SW Force Unleashed

Will your Jedi friend help move my baby grand piano? Worth: $25
based on 360 demo

Gorgeous and frenetic, but does it have legs?

The demo for this game certainly makes me want to run around and throw people (and walls, doors, cars, crates, and spaceships) all over the galaxy. It showcases the awesome power of the Force and how under-utilized it has been in SW movies/games/books thus far.

This awesome power is the blessing, and possibly the curse of this game. I didn't use anything but Force Glom (push, pull, throw, whatever) even though I was carrying the coolest weapon ever imagined (light saber). It reminds me of playing the demo for Dark Sector, where the glaive is so unique and destructive that you wonder why the devs wasted their time putting guns in the game. Like the action-packed action in Stranglehold, it's sugary and fun, but is there any meat to the game?

This game could be a terrific multi-course meal, but it might be a beautiful cake that gets stale after a day or two.