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  1. Nov 17, 2015
    5
    Looks amazing! Seriously, I mean WOW! You do feel like you are in the SW world. Unfortunately it goes downhill from here.

    Cons: 1. There is no story mode, so that limits your experience. The solo or co-op missions are severely lacking. It’s just do the same thing 15 times. No, seriously, that’s it. Really! 2. Controls are pretty unintuitive. They don't really let you map controls,
    Looks amazing! Seriously, I mean WOW! You do feel like you are in the SW world. Unfortunately it goes downhill from here.

    Cons:

    1. There is no story mode, so that limits your experience. The solo or co-op missions are severely lacking. It’s just do the same thing 15 times. No, seriously, that’s it. Really!

    2. Controls are pretty unintuitive. They don't really let you map controls, just a choice of 2 in each option. Oddly placed the worst option as default. But that’s just my opinion. It may work for others… Maybe?

    3. This one really pissed me off, but the flying portion. It's less than half-assed. As an avid air combat game fan, this was piss poor on its best day.
    • The user doesn't really have full control (i.e steering). A pilot needs actual flight controls to, oh I don't know.... roll? : p

    • The radar is useless as it only shows a blue or red ball for a transport ship. Heaven forbid it shows something useful like the other craft around me, or the missile that was fired at me.

    • There is absolutely no real felling of speed and handling is pretty bad. No matter if at max speed or slowest speed, looks and feels like your going the same with the exception of your ship is closer or farther from the screen. Turning isn't tighter depending on your speed either, it's as if there is no G force. Which would have been forgivable, if you were in space! but all battles are on a planet! (Facepalm)

    • Controls could have been thought out far better, or let the user decide the button layout, as it was apparent they didn't know what the right way would be.

    • Default maneuvers are so useless that I wish they would have abandoned them and focused more on letting users use their own. Though it makes sense these were added with the existence of the other points. (i.e. Flight controls, radar, speed and maneuverability)

    • I could go on for hours on the implied lack of research or willingness to put in the work to this portion of the game. It's almost as if it was something they tagged on because they realized they hadn't put in enough.

    4. Speeder bike is a little difficult. Not a complaint, it’s challenging, which is good (albeit frustrating at times). Though there are a few spots the you blow up and you really shouldn’t as there’s not really anything there. At least that I could see.

    5. Online FPS has a problem in that you are frequently either spawned in the middle of a firefight, depending on the map. I typically found this to be true on Hoth (supremacy). Spawning to only last 2 seconds before a AT-ST standing 20 feet away blows you to hell, gets annoying. Now, other modes seem to have campers, which speaks more to possible lack of foresight to put in the code to not spawn at spot X if opponent present.

    6. Matching is pretty poor. If there is a team that is consistency plowing the other, the users should be swapped around to provide a more potentially enjoyable user experience. This is pretty standard these days, so I’ll assume that this is just a bug and not an oversight.

    7. Extremely limited in locations. For the time and effort put in to this game, I would have expected a fair bit more. Then again, I assume that this is where the money grab comes in with expansions. Surprise!!!

    8. Jumping… I mean there are so many places that you should be able to jump to, but can’t It’s pretty much an inch too high for you, so you can’t do it without a jetpack. I mean, you can just keep trying to jump while others laugh at and shoot you. That works too.

    Pros:

    1. Looks AMAZING! Yup, gonna say it again. Have to give them credit for that.

    2. As far as FPS online gameplay goes, it’s not bad. You get the feeling you are in SW for sure

    3. Supremacy mode is an awesome idea and for the most part, enjoyable

    Overall:

    If you are a user that is looking to pick up a game that you’re going to play every now and again, you'll likely be disappointed / frustrated. If you're a gamer that'll spend 3-5hrs a day playing this, then you’re likely going to get over the controls and issues and just play the multiplayer only. Solo will bore you to the point you will ask why is this here? It’s more like a training / tutorial than gameplay.

    Don't know what the diorama portion is for, but I’m not exactly enthralled with finding out. But hey, maybe it’s your thing. ;)

    Overall I give this a 5 as I was extremely excited about this game. I bought the Ultimate-Supreme-Mega-Super-Omega version for the extras and season pass crap. Yeah, I thought it was going to be that good. Heh! Shows you there’s a sucker born every minute huh? They could still make this the game that us Star Wars fans were wanting and expecting (their advertising and releases set said expectations so I can’t take 100% responsibility for mismanaged expectations), but this means a lot of patches and bug fixes.

    I certainly hope they do it, because I wasn’t so bad to like this game and play it as often as I had anticipate but this is up to them. Let’s see if they listen.
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  2. Nov 18, 2015
    4
    Good visuals. Gets boring quickly once the novelty wears off. It's really getting frustrating how game companies are shifting over to releasing 1/4 finished games at a full $60 price only to promise a complete game for the purchase of DLCs. Don't pay them for this mistreatment. Destiny was the ultimate example, only now, after a $60 initial buy in, +2x$20 DLCs + 1x$40 DLC ($140 game total)Good visuals. Gets boring quickly once the novelty wears off. It's really getting frustrating how game companies are shifting over to releasing 1/4 finished games at a full $60 price only to promise a complete game for the purchase of DLCs. Don't pay them for this mistreatment. Destiny was the ultimate example, only now, after a $60 initial buy in, +2x$20 DLCs + 1x$40 DLC ($140 game total) do we have the original $60 game they promised us. We as a gaming community need to do much better at voting with our wallets. I'm just as much to blame as the rest of you... Expand
  3. Nov 18, 2015
    3
    The graphics in this game are absolutely amazing but that is about all the compliments I have for this game. It feels just like an EA game, devoid of any actual connection with the player. It also feels like a really good proof of concept since there are very little features in the game itself. It has very little customization and what it does have is stupid, very few of the weapons areThe graphics in this game are absolutely amazing but that is about all the compliments I have for this game. It feels just like an EA game, devoid of any actual connection with the player. It also feels like a really good proof of concept since there are very little features in the game itself. It has very little customization and what it does have is stupid, very few of the weapons are actually useful (again it has very little of them), which all makes the game modes seem bland. It would have been AMAZING if they had a single player campaign as well given the graphics but there is no sign that was even an idea they had.

    This game feels incomplete and has very little resemblance to the original battlefronts. I only hope the DLC can fix some of this but I doubt it.
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  4. Nov 18, 2015
    4
    While it's true Star Wars fans have been clamoring for a Battle Front III, this game does not deliver in any way, shape, or form. It seems to be put together solely based off of concepts from other first person shooters (Battlefield, Titanfall, Call of Duty, Halo), and includes none of what makes Star Wars Battlefront such an iconic classic. EA has once again failed us. From the lack ofWhile it's true Star Wars fans have been clamoring for a Battle Front III, this game does not deliver in any way, shape, or form. It seems to be put together solely based off of concepts from other first person shooters (Battlefield, Titanfall, Call of Duty, Halo), and includes none of what makes Star Wars Battlefront such an iconic classic. EA has once again failed us. From the lack of any real campaign to the lack of prequel content, to even the lack of the legendary BF modes, this game is a complete and utter mess. Expand
  5. Nov 18, 2015
    4
    Game sounds and looks incredible. thats where my praise ends, the beta was false advertising for a shallow game with nothing to offer. No Campaign, lack of maps, lack of game modes, and painfully slow progression that will make you grind more in than a Free to play game.
  6. Nov 18, 2015
    2
    If it had been released 5 years ago it might have been up to standard but Battlefront goes out of its way to abandon most of the innovations made in the FPS genre since BF2. Mostly this is a run an gun game with almost no regard for incorporating game physics or interaction with the environment. Additionally, the weapons don't vary enough to actually allow for any player specialization.If it had been released 5 years ago it might have been up to standard but Battlefront goes out of its way to abandon most of the innovations made in the FPS genre since BF2. Mostly this is a run an gun game with almost no regard for incorporating game physics or interaction with the environment. Additionally, the weapons don't vary enough to actually allow for any player specialization. Really this game is a lot of fun for the first couple of hours just because its in the Star Wars Universe but its fairly bland after that. Expand
  7. Nov 17, 2015
    4
    First of all: The game is good. It makes fun, graphics and sound are awesome and I do like the arcady gameplay.

    Nevertheless I only give it a 4/10, because the main game is missing content. Even if you see it as a pure multiplayer game and regardless of the many multiplayer modes, 4 planets is not enough for a game with such a huge potential. Because I am strongly against releasing
    First of all: The game is good. It makes fun, graphics and sound are awesome and I do like the arcady gameplay.

    Nevertheless I only give it a 4/10, because the main game is missing content. Even if you see it as a pure multiplayer game and regardless of the many multiplayer modes, 4 planets is not enough for a game with such a huge potential.

    Because I am strongly against releasing unfinished games and retaining game content from the main game in order to sell season passes, I won't consider futur add-ons to this review.
    Asking 50$ for a season-pass for a game which has not enough content at release is not fair!
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  8. Nov 18, 2015
    3
    Played this game for a day and the casual objectives and the simplicity of the gameplay made the experience worthless. I don't recommend this game at all. All this wait for nothing but beautiful landscape and sound.
  9. Nov 19, 2015
    2
    VERY disappointed. I, like others have mentioned, was hoping this would basically be Battlefield with a star wars skin. If that had been true it would have been a walk off home run for EA. Instead what you have is an entry level shooter with weapons that ALL feel the same ( some may have different rate of fire ). I imagine this is more like a COD game than a DICE production, it is too muchVERY disappointed. I, like others have mentioned, was hoping this would basically be Battlefield with a star wars skin. If that had been true it would have been a walk off home run for EA. Instead what you have is an entry level shooter with weapons that ALL feel the same ( some may have different rate of fire ). I imagine this is more like a COD game than a DICE production, it is too much arcade. The graphics are amazing but I found myself bored a couple hours into playing. No squad based combat, no ground vehicle for rebel side which gives a large advantage to Empire side. Don't get me started on air combat, the controls are so simplistic they feel like I'm playing a Wii or Nintendo game instead of a next gen adult console. All the ships feel the same from the Millenium Falcon to a tie interceptor. Expand
  10. Nov 18, 2015
    4
    Another gorgeous game lacking in content. Fun for about 2 hours... and then that's about it. There's just not much to do. No space battles is kind of a slap in the face, even BF2 had them. As a starwars fan i wanted this to be good so bad, I haven't REALLY enjoyed a star wars game since episode one racer. even that game, on n64, overshadowed this in terms of content and unlockable stuff.Another gorgeous game lacking in content. Fun for about 2 hours... and then that's about it. There's just not much to do. No space battles is kind of a slap in the face, even BF2 had them. As a starwars fan i wanted this to be good so bad, I haven't REALLY enjoyed a star wars game since episode one racer. even that game, on n64, overshadowed this in terms of content and unlockable stuff. sad. wait for a 'legendary' edition with all dlc. Another case of "graphics were more important", leading to a pretty game with nothing to do. Expand
  11. Nov 19, 2015
    4
    Ea caught my childhood memories, has cut 30% to 60 € and the remaining 70% to 50€. I will never forget this insult.
    I just hope this game will become your greatest failure... EA THANKS FOR NOTHING.
  12. Nov 18, 2015
    4
    "The EA Strikes Again"

    Another example of a big name company building a fantastic platform then stripping the final product down to bare bones so they can scalp the complete experience to us through later DLC's. Imagine a kindergartener being given a 64 count box of new crayons. Now watch them open the box only to find the yellows and pinks included. That pretty much sums up the deal
    "The EA Strikes Again"

    Another example of a big name company building a fantastic platform then stripping the final product down to bare bones so they can scalp the complete experience to us through later DLC's. Imagine a kindergartener being given a 64 count box of new crayons. Now watch them open the box only to find the yellows and pinks included. That pretty much sums up the deal that EA is selling with Battlefront. Wait til it hits the bargain bin.
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  13. Nov 17, 2015
    4
    With the majority of focus being on multiplayer, they sure didn't do a good job making it an enjoyable experience. With no campaign, you have the option of a hand full of multiplayer (there are only two that are worth playing) and single player battles, training, and survival. Hardly any customization, bad maps, and generic shooter gameplay make this game a dud. Fighter Squadron is theWith the majority of focus being on multiplayer, they sure didn't do a good job making it an enjoyable experience. With no campaign, you have the option of a hand full of multiplayer (there are only two that are worth playing) and single player battles, training, and survival. Hardly any customization, bad maps, and generic shooter gameplay make this game a dud. Fighter Squadron is the only mode worth playing with Walker Assault being behind it, yet that mode suffers from the game's core components. The sounds are amazing, as well as the graphics, but infantry gameplay is not as fun as one would think. Without a campaign or a galactic conquest, there is little reason to play this game for more than a few hours. Expand
  14. Nov 17, 2015
    4
    This game is anemic. The lack of content out of the box is unacceptable, especially considering that this game could have launched with far more content (which was siphoned out and will be sold for $50 more). The development and subsequent sale of DLC is acceptable after a game ships, assuming said game has an complete amount of content already. Battlefront is far from meeting theseThis game is anemic. The lack of content out of the box is unacceptable, especially considering that this game could have launched with far more content (which was siphoned out and will be sold for $50 more). The development and subsequent sale of DLC is acceptable after a game ships, assuming said game has an complete amount of content already. Battlefront is far from meeting these minimum requirements.

    These practices are wrong, and we as consumers will not tolerate them. EA, learn from Evolve’s mistakes and give us the extra content that rightfully belongs in the game we bought.
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  15. Nov 17, 2015
    0
    It's EA and a cash grab as usual. But hey, at least they proved you CAN polish a turd. After the disaster that was the BF4 launch, you'd think they would learn. I mean my BF 4 didn't have a campaign either. After my game save being corrupted a million times, I never technically got a campaign with BF 4. EA, I hope you go out of business you greedy b******s.
  16. Nov 17, 2015
    2
    Battlefield dumbed down as a lot of people said.
    This is yet another ruined title from EA
    Air battles are horrible, anyone can be good and shoot down anything. Really? I remember how in Battlefield 1942 you had to learn how to fly a plane, and not only that but you had to get soooooo good in the air to be able to do the battles and drop bombs. This is 2015 and we have a new game that
    Battlefield dumbed down as a lot of people said.
    This is yet another ruined title from EA
    Air battles are horrible, anyone can be good and shoot down anything. Really?
    I remember how in Battlefield 1942 you had to learn how to fly a plane, and not only that but you had to get soooooo good in the air to be able to do the battles and drop bombs.
    This is 2015 and we have a new game that looks nice but it doesn't play nice.
    I think they make these for 10-16 kids who don't want to think about much in games and just want to pick up a controller and shoot somebody.

    This is one horrible game that doesn't deserve a score over 2
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  17. Nov 17, 2015
    0
    Very disappointing its just far to simplistic and basic game-play formula so boring.

    This game looks and sound amazing but at its core its just another MP shooter and needed to innovate they played it safe and it fall flat on it s face.

    EA and Activation, Ubisoft are just churning out turds like there`s no tomorrow
  18. Nov 17, 2015
    4
    Just another generic shooter, it doesn't have the spirit of the original Star Wars Battlefronts. The cancelled Battlefront 3 looked so amazing, it's a huge shame that it was cancelled. If they had released that game and renamed this one Star Wars Battlefield then all would be good but don't advertise a new Star Wars BattleFRONT when it isn't that.
  19. Nov 17, 2015
    0
    The graphics are good but as usual EA boned everyone with releasing a game with no content and having a ridiculously expensive season pass (This season pass BS needs to go). The game feels and plays like battlefield but with star wars skins on everything. Leads me to believe if battlefield was MOD friendly a clever developer could easily made this game with a MOD.
  20. Nov 17, 2015
    1
    Good graphics don't make a game. This is the point Bethesda have proved with fallout 4. This game is an empty husk inside a pretty exterior. Don't buy it unless you wanna be extremely bored after like 3 hours of the same garbage again and again.
  21. Nov 17, 2015
    0
    Star Wars Battlefront is not worth $60. DICE and EA stripped all the content out so that they can resell it to you for an additional $50. There are only 2 modes that I find interesting to say the least, but they got boring quickly. At first I was at awe at the visual and sound, and then it just hit me like a brick wall that I was done with the game after 10 hours or so with the fullStar Wars Battlefront is not worth $60. DICE and EA stripped all the content out so that they can resell it to you for an additional $50. There are only 2 modes that I find interesting to say the least, but they got boring quickly. At first I was at awe at the visual and sound, and then it just hit me like a brick wall that I was done with the game after 10 hours or so with the full release. I pretty much unlocked everything by then. All the weapons are so similar to each other I felt cheated out of my $60. The other modes besides Supremacy (it's best one) felt like it was stuffed in at the last moment to pad the game's mode count. Star Wars Battlefront is a boring shooter, multiplayer only game with no single main campaign. Don't believe these 10s and 9s scores, because they have to be paid advertisers to give this game that lacks of content this high of a rating. Expand
  22. Nov 17, 2015
    5
    if you don't want to play with people (online) you have 4 battlegrounds. Only training lets you fly an x-wing.
    It's VERY devoid of content.
    I have no intention of going online so I feel like I wasted my $60
    Gameplay is great, but there is just so little to do.
  23. Nov 17, 2015
    4
    First, allow me to address the positives here. Or positive, rather:

    -The game is absolutely stunning visually and in sound design. The rest is unfortunately mediocre at best. Let's start with the obvious in that there is no single player campaign or Galactic Conquest, and prequel content is made to sit on the sidelines this time. This means that genuinely cool planets and heroes
    First, allow me to address the positives here. Or positive, rather:

    -The game is absolutely stunning visually and in sound design.

    The rest is unfortunately mediocre at best. Let's start with the obvious in that there is no single player campaign or Galactic Conquest, and prequel content is made to sit on the sidelines this time. This means that genuinely cool planets and heroes can't be included because DICE and EA have either limited themselves or been limited by Disney.

    Gunplay is bland, with little to no recoil. Vehicles are clunky and hard to control on some maps (of which there are disappointingly few), and there are only three heroes per faction. Overall, I am disappointed by this game.

    One last thing I forgot was that it was promised there would be no DLC, and then now there's a 50 dollar Season Pass. Knocking a couple points off for that one.
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  24. Nov 17, 2015
    2
    This game is a failure. No story or campaign mode? Too much of the game is made for multiplayer, I didn't just pay 60 friggin dollars to now have to pay for Playstation plus. I HATE THE TOKEN SYSTEM. When I defeat an enemy, just like in Battlefront 2, I get a point, now I have to schlep over and pick up a token? So much for my favorite sport of sniping, thank you. I miss story mode 2This game is a failure. No story or campaign mode? Too much of the game is made for multiplayer, I didn't just pay 60 friggin dollars to now have to pay for Playstation plus. I HATE THE TOKEN SYSTEM. When I defeat an enemy, just like in Battlefront 2, I get a point, now I have to schlep over and pick up a token? So much for my favorite sport of sniping, thank you. I miss story mode 2 player split screen co-op, here the split screen in mission mode is vs only, WTF? This game is exactly what is wrong with the game industry right now. Very expensive game, most of which is online only to make you pay more, and promises of future content to offset meager release day offerings. Battlefront will be the poster child of why people pirate games on the internet. Why is it everything EA touches turns to crap? Expand
  25. Nov 17, 2015
    2
    A simplified, stripped down, boring. The graphics and sound are great, but a good game is more than just a nice texture. I regret this, because it was New Hope. Now is only sadness and disappointment.
  26. Nov 17, 2015
    0
    A game with so little Single player time and attention is fine if the game has actual multiplayer content, and this is not the case after you've reached 5 or 6 hours of "fun". The game does look good and the sound design is amazing but that's just it. The gameplay has nothing "groundbreaking" and the repetitiveness is just bizarre. Not many game modes and even fewer maps. The season passA game with so little Single player time and attention is fine if the game has actual multiplayer content, and this is not the case after you've reached 5 or 6 hours of "fun". The game does look good and the sound design is amazing but that's just it. The gameplay has nothing "groundbreaking" and the repetitiveness is just bizarre. Not many game modes and even fewer maps. The season pass is a MUST HAVE in this game because you won't be able to play it 2 months from now without it and that's just wrong. I don't understand why I have to pay 60$ plus a season pass to play the full game, because that's what's happened here, SWBF3 right now is a glimpse of a more complete game down the road and I don't like it. Expand
  27. Nov 17, 2015
    0
    terribly average , no content for the cost of $60 plus a $50 season pass?? go kick rocks ea, you sure can make a pretty game with absolutely no substance what so ever..Give the rights to someone else b4 your ruin this franchise too.
  28. Nov 17, 2015
    0
    Terrible game, no single player, no story mode just run and gun with a star wars skin on top of it. It does however have the latest frostbite engine on it making it hands down one of the prettiest shooters around. The sound effects are authentic but EA was unable to get the right to the star wars music or something happened in the pipeline but the original score for the game does not doTerrible game, no single player, no story mode just run and gun with a star wars skin on top of it. It does however have the latest frostbite engine on it making it hands down one of the prettiest shooters around. The sound effects are authentic but EA was unable to get the right to the star wars music or something happened in the pipeline but the original score for the game does not do star wars justice AT ALL. Expand
  29. Nov 17, 2015
    0
    Remember the old days when playing Star Wars Battlefront 1 and 2 when there was a campaign, that you could play by yourself or with your friends? You could work together taking out the AI opponents or you could play against each other and have an intense but fun all out war. You could also play a mode called galactic conquest where the goal is to conquer 10 plus planets that takes over 20Remember the old days when playing Star Wars Battlefront 1 and 2 when there was a campaign, that you could play by yourself or with your friends? You could work together taking out the AI opponents or you could play against each other and have an intense but fun all out war. You could also play a mode called galactic conquest where the goal is to conquer 10 plus planets that takes over 20 plus battles (some of them into space.) You could unlock abilities for your team, new ships giving you more pieces on the chessboards, or new soldier classes to help give you the advantage over your opponent. Speaking of Character classes, remember you could be a sniper class or a explosives class or even an engineer? There were also countless other game modes to play a lot of them can be played on most of the maps. You could of even played as ewoks, wampas, geonosians, and even gungans. Those were good times...

    None of that is in this game! Star Wars: BattleField: Call of EA
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  30. Nov 17, 2015
    0
    This is absolutely pathetic. This released game manages to have less content than the alpha of battlefront 3 that EA canned a few years back, and only a quarter the content that the original battlefront. Maps are repetitive and unbalanced, as well as too small for decent aerial combat due to the limitations of the frostbite engine. $50 for a season pass that doesn't contain all the dlc isThis is absolutely pathetic. This released game manages to have less content than the alpha of battlefront 3 that EA canned a few years back, and only a quarter the content that the original battlefront. Maps are repetitive and unbalanced, as well as too small for decent aerial combat due to the limitations of the frostbite engine. $50 for a season pass that doesn't contain all the dlc is just absurd. The graphics are the best part of this festering heap of garbage, and they're only adequate, not what you would expect out of supposed "next gen".
    All in all, this is a cheaply made product that attempts to sucker you in through brand recognition alone.
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Metascore
73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 59 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 59
  2. Negative: 0 out of 59
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jan 23, 2016
    80
    It's not the most complex shooter, but it's the ideal pick-up-and-play experience for Star Wars fans. Stunning environments, solid shooting and immersive sound design mask the shortcomings. [Jan 2016, p.82]
  2. Jan 20, 2016
    75
    With the new film of the space opera saga finally on the big screen and the release of Battlefront's new sequel, both after a decade overdue, it is definitely the best time to be a Star Wars fan. The game itself is a dream-come-true for fans, and the Star Wars spectacle is strong in this one. However, if it is depth and longevity you seek... this is not the game you are looking for.
  3. Play UK
    Jan 16, 2016
    60
    Spectacular production values help to make this game enjoyable in the early going, but it soon enough shows that it is painfully lacking in terms of maps and depth in its current form. [Issue#265, p.72]