4.5 out of 10
IGN.COM

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On the surface, Episode III is like any other half-hearted hack 'n slash title, be it Two Towers, Demon Stone, King Arthur or Return of the King. Beneath that overtly simplistic chopping idea and the thickly smeared Star Wars lore it attempts so desperately to build off, the game is fundamentally broken.

While expending so much time on delivering the basic visual concepts behind lightsaber combat, I guess no one remembered to work out how "the ultimate Jedi action experience" should feel. The result is a series of carefully animated and motion captured maneuvers that look great individually, but play together with slightly more finesse than the average hobbit being violently kicked out of a jet fighter by a shrieking yeti.

Even if the animation transitions, collision detection and buoyant physics were obliterated and built from scratch with a billion dollars funding, the basic idea behind fighting would still be worth exactly four cents. One for the sabers. Two for The Force. Three for Darth Vader. And four for the imminent downfall of young Anakin and his sadistically bad delivery.

In a nutshell, if you want to block or dodge or do anything even remotely resembling important, the character you're in control of had better not already be doing something else. There is no way to quickly and easily cancel out of anything.


[INFO PROVIDED BY IGN.COM]

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Elfpack User Reviews:

This game was freakin awesome. The graphics were some of the best I've seen for PS2! It was just the coming of age for it then BOOM drops PS3 But that's not why I'm here...the powers choosing was awesome, allowing you to make and mold which force you'd prefer!

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Internet Reviews:

Revenge of the Sith is the path to the dark side. It leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
Even crazy fans that play as Jedi can't possibly let the uncountable assortment of Episode III's shortcomings slide.

Whether it comes on the Xbox or PlayStation, just avoid the game and try something that looks better, plays better and sounds better. Try Lego Star Wars.

And so we have been ultimately led to the good side of The Force, sayeth the world.

~IGN.COM

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