Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-21614 SLUS-21614GH (Greatest Hits) Release date: September 16, 2008 2009 (Greatest Hits) Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SLES-54658 SLES-54659 SLES-54659/P (Platinum: The Best of PlayStation 2) Release date: September 17, 2008 (Australia) September 19, 2008 2009 (Platinum) Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SLPS-25888 Release date: October 9, 2008 Windows Status: ? Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Krome Studios
Publisher(s): LucasArts (US, AU, EU), Activision (JP)
Genre: Action, Shooter, Arcade
Wikipedia: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Game review links: Metacritic: 68/100
Game description: The Star Wars saga continues in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. You are Darth Vader's Secret Apprentice! The Dark Lord of the Sith himself has trained you to use a lightsaber and unleash the power of the Force, but now your destiny is your own. Will you join Vader as the next great Sith, or will you choose to defend peace and justice as a noble Jedi Knight?
The game bridges the first two Star Wars trilogies, acting as the origin story for both the united Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Civil War depicted in the Original Trilogy. Introduces a new protagonist, "Starkiller", as Darth Vader's secret apprentice, who is tasked with hunting down Jedi while killing rebels and Imperials alike in order to hide his existence from the Emperor, but soon starts to slowly redeem himself to the light side of the Force.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core i7-4700MQ @2.4 Ghz w/ Turbo Booting Nvidia GTX 770M 3072 MB	1.1.0	GSDX	SPU2-X ?	USA v01.60(7/02/2002), preset 3 with MTVU, none, Seems to play fine, FPS sits around 60fps., Visuals broken in bottom half of the screen on hardware mode, works in software, all backends. No HP or Force bar is shown in any backends.	KHg8m3r
NTSC-U	Windows	AMD dual core 3.2Ghz AMD Radeon hd 7770	1.2.1	GSDX	SPU2-X ?	USA v01.60(7/02/2002), Framerate and most of the visuals function properly in software mode, but quicktime events are impossible to get through because the prompts do not show on the screen., Quicktime prompts do not show up on the screen.	bchapm2
PAL	?	AMD Athlon II X2 240 @ 2.80 GHz AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB	1.2.1 r5873	GSdx r5875	SPU2-X r5830 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.11.0	Strong CPU is recommend when using software mode.	Pyr0
PAL	Windows 10 64-bit	AMD FX-8350 @ 4 GHz AMD Radeon HD 7770	1.5.0 r2427	GSdx 1.1.0 SSE41	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.12.1	Playable with solid performance. QTEs work as expected. Minor issue: missing realtime shadows	EmperorStarkiller

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
?	?	? ?	?	?	?	There are no test results for this game on Linux. You can help by playing and submitting your test results here.	?

Test configurations on macOS:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
?	?	? ?	?	?	?	There are no test results for this game on macOS. You can help by playing and submitting your test results here.	?

Trivia

• Original names: スター・ウォーズ・フォース・アンリーシュド (SLPS-25888)

Known Issues

Missing real-time shadows in Direct3D 11 and Direct3D 12 Hardware renderers

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: Real-time shadows are completely missing from the game when using Direct3D 11 or Direct3D 12 Hardware renderers.
• Workaround: Set Hardware renderer to "OpenGL" or to "Software mode" in Config > Graphics Settings.

Fixed Issues

Half-screen bug

• Status: Fixed
• Type: Major
• Description: Only half of the screen is displayed or corrupted.
• Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

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