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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition

The story and action of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed expands with the release of Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition, a special new version of the game that will show gamers the deepest…

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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition is an adventure developed by LucasArts, released 3 November 2009 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition is

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition is an adventure game developed by LucasArts and released in 2009. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Ronin.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed completely re-imagines the scope and scale of the Force and casts players as Darth Vader’s "Secret Apprentice," unveiling new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy seen through the eyes of a mysterious new character armed with unprecedented powers.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Star Wars series

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition is the 183rd of 334 entries we hold in the Star Wars series. The next entry was Star Wars: Battlefront - Elite Squadron in 2009. Its critic score of 64 is 7 points below the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Angry Birds Star Wars II at 100.

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How it was received

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition holds a critic score of 64 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 3 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 5200+, 2 GB of RAM and 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required - 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 256 MB Video Memory with Shader 2.0 support (Radeon HD 2900 or Geforce 8600). At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 30GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition launched on 3 November 2009, within three weeks of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins and Left 4 Dead 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition — frequently asked questions

When did Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition come out?
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition was released on 3 November 2009 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition?
At minimum, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition needs Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 5200+, 2 GB of RAM, 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required - 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 256 MB Video Memory with Shader 2.0 support (Radeon HD 2900 or Geforce 8600) graphics, 30GB of storage.
How many GB is Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition?
The PC version needs about 30 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("30GB"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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