Star Wars: The Force Unleashed coming to Mac
Last fall console gamers were treated to a rather sublime Star Wars experience with the release of The Force Unleashed. Telling the story of Darth Vader’s secret apprentice, Force Unleashed once again proved that the expanded universe could weave tales leaps and bounds better than anything Lucas had ever crafted. It had also proved once again that Mac gamers are always left out in the cold. That is, until now.
LucasArts and Aspyr Media have just announced The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition for for both Mac and PC. So what makes this release so “ultimate”? Journey with us to the dark side and find out.
In addition to offering the God of War style Star Wars experience that gamers were given last fall, expect to find new costumes, new characters to play as, and three new levels. And while the prospect of playing as Luke, Obi-Wan or C3PO sounds pretty cool (if not downright confusing — what kind of powers could 3P0 use?) the real draw of this title for repeat players would have to be the three additional levels.
Contributing to the Infinities universe which takes a “what if?” approach to existing Star Wars mythos, the new levels break from the existing Star Wars universe (which Force Unleashed is considered a canon part of) and show how things would have unfolded in a world where the Apprentice defeated Darth Vader to become the Emperor’s right hand. Expect to visit the Jedi Temple on Coruscant in an effort to discover the truth about your father, be sent to Tatooine to assassinate Ben Kenobi (and make a stop at Jabba’s Palace), and crush the Rebellion once and for all on Hoth.
Screenshots made available alongside the announcement showcase some of the new costumes, which appear to be less bonus content and more an integral part of the story presented in these three new levels. Starkiller appears to be disguised as a sand person when on Tatooine, and is donning his new “king of the universe” threads when on Hoth. Gamers who’ve gone through this adventure once before will be happy to hear that these three new levels will be available from the main menu rather than tacked on at the end of the single player campaign.
While action heavy third-person games don’t always pan out with a mouse and keyboard as well as one might hope, the addition of this new content should persuade even the most embittered of console veterans to check this out. No specific release date or price have been given, but the powers that be have assured us that we should see a Fall 2009 release. They’ve also assured us of something even more exciting; while no specific price has been set, The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition will not be shipping at the $59.99 MSRP that the console versions debuted at last year. Fingers crossed that we get a real bargain.
Sublime? The game was terrible. It just barely gets a passing grade, if that. And it’s finally coming to mac? Ooooooh. Great. A year late.
Unless it’s a NATIVE OS X version, it’s going to suck, like all lousy ports do.
If it’s another trans-gaming, cider-esque abortion, they can keep it.
I think it’s an excellent idea.. I don’t see why cider games aren’t good enough. Okay, maybe the cpu does more work. so it your computer seems slower. but still. it’s a great and easier solution than starting from scratch again.
But yeah. that’s just my opinion.
I loved this game on ps3. I will most certainly buy this game for mac.
I think the important thing to remember is that LucasArts took the time to port Euphoria physics to the Mac. If we had gotten the port of Unreal 3 that we were supposed to, we would have Rainbow Six, Bioshock, Gears of War, Mass Effect, Batman: Arkham Asylum and god knows what else.
It’s this or Transgaming, or Wine. I’d much rather see them take the time to make ANY game. Buy it and we may see more true Mac games…. maybe.
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This game is only good on the Nintedo Wii, you get more of the experience