![]() There is only two player split-screen local co-op. Perhaps the biggest issue is that there is no online co-op at all. This is the closest you will be to being in an actual Star Wars battle. Over and over again I just imagine the 8 year old version of myself playing THIS video game versus the green polygon lines of “Star Wars” on the Atari 2600 and having my mind absolutely blown. Overall there’s plenty of maps that span all three of the trilogy’s eras along with the characters to match. It feels like EA has taken a few cues from MOBA style games here, and I really like this method of balancing multiplayer vs something like kill streaks that Call of Duty games have made popular. The top tier of purchases are Heroes, spawning in to help turn the tide of battle. It’s here you can play as more fortified fighters like Wookies and Rocket Troopers or save up a little bit more to hop into an AT-ST or speeder bike. Instead of randomized pickups throughout the map, players earn battle points which can be spent once they die. What I really like about all of these modes is the revamped risk vs reward system. New this year is a dedicated space combat mode called Starfighter Assault. You also have Blast, Strike, and Heroes vs Villains as smaller affairs. Returning is a 40 player (20 vs 20) mode with multi-tiered objective based missions called Galactic Assault definitely the centerpiece. It’s here you’ll refine your skills before hopping into the actual online modes. Easing you into this is a mode called Arcade which lets you take on AI bots in various scenarios with score and objective goals. EA has even released some free story based DLC for players to enjoy once you complete the campaign, which took me around 6 hours to do.īut the core of Battlefront II is still the game’s competitive multiplayer modes. ![]() ![]() Overall I really enjoyed the story, found it a good way to get familiar with some of maps, and was a nice distraction from the game’s core multiplayer mode when I got tired of that from time to time. There are even some adventure style sections with interactive dialogue and such. You’ll even jump into the familiar shoes of Luke, Han and Leia from time to time. Thankfully the game isn’t solely a shooting affair, with a good mix of vehicle and space combat missions to break things up. Without giving too much away you’ll follow Iden Versio over the next few years and get an interesting look at the Empire’s perspective of the most famous galactic war. Players jump into the shoes of an Imperial special forces agent immediately following the Battle of Endor from Return of the Jedi. First off Battlefront 2 addresses the second biggest gripe of the first, it now has a single player campaign mode. With those unpleasantries out of the way, let’s talk about the actual game. But the consistent influx of cash into the series is now gone, and we may lose future content because of it. So EA has made all DLC free, including the recently release Last Jedi maps and characters, so everyone can enjoy the same game for the life of the product. With every content release came a smaller pool of players to play with. The reason behind this system was in a way to fix what was the biggest gripe with the first game, fractured player base because of staggered DLC ownership. EA backpedaled, removed the ability to actually spend dollars in game, and lowered in game cost to help alleviate the grind. The alternative was a ridiculous grind of playtime. In short, the game was rigged heavily against the player in order to entice them to purchase loot crates with real world cash for the *chance* of getting their favorite Star Wars hero to play as. EA’s “loot crate” fiasco dominated the launch of Battlefront II. There’s a reason we’re writing this review almost two months after release. What happened though is a different story. Two years after EA rebooted the Star Wars Battlefront franchise we’re now seeing a sequel hoping to bring the video game series forward. ![]() With the release of Episode VIII: The Last Jedi and the Disney train going full speed ahead on the franchise, it’s difficult to not find someone talking about Star Wars. Star Wars is on everyone’s mind right now.
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