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. djnicey
    Nov 19, 2017
    0
    EA have wrecked another game franchise, which is no surprise. Grinding to unlock crystals to unlock game characters shouldn't be anyones idea of fun, never mind the lootbox gambling and pay to win mechanics. Don't support this type of game, there are plenty of better games to spend your money on.
  2. MrMT
    Nov 16, 2017
    0
    Way to go, EA. You killed video gaming. Pay to win is the future you have decreed. This means games are no longer games, by any reasonable definition of the term. Shame on you.
  3. Neelyry
    Nov 14, 2017
    0
    I usually despise people that review games before they come out, but EA is ruining this game so badly I have to protest too. They have basically installed a free to play model game, unless you have no life and play this all day for a year you wont be able to unlock anything without spending money. I expect this environment in free to play cell phone games like Clash of Clans but I don'tI usually despise people that review games before they come out, but EA is ruining this game so badly I have to protest too. They have basically installed a free to play model game, unless you have no life and play this all day for a year you wont be able to unlock anything without spending money. I expect this environment in free to play cell phone games like Clash of Clans but I don't expect this from a game I already have to pay 59.99 for. They need to take out all micro transactions. Ones that affect aesthetics could be acceptable even but don't base the entire game unlocks around it. I was dying to play this game however I will join everyone else and boycott it in hopes it sends a message to EA prevent this behavior.… Expand
  4. Team_Bob
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    Pay to win trash. Those that pay into the loot crate system have an unfair advantage over everyone else in the game. Unless you're willing to grind for hundreds of hours, you need to spend another $100 just to stay competitive in the multiplayer. After dropping $60 for the base game, this is unacceptable. Same old gambling system that preys on children like a mobile game. Also, thePay to win trash. Those that pay into the loot crate system have an unfair advantage over everyone else in the game. Unless you're willing to grind for hundreds of hours, you need to spend another $100 just to stay competitive in the multiplayer. After dropping $60 for the base game, this is unacceptable. Same old gambling system that preys on children like a mobile game. Also, the campaign is trash. Do not buy.… Expand
  5. StratRat1956
    Nov 14, 2017
    0
    EA is ruining all of my favorite franchises. This example of detestable business practices is a preview of what Anthem will be, what the next Dragon Age will be, and what the next Titanfall will be.

    I feel like buying some EA stock just so I can go to their shareholder meetings and tell them what a bunch of slimy f*cks their executives are.
  6. nirvycn
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    infested with gambling boxes which ruin an average game. Disney should know better than to encourage gambling to children.

    One of the worst Pay to win game yet. DO NOT BUY. Do not support Ea and Disney's attempt to get Minors hooked on this gambling simulator.
  7. lilkillpappy
    Nov 15, 2017
    0
    EA is an evil corporation that destroys beloved game studios and only cares about money. Don't ever buy a single EA game. This game is a repetitive grind fest full of micro transactions. Don't waste your money.
  8. Xenon
    Nov 14, 2017
    0
    - Preorder bonuses
    - Tiered pricing (Standard Edition, Deluxe Edition, Deluxe Gold Edition)
    - Freemium progression system
    - Gambling System (aka Lootboxes)
    - Bad Campaign
    - Bad Multiplayer due to pay2win business model
    - Bad PR
    - 'official' Metacritic reviews praising this game to no end

    DO NOT BUY.
  9. limelight
    Jan 7, 2018
    0
    I went on Steam to buy the 2005 version of Battlefront 2 just to spite EA..
  10. Sherak
    Nov 21, 2017
    0
    The last game was awful lazy multiplayer only tripe, now they release this, they have a cash cow with the franchise and man are they willing to milk it. Boycott EA.
  11. MityaJ
    Nov 14, 2017
    0
    Lootbox Wars ||
    Total embarassment. Skip it.

    EA: "Destroy another franchise - check".
    Dice: "Make a great game with stunning visuals and combat, but totally ruin it with microtransactions - check".
  12. TheDahaka
    Nov 20, 2017
    0
    This is a cancer that could ruin gaming for years to come. Do not support this business model where full priced retail titles are designed around a free to play framework.
  13. sclark13
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    An abomination of free-to-play and pay-to-play. Not that the game would be any better if it was just free-to-play, the entire game is designed around getting you to spend real money to circumvent timers, buy lootboxes, and buy characters.

    This is a scam dressed up to look like a game. Maybe in the future EA will make games a one-time purchase and limit additional transactions to large    An abomination of free-to-play and pay-to-play. Not that the game would be any better if it was just free-to-play, the entire game is designed around getting you to spend real money to circumvent timers, buy lootboxes, and buy characters.

    This is a scam dressed up to look like a game. Maybe in the future EA will make games a one-time purchase and limit additional transactions to large content DLC.    … Expand
  14. Shatohin
    Nov 16, 2017
    0
    Visually great game ruined by greedy publisher. Don't buy this game! Don't support this crazy microtransaction trend. Pay2Win is an absolute deal killer for me.
  15. mihmanz
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    EA ruined it. This time for sure. Not a paricular good game itself. Bit the biggest problem is greed here. Lootboxes and P2W are evil. And gamers react accordingly. Simple and fair math, Don't be surprised, EA!
  16. Jannis94
    Nov 15, 2017
    0
    Cancelled my pre-order after reading EA is ruining - yet again - a game because of microtransactions.
    EA, GET A GRIP! Btw if you want a real gaming experience buy a Nintendo Switch. At least this company respects gamers
  17. anticooper
    Nov 15, 2017
    0
    they made a good game and ruined it with **** MT and lootboxes:( stay away from this trap game ,it wants to snatch every dime and nickel from your wallet:(
  18. Praesi
    Nov 16, 2017
    0
    If People want this greedy behaviour to stop, than they have to stop buy their **** EA or Activision will never listen to reason, only to Numbers.
    EA´s message to Gamers with BF2 : "F*ck you give us more Money"
  19. UhMing
    Nov 19, 2017
    0
    The game is great, gameplaywise and graphics are great.

    But lootboxes in $60 game, which require about $2000 to unlock everything or over 150 DAYS of play time is BS.
    Even worse is the fact that those lootboxes contain stuff that make you better, like 25% better turning on space ships and higher damage.

    Don't buy this game to send a message to EA.
  20. nufrequency
    Nov 15, 2017
    0
    5 hour long campaign with paper thin characters followed by multiplayer PAY2WIN micro-transaction system pulled from mobile market games where everything is gated behind casino lootboxes, massive grind and convoluted fake currency paywalls !
  21. rossvel
    Nov 14, 2017
    0
    Компания ЕА показала своё истинное лицо (в очередной раз) и совершенно наплевательское отношение к игрокам. Прости Dice то тебя я пройду только по торренту.
  22. Nick5414
    Jan 1, 2018
    0
    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
  23. godWhisperer
    Nov 18, 2017
    0
    I can't believe the greed behind this game, and I can't believe Disney would support a game that offers gambling to kids. The whole game is ruined by EA and Disney's greed. They don't care about your kids, they just care about the almighty dollar. The game is junk without the upgrade cards and you can get them by spending more money. I love Star Wars but this game is predatory trash.
  24. FilippoAD
    Nov 14, 2017
    0
    Microtransactions killed the game. Unfortunately the EA policies can't be accepted. Multiplayer should be fair, not just for rich kids ..... Pay2win should n't be allowed in any game
  25. worldcitizen19
    Nov 19, 2017
    0
    Single player. I felt this was not so much a story driven game as a string of demos thrown together to appease those complaining about lack of a story. I felt it was written by an 8 yr old. The graphics in the campaign seemed dumbed down compared to MP. The HDR seemed turned off in the campaign in some places. Maps were way to tiny to enjoy the game at all. So linear that only smallSingle player. I felt this was not so much a story driven game as a string of demos thrown together to appease those complaining about lack of a story. I felt it was written by an 8 yr old. The graphics in the campaign seemed dumbed down compared to MP. The HDR seemed turned off in the campaign in some places. Maps were way to tiny to enjoy the game at all. So linear that only small movement brought up an ‘out of bounds warning’ ruining gameplay. So with such miniature maps stealth and tactics is almost impossible.

    No winter setting or Yoda in the campaign and no speeder bikes. Endor was so tiny and again that ruined the campaign for me. I felt the shooting was awkward and never felt comfortable with most guns except maybe a couple. Just way too linear and scripted for me to enjoy. No replayability at all.

    Multiplayer. I paid A$99 for this game yet can’t use heroes of my choice until I unlock them? If I can I’ll try and get a refund. I don’t want to play MP with a character and weapons I don’t like and I think at least heroes should all come unlocked. Fair enough to earn abilities and weapon upgrades but characters are why we buy these games. Iconic characters like Rey and Yoda. Why do I have to play months to unlock them? Doesn’t my A$99 cover this?

    Either give us what we’ve paid for or make the game freemium but what they’ve greedily done is make a full paid game with freemium in app purchases. This is nothing but CHEATING, LYING AND STEALING.

    This is supposed to be a AAA title ONLY with ALL CONTENT INCLUDED but EA have created a AAA FREEMIUM game and they know it. They are pushing the boundaries to see just how far they can go.

    How far the greedy gaming industry can go depends on YOU and just how much YOU stand up for your RIGHTS. For A$99 you are ENTITLED to a FULL GAME with FULL ACCESS to ALL CONTENT.

    One day a group of gamers have to UNITE and file a LAW SUITE against these companies DOUBLE DIPPING to teach them all to back off and give us exactly what we pay for.

    In the meantime DONT BUY any AAA tittles that charge AAA prices yet use FREEMIUM DOUBLE DIPPING MODELS TO UNLOCK CONTENT. EA laughably said they wanted us to feel pride we had earned our progress. What a lot of BULLDUST. All they want is $300, $400 from each of us for their games. Steve jobs started this IAP rubbish and I’ll never, ever forgive him. He’s ruined both the gaming and mobile gaming industry and turned it into a gambling casino.

    ZERO FOR SINGLE PLAYER AND ZERO FOR MULTIPLAYER BASED ON GAMEPLAY MAINLY. way too linear, no speeder bikes. Where’s the snow? Very poor physics hardly any destruction. Can’t play as hero I like after playing A$99 is a rip off. Too many ‘out of bounds’ areas. Some maps seem to have HDR and others not. Cannot play MP as cannot play hero OF MY CHOICE after paying A$99 and I’m not going to play 40 hours to get the hero I like. I ALREADY PAID THE PRICE FOR ALL CONTENT BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED IT.    … Expand
  26. Garon010
    Nov 21, 2017
    0
    Biggest disappointment of 2017. Don't buy this game! Just don't. It is a waste of money. The starfighter mode is I'm proved and fun, but the bugs ruin that experience too. I could have lived with the loot boxes and the idiotic progression system if they included a proper coop mode for my brother and I to play. There is a mode, but it is unbalanced, tiny, capped, limited, and player 2Biggest disappointment of 2017. Don't buy this game! Just don't. It is a waste of money. The starfighter mode is I'm proved and fun, but the bugs ruin that experience too. I could have lived with the loot boxes and the idiotic progression system if they included a proper coop mode for my brother and I to play. There is a mode, but it is unbalanced, tiny, capped, limited, and player 2 cannot earn any stats, credits, achievements, nothing. Remember when games were fun? This game has made me so angry that I vow never to buy anything with the toxic EA label ever again.… Expand
  27. dogboy
    Nov 16, 2017
    0
    EA seems determined to destroy all games and franchises with their greedy corporate practices. Gamers are happy to give them their hard earned money if they just give them what they want. Unfortunately while we still have morons out there pre-ordering games I am not sure this will change. If you pre-order games please take a good long hard look at yourself.
  28. GrumpyReviewer
    Nov 16, 2017
    0
    We need to take GAMING BACK! I love Star Wars and almost anything related to the franchise. But I've been playing videogames for 30 years now and it's sad to see things getting out of hand like this. We should not, we cannot support this practice. Season passes, DLC, microtransaction should be an improvement over the game for you to get - if you want - if you don't, it won't affect theWe need to take GAMING BACK! I love Star Wars and almost anything related to the franchise. But I've been playing videogames for 30 years now and it's sad to see things getting out of hand like this. We should not, we cannot support this practice. Season passes, DLC, microtransaction should be an improvement over the game for you to get - if you want - if you don't, it won't affect the experience of the game you already purchased full price.

    Loot boxes are a cancer. And now EA wants to push this and connect this gambling to progression? No. Loot boxes should ONLY give cosmetic stuff, live Overwatch does, for instance. The game should NOT be locked behind a loot box system that almost forces you to pay real money. This practice must not be supported.

    Battlefront 2 could have been such an improvement over the last one; great graphics, great characters, fun multiplayer. But corporate greed can't help but take all this and turn into sh*t. Sad, sad thing.

    This game won't be getting my money, I tell you that. WE NEED TO TAKE GAMING BACK!!!    … Expand
  29. kr0wbar
    Nov 15, 2017
    0
    EA's persistent quest to embezzle from players is the cancer that destroys what should be a terrific game and fan service. Incentivizing players to spend real money just to expedite what should be a normal progression is simply evil. They attempt to hide their intentions behind excuses of instilling players with a "sense of accomplishment," when really all anybody is accomplishing isEA's persistent quest to embezzle from players is the cancer that destroys what should be a terrific game and fan service. Incentivizing players to spend real money just to expedite what should be a normal progression is simply evil. They attempt to hide their intentions behind excuses of instilling players with a "sense of accomplishment," when really all anybody is accomplishing is emptying their wallets to satisfy their sense of instant gratification.… Expand
  30. atmb82
    Nov 21, 2017
    0
    Don't buy this. Let publishern LEARN that microtransactions are a bad design choice and let them understand a game won't sell if designed with a pay2win mind.
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Metascore
68

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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