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Star Wars Battlefront II Review Thread
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Spec Ops The Line is one of my favorite games and has a 76 on metacritic.
People who hoped for the campaign to be good wanted a shooter. So I'd recommend Republic Commando, Jedi Knight, Dark Forces and JediOutcast instead.
Not to wish ill on Battlefront 2, but hopefully this game will get buried by reviewers.
If we are talking about the future of gaming and how lootboxes can affect gameplay, this will be something that is addressed and pointed out for how dumb this decision was. You could say that Shadows of War was the first battle, but you can say that Battlefront 2 is definitely the first major fight of how these "random drops" can affect the overall experience of the game.
As for the score, I would imagine that EA would want to aim for 8s since anything lower could be a tell that "This is your basic game with nothing special," to it; much like the first battlefront game that averaged around 70-75.
If we are talking about the future of gaming and how lootboxes can affect gameplay, this will be something that is addressed and pointed out for how dumb this decision was. You could say that Shadows of War was the first battle, but you can say that Battlefront 2 is definitely the first major fight of how these "random drops" can affect the overall experience of the game.
As for the score, I would imagine that EA would want to aim for 8s since anything lower could be a tell that "This is your basic game with nothing special," to it; much like the first battlefront game that averaged around 70-75.
Agreed. Disney should haev handled license per game basis. Lots of companies could have made a good SW game with DI\isney funding.
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I don't think either of them displayed much confidence in their single-player offerings. Few trailers, no extended gameplay demonstrations - the signs were there.
What? I thought the only change was reducing hero cost from 40k to 15k? That doesn't seem to require an entirely new review?
So conflicted on if to buy it now, I've been looking forward to it for ages but if the multiplayer progression is so tied up with loot crates then I'm not sure I want to put in the time.
So with the first and now the second being ho-hum games (not bad, but flawed) and with the other triple-A Star Wars game cancelled... very mismanaged license by EA's hands.
Eurogamer put a smile on my face:
Star Wars Battlefront 2 is ultimately as maddening and uneven as the films themselves, and just as likely to wow you with a moment of unparalleled spectacle as it is to fall flat on its face. Such is the way with this series, where the force is always kept in balance in some mysterious way; for every Boba Fett there is a Watto, for every Battle of Hoth a Dex's Diner.
Star Wars Battlefront 2 is ultimately as maddening and uneven as the films themselves, and just as likely to wow you with a moment of unparalleled spectacle as it is to fall flat on its face. Such is the way with this series, where the force is always kept in balance in some mysterious way; for every Boba Fett there is a Watto, for every Battle of Hoth a Dex's Diner.
Game reviewers be like, "It was all around trash, one of the worst games I've ever played. 10/10"
Is this all so they can say what they really think while not upsetting their metacritic worshiping overlords?
Is this all so they can say what they really think while not upsetting their metacritic worshiping overlords?
Reiner is pretty high up at GI. I'd be surprised if this was a case of intimidation or fear.
I could be wrong of course, but it's not the read I get.
We shouldn't really "blame" devs rather than discuss what led to it being less than stellar.
Sad to hear the campaign is disappointing.
I'd take a great 4-5 hour Star Wars campaign over a boring 10 hour campaign buy it sounds like this hasn't delivered.
EA access in 9 months it is.
I'd take a great 4-5 hour Star Wars campaign over a boring 10 hour campaign buy it sounds like this hasn't delivered.
EA access in 9 months it is.
Yeah I'm saying it should be much much lower. A 77 isn't nearly bad enough.
I wonder how fun it will be to play once the whales have purchased hundreds of dollars worth of loot boxes.
Seems strange to play the "but it's not supposed to be competitive PVP" card.
They must have a very different understanding of what "competitive" means than most people. Its main selling point is PvP. How isn't that competitive?
Yes horrible. Ive played the campaign too and it was the most boring Star Wars videogame campaign ive played. Force Unleashed 1 was the last good Star Wars campaign in my opinion.
So was Jeff Gerstmann when he was at Gamespot, then Kane and Lynch happened.
I'm betting Disney regret it. How long does the Star Wars deal go on for?
EA access in 3 months more like. Just take a risk the whales throwing money at star cards will deliver the earnings.
The star wars license went to the makers of kotor 1 and the people Pandemic ripped off for Battlefront... and we got 2 greedy, mediocre Battlefront games in 5 years. Ugh
Based on the Tweet, I wasn't sure if that meant they were gonna give it a lower score or a higher score.
Completely fucked up if they end up giving it a higher score because of this patch.
Why even announce this? That's bad reputation for them. EA's getting negative press. Why would they choose to side with EA during this mess?
Yeah, the crystal packs. Anyone can go spend $100 as we have seen and get huge advantages over people who just want to play normally after buying the game already at full price. Getting Vader sooner does not solve the root of the problem. In this case, you can't remove the cancer without killing the patient. The pay to win element is baked straight into the progression system.
Considering that is what they are doing with Marvel (Insomniac making Spider-Man, Square making Avengers, etc.), I'd be surprised if they opt for another exclusive deal with SW once this EA deal expires.
Are you trying to convince yourself that you made a good purchasing decision or are you trying to get other people to buy the game too?
Good. Everyone "reviewed" it in a closed environment, it needs to be reviewed based on what consumers get to play.
While I usually agree with this when reviewers don't even play an online game properly to test net code or whatever, this is beginning to almost read like EA PR.
Star cards, loot boxes and locked hero's still exist. P2W still exists.
I mean obviously I know that story. But there's a reason it's so notable. It's not exactly the rule.
you've never seen a AAA game being reviewed before?
just nod and smile at the naked emperor
So about this abrupt ending. Is that a fair description? And does it feel like a setup for some kind of story expansion DLC?
The campaign wasn't done by DICE
Sledgehammer did a whole series of dev vids about how they wanted to tell an authentic and true to life WW2 story. Bullshit. EA did a whole thing about how they'd explore the Imperial side of Star Wars mythos. Bullshit.
Only good FPS campaigns this gen have been DOOM, the two Wolfensteins, Infinite Warfare, and Titanfall 2 (which, imo, is a bit overrated). Advanced Warfare was okay I suppose.
It was apparently a 10 year contract from when it was announced in 2013. So it terminates in 2023.
Next year will be 5 years in and we've had 2 Battlefront games and a mobile game... and maybe Respawn's makes it in that time or maybe not.
Not exactly a fantastic return so far.
Reiner is, umm, not tweeting that positively about the game right now.
He suspects that they might have made the credits even harder to get and that would probably lead to a lower score.