LucasArts has released a new single player level for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. The DLC will be available for both Xbox 360 and PS3 gamers through Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Network.

The new level features the Secret Apprentice in a new mission set in the Jedi Temple on the planet Coruscant. Star Wars fans can also look forward to nine new costumes which come bundled with the new level. Players can use the costumes to play through the level disguised as new characters including Darth Maul, Qui-Gon Jinn and a Lightsaber Training Droid.

If costumes are your thing you can also download the new stand-alone costume pack which includes Luke Skywalker, Count Dooku, C-3PO and Jango Fett.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was released across multiple platforms a few months ago. Check out our reviews of the game for the PS3, PSP and Xbox 360 for more information.

OK, this review is going to be a bit different. While no review can ever be truly objective, it is the goal of professional game enthusiast writers to provide a ‘product guide’, of sorts, detailing a given game with no bias and simply providing the bare facts. It is the aim of this particular Star Wars: The Force Unleashed review to be as subjective as possible. The ‘reviewer’s fourth wall’ is going to be broken. Why is this?

Well, mainly because I simply did not enjoy Force Unleashed and I’m of the opinion that I may indeed be in the minority, but I cannot provide a normal review of the game without sounding like I hate it. This is not the case. I’m simply a little astounded that a game such as this, with all the money, backing and talent of LucasArts, as well as input from George Lucas himself, feels so rough, frustrating and mismatched. Let’s begin.

Continue reading El33tonline’s PS3 review of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

“Playing the apprentice of the baddest bad guy of them all is possibly what sets this Star Wars game aside over and above any other Star Wars game franchise before this. What does stand up even more though is the way Lucasarts has made this a living breathing game that emphasizes just how strong this apprentice is with the force at his side… while Darth Vader watches on.”

Continue reading El33tonline’s Xbox 360 review of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed