Star Wars Battlefront II

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1.7

Overwhelming dislike- based on 8873 Ratings

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  1. weyoun319
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    EA. . Not even the Star WARS IP will make me buy a game form you. Your lack of empathy and disrespect toward your consumers has gone for too long SHAME
  2. Billfromftworth
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    This is sick psychological manipulation in a full priced game. It takes only one peace of straw to brake the camels back. This has to stop children play star wars games. pay to win and gambling have NO PLACE in a full priced game aimed at adolescents.
  3. huihui3
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    Don't Buy this game
    Game is fine but you need to pay alot more for other feature that you are deserved to begin with.
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  4. abbluiz
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    This is a ridiculous game. Not because of graphics, or gameplay, but for EA's decision to include microtransactions on it. It is disgusting and a shame for the Star Wars franchise #RIPLUCASARTS
  5. Varg1974
    Nov 20, 2017
    0
    I might be old-school (+40) but Im old enough to know when I need to learn new stuff and when I dont.

    When I buy a computer game for a decent amount of money, and I start the game, I more or less want to play it. Thats it. When its multiplayer I want to play against,other players in a somewhat level playing field. What I do not want, and I never will, is to be forced tolearn some in    I might be old-school (+40) but Im old enough to know when I need to learn new stuff and when I dont.

    When I buy a computer game for a decent amount of money, and I start the game, I more or less want to play it. Thats it. When its multiplayer I want to play against,other players in a somewhat level playing field. What I do not want, and I never will, is to be forced tolearn some in game economics to understand loads of different currencies. Just to get some basic stuff.

    Jesus what a mess this game is. Like the third rate mobile games my kids sometimes stumbles upon on their mobiles, and I instantly stear them away from. Crystals, credits, star cards, loot boxes.
    I dont want to have to understand that crap. I really dont. One currency is fine, but three? And next game its new crystals or gems or whatever just in different colors. Its childish and breaks immersion. Every single time. My god! Is it a casino or a shooter?

    Keep it simple, and keep it fair. It cannot be that hard. And it isnt. This is just from greed. I honestly think greed is killing the AAA gaming industry one franchise at the time. In the long run that probably is bad for the share-holders of the companies as well. Not just gamers.

    Stay away from this game people. Things need to change or we will be stuck with slot machines and cards in every single game, genre, time period and from all developers for all times to come.    … Expand
  6. Rommel1
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    Microtransactions galore. Loot boxes encourage your kid to spend additional money. This is a money grabbing attempt by EA. If you dont want your kids spending $2,000 on your credit cards dont buy this gambling emulator.
  7. Clavius8
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    This does not deserve to be called a classic video game. A more accurate name for this thing is direct deposit into the EA company s account. Not to mention its a gambling system and all of this simply doesn't make up for how "spectacular" the game play might be its utter garbage through an through.
  8. blackdragon79
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    100% garbage. EA purposely gimp what could of been a great game. For what? Just to line you pockets with more money. Gamers paid you 60.00 for a game give them what they paid for. Micro transactions has no place in out AAA titles. Screw off EA
  9. Davicritic
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    STOP destroying this industry with pay2win systems inside $60 AAA titles!!! Younger players maybe never met a gamingworld without this "pay to press A" trash but old school is still here to expose THIS SHAME! We are players not living wallets!

    E-money-A with Battlefront 2 is taking advantage of this AMAZING STAR WARS IP by the worse way possible, ruining a pretty good game designed by    STOP destroying this industry with pay2win systems inside $60 AAA titles!!! Younger players maybe never met a gamingworld without this "pay to press A" trash but old school is still here to expose THIS SHAME! We are players not living wallets!

    E-money-A with Battlefront 2 is taking advantage of this AMAZING STAR WARS IP by the worse way possible, ruining a pretty good game designed by DICE.

    If this new dlcs culture were JUST LIKE the old known EXPANSIONS culture from the 90's and early 00's it would be great, but not this "microgamblingsactions" trash... STOP!    … Expand
  10. JanDaBaboon
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    This game is absolute trash, why do you have a standardized mobile game system in a 60-80 dollar game? Its a AAA title for **** The campaign is okay, and the multiplyplayer and progression system is 100% tied around the loot-crate system so as long as you pay -> You Win!
  11. satriojp
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    SHAME ON YOU EA !! THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS !! i am big fan of star wars battlefront but micro-transaction and loot box ruin everything ! i dont need star card that so rubbish this AAA games not a free to play mobile game !
  12. enoch748
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2017) is the worst video game I have ever played in my life. The amount of greed that EA has is astronomical. It’s astounding that EA demands that after paying $60 for this game the only way to play this game is through in game purchases called micro transactions. And you can’t even buy what you want. You have to buy a “loot box” which is essentially onlineStar Wars Battlefront 2 (2017) is the worst video game I have ever played in my life. The amount of greed that EA has is astronomical. It’s astounding that EA demands that after paying $60 for this game the only way to play this game is through in game purchases called micro transactions. And you can’t even buy what you want. You have to buy a “loot box” which is essentially online gambling to get a chance to get the upgrade you want. It is extremely PAY TO WIN and is the most predatorial game I have ever seen in my life. The entire game is designed to suck dry anyone with a gambling addiction and the game FREAKING TARGETS CHILDREN EXPOSING THEM TO GAMBLING!!!!! Avoid this game like it is the plague because if you want to do anything in this game you are going to easily be forced to pay well over $400 to make any significant progress or play over 1 year of straight gameplay without turning it off or including losing screens or menus. I highly recommend that you DO NOT BUY THIS GAME AT ALL COSTS. This can not be allowed to continue or happen in the future.… Expand
  13. Us3rnam3
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    No micro transactions when you already have to fork out a hundred bucks + plus +++++. This crap will stop. Can't enjoy a game that is teaching my kids to gamble. EA are a low bunch of grubs trying to profit of parents when they have already paid there hard earned money for this product. This game really is in a galaxy far far away for me.
  14. Vitunia
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    This is trash, not a game. Pay to win as in mobile gaming. Do not even consider buying this game if you don't want to sponsor EA and make microtransactions a norm in today's games.
  15. kot0005
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    Just signed up to leave review on this horrible game. The graphics are similar to SWBF 1 released 2 years ago. There is a Campaign but its only 5 hours ish long..Multiplayer is heavily gated behind microtransactions. If you want to play with game online , be prepared to spend hours and hours to unlock core stuff like vader/luke. They locked microtransactions temporarily and the game feelsJust signed up to leave review on this horrible game. The graphics are similar to SWBF 1 released 2 years ago. There is a Campaign but its only 5 hours ish long..Multiplayer is heavily gated behind microtransactions. If you want to play with game online , be prepared to spend hours and hours to unlock core stuff like vader/luke. They locked microtransactions temporarily and the game feels even worse because I cant gamble and buy loot boxes to increase my power against other players. Worst game ever. Period. I played this on a friends console and I will be staying away. WIll try it again when the price drops to $5.… Expand
  16. bichroaster
    Nov 18, 2017
    0
    Yet another potentially good game some fat cats in a sky-scraper decided to ruin because their yachts didn't have enough stripper poles. You are not buying this game, you are purchasing what drug dealers give out for free when they want to hook you: the first hit; for free. The difference is that here, you get to pay 60 dollars for a luke-warm experience obviously catered to give you justYet another potentially good game some fat cats in a sky-scraper decided to ruin because their yachts didn't have enough stripper poles. You are not buying this game, you are purchasing what drug dealers give out for free when they want to hook you: the first hit; for free. The difference is that here, you get to pay 60 dollars for a luke-warm experience obviously catered to give you just a taste of the good stuff and then force you to pay a premium for the rest. As a game, it's OK. Another Battlefield game in the post Call of Duty for era of gaming. There was a time when every single AAA video game wasn't trying to be a movie, and, in that particular space of the industry, the games were better 10, 15, 20 years ago. Nothing justifies this craven, disrespectful and blatant manipulation of a franchise that millions of people hold dear along with their childhood memories.

    I hope EA is cursed to win worst company in America year after year after year. It would seem that they didn't learn the first two times. This company does not want to give a good product in good faith, they want to make it and sell it to you in disparate pieces. Holding a carrot on a stick like this is the capitalist equivalent of an abusive spouse. When they screw up badly enough, they'll play nice for a month or two, but when they sense any comfort, they'll be stealing money out of your wallet for another "special massage" from some girl named Sha-Dynasty. Respect yourself and don't buy any of their products.    … Expand
  17. hgooob2000
    Nov 18, 2017
    0
    They will add lootboxes back later, DO NOT BUY.
    we need Ea to lose a huge amount of money for them to stop being scummy, if that ever is possible,
    just stop funding their bs.
  18. haszek
    Nov 18, 2017
    0
    No Disney, no gambling for children! No pay to win.

    This game is bad even after removing micro transactions, poor action, poor single, only graphics is decent. Stay away. No Disney no EA.
  19. Its_a_trap
    Nov 18, 2017
    0
    Best Campaign. Never seen this perspective before. Never played as a **** traitor before. We were promised an empire campaign, and that is what we got.... Wow, just wow.
  20. Drastic_drugs
    Nov 18, 2017
    0
    Objective assessment of this game - minus 10 out of 10. EA I hope your income will be divided by zero! "ALL! Don't buy this game! If we continue to buy games for $ 60 with microtransactions, then it will only get worse!" I subscribe to every word!
  21. Adsshotta786
    Nov 20, 2017
    0
    EA you're shame to GAME INDUSTRY. Go make everyone a favour and stop with it, close company.
    You keep killing good developer studios, you killed DEAD SPACE you killed MASS EFFECT. Don't you have enough?
    Absolutely trash. This isn't a game, it's an illegal gambling system that goes through enough loopholes just to slip past regulations in the U.S. This is ridiculous, and I think that a    EA you're shame to GAME INDUSTRY. Go make everyone a favour and stop with it, close company.
    You keep killing good developer studios, you killed DEAD SPACE you killed MASS EFFECT. Don't you have enough?
    Absolutely trash. This isn't a game, it's an illegal gambling system that goes through enough loopholes just to slip past regulations in the U.S. This is ridiculous, and I think that a boycott is in order, and that Congress needs to investigate this matter. Games like Battlefront are literally encouraging kids (and adults) to gamble. Stay far away.    … Expand
  22. Zerone007
    Nov 18, 2017
    0
    Este juego demuestra lo que es la industria de los videojuegos hoy en dia, los micropagos no son malos, lo malo es que te vendan el juego en 60 dolares y este incompleto, si fuera free to play, y se basara en micropagos no habia ningun problema, pero pagando, y despues pagar el servicio online y despues pagar micropagos para ontener mejoras, la diversion murio
  23. Asnow30
    Nov 18, 2017
    0
    No one can defend this **** The politics of this game are an example of the near death of the games as we know nowadays. It´s time to complain of this abuse in order to advertise the companies that we want complete and good quality games!
  24. hassambitw
    Nov 18, 2017
    0
    Made an account to fight against the disease that is plaguing all games now. These lootboxes need to be stopped from poisoning the gaming industry. Say no and do not buy this game. EA needs to get their **** together.
  25. Alexaroth
    Nov 18, 2017
    0
    80$ plus 40 hours per character or several hundred dollars to unlock stuff? I literally can't afford that EA, sorry. This is a 20-30 hour game max, no justification for this system
  26. Dorminx
    Nov 18, 2017
    0
    **** story mode, bad rewarding system, P2W! Arcade mode has cooldown... That's joke, nice job EA, you wanted to rape players again, but players are gonna rape you too. Don't buy this crap.
  27. Gungan
    Nov 18, 2017
    0
    The most heinous example of exploitative gambling micro-transactions ever to grace the mainstream video game industry. The entire blind loot box experience can be compared 1 to 1 with a modern day slot machine in its application of addiction creating and reinforcing psychological techniques: the flashy spectacle and visuals that entertain the player, the obfuscated odds that change withoutThe most heinous example of exploitative gambling micro-transactions ever to grace the mainstream video game industry. The entire blind loot box experience can be compared 1 to 1 with a modern day slot machine in its application of addiction creating and reinforcing psychological techniques: the flashy spectacle and visuals that entertain the player, the obfuscated odds that change without warning, the false wins, and free rolls to trigger dopamine release and continue a perpetual cycle. They can use your playing habits to analyze how frustrated they can make you before you quit and give you a bone right before you do to keep you playing; repeat for as long as possible to give more opportunities for you to spend. This is why slots are the biggest money maker in casinos, and why these greedy parasites are trying to copy them for video games.

    It's also the definition of pay to win. The supertrooper elite bundle straight up makes you the best thing on 2 legs for the foreseeable future because you've got a massive head start (especially now that micro-transactions were disabled). Gear/power based progression has zero place in a competitive multiplayer game. I don't stop playing StarCraft for 3 weeks to come back and get pwned by people who have permanently levelled up their damage or gotten abilities I don't have access to yet.

    Sorry EA, but the defence that "it's not gambling because you always get something out of a loot box" is complete horse crap because a slot machine that pays out less than you put in on every play is still gambling. If it looks like a duck, and acts like a duck, it's a duck.

    Lets also not forget that the single player campaign is hugely buggy, and unfinished. They are withholding the ending of the campaign until The Last Jedi releases to prevent spoilers... which begs the question of why they didn't just wait to release the complete game for the holidays instead.

    If we have to sacrifice Star Wars on the altar of common decency then so be it. This game needs to fail hard to send a message to the entire industry that these disgusting practices will not be permitted to continue. That's coming from a lifelong Star Wars fan that owns basically every Star Wars book ever written.

    As a family focused company, Disney needs to revoke EA's license (or at the very least the exclusivity clause) so we can see someone with actual ethics and love for the IP and its community make a game actually worth supporting.

    I don't think I can stand more of this garbage for 7 more years.    … Expand
  28. sam---owen
    Nov 18, 2017
    0
    Please boycott. This is an illegal gambling system aimed at getting kids to pay large amounts of money to get ahead. Shameless exploitation of consumer. Expect to see this fare similar to Infinite Warfare and be available for £12 in six month's time.
  29. volkoff
    Nov 18, 2017
    0
    Do not buy this game! Especially not for your children and/or if you yourself are a child! they tailored the microtransactions to work in such a way that it promote's addiction so you spend as much money on it as humanly possible. which could lead to a lot of problems in later stage's in you or your child's life.

    the way the micro-transactions operate is incredibly similiar to a    Do not buy this game! Especially not for your children and/or if you yourself are a child! they tailored the microtransactions to work in such a way that it promote's addiction so you spend as much money on it as humanly possible. which could lead to a lot of problems in later stage's in you or your child's life.

    the way the micro-transactions operate is incredibly similiar to a 'skinner-box'. skinner was a psychologist whom did alot of research into behavior. they basicly (ab)used this knowledge to maximize profit without caring about the mental health or financial well-being of their customer's. i highly recommend to read more about the research done by the aforementioned psychologist so you can make an informed decision on what kind of games to buy since these practice's seem to become more and prevalent in video-games.

    now to talk about the game itself;

    it's an upgrades version of battlefront(2015) in which it does alot of things better gameplay wise, and its graphic fidelity is also very pleasing to the eye's. i personally had a great time playing the beta, i especially liked that they included space-battle's and a campaign!
    but even though i enjoyed the game and i am a huge star wars nerd i wont buy this game.

    the fact that disney, a company which develops products mostly around children. actually green-light such a harmfull feature to be implemented in a game which revolve's around their intellectual property is absolutely shamefull!    … Expand
  30. Zenque
    Nov 18, 2017
    0
    its illegal gambling. its not right to put out a game for full price and then make play pay even more for it. i hope no one is buying this game as long has this loot system
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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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