Star Wars: Squadrons

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5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 417 Ratings

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  1. GroundXearo
    Oct 4, 2020
    8
    The game has flaws, but it's clear it was made with love and passion. The incredibly low scoring reviews on here are beyond unfair to the game, and while I do concede there's some things to iron out, the overall experience is fun, we should be encouraging both this type of game and this approach to not adding microtransactions and garbage like that.
  2. sacreo
    Oct 4, 2020
    8
    Half the complaints are about launch bugs, while the other half seems to be militant conservatives just being offended that Star Wars doesn't always doesn't cater to their real-life worldview. The actual gameplay is extremely tight, with enough difference in control and aesthetic to make each ship unique. The story is higher production than expected, turning into a very standard Star WarsHalf the complaints are about launch bugs, while the other half seems to be militant conservatives just being offended that Star Wars doesn't always doesn't cater to their real-life worldview. The actual gameplay is extremely tight, with enough difference in control and aesthetic to make each ship unique. The story is higher production than expected, turning into a very standard Star Wars affair. It doesn't bring anything particularly new to the universe, but executes and entertains far better than most multiplayer-first games of today.

    The VR experience is highly immersive and surprisingly not nausea-inducing, but the skybox is unfortunately very blurry which does take some visual depth away. It's probably a 7 with launch bugs and a 9 after they patch it, so I'm splitting the difference at 8.    … Expand
  3. RazilinTera
    Oct 6, 2020
    8
    Really enjoyable. I love the starfighters in X-WIng and this brings back all the joy of the old games with the added fun of multiplayer. I tried to keep my hopes in check, but this game exceeded my expectations and I am thoroughly enjoying how fun it is to fly in this game.

    I am sincerely hoping they decide to actually add stuff. I would be willing to keep paying to get more ships,    Really enjoyable. I love the starfighters in X-WIng and this brings back all the joy of the old games with the added fun of multiplayer. I tried to keep my hopes in check, but this game exceeded my expectations and I am thoroughly enjoying how fun it is to fly in this game.

    I am sincerely hoping they decide to actually add stuff. I would be willing to keep paying to get more ships, more content and more single-player campaign story.

    A chance to fly a B-Wing (which is perfectly suited to the fleet battle) or do the Death Star Trench Run would be amazing.

    Please Motive/EA... take my money and make this happen.    … Expand
  4. jaredwallace91
    Oct 4, 2020
    8
    Once the bug links are worked out, this will remain one of the simplest, cleanest, most fun Star Wars games ever released. Great campaign story as well.
  5. Rahnbane
    Oct 8, 2020
    8
    (Reviewed on PS VR)

    This was my childhood dream... I tought the dream came true in 1994 with X wing.. Then came Tie Fighter... Both were incredible games. A great plot, major story with voice acting and solid combat... And years have passed... After X-Wing alliance, unfortunately there was no decent star wars -space simulation, hell... no space simulation whatsoever. When I    (Reviewed on PS VR)

    This was my childhood dream...

    I tought the dream came true in 1994 with X wing.. Then came Tie Fighter... Both were incredible games. A great plot, major story with voice acting and solid combat...

    And years have passed... After X-Wing alliance, unfortunately there was no decent star wars -space simulation, hell... no space simulation whatsoever.

    When I first heard about this, I was sceptical about the track record of EA and their latest star wars games... But for old times sake (And ofcourse VR) I pre-ordered the game...

    First night was hard... The speed of the game and the dizzyness it created while trying to manuever was overwhelming.

    The atmosphere was so mesmerizing... The closed spaces of a Tie fighter blocks VR's freedom.

    But when I was in an A wing, the scenery was breathtaking. Great designed maps with lots of opprotunities to master, and hiding spots to exploit... The great flight mechanics, unbelieavable combat and feeling of success (when you learn how to manuever)...

    With 4 of my friends we are in a Galaxy Far Far away, hunting the enemy...

    And I have never felt that my dream finally came true like this before.

    Cons:
    - Only 6 maps and 2 game modes
    - Ship customization options are a bit low.
    - Pilot customizations have no effect except a 2 minute briefing and an endgame pose...    … Expand
  6. T-Knut
    Oct 5, 2020
    8
    Fun Game Mechanics once you get used to the combat. The rush of putting power into your engines to boost and use the drift maneuver to get behind an enemy, then put all your power into the blasters to shoot down an enemy pilot all while doing barrel rolls through an asteroid belt will never get old! Game mechanics make up for the lack of content.
  7. Nimander
    Oct 3, 2020
    8
    This game brings be back to X-Wing vs Tie fighter, the first game I bought a Joystick for. It really scratches that nostalgia itch.

    Played Fleet Battle vs AI, and Dogfights, and had a lot of fun. The asymmetric design gives great depth to the multiplayer. Flying an X-Wing a skilled pilot will have to learn to direct shields in addition to regular power management, while a TIE pilot    This game brings be back to X-Wing vs Tie fighter, the first game I bought a Joystick for. It really scratches that nostalgia itch.

    Played Fleet Battle vs AI, and Dogfights, and had a lot of fun.
    The asymmetric design gives great depth to the multiplayer. Flying an X-Wing a skilled pilot will have to learn to direct shields in addition to regular power management, while a TIE pilot will have to master the power converter.
    I haven't had time to look into Support ships yet, but it seems like they have some interesting options.

    Playing this with Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, Saitek Rudder Pedals, and HTC vive feels great. The resolution on the Vive could have been better, but everything you need to see is visible. It is clear that they have designed the UI to make sure everything you need is large enough in your cockpit to see with lower resolution VR.
    I haven't noticed the deadzone issue I have heard about, but that could be because I have Yaw on the Rudder Pedals.    … Expand
  8. Charliequin
    Oct 4, 2020
    8
    I really like this game. It has a lot of depth within its simplicity. It's a huge bummer that it doesn't work with TrackIR, and it lacks a little in customization, which is why I gave it an 8, but it has a TON of potential and is a must have if you like flight sims and/or Star Wars. It's clearly a multiplayer starfighting game, and THAT it does really well! I look forward to the DLC. Don'tI really like this game. It has a lot of depth within its simplicity. It's a huge bummer that it doesn't work with TrackIR, and it lacks a little in customization, which is why I gave it an 8, but it has a TON of potential and is a must have if you like flight sims and/or Star Wars. It's clearly a multiplayer starfighting game, and THAT it does really well! I look forward to the DLC. Don't listen to the weirdos who can't handle women and people of color having equal representation.… Expand
  9. LordCooler777
    Oct 14, 2020
    8
    The best vr star wars game ever holy **** masterpieces for star wars fans **** yeah!
  10. NOONANSGOONS213
    Oct 5, 2020
    8
    This is the ultimate flying experience for star wars fans. This game offers an amazing single player experience, and a great ranked mode that feels extremely rewarding. Getting a kill is so satisfying. The game is a challenging experience that forces you to get better. Ignore the bad reviews. This game is awesome and offers something for everyone.
  11. A_golden_ASIAN
    Oct 11, 2020
    8
    It's clear that a lot of people reviewing it haven't even played the game and they are just here to bash EA or just Star Wars in general
    The campaign is decent and it's not bad, the characters are memorable enough to me and the story is pretty decent, the missions aren't repetitive and they are actually fun. Overall the campaign is a 7/10
    The gameplay is great, it's very much skill    It's clear that a lot of people reviewing it haven't even played the game and they are just here to bash EA or just Star Wars in general
    The campaign is decent and it's not bad, the characters are memorable enough to me and the story is pretty decent, the missions aren't repetitive and they are actually fun. Overall the campaign is a 7/10

    The gameplay is great, it's very much skill based and it makes you feel like you're actually in a cockpit on a real Star Wars mission (at least without the fear of actually dying). There are many cosmetics to collect and a variety of components that will actually change the way you play they aren't just there

    Hopefully there will be a few more ships and the bugs will be squashed, so overall. I would give it a 8/10    … Expand
  12. Wafflecocoa
    Oct 2, 2020
    8
    i love the cinematic and the gameplay, is very good experience.
    the control feel good but i'm not really good at this game
  13. BadBarry
    Oct 5, 2020
    8
    Star Wars Squadrons is exactly what I was expecting out of this game. The campaign is engaging and gears you up for the multiplayer and gives you the opportunity to actually be the bad guys.

    The multiplayer is like Star fighter assault on steroids and to be truly good at this game you need to be skillful. With that being said you also need a good squadron on people to win the fleet    Star Wars Squadrons is exactly what I was expecting out of this game. The campaign is engaging and gears you up for the multiplayer and gives you the opportunity to actually be the bad guys.

    The multiplayer is like Star fighter assault on steroids and to be truly good at this game you need to be skillful. With that being said you also need a good squadron on people to win the fleet battles but all it takes is a good balance. For a non fully priced game it ticks all boxes for me and I am really enjoying it.

    Only negative (because I like to always give one if I can) is that the ranked matches when someone quits you dont get the rank is really annoying as it hinders the progression.    … Expand
  14. Croswell
    Oct 5, 2020
    8
    Needs some tweaks, joystick dead zone was a large oversight, but overall a great game. I am living out my Star Wars fantasy!
  15. Spacepepperonis
    Oct 5, 2020
    8
    If you've played the old 90's TIE-Fighter, the core controls and feel of this game feel like I *remember* TIE-Fighter feeling. So that's pretty amazing.

    The campaign is pretty one-note, and the dialog is pretty stilted with your squadron-mates talking at you for a few sentences and then being done. No player dialog or anything, so the best dialog is when two other characters start    If you've played the old 90's TIE-Fighter, the core controls and feel of this game feel like I *remember* TIE-Fighter feeling. So that's pretty amazing.

    The campaign is pretty one-note, and the dialog is pretty stilted with your squadron-mates talking at you for a few sentences and then being done. No player dialog or anything, so the best dialog is when two other characters start talking to each other and ignore you. There are only a little more than a dozen single player missions, which is disappointing.

    Gameplay, single and multi-player, is pretty solid. Controls on a Xbox controller are pretty solid, and the visuals are nice. The cockpits especially show a lot of love and attention, which is good because you spend a lot of time there.

    I'm hopeful that future support for this game, free or expansion pack/dlc will add on additional campaigns and ship/pilot customization; but right now $40 gets you a full game. A campaign that is good enough and serves to get you acquainted with all of the ships, and a fun multiplayer that is something I've been wishing for for ages.

    Right now there are no microtransactions, loot box or otherwise. All the Cosmetics and Ship Side-grades are unlocked by playing the game. This *is* EA though so if you are looking at this game in 3-6 months you might want to check to make sure that hasn't changed.    … Expand
  16. evandwong
    Oct 11, 2020
    8
    Great game, slightly marred by technical issues. Really hoping for strong post launch support or a successor title from the devs. It's ironic that the first EA published Star Wars title with a hard "no DLC planned" line is the only one so far where DLC would be really welcome. For maximal enjoyment:

    1) Play with a controller (yes, even on PC) 2) Rebind all the controls to your    Great game, slightly marred by technical issues. Really hoping for strong post launch support or a successor title from the devs. It's ironic that the first EA published Star Wars title with a hard "no DLC planned" line is the only one so far where DLC would be really welcome. For maximal enjoyment:

    1) Play with a controller (yes, even on PC)
    2) Rebind all the controls to your liking
    3) Join a community where you can roll with a 5-man group. It's *so much fun* to play with a team, even if you just met the guys.    … Expand
  17. Mangoturtle
    Jan 7, 2021
    8
    I have not played all of the game yet, I have done all the tutorials a part of the story, and 3 rounds of multiplayer. First of all, I love the fleet battles, and the story mode is great. The only thing that drags it down a little is specifically on the pc, (as far as I know) the controls are a little hard, you have to press "6" for a resupply, which is really far from where your hand usually is.
  18. Thryne
    Dec 13, 2020
    8
    Really Great Game, i play it on Xbox and it just recently got additional Ships without any additional costs. It's a fun game where you play in a starfighter and battle other people in star-fighters, gives a great Star Wars feeling.
  19. BleedingJester
    May 7, 2023
    8
    as someone who usually doesn't enjoy the genre this is genuinely fun the story is separated into two stories 1 following the New Republic and the other following the Empire that you switch between every couple mission's and both stories are pretty good, but I preferred the Empires story a bit more than the New Republics

    the game has a multiplayer mode but I didnt touch it since I just    as someone who usually doesn't enjoy the genre this is genuinely fun the story is separated into two stories 1 following the New Republic and the other following the Empire that you switch between every couple mission's and both stories are pretty good, but I preferred the Empires story a bit more than the New Republics

    the game has a multiplayer mode but I didnt touch it since I just wasn't interested enough in it to try so I can't judge the multiplayer mode    … Expand
  20. NotGiven
    Jul 8, 2021
    8
    I really like this game. This game is really getting me into flight sim games as a whole. There's a high skill ceiling with the game and the multiplayer and single player are really fun.

    I honestly don't know why there's so many overly negative reviews because this game is really great. This game is one of my favorite games along with titanfall 2 and fallout 4 While there are    I really like this game. This game is really getting me into flight sim games as a whole. There's a high skill ceiling with the game and the multiplayer and single player are really fun.

    I honestly don't know why there's so many overly negative reviews because this game is really great.

    This game is one of my favorite games along with titanfall 2 and fallout 4

    While there are legitimate criticisms with this game don't listen to the "anti-sjw" crowd because they just don't like it because the cast is diverse. Which while there are stuff you can criticize this game on, that reason of it being too sjw is just stupid. Don't listen to those reviews.

    I really like this game and I hope we get a sequel that maybe has the clone wars or just more ships and maps. Plus even though it wasn't really the main goal of the game I really liked the new republic squadmates in particular.    … Expand
  21. Sundance9
    Aug 4, 2021
    8
    The best Star Wars starfighter experience since the vintage games in the 90s. Imperfect and narrow in scope, the core gameplay is amazing. 8/10. A must play for anyone who ever dreamed of flying an X Wing as a kid.
  22. Boudica
    Aug 4, 2021
    8
    I'm not a hardcore gamer, this is the first game i've really played since Doom, the first one. When i was a kid Star Ward Trench run was THE GAME. I am blown away by this game and yeah it has it's glitches but i get to sir in a 6dof chair, with a VR headset and lose myself in a game in a way that i never have thought would happen.

    Some hardcore gamers may pull the game apart on every    I'm not a hardcore gamer, this is the first game i've really played since Doom, the first one. When i was a kid Star Ward Trench run was THE GAME. I am blown away by this game and yeah it has it's glitches but i get to sir in a 6dof chair, with a VR headset and lose myself in a game in a way that i never have thought would happen.

    Some hardcore gamers may pull the game apart on every little thing looking for perfection, i just wanna have fun and this game delivers it over and over    … Expand
  23. teshia
    Aug 30, 2021
    7
    Not bad but a mix of highs and lows. For me, I took no interest in the multiplayer, as I'm a big fan of Tie Fighter and X-Wing from the DOS days and was looking for a similar experience. Great cutscenes, good looking gameplay and a fun ride but on the down side the flying experience felt a bit sluggish and the keyboard and mouse control set feels a bit rough. Also, it's too short. INot bad but a mix of highs and lows. For me, I took no interest in the multiplayer, as I'm a big fan of Tie Fighter and X-Wing from the DOS days and was looking for a similar experience. Great cutscenes, good looking gameplay and a fun ride but on the down side the flying experience felt a bit sluggish and the keyboard and mouse control set feels a bit rough. Also, it's too short. I was experiencing an old school feel like maybe something where you could play through a rebel campaign of 15 missions and then 15 missions of imperial, kind of like with the original Command and Conquer. Playing both sides simultaneously was interesting but ultimately felt a bit unfocused. Interesting though. I think these guys should remake X-Wing and Tie Fighter together in one game where you can choose sides and then play through those campaigns. Those games are crying out for remasters.… Expand
  24. cplaideau
    Oct 7, 2020
    7
    The game play concept is nailed on, Multi-player 5 on 5 flight battle. The problem with the game is the Clunky Control, terrible UI, and game breaking multiplayer.

    Control: I manly play with Mouse and Keyboard, and i can tell you the mouse translation is horrible. You either don't not see where the cursor is, or get bugged down with the "restrain mouse control" feature... They added a    The game play concept is nailed on, Multi-player 5 on 5 flight battle. The problem with the game is the Clunky Control, terrible UI, and game breaking multiplayer.

    Control: I manly play with Mouse and Keyboard, and i can tell you the mouse translation is horrible. You either don't not see where the cursor is, or get bugged down with the "restrain mouse control" feature... They added a "mouse sensitivity which change NOTHING" in game, but to prevent you to use the wheel commands. I don't have a decent joystick, but my old one didn't give much benefit in my aiming either.

    UI: I don't know who designed that UI, but the constant loading screen to change section in the UI is obnoxious. Plus half the time in multiplayer escape doesn't do what it's supposed to do. It feels like none tested it, or didn't bother fixing it.

    Multiplayer: Most of the time multiplayer is ok, until you get this weird bug when you ask to join but doesn't join a game, and it just cancel the matchmaking. Or you join a game with no count down at the start with 1 player missing on a 10/10 lobby. The game Think you have 10 player, but you don't and there's no count down.

    The game needed to be delayed to polish the edges. I'm glad i didn't had to pay 40$ for that game because it's not worth that for now. It's another release it now, fix it later tittle. A shame because the concept is GOOD, the delivery, not so much.    … Expand
  25. randolfra
    Oct 31, 2020
    7
    The launch version was very buggy and unstable, but it is better now. Some issues still remain however, like poor VR performance. The game is good at what is most important: it is fun and feels like Star Wars. However, it is somewhat limited in scope: only a handful of different ships to fly and only so many different maps.

    I wish EA had gone "all in" with this product. With larger    The launch version was very buggy and unstable, but it is better now. Some issues still remain however, like poor VR performance. The game is good at what is most important: it is fun and feels like Star Wars. However, it is somewhat limited in scope: only a handful of different ships to fly and only so many different maps.

    I wish EA had gone "all in" with this product. With larger budget it could have been something truly marvelous.    … Expand
  26. philzlz
    Jan 13, 2023
    7
    While I enjoyed the music (of course) the characters were not interesting enough to hold my attention and missions felt too short and lacked in variety. You could change your ship before missions but this was unnecessary since the objectives were very similar.

    The graphics looked great, some backdrops with gigantic planets bursting apart looked impressive. Overall, a very mediocre    While I enjoyed the music (of course) the characters were not interesting enough to hold my attention and missions felt too short and lacked in variety. You could change your ship before missions but this was unnecessary since the objectives were very similar.

    The graphics looked great, some backdrops with gigantic planets bursting apart looked impressive. Overall, a very mediocre experience, more can be done with the Star Wars license.    … Expand
  27. Mazma
    Dec 25, 2020
    7
    Buono, annoia velocemente da soli. Con VR pazzesco. Da giocare in compagnia!
  28. fazhom
    Oct 11, 2020
    6
    At first, I was happy with the gameplay and everything reminding me of X-Wing/Tie Fighter/X-Wing alliance series.
    Campaign and characters are forgetable at best (like BF2) but, to be honnest, I wasn't expecting much from Disney SW.
    But for me, the real problem is there is no machtmaking: on my second match I was up against a team with a level 40 player! I mean, come-on! I don't want    At first, I was happy with the gameplay and everything reminding me of X-Wing/Tie Fighter/X-Wing alliance series.
    Campaign and characters are forgetable at best (like BF2) but, to be honnest, I wasn't expecting much from Disney SW.

    But for me, the real problem is there is no machtmaking: on my second match I was up against a team with a level 40 player!
    I mean, come-on!
    I don't want to win, but I like to be able to actually PLAY and not get shot down even before arriving on the battlefield.

    It would also be nice if you could hire real writers instead of talentless political activists spreading SJW propaganda.    … Expand
  29. Nobilis1984
    Oct 4, 2020
    6
    The newest Star Wars game is out and costs only 40 €. It doesn't sound bad, but in terms of content, little is offered.
    The campaign is brisk but fun. Tie Fighter and Co. can be controlled much better than Battlefront 2.
    After that there is not much left. The multiplayer only has two maps and that is not enough.
  30. winzentween
    Oct 3, 2020
    6
    Best way to play is VR and hotus flight sticks (if it worked) would be the set up of choice but it needs a beefy 2080s if you dont want frame drops etc. The main issue with this game is it costs about 1500 plus to play well. 500 for vr, 1000 for pc and 200 for flight stick and then game on top. And it is in no way worth that effort while a game like half life might be. You would beBest way to play is VR and hotus flight sticks (if it worked) would be the set up of choice but it needs a beefy 2080s if you dont want frame drops etc. The main issue with this game is it costs about 1500 plus to play well. 500 for vr, 1000 for pc and 200 for flight stick and then game on top. And it is in no way worth that effort while a game like half life might be. You would be better off with the PSVR nightmare or just in 2d for way less. BUT if you want the best PCVR is the only choice. Via INDEX or QUEST VD setup.

    The GOOD: looks great mostly and sounds great and the idea is great and there are wow moments. It has some neat cockpits.

    BAD: story is a tired cliche mess. Lots of tech issues and performance problems and the flight stick does not work as intended. Lacks polish and content. A few modes and 6 hrs single play with no secrets. A few old ships we've already used and no b-wings. Small maps for mp. Lots of hand holding and giant tutorials. VR cutscenes not in VR. DROIDS do nothing at all which is against lore and other games. The hub area is teleport rubbish. Nothing much to do and not hub space for MP. Cosmetics and upgrades change nothing. Only one view point. CAnnot use your hands in VR and flight stick doesnt move but throttle does. Many small issues too which distract from what could have been amazing. The game has not been play tested. You are paying to do that for them.

    Also you're supporting Disney and EA so ...don't.

    Wait for a sale and many patches and free content. The game is just not there yet and not as advertised or promised. 6/10 (7 in vr if you love SWARS and they fix the sticks).    … Expand
  31. rubblecoder
    Oct 15, 2020
    6
    So, after two weeks and version 1.2 of the game (no new content, just bug fixes, 1.0 was an alpha build and 1.1 was a beta build...) we actually have a real game. I was able to get everything running pretty smoothly with my VR headset and flight stick, but like all sim games there is a bunch of configuration after getting it running, but the menus are decent even in a headset without aSo, after two weeks and version 1.2 of the game (no new content, just bug fixes, 1.0 was an alpha build and 1.1 was a beta build...) we actually have a real game. I was able to get everything running pretty smoothly with my VR headset and flight stick, but like all sim games there is a bunch of configuration after getting it running, but the menus are decent even in a headset without a keyboard or mouse.

    But even still there are a few bugs and a pretty big one in ranked multiplayer that makes it impossible to take multiplayer serious right now.

    I have started to recommend the game to friends, but with the warning that there are still some bugs in the game, but it is a blast to fly around in VR.

    (Everything below is from release night)
    The game has shipped in a very bad state. The "VR Support" and "HOTAS Support" just isn't there for PC. There are multiple problems with HOTAS deadzones. And for VR you HAVE to have your keyboard and mouse to play so anyone with a sim setup is going to be sitting with a keyboard in their lap while playing...

    And if you get it on Steam and this is your first EA game on Steam you have to link your EA account with your Steam account. If you already have another EA game (say Fallen Order) this wasn't that big of a deal, but for this game the account link screen is buggy, and you have to do it from in game. It took me about an hour to figure out how to get past EAs login just to link my account.

    This is the first non-Nintendo game that I have pre-ordered in years. I completely regret buying it and thankfully I should be able to get a refund for it. Going back to Elite Dangerous for my space sim needs.    … Expand
  32. Mobileum
    Nov 26, 2022
    6
    Took me some time to get use to the controls. I actually "mastered" it only for the last two missions. Beside that I think this game is a lot of hit and miss. I played entirely in VR with a Hotas joystick and some moments were just orgasmic. But EA miss a lot about immersion in that game and the woke stuff is just annoying. Honestly the female you play with the empire is the most annoyingTook me some time to get use to the controls. I actually "mastered" it only for the last two missions. Beside that I think this game is a lot of hit and miss. I played entirely in VR with a Hotas joystick and some moments were just orgasmic. But EA miss a lot about immersion in that game and the woke stuff is just annoying. Honestly the female you play with the empire is the most annoying character I've ever seen in a game. I don't know why they did that. You remove those lame characters and put regular Star Wars vilain, you give the ability to control the ship when leaving/reentering the hangar and it's an easy 8/10. Also they messed up the hyperspace effect, how can you mess that up ?

    I would recommend that game for a star wars fan and people that don't care about woke propaganda. You can have a lot of fun.    … Expand
  33. bearthor
    Oct 2, 2020
    5
    Its not worth the price in my opinion. To expensive for what it offers. Gameplay is just ok.. Played with Rift S and Hotas.
  34. SplitMind
    Oct 3, 2020
    5
    This game was welcomed with open arms, especially by critics and sometimes uncritically, as ironic as this may seem. Star Wars has a strong hold on people's heartstrings but gamers have found themselves disappointed for well over a decade now. What Star Wars Squadrons brings is not the saviour of the game series, but it is a shining ray of hope.

    A lot of emphasis has been placed on the    This game was welcomed with open arms, especially by critics and sometimes uncritically, as ironic as this may seem. Star Wars has a strong hold on people's heartstrings but gamers have found themselves disappointed for well over a decade now. What Star Wars Squadrons brings is not the saviour of the game series, but it is a shining ray of hope.

    A lot of emphasis has been placed on the graphics here. When not in your ship, the cutscenes are impressive and observing them in the hangar is an impressive sight. The downside is that you don't get to free-roam; instead pointing and clicking from room-to-room which I suspect is to make VR smoother for gamers. Speaking of which, I did not play this in VR at all, so bear this in mind when reading my review. Having said that, I think there is a lot of space for improvement in the graphics department. The backgrounds are excellent, however these become repetitive. What I would like to see going forward is battles that take place not just in outer space, but on planets such as Tattooine to provide a variety of backdrops. One final note; the thing that annoyed me most was that I was limited to cockpit-view throughout the game. This is not my preferred POV so it quite marred the experience for me. You can tell they wanted to focus the game on VR but diversity is always better.

    The story isn't anything special, and other than the appearance of Darth Vader at the beginning it really lacks some star power and figures from the movies to capture my interest. You play as a mostly nameless protagonist that you customise at the beginning of the game but this is rather limited, making me suspicious that microtransactions are on their way. A core element of the story was the constant switching between the Imperials and the Rebels for each mission. I would have much preferred to have chosen one side to play as consistently throughout the game and this could have opened up the option of having different endings depending on which side you choose. Instead, one minute you are in a Tie Fighter, then an X-Wing, then a Tie Interceptor followed by an A-Wing. Speaking of ships, where are the classics such as the Millennium Falcon? Canon or not I'd love to fly these ships again.

    Finally, the gameplay. This is where I had a love-hate experience. Generally, flying and dogfighting is enjoyable, but what really took away from the experience for me was just how bloody slow all aircraft seem to be! Some have good speed and acceleration, however in a dogfight it takes forever to manoeuvre these, meaning that even on the easiest difficulty my enemies had an easy time flying rings around me. What this also means that I found it harder to tell the difference between the craft other than how the cockpit looked. This also pushed me towards a style of gameplay I'll call 'turreting', which is when your aircraft sits completely still in mid-air and you simply fire directly at opponents. I struggled to succeed with any other style of gameplay than this. Ace Combat 7 has captured gameplay fairly well so I don't know why a company like EA are struggling with the money they have behind them.

    One more thing. I cannot conclude without stating how barebones this game is. Given the mediocre quality I'm actually happy that the campaign was so short so I didn't get too bored of it, however what I'm seeing is a game that's a platform for yet another live services model stuffed full of microtransactions. They aren't in the game yet but this is EA we're talking about, so watch closely and get it for less than £20, or not at all if the live services begin to fester into the game and ruin it. Overall, it's a step in the right direction but another missed opportunity.    … Expand
  35. LittleTerrapin
    Oct 2, 2020
    5
    I really like space games and have several flight sticks and pedals etc and the great news is: sticks and pedals are fully supported. Hotas, hosas, pedals. All supported.

    The bad new that it doesn't matter much. At least not on on a detailed level as I had hoped for flight control. Squadrons quite simply doesn't feel like flight in space at all. No real drift aside from a manual button    I really like space games and have several flight sticks and pedals etc and the great news is: sticks and pedals are fully supported. Hotas, hosas, pedals. All supported.

    The bad new that it doesn't matter much. At least not on on a detailed level as I had hoped for flight control. Squadrons quite simply doesn't feel like flight in space at all. No real drift aside from a manual button trigger option.

    The graphics are even on ultra not a real highlight as they are made for VR performance I guess... and then there are the bugs. Keybindings don't react as bound for the mission prompts, the camera seems to have a life of its own when no vr is connected, etc. But my biggest gripe is to be confronted with such a overly casual flight handling. I am sure that it will be lots of fun for many players who just want to make things go boom, and for players like me the piloting skill involved and needed is simply too unrealistic, simple and dumbed down too much.

    Also the HUD seems like a ancient thing, probably also in favor of VR. I recommend this game ONLY for VR use. I have a VIVE but even that could not make me want to play more due to the underwhelming flight handling. Just too simplistic for me. After having played it I really think that most of the hight and great "official" reviews were money based, not honesty based. Oh, one more positive: it has good 21:9 support if you ignore video cutscenes.    … Expand
  36. opining_dudebro
    Oct 3, 2020
    5
    If all you want in this game is to have pvp space battles using Star Wars spacecraft then I would say this game is might be right up your alley. However, the gameplay controls in Star Wars Squadrons are terrible for space dogfighting and there are way better games out there that are far superior in every way if you want an actual enjoyable space battle game. The cockpit instruments areIf all you want in this game is to have pvp space battles using Star Wars spacecraft then I would say this game is might be right up your alley. However, the gameplay controls in Star Wars Squadrons are terrible for space dogfighting and there are way better games out there that are far superior in every way if you want an actual enjoyable space battle game. The cockpit instruments are boring, the resource management, while simple, is not very intuitive during fast-paced battles, and the hud is boring and not very creative. Flight controls are a chore rather than feeling immersive or fun. To top that off, the story is mediocre and the characters are not likable, boring, corny, and frankly the alien races feel like something out of a poorly written sci-fi novel written for tweeners. This all makes for a game that is really meant to be played more like Battlefront 2 without the ground battles and frankly I'd probably rather play Battlefront 2 for the space battles than Squadrons because it was more enjoyable. And then there's the fact that for whatever reason unknown to me, after starting the game up a few hours after the first time I played it, the game was buggy with noticeable and frequent audio and video stuttering. I tried everything I could to remedy the problem including reinstalling the most up-to-date drivers, reinstalling the game, adjusting different graphics settings, locking the framerate at every different cap, and switching between fullscreen and borderless. Nothing seemed to remedy the problems though the game was playable after tolerating it for like 10 minutes or so. My hardware exceeds the recommended specs and none of my other games were causing me problems so I can only assume it was an not optimized game at launch. I am giving it a five because for Star Wars people that want to have pvp dogfights and space battles this game scratches that itch, but I do not recommend it. I ended up getting a refund for this game because it was just not for me.… Expand
  37. Jimmybeanjojang
    Oct 5, 2020
    5
    Lacking so much for VR but the game gives a stellar visual style and decent story telling.
    a lot of reworking needs to be done for match making.
  38. DanKir
    Dec 31, 2020
    5
    The game is very arcady with fun moments and others that are very confusing.
    What makes the game fun is its arcady nature, what is NOT FUN is how convoluted and complex the key bindings are and some confusing mechanics that are not well explained in the tutorial.
    Whoever designed this game should explain why adding all those USELESS key bindings make this game better or more fun? They    The game is very arcady with fun moments and others that are very confusing.
    What makes the game fun is its arcady nature, what is NOT FUN is how convoluted and complex the key bindings are and some confusing mechanics that are not well explained in the tutorial.
    Whoever designed this game should explain why adding all those USELESS key bindings make this game better or more fun? They don't!
    The games is a classic arcade space shooter with a somewhat lame and simple story, with very cool SW environments. It feels like someone was trying to add some space sim features but failing at it. Also, the HOTAS support is bad and broken. Instead of spending time to add milions of keybindings that do absoloutetly NOTHING, they should have spent the time to add a better hotas support.

    The missions become repetitive, the combat environments are very nice but the game fails to use them in a meanigfull way, they are there just as background. The game is arcady, but the ship don't feel good to move around. Plus there is NO variety of combat .. just pew pew of red lasers and a random missile.    … Expand
  39. Eddie86PL
    May 1, 2021
    5
    This is one of the most overpriced, over-licenced, underutilized and striped of any good mechanics piece of f(l)ight sim I played to date. Controls were clearly designed for a console and the ships functionality only slightly exceeds the general ideas of those from Terminal Velocity. In comparison to Freespace the game has actually far less to offer. It is significantly shorter (about 8This is one of the most overpriced, over-licenced, underutilized and striped of any good mechanics piece of f(l)ight sim I played to date. Controls were clearly designed for a console and the ships functionality only slightly exceeds the general ideas of those from Terminal Velocity. In comparison to Freespace the game has actually far less to offer. It is significantly shorter (about 8 hours), targeting systems are a joke, ship controls are basic and it is still a high praise. Mouse controls are terrible and a pad is a must. Alternatively you can remap the keyboard for a more dynamic experience. What is absolutely barbaric is that the game physics do not use any form of inertia in space. While at the subject of space, why are all the battles taking place in space alone? Why are there no on - world atmospheric missions? NPC's could be completely skipped as a wooden block would have more to offer. The only thing this game actually does have to offer are really amazing graphics, too bad that there are so many graphical artifacts (v - sync doesn't always work right, you can get stuck on a piece of a space debris). What is an utmost atrocity is that the story regardless of the side chosen is linear and failed missions simply restarts having no impact on the final outcome. To summarize:
    - game is extremely short
    - linear story line, missions have no impact on the story or upcoming missions
    - gorgeous unfortunately under-optimized graphics
    - terrible controls and ship functionality
    - unrealistic space - physics
    - music is yet another SW copy/paste
    - meaningless NPC's

    Fun to play tough... once. Recommendation? Wait until it's on sale for -75% discount, then it may actually be worth your attention.    … Expand
  40. Gunmars
    Oct 5, 2020
    4
    This feels like a half baked game. Sure it's down 20 bucks and no MTX compared to most other EA Star Wars titles. The 40 dollar price tag sure isn't worth what is here in the least. For a game about fast and smooth dog fighting this game feels slow and unresponsive. The story is a snorefest but hey at least there is a story? The match making servers are finicky at best and ranked games areThis feels like a half baked game. Sure it's down 20 bucks and no MTX compared to most other EA Star Wars titles. The 40 dollar price tag sure isn't worth what is here in the least. For a game about fast and smooth dog fighting this game feels slow and unresponsive. The story is a snorefest but hey at least there is a story? The match making servers are finicky at best and ranked games are not counted if a single person leaves during a match, let alone the match make ranking just places everyone in the bottom as of this review no matter how good or poorly you play.

    I played with Mouse + Keyboard and this is my biggest gripe. If your mouse isn't even slightly centered there is a drift that completely screws with shooting. This game feels more like a half baked game jam idea that EA decided to slap a Star Wars label on and give too small of a budget and development window. It's overall frustrating after watching the trailers and gameplay, awing at the speed and agility of the ships but reality slaps you in the face. The piloting doesn't give you the feeling of speed or maneuverability, most of the time you are just aimlessly flying around. Battlefront 2 space battles are more akin to what I was expecting this entire game just feels off.

    Edit- Before spending 40 bucks on this if you are a Star Wars fan maybe consider EA Play as a cheaper option to try.    … Expand
  41. PowerGamer
    Oct 4, 2020
    4
    I got the steam version, played less than 2 hours just in time for a refund.
    The game is just terrible. Rushed, unfinished, looks like it wasn't even play tested.
    The UI is unintuitive and broke in some areas. The story mode missions are confusing, lacking directions/indicators, and I found the ship control and feedback to be unintuitive. I would have liked to try online mode but you    I got the steam version, played less than 2 hours just in time for a refund.
    The game is just terrible. Rushed, unfinished, looks like it wasn't even play tested.
    The UI is unintuitive and broke in some areas.
    The story mode missions are confusing, lacking directions/indicators, and I found the ship control and feedback to be unintuitive.

    I would have liked to try online mode but you have to link your Steam account to an EA one and the in-game UI for it is broke.

    Finally yea the game was made through woke colored glasses.
    First you will notice you have very few characters for selection. Most of the choices are only female and I don't think one of them was even fair skinned. Apparently in the woke world, you are only worthy if you're not male and your skin color is beyond specific melatonin levels.

    I would have settled for an alien race (as in out worldly) character selection, but apparently for the Silicon Valley, Critical Race Theory zealots, trying to mix an alien race into that ideology was too much and would have made their heads explode.    … Expand
  42. Bluehydra
    Oct 11, 2020
    4
    The gameplay needs a lot of adjustment, the controls are really bad. So I would wait with getting this game.
    The campaign was horrible. I wanted to relax and play in the star wars univers, not be met with a ton of current political issues. The character also felt like that not a lot of love and care went into the design..
    Do you want a break from all the real-world issues then this game    The gameplay needs a lot of adjustment, the controls are really bad. So I would wait with getting this game.
    The campaign was horrible. I wanted to relax and play in the star wars univers, not be met with a ton of current political issues. The character also felt like that not a lot of love and care went into the design..
    Do you want a break from all the real-world issues then this game is not for you. maybe in 20 years when the current events is part of the past, it would be more enjoyable.    … Expand
  43. Babutto
    Dec 15, 2022
    4
    Usually, I post pros and cons. But here - just skip it. It's Call of Duty Advanced Warfare in SW universe. It's boring and super woke.
  44. DanTheMan1992
    Oct 5, 2020
    4
    Completely embarrassing for a half baked content game & yea i know the price tag is not that bad but come on this EA we talking about because they don't ever give us good STAR WARS games but don't get me wrong Squadrons does have it's fun moments i give them some credit for that but this is extremely repetitive & it can be boring at times & if i have to be honest i think EA should justCompletely embarrassing for a half baked content game & yea i know the price tag is not that bad but come on this EA we talking about because they don't ever give us good STAR WARS games but don't get me wrong Squadrons does have it's fun moments i give them some credit for that but this is extremely repetitive & it can be boring at times & if i have to be honest i think EA should just drop the STAR WARS Licence because they prove yet again that they just care about money… Expand
  45. JuviWarts
    Aug 6, 2021
    4
    Mechanics are clunky and I never got used to the controls, even after months of playtime. Great idea, great graphics, poor gameplay.
  46. Xolt3c
    Oct 5, 2020
    4
    The control scheme for the Starfighters needs improvement, there needs to be more game mode ideas, the story is pointless, the spawn points for multiplayer needs improvement, and the missions are super repetitive after you get through the first half.
  47. TalentFrei_TV
    Oct 3, 2020
    4
    After playing the game for 5 hours, total, i delete SW:S from my system. The graphics are the best of the game, maybe the cinematic too. I become headache while playing on a 27" screen with an Xbox Controller. The most time of this game you are searching your enemy until hes past you again, and again and again, annoying.
  48. Dadsaplaya2
    Oct 3, 2020
    4
    Not sure why inclusiveness is a problem for anyone who is secure. A lot of people don't know (or care) what it is like to not see heroes like themselves in games or on TV. Had serious technical issues, I've never had with any other games. I tried PC and VR and both had issues. Have new PC 64/32 Gig Ram and VRAM, 2080, NVIDIA G-sync monitor,. The game would load go across two monitorsNot sure why inclusiveness is a problem for anyone who is secure. A lot of people don't know (or care) what it is like to not see heroes like themselves in games or on TV. Had serious technical issues, I've never had with any other games. I tried PC and VR and both had issues. Have new PC 64/32 Gig Ram and VRAM, 2080, NVIDIA G-sync monitor,. The game would load go across two monitors (Wacom was one) even when one was disabled, would not center, could not used keyboard or controllers in VR. Had to get refund. Gave points for inclusiveness, but cannot recommend due to technical issues.… Expand
  49. CloakNRun
    Oct 6, 2020
    3
    Refunded it. Maybe I'll buy it on sale in the future IF the bugs get fixed. HOTAS huge dead zone, frame rates badly limited in VR even with a 2080ti, and a shallow misandrist & race baiting campaign. In a game where over half of your audience is white men, you choose to make them nearly non-existent. One pilot? Defaulting to female pilots which are the majority? Almost never a scene withRefunded it. Maybe I'll buy it on sale in the future IF the bugs get fixed. HOTAS huge dead zone, frame rates badly limited in VR even with a 2080ti, and a shallow misandrist & race baiting campaign. In a game where over half of your audience is white men, you choose to make them nearly non-existent. One pilot? Defaulting to female pilots which are the majority? Almost never a scene with two white guys in it and Disney's new directive to not allow any media to be majority white. I don't mind inclusiveness. I do mind forced cultural Marxism by Frankfurt School devotees. The non-Star Wars forced diversity DESTROYS immersion. This isn't the Star Wars universe. It some parallel dimension where personal pronouns matter. The fake 10 point reviews are out of control.… Expand
  50. NycoFox
    Oct 4, 2020
    3
    Terrible controls with mouse&keyboard, the view bounces up and down like a drunk sailor or shore leave. The single player campaign is boring, and I really hate that you have to play for both sides instead of choosing one side and sticking with it. I want to crush the rebels damnit!

    Graphics are ok, gameplay is meh, after you've played for half an hour you've basically seen what the game    Terrible controls with mouse&keyboard, the view bounces up and down like a drunk sailor or shore leave. The single player campaign is boring, and I really hate that you have to play for both sides instead of choosing one side and sticking with it. I want to crush the rebels damnit!

    Graphics are ok, gameplay is meh, after you've played for half an hour you've basically seen what the game has to offer, the rest is just repeat with slightly different ships. Not enough content to warrant the price, wait for it to go on sale for $5 before trying it.    … Expand
  51. Hurrikhan
    Oct 3, 2020
    3
    Let aside the identity politics (skip story, skip dialogs : who cares?*), the game suffers from several issues : technical and otherwise.

    First, speaking from the point of view of a HOTAS player: Flight sticks have an horrible big dead zone. Some actions are needlessly cumbersome and horribly designed (I would need two thumbs to do one of them, when using simply 2 buttons would have    Let aside the identity politics (skip story, skip dialogs : who cares?*), the game suffers from several issues : technical and otherwise.

    First, speaking from the point of view of a HOTAS player:
    Flight sticks have an horrible big dead zone.
    Some actions are needlessly cumbersome and horribly designed (I would need two thumbs to do one of them, when using simply 2 buttons would have made it both easy and efficient : no can do).

    As far as the game goes, there are stuttering problems even with high-end hardware.

    Playing, it took me a while to realise listening to the objective was counter-productive : kill everything and do NOT do what they tell you to do, it's usually a one-way ticket to lose.

    During one of my earliest missions, I died several times before understanding I was too close from some "damaging area" while chasing other fighters. It didn't appear to be a bother for any other ship but mine.

    I also despise the small maps (turn around now or die, whoops : too late). Your "team" often flights next to you which makes it weird when you realise they are following you following them in the wrong direction.

    At the end of one mission, escaping a place at high velocity (it was a requirement), I found myself way past the rendez-vous point when it finally appeared after the pointless chit-chat ended. Boom : I'm dead. You can imagine I will not try this ♥♥♥♥ again to get the survivalist achievement.

    Speaking about stupid or unfair deaths : at the end of yet another mission (Empire), I managed to destroy specific parts of a big enemy ship to ease its obliteration. My this last task done, I'm peacefully heading to the hangar to end it. A few seconds away from the door, from the corner of my eye I see a Empire support ship (ally) coming fast from the right, reaming into me : boom, dead.

    To the list of annoyances, you can add the intrusive tutorials who DEMANDS you to do some action while you already did it, hiding your current target with a stupid window and of course making you fail what you were doing (most of the time, putting shield front and firing to a squad doing the same to you). You can imagine how this kind of ♥♥♥♥ ends and how frustrating it is.

    Imagine that all this ♥♥♥♥ is just from the top of my head.

    The game isn't very expensive but it's worth way less.

    *) If you do, you can also skip the game. You'll get allergies.    … Expand
  52. BradP
    Oct 15, 2020
    3
    Nice effort from EA to revive old SW gameplay but 9 hours of solo and a multi which start to be boring very fast for 40$? Especially knowing they had already all possible assets in hands with SW Battlefront, assets and sounds. I would have gave 7 with at least twice the length of solo campaign for this price.
  53. KingLewy
    Oct 5, 2020
    3
    Initially fun, but quickly turns into a tedious grind. The story was basic, disappointing. The urge to remain politically correct has rendered elements of the game redundant. I would recommend waiting for a sale on this one rather than paying full price.

    [Character Customisation/Creation] You can clearly tell that the desperate attempt to remain politically correct was given higher    Initially fun, but quickly turns into a tedious grind. The story was basic, disappointing. The urge to remain politically correct has rendered elements of the game redundant. I would recommend waiting for a sale on this one rather than paying full price.

    [Character Customisation/Creation]

    You can clearly tell that the desperate attempt to remain politically correct was given higher priority than other essential aspects of this game.

    Each pilot (New Republic/Empire) has a default name which can't be edited. Which is absolutely pointless as it's not used at all during the entire campaign. They always refer to you as your call sign. You also pick a voice which is only used for one line in the entire game "I need a resupply" when you request one.

    Then you've got the appearance. There are a male and female variation of every race available, However they've been very careful to not mention gender anywhere and allow you to use male voices for female and vice versa to check that politically correct box. The whole game is also in first person so you never see your customised character either.

    The fact that voices aren't used, names aren't referenced and you never see your character during the entire game gives the impression that something was intended here, but the politically correct brigade stepped in last minute to make it redundant.

    [Controls]

    These were awful, even by the end of the campaign they didn't seem right. Yes you do have the ability to remap them entirely, but the issue is that every single control is already in use, so it's hard to move anything from the thumb sticks.

    For example the throttle up and down is on the left thumb stick, along with roll, which means you're constantly accidently affecting your speed when trying to manoeuvre or vice versa. Also worse is that if you click the left thumb stick it boosts your engine, which resulted in scenarios where I boosted into an obstacle several times.

    If I were to remap, due to every button being in use, something hand to replace where the throttle sat and so would cause the same issue. Compared to other combat flight sims this was a poor.

    [Gameplay]

    Tedious. I was hoping for a little more variety with the environment. Perhaps a land map where you're attacking ground targets. Instead everything is in space where you're either dog fighting or attacking the same capital ships over and over. It was initially fun, but quickly turned into a grind after the first few missions.

    The ship selection is good, they've done well to ensure each ship has significant roles to play.

    [Virtual Reality]

    Fantastic! You can see this was one of the key considerations. For me personally motion sickness is definitely a risk and I found myself requiring a good break between missions to recover. In fact for the last few missions I avoided using VR. The very fact that I did feel rough when barrel rolling and flying upside down is a credit to the realistic flight simulation this game provides.

    [Story]

    Standard. From the trailers and initial revealed gameplay I was hoping for something deeper. Instead the Titan Squadron were the stereotypical bad guys who all possessed English accents (missed out xenophobia on the political correctness list there guys). Vanguard Squadron on the other hand all had American accents and played the underdog as usual.

    I was hoping for more interaction with the members of the squadron, instead you get a brief dialogue with them sporadically in between missions where all you can do is listen, no interaction or opportunity to build a relationship whatsoever.

    There is one point in the game where it gives the impression of a morale choice, but as it's one of the objectives anyway you have no choice.    … Expand
  54. HokageSamaBR
    Jan 29, 2021
    3
    He launched the game and is already abandoned. Disconnection problems during the match. Offline mode only has 1, dogfight is missing. Interesting campaign but they are very bad maps. Poor performance on the VR Rift CV1. Game consumes 100% of the processor and has crashes (i7 9750h). I'm glad that EA Games lost the franchise's exclusivity. It was killing Star Wars Games.
  55. GamerGhost007
    Oct 4, 2020
    3
    Maps are too small. I don't like the arcade style, thought this would be more of a space sim. Campaign suffers from the same lame storyline as Battlefront 2. Really just wanted an HD version of X-Wing from the 90's. Instead this is run of the mill EA Star Wars shoot em till you drop leave your brain at the door, might as well be Counter Strike. Returned my copy on Steam will purchase whenMaps are too small. I don't like the arcade style, thought this would be more of a space sim. Campaign suffers from the same lame storyline as Battlefront 2. Really just wanted an HD version of X-Wing from the 90's. Instead this is run of the mill EA Star Wars shoot em till you drop leave your brain at the door, might as well be Counter Strike. Returned my copy on Steam will purchase when it's $5 in a year or so when the bugs are (maybe) worked out and nobody is playing anymore.… Expand
  56. buntcustard
    Oct 9, 2020
    3
    Vague to avoid spoilers* (but who the hell cares anyway, game is bad) I initially wrote a review that praised the game, I gave it a 9. This was about 20-30 hours in.

    1 - I did not know that the ranked system wasn't working (I thought I was bad, but it is actually entirely broken) more info on #5 2 - I did not own a 144hz monitor until after the game came out, and... well **** it's    Vague to avoid spoilers* (but who the hell cares anyway, game is bad) I initially wrote a review that praised the game, I gave it a 9. This was about 20-30 hours in.

    1 - I did not know that the ranked system wasn't working (I thought I was bad, but it is actually entirely broken) more info on #5
    2 - I did not own a 144hz monitor until after the game came out, and... well **** it's locked at 60hz (why) Now I'm even more inspired to play anything besides this... where I can use my new monitor.
    3 - I since then, finished the campaign, and wow... I don't have a problem with the SJW stuff, but the level of writing here is middle school level at best. Bad guy bad, good guys good. Why? Cause. Oh.. also, empire is the bad guys, if you didn't know. They'll shove that down your throat just like every other mediocre star wars game has, don't worry !
    4 - Dogfight is literally just skirmish mode. Same maps. No objectives, just first to 30 kills.
    5 - Fleet battles is fun. If it wasn't a ****ing pre-alpha version. For one, the ranking system doesn't work at all, and you can only play ranked if you want to PvP (LMFAO WHAT?) Seriously. It doesn't work. Go ahead and try it if you don't believe me. It is broken, nobody has gotten out of the first division. And even when it's fixed, it's going to be a GRIND. So great, I'll just play dogfight over and over again until I get bored (which is after about half a match)

    6 - NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE MENTION THIS: There is no difference between any of the gamemodes. It's dog fighting. Fleet battles you might play support, or go for a bombing, but 3-4 people on your team are going to be fighters most of the time. THIS GAMEPLAY IS CARRIED OVER TO EVERY PART OF THE GAME. INCLUDING THE STORY. SIX MAPS. COPY PASTED FROM THE CAMPAIGN. You know what you do in the campaign? Some cool trench runs? Maybe some cinematic sequences, escaping 2 colliding ships or something AWESOME? TOO ****IN BAD. THE STORY IS THE SAME THING AS MULTIPLAYER, you do the same stuff on the SAME MAPS :D Shoot the fighters! OKAY! Now, shoot the objective! ----OR: Defend the frigate (by shooting the fighters) and then defend the objective (by shooting the fighters, that are shooting the objective....) And the only thing that ever changes is that you will be forced to support and shield objectives and teammates for 5 minutes straight, every few missions. Jesus. EVERY MODE IS COPY PASTED. THE MAPS ARE IDENTICAL, AND THERE'S ONLY ****ING SIX? I thought there was 7 but it turns out, that's just a random map option...... lol. It put on a good show at first but after playing for a bit you can really see how ****ing lazy this launch was. It was BARE minimum on every mode. Every mode has 80-90% of the same gameplay and you end up repeating it over and over again.... which would be FINE for the competitive format in PvP. But we already talked about that ****

    7 - Conclusion : This hurts. This actually hurts. It could've been so good. But a week has gone by and we've gotten 1 patch on day 6. And here's the kicker, it didn't fix ****ing anything. Not a god damn thing. They gave us patch notes (that were pathetically short), but the funny thing is, NOTHING that got "fixed" in the patch ACTUALLY GOT FIXED.

    WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

    So effectively, I gave this game a 9, then a 6 on day three. Now, players have left the game in masses. It takes me 4 minutes to find a game, and somebody will still leave mid match. On launch day, I would be in queue for less than a second (instantly queue with 3 platforms). Now that everybody realizes it's not going to get better for a while, they've stopped playing.

    I'm bumping my score waaaaaaaaaaaaaay down (especially after they have taken so long to patch and treat their customers right). This is an easy 3/10. Do NOT buy.    … Expand
  57. Vladiczech
    Jun 2, 2021
    3
    Game is still broken on PS4/PS5 after 8 months after the realease. Now as part of valued Playstation Plus offer, you have the opportunity to play this bugged game for free. Good luck passing Mission 1: Form the Vanguard loading screen after the end of the mission. You likely get stuck and force close the game.
  58. weallone
    Aug 3, 2022
    3
    Most time i was fighting with crappie controls ang game mechanics. So cklunky and story really not interesting. Dropped after mission 4.
  59. UselessThing
    Oct 7, 2020
    2
    Corporate Wokeness with more money spent on Diversity Training than fixing bugs and performance.

    If the idea of non-binary millennials makes you want to roll your eyes, this game will deeply irritate you.

    The tacked on space fighter bits are kind of cool. I guess it is up to the individual if they want to endorse the distasteful politics in order to experience them.
  60. esfumato
    Oct 7, 2020
    2
    Star Wars Rogue Squadron is available on GOG for just 8€, i'ts way better that this ****

    Bought a physical Copy on a Retail store. Played 1 hour, discovered that the game is pretty boring, with really cheap controls, a stupid "flight simulation" or none existent flight system for the ships. You Can increase/decrease speed and point 360 degress the nose of the ship with the mouse. You    Star Wars Rogue Squadron is available on GOG for just 8€, i'ts way better that this ****

    Bought a physical Copy on a Retail store. Played 1 hour, discovered that the game is pretty boring, with really cheap controls, a stupid "flight simulation" or none existent flight system for the ships. You Can increase/decrease speed and point 360 degress the nose of the ship with the mouse.

    You point and click with the mouse over the enemy ships that appear "as an Icon" you can't see the enemy ships, and click to shoot. Tht's it, that's all the gameplay.

    1 hour and no more.    … Expand
  61. WardaddyAUS
    Oct 4, 2020
    2
    The gameplay holds up...but single player campaign is boring, uninspired and forgettable. Plus the "wokeness" in this game is insufferable. I wanted to customize my character as a white male in the Rebels and there is not an option for this only females, POC and alien. But surprise, surprise you can customise as a white male character in the Empire. Racist much. Also, the lead writer hasThe gameplay holds up...but single player campaign is boring, uninspired and forgettable. Plus the "wokeness" in this game is insufferable. I wanted to customize my character as a white male in the Rebels and there is not an option for this only females, POC and alien. But surprise, surprise you can customise as a white male character in the Empire. Racist much. Also, the lead writer has come out and said one characters is non-binary so we shouldn't be supporting 2020 politics in our Star wars. Don't pay full price on this title and don't support rascism. If you really want to play this wait till it's on sale but don't pay full price. POC or alien. But surprise, surprise… Expand
  62. justin7x
    Oct 7, 2020
    2
    Not fun AT ALL. I'm not a fan of the cockpit-only view and it gets old really quick. The story is immensely uninteresting and boring. The graphics and animation are nice BUT that's limited to only what you see in the cockpit. Controls feel very tiresome when using a controller. I thought this was gonna be the Star Wars comeback for dogfighting sims, but I'm severely disappointed. RefundedNot fun AT ALL. I'm not a fan of the cockpit-only view and it gets old really quick. The story is immensely uninteresting and boring. The graphics and animation are nice BUT that's limited to only what you see in the cockpit. Controls feel very tiresome when using a controller. I thought this was gonna be the Star Wars comeback for dogfighting sims, but I'm severely disappointed. Refunded it in the end.… Expand
  63. lunasuj
    Oct 3, 2020
    2
    Good graphics... Just feels empty, like most EA games. I refunded the game. Buy other games.
  64. termon
    Oct 5, 2020
    2
    I love Star Wars and I like flying, played hundreds of hours of Starfighter Assault, but this game is horrible. The story of Battlefront 2 had its problems, but it was a well ended Game of Thrones compared to this. Empty characters, zero enjoyable or memorable moments, repetitive gameplay, very short but still painfully boring. The playable character is a mute and you can't ever see him,I love Star Wars and I like flying, played hundreds of hours of Starfighter Assault, but this game is horrible. The story of Battlefront 2 had its problems, but it was a well ended Game of Thrones compared to this. Empty characters, zero enjoyable or memorable moments, repetitive gameplay, very short but still painfully boring. The playable character is a mute and you can't ever see him, the dialogues are totally irrelevant and a waste of time. PvP also lacks content so it's not tempting at all after 2-3 rounds of Dogfight and Fleet Battles. Technically it's a joke, the visuals and sounds are mediocre (would be ok 5 years ago) but the music is simply copied file by file from Battlefront 2. And I'm all for diversity, but not having a single white male even in the Empire is nonsense. Giving a character color without personality is contraproductive and just strengthens the stereotype of minority characters being bad.… Expand
  65. blocktopus
    Oct 5, 2020
    2
    First of all I have to say that I'm not leaving a bad review because I'm triggered by pronouns or inclusivity in games. I can't imagine being that pathetic. However the controls are awful, like they designed it for all these inputs but failed at all of them. Despite my best efforts and tweaking, nothing made flying less of a chore. Single player is boring and multiplayer is an unfun,First of all I have to say that I'm not leaving a bad review because I'm triggered by pronouns or inclusivity in games. I can't imagine being that pathetic. However the controls are awful, like they designed it for all these inputs but failed at all of them. Despite my best efforts and tweaking, nothing made flying less of a chore. Single player is boring and multiplayer is an unfun, imbalanced sweat fest. I don't even want to know what kind of time sink and tolerance for bad design it takes to "git gud" but I'm simply not willing to try. I love Star Wars so this was a big let down.… Expand
  66. delaware80
    Mar 15, 2021
    2
    After the great games SW Battlefront II and Jedi Fallen Order I was really surprised.
    The story is no good, gameplay mechanics are underperforming and the game is boring.
  67. leeroyjenkins11
    May 14, 2022
    2
    I've been playing it for a while, gameplay is decent, but I feel like the manuevers don't let you do crazy moves. The waypoints and objectives are difficult to keep track of or find. Besides that, it's the cast of the story is like the they tried to make the characters trendy and cool, like the Asian woman as an imperial commander with her funky hair, no male pilots for the rebels. ItI've been playing it for a while, gameplay is decent, but I feel like the manuevers don't let you do crazy moves. The waypoints and objectives are difficult to keep track of or find. Besides that, it's the cast of the story is like the they tried to make the characters trendy and cool, like the Asian woman as an imperial commander with her funky hair, no male pilots for the rebels. It doesn't bother me that you have characters of different races in key roles, but when they all are and you exclude races that were the majority of pilots in the movies, it's all about the message being pushed. . And it's hilarious seeing all these female imperial pilots. Get some actual writers… Expand
  68. elitedata
    Oct 5, 2020
    1
    What really drove me mad is that you have to wait 20(!!!) seconds to respawn every time you die. What was the purpose of this? Was it really necessary? Refunded on Steam. Thanks.
  69. ELECTROVAMP
    Oct 3, 2020
    1
    Should be named SJWars: Propaganda

    Low quality game with politics instead of gameplay and technical features
  70. striga
    Oct 3, 2020
    1
    The cockpit looks pretty damn amazing in VR, but the flight controls were awful. There was a huge deadzone and was just frustrating. I booted up TIE Fighter just for hell of it after I got my refund on this. Its minimalist storytelling goes a lot further than this contrived tripe which will look cringey as hell in about 5 years.
  71. dsqer
    Oct 3, 2020
    1
    Pointless, monotonous and terribly boring. In general, a typical EA game. But without donation
  72. Toybirdy13
    Oct 4, 2020
    1
    this game is just Empty. fleet battle multiplayer is just co op vs ai which seems they have aim bot. i try and fly towards a star destroyer and teh player AI's literally shoots me down in a few seconds its like they have aim bot or w/e i cant even get close to the enemy star destroyer and this is with the most taky space ship with full shields. long story short i asked for a refund. plusthis game is just Empty. fleet battle multiplayer is just co op vs ai which seems they have aim bot. i try and fly towards a star destroyer and teh player AI's literally shoots me down in a few seconds its like they have aim bot or w/e i cant even get close to the enemy star destroyer and this is with the most taky space ship with full shields. long story short i asked for a refund. plus the faces barely have any good white people faces... the only good white person face is the rebel female the maie one looks stupid imo this game only have 10 human faces on rebel and empire.. oh and u can have boobs on your male character. they put a gay asian in the game and a alien that uses pronouns.... game is riddle with SJW bs.… Expand
  73. Satanski666
    Mar 14, 2023
    1
    I thought that since i have it on game pass so don't have to buy, i'll just skip woke story and enjoy living my childhood dreams in VR, but nope... Even if it wasn't woke crap, the game is just bad, because ships fly like some massless toys taken straight from child cartoon, and AI behave like it's on some drugs, making erratic, immersion breaking maneuvers. Didn't even finish thisI thought that since i have it on game pass so don't have to buy, i'll just skip woke story and enjoy living my childhood dreams in VR, but nope... Even if it wasn't woke crap, the game is just bad, because ships fly like some massless toys taken straight from child cartoon, and AI behave like it's on some drugs, making erratic, immersion breaking maneuvers. Didn't even finish this garbage. Played with Hotas nad Quest2.… Expand
  74. Barny
    Oct 7, 2020
    0
    Overall I am confused by this game and don't like it: between the very in-your-face politics in the story (which I abandoned) and pointless character customization, the questionable graphics and technical choices (how is it possible for a game to stutter that much), it's just a fraction of a SW BF2 with minor additions for whoever does not have VR & other bits.

    Oh yeah, I forgot the    Overall I am confused by this game and don't like it: between the very in-your-face politics in the story (which I abandoned) and pointless character customization, the questionable graphics and technical choices (how is it possible for a game to stutter that much), it's just a fraction of a SW BF2 with minor additions for whoever does not have VR & other bits.

    Oh yeah, I forgot the grind: as if I wanted to play a game like I go to work and do chores. That brings this game to a flat 0.

    Edit: after "playing" 6 hours, facing countless crashes without explanation, disconnection, ejections, etc (this is the only game doing that on my rigs), this product is even more of a joke.

    It's good for some players who massively just happened to signed onto metacritic to express their love for it, not for me.    … Expand
  75. TwiTu
    Nov 27, 2022
    0
    I played all the X-Wing and TIE Fighter games, including Alliance.
    And what can I say... This game is utter trash.
    It doesnt know what it wants to be. Is it an arcade game? A sim? Neither. The controls are horrible. The gameplay is bland and repetitive. The graphics dont look good for a 2020 game. The sound sucks as well, the music isnt nearly as epic as in the old games. The    I played all the X-Wing and TIE Fighter games, including Alliance.
    And what can I say... This game is utter trash.
    It doesnt know what it wants to be. Is it an arcade game? A sim? Neither.
    The controls are horrible. The gameplay is bland and repetitive. The graphics dont look good for a 2020 game. The sound sucks as well, the music isnt nearly as epic as in the old games.
    The characters are all overdone and artificial. Like an AI wrote them and their dialogue.
    "Diversity" was obvious the main goal, while everything else was ignored.

    The star field looks pathetic and for some reason the whole game is as bright as day every single time. Dark space? Nope! Children could be afraid in the dark I guess...
    Adjusting brightness doesnt help much.
    All in all it looks like someone made this game who has never played the classics. Nothing is canon.
    TIE fighters are flying tanks and have missiles, X-Wings have missiles and other fantasy weapons, theres scores of BS upgrades that make this game look like a generic mobile game, Star Destroyers look tiny, ridiculous and simply stupid added mechanics, (like slowing down to turn faster - and make yourself a better target - or slowing down and turning erratically to get rid of missiles), the story is laughable and inauthentic in the first few minutes, face palming is your permanent body stance.

    The only good thing about this game is that they actually made use of joysticks possible, but I fear thats mostly thanks to Windows itself.

    They could have made so many things so much better. But instead they just made everything worse.
    I thought at least the gameplay would be challenging, and more realistic due to the capabilities of todays PCs, but instead we got the same stupid wave after wave of TIEs as 30 years ago.
    Only this time they made them harder to kill and more accurate than in the movies.
    20-40 TIE fighters to one X-Wing, which need 1 to 3 shots to kill, like in the movies?
    Nope! Lets lets just do everything worse and dont think about what we could do better.
    Oh yeah, and the AI is more stupid than 30 years ago. Thats also quite the achievement.
    Pathetic and laughable for the year 2020. The game just feels extremely cheap and unfinished for an "AAA" publisher.
    Give this franchise to someone who loves Star Wars and has talent!
    Thank god I never paid for it. I wish I could still refund it on EGS (free title), to not give EA and money from this.    … Expand
  76. DexEngineer
    Oct 9, 2020
    0
    Pronouns in Star Wars! What a mess. Going back X-Wing. No woke stuff there.
  77. Windolicker
    Apr 9, 2021
    0
    All I needed to do was watch the trailer for the game; I discovered that finding a white man in it was much like playing a game of Where's Waldo. That pretty much tells me everything I need to know about this title: it is made by people who aren't outside of the box thinkers, they are followers that go with the crowd, and they will deliver a sub par game that may be worth playing for a fewAll I needed to do was watch the trailer for the game; I discovered that finding a white man in it was much like playing a game of Where's Waldo. That pretty much tells me everything I need to know about this title: it is made by people who aren't outside of the box thinkers, they are followers that go with the crowd, and they will deliver a sub par game that may be worth playing for a few days at most. Personally, I am not going to give money to any company that thinks that I am evil because of my skin color. Thanks.

    PS: The voice acting is awful, the characters are cringe, and the story might as well be from the mind of a young teen.    … Expand
  78. bobzealla
    Dec 1, 2021
    0
    I spent and hour trying a dozen workaround to get this game to work and it WILL NOT LAUNCH.
  79. Fyend
    Oct 3, 2020
    0
    The worst control scheme of any flight game I've played. Terrible story mode.
  80. DaveAus
    Jan 2, 2021
    0
    While a great idea in theory, its execution of a Star Wars space fighter game is terrible.
    There is no grand campaign or custom sandbox or couch co-op. It's a very short linear game.
    The characters are unlikable and certain choices were made with them clearly at the last minute which hurts their development as it feels so unnatural and forced.

    Next time let us make our own character.
  81. Draethorian
    Jun 17, 2023
    0
    Left the game when controls were complete garbage, returned to be confirmed that the rest is so too...
  82. Vik2911
    Oct 6, 2020
    0
    SJW politics is completely destroying every form of entertainment and art of our time. No one is free anymore to tell a story true to the writer/producer original vision.
  83. SickMittens
    Oct 5, 2020
    0
    Just gonna keep it short, one of the buggiest games I've ever played. Maybe try the 4.99 pass on Steam/Origin to check out VR for a round or two (if you can get passed the bugged out UI for logging in to Origin), but definitely don't pay 40 for it.
  84. Darthpibe
    Oct 3, 2020
    0
    Awesome game, great graphics, and gameplay, I'm playing with an Xbox controller in vr and the immersion feels like you are flying a star wars ship, I would like if they add oculus controllers to it.
  85. therealstorey
    Dec 22, 2020
    0
    Played is for a few hours, couldn't get into it. I've played a bunch of flight sims and found this one weak in story and boring to play. I am playing on PC and tried using the controller and I just can't get into this. IT's pretty much sticking a Star Wars brand on a flight sim that is mediocre with better graphics. I guess Star Wars can sell anything, but I'm not buying, already refunded.
  86. covfefe033
    Oct 5, 2020
    0
    Game Summary: 100% woke and 100% broke.

    It was more important to make sure one of the characters has "preferred pronouns" and that another male pilot has a husband, than actually produce a game without significant bugs at launch. Multiple Crashes/Freezes for no reason and motion blur ruins the sky box in VR.

    Rian Johnson ruined the films, guess its Mitch Dwyer's turn to ruin the games
  87. ARMOR152
    Oct 3, 2020
    0
    Locked to a slideshow FPS, (less than 30) when shown FPS is at least 250FPS. 2080 Super, 10700k, 165hz 1440p Gsync.
  88. dwebster
    Oct 3, 2020
    0
    Played Star Wars Squadrons prologue on VR(PC).

    This completed me like Tom Cruise in Jerry McGuire. I've been waiting for this ever since the old PC franchise.
  89. percifal
    Oct 4, 2020
    0
    My god this game is ultra repetitive and not good at all ... very disappointed.
  90. Rhett6162
    Oct 5, 2020
    0
    Let me first say that I had a lot of high hopes for this game. I played a lot of Rogue Squadron as well as X-wing Alliance and such. I love Star Wars space combat. I am not a sim fan though. The sim element will end up being kind of a turn off for most people. Regardless I play these games for the Star Wars roleplaying element. Get into the atmosphere and enjoy the single player.Let me first say that I had a lot of high hopes for this game. I played a lot of Rogue Squadron as well as X-wing Alliance and such. I love Star Wars space combat. I am not a sim fan though. The sim element will end up being kind of a turn off for most people. Regardless I play these games for the Star Wars roleplaying element. Get into the atmosphere and enjoy the single player. Having finished the single player the game is pretty much done for me. Like most multiplayer I hate it. It's fun for people good at it and miserable for those that aren't. I don't have any interest in being someone else's kill streak. The graphics are also awful.… Expand
  91. SirVeilllance
    Oct 5, 2020
    0
    Boring game after the novelty wears off in an about 2 hours. Glad I was able to trial this game as I have no desire to purchase the full release. Locked first person view is lame. Cross play is garbage. Another bad Starwars game.
  92. Obrazuy
    Nov 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is ridiculosly stupid, and wtf, why can't I play as white male? Peace of garbage… Expand
  93. Django77SF
    Oct 3, 2020
    0
    Good graphics... Just feels empty, like most EA games. Pointless, monotonous and terribly boring. The worst control scheme of any flight game I've played. Disney inclusiveness is awfull and brokes and the affection and self representation you could have for the characters. All characters on this game are horribles.
    This game is just ideological crap. Try to take our money while    Good graphics... Just feels empty, like most EA games. Pointless, monotonous and terribly boring. The worst control scheme of any flight game I've played. Disney inclusiveness is awfull and brokes and the affection and self representation you could have for the characters. All characters on this game are horribles.
    This game is just ideological crap. Try to take our money while indoctrinating us. This game is not worth the money.    … Expand
  94. Duelz
    Oct 5, 2020
    0
    Game for me was ruined due to political correctness.
    Sorry, that stuff shouldn’t be in a game.
  95. vambool
    Oct 3, 2020
    0
    where's my star wars??? short playtime. throw money away this star wars game.
  96. maxenzuy
    Oct 4, 2020
    0
    I'm a fan of the old X-Wing/Tie Fighter games, and I've been waiting nearly 20 years for a worthy sequel.
  97. Horny_Heaper
    Nov 24, 2022
    0
    When I saw this game for free on Epic so early, I asked myself "What is the catch?". So I installed it to find out. Man... This game has the worst control implementation of a space simulator I have seen in my life. Really... I thought even EA and his multiplayer BS would not destroy a garantee bestseller like this. But Jesus... They did it.
    Truth be told you can play it throught the    When I saw this game for free on Epic so early, I asked myself "What is the catch?". So I installed it to find out. Man... This game has the worst control implementation of a space simulator I have seen in my life. Really... I thought even EA and his multiplayer BS would not destroy a garantee bestseller like this. But Jesus... They did it.
    Truth be told you can play it throught the campaign... but I can assure you will not enjoy it. It's just a exercise of masochism until the next plot scene.
    Multiplayer? I will not even taste... really. If I had payed for this trash, I would be asking for a refund.    … Expand
  98. crabmaster
    Oct 13, 2020
    0
    ooooph, EA continues down the trash-hole. a character is more than their skin color, but corporations won't ever know that. Vought comes to mind with this nonsense
  99. Sans2999876
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    **** this game is worst than I thought is more more microtransactions I am fan of stars wars series but this game sucks
  100. Chained77
    Dec 27, 2020
    0
    Runs like crap in VR. With all settings on Low in VR i was still getting tons of stuttering and freezing. I do not have this issue in any other VR title i currently own. I'm also using an RTX3070, 32 ggb of ddr4 ram, and an i7 8700k cpu. Nothing is overclocked and everything is running at cool temps and normal for every other game.
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79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 48 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 48
  3. Negative: 0 out of 48
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 4, 2021
    80
    The one and only chance to be a space pilot in a galaxy far far away. Living and experiencing adrenaline filled dogfight is simply breathtaking. [Issue#307]
  2. CD-Action
    Dec 18, 2020
    70
    To put it simply, Star Wars: Squadrons is a low-budget X-Wing vs TIE Fighter II based off of Battlefront II’s space battles. I admit that I expected more, but after two decades we finally got a new Star Wars sim (leaning towards the arcade side, but still) and I did enjoy it. It looks and sounds like a Star Wars game should, and Motive’s successful effort to balance such dissimilar crafts as the X-Wing and the TIE Fighter is commendable. [12/2020, p.64]
  3. Riot Pixels
    Nov 21, 2020
    60
    There’s a good concept at the core of Star Wars: Squadrons, as flying a space fighter and managing its systems can be a lot of fun, however, you have to be a very dedicated Star Wars fan to enjoy a drab campaign with just a handful of memorable moments and watered-down multiplayer modes from Battlefront 2.
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