Star Wars Battlefront II

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1.7

Overwhelming dislike- based on 8873 Ratings

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  1. Dlowden
    Nov 16, 2017
    2
    The developers of this game clearly have zero respect for the Battlefront community. Not only have they repeatedly shown that the entire multiplayer experience is just a money-grab, but the way that they're reacted to this whole controversy just proves that they see customers only for their wallets.
  2. kjmotz
    Nov 16, 2017
    2
    Buried underneath a purely greed driven progression and loot system is a great game. It's sad to see a game like this, offering an unparalleled Star Wars experience, overshadowed by the worst microtransaction scheme I have ever seen. Not even FREE to play mobile games are this bad. I wish so badly that EA would have just left the sterling reputation and legacy of Star Wars alone -- goBuried underneath a purely greed driven progression and loot system is a great game. It's sad to see a game like this, offering an unparalleled Star Wars experience, overshadowed by the worst microtransaction scheme I have ever seen. Not even FREE to play mobile games are this bad. I wish so badly that EA would have just left the sterling reputation and legacy of Star Wars alone -- go wreck ANY other game. Why did it have to be Star Wars? I really hope that Disney steps in and forces a course correct and complete overhaul of this games economy and progression because the game in it's current state is a stain on everything they are working so hard to build.… Expand
  3. johnbills
    Nov 16, 2017
    2
    The game isn't actually a 2/10 it's more like a 7-8 but we as a community cannot let developers treat us like this. I have always been against micro-transactions and i was looking forward to this game, but after seeing the way they implemented the microtransactions i cannot in good faith recommend this game
  4. Knoxgamer
    Nov 21, 2017
    2
    This review isn't going to be very different than a myriad others, but like lots of people here I feel I need to say my piece just to get it off my chest. The game play is solid and often fun, but everything good about this game is overshadowed by an infuriating progression system that doesn't reward players for skill or success, and a 'card' based loot box system that producesThis review isn't going to be very different than a myriad others, but like lots of people here I feel I need to say my piece just to get it off my chest. The game play is solid and often fun, but everything good about this game is overshadowed by an infuriating progression system that doesn't reward players for skill or success, and a 'card' based loot box system that produces unsatisfying prizes that are completely random and don't reflect play style. Although the developers have recently suspended the pay-to-win aspects of the game, I have a feeling that they've done so just to limit the damage it would have caused to sales during the Christmas season, and will likely re-instate it once they feel like the controversy has receded. I'm giving it a '2' instead of a '0' because I do find some of the game play to be entertaining, but this could have easily been a '10' if EA hadn't spoiled it.

    With this title, EA has reinforced the notion that they are indeed the Comcast of the gaming industry.    … Expand
  5. RussianAustin
    Nov 22, 2017
    2
    To start off I will primarily talk about the game itself and not loot boxes. But before that, the game is heavily revolved around these crappy loot boxes which make going against people feel unbalanced and basically cheating, especially in heroes vs villains and starfighter assault modes. You can tell there was no balance for these modes with the star cards. Now for the game itself, IT ISTo start off I will primarily talk about the game itself and not loot boxes. But before that, the game is heavily revolved around these crappy loot boxes which make going against people feel unbalanced and basically cheating, especially in heroes vs villains and starfighter assault modes. You can tell there was no balance for these modes with the star cards. Now for the game itself, IT IS HORRIBLY BORING! this game is more boring than the first EA battlefront game! The newly added singleplayer is so predictable and boring, I ask my self why even bother to add it in the first place! Multiplayer.....OMFG, it is so lazy, unbalanced, boring, repetitive, and grindy. The maps get old instantly, I got bored of the game in less than 3 hours! The voice acting for Luke Skywalker, Leia and for Han is SO BAD! Lets also not forget how horrible Luke Skywalker is modeled. This game has very little effort even put into it, Don't just blame EA and LucasArts for this game blame DICE as well because they primarily try to make an excuse for no customization in this game when they can quite clearly make certain trooper types canon, Example they made stormtrooper shock troopers and shadow troopers canon! The last thing is you die SO....FAST it is unbelievable the combat in the OG battlefront is preferred just because you stay alive for much longer than you do in this game, the average lifespan of a trooper is an estimated of 6 seconds a pilot is estimated to be about 2 seconds. The only reason I give this game A 2/10 is that the clone wars voice acting is wonderful! The voice acting for Boba and Yoda is great, nice graphics and sound (which doesn't really mean anything to me since A. its a star wars game and B. its made by DICE having good graphics and sound is to be expected), please for the love of god if you want to play an ACTUALLY GOOD star wars game go on steam or GOG and get the OG battlefront games, the jedi outcast games, republic commando, and/or KOTOR(knights of the old republic) becuase at least games were not made by and for hyper active kids who have the attention span of a fly.… Expand
  6. Koolaidburglar
    Jan 2, 2018
    2
    Star Wars Battlefront 2 looked so promising, this game is visually appealing and sounds just as good as the movies. When it comes down to core gameplay, it was fun for the beta. I actually preordered it. Longs story short, I returned without opening it(was to late to cancel my preorder) should of learned from my mistake with No Man Sky. DId not enjoy of the whole progression system andStar Wars Battlefront 2 looked so promising, this game is visually appealing and sounds just as good as the movies. When it comes down to core gameplay, it was fun for the beta. I actually preordered it. Longs story short, I returned without opening it(was to late to cancel my preorder) should of learned from my mistake with No Man Sky. DId not enjoy of the whole progression system and lootsboxes at all. Even before all this happened, this game is missing a whole lot when it comes down to battlefield games I known to love. The massive levolutions, being able to hide on top or inside buildings... Levels looks beautiful, but are very empty. OK why can't I go prone?? Parachuting from aircrafts after bailing out, I want a immersive experience. The gameplay doesn't feel as flushed out, a lot of character clipping. Don't like the point system they added for characters and ships. WHY COULDN"T THEY JUST RESKIN BATTLEFIELD 4! It would of been lazy indeed on the developers end, but it would of been much, much more of an enjoyable experience if that were the case.

    Boycotting EA    … Expand
  7. Dsmart1
    Mar 11, 2018
    2
    I never thought id do this in my life, but I've made an account on this site just to rate this game.... I will start with: I am giving it 2 stars, I honestly do not want to but I have to admit beyond doubt, this is one of the best games I've played WHEN IT COMES TO GRAPHICS AND GRAPHICS ALONE. outside of graphics/sound, this game is 1 star, there is nothing about this game that would makeI never thought id do this in my life, but I've made an account on this site just to rate this game.... I will start with: I am giving it 2 stars, I honestly do not want to but I have to admit beyond doubt, this is one of the best games I've played WHEN IT COMES TO GRAPHICS AND GRAPHICS ALONE. outside of graphics/sound, this game is 1 star, there is nothing about this game that would make me want to increase it past 2 stars. The game was made so that you spend just long enough on it that you won't get a refund. single player was ok, slightly boring. multiplayer should not even have been attempted. you have extremely boring combat, with no skill required (outside of the capability to shoot your weapon and hit the target) on nearly every level you are forced into small areas when you run up, shoot, maybe kill someone, then get shot *dead* respawn and repeat. there is no variance, there is no variety, there is nothing exciting about that what so ever. I don't care about microtransactions, you gotta make your money somehow. I care about gameplay, and the gameplay within this game is trash, garbage *SH*T* and could have been better thought out by a 3 yr old. I do not recommend this game. I will not recommend this game, and if you are considering getting it.... don't, save yourself sooo much stress and wasted time and just don't.… Expand
  8. ROYFINK
    Apr 12, 2018
    2
    GOOD STORY MODE AND THATS IT
    just play the first battlefront 2 you'll thank me later
  9. DOLLAR_376
    Jul 1, 2020
    2
    Awful game. Just know you are paying 60-70€ for the following elements:
    - Generic and boring 3h campaign which is really a tutorial for the multiplayer.
    - Repetitive multiplayer with total lack of progression and plagued with every form of monetization imaginable that directly impacts on the gameplay, creating a pay to win system. To the retail price and the abusive ingame store, add the    Awful game. Just know you are paying 60-70€ for the following elements:
    - Generic and boring 3h campaign which is really a tutorial for the multiplayer.
    - Repetitive multiplayer with total lack of progression and plagued with every form of monetization imaginable that directly impacts on the gameplay, creating a pay to win system. To the retail price and the abusive ingame store, add the also disgraful online subscription if you are playing on console. Shameful. There few maps and modes to play, but all gets repetitive quickly due to the mentioned lack of progression.
    - The only positive thing I could say is that the game looks nice (which is why I am giving a 2 instead of a 1). But DICE seems to be falling in disgrace, obviously due to EA, a.k.a. the studio destroyer, the ultimate culprit of this mess.
    This game is truly bad, and I would not recommend spending time on it even if it was free.    … Expand
  10. Calanon7
    Jun 14, 2018
    2
    When I played the Beta of this game, it was great! I really enjoyed the game play and I thought Theed was great. Now the game has been released for some time and I have played it enough to write my own review.

    At first I really liked the game and had a lot of fun. EA/DICE seem to ruin the game more and more after every update. I don't know what's up, but it's terrible. I felt so    When I played the Beta of this game, it was great! I really enjoyed the game play and I thought Theed was great. Now the game has been released for some time and I have played it enough to write my own review.

    At first I really liked the game and had a lot of fun. EA/DICE seem to ruin the game more and more after every update. I don't know what's up, but it's terrible. I felt so strongly about how bad it's current state is that I was inclined to leave this review.
    Please DICE, hear me! Why do you make such a good platform for it to be thrown all away from horrible updates and lack of content.

    This review is focused on the multi-player aspects within the game. As far as single-player, that was trash from the beginning. EA should have an entirely separate game for single-player instead of overwhelming themselves with to much content to be made in such a short time.    … Expand
  11. xSPAZZx
    Dec 16, 2019
    2
    After wasting 60$ on a pre-order (my first and last game I ever pre-ordered)
    ... I THOROUGHLY regret spending my hard earned money on this farce of a game
    EA DESERVES the HATE! I am sorry, but after paying 60$ teeming with microtransactions, loot boxes which taught kids gambling; and now they are busy peddling the whole 25$ skin and emote pack is a joke on all of us;. It's sad that this    After wasting 60$ on a pre-order (my first and last game I ever pre-ordered)
    ... I THOROUGHLY regret spending my hard earned money on this farce of a game
    EA DESERVES the HATE!

    I am sorry, but after paying 60$ teeming with microtransactions, loot boxes which taught kids gambling; and now they are busy peddling the whole 25$ skin and emote pack is a joke on all of us;. It's sad that this is AAA gaming today

    The least they could do is make their product good (after gobbling our money) They also, forgoed bringing in the clone war DLC and in lieu, they are shoving down the scummy 25$ cosmetic crap and calling it a legacy... I was there for the micro trannys and gambling loot boxes... And came back when they removed it... Too little too late 1.) Abysmal single player 2.) copy pasta of a game: essentially BF2 is battlefield 1 with space wizards and space guns
    3.) Anti consumer practices for too long Like most games today, those greedy game companies/publishers/stock holders (who never played games in their lives)... They'll just opt to copy paste games with old engines ause the whales with mommy's credit card don't care) not quality content...

    I certainly hope people are not shilling for game companies anymore... Bethesda/EA/take2 showed us their true faces = faceless greed    … Expand
  12. M0NST3R_G4MING
    Apr 29, 2019
    2
    Micro-transactions ruined that game. Pay or grind for 12 hours. The multiplayer is no fun at all. And the campaign was okay, but that's all. Sadly, the campaign was the only thing I enjoyed a little bit. It's so sad what EA made of the Star Wars franchise. Don't buy this game!
  13. Googalie
    Mar 17, 2020
    2
    I'm surprised this game reviewed this well. I played the campaign which I suppose the devs didn't bother putting effort into. The game is glitchy and the controls don't help. Flying should be fun, but it takes some practice before it becomes tolerable.
    The story is silly and very cliché. The same old Star Wars tale we've seen/played a thousand times. The dialog is cheesy to compliment the    I'm surprised this game reviewed this well. I played the campaign which I suppose the devs didn't bother putting effort into. The game is glitchy and the controls don't help. Flying should be fun, but it takes some practice before it becomes tolerable.
    The story is silly and very cliché. The same old Star Wars tale we've seen/played a thousand times. The dialog is cheesy to compliment the storytelling which seems to have been written by one person over their lunch break.The animations look like they're from the PS3 era (Try walking slowly in 3rd person, it looks like the character has pooped their pants).
    The melee attacks have really awful animations and look like you're just showing the enemy your elbow. Wasn't this a big AAA game? It looks more like it's fan made about 5 years ago.    … Expand
  14. MechaManekiNeko
    Jun 24, 2020
    2
    The game looks great, sounds great, and feels pretty good to play. The only 2 problems is that the campaign has a loose plot with little depth and poor AI. This probably would have been fine if the multiplayer wasn't a dumpster fire. Seems like little to no thought was put into matchmaking and special characters you get in multiplayer aren't balanced (it's been out for over a year). ThisThe game looks great, sounds great, and feels pretty good to play. The only 2 problems is that the campaign has a loose plot with little depth and poor AI. This probably would have been fine if the multiplayer wasn't a dumpster fire. Seems like little to no thought was put into matchmaking and special characters you get in multiplayer aren't balanced (it's been out for over a year). This game was DoA thanks to EA and no studio can revive it.… Expand
  15. Ben__Touw
    Feb 7, 2021
    2
    This game is a complete joke. There are so many promising aspects that have been wasted on such a terrible product. This game felt like it had to have been approved by some corporate business man so that they could get quick cash oof of people who just want to play the game. The story is ok but extremely predictable. The characters are pretty good too. The characters in this a game areThis game is a complete joke. There are so many promising aspects that have been wasted on such a terrible product. This game felt like it had to have been approved by some corporate business man so that they could get quick cash oof of people who just want to play the game. The story is ok but extremely predictable. The characters are pretty good too. The characters in this a game are written pretty and the performance by the voice actors really shines...except for iden version. Iden versio is one of the least likable main characters in a videogame in a video game because she no traits or layers to her personality. She is a one dimensional and was written as a " string female character." I lost interest in her storyline because I don't really know her as person. I don't how she grew upz what did he value, who does she hold dear? These are all extremely basic details in fleshing out a character and they didn't do that. The combat is embarassingly boring and stale. It's a third person with de-emphasized aiming. The game on the hardest difficulty is extremely easy but if you die you respawn at this obnoxious checkpoint. In the final arial battle of the game, I kept on dying 3 seconds after I respawned because the guy kept shooting one hit kill missiles at me. The multiplayer is by far the worst I have yet to see in a Video game. They hamfisted the loot pack system into a Star Wars game except it's not for cosmetics only. You can buy upgrades that make you better at the game. This leads to matches with 2 different players. The players who have the upgrades and kick everyone's ass, and the players who don't have the upgrades and can't do anything to win. The performance are not quite there yet and the maps are linear as hell. Battlefront ii sets the bar for visual design, but there is no substance. This is a terrible game because it twists an old beloved series into a cashgrab and spits in the face of players who fell victim to this game. Don't buy this game even if you are payed to play it. Stay as far away as possible. 2/10, terrible.… Expand
  16. Eifi
    Aug 24, 2020
    2
    The Game didn't even tried to be like the old version of star wars battlefront 2. I had fun with this game, but it doesn't feel right to me. You can't like feel free in this Game. The Story was **** The vehicles are kinda buggy. At the beginning you needed to play 50 Hours to unlock only one hero! But thank god it got better! I hope Ea will learn from now on.
  17. Telra
    Jan 19, 2021
    2
    The graphics and maybe sound is the only thing this game has going of it. A shallow, predictable, outright stupid storyline in singleplayer would be easy to accept in case the gameplay wouldn't be so abysmal. As a shooter the game has nothing to offer. Gameplay is so arcade-like, that there is absolutely no feel to it and except for graphic you feel like playing a Flash online arcade.The graphics and maybe sound is the only thing this game has going of it. A shallow, predictable, outright stupid storyline in singleplayer would be easy to accept in case the gameplay wouldn't be so abysmal. As a shooter the game has nothing to offer. Gameplay is so arcade-like, that there is absolutely no feel to it and except for graphic you feel like playing a Flash online arcade. Space combat is slightly better, but just because the arcade like feeling is more appropriate for it. But still. Nothing special. Chaotic, spray and pray without any trully redeeming factor. After playing with lightsaber. I am disgusted. Pretty much just OP abilities, armor/health and damage, but true no skill. Comparing to older games like Jedi Academy where you could truly feel like a Jedi this is worse then the new trilogy. Luckily i didn't buy the game, got it for free but i still regret the 90GB (like WTF is there for 90GB?) download. The game is an empty pretty shell with SW sticker on it but except for free, aint worth any kind of money, and even for free its a waste of time, bandwidth and disk space.… Expand
  18. emreglbdk
    Jan 31, 2021
    2
    His story is very short. I haven't tried it online but it's not for me. Doesn't sound nice to me.
  19. Razv
    Nov 16, 2017
    1
    I gave it a 1 due to the graphics being good, otherwise I would've looked for the minus 3 rating. The game is completely ruined by greed. I want to have fun and take part in what the game has to offer, but everything feels as if it's locked away behind payments. It all feels incomplete, rushed, and mediocre.
  20. fatmanchiken
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    Visuals: Great
    Sound Mechanics: Great
    Gameplay: Decent, recycled EA shooter dynamic but it works
    Micro-transactions that ruin gameplay? Terrible
    Reasons why we shouldn't continue to support games that are created purely to pump money out of us? Numerous
  21. Makaveli
    Nov 19, 2017
    1
    It's quite funny really. Every time I see that a game that EA is involved I don't get excited I think to myself " I wonder how they are going to screw us over this time" Well EA, you really screwed the pooch on this one didn't you and I laughed, You greedy bastards are getting what you deserve. I know you're "retooling" the microtransactions but I mean we all know at this point nobody canIt's quite funny really. Every time I see that a game that EA is involved I don't get excited I think to myself " I wonder how they are going to screw us over this time" Well EA, you really screwed the pooch on this one didn't you and I laughed, You greedy bastards are getting what you deserve. I know you're "retooling" the microtransactions but I mean we all know at this point nobody can trust your business practices.. I hope other companies learn from this and stop with these BS practices.... Just because they removed the microtransactions (for now) dont buy it, they are trying to lure people into buying the game so they can bend you over later.... I'm actually proud of the gaming community coming together and saying enough is enough... EA is nothing more than a crack dealer, they make you pay for a sample, get you hooked and then you waste more money on their BS.. To be honest it should be illegal what these companies do to people. The gaming industry is the only industry where we can be taken advantage of multiple times and still sit back and defend these crap companies... If the automobile industry tried to pull this crap I doubt people would stand for it.... Let's not back down, let's remind these companies who got them where they are today. Without us, they dont exist..oh and

    **** EA    … Expand
  22. Gaz
    Nov 21, 2017
    1
    There's nothing I can write in this box that hasn't already been said in the mile-long list on this page already. The game is the ultimate symptom of greed and predatory practices in the gaming industry. A $60 release with extreme pay-to-win microtransaction mechanics designed to squeeze the most money out of consumers and giving a leg up to those who participate has no place in gaming andThere's nothing I can write in this box that hasn't already been said in the mile-long list on this page already. The game is the ultimate symptom of greed and predatory practices in the gaming industry. A $60 release with extreme pay-to-win microtransaction mechanics designed to squeeze the most money out of consumers and giving a leg up to those who participate has no place in gaming and finally it looks like people are voting with their wallets and standing up to malpractice and greed. Hopefully Call of Duty and Destiny collapse in the same manner. All of this is completely unacceptable. Period.… Expand
  23. HOFFERN
    Nov 15, 2017
    1
    Do not buy! This is a P2W game, EA has completely destroyed it in its quest to loot your wallet for money. Great graphics though, good job on the graphics and “mood” Dice.
  24. TeamSTARS
    Nov 21, 2017
    1
    What would have been an otherwise alright game, an improvement on the first but still not perfect, EA got greedy and in its quest to grab as much money as possible from fans of Star Wars and DICE's work they decided to ram a pay to win 'freemium' loot box economy into a full priced game, locking important content behind paywalls or lengthy unrewarding playtime, SHAME ON YOU EA!!
  25. juicyhopfrog
    Nov 17, 2017
    1
    This game is the culmination of all the bad practices that have been leaking into gaming for years. It's basically a freemium game with a $60 price tag. Micro-transactions and loot box gambling have been creeping in for years, but this is far and away the worst example to date. Do we blame EA? You can't get mad at a snake being a snake. For far too long, gamers have been complicit inThis game is the culmination of all the bad practices that have been leaking into gaming for years. It's basically a freemium game with a $60 price tag. Micro-transactions and loot box gambling have been creeping in for years, but this is far and away the worst example to date. Do we blame EA? You can't get mad at a snake being a snake. For far too long, gamers have been complicit in companies ruining gaming because they failed to see us as fans and loyal customers, but fat piggies to be drained of every red penny. Although late, this should stand as our line in the sand. Our chance to push back the tide that is destroying gaming at it's core.… Expand
  26. Egocentricion
    Nov 15, 2017
    1
    This game has got to be the biggest proof that EA doesn't care at all about their customer and rather milk them for money, especially pushing deceptive gambling by their newest pay 2 win card system down die hard Star Wars fans (which a lot of them are children because Disney has done an unsurmountable amount of work to attract the children crowd in the past years).
    Will EA turn this    This game has got to be the biggest proof that EA doesn't care at all about their customer and rather milk them for money, especially pushing deceptive gambling by their newest pay 2 win card system down die hard Star Wars fans (which a lot of them are children because Disney has done an unsurmountable amount of work to attract the children crowd in the past years).
    Will EA turn this around and make it the best game ? Probably not    … Expand
  27. NathanScmidt000
    Nov 15, 2017
    1
    I'm already bored with the game. I can't level up my classes because of the RNG/Lootbox progression, and the multiplayer is not stimulating enough to keep me going for long. This is a sad day for Star Wars fans as I doubt EA will be able to right the ship. Starfighter Assault is cool, but the shine is wearing thin on that as well. The more you play, the more you realize that Dice/CriterionI'm already bored with the game. I can't level up my classes because of the RNG/Lootbox progression, and the multiplayer is not stimulating enough to keep me going for long. This is a sad day for Star Wars fans as I doubt EA will be able to right the ship. Starfighter Assault is cool, but the shine is wearing thin on that as well. The more you play, the more you realize that Dice/Criterion completely missed the hook that would keep players coming back. Instead they filled the map with so much nonsense that any feeling of being a bad ass starfighter pilot is soon ended thanks to an asteroid or piece of debris that you couldn't see in a tight turn. The ground combat seems like a spray and pray free for all, with the winner being decided by who has the best cards. The maps are far to big for 20 on 20, and the weapon balance and spread are atrocious. This game is not worth the aggravation the micro trans progression system and gameplay will cause you. Avoid at all cost.… Expand
  28. HonestlyTrue
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    DON'T BUY THIS GAME!

    It is all really sad because the game actually looks good to say the only positive thing first, it might not be that long term game, since the game is very simplified and made for a casual audience but then you have the fulltime job grind which is carefully adjusted by EA so that you are one of the few % who indulge in the profitable microtransactions, because it    DON'T BUY THIS GAME!

    It is all really sad because the game actually looks good to say the only positive thing first, it might not be that long term game, since the game is very simplified and made for a casual audience but then you have the fulltime job grind which is carefully adjusted by EA so that you are one of the few % who indulge in the profitable microtransactions, because it takes so damn long.

    This game is a psychological experiment and P2W construct to extract money from whales via microtransactions (or should i say macrotransactions?), neatly disguised in the shiny Star Wars pew pew license with super Graphics and you as player who just bought the $60-100 game have to indulge in a fulltime job like grind to gain gameplay upgrades and at the same time become the 'product' for the whales who buy all the crates they can get day to get all the upgrades and bash all the underequipped players on their paid powertrip. Right there they disqualify themselves, you simply don't put gameplay relevant upgrades into the progression. Evolve made that mistake and now we it here too and it's even worse because it's directly tied to a P2W system.

    The point is how EA initially wanted to implement it 40h grind for 1 hero incentives left and right to participate in P2W microtransactions, after such a **** they surely make 'changes'. Probably some low effort number crunches to calm the masses of their gullible fanbase. These changes will be done to 'make the outrage outdated' (google that and read it, it's eyeopening). One of these changes was to reduce the cost of heroes by 75%, which is simply the 'Door-in-the-face technique. First the requirements are way too high, then they greatly reduce it to wash them clean again. It is all thought through and through and aimed to manipulate the gullible. They have a whole division of psychologists and focustest data so the know exactly how they can turn this to their advantage and come out on top.

    EA has reached a new low, a new point of moral bankruptcy which is unforgiveable. I for one recommend to make a mark and don't buy this game, as even the purchase will support their holy grail, the 'Games as a service initiative' Where all the big AAA publishers are part of and try to poison a new generation of gamers with this lootbox/gambling/p2W/psychological manipulation filth. Games are starting to be built from the GROUND up to support and encourage microtransactions, Battlefront 2 is the new pinnacle of anti consumer, with Take Two and Activision coming right after.

    But in the end it's all about the money and the publishers will bath in the money of all the whales and apathic fans who still buy it and just look away. This is their new target audience, this so called 'new generation of gamers', a mass of dumb gullible consumers who become a bait and 'Product' for P2W whales who wanna live their paid power trip. People need to wake up and boycott this game, EA has gone too far and it only gets worse from here.

    So i give this game a 1 for the good Star Wars graphix and hope that DICE can become independend like CD Projekt Red and IO Interactive to show those greedy manipulative publishers the cold shoulder and make games without these restraints. Right now they are slaves for the devil.

    DON'T BUY THIS GAME!    … Expand
  29. Tubey
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    At it's core, it's a decent shooter that doesn't do anything innovative whatsoever really but it's competent.

    But it could be the greatest game of all time at its' core and it'd still be decimated almost totally by what can only be described as free-to-play loot mechanics in a full priced retail game. This means you have to pay to win at this game - you objectively HAVE to pay to    At it's core, it's a decent shooter that doesn't do anything innovative whatsoever really but it's competent.

    But it could be the greatest game of all time at its' core and it'd still be decimated almost totally by what can only be described as free-to-play loot mechanics in a full priced retail game. This means you have to pay to win at this game - you objectively HAVE to pay to compete in the games multiplayer (which, lets face, is what Battlefront 2 is; the single player 'campaign' is negligible.)

    You can't realistically grind out the same advantages and use the in-game currency, unless you played 24 hours a day for about a solid year. The game leads you at every turn to spend real world money to buy advantages in the game.

    It's... astonishing to me that the gaming industry is this set on crashing itself for the sake of a quick buck off the gullible in the short term. Without the nonsense loot box system, this game would be around a 7 or 8 as you can see enough through the utter barrage of crap that is the loot system that this would be a top, albeit casual, shooter. But I can't stress enough that the game is ruined - totally, totally destroyed - by the loot system to the point of it being basically unplayable by anyone with a rational mind.

    So that's the reason for the score - it's a highly polished middle finger to the consumer with the sole aim of milking as much cash from you under the pretence of having 'fun'. Trust me; you should avoid this kind of business practice in gaming at all costs - there's hundreds of other games out there more deserving of your time.    … Expand
  30. revrevolution
    Nov 23, 2017
    1
    Only a true fool would support this game. This practice of gouging money is absolutely ridiculous. Individuals are now dropping in giving the game a 10/10 saying "No microtransactions"...seriously? You DO realize that's a temporary removal right? Temporary...look it up sometime. Don't be fooled, this is trash.
  31. Thegodfatherson
    Nov 17, 2017
    1
    Loot box controversy aside, this is a piss poor Star Wars game. It’s so called “campaign” is a ladder of missions that will all last you about 4 hours. Add that with a story which holds no stakes to care for and horrible voice acting, and you have something that is a shame on the name of the Battlefront franchise, especially with the stories the older games were able to tell. This game isLoot box controversy aside, this is a piss poor Star Wars game. It’s so called “campaign” is a ladder of missions that will all last you about 4 hours. Add that with a story which holds no stakes to care for and horrible voice acting, and you have something that is a shame on the name of the Battlefront franchise, especially with the stories the older games were able to tell. This game is an experiment by EA to see how many people will reach into their pockets to experience their so called “Star Wars fantasies” online in a generic shooter help up by some impressive graphics and stunning visuals. Being a Star Wars fan, I appreciated the nods that DICE left in the game. All in all, this is not a game that is worth your money even if they are cancelling the micro transactions as this game is not completely finished yet. Shameful, EA.… Expand
  32. shenlong
    Nov 19, 2017
    1
    Battlefront 2 is a good game ruined by bad practice on loot boxes.You simply can not make a micro transaction driven game with a full retail price tag. Thanks for ruining a star wars game don't support this crap EA must learn.
  33. Exilionus
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    It’s sad... These people are taking advantage of our impulse buying based on our beloved franchise. Loot boxes... Crates... Modding?

    In the beginning you’re dazzled at the effects and the voice acting, but eventually it dies down. I noticed an hour into the game I hated how characters interact with each other. They feel clunky, lifeless... Look at the streamers playing you’ll notice    It’s sad... These people are taking advantage of our impulse buying based on our beloved franchise. Loot boxes... Crates... Modding?

    In the beginning you’re dazzled at the effects and the voice acting, but eventually it dies down. I noticed an hour into the game I hated how characters interact with each other. They feel clunky, lifeless... Look at the streamers playing you’ll notice what I’m talking about.

    Everthing... I mean everthing is behind some casino roulette reward system. It’s literally an Android or iOS app. You know those app games that sell loot boxes for the best gear or characters;this is the same **** The game is pretty because it’s linear... Anyone can make a game look good if you prohibit players from by using invisible walls... That’s fine but they make it so obvious here.

    I highly recommend watching streamers play the game first before you buy and make your descision then. I was lucky had a coupon to get it... 70$ is a lot of money for a game my opinion they don;t deserve my money.    … Expand
  34. Zidane_Mina
    Nov 16, 2017
    1
    I'm glad i did not buy this game, instead borrowed from a friend who felt deeply dissapointed by it: Filled with bugs, predatory microtransation schemes and gambiling based progresion system, Star Wars Battlefront II shows the worst part of the already despicable EA.

    This game is the clear showcase of an industry falling apart. AAA games have never filled with this amount of bull****. I    I'm glad i did not buy this game, instead borrowed from a friend who felt deeply dissapointed by it: Filled with bugs, predatory microtransation schemes and gambiling based progresion system, Star Wars Battlefront II shows the worst part of the already despicable EA.

    This game is the clear showcase of an industry falling apart. AAA games have never filled with this amount of bull****. I wanted this game to be awesome, and it had potential, but the greedy corporate crap in it is so big and in such large amount, that it utterly destroys all the enjoyment of the game. Microtransaction based progresion system, dull and unfinished campaign, uninteresting characters on its story mode...

    Do not buy this game. Do not become part of the problem. Avoid etirely, spend your money on a game published by a company that actually cares about quality and completion on their products , and not sucking it's user base dry.    … Expand
  35. Deathmarch
    Nov 24, 2017
    1
    Hey playstation if youre listening I didn't buy the StarwarsBF2+ps4 bundle because of EA, food for thought.
    loot boxes and 4 hour Single player Campaign -9 , graphics are a 10 but everything else drags it to 1. Only 2 viable games mode in multiplayer , Light saber combat is still HORRBLE, it amount to a bunch of kid hitting a piñata
  36. n_dhruvo
    Nov 16, 2017
    1
    micro transactions ruins the everything. Although ea temporarily disabled it but i am sure they re enable it after 2 months. Campaign is average and story is too predictable. The game looks and feels alive and graphics are superb. stealth/crouch mechanism is weird. Sprinting animation looks awful too.
  37. GuillaumeBorkh
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    Anyone find the discrepancy between the user score and the Critic score strange? Funny how the critic reviews don't contain any serious big reviewers. EA pulling some strings here just to get their numbers up. Until this game fixes its gross use of micro transaction, it is both poison for gamers and the industry as a whole.
  38. smuniz83
    Nov 17, 2017
    1
    The day has come when EA has finally decided to make video games like mobile games. I don't want my video games to be like the mobile games and I'm sure you don't too. Locking progression behind a loot boxes is the worst idea. Either go through a crappy rng to progress and "hope" you get something good, or pay to open more loot boxes and "hope" you get something good. This is wrong. SpeakThe day has come when EA has finally decided to make video games like mobile games. I don't want my video games to be like the mobile games and I'm sure you don't too. Locking progression behind a loot boxes is the worst idea. Either go through a crappy rng to progress and "hope" you get something good, or pay to open more loot boxes and "hope" you get something good. This is wrong. Speak with your wallet. Do not support this game. If you must buy this game... buy it used of the poor sap who bought it new so that at least the money is going to that person only.… Expand
  39. Selvaris
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    What a **** waste. EA keeps going deeper into **** up the video game industry for good. It just doesn't matter if your game is decent or meatier than the first one (wich i didn't buy for its serious lack of content) if you're going to roast it with microtransaction **** deep down till its core.

    Hope you don't last longer, i'm just sad such a lustful company has got right for 3 of my    What a **** waste. EA keeps going deeper into **** up the video game industry for good. It just doesn't matter if your game is decent or meatier than the first one (wich i didn't buy for its serious lack of content) if you're going to roast it with microtransaction **** deep down till its core.

    Hope you don't last longer, i'm just sad such a lustful company has got right for 3 of my best beloved franchises : Star Wars, Harry Potter and Dead Space.

    **** you, preordered cancelled since the Beta.    … Expand
  40. JJthis
    Nov 20, 2017
    1
    Following Battlefront I, which was a shocker concerning lack of content paired with a high price, whose only redeeming factor was what it looked like, Battlefront II builds on exactly that platform. It doesn't better it in any way.
    The obvious lootboxes, MTs and EA's ruse aside, you're still better off playing Battlefront 2....the REAL battlefront 2.
    Star Wars might be new and shiny    Following Battlefront I, which was a shocker concerning lack of content paired with a high price, whose only redeeming factor was what it looked like, Battlefront II builds on exactly that platform. It doesn't better it in any way.
    The obvious lootboxes, MTs and EA's ruse aside, you're still better off playing Battlefront 2....the REAL battlefront 2.

    Star Wars might be new and shiny now thanks to EA regarding games and Disney regarding movies, but aside from what it looks like, the Hollywood treatment finally killed Star Wars.    … Expand
  41. vreynauld
    Nov 26, 2017
    1
    Worst game I've bought in years. People who say it would be an 8 without the loot boxes are delusional. This is some of the most shallow gameplay out of a DICE game since 2015 Battlefront.

    Galactic Assault: Are you the attacking team? Then you're going to lose. Everything is stacked against the attackers. Starfighter Assault: Are you the attacking team? Then you're going to lose.    Worst game I've bought in years. People who say it would be an 8 without the loot boxes are delusional. This is some of the most shallow gameplay out of a DICE game since 2015 Battlefront.

    Galactic Assault: Are you the attacking team? Then you're going to lose. Everything is stacked against the attackers.

    Starfighter Assault: Are you the attacking team? Then you're going to lose. While you're busy trying to play the objective, all your opponents have to do is shoot you (and AI bots) down to win.

    Blast: Oh wow, Team Deathmatch, how original. Now with people one-shotting you across the map because they have rare and epic star cards on their Specialist class snipers.

    Heroes vs. Villains: Are you on the heroes team? Then you're going to lose because every single villains has crowd control abilities that can stun lock you. Oh and preorders got not one but TWO epic Kylo Ren cards which make his crowd control abilities nearly impossible to avoid. Heroes get dashes, sprints, a melee charge, and a smoke grenade. Vader can single handedly throw an entire team off a map. BALANCE!

    Strike: Mini version of Galactic Assault with fewer players. Attackers might have a chance to win if they're not stupid but one lone wolf can ruin the game for either side.

    Then there's the loot box RNG garbage. Straight up statistical advantages per card with no downsides completely designed around forcing players to shell out their credit cards. People with auto cooling weapons, faster firing, and quicker battle point generation just stomping all over anyone who hasn't gotten decent cards. See that guy over there on your team running in circles because he put rubber bands on his controller? He's going to get as many credits as you for playing despite doing nothing for the team but wasting space. He'll earn more credits than you if he was in the match longer than you were.

    This game is prettier than 2015's Battlefront but it's just as shallow and even MORE imbalanced - which is a feat given how pathetically balanced the modes were in THAT game. Do not buy this garbage, do not reward EA with your money. I wish I had bought COD WW2 at this rate. That might be scummy as well but it's not THIS scummy.    … Expand
  42. Ismaur
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    1 - just because the game is playable. Good graphics and sound can't justify the despicable and foul pay to win practices. The progression in the game is designed to milk money from whales. It is sad what EA and other AAA publishers have become.
  43. Mateusz_Dwulit
    Nov 16, 2017
    1
    It would be a nice game if not EA's policy.
    Single-player mode is pretty poor and repetitive. Probably added to prevent people from complaining about lack of it. Multi-player seems sweet tho.
    And then... microtransactions happened. Thousands of people already said a lot about this bs, so i'll skip this part. If not that pay-to-win system and better campaign, this game could get 8/10    It would be a nice game if not EA's policy.
    Single-player mode is pretty poor and repetitive. Probably added to prevent people from complaining about lack of it. Multi-player seems sweet tho.
    And then... microtransactions happened. Thousands of people already said a lot about this bs, so i'll skip this part.
    If not that pay-to-win system and better campaign, this game could get 8/10 without any problem.
    I really feel bad for the devs at Dice, i'm sure they had great ideas and knew how to make people enjoy their game, but EA "knows better". That's just sad.    … Expand
  44. Kai82
    Jun 4, 2022
    1
    While they added a story campaign and the presentation is truly superb the main focus of the game is selling microtransactions aka loot boxes. The progression system is tied to loot boxes which is awful. If you do not believe me then consider that this game started the investigations if loot boxes are gambling controversy in many countries. As sidenote: They asserted those are gambling andWhile they added a story campaign and the presentation is truly superb the main focus of the game is selling microtransactions aka loot boxes. The progression system is tied to loot boxes which is awful. If you do not believe me then consider that this game started the investigations if loot boxes are gambling controversy in many countries. As sidenote: They asserted those are gambling and should be regulated. A Hawaii representative called the game even an online casino. If you still argue against this just look up how much time you need to unlock everything and / or how costly it is to buy everything. It is a poster child for pay to win. Only as another sidenote: Popular characters are also restricted behind these pay walls and even EA had to react to critizism. Also the story campaign while not awful is a disappointment because we thought and it was made to look like we got the Empires perspective for the main character. There was so much potential in this idea but they wasted this really fast. I still like some ideas, characters and twists however not enough to give a higher rating. Must also say that some twists or story parts are foreseeable from far away but this is not a huge negative. The presentation is superb. The graphics were amazing and deserve praise. I think there were hardly any games that could compete. Overall this could be on many most disappointing games list for the year if not of the decade but the last statement is probably too harsh as the competition is sadly really strong. I give a 1/10 to honor the presentation and dedication. Would the rest of the game be equally good this would be a remarkable classic. Another example how EA works.… Expand
  45. Dynako
    Dec 2, 2017
    1
    Classic EA, take an incredible franchise and stomp it into the ground, how is this publisher still around? Campaign is incredibly boring, while pvp has the potential to be fun but gets mind-numbingly dull with the grind and pay wall that the game requires. No Thanks..
  46. Handtorch
    Nov 17, 2017
    1
    Update, EA has suspended their real-money lottery until after everybody purchased their copy of the game!
    The player gets to pay real money for in-game crystals. Crystals buy you the opportunity to play the EA lottery that may yield useful game cards. The Game cards yield upgrades that give you an unfair advantage over anybody not in on the pay-to-win scheme. Sure, you can play for 80    Update, EA has suspended their real-money lottery until after everybody purchased their copy of the game!
    The player gets to pay real money for in-game crystals. Crystals buy you the opportunity to play the EA lottery that may yield useful game cards. The Game cards yield upgrades that give you an unfair advantage over anybody not in on the pay-to-win scheme. Sure, you can play for 80 hours while you get the snott stomped out of you just to get the perk everybody else payed for; doesn't sound fun to me. I had high hopes for this game... that's what I get for looking forward to an EA game.    … Expand
  47. damman
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    Old money grabbing EA is back at it taking candy from kids with money for Micro transactions. I see why everyone hates this company their just like Gamestop all ways ripping people off. These types of companies need to be boycotted just like Need for Speed has the same BS. POS EA you will not get a dollar out of me.
  48. GamerJosh0137
    Nov 15, 2017
    1
    They were so close! EA had a perfect opportunity to make possibly one of the best Star Wars games in years. Battlefront 1 was a great multiplayer game but lacking in the depth department. The lack of content i.e campaign and honestly the lack of multiplayer modes made Battlefront 1 more of an appetizer than an entree. Battlefront 2 comes around and they literally give fans EVERYTHINGThey were so close! EA had a perfect opportunity to make possibly one of the best Star Wars games in years. Battlefront 1 was a great multiplayer game but lacking in the depth department. The lack of content i.e campaign and honestly the lack of multiplayer modes made Battlefront 1 more of an appetizer than an entree. Battlefront 2 comes around and they literally give fans EVERYTHING we have been asking for. Campaign: check, More modes: Check, Dog fights in space: check, no season pass that splits player base: check. They had it! They **** had it! Then the inevitable happens. EA. EA happened. A loot crate/progression system so convoluted it makes playing Battlefront 2 more like my job as an accountant. Great! The heroes are now 75% less credits now. So what!? The main problem is STILL there. Pay to win mechanics in a full price game. Sure, you cant buy loot crates with legendaries. Awesome! Still though people with bigger wallets can still BUY AN ADVANTAGE OVER PLAYERS THAT DONT SPEND TONS OF MONEY ON :LOOT BOXES!!!!!!!!! This is pay to win!!!! So the cost of heroes goes down. GREAT! It fixes none of the pay to win concerns that the fans STILL have. It's a god damn crying shame. Soooooo close.… Expand
  49. XRuinX
    Nov 15, 2017
    1
    its a very pretty game but games need great gameplay. fun for a couple hours but then you start to see what all the negativity is about. Gambling really has dug its claws deep into this game. Lots of content is locked and to unlock it either pay money or play for an unrealistically long amount of time. 2 hrs every day for 6 yrs to be precise, or over 4,000 hours. I now see how long that really is.
  50. deltagilbert
    Nov 16, 2017
    1
    Urgh. Beautiful game so I gave it a 1 for the graphics but, just like many others had told me, it's pay to win.

    Luckily I played it on my friend's console so I didn't waste my money. Don't waste yours either.

    On the up side, I just finished The Evil Within 2. That was great. And I didn't have to pay to win! Buy that game instead!
  51. UKManonfire
    Nov 15, 2017
    1
    Well I am a potential customer in UK who loves Star Wars but I don't want to fork out £50 for a game that isn't fully accessible, I will not pay for micro transactions and I have enough other games to play to not be bothered. I wanted this game but I cant justify the extra money required to progress through a game that I have already payed for. There must have been someone in the manyWell I am a potential customer in UK who loves Star Wars but I don't want to fork out £50 for a game that isn't fully accessible, I will not pay for micro transactions and I have enough other games to play to not be bothered. I wanted this game but I cant justify the extra money required to progress through a game that I have already payed for. There must have been someone in the many various meetings who thought, this is a bad idea but was shut down and told to shut up by the greedy who cares. Yeah because that guy with passion was shut up means we cant all play it. I wont be buying it 100%.… Expand
  52. masseffectabc
    Nov 17, 2017
    1
    This is why we don`t have to be set with anything. We as gamers have demonstrated that we have the power to mold this industry the way it was meant to be. Regardless who`s behind it being @EA @Ubisoft @Konami We have to power, not them.
    This type of policy and misbehaviour of this so called monsters of this industry need to stop, if not, we won`t have any other choice but to kill the    This is why we don`t have to be set with anything. We as gamers have demonstrated that we have the power to mold this industry the way it was meant to be. Regardless who`s behind it being @EA @Ubisoft @Konami We have to power, not them.
    This type of policy and misbehaviour of this so called monsters of this industry need to stop, if not, we won`t have any other choice but to kill the monster.
    And just something to prove it, is that all great empires or huge concentration of power have ended in some way or another. Is not faith or any supernatural power that have ended them.
    It`s physics, and that is a mathematical fact.    … Expand
  53. DeaconFrost
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    You done f'd it up ! This is really getting out of hand. You rich ? You win ! Congrats EA. Well done. I told it before but now I'm dead serious : this was my last EA game. Ever ! I'll go to the attic to find my Sega Mega Drive back. I'm fed up with this sh*t.
  54. Naiko
    Nov 16, 2017
    1
    BEWARE: EA tried to implement PayToWin features on a 60$ videogame, this hits a clear new low in how this kind of games are developed, DO NOT support this product.
  55. Nasmr
    Jan 13, 2019
    1
    So I got baited by the geonosis marketing and fans claiming it’s fixed and patches/updates “make the game good now”

    If you’re here looking for recent, relevant reviews, read this to get an idea before you’re duped by these. Game modes combined with the maps are extremely linear, with the maps being straight compact corridors of doom with escort the payload missions, or larger open    So I got baited by the geonosis marketing and fans claiming it’s fixed and patches/updates “make the game good now”

    If you’re here looking for recent, relevant reviews, read this to get an idea before you’re duped by these.

    Game modes combined with the maps are extremely linear, with the maps being straight compact corridors of doom with escort the payload missions, or larger open spaced corridors of doom in this games equivalent of battlefields “rush” game mode. Two objectives, move on, two objectives.

    There is absolutely no feeling of the original battlefront with the captures the flag game modes that allowed for a more organic game mode that could be and flow, making every game feel unique. With the combination of vehicle and ground troop warfare in a larger, more sandbox, game map.

    Infantry classes of assault, heavy, officer and sniper...are totally pointless.
    The only difference is in their abilities and weapon types which easily could have been all packaged into one generic soldier. No there is no engineer who repairs the vehicles (that you barely ever even see on the battlefield), there is no support who can drop ammo, because ammo is infinite! There is no medic or medic droids, because health can just regenerate! It’s a purely superficial thing designed for you to grind each classes star cards out to get you playing longer.

    These on rails, a symmetrical game maps and modes also lend to major imbalances. Where one side is going to win more than likely than the other due to the sheer advantage of choke points/enforcer types their faction offers. For example, the Empire have death troopers as enforcers which are ridiculously more viable than the rebels Wookiee’s. Their high rate of fire and damage output and health tanking can make it nigh on impossible for rebels to pass through choke points on maps like kessle as they can take on four or more guys on their own. Where as a Wookiee can be beaten in a 1v1 if they miss their first shot with their slow RoF bow caster

    Sometimes the monotony of the troop game modes can be broken up with heros vs villains, but after just four games of that you know the score. The teams clash, whoever wins that initial chaotic cluster of a fight pretty much wins the game, as they can now move as a group and continuously gank the one enemy who’s the target, rinse and repeat. While the other team will have been split up by the spawns.

    Star fighter game modes are also spectacularly bare bones. Which just resorts to the same tired tdm or
    Non varied objectives as the ground games...but in space!
    Boarding capital ships and fighting the the hanger bays to sabotage from the inside is gone.

    and thanks to the experience and unfair advantage of the star cards, you will be facing 7 levels of hell to fight that uphill battle of being a competent pilot. As other players will have better guns, health and abilities compared to you.

    It’s the same online missions and objectives over and over and over. After less than a days game time I feel I’ve played everything it has to offer. With not a single game mode standing out to me, they might as well all be tdm in this corridor shooter grenade spam fest.

    Then comes the March making, no server browser or customisation options whatsoever. So you will play the maps that the game decides. Sick of kessel ? Tough luck you’ll be playing it five games in a row.

    This game is not worth buying or playing. It’s novelty and variety tires extremely quickly.    … Expand
  56. AloneUA
    Sep 2, 2019
    1
    I have no words to express how much I'm disappointed by this.
    I really do love Star Wars and I really want to enjoy the game, but I won't.
    I made a decision that I won't buy ANY game that has such microtransactions in it no matter how I love the franchise. If we won't stand our ground right now - in 2 years every game there is will have loot boxes and all this **** from Free-to-Play    I have no words to express how much I'm disappointed by this.
    I really do love Star Wars and I really want to enjoy the game, but I won't.
    I made a decision that I won't buy ANY game that has such microtransactions in it no matter how I love the franchise.
    If we won't stand our ground right now - in 2 years every game there is will have loot boxes and all this **** from Free-to-Play games. Hell, even F2P games like Dota or HotS sell only cosmetic items in the chests and you can't buy ANY kind of advantage via loot boxes, but 60$ AAA-titles do have that. What in the name of God is happening with our beloved industry?
    Guys, we have to stop that right now and we must vote with our wallets - that's the only way. No matter how big the fuzz in media will be, if the game sells well and EA makes revenue - they will continue to force and implement all these shady practises in future games.
    It's now or never. Don't buy this game.    … Expand
  57. Anthem
    Dec 8, 2017
    1
    Played on day 1, but only played the single player campaign. The campaign was going very well until it decided to go all obvious butterflies and switch factions, I wanted so much to actually be part of an empire campaign. Even after completing the "first part" of it I was even more upset that it ended without a closing story (future DLC i bet). So damn sick and tired of games coming outPlayed on day 1, but only played the single player campaign. The campaign was going very well until it decided to go all obvious butterflies and switch factions, I wanted so much to actually be part of an empire campaign. Even after completing the "first part" of it I was even more upset that it ended without a closing story (future DLC i bet). So damn sick and tired of games coming out without completing the story, and you have to wait for DLC. So anyway after 3 weeks I came back and started multiplayer, figured first week would be buggy and exploiting in multiplayer. Well after 3 weeks, game is still buggy, exploits, yoyo banding, lag, just not overall fun to play. Wish I only bought the regular version instead of the 70$ one. I hope Disney takes away EA gaming rights, because EA is slowly destroying what players love and want in a Star Wars game.… Expand
  58. silversaihan
    Nov 15, 2017
    1
    I'm gutted. My one point goes to just how good the game looks, but in this state it is unenjoyable and stale. I was so looking forward to this. Shame. Let's hope this response will see P2Win style games go the way of the Dodo. Cosmetic loot is fine, but this is just not on.
  59. zaharprod
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    Want a funny story. Let's take a look at the results of a pay2win system ----> 0. "EA".It's Time to Stop "EA".It's Time to Stop " "EA".It's Time to Stop "EA".It's Time to Stop "
  60. FluffyBunnyBro
    Nov 15, 2017
    1
    The reason this piece of sh*t gets 1 star instead of 0 is because the graphics, like the first game, are amazing. The actual game though, is a steaming how pile of horse sh*t. The "progression" IS LOOTBOXES! LEGIT! I don't mind loot boxes being in a game, but when lootboxes ARE the game, you've got a huge problem.
    I was super hyped about this game. twice as many maps as the first, all    The reason this piece of sh*t gets 1 star instead of 0 is because the graphics, like the first game, are amazing. The actual game though, is a steaming how pile of horse sh*t. The "progression" IS LOOTBOXES! LEGIT! I don't mind loot boxes being in a game, but when lootboxes ARE the game, you've got a huge problem.
    I was super hyped about this game. twice as many maps as the first, all three eras, and NO SEASON PASS! Shutup and take my money! But then they had to ruin what could have been a great Star Wars game with pay2win lootboxes. There's legit a star card (Which you get from lootboxes) That gives you MORE AIM ASSIST! WTF!? I refuse to support this kind of bullsh*t that EA is trying to give us. If you care at all about the future of gaming, DO NOT BUY OR SUPPORT GAMES LIKE THIS! This is just ridiculous and I hope the 2,000 negative reviews are a huge wake up call for EA and other greedy companies like this. Don't support these greedy bastards, this is unacceptable.
    Oh, and if you were thinking about buying it for the campaign, don't. It's really not that great, and definitely not worth giving EA $60 for.
    So to sum it all up, this game might be the most insulting thing to ever be produced by any AAA company, and should not be supported in anyway. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME, and for the love of God, DO NOT BUY LOOTBOXES! I don't know how to end this thing. uhhhhh, f*** you EA.    … Expand
  61. MomoGaming
    Nov 15, 2017
    1
    I think this goes to show that people are sick and tired of mictrotransactions in games. The problem with the way EA has structured this game is by making it a pay to win system. Do you want good characters or items? Do you want to do better than others? Well you can pay to be better! Don't want to pay but want to still get the same items? Get ready to grind for MONTHS to get a bit of theI think this goes to show that people are sick and tired of mictrotransactions in games. The problem with the way EA has structured this game is by making it a pay to win system. Do you want good characters or items? Do you want to do better than others? Well you can pay to be better! Don't want to pay but want to still get the same items? Get ready to grind for MONTHS to get a bit of the same benefits of paying. EA fully understands this and want you to want to be loot boxes
    Games like Overwatch do these transactions correctly because the items are cosmetic items only. THEY DO NOT EFFECT GAMEPLAY.    … Expand
  62. User4321
    Nov 15, 2017
    1
    OK, I have 10 points to give this game. How much does it deserve?

    Multiplayer is pay to win. Minus 1 point. Heroes are locked behind grinding. Minus 1 point. Limits single-player earnings, forcing microtransactions. Minus 1 point. Campaign is meidiocre at best and way too short. Minus 1 point. Lootboxes. Minus 1 point. You can't use transport in battle unless you unlock    OK, I have 10 points to give this game. How much does it deserve?

    Multiplayer is pay to win. Minus 1 point.

    Heroes are locked behind grinding. Minus 1 point.

    Limits single-player earnings, forcing microtransactions. Minus 1 point.

    Campaign is meidiocre at best and way too short. Minus 1 point.

    Lootboxes. Minus 1 point.

    You can't use transport in battle unless you unlock it with points, and when its destroyed you have to gain points again to ride a freaking tank. Minus 1 point.

    The same goes for heroes. Minus 1 point.

    Heroes are not tied to the era. Minus 1 point.
    Graphics are great. 1 point earned.

    You have to play one specific class, to upgrade it and be on par with everybody else, which is limiting variety. Minus 1 point.

    Congratulations Battlefront II, you earned whole 1 point! EA, I hope you are happy!    … Expand
  63. JBS
    Mar 14, 2018
    1
    Buggy, glitchy, broken piece of sputum. Lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy developers.
  64. mike05555
    Nov 17, 2017
    1
    Mediocre shooter game play and the story is just ok nothing special.
    I know the fee to win aspect as been removed at the moment but the fact that they are going to reintroduce them later does not sit well.
    A few glitches are there as well like getting temporarily stuck in portions of the map or on one occasion falling through the map but these can be easily fixed i hope in a patch.
  65. iamevilhomer
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    Is giving this game a 1 me being too nice? It feels like it... I try to be forgiving and the kind of player who will play just about anything no matter how bad it is... But I just can't defend this garbage. I wouldn't touch this game with a 10 foot pole that's not even my own 10 foot pole... I know I should give it a zero but hey... I'm merciful... So a 1 it is...

    I know I'm going to    Is giving this game a 1 me being too nice? It feels like it... I try to be forgiving and the kind of player who will play just about anything no matter how bad it is... But I just can't defend this garbage. I wouldn't touch this game with a 10 foot pole that's not even my own 10 foot pole... I know I should give it a zero but hey... I'm merciful... So a 1 it is...

    I know I'm going to get a lot of hate for giving it a 1 instead of a 0 but what can I say? I'm trying to be positive... The game does have decent visuals in some areas at least... That's about it though. Everything else either sucks or REALLY sucks. Like the horrible micro transactions for example.

    I'm happy to see the users here on meta critic trash the heck out of this game. I thought they were too nice on CodWWpoo which is also a garbage game.

    I wont even bother to explain why the game is garbage in more detail than I already have... It should be obvious to all gamers at this point by now that it's trash. It's so trashy that even gamers like myself who haven't even played the game already know it's trash.

    Us gamers have instincts that tell us how bad a game is. You know that feeling where you fear for life when a snake is hissing at you and is rearing it's head back into a position where it's looking like it's going to quickly strike you with a poisonous bite? That's the similar feeling us gamers get when we're holding our wallets whilst thinking about what would happen if we were to buy this crappy game.

    You don't have to play a crap video game in order to learn that it's a crap video game. Common sense can easily figure that one out for ya... A little bit of experience in the gaming world and some research about the game is enough to learn how bad it really is. And that's what I have done to see that this micro transaction buffoonery of a game is the devil. A insult to our wallets... A insult to star wars... And most importantly...... A insult to us gamers.

    EA died a long time ago and they never were that good to begin with... Now their ghost has risen from the dead and now haunts us with trashy games like this one. Gaming is going through some dark times these days...    … Expand
  66. Ravarath
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    Oh yeah. Another EA "masterpiece" with super high price and riddled with P2W elements. For the love of Force i don't want to spend 60$ to buy the game and then another 60$ just to be able to compete or play with characters that I cherish and like. Don't buy this money grab. Just don't. It's EA that's should sum it up just fine.
  67. HartOz
    Nov 19, 2017
    1
    Some parts of this game are very nice. However there seems to be many things in the game that are not working so well. Vehicles are one such thing, where the ship your in bounces up and down all the time.
    Like all AAA games Battlefront 2 is full price, but to really progress or to be competitive in multiplayer you have to pay for loot boxes. Buying these boxes you have a very small chance    Some parts of this game are very nice. However there seems to be many things in the game that are not working so well. Vehicles are one such thing, where the ship your in bounces up and down all the time.
    Like all AAA games Battlefront 2 is full price, but to really progress or to be competitive in multiplayer you have to pay for loot boxes. Buying these boxes you have a very small chance of getting an item that you can actually use or want. This makes this game very expensive to play.
    I am also concerned that with only a moderate ESRB rating, that this game is aimed at young adults and children, and is in fact coercing them into online gambling.
    If this is the direction for all EA games, then I am going to pass on all their new IPs.    … Expand
  68. Gn2056
    Nov 20, 2017
    1
    I've put about 40 hours in, its a good looking game. Real problem with progression is you need crafting parts, everything else in crates is worthless. You get 35 to 50 parts per crate, 40 80 160 480 is what each level of star card takes to craft. If your duplicate cards gave you crafting parts it would be tolerable but they give you a tiny amount of credits so your never progressing much.I've put about 40 hours in, its a good looking game. Real problem with progression is you need crafting parts, everything else in crates is worthless. You get 35 to 50 parts per crate, 40 80 160 480 is what each level of star card takes to craft. If your duplicate cards gave you crafting parts it would be tolerable but they give you a tiny amount of credits so your never progressing much. Also you need to earn guns in game which is okay but very slow. Its just really unrewarding, but fun. Just hard to see how such a trash progression system made it in a AAA GAME. Seriously fire the board at EA take company private.… Expand
  69. Benjiib
    Nov 29, 2017
    1
    EA are a cancer to the games industry they rip people off and do not give a single f*** when you bring this issue up they laugh at everyone who buys the games because they know how bad they really are.
  70. Rioku
    Nov 15, 2017
    1
    The Progression of the player is attached to loot boxes.

    Cards that give lot of bonus, makes difference between players who have it and players who don´t.

    Pay to Win

    I wont buy, mi friends also dont buy.
  71. angraholyland
    Nov 17, 2017
    1
    Do not believe in EA lies: The launch of this game is a sad and miserable event for all the gaming community. This is a offense to all Star Wars fans worldwide: A PAY TO WIN stupid joke that needs to be erased from the market. This stupid arrogant corporation just destroys all the beautiful job DICE have done in the graphics and pew pew stuff vomiting a abhorrent loot box system that makesDo not believe in EA lies: The launch of this game is a sad and miserable event for all the gaming community. This is a offense to all Star Wars fans worldwide: A PAY TO WIN stupid joke that needs to be erased from the market. This stupid arrogant corporation just destroys all the beautiful job DICE have done in the graphics and pew pew stuff vomiting a abhorrent loot box system that makes one of the most promising games of this generation into a joke. Do not buy this game, boycott EA and all greedy corporations making this loot box festival. Just look at companies like CD project red to see what gaming is about, and how a good relationship with the customers is constructed: with hard work and respect.… Expand
  72. GeorgianInRussi
    Nov 15, 2017
    1
    No, i am not a bot, i am a real person and i just singed up to write a review with low rate to support all SW fans out there. I am SW fan too and t his situation really dissapoints me. Thought it would be a good game but EA and its greed destroys everything. Don't let them ACT as They want. We all are persons and most of us pay our hard-earned money to play... THIS? To play a game whereNo, i am not a bot, i am a real person and i just singed up to write a review with low rate to support all SW fans out there. I am SW fan too and t his situation really dissapoints me. Thought it would be a good game but EA and its greed destroys everything. Don't let them ACT as They want. We all are persons and most of us pay our hard-earned money to play... THIS? To play a game where you have to pay or play 24 hours per day to get something good and not being kicked by donater? Don't you EA dare pull something like this out ever again… Expand
  73. KittyWhisky
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    The game have insanely beautiful graphics. Playing this game, you go to a movie. And that's fine. Wonderful graphics, great sound can really good.

    The company is normal. Just a normal, slightly boring. In any case, it is and that is good. But for the company to buy the game not worth it. Multiplayer... Buy the game for it. And it's good. It is also very beautiful, the gameplay is    The game have insanely beautiful graphics. Playing this game, you go to a movie. And that's fine. Wonderful graphics, great sound can really good.

    The company is normal. Just a normal, slightly boring. In any case, it is and that is good. But for the company to buy the game not worth it.

    Multiplayer... Buy the game for it. And it's good. It is also very beautiful, the gameplay is good. But! It's PAY TO WIN. People who won't buy loot boxes will lose to players who spend money on the loot boxes - IT's a FACT! There is no normal progression system, like in all games. If you're not in the first place, then simply you will not have points to play a character. It's awful! I want to relax and take in the game, and sometimes play the hero. But if I am not a god in the game, then I will not play a hero. And the gods will be those who will buy loot boxes. At least a couple of months while the rest of them will not catch up without spending real money.

    Let's don't encourage developers for a disgusting business model!    … Expand
  74. BSchwarz95
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    I waited a year to play this game, in order to be free from all of the negativity surrounding it. A year later, a fresh slate, and an open mind could not save the quality of this game from being as disappointing as it simply is. The story is uninspired, repetitive, boring, and emotionless. It's the least amount of fun I've had playing a video game in some time and to consider that this isI waited a year to play this game, in order to be free from all of the negativity surrounding it. A year later, a fresh slate, and an open mind could not save the quality of this game from being as disappointing as it simply is. The story is uninspired, repetitive, boring, and emotionless. It's the least amount of fun I've had playing a video game in some time and to consider that this is a STAR WARS game, I'm astounded by how terrible it is. Not to mention, the AI was incredibly unintuitive and there were glitches that made me have to repeat entire areas a few times, mainly the unreasonably inaccurate hit boxes that make flying scenarios an absolute chore. The game was split right down the middle between time in game and time in cutscene, which can be totally fine. Except, both were miserable. The gameplay was atrocious and the dialogue was embarrassing. I honestly can't believe a game of this caliber is as unimpressive as it is. So much for waiting a year to give this game the respect I thought it deserved.… Expand
  75. nailheart
    Mar 29, 2018
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Oh hell!EA just ruined another great game!Really i hate this greedy company!First of all they destroyed Dragon age doing Inquisition.After first dragon age with dlc i have played inquisition with tears in my eyes.Boring atmosphere,nothing new,the same quests...I have started this game again and again but i cant played much because of boredom.After few attempts i deleted this game from my ps4 and i will never return.After that i have expected another great game - Mass effect.Truly great story with very picturesque character - captain Shepard.Great story,interesting quests,system of exploration.It would seem that the game just can not be spoiled.But congratulations EA!You have done it.You released this sorry game Andromeda.This is not mass effect at all.Boring storyline,poor graphics,all planets looks like the same except weather conditions.Same bosses stupid architects everywhere,you even dont have to change your tactics to defead them.And final boss?Its giant rat?
    Pregnant Troll?Or emoboy with pink hair?No!This is stupid architect once again!I feel very sorry for wasted money.And after all this you have ruined another great game,Battlefront 2.I want to really buy it but i cant because of this lootboxes.This is spittle in the face of the gaming community!Only more or less good game from EA its Battlefield 1.But it's a drop in the ocean.Gaming community will win!Boycott EA!Play another good games from another more smarter developers!P.S.Sorry for my English its really bad,im living in another country and dont know this language good enough.I gave them one point because of good dice graphics.    … Expand
  76. SkyMeta
    Nov 15, 2017
    1
    I'm giving this review 1 point for DICE, the game was well programmed, well designed, with great conceptual art, great music and great gameplay (mostly, without arcade).
    But all this hard work gets ashamed by the fact that first 5 hours you play this game it discourages so much due his toxic progression. Loot Boxes in paid games are a cancer: YES. And EA is the worst gaming company at the    I'm giving this review 1 point for DICE, the game was well programmed, well designed, with great conceptual art, great music and great gameplay (mostly, without arcade).
    But all this hard work gets ashamed by the fact that first 5 hours you play this game it discourages so much due his toxic progression. Loot Boxes in paid games are a cancer: YES. And EA is the worst gaming company at the time: YES.
    I'd wish this game could have been in the hands of any other publisher, shame was EA.    … Expand
  77. robertoiglesias
    Feb 15, 2020
    1
    "Not that bad imo. The loot boxes are annoying but overall the game isn’t horrible. Please don’t dislike this.
    If you do, it’s saying that you can’t respect my opinion."

    I apologize for that review. God this game is ****
  78. XAH_COJIO
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fill the Force of DONATE side! Мало было кусками нарезанной первой части, неистребимых читеров (по причине отсутствия желания что то с ними делать), Electronic Arts теперь решили добить далёкую галактику тотальным донатом и "замечательной" системой Pay to Win! И это в ААА-проекте за полную стоимость! Браво!!!… Expand
  79. Huikk4poks
    Nov 16, 2017
    1
    Battlefront 2 is a good example to stop buying games from EA. Everything that they promised at the beginning, that they are going to fix everything from the first one and "we have listened fans!" they F**KED it up. If you are buying a full priced game you should get proper game with a game mechanics that are fair for the buyer, but no! EA´s strategy is to make you pay more. UsuallyBattlefront 2 is a good example to stop buying games from EA. Everything that they promised at the beginning, that they are going to fix everything from the first one and "we have listened fans!" they F**KED it up. If you are buying a full priced game you should get proper game with a game mechanics that are fair for the buyer, but no! EA´s strategy is to make you pay more. Usually something is locked from the player and wants to buyer to purchase more dlc´s or loot boxes. Do not buy this game!… Expand
  80. Kuterfazer
    Nov 16, 2017
    1
    I am giving "1" because once I liked EA. Now what EA is doing with us and its attitude is awful, and whats more this is somehow our fault for we let them treat us like a bunch of brainless creatures. At the beginning of microtransactions, we accepted it and let it develop, so now they want only more money because they know that many of us (players) want to be the best, buy skins etc. EAI am giving "1" because once I liked EA. Now what EA is doing with us and its attitude is awful, and whats more this is somehow our fault for we let them treat us like a bunch of brainless creatures. At the beginning of microtransactions, we accepted it and let it develop, so now they want only more money because they know that many of us (players) want to be the best, buy skins etc. EA needs a powerful kick in its butt to realize that players always buy games if a game is decent as it was in the case of The Witcher 3, remember? They didn't use DRM, they gave us a great story with great side quests and finally, they gave us 2 times DLC so huge that we could call it a different game. EA needs a lesson that will reveal the connection between gamers and developers.… Expand
  81. Lilahkiz
    Nov 17, 2017
    1
    Microtransactions maybe gone FOR NOW but knowing EA they are gonna find a way to put cash in their pockets no matter the feedback we give them. Anyway great graphics and sound but dissappointing story wish Fiscal was still around glad they remove themselves form the devil.
  82. Daisah
    Nov 17, 2017
    1
    Whilst overall Dice has made a fairly good looking game, it's still the standard "EA Shooter" with a Star Wars skin. Still no true "ironsights".

    In reality, this is just another greedy cash grab from EA- Battlefront 2015- just with more layers of wrapping paper.
  83. Kristar
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    Сама игра очень даже ничего... Но блядь долбаные микротранзакции, игра и так стоит денег, а нас заставляют платить. Electronic Arts **** ****
  84. Voidzpace
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    When progression is completely tied to RNG unlocks of loot boxes it creates a completely unrewarding experience for the game. It doesn't matter what way you like to play or how much time you put into a "class". All of that is meaningless unless you get the unlocks from loot boxes for that specific class.

    Gameplay is EXACTLY like its predecessor with the only improvement being in the    When progression is completely tied to RNG unlocks of loot boxes it creates a completely unrewarding experience for the game. It doesn't matter what way you like to play or how much time you put into a "class". All of that is meaningless unless you get the unlocks from loot boxes for that specific class.

    Gameplay is EXACTLY like its predecessor with the only improvement being in the space battles.

    As a huge fan of Star Wars I am disappointed in the face that EA has made little gameplay improvements and only focuses on ways they can make more money off their consumers.

    Avoid the game, resist the temptation to play because I can promise you that the idea you have in your head about playing a new AAA Star Wars game wont match the reality of this generic, boring cash grab of a game.    … Expand
  85. MichelRonaldo
    Nov 17, 2017
    1
    personalmente Star Wars es una de mis sagas favoritas de toda la vida, este juego pintaba para mucho mas, pero pienso que nuevamente se centraron mas en el multiplayer que en la historia, que a pesar de que este juego si tiene, no satisface que sea una campaña tan corta, me parece una groseria muy grande el tema de los micro pagos y es el punto mas en contra de este videojuego, no piensopersonalmente Star Wars es una de mis sagas favoritas de toda la vida, este juego pintaba para mucho mas, pero pienso que nuevamente se centraron mas en el multiplayer que en la historia, que a pesar de que este juego si tiene, no satisface que sea una campaña tan corta, me parece una groseria muy grande el tema de los micro pagos y es el punto mas en contra de este videojuego, no pienso pagar nada mas que los 60 dolares que ya cuesta este juego y claro si no pagas no tienes oportunidad en el multiplayer ese es el mas grande error.… Expand
  86. MidoDaDon
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    A decent game disgraced by P2W loot-box system, with over-complicated multiplayer progression system and a bad single player experience, there is no reason to buy this game, just skip it.
  87. krf54
    Nov 15, 2017
    1
    Pay2Win is an absolute deal killer for me no matter how small the microtransaction. I'm disappointed because I was really looking forward to this release for awhile. EA it's time to change!
  88. Iron_Butler
    Dec 15, 2017
    1
    Adding microtransactions and pay to win mechanics in a full priced game is enough reason to give this game a zero, but the game itself is better than the first one, so I'll give it a 1.
    Thanks EA for destroying potenitionally good games with your greed.
  89. Cuberian
    Nov 16, 2017
    1
    Shortly:EA I thought closing of studios you already as much as possible raped the game industry...
    Full: when one month ago was able beta battlefront I was happy. It was beautiful game with my favorite Star Wars characters, but was one point which disturbed me - lootboxes. But then I having ignored this fact I issued the preorder of Deluxe edition version of a game and I did not read any    Shortly:EA I thought closing of studios you already as much as possible raped the game industry...
    Full: when one month ago was able beta battlefront I was happy. It was beautiful game with my favorite Star Wars characters, but was one point which disturbed me - lootboxes. But then I having ignored this fact I issued the preorder of Deluxe edition version of a game and I did not read any information concerning a game that completely will enjoy it in day when it becomes available for play. And now having got access to a game for three days earlier I played it. It.....It terrible! What you problem EA?! You don’t have money? Maybe Battlefield 1 badly was on sale? Or can be after purchase of Respawn entertainment nothing remained? This madness! The system of lootboxes that allows any person who is capable to pay for them after purchase of your game the incredible force and level to which normal players should develop months! It is not enough to you to destroy game studios that made fine games, lived for the ideas and pleased millions of players worldwide, you want to turn the industry into huge bank where there will be no place to creativity and innovation! I anybody will not force not to buy battlefront 2 but if you think it I ask to make that think to whom you give the honestly earned money.    … Expand
  90. wm_comeback
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    EA became some kind of Evil Corp. This is not how the game should look. It's not even Pay2Win, it's pay 2 kill gamedev. I'm very angry. I should cancel my preorder immediately!!!
  91. Xenus13
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    I can’t recommend this game to anyone in the current state. To feel constrained by a freemium progression system in a full retail game is ridiculous. If the campaign was a thorough and meaningful experience maybe some of the online elements could be slightly forgiven, but this is not the case. Progressing a chosen hero or class is basically rolling the dice or dumping money for betterI can’t recommend this game to anyone in the current state. To feel constrained by a freemium progression system in a full retail game is ridiculous. If the campaign was a thorough and meaningful experience maybe some of the online elements could be slightly forgiven, but this is not the case. Progressing a chosen hero or class is basically rolling the dice or dumping money for better odds. The decision making is largely removed from this system as you rely on randomisation to decide for you how you will progress through the online modes. Yes you can get scrap but this is gained in such small quantities that it’s easy to dismiss as a viable option.

    It’s a shame as the gameplay is half decent, but I spend more time being angry at not being able to access or upgrade content that it just becomes a frustrating means to end. In this type of game, gameplay needs to lead to some sort of rewarding progression and it does not. To spend hours playing to unlock some crates and ending up with nothing of value is disheartening and, for me, is a reason to take the disc out and play something else. If a game makes you feel that way, despite how great it could have been under a different system, then it fails a major criteria which all games should have, the element of fun.

    There are difficult games I have played that have left me frustrated but a skill check can be overcome. The only way to overcome BF2’s challenges are by emptying your wallet or grinding your way to a point where the game loses all its appeal. EA need to take a strong look at how they want this game to fit in the future. Either by reviewing the cost of crates, removing the feature entirely or making the online element f2p. The most sickening thing is that the online element works like a f2p system. And at £49.99 this has overshadowed everything positive about the game and for good reason.    … Expand
  92. That_Guy_Perth
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    Pay to win garbage. Loot box rubbish. Micro-transaction trash. EA is obviously trying to take advantage of the popular system at the moment of abusing people with gambling addiction. I cannot believe the grind in this pathetic excuse of a game. Thankfully I'm getting a refund!! Do not spend your cash or hell even any of your time on this money grabbing venture for one of the mostPay to win garbage. Loot box rubbish. Micro-transaction trash. EA is obviously trying to take advantage of the popular system at the moment of abusing people with gambling addiction. I cannot believe the grind in this pathetic excuse of a game. Thankfully I'm getting a refund!! Do not spend your cash or hell even any of your time on this money grabbing venture for one of the most disgusting and devious of producers. Disney/Lucas arts take away their licencing before they ruin the gaming reputation of this franchise. This is the reason why they are the most hated company in the world!!… Expand
  93. Darkscr
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    Поддержу Дрю, и захэйтю БФ2, идите нах*й со своим данатом и лутбоксами, скажите больше игры без доната не продаются и не приносят? Hellblade Senua Sacrifice отличное тому опровержение
  94. TZT
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    PLS! ALL! Dont buy this game! If we continue to buy games for $ 60 with microtransactions, then it will only get worse
    1/10 and 1 is only for the good game ruined by EA
  95. Vasuri
    Nov 15, 2017
    1
    В целом это вполне неплохая игра, однако EA с её нескончаемой жадностью просто уничтожила Battlefornt 2. Премиум игра за 60$ со всеми механиками free-to-play игр с мобилок: pay to win, ограничение на заработок валюты в день, лутбоксы, а так же попытки скрыть все это за крайне отвратительным маркетингом (например везде трубили о том, что цены на героев понизили на 75%. Только они забылиВ целом это вполне неплохая игра, однако EA с её нескончаемой жадностью просто уничтожила Battlefornt 2. Премиум игра за 60$ со всеми механиками free-to-play игр с мобилок: pay to win, ограничение на заработок валюты в день, лутбоксы, а так же попытки скрыть все это за крайне отвратительным маркетингом (например везде трубили о том, что цены на героев понизили на 75%. Только они забыли упомянуть что и награды так же снизились на 75%). Поэтому, пожалуйста, не поддерживайте ЕА.… Expand
  96. omnisuka
    Dec 26, 2017
    1
    One of my beloved franchise ruined by EA. Come on. could do better than that
  97. DStylemasters
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    Я призываю остановить угрозы рядовым сотрудникам ЕА и DICE!

    Это не совсем корректно! Словно оскорблять официантов и выливать всю кислоту на них за то, что к суп, поданный Вам в ресторане за 50$ сухой и в него не налили воды, что бы он стал тем чем должен быть и приобрел хоть какой-то вид первого блюда с обложки меню! Набраться смелости, зайти на кухню и во всеуслышанье сказать    Я призываю остановить угрозы рядовым сотрудникам ЕА и DICE!

    Это не совсем корректно!

    Словно оскорблять официантов и выливать всю кислоту на них за то, что к суп, поданный Вам в ресторане за 50$ сухой и в него не налили воды, что бы он стал тем чем должен быть и приобрел хоть какой-то вид первого блюда с обложки меню!

    Набраться смелости, зайти на кухню и во всеуслышанье сказать толстенному шеф-повару с огромным ножом, что он бездарен и пытается тебя обмануть, называя сухие продукты, аккуратно положенные в глубокую тарелку для первого блюда, супом!

    В случае с Battlefront 2, Need for Speed:Payback, Shadow of War эффективнее, читаем между строк:

    - придти на кухню ( сайт метакритики, любые другие форумы)
    - высказаться о текущей ситуации, а именно позорной меркантильности, жаждой наживы (оставить правдивый отзыв - ЭТО КАСАЕТСЯ ИГРОВЫХ ОБЗОРЩИКОВ!)
    - не рекомендовать данное блюдо к покупке (а именно Battlefront2) и посещение данных ресторанов (студию ЕА)

    Я искренне не понимаю почему купив продукт за 50 баксов, мне необходимо вкладывать дополнительные средства за улучшение наслаждения от его использования.
    Это просто стыдно!

    И ПОЗОР тем обзорщикам, которым добрые люди занесут денежные средства и не скажут о данном факте!

    Платные чит-коды или Лотерея, сравни онлайн-казино?

    Каждый выбирает сам, за что платит, но однозначно заплативший дважды, как дважды обманутый из народного высказывания.

    Обманишь однажды, позор тебе!
    Обманишь дважды, позор мне!

    1 / 10

    К сожалению на фоне данного, далеко не самого приятного факта, совсем теряется впечатления и кайф игры от добротно сделанной кампании, которую так ждали, но мало кто заметит!

    И виноваты в этом исключительно вечно голодные ЕА, не знающие русской народную призказки:
    "Тише едешь, дальше будешь!"

    Е.Д.А.    … Expand
  98. Fluxcapacitor
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    So this is what gamin has become? Full priced $60 games that exploit the addictive behavior in children by creating RNG loot boxes that take so long to grind without paying money that those without the willpower will cave in and spend money. On top of that it's pay to win. This game has great game play and that's about it. Campaign is short and forgetful. The rest just feel like a lootSo this is what gamin has become? Full priced $60 games that exploit the addictive behavior in children by creating RNG loot boxes that take so long to grind without paying money that those without the willpower will cave in and spend money. On top of that it's pay to win. This game has great game play and that's about it. Campaign is short and forgetful. The rest just feel like a loot box mobile game. EA is truly the trash of the gaming industry. So sad they are doing this to Star Wars. Disney should be ashamed they allowed EA to have the license.… Expand
  99. Belmond0
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    This is the last time I purchased game from EA. lootboxes, grinding and microtransactions in a game for full price. Really? You crossed the line, EA, goodbye!
  100. Agrok
    Nov 14, 2017
    1
    Может и не совсем правильно ставить игре такие низкие рейтинги не оценив саму игру, но..! Когда я покупаю ведьмака то я за такие же деньги получаю огромную игру , на которую можно потратить пол жизни, ещё и скины и несколько квестов бесплатно! Здесь же мы получаем игру в которой почти обязательные доплаты, это относится и к фифе и большинству игр ЕА, хватит это терпеть люди! Это наш шансМожет и не совсем правильно ставить игре такие низкие рейтинги не оценив саму игру, но..! Когда я покупаю ведьмака то я за такие же деньги получаю огромную игру , на которую можно потратить пол жизни, ещё и скины и несколько квестов бесплатно! Здесь же мы получаем игру в которой почти обязательные доплаты, это относится и к фифе и большинству игр ЕА, хватит это терпеть люди! Это наш шанс показать что мы готовы не покупать игру, которая показывает отношение разработчиков к игрокам как к стаду! Лучше поддержим тех кто нас уважает а не наживается… Expand
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#3 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2017

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 62 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 36 out of 62
  3. Negative: 3 out of 62
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Feb 6, 2018
    70
    Excellent online action offers hours of Stormtooper-shooting fun, but the so-so campaign stumbles, while cynical loot crates leave a sour taste. [Jan 2017, p.83]
  2. Gamersky
    Jan 21, 2018
    75
    Star Wars Battlefront II provides a greater ambition than the previous installment. It has powerful war scenes, a brand new single player mode, and shows a much more magnificent Star Wars Universe. But just like the Jedi should be ware of the dark side of the Force, this game also meets some similar situations, such as beleaguered microtransaction elements and character growth problems. The first 10 hours of this game is full of surprises; however, the further you play this game, the more disappointed you will get.
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  3. PLAY! Zine
    Dec 29, 2017
    70
    Although game has huge problems with p2w microtransactions, it is still a good and fun gameplay experience with stunning visuals.
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