Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (Xbox)

There are some doors and panels that require a little lightsabre love as your characters can employ movie-like techniques to either, cut through the offending obstacle or plunge the sabre into the metal and melt it, echoing the first sight of Qui Gon doing the same thing in Episode I.

There are also a few points in the game where you can take control of a mounted gun and shoot things, these sections I found broke the game’s style up too much and I would rather have seen a few more lightsabre battles or action scenes controlling the characters, than sitting in a gun and popping off shots. It just felt tacked on to me and that really did ruin the experience.

You’ll also come across several places where you can interact with force moveable objects, such as large crashed spaceships and debris blocking the way. Your partner character can help you move them, a simple little gameplay element but it has the right Star Wars feel to it.

There are of course quite a few lightsabre duels as the game progresses down the story path, Anakin turns to the dark side and both he and Obi Wan go their separate ways, the story splits and you end up in control of either the Jedi Master or the new Dark Lord of the Sith. Obi Wan has the peaceful powers and can push enemies away, Anakin is gifted with force lightning and gets to fry things.

The game also gives you a chance to battle as Obi Wan versus Anakin in the final level, taking cues and key locations from the movie itself.

These lightsabre duels are quite impressive and the game has one of the best fighting systems in a Star Wars game to date. The range of moves allow for some good fluid battles and with traps, shunts and of course classic sabre-locks so you can relive those Jedi moments again and again as you struggle for dominance against the pretty tricky AI.

The single player portion of the game is not just the only thing on offer, as you play the main part you will unlock new characters, levels from the game and other bonuses. You’ll be able to play 4 quite dull levels sadly, with a friend rather than being able to play cooperatively across the whole game (which is something that should have been put in). But at least there are those 4 levels, which are just ray-shielded compartments where you have to defeat a seemingly-endless horde of enemies.

There’s even a simple multiplayer battle game where you can choose your combatants, location and duel away in lightsabre combat with a friend, or enemy. It uses all the moves and powers and allows you to play as the unlocked characters – Old Ben versus Darth Vader for instance or young Anakin versus Darth Vader, it’s up to you.

There are also single player bonus levels to unlock, these are challenges and you can even control Yoda in one of them. Simple little additions that do increase the replay value, slightly.