a good first entry for a revival of the "force: unleashed"-type star wars game. nothing spectacular, borrows a lot from Uncharted, God of War, and other AAA, contemporary games. Nice that they added a challenge DLC for combat, as there wasn't a good way to do that in the main game. it didn't have to do a lot to grip you (as it did for me) if you are already a Star Wars geek... therefore it is a good, albeit uninspired, 20-30 hour game.

Points off for a whatever plot and silly ending, tedious backtracking for plot advancement, and not being able to dismember humanoid enemies. thank god they fixed that in the new release. Based on early reviews for the new one, there is no reason to go back and play this IMO.