Star Wars is now on the iPhone

THQ, which not too long ago had the great PhoneSaber app pulled off of the App Store, has now ported an entire Star Wars game onto the iPhone and iPod Touch. The game is called “Star Wars: Forced Unleashed”, and was released this past Monday, September 15. Here is the game’s official description:

Experience the Star Wars universe as never before. The devastating power of the Force is in your hands. You are Darth Vader’s Secret Apprentice, trained by the menacing Sith Lord to hunt down the last of the Jedi. Unleash a barrage of Fource Powers - including Grip, Lighting, Jedi Mind Trick and much more - at the flick of your fingers as you tap, touch and swipe your way through enemies using the intuitive touch-screen mechanics and exclusive CellWeaver feature. Your journey will take you across the galaxy to clash with powerful enemies, yet you are destined to clash with powerful enemies, yet you are destined to become something far greater than just Darth Vader’s servant.

Below you can see a video of the game being presented at E3 2008 this past summer when the game was first revealed. As you can see in it,  you only control the movement of your light saber, not where and how you move.

In my opinion, even though I haven’t yet got my hands on the game, it looks as if its going to get old very quickly. All you are doing is just flicking your finger around to guide how you deflect your enemy’s shots or how you use the “force” to pick them up and throw them. For the younger iPhone owners out there though, this looks like a must have game.

This game also was released for the PS3, PS2, Xbox 360, Wii, DS, and PSP today, Tuesday, September 16. Gamespot was not too fascinated by those versions either.

See the screenshots here.