The Force Unleashed DLC – Worth It? 0
Well, that depends. I know from what I’ve seen the Ghostbusters game only appealed to those that grew up on the movies. While The Force Unleashed is flawed, the Star Wars feel to it is comforting to me. I am, after all, a Star Wars fan.
While the original game was a fun experience with an incredible story, this DLC perhaps does things better. I found the main game to have repetitious design for both levels and enemies. Fortunately and surprisingly, this DLC looks to be from a totally different game. They offer three new missions: Jedi Temple, Tattooine, and Hoth. Also available are different costumes which are highly-detailed and accurate representations of popular characters from the universe. By the way, all of this is included in the Ultimate Sith Edition which I purchased (I used Gamestop’s current extra 50% trade-in value to get a discount with my regular edition).
The Jedi Temple starts off pretty epic so I don’t really want to spoil it. The mission is story-driven and does add some new game-play elements. The Tatooine mission is incredibly epic. A recreation of Jabba’s palace and the surrounding area. You definitely feel like you’re playing Return of the Jedi, complete with music, sound, and characters. The story is based on an alternate universe where the apprentice joins the dark side. The third DLC mission is the Hoth battle. Another alternate-universe story, the level is filled with AT-AT’s battling snowspeeders, Wampa’s, and Rebel pilots. Getting to explore the Rebel’s hidden base will take you back to the Empire Strikes Back. And each mission features great light-saber duels.
I think the price of admission is definitely worth it. But the design of the DLC has brought something else up: It would be great if Lucasarts would recreate a game for every movie with this engine. Jabba’s palace especially really felt like being in RotJ and the graphics, character models, and sound effects were spot-on. And for a minor spoiler ahead, even getting dropped into the Rancor pit and smashing the gate on the Rancor’s head really makes the idea of playing through the original games a possibility. It would be similar to how Relic is making Company of Heroes a sort of WWII simulation.
I guess the only thing that could top that idea would be included space battles. I miss the days of X-Wing and would love that to be brought back into this newer franchise.
