase.

Lets face it, the game has a pretty bad PC port but its not unplayable.

What's important is that you READ THE DISCUSSION BOARDS, they have all the fixes you need to run the game properly. I've only had maybe 2-3 crashes so far, only 1 during my first time playing through the whole story and the others when i was just replaying old missions messing around.

What i do wish was that we got the Wii/PS2 versions so we had more content (and lets not forget the PSP version too)

The game as a whole isnt perfect but its a damm fun ride. Also, i had zero issue with the Star Destroyer section, it might have been a little long (like 5 waves of TIE fighters) but it wasn't unbearable like what others had experienced.

crashes for no reason, not even able to play first mission, total bs.

really good game. I expecially liked the dlcs were you kill literally anyone

This port of the 360 version is okay. filled with a lot of screen zoom issues, and missing sound in entire levels. I loved this game but the version they made for the PS2 and Wii are leaps and bounds better in level design and artistic choice.

10/10
finely a game that fucose on the force
this game have 7/10 story satisfied gameplay
and awesome dlcs and skins everything you need as a star wars fan

It's a fun game but this port is not good. The audio is all messed up and it's capped at 30 fps.

Game crashes at the first actual gameplay section. I can watch the opening cutscene, and then it crashes as soon as I hear Darth Vader breathe. What a terrible port. Loved this game as a kid, and would love an actual update of this game that can run without having to go into the game files yourself to fix what should have been fixed by the so-called "developers." It's a lazy cash grab that is meant to profit on nostalgia alone, and I fell for it. I feel dumb for buying this.

A classic game that I had lots of fun with on the Xbox 360.

Some frustrating clunky game play at times but overall, really good story line and definitely worth the play.

Terrible port, console version was better, even Wii version was better

In 2025, this game is still a masterpiece.
This game tells an amazing tale concerning fascinating characters amongst one of the best Star Wars Periods.
The game lets you control how you eliminate your enemies in many creative and violent ways.
A stunning looking game, great gameplay, a majestic soundtrack, fan driven dlc content.
For the 20th Anniversary of Revenge Of The Sith, this game is still a blast!
Definitely would recommend it in 2025 to any Star Wars fan.

cant even launch the game after windows update

Killing Wookies as Vader is fun, the rest is meh. PC version is horrible too

Love it! Played it when it first came out, so good to be able to play it again!!

great game, some challenge spike, but a great game, great combat with a great upgrade system, great traversal, a must have for people who like star wars, rpgs, or beat em ups.

absolute classic, I remembering putting hours onto this as a kid on the PS3, it's still fun to play today, plus I've never played the dlc as a kid and I would've loved it

Mouse and Keyboard gamer here. If you're happy to use controller then this review isn't for you.

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'I can't speak for others but this is the worst PC port I've ever played in my entire life and it's not even close.'

Not the best gameplay but hey still had a good time with the story

dis game make ma tittays flop all ova da place day out of controal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!