IGN Unleashed… PSP Hands On Exclusive!…

IGN.com takes a look at the PSP version of The Force Unleashed. All week IGN will be giving exclusive coverage of The Force Unleashed for each console. Yesterday, they went into great details with the PSP version.

“Early last week, we were whisked to the aboveground lair that acts as LucasArts’s San Francisco office and bombarded with enough information on Star Wars: The Force Unleashed to choke a tauntaun — or at least enough info to make sure this week’s Monday through Thursday plan of covering every version of the Force Unleashed went off without a hitch”

Sweet! There’s nothing like having a flurry of exclusive information, all in just one week! So stay tuned this week for more exclusive information on the other consoles from IGN! Thanks to rrmmstein, our inside friend from our forums.

Also be sure to grab your free Force Unleashed mousepad that we’re currently offering! Get it while the grabbing is good! Check out more details Here and Here

“Day One of this expansive coverage belongs to one of the few systems with a metachlorian count high enough to break the bonds of a home entertainment system and take gaming on the road — the PSP.

Now, no doubt, you’ve heard all about the console versions of the Force Unleashed and how they will make use of some crazy physics engine that allows you to crush walls and toss crap around. Although that level of destruction and manipulation isn’t on the PSP, we can tell you that after lightsabering our way through the first two stages of the game, the handheld rendition of the Force Unleashed is far from any kind of Sith Slump. While bumming ’round the LucasArts office, we got to see every iteration of the Force Unleashed and can report that when you boot up your PSP, you’re getting the same voiceovers and the same story of Darth Vader and his secret apprentice as the console versions.

Once the actual gameplay starts, it’s apparent that the apprentice is way more nimble than metal-man Darth could ever dream of — the secret apprentice is fast, he can leap around with ease, and his moves are brutal. As you play, you’re going to find Jedi Holocrons that expand the character’s health and Force meters, so he’s a bit weak in the beginning, but his powers are devastating none the less. Although the Force push and Force shockwave you learned to use as Vader will be part of the apprentice’s repertoire when you start, you’ll find that Force lightning will have replaced Darth’s chokehold”