Despite some technical issues, the story of The Force Unleashed is what makes this game great.
By now everyone knows the story. Takes place in between Episodes III and IV and you play as Darth Vader's secret apprentice, Starkiller, the son of a Jedi that Vader killed. As we all know, Darth Vader wants to over throw his master The Emperor and he thinks that it is your destiny to kill him. Very early on in the game some stuff goes down and your loyalties are put into question with the lines between the dark and light side begin to get hazy.
With a name like The Force Unleashed, it's quite obvious that you're gonna be unleashing some force. Unfortunately though the game can hinder you a little bit. There are just some weird design choices that just don't make a whole lot of sense, like how can you pull down a star destroyer (those REALLY big ships) yet not be able to push a storm trooper who has a "shield." With the ability to pull down a giant space ship, you think you could just go through the game crushing people with the force easily. Aside from weird design choices, the game has its technical flaws. The camera sucks in close spaces, it's just not good period. The targeting system is weird too. You might as well not have one because it targets whatever is ahead of Starkiller not what you're looking at and there's no way to manually switch your target. So with the combination of "why am I not completely kicking this peon's ass?" gameplay, a crappy camera, and a crappy targeting system the game can be a hassle to play sometimes.
Technically the game looks awesome. All the levels are varied and colorful, fear not this game has colors more than brown... and brown. You'll travel through the galaxy going to different planets and just wreak havoc all over the place. As well as the graphics the audio work is great. The voice acting is spot on and the score is par for the epic course of Star Wars.
But like I said in the first blurb, the story is the best part of the game. This isn't some lame fan fiction, this is 100% pure Star Wars cannon. Man loose ends will be tied up by the end of the game, which has a light side ending and a dark side ending. One ending is true and one is just there to create a sort of "what if situation." The story is by far completely fit for a movie and all I can say is lets hope there will be one, and they dont' screw it up.
Overall the game is a good game, not the best. But with the fantastic story it bumps up the score at least a point.
On the good technical side, the game looks amazing. The environments are varied