Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition was released in the US today. It contains everything the original Force Unleashed did, plus three new levels, one of which is completely exclusive to the Ultimate Sith Edition. The game also includes all previous DLC, new costumes, character skins and data banks. The news is that, with this edition, it finally came on the PC. The title was ported over from the consoles by Aspyr, and is, in itself, a confusing one.

First of all, it looks absolutely amazing. The level of detail, especially as far as the in-game cinematics are concerned, is jaw-dropping. We dare even say that the quality is past that of the Hollywood-blockbuster CGI. The game itself looks just as sharp and clear, at a somewhat high cost. It's not exactly the performance issue you might think of, even though that is, of course, also part of the deal. What the game takes away from the players is freedom. The only control you have over the graphics is the screen resolution, and there's no way to alter anything in the lines of texture or model detail, shaders, antialiasing or anisotropic filtering.

The other ridiculous port issue is the controls. Again, expectations are not met and the game likes to surprise. It makes use of just few buttons and combat is accessible and fluid. Keys can be re... (read more)