Star Wars Battlefront II

 PlayStation 4
User Score
1.7

Overwhelming dislike- based on 8873 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,158 out of 8873
  2. Mixed: 470 out of 8873
  3. Negative: 7,245 out of 8873
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  1. shez
    Nov 28, 2017
    0
    EA, stop ruining all the franchise i once loved. These business practices have to stop for once and for all. i hated micro-transactions for years now, but I'm glad that now people are opening their eyes.
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Ecresis
    Nov 28, 2017
    0
    The day Electronic Art$ went too far. Microtransactions need to die. I'm boycotting EA for the next 10 years. Maybe they'll fire everyone and actually make games for gamers.
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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
  8. 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.
  9. 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
  10. 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.
  11. metavicen
    May 9, 2018
    0
    i tried to play a match today after several months inactive. Lit i lasted 5 mins till i got so tilted with what imo is the worst thing of the MP at least, and thats the balance. If you want to play those awesome looking space battles, you wont. Simply, they are unbalanced af, its always 1sided and attacker team never, NEVER can made it to the 2nd or even 3rd stage in some maps like kaminoi tried to play a match today after several months inactive. Lit i lasted 5 mins till i got so tilted with what imo is the worst thing of the MP at least, and thats the balance. If you want to play those awesome looking space battles, you wont. Simply, they are unbalanced af, its always 1sided and attacker team never, NEVER can made it to the 2nd or even 3rd stage in some maps like kamino or that **** map of the ST ship. Then galactic assault, as you said ruined by ****ty cards and thingys like officers flipping with some instakilling handgun and getting shieled like a LOL hability, WTF THIS IS STAR WARS HOW THE **** CAN A SIMPLY HUMAN GET MORE HEALTH BY THE FACE AND IN YOUR FACE! its instantaneous and you cant even face them playing with low precision and damage LMG of heavy, or even assault guns. Cmon, star wars is huge, how tf there are ONLY 4 GUNS FOR EACH CLASS, BEING 3 SIMILAR WITH OP GADGETS YOU HAVE TO GRIND AS A MAD. Ive played 100 hours and i regret every minute EA stole of my child memories from AUTHENTIC BATTLEFRONT II and what battlefront 3 could have been. And the worst thing, without any doubt, is that the game is suposed to be seassony, but it has only had 1 and it was done after game releasing but dropped 1 month later for marketing businnes. Where is the 2nd? ah i see, its releasing on Solo movie date. Not to say there is nothing said about the game development for months about new ****s coming to it (i dont count "progress update" cos it wasnt at all).… Expand
  12. Kreett
    Mar 24, 2018
    0
    I started this game after the revamp only to find what I thought was going to be a fun star wars shooter turned out to be a newbie meatgrinder, I have never been so depressed with anything in star wars history and I saw the last jedi in theaters.
  13. ryan425
    Nov 17, 2017
    3
    Awesome for the first 10min... then getting smoked by decked out beginners that bought gear. Did the math and to even be halfway decent you need roughly $400-450 investment for gear considering the RNG. So if you like to pay to feel like a winner then maybe you'll like it. We used to call this cheating
  14. 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
  15. AsianTech
    Nov 15, 2017
    1
    I pre ordered the deluxe edition for 99.99 and I found out that I won’t even be able to play Vader unless I make a in game purchase? Refunding now. I knew I should’ve waited to pre order it’s EA they mess everything up. I won’t stand for this, I am boycotting this game and EA until they fix this
  16. Stargayz
    Nov 15, 2017
    1
    Pretty Game, Confusing Progression System, Unbalenced Combat, Stuffed With Tons Of Paywalls, Ingame Currancy is Grossly Manipulative. Should be rated M to help keep it outta the hands of kids.
  17. saityx
    Nov 15, 2017
    1
    terrible single player campaign, no sense of history progression, I was hoping an empire side of the history but I ended with a rebel one in its place. and the multiplayer well ppl with cards are way more powerful than a normal person,so i'll just be playing Star wars empire at war that is a way superior game.
  18. heycowboy
    Nov 17, 2017
    1
    Such a disappointment. Not even about the lame loot boxes. Control system has been ruined for me. Floaty, inaccurate, everything that requires major tweaking. First Dice Battlefront was missing a lot, but the core controls and blaster play felt great to me as a Battlefield Dice fan. This game is a mess. Blasters shoot too slow. ALL of the guns suck. Movements are both too heavy andSuch a disappointment. Not even about the lame loot boxes. Control system has been ruined for me. Floaty, inaccurate, everything that requires major tweaking. First Dice Battlefront was missing a lot, but the core controls and blaster play felt great to me as a Battlefield Dice fan. This game is a mess. Blasters shoot too slow. ALL of the guns suck. Movements are both too heavy and too floaty on each axis. The campaign, which I was so excited about.... is just a few hours long and so disjointed. Hits have little to no impact on NPCs. Goldeneye N64 had better AI. There's about 5 character models for the rebels. I honestly feel remorse for shooting the same Asian female Rebel in the face around every corner. Multiplayer is also so disappointing. Seems to have lost all strategy because gunplay is so poor. I don't understand how they could have messed this game up so badly.… Expand
  19. aydinj
    Nov 16, 2017
    1
    Don't buy this game! If you continue to buy games for 60$ and then microtransactions and then..., it will get worse ... EA
  20. Cerativ
    Nov 17, 2017
    1
    Micro-transactions. So what they disabled it now? They wanted to f*** us. It will be remembered EA
    I bought almost all of their games based on DICE's Frostbite engine, but now they did too much
    Game is great, micro-transactions aren't and it makes me sad, EA made me sad :(
  21. connorman01
    Nov 18, 2017
    1
    The gameplay is kinda sub par. graphics are amazing, but other than that this game is an unbalanced, lazily made, cash grab that is a huge insult to gamers. they said you have to level up to get higher tier power cards. I just got the game today on release date and got killed by a rey that had all epic cards equipped.
  22. FinisRonin
    Nov 27, 2017
    0
    I am a DICE fanboy! What DICE did here is absolutely impressive! The one point goes out to all the DICE devs that have to take a lot of **** due too EAs greed! I can not possible give a positive review on this. With the micro transaction removed for now, the game still remains pay to win! The preorder / delux and the 15 bucks boost pack all give a player a significant advantage in theI am a DICE fanboy! What DICE did here is absolutely impressive! The one point goes out to all the DICE devs that have to take a lot of **** due too EAs greed! I can not possible give a positive review on this. With the micro transaction removed for now, the game still remains pay to win! The preorder / delux and the 15 bucks boost pack all give a player a significant advantage in the Multiplayer modus!
    Also players were able to get crystals on the first day. and by that some players got a significant day one boost.
    Furthermore to bind the progression of the game to a random lootbox system is demoralizing at best, especially when you find out how long it will take you to unlock even the most basic things. I end by saying awesome job DICE ... And EA stop ruining good games with your corporate greed!    … Expand
  23. S7oYaN
    Nov 28, 2017
    0
    I played the beta, looked beautiful! However, this game deserves 0 for counting on nostalgia to suck you into buying 60$ AAA title and then charge you another 60$ just to give yo a fighting chance in the multiplayer. F@#K YOU and you micro transactions and loot boxes, EA!
  24. Kythos
    Dec 3, 2017
    0
    Micro-Transactions tied to progression. Micro-Transactions tied to progression. Micro-Transactions tied to progression. Micro-Transactions tied to progression.
  25. brandonb00zed
    Dec 10, 2017
    0
    Horrible game by a money hungry company that doesn't care about what it's players want. Pay2win garbage constantly making you feel forced to have to spend money to progress because its designed to get as much money out of as many people as possible..
  26. ticassa
    Dec 7, 2017
    0
    Nothing really new. Battlefront 1 standalone DLC. Poor and short campaign. Completely monetized. If you have loads of money to spend, this is your game.
  27. Th0rax3tehImplr
    Dec 7, 2017
    0
    Another garbage, throwaway game that you will be bored of in minutes. EA is where good franchises go to die.. horribly. Go buy literally anything else. I'm actually glad they did this lootbox bs because now governments are in the process of legislating it. which is great. The pig gets slaughtered. Please spend you're money on anything else, boycott this company. I didn't waste my money youAnother garbage, throwaway game that you will be bored of in minutes. EA is where good franchises go to die.. horribly. Go buy literally anything else. I'm actually glad they did this lootbox bs because now governments are in the process of legislating it. which is great. The pig gets slaughtered. Please spend you're money on anything else, boycott this company. I didn't waste my money you shouldn't either. #Gambling #Pay2Win… Expand
  28. anno_nym_1
    Dec 8, 2017
    0
    Haha, EA just does not know when to stop with trying to pull the money out of your pocket. Otherwise not noteworthy game, just another mediocre license game, that is not able to elaborate on its predecessor's promises.
  29. AlexSpirit
    Dec 8, 2017
    0
    Terrible, laggy game, filled with microtransactions and bugs. Would not recommend anyone to spend money on it. It should be illegal to make such bad games, based on gambling
  30. jans135
    Dec 9, 2017
    0
    We shouldn't allow developers to introduce micro-transactions in AAA games. We must stop it before it will became normal... The best way to do this is to vote with our valets and boycott Battlefront II
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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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