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Star Wars Battlefront II |OT| The Circle is Now Complete
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Oh Im not defending all of DICE. Im sure they had a hand in this shit, but the artists and level designers that had nothing to do with this crap and did their damnedest to make a good game only to have it be totally overlooked because of another group had a directive to squeeze as much money from their customers as possible; that shit has to be soul crushing.
Got my deluxe copy from Gamestop. There was a peel off label on the front packaging that had a barcode you could scan for free crystals and cards???? Anybody else get this? The cashier didn't take it off and now I think I might have been shorted?
That's how you take that? Wow. You must be fun to talk to at parties.
I don't agree with your score breakdowns at the end, especially regarding battlefield 1, which I thought was a really fantastic offering and a good balance between pick up and play that the 2015 battlefront game had to, and a little bit more depth that echoed battlefield 4 without all the complexities that weighed that down at times.
I do generally agree with your impressions though, and I would say that the game is actually quite good and a definite improvement, but it's pretty much hampered by all of its excess baggage.
As far as the heroes and villains go, I'm glad that they are not tanks like they were before. They don't feel quite as powerful as they did before, and frankly some of the abilities are not explained very well in terms of what they do, but overall I think they are incredibly deadly still in close range. There's a lot of balancing that was done to make them amazing in the right hands, but also not quite as easy to use as to overpower the game with like before. I used to completely shut down teams when playing as Princess Leia last time, and I like her iteration this time as well, but she's definitely not quite is dominating, which I'm OK with.
I thought they did a decent job actually.
Still, there's something about the game that's fun to play, but still doesn't hit the levels of fun that the previous games did. I'm not quite sure what they keep missing, but it's something. Still I don't think this game would be as poorly received by fans if they didn't pull all of the horrible shenanigans they've been doubling down on. There's a lot of good stuff to like here.
Yeah I feel really bad for those people. They did such a great job, the game looks amazing! But there's no way I can support the gameplay based on star cards, loot boxes and MT's with my money. Gaming is a huge part of my life, so I care a lot about it's future.
I played this for a few games and have enjoyed it for the most part. At is core, it is a fantastic game but all of the positives are overshadowed by the progression system. If they gave you more credits for playing or lowered the costs of the crates it would be fine. I am fine with the loot crates being in the game but the progression is such a grind. I had been trying to figure out why the shooting feels different than the first and I think that it is the auto aim. It is pretty much non existent I this game where as it was somewhat noticeable in the first game.
I finally got a chance to play the trial last night. I had fun playing the game, but man was I getting stomped by people with upgraded cards.
I really wanna commend the people who worked on this game that weren't involved in the monetization plans. The graphics, audio, controls, combat...all are really amazing and a step above the previous Battlefront. It's such a shame that so much of their great work is being overshadowed by some awful business decisions.
I really wanna commend the people who worked on this game that weren't involved in the monetization plans. The graphics, audio, controls, combat...all are really amazing and a step above the previous Battlefront. It's such a shame that so much of their great work is being overshadowed by some awful business decisions.
Pretty much how I feel as well. And I also love Star Wars which makes it sting even more.
This is how I feel about it. The game will have cost me $28 out of pocket in the end (Best Buy GCU discount, $10 trade in bonus on SWBF1, and $10 preorder bonus). I'll play this game for 10-20 hours then never touch it again. I'm not willing to die on the "but, slippery slope" hill for 20 hours of high production value Star Wars fun for a couple of bucks an hour.
I would prefer it if the points were awarded like in BF15, which I believe divided your overall score by 10. BFIi is also missing the bonuses you got (win bonus, game bonus) etc that could be added back in.
Lol. No if you wanted that it would've cost you money at the register. It's essentially discounted cost for crystals.
Just another way for EA to get those bucks .
I liked the campaign.
It plays exactly as you'd expect from a campaign from DICE (even though Motive did it, which is even more disappointing), but I dug the story and characters. I thoroughly enjoyed the way they utilized the heroes of the world when they got their dedicated levels. Humor is surprisingly on point for this game, too. It's a fun romp in the Star Wars world post-Jedi. The last level was inspired at least, but the jarring end of the campaign is a real middle finger. Also, Shriv is the best, and depending on how they decide to end the story here (through.... DLC?) I hope we can see Iden (and the rest of Inferno Squad) outside the game.
I went through the book and it does help inform a lot of these characters motivations and backgrounds, but a lot of these character's arcs are half-baked, which, again, is a shame because the characters here as presented in the game itself are pretty cool.
It plays exactly as you'd expect from a campaign from DICE (even though Motive did it, which is even more disappointing), but I dug the story and characters. I thoroughly enjoyed the way they utilized the heroes of the world when they got their dedicated levels. Humor is surprisingly on point for this game, too. It's a fun romp in the Star Wars world post-Jedi. The last level was inspired at least, but the jarring end of the campaign is a real middle finger. Also, Shriv is the best, and depending on how they decide to end the story here (through.... DLC?) I hope we can see Iden (and the rest of Inferno Squad) outside the game.
I went through the book and it does help inform a lot of these characters motivations and backgrounds, but a lot of these character's arcs are half-baked, which, again, is a shame because the characters here as presented in the game itself are pretty cool.
I could see a fully buffed bomber or tank hero ship like the Falcon being a pain to deal with if you have no cards, since even unbundled bombers take a long time to shoot down, during which time you're exposed to enemy ships.
I noticed this during the beta. Combine cards that increase turn speed with cards that buff the amount of hits you can take and I can see some real problems for what would've been my go-to winter multiplayer experience.
It's my favorite mode right now, and the only one where I can consistently come in first or second place on my teams leaderboard. It takes a lot less time to get back into things versus GA and strike, which I like.
It definitely looks better and you can turn off all the shitty effects if you want, which is nice.
It still could use some improvement though. Smoke/fire/explosion effects still look very bad and some textures as well.
I'm like you. The Starfighter in the base game was kinda lack luster since it was just a shooting gallery with very little obstacles. In this one you can actually out-manuever and take risks around obstacles to get away and regen health. Like you mentioned though the balance is absolutely screwed. Just the "turn 20% quicker" Starcard gives a HUGE advantage in the interceptor when someone gets on your tail and you are turning faster than they are and can get behind them. Sure in the end it comes down to skill but it makes a significant difference when you know how to use it.There are those types of Starcards littered through the mode. From damage to health to cooldown abilities. It's rough man.
It's not so bad right now since the majority of people have nothing. I can't imagine what it will be like later on.
have there been any single player star wars games in the 2010s?
are you saying this is the best star wars single player campaign ever? or better then which games is it exactly?
Ended up playing as a hero finally (Rey), and I killed a couple of Kylo Rens, a Darth Maul and a Boba Fett. With a handful of battle droids. Lol it was pretty fun.
I think your average consumer probably has almost no idea of the loot crate business. Its coming out right before the holidays and has a movie coming out around the same time....it will sell just fine.
Nah man cant be true. The epics are not random. You get pre order epics for rey and kylo and for the other classes. An epic grenade for aussault etc.
First reply in the Reddit AMA regarding the game is up.
RE: Arcade Mode credit-earning time limit
Link to AMA
RE: Arcade Mode credit-earning time limit
Link to AMA
Eh, I get this. They want to prevent people from farming offline where it would be much easier to gather credits but holy fuck, its so tone deaf in its implementation that its shocking. They needed a different solution...almost any other solution than this free2play style timer lockout bullshit.
I still don't know what to do, I have my copy still sealed as I am in two minds about returning it or not for a refund.
Appreciate your views on this, I loved the first game and the BETA on Hoth sold me that game I put in hundreds of hours into it, I wasn't keen on this sequels BETA, I don't care for the single player, and I don't really like the class system either, let alone how the progression seemingly works in this game, I know the original was far from the best game ever but it was fun to pick up and play, but I am worried about people being overpowered against you if you don't level up you characters enough, the original you didn't have to worry about this as everyone was on the same level playing field.
I have seen many saying that if you enjoyed the original you will like this as it s big improvement over the original, but where is the improvement in the multiplayer, nobody in the original played the objectives and from what has been said of this game people are still not playing the objective this makes the class system pointless.
I have my copy still sealed as I am in two minds to return it or not for a refund, I don't want to lose half it's value to try it out for a few nights, and if I don't get it now I feel I will be overpowered by people that have been playing for a while.
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The cap is 500 a day. You can't even get a crate in a week playing offline. That's incredibly dumb. And the justification when you consider crates impact multiplayer immediately is insulting.
You could tune the difficulty all the way down, for the example, and AI is never going to be as competitive as online multiplayer anyway.
Thats pretty nuts that the cap is so low (Im waiting for my standard edition on friday). Why not just have unlimited credit earnings but just slow down the rate at which you earn them?
Because the math would likely work out to an insultingly low payout. R6 siege had a similar 'problem' in that players were just grinding offline for fun. They cut their rewards from 280 a round to, like, 36. Nerfed it into oblivion.
I don't lose anything by doing campaign offline yeah? My Internet has gone down until tomorrow :(
I've met some opponents in MP shooters that might have you rethinking that answer...heheh
In all seriousness. I've never understood the restrictions placed on custom or offline games for earning stuff. Halo Reach did this for pure cosmetic items and among the rather large community I played with, it effectively killed custom games because everyone wanted to still earn credits. I get that people may not play the game "the way devs intended" offline but come on. Your game will be dead in a year (or less), maybe you'd widen your audience if people could earn cool shit playing offline?
Some of these maps need some serious rebalancing. Having to capture three objectives with only 100 respawns and no reinforcements when you capture one is ridiculously frustrating.
If you play offline, you aren't being whacked over the head by people with better cards. It lessens the pressure you feel to buy shit. They just won't admit to that.
I can't tell you. I know that as I was downloading the patch I jumped into arcade mode and it wouldn't even save the amount of kills I got(for challenges) because I was offline. Don't know if you play through the campaign offline if it gives you credit. You might just have to play it over again "online" to trigger the rewards.
Because that would be tedious as fuck and people would just do some other activity that earns more credits.
