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Description
The Star Wars saga continues in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, a
videogame developed by LucasArts, which casts players as Darth Vader's
"Secret Apprentice" and promises to unveil new revelations about the
Star Wars galaxy. The expansive story, created under direction from
George Lucas, is set during the largely unexplored era between Star
Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV A New
Hope. In it, players will assist the iconic villain in his quest to rid
the universe of Jedi - and face decisions that could change the course
of their destiny.
- During the period between Episodes III and IV, players hunt Jedi in the role of Darth Vader's Secret Apprentice.
- Unleash and upgrade the Secret Apprentice's four core Force powers
- Force push, grip, repulse and lightning - throughout the course of
the game, and combine them for ultra-destructive, never-before-seen
combos.
- Examples of unleashing the Force in ways never thought possible:
- The Secret Apprentice won't just Force push enemies into walls - he'll Force push enemies through walls.
- The Secret Apprentice won't just Force grip foes to throw them aside
- he'll Force grip them in midair, zap them with lightning, then drop
them to the ground to explode like a bomb. - In addition to new adversaries created just for the game, such as
fugitive Jedi and Force-sensitive Felucians, players will also confront
and associate with familiar faces from the Star Wars films, including
Darth Vader.
- Visit locations such as Episode III's Wookiee homeworld Kashyyyk
and the floral Felucia, the junk planet Raxus Prime, plus an Imperial
TIE fighter construction facility.
- Decisions made by players throughout the game will determine the
path of the story, including multiple endings that will rock Star Wars
continuity as they know it.
- The Force Unleashed is LucasArts' first internally developed title
for next-generation consoles, and it represents the first in-game
collaboration of talents and technology between LucasArts and
Industrial Light & Magic, two companies now finally under one roof
at the new Letterman Digital Arts Center in San Francisco's Presidio
district.
- The Force Unleashed debuts Digital Molecular Matter from Pixelux and euphoria behavioral simulation from NaturalMotion Ltd.
- LucasArts is preparing an unprecedented promotional effort around
the launch of The Force Unleashed, encompassing a full line of toys and
game-based action figures from Hasbro, as well as a full publishing
program from Dark Horse, Del Rey and Palace Press.
As its name implies, The Force Unleashed completely re-imagines the
scope and scale of the Force by taking full advantage of newly
developed technologies that will be seen and experienced for the first
time: Digital Molecular Matter (DMM), by Pixelux Entertainment, and
euphoria by NaturalMotion Ltd. Paired with the powerful Havok Physics™
system, these new technologies create gameplay only possible on the new
generation of consoles. DMM incorporates the physical properties of
anything in the environment so that everything reacts exactly like it
should - wood breaks like wood, glass shatters like glass, plants on
the planet Felucia bend like plants on the planet Felucia would, and
more. Meanwhile, as a revolutionary behavioral-simulation engine,
euphoria enables interactive characters to move, act and even think
like actual human beings, adapting their behavior on the fly and
resulting in a different payoff every single time.
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