Star Wars Battlefront

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  1. BrandonTheAwsm
    Jan 6, 2016
    1
    Yet again, another cash grab brought to you by the power-seeking, money-loving Electronic Arts. Don't get me wrong, the game has some good things going for it. The way the game looks, sounds, and runs is just beautiful. Battles go on at a smooth 60fps every time. But to be really honest with you all, that is the ONLY great thing the game has going for it.

    The provided game modes feel    Yet again, another cash grab brought to you by the power-seeking, money-loving Electronic Arts. Don't get me wrong, the game has some good things going for it. The way the game looks, sounds, and runs is just beautiful. Battles go on at a smooth 60fps every time. But to be really honest with you all, that is the ONLY great thing the game has going for it.

    The provided game modes feel fun during the first 2 hours of playing the game, but over time they just get boring. The Heroes Vs. Villains mode's main problem is that the entire game only provides you with 6 characters from each side: Rebels and Imperials. The people voicing the Hero and Villain characters? Pathetic imitations of the original actors. The only guys doing a good job are the guys voicing Han Solo and Luke.

    Every battle just feels COMPLETELY simplified. A massive step backward from what Battlefront 2 achieved so many years ago. How simplified is it? To hop into an AT-ST or Snowspeeder, you need to find a little token located somewhere in the middle of the level. Same way goes for playing as Heroes and Villains during normal battles. There's also no more space battles. Once again, LACK of content.

    The whole "Emote" system is completely useless. You'll probably only use them once or twice, and that's it. Customizing your own soldier is also a complete joke. You're only provided preset faces, and that's it.

    I find it sad and infuriating how EA is just pushing all these games to come out and be sold to the public audience, without even thinking about wether or not the game feels like a polished and finished product. And the fact that they think selling us DLC or Season Passes can fix all the "lack of content" problems, infuriates me even more. The game looks drop-dead gorgeous, yes, but that's just it. No single player campaigns, a lack of fun and exciting multiplayer modes, and an extremely INSULTING price tag, makes this game a complete waste of hard earned money.

    Normally I would be ok with people having their on views on a game, good or bad. But this time, I really want to urge EVERYONE reading this review: DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. This is NOT the Battlefront 3 anyone has expected to play, and it is NOT worth $60 to get.

    I got this for my birthday. I was waiting all year to play this game. After I played the game for the first 3 hours, I kid you not, I dropped tears. I was expecting true BF3, not a simplified turd built for casuals.

    To Electronic Arts: How dare you? You should be absolutely ASHAMED of yourselves. Releasing this piece of turd and naming it "Star Wars: Battlefront EA" makes me feel sick of calling you a game company. What ever happened to "Challenge Everything", eh?! Now, all you do is make the same old sports game every damn year, with the only difference being the added roster, and the game title! That's no challenge! Battlefield is a WONDERFUL game franchise, yet you constantly annoy us gamers with pre-order bonuses and paid DLC, all for the sake of more cash! When you and DICE first announced that you guys were going to release the new Battlefront, I was excited. "These are the guys behind Battlefield," I said. Immediately, I thought that you guys would make something like Battlefield, but with a Star Wars re-skin. Jump-in and Jump-out vehicles, Large scale battle locations, and absolute environmental destruction. What I got for my birthday was something WAAAAAYYY below Battlefield's standards! GOD DAMN YOU, ELECTRONIC ARTS. You are a DISGUSTING example of a game company, and I hope that this "reign of wealth and power" you're having right now ends VERY soon. I will never support you anymore, EA. You are filthy, greedy, and a complete embarrassment to the gaming industry. You, Activision & Konami are currently VERY high on my hate list. If you were a dead buried man, not only would I spit on your grave. I would spit, puke, and defecate on your grave, just to show how much of a FILTHY company you are.
    Once again, GOD DAMN YOU ELECTRONIC ARTS.    … Expand
  2. ginessl
    Jan 12, 2016
    4
    El juego tiene buenos gráficos, pero no todo en un videojuego se basa en los gráficos. ¿Dónde está el modo campaña?...
    ¡Si quieres jugar a los mismos mapas 100000 veces este es tu juego! Y como no... el juego tiene ricos DLCs. ¡ A soltar la pasta! Y no pienses que es un juego de 30$, prepárate tus billetitos de 50$ y de 10$ si lo quieres adquirir (y recuerda que tiene DLCs si quieres    El juego tiene buenos gráficos, pero no todo en un videojuego se basa en los gráficos. ¿Dónde está el modo campaña?...
    ¡Si quieres jugar a los mismos mapas 100000 veces este es tu juego! Y como no... el juego tiene ricos DLCs. ¡ A soltar la pasta! Y no pienses que es un juego de 30$, prepárate tus billetitos de 50$ y de 10$ si lo quieres adquirir (y recuerda que tiene DLCs si quieres disfrutar " a tope" de este gran juegazo de 60 euros.    … Expand
  3. LanceUppercut
    Jan 23, 2016
    1
    The force is not strong with this one. The game feels rushed and the multiplayer is lacking almost every aspect that makes a multiplayer game great. The game is fun for about the first hour, then it just gets too repetitive to continue. The ranking system feels like an afterthought, and doesn't have any incentive to rank up or earn credits. When I play this game, the thought that keepsThe force is not strong with this one. The game feels rushed and the multiplayer is lacking almost every aspect that makes a multiplayer game great. The game is fun for about the first hour, then it just gets too repetitive to continue. The ranking system feels like an afterthought, and doesn't have any incentive to rank up or earn credits. When I play this game, the thought that keeps coming to mind is, "the developers of this game were really lazy" -- which might not be fair to the developers, but the game really feels rushed. The Star Wars wave was peaking, so they grabbed their boogie boards and enjoyed the ride.

    You can't create or join clans. You can't communicate using mics. Once you reach rank 50, you're done. Character customization is extremely limited. Vehicle controls are elementary at best. All weapons are created equal, just different fire rates and ranges. Once the Star Wars novelty wears off, you'll realize you're doing nothing more than playing a sub par game that feels rushed in order to beat the release of The Force Awakens.

    If you can rent this game, do it. Play it a couple days and then ditch it. But don't waste your money purchasing it.    … Expand
  4. Wytchking
    Oct 25, 2016
    0
    EA has re-invented screwing frist person shooters. If you want a good stars wars game get Star Wars battle front 2 for ps2 10x better than this crap!
    1. They do not allow anyone under the age of 12 to play online! Who do they think they are
    2. The game's scamatics are BROKEN! 3. It is just bad, I pet stuck on all my games, excepted this one. I played it for an hour, then got extremely    EA has re-invented screwing frist person shooters. If you want a good stars wars game get Star Wars battle front 2 for ps2 10x better than this crap!
    1. They do not allow anyone under the age of 12 to play online! Who do they think they are
    2. The game's scamatics are BROKEN!
    3. It is just bad, I pet stuck on all my games, excepted this one. I played it for an hour, then got extremely bored; and only get on when the person who is younger than 12 wants to play. (who we got the game for!    … Expand
  5. luizjnr
    Feb 13, 2016
    0
    I had a great deception with this one. No story mode is a big fail for a star wars game. Just the same mistake as Titan Fall. This game unfortunately is not worth of my money.
  6. Theawesomest
    Feb 21, 2016
    0
    This game sucks a$$. I rather light my ball hairs on fire than play this game again. The lack of story, creativity, and options is a huge disappointment. First the new age of video games heading towards multiplayer online is a joke, second besides the graphics there isn't anything positive about this game. Multiplayer settings are beyond generic and the maps are incredibly bland. After 10This game sucks a$$. I rather light my ball hairs on fire than play this game again. The lack of story, creativity, and options is a huge disappointment. First the new age of video games heading towards multiplayer online is a joke, second besides the graphics there isn't anything positive about this game. Multiplayer settings are beyond generic and the maps are incredibly bland. After 10 years of waiting, this game is a disgrace to the battlefront franchise. The kind of idiots that made this instead of following the formula that made AWARD winning games in the past is hilarious. Don't waste your money. IT'S A TRAP!… Expand
  7. Kenchy
    Feb 23, 2016
    1
    As a massive Battlefield 1 through 4 fan i have to say i was excited when i found out DICE were working on this!

    Like think of the solid gameplay, squad based combat, air land and sea, character progression all within the Star Wars universe!! Yea this isnt that, not even close. and if i had got this while it was half price i would of most likely punished myself in some of the most    As a massive Battlefield 1 through 4 fan i have to say i was excited when i found out DICE were working on this!

    Like think of the solid gameplay, squad based combat, air land and sea, character progression all within the Star Wars universe!!

    Yea this isnt that, not even close. and if i had got this while it was half price i would of most likely punished myself in some of the most creatives ways.... this i wont go into, but to give you a lowdown of the pros and cons.

    Pros.
    Its Star Wars... pretty self explanatory really
    A lot of game modes - ranges from normal TDM to objective based modes.
    Hero feature is fun, although i cant help think this will role into a "pay for different heroes" in the future.
    Has the base Battlefield feel to maneuvering weapon selection.

    Cons.

    No VOIP or anyway to communicate to your team other then pointless emotes. when your playing with anohter 19 players you want to be able to call that absolute crank on your team..well an absolute crank! very frustrating.
    If you are lucky enough to have a friend, dont get to happy about the partner system because halfway through the round battlefront will decide your partner, the only other person in you PSN party isn't sufficient, at which point it will give you some random partner, who due to Con 1 you cant communicate with.
    Fighter Squadron - what an idea, Tie Fighters Vs X Wings.....sounds cool right? it is, if your the x WIng or A Wing, this mode is ridiculously imbalanced, and i dont use ridiculously lightly, if your losing games as the rebels you probally shouldnt be playing games full stop.
    Appearance-- Well, if your a rebel and your playing in the Endor map, worry not your pretty much invisible, vice versa if your imperial on a snow map, blend right into well everything.
    Latency - Well i have had 0 issues with any other game online, including The Diversion Beta - worked fine, Battlefront thoo.. Jesus server are a joke!
    Download v Disc - i have the game installed directly to the PS4 hard drive, my friend was silly enough to buy it full price as a disc, turns out if you spent the extra £30.00 on the disc your game loads twice as fast, with baffles me.

    All in all its a broken game, the audacity that they are already pushing expansions on a product they rushed out to coincide with the mass marketing of The Force Awakens. such a shame.    … Expand
  8. Garrappp
    Mar 19, 2016
    0
    The game has awesome graphics, it looks and feels like star wars and the sounds are awesome. But it's a terrible game. Dice is good at making FPS games. What I don't understand is, how can a company like that develop such a garbage game. They stripped away everything that makes their fps games good. What is left, is a very casual fps game, that has hardly any content, no possibility ofThe game has awesome graphics, it looks and feels like star wars and the sounds are awesome. But it's a terrible game. Dice is good at making FPS games. What I don't understand is, how can a company like that develop such a garbage game. They stripped away everything that makes their fps games good. What is left, is a very casual fps game, that has hardly any content, no possibility of team play, and is very very repetitive. Sure, the game is fun for an hour or two. But after that, you have seen everything the game has to offer. It's a waste of money, and I wish the game had never been made, as the popularity will most likely make Disney more hesitant on developing more Star Wars video games. This game is not battlefront. It's a piece of VERY good looking garbage, but still garbage.… Expand
  9. Kurgaan
    Mar 20, 2016
    4
    Looks and sounds absolutely incredible - you are in Star Wars... Where you will spend a lot of time running and dying. Such a missed opportunity it is almost criminal. Lack of single player campaign and the obvious missing elements that will be offered as paid DLC is also criminal.

    Such a shame :-(
  10. cem9999
    Mar 28, 2016
    0
    I hate how long this game is. It is too long, and my brother wwont let me play my PS4. 15 LEVELS? This makes me sad. EA MADE A BAD GAME LOOK WORSE. Im not buying this.
  11. RUIZALBA87
    Apr 12, 2016
    4
    It has good graphics but the game is very repetitive incomplete and does not deserve a good rating for an online game that used massivo hurts franchise star wars
  12. pooloo
    May 18, 2016
    0
    I wish I could give this game a negative score; this game isn't worthy of the Battlefront name. It is easily the least fun shooter I've ever played. Graphics are worthless if the game isn't fun.

    The original Battlefront games were (still are) a blast and had almost infinite replay value. BF2 on Xbox360 was one of the most fun games I've ever played. This game is not really    I wish I could give this game a negative score; this game isn't worthy of the Battlefront name. It is easily the least fun shooter I've ever played. Graphics are worthless if the game isn't fun.

    The original Battlefront games were (still are) a blast and had almost infinite replay value. BF2 on Xbox360 was one of the most fun games I've ever played. This game is not really Battlefront at all, it's Battlefield with a Star Wars skin. I feel robbed. I will probably never buy another EA game because I feel so ripped off.    … Expand
  13. gzapico
    May 24, 2016
    0
    this suck in some many ways, and of course ea want us to keep buying dlc. There is no campaign and this is because they want the launch day match with the movie. I was waiting a long time for a good battlefront, i could wait more. Dont buy this
  14. mournfulness
    Oct 27, 2016
    0
    10 guns, 5 maps, slowest gameplay ever. Pro gaming is dead. Only graphic. This game suck. Don't buy it save your money and buy a real fps. or choose to play it witch cheats.
  15. ljt2000
    Dec 1, 2016
    5
    This game has the foundation to be the Battlefront game we expected, but falls flat when it comes to the actual amount of gameplay you can sink into it. The game just doesn't have enough content to have been sold at full price-you'd expect the same amount of content for a beta not a finished game.
  16. bmorg
    Apr 10, 2017
    4
    The graphics and visuals on this game are perfect. Literally one of the best looking games I have played. Terribly disapointed and wish I would have got a physical copy on pre-ordering instead. I would have gave the original games 2/10, because the gameplay is literally nothing like the original star wars battlefronts. Dice / EA left out the biggest mode from the originals Conquest. WhichThe graphics and visuals on this game are perfect. Literally one of the best looking games I have played. Terribly disapointed and wish I would have got a physical copy on pre-ordering instead. I would have gave the original games 2/10, because the gameplay is literally nothing like the original star wars battlefronts. Dice / EA left out the biggest mode from the originals Conquest. Which makes no sense since it's also Dice's biggest mode in all of their battlefield's. The game looks good, but that's literally all it has going for it. I would say 4/10 as some of the DLC fixed the original games problems, but it was too expensive and being charged for them to fix their terrible game is unacceptable.… Expand
  17. DoritoDoggo77
    Aug 30, 2017
    5
    The game was pretty dissapointing. There is no story, about 14 guns, and some different people to choose from, the graphics are great, I would give it a 7, except for the full game price (80 dollars Canadian) that puts it down to a 5
  18. spacebear1
    Dec 12, 2017
    5
    EA's Star Wars: Battlefront is NOT a great game but it isn't an abomination either. This game has really great graphics and the gameplay is wonderful. The flight controls however do suck. But this game has no campaign and only two modes for single player, both of which can get really boring in a matter of maybe an hour tops. This game is sadly just a gigantic cash grab with overpriced DLCEA's Star Wars: Battlefront is NOT a great game but it isn't an abomination either. This game has really great graphics and the gameplay is wonderful. The flight controls however do suck. But this game has no campaign and only two modes for single player, both of which can get really boring in a matter of maybe an hour tops. This game is sadly just a gigantic cash grab with overpriced DLC that just so happens to be set int the universe of Star Wars.… Expand
  19. Hevox
    May 16, 2023
    5
    That not it, even with the dlc there is a big lack of hero and map of the prequels. No campaign is also a disappointment.
  20. PasiMetaAho
    Jun 17, 2022
    1
    Extremely low effort cash-grab POS that is an insult to Star Wars AND the original REAL battlefront franchise.
  21. AnthonyXY79
    Dec 3, 2015
    0
    No campaign mode, no space battles and most of the maps are gutted from the release version. Not enough content, unless you shell out $110 ? Thanks EA...
  22. HungSolo3
    Nov 19, 2015
    5
    Fun for the first 8 hours or so, and then you realize how empty the game actually is. They literally sold half a game and then expect you to pay another $50 just to get the other half. Please don't waste your money, wait for it to be $30 and it'll be worth your money.
  23. Pipemastersven
    Nov 21, 2015
    5
    DICE hand it us in the palm of their hands - this had the opportunity to be such an amazing game - all they had to do was emulate the BF series - BF with Starwars skins...
    Aesthetically, this game is great! - The UI, the soundtrack, the graphics - all are wonderful, and what really stops this game from getting a 3...
    As everyone has noted - the content is just ridiculously poor -- 4    DICE hand it us in the palm of their hands - this had the opportunity to be such an amazing game - all they had to do was emulate the BF series - BF with Starwars skins...
    Aesthetically, this game is great! - The UI, the soundtrack, the graphics - all are wonderful, and what really stops this game from getting a 3...
    As everyone has noted - the content is just ridiculously poor -- 4 poorly sized maps? And then make us pay for the game again to get two extra maps every 6 months...
    No server selection, no proper iron sights, no prone and poorly designed, tiny maps
    We should have seen this coming after the colossal failure of Hardline    … Expand
  24. BudHarvest
    Nov 19, 2015
    5
    "The Return of the Greedy EA"

    Great visuals and sound engineering but in truth the game is nothing more a pig in lipstick, its weak boring and essentially $60 for walker assault and gets boring quickly once the honeymoon period wears off in no time and the game has the depth of a teaspoon with so little content for such a high price so inevitably it will have the longevity of a few    "The Return of the Greedy EA"

    Great visuals and sound engineering but in truth the game is nothing more a pig in lipstick, its weak boring and essentially $60 for walker assault and gets boring quickly once the honeymoon period wears off in no time and the game has the depth of a teaspoon with so little content for such a high price so inevitably it will have the longevity of a few weeks and if you buy the deluxe edition for $120(ROTFLMFAO) you deal more damage with the ion grenade!!! WTF! worthy of a boycott alone for sure.

    Luckily I played it on xboxone 10 hour trial at my mates and canceled my pre-order from PS4 store when i got home.
    There is no Campaign Galactic Conquest or Instant action game modes, No Space battles (the flying vehicles have the some of the worst controls I've ever experienced, they handle like shopping carts) and sky battles are badly controlled and There is a "season pass' for DLC, which costs almost as much as the base game itself. They have given us no clue as to what is contained in any of the 4 planned DLC packs, they should try to save some credibility and release the first three planned DLC releases free to all and the last one charge no more than $10

    Graphics: 10/10
    Sound: 10/10
    Gameplay: 4/10
    Content: 3/10

    Overall: 6 - and would be a lot lower overall score if not for the stunning graphics and top sound engineering, they are wasted here with this lot. -The farce is strong with this one.    … Expand
  25. chenson87
    Dec 2, 2015
    0
    Terribly casual in every way. Obvious cash grab the like of which Destiny wish it could have been. Also more casual than Call of Duty could ever hope to be. Looks pretty, sounds good, but the overall gameplay is absolutely boring unless playing with friends.
  26. Kenjimuto
    Dec 2, 2015
    0
    The different guns are pointless, aiming down the sights is pointless, no depth, gets boring fast. definitely not worth 60 bucks. A real shame because i really wanted to like this.
  27. edurevel
    Dec 3, 2015
    2
    As a Star Wars and videogame lover since the 80's I was very hyped with the possibility of receiving a great SW game. The result: I was strongly mistaken. The game has good graphics and SW treatment but it lacks from the rest. Only multiplayer, no story at all, 40 ppl shooting everywhere, 4 sceneries, etc. A poor game that couldn't be more casual, as any Wii game. Dark times for hardcore gamers...
  28. Nightlock
    Dec 8, 2015
    2
    Don't waste your money on this one guys, please.
    1.) Match requires no co ordination among the players. Feels more like COD then BF
    2.) They have messed with the auto aiming it seems, its insane how you can take out enemies at long rage without zooming. 3.) EVERY GUN FEELS THE SAME. BF is lot better then this CR*P 4.) And don't get me started on the content. Seriously EA seriously, you    Don't waste your money on this one guys, please.
    1.) Match requires no co ordination among the players. Feels more like COD then BF
    2.) They have messed with the auto aiming it seems, its insane how you can take out enemies at long rage without zooming.
    3.) EVERY GUN FEELS THE SAME. BF is lot better then this CR*P
    4.) And don't get me started on the content. Seriously EA seriously, you really think every time you come out with season pass as the game launches, people won't know that you take out content from the complete game and release them later as DLCs (well i bought the game so i guess the jokes on me)
    @ DICE - Ur Stroy telling ability for FPS already su*ked and now you have stop trying
    There is a reason why EA got worst company in the world award, past couple of years by "Consumerist" (i think last year it was comcast, not sure). When you make a game and break it into pieces and sell them @ full price, hatred from consumers comes naturally. And as lot of reviewer have already mentioned before, this is becoming a trend now (looking at you, Ubisoft! ) - only multiplayer @ full price.    … Expand
  29. felasi
    Dec 9, 2015
    2
    How I wish I listened to the user reviews on metacritic before spending 70 USD on this game. Aside from the excellent graphics and sound design battlefront really doesnt have much going for it. After the first few hours it gets very boring very fast. No single player exists, except for a survivor mode, the combat/gameplay is below average as far as a first person shooters go.

    The    How I wish I listened to the user reviews on metacritic before spending 70 USD on this game. Aside from the excellent graphics and sound design battlefront really doesnt have much going for it. After the first few hours it gets very boring very fast. No single player exists, except for a survivor mode, the combat/gameplay is below average as far as a first person shooters go.

    The multiplayer mode feels broken, spawn points are ridiculous, there are only eleven guns which all feel the same, no customization at all, repetitive maps which are too few. From the 9 game modes only about 3 of them are appealing. Character customization is a joke. You have to spend in game credits to unlock characters and they really dont offer much until you unlock the last levels if you bother to get that far. Vehicles and fighter jets controls are so basic and you have to walk around the map hunting for pop-ups to activate them rather than going to a que to access them. Worst of all you cant really team up with your friends in a squad. Instead you can be a partner with only one friend, other friends who join cant be in a squad with you so its like your not even playing with them. So much for multiplayer.

    I expected that with DICEs involvement starwars battlefront would be built upon further adding alot of the great things we saw in battlefield 3 & 4. Rather this game is a hollow shell of what it could be. Spending 70 dollars on a game so void of content is disappointing to say the least. Maybe its because of the graphics its so expensive, but if thats the case they should have sacrificed visuals for actual content or priced at what its worth, a 30 USD game. Its a shame they can get away with pricing it for so much when it has nothing. Other games of the same price have hoooours of gameplay and content. There is no way im going to fork out another 50USD for additional maps in there DLC. If you want to play an FPS do yourself a favor and buy ANYTHING other than this game.    … Expand
  30. OrionPax
    Nov 22, 2015
    5
    The gameplay and the graphics are good. But there's not enough content. EA always do this. They sell the half of game via DLC's. Also game needs some stabilization with bombs and teams immediately. Imperials are still OP.
  31. Gamer50111
    Dec 6, 2015
    0
    Well, EA has managed to do it again.

    Despite tons of ideas and suggestions from Gamers, despite their past failures with SimCity, Mass Effect 3, and other titles. And despite the fact that they won "worst company of the year" 2 times in a row and are the only company in the history of the world to achieve that; they still proceeded to ignore the consumers and rush Battlefront out the    Well, EA has managed to do it again.

    Despite tons of ideas and suggestions from Gamers, despite their past failures with SimCity, Mass Effect 3, and other titles. And despite the fact that they won "worst company of the year" 2 times in a row and are the only company in the history of the world to achieve that; they still proceeded to ignore the consumers and rush Battlefront out the door with little to no substance in the hopes of capitalizing on the release of the movie. Astounding. Simply astounding.

    I think the most interesting thing about EA "Wanna-be" Battlefront is just how much MORE content the old Battlefront games had than this new one does, and that was 10 years ago back in 2005....

    Let's compare shall we? What does Star wars Battlefront 2 from 2005 have that EA "Wanna-be" battlefront doesn't?

    *a campaign
    *command posts
    *reinforcement counts
    *balanced gameplay
    *good spawns
    *space combat
    *a nice ranking system (for 2005, but yet STILL better than this one's ranking system. How did that happen?)
    *Good light saber combat
    *Better ground vehicles
    *galactic conquest
    *32vs32
    *good squad combat

    And plenty more. For ANYONE even CONSIDERING handing over their hard earned money for this half-assed game that looks and sounds good and that's about it; might I suggest that you head over to steam, throw down $10 for Battlefront 2, and play that instead.

    I am not lying or exaggerating when I say that EA "Wanna-be" Battlefront will give you less satisfying playtime than Battlefront 2, a game that will only cost you $10 and was made a little over a decade ago.

    P.S Star Wars Battlefront 1&2 was developed by Pandemic studios. In 2009, EA shut them down. So yeah, there's that too.    … Expand
  32. Unlimitedpower
    Dec 6, 2015
    2
    This is NOT Star Wars Battlefront.
    It lacks content
    Lacks maps and planets
    No Galactic Conquest
    No Clone Wars
    No Space battles
    Spawning is horribly broken
    Bugs and glitches
    Only half a game at launch
    Overpriced Season Pass
    They focused too much on the graphics than on the gameplay itself.
  33. Burgermeister59
    Dec 7, 2015
    0
    This game bites! I ordered it with a really nice PS4 with Darth Vader on the case. The game has ruined the whole experience. Star Wars is about adventure and fantasy, not about shooting up the whole damn galaxy. There is nothing scientific about shooting everything that moves. The game designers would be wise to get another job, because they suck at this, and really need to do somethingThis game bites! I ordered it with a really nice PS4 with Darth Vader on the case. The game has ruined the whole experience. Star Wars is about adventure and fantasy, not about shooting up the whole damn galaxy. There is nothing scientific about shooting everything that moves. The game designers would be wise to get another job, because they suck at this, and really need to do something else before they ruin another great fantasy movie series. I would not recommend this game to anyone.… Expand
  34. el_prez
    Dec 2, 2015
    4
    Do you love Star Wars? No I mean, really, REALLY love Star Wars?
    OK, then you'll love this game.
    If not, you can be objective and admit this game is whack. I mean, I like SW as much as the next guy but you know how sooooome people are - they are going to say SWBF is the best game ever even if EA released this game in black and white with stick people graphics. If you're like the rest    Do you love Star Wars? No I mean, really, REALLY love Star Wars?
    OK, then you'll love this game.
    If not, you can be objective and admit this game is whack.
    I mean, I like SW as much as the next guy but you know how sooooome people are - they are going to say SWBF is the best game ever even if EA released this game in black and white with stick people graphics.
    If you're like the rest of us, you might like the occasional shooter - not a super roided out hyper defensive COD fan boy - but you like a good shooter every now and then...and if you do, you know this is a bad shooter. Is it fun to be Darth Vader or fly around as Boba Fett - yeah, I guess. For a little while. But then the law of diminishing returns kicks in BIG TIME and you realize you've only been playing for 20 minutes and you're bored as ...well, an objective gamer playing a terrible shooter.
    I will say this the graphics are sick - that's why it gets a 4 and not a 3.    … Expand
  35. SouthbaySaturn
    Nov 29, 2015
    1
    Just a disaster of a game in my opinion. Extremely repetitive and gets boring very quickly. If you were a fan of the original Battlefront games, you will HATE this game. They removed basically everything that made those games fun and left us with this pile of donkey crap.
  36. mack178
    Dec 1, 2015
    4
    Star Wars Battlefront isn't a *bad* game, per se, but it is extremely disappointing.

    I loved Battlefront I & II on PS2. They were two of my favourite games of all time. I had high hopes, albeit lenient expectations, for this new entry. I knew it would be "Battlefielded" by DiCE and plastic-wrapped by EA, but I was sure a good game could still be in there. Well, I am still disappointed    Star Wars Battlefront isn't a *bad* game, per se, but it is extremely disappointing.

    I loved Battlefront I & II on PS2. They were two of my favourite games of all time. I had high hopes, albeit lenient expectations, for this new entry. I knew it would be "Battlefielded" by DiCE and plastic-wrapped by EA, but I was sure a good game could still be in there. Well, I am still disappointed in what I got.
    First of all, I pre-ordered the Deluxe Edition PS4 Console bundle. I discovered after the fact that this bundle does not include the much-advertised early access to the Battle of Jakku. This seems to be a developer choice since it is the same across all retailers. DiCE / EA, shame on you. I spent $450+ to play your game and you stiff me an early access code.

    Now, on to the actual game. It looks spectacular, to be sure. The graphics are pristine and the sound effects are great. Even so, I don't find it nearly as immersive as others claim to. Sure, it sounds like Star Wars, but the level of immersion is limited to, "We're on Endor, so here's a bunch of forest," or "We're on Hoth, so here's snow." Gone are the iconic visages of the movies (the Tattooine homestead, the carbonite freezing chamber, etc.), replaced by generic locations that sort of remind me of the films.

    I also think the older games were more impressive in their integration of combat and flight. You could hop into a ship and take off into some air combat. Now, flight is available in a fraction of the maps, and even then it is accessible by picking up tokens rather than actually hopping into a ship. It feels cheap and insincere on the part of the developers not to at least have the player interact with a ship before appearing in the sky mid-flight. As it stands now, I can barely be bothered doing any flying at all in the game, which is a real wasted opportunity.

    The lack of single-player really eats me up. I love two things: single player and splitscreen. I don't care much for online play, it's too competitive for my tastes, and with the old Battlefront I & II, that was perfectly fine, I could still have a ton of fun. Now, there is little room for me to enjoy the game. I can play Survivor mode with my buddy on the couch (which is fun for an hour or two of play here and there), or I can play a tutorial by myself. That's about it. This is a game for the Battlefield/CoD crowd, and not really for anyone else.

    Even my limited experience in online play tells me that it is pretty bare-bones. About 16 maps, much recycled amongst one another, and a few different guns and supplies to unlock. Even if all the upcoming DLC packs were free, I'd be hard-pressed to say this game was worth the price of admission.

    I was hoping for a PS4 successor to those great PS2 classics that we all know and love. Instead, I got an experience more akin to the disappointment of Lord of the Rings: Conquest than to the old Battlefront games. Here's hoping something better comes along in the future. A generous 4/10.    … Expand
  37. focmart
    Dec 2, 2015
    0
    Theres nothing to be said that hasn't been sad already,It is just sad how ruthless and greedy those companies are this days...the game will go back to the shop where i will get 1/4 of 69 euro that i payed for this atrocity just a day ago...
  38. MH52
    Dec 4, 2015
    4
    Never been so disappointed .. I was waiting for that game and postive regardless of the pre release comments but after 5-6 days i got a refund... I tried the beta on PC, really liked it, i knew the game was missing some stuff but it was visually stunning, star wars atmosphere and sound. Still it felt more of a console game to me.

    Then i decided to get it on ps4. I rather play games like    Never been so disappointed .. I was waiting for that game and postive regardless of the pre release comments but after 5-6 days i got a refund... I tried the beta on PC, really liked it, i knew the game was missing some stuff but it was visually stunning, star wars atmosphere and sound. Still it felt more of a console game to me.

    Then i decided to get it on ps4. I rather play games like BF4 on PC and fast paced arcade like Bfront on PS4 but my experience was horrible. Same weapons, not enough content, grenade spaming, lack of creativity with the cards (even though it wasnt a bad idea), horrible spawns, repetitive, ''loading screen arcade style'' fighter dog fighting ...
    There was a real potential, some mp modes are fun, even with 4 maps it was ok, heroes, walker assault. I gave that game a second chance but after a game i felt that it was broken, some games looked like Unreal tournament (jet pack, laser spaming, grenades flying non stop), no strategy and constant frustration .. I look back and honestly i didnt miss anything and probably wont. Just dont buy it, unless it's 29$.    … Expand
  39. gordofreeman
    Dec 8, 2015
    0
    This game was not ready to be released . Amazing graphics, but it just it, nothing more. DICE disappointed and desrespected all the star wars fans. We need more than beauty to have a great game. Few game modes, poor customization, flight controls sucks. We have no story mode and space battle mode. If you don't buy all the DLC's you won't get the entire game.
  40. thalespetry87
    Nov 19, 2015
    5
    I am from Brazil,so I ve already paid a little bit more in this expensive game (around $70)
    I knew it was only multiplayer, but hell, I ve been playing this kind of games all my life.
    What bad could come of it? It was really a surprise, but not a good one. Despite of its graphics, which are awesome, the game has a serious lack of content, and that makes you feel like it a gigantic    I am from Brazil,so I ve already paid a little bit more in this expensive game (around $70)
    I knew it was only multiplayer, but hell, I ve been playing this kind of games all my life.
    What bad could come of it?

    It was really a surprise, but not a good one.
    Despite of its graphics, which are awesome, the game has a serious lack of content, and that makes you feel like it a gigantic non finished game. Only four planets, no story mode, and to unlock weapons and skins you must play uncountable hours in the online multiplayer.
    Well, at least the multiplayer is for free, no?
    NO. NO NO NO NO. THATS NOT TRUE, THATS IMPOSSIBLE.
    20$ more to play online, in a ALREADY EXPENSIVE GAME.
    Thats outrageous and I feel raped by EA.
    Lucasarts, I miss you.    … Expand
  41. darkmikius
    Dec 19, 2015
    0
    I'm a Star Wars but this game has no quality, no offline game modes, only 4 maps...if you want the complete game you have to spend 120€. I think EA published this game 'as is' because had no time to finish on time just before the star wars movie...anyway...my recommendation: DONT BUY
  42. Lothar
    Nov 21, 2015
    6
    SW universe is awesome. Beside that, the game is mediocre. Shooting is weird and it lacks balance.
    At least the game is free of bugs which I give big kudos to EA. Finally they're not the worst company ever lol.
    Better wait for patches and price drop.
  43. Revenanter
    Nov 23, 2015
    5
    After so many years we only get an overpriced game that promise a lot and offer so litte without the season pass.
    They blame piracy and they act in the same way,
    No thanks.
  44. miakhalifa
    Dec 8, 2015
    0
    terrible experience, trying to find a server with more than 10% people is near impossible. i'm sure this game would be fun if i could ever get in 1 star.
  45. radox
    Nov 18, 2015
    5
    Great Star Wars immersiveness, extremely poor first person shooter. Especially given the pedigree of EA Dice - what a huge let down. People were worried it will just be a Battlefield game with a Star Wars makeover. Oh how I wish it was.
  46. Maddness
    Nov 27, 2015
    0
    Purchased the game yesterday and was keen to start playing since i am both a SW fan and a fan of the old battlefront games. When i started playing i was immediately blown away by the presentation. The graphics, and animations, are by far the best i have yet seen in a game, and the sound design is pure SW heaven. However, after only 2 hours i started to get bored with the very limitedPurchased the game yesterday and was keen to start playing since i am both a SW fan and a fan of the old battlefront games. When i started playing i was immediately blown away by the presentation. The graphics, and animations, are by far the best i have yet seen in a game, and the sound design is pure SW heaven. However, after only 2 hours i started to get bored with the very limited content on offer out of the box. For a $99 game (aussie prices) i expected a bit more meat on the bones. Alas, there wasnt so i decided to see if any dlc maps etc were on the playstation store. Well, there is a season pass you can get for $75,95. Now, when i read that i was a bit like Doc in return to the future when he was screaming "88 miles an hour". Im still in shock the next morning. There is just no way i will support this circus, and EA has truly lost a customer here. Good thing that in Aus i can get a full refund within 7 days, so i will certainly be using that option later today. 76 bucks? My goodness.......… Expand
  47. ghassenga
    Nov 21, 2015
    2
    for a game that is concentrated on online multiplayer , only 4 maps does not justify its price.you get 16 maps if you let EA charge you 50 $ more for its season pass.

    the DLC is strong with this one.
  48. Allthat
    Nov 17, 2015
    5
    Beautiful game! Beautiful sound! Beautiful score! Beautiful animation! Beautiful gameplay! But the lack of content makes this a very ugly game indeed... This is what happens when developers spend too much time polishing the game and not enough time fleshing the game out with content. If you do buy this... then you're only gonna spend a few hours with it until eventually getting bored. ItBeautiful game! Beautiful sound! Beautiful score! Beautiful animation! Beautiful gameplay! But the lack of content makes this a very ugly game indeed... This is what happens when developers spend too much time polishing the game and not enough time fleshing the game out with content. If you do buy this... then you're only gonna spend a few hours with it until eventually getting bored. It doesn't have those Battlefield tactics that make Battlefield my favorite online shooter.

    So, it looks great and plays well. And if you're a Star Wars fan then you're definitely going to feel A LOT of nostalgia. Go buy it if Star Wars means more to you than your wife and kids or if you've got some money to blow. But if you're a pragmatic spender like me then wait for a discount or until they add more content. Hopefully they have a GOTY edition or something after a while.    … Expand
  49. bshorkey
    Nov 17, 2015
    5
    The game is just flat out skeletal; conveniently missing so much content at release in order to push more dlc upon us as time goes by ($50 for the season pass? Screw that).

    Having played the beta, then the release version, nothing has changed. They didn't listen to a thing any of the testers said. The beta "test" was just marketing; that's all these things ever are nowadays. The    The game is just flat out skeletal; conveniently missing so much content at release in order to push more dlc upon us as time goes by ($50 for the season pass? Screw that).

    Having played the beta, then the release version, nothing has changed. They didn't listen to a thing any of the testers said. The beta "test" was just marketing; that's all these things ever are nowadays.

    The vehicles control like crap

    The power ups are spread across the map like Mario Kart

    There is no single player at all

    No campaign, co-op or otherwise

    The heroes are clanky and crappy, they make no sense

    There are only 4 planets, so the "16 maps" is a big fat lie, because so many of the maps feel the same

    The screen is constantly CONSTANTLY shaking from the explosions and crap

    The gameplay is subpar and completely and utterly imbalanced, with a homing rocket launcher round with infinite ammo once every 18 seconds and grenade spam EVERYWHERE.

    The ONLY thing this game has going for it is its pretty to look at and sounds great. Thats literally it.    … Expand
  50. atillaakay
    Nov 27, 2015
    0
    I got this game day one the graphics are amazing and i was expecting some intense star wars armosphere like JK2 or Kotor
    But i am very dissapointed with what ea offers me here.

    -ps plus req(otherwise its just a CD)
    -no singleplayer campaign
    -repetetive gameplay
    -Dlc! Wtf!? So expensive

    +sold the game 3 days later and bought fallout 4
  51. jacobio
    Nov 17, 2015
    5
    The beta was so promising... I was desperately hoping that the full game would be as fun and exciting, but sadly, it's not. Only having a small number of maps makes it stale very quickly.
    Putting it as simply as possible, this is not a complete game. Just because game companies repeatedly ship half finished games so they can slog us more for the other half doesn't make it okay.    The beta was so promising... I was desperately hoping that the full game would be as fun and exciting, but sadly, it's not. Only having a small number of maps makes it stale very quickly.
    Putting it as simply as possible, this is not a complete game. Just because game companies repeatedly ship half finished games so they can slog us more for the other half doesn't make it okay.

    Graphics look amazing, yes. Sounds and landscapes are beautiful, but doesn't make up for the severe lack of content.    … Expand
  52. Z1M3RC
    Nov 18, 2015
    6
    I was so pumped for this! I figured it was going to be the next Battlefield 5 but Star Wars themed! What a let down. The visuals and sound can be stunning at times. Unfortunately the game just doesn't deliver and I feel as though they duped us into buying it JUST because it was Star Wars. After only few hours it starts to get very boring and limited due to the lack of depth andI was so pumped for this! I figured it was going to be the next Battlefield 5 but Star Wars themed! What a let down. The visuals and sound can be stunning at times. Unfortunately the game just doesn't deliver and I feel as though they duped us into buying it JUST because it was Star Wars. After only few hours it starts to get very boring and limited due to the lack of depth and customization. I can already see my self putting this one down soon, still hoping for a epic Star Wars game to come along. All they had to do was make this like BF4 but with the spirit of Star Wars and it would have been epic! They really came up short with this one.… Expand
  53. mrbunz1
    Nov 27, 2015
    2
    its just not fun i played it for a couple hours over a few days and found myself turning my playstation off doing something else for entertainment. really disappointed with this game dont buy! rent if thats still possible now a days. also why dose everyone say the co-op is fun its total garbage
  54. Jbeezie
    Nov 22, 2015
    5
    Battlefront looks amazing and sounds absolutely phenomenal. As a person who hates multiplayer shooters, I'm finding myself completely loving it in this game. That's probably because it's a simple multiplayer shooter and much easier to master than your CODs and BFs. The "space" battles are great fun. All in all I love all the modes available.

    I rate it a 5/10 because we have been sold a    Battlefront looks amazing and sounds absolutely phenomenal. As a person who hates multiplayer shooters, I'm finding myself completely loving it in this game. That's probably because it's a simple multiplayer shooter and much easier to master than your CODs and BFs. The "space" battles are great fun. All in all I love all the modes available.

    I rate it a 5/10 because we have been sold a stripped down game. There is simply no way around it. To sell a game with so little content and then expect players to pay another 50 dollars to get what the game should have had to begin with is EXACTLY what is wrong with the game industry. 110 dollars for a full game is outrageous. Burn in hell EA.    … Expand
  55. Oxtone
    Nov 23, 2015
    5
    The graphics are amazing, the sound is amazing, the game play though is poor. The graphics and sound make the game fantastically immersive and make fire fights spectacular however the amount of spammy one shot weaponry supplied to players is incredible combined with very poor spawning makes for a very frustrating game. I can find myself spawning and dying over and over, sometimes spawningThe graphics are amazing, the sound is amazing, the game play though is poor. The graphics and sound make the game fantastically immersive and make fire fights spectacular however the amount of spammy one shot weaponry supplied to players is incredible combined with very poor spawning makes for a very frustrating game. I can find myself spawning and dying over and over, sometimes spawning directly in front of enemy hero's or vehicles. I like the game but don't love it and will probably trade it in soon.… Expand
  56. MatthewMast
    Nov 22, 2015
    6
    COD with stormtroopers.

    Despite its amazing graphics and attention to authenticity, Battlefront is a wasted opportunity and feels incomplete. Unlike its predecessots, the game leaves single-player gamers out to dry with no campaign mode, instead offering a tiny and unusually boring range of repetitive battles that lack action or purpose. Its like a generic shooting game with a Star    COD with stormtroopers.

    Despite its amazing graphics and attention to authenticity, Battlefront is a wasted opportunity and feels incomplete.

    Unlike its predecessots, the game leaves single-player gamers out to dry with no campaign mode, instead offering a tiny and unusually boring range of repetitive battles that lack action or purpose. Its like a generic shooting game with a Star Wars skin, but none of the soul.

    On top of the lack of action, the range of maps/planets is underwhelming, and the maps are more like tiny arenas than battlefields.

    Multiplayer is actually quite decent, and walker assault is a good example of the goal/strategy oriented missions that could save this game. The whole game has been designed as an online experience, which misses the point: Fans want to experience the Star Wars galaxy; to relive the battles and the excitement.

    DLC might improve this game, but its fundamentals have missed the mark    … Expand
  57. John_Bensen
    Nov 27, 2015
    1
    Es ist lahm und langweilig. Jeder der ein wenig Niveau hat, kann dieses Spiel nur langweilig finden. Keine Herausforderung. Ein reines Arcade-Spiel...gääähn!

    Wer dieses Spiel herausfordernd findet, glaubt auch, dass Berlin Tag und Nacht nicht gescripted ist.
  58. Dark_D3s7r0y3r
    Nov 18, 2015
    5
    I've played the beta, but from everything I've read and seen of the full game, that may as well have been the whole game. I'm certainly not spending $60 for this game, but at the same time it isn't actually bad.

    Starting with the good, the game is simply gorgeous. From sound to graphics to overall atmosphere, it nails everything Star Wars perfectly. The way blasters function are a    I've played the beta, but from everything I've read and seen of the full game, that may as well have been the whole game. I'm certainly not spending $60 for this game, but at the same time it isn't actually bad.

    Starting with the good, the game is simply gorgeous. From sound to graphics to overall atmosphere, it nails everything Star Wars perfectly. The way blasters function are a breath of fresh air to the shooter genre, and really serves to mix things up in very nice ways.

    Now that we have the three sentences of good out of the way, here's the bad: there's nothing to keep you playing for more than a few days. I'm an avid Destiny player, and Destiny is notorious for having much less content than it was hyped up for, but at least its gameplay was just varied and exciting enough to keep you crawling back for more, replaying what little story missions there are for an exotic weapon or hidden ghosts to read more about the lore. Battlefront didn't even care to include a story, instead opting for its single player/co-op experience to be a pretty basic horde mode with a set number of waves all set in a single location on one of four planets. It's just so shallow and dull that I really can't find anything to justify paying $60 for it. If this were a free-to-play game and you had to spend real money to buy upgrades and cosmetic effects, I would actually give it a higher score. There's simply nothing to keep you playing unless all you do is competitive multiplayer, in which there are dozens of other much more well-established games out there for you.

    All in all, you could just buy one of the old Battlefront games for much cheaper and have a much more satisfying experience. If, however, all you're looking for is a gorgeous series of setpieces to wander in awe (while being shot at) of the sheer beauty of the Star Wars universe, then this game is perfect for you.    … Expand
  59. JetJaguar
    Nov 17, 2015
    5
    Stunning graphic, great sound and nostalgia, cannot compensate for repetitive gameplay and a serious unbalancing issue.
    Star Wars: Battlefront is a rent, not a buy, for this tech demo falls flat.
  60. notgoodea
    Nov 23, 2015
    0
    4 Maps, 11 weapons. Game modes that are all have the same mechanics. No progression path apart from XP rank levelling.

    They have definitely split the game in two so you have to pay double to get the rest of the content which is only days away.

    I have never played a game lacking so much from such a big developer.
  61. RazerN
    Nov 18, 2015
    2
    So instead of Micro transactions they give you no content and then massive DLC costs for content which should have been included in the game to start with. Game companies are just fleecing people and using the lure of a big name title to do it. Oh and no Campaign mode so all I can do is listen to ignorant kids shouting with their high pitched voices - yea that's so much fun.
  62. thaylonsen
    Nov 19, 2015
    2
    Sadly the multiplayer just doesn't make up for the lack of a single player campaign. Multiplayer had to be epic and it isnt... Feels very much like Destiny... A let down.
  63. Tubey
    Nov 18, 2015
    6
    It nails Star Wars in terms of the look and the sound. However, there's a reason you'll keep going back to watch the Stars Wars movies, but be finished with this inside a week - you see, Star Wars movies have a depth of quality to them that make you come back until you learn every line by heart. Battlefront? Well, it has little depth at all.

    Once you get over the aesthetics, you're done    It nails Star Wars in terms of the look and the sound. However, there's a reason you'll keep going back to watch the Stars Wars movies, but be finished with this inside a week - you see, Star Wars movies have a depth of quality to them that make you come back until you learn every line by heart. Battlefront? Well, it has little depth at all.

    Once you get over the aesthetics, you're done with the game. It is BADLY missing the content to pull you in for the long run in terms of multi-player, and the whole thing absolutely screams for a Bioshock Infinite style single player narrative experience, but gives you nothing of the sort.

    The gameplay is lacking a bit as well. No recoil, no feedback to weapon firing and no aim penalty to moving or jumping etc. However, I think that is by design, as the game is going all out to attract casual gamers who are Star Wars fans, rather than the eSport crowd.

    If you go into this looking for a fantastic shooter, you're going to be sorely disappointed. If you go into this as a Star Wars fan who happens to own a PS4 or whatever, and all you want is the feeling of being in the movies, then you'll love this... for a couple of days anyway.    … Expand
  64. FWordFizz
    Nov 28, 2015
    4
    Man, I'm really sad I gotta give this game a 4/10 but in its current state that's the score it deserved. 2 weeks before I bought the game I built a really high end gaming PC and I wanted something that looked amazing to run on it, but at the end of the day it wasn't worth the money. The game looks fantastic and plays really well, mechanically its a masterpiece. The blasters all controlMan, I'm really sad I gotta give this game a 4/10 but in its current state that's the score it deserved. 2 weeks before I bought the game I built a really high end gaming PC and I wanted something that looked amazing to run on it, but at the end of the day it wasn't worth the money. The game looks fantastic and plays really well, mechanically its a masterpiece. The blasters all control like you think they should, with no gun really outshining all of the others, and all the vehicles are a blast to fly around it or drive. But there is something darker here. Theres only 4 maps in the game, no joke. You have 2 maps for each planet, but because 1 map on each planet is designed for the **** death match modes no one will play you only see one of them. And of the 4 maps in the game only 2 are worth playing in my opinion. The game gets old really fast... really fast. Like 5 hours. And you didn't buy a 60 dollar game for 5 hours worth of fun. All of the game is hiding in the dlc that costs 50 **** dollars. So at the end of the day don't buy it. Its not worth the money. At the same time mother**** EA is pushing a 110 dollar game with enough content to fill maybe a 40 dollar one from the late 2000's people like Bethesda are putting out a 60 dollar game that feels like it has all the DLC included. Don't buy it, just pirate it and find a way to work around the blocks EA has put up. I know it's illegal, but buying the game is basically letting EA steal money for you, and if you have bought the game, don't buy the DLC and if you can return the season pass. No one else will be playing it and you will have spent 110 dollars on a MULTIPLAYER ONLY game with empty servers, and that will be a damn shame.… Expand
  65. vreynauld
    Dec 1, 2015
    3
    Graphically beautiful. Sound effects are on point. Really makes you feel as though you're in the Star Wars universe. That's were the praise ends. Too few maps, too little content, minimal single player content that barely exists to justify being there. Vast majority of multiplayer is one sided in favor of the Rebels, with exception to Walker Assault on Hoth which, despite tweaks, is stillGraphically beautiful. Sound effects are on point. Really makes you feel as though you're in the Star Wars universe. That's were the praise ends. Too few maps, too little content, minimal single player content that barely exists to justify being there. Vast majority of multiplayer is one sided in favor of the Rebels, with exception to Walker Assault on Hoth which, despite tweaks, is still lopsided towards the Empire. One sided battles are extremely evident in Fighter Squadron, where Rebels win in absolute blowouts 9 times out of 10 regardless of location, thanks to their click-and-forget shields that double their health and have no adequate counter by the TIE's evasive maneuvers ability. Most Fighter Squadron matches I've played since release (50+ total games thus far) have had half of the players on the Imperial side quitting mid-match; that should tell you how bad the imbalance is. Hero Battle is the only truly balanced mode, but with 6 heroes on 4 maps, you'll get your fill in one or two matches.

    Terrible netcode with horrendous lag and hit detection problems. Player customization is nothing short of a joke; same models for both sides, just one has Stormtrooper armor. Players spawn camping vehicles and not even trying to play the game due to horrible power up item design. Barely worth a rental, certainly not worth a buy, and DEFINITELY not worth dropping an extra $50 on top of the purchase price for a season pass. Wait until the inevitable "Battlefront Definitive Edition" comes out next holiday season with all the DLC and bug fixes... and then wait for it to go on sale.    … Expand
  66. Inferno54
    Dec 1, 2015
    2
    If this was a 20 dollar game you could download off of the store, it wouldn't be so bad. However, calling this game Star Wars Battlefront seems to really let the series of games down. It took away many of aspects which made the previous installment so highly coveted, such as the class system and a truly fun campaign.
    In the game's favor, it truly looks and sounds incredible, but I don't    If this was a 20 dollar game you could download off of the store, it wouldn't be so bad. However, calling this game Star Wars Battlefront seems to really let the series of games down. It took away many of aspects which made the previous installment so highly coveted, such as the class system and a truly fun campaign.
    In the game's favor, it truly looks and sounds incredible, but I don't feel that this can make up for the lack of overall content. There's too few modes which almost all feel uninspired, only a handful of maps for a game with no real campaign mode, and the weapons are incredibly unbalanced when unlocks compare to default.
    The matching system is lacking, spawn camping feels far too common, and the game constantly loads you right into the line of fire of enemy vehicles. These major flaws in the multiplayer mode are all the more frustrating when the single player experience is so hollow. You have a handful of training missions, which weren't all that bad. Then story fights, which are the same first to 100 kills mission over and over again, the hero fights are an utter joke as even on the harder difficulties the life drops are so common the hero character will almost never die (not to mention the lack of heroes to chose from, there's only 6 in the entire game). And survival mode, which seems a touch unfair of how many vehicles the game sends at only a single player.
    Overall the game just feels so empty. It seems like so much time was put into graphic quality, somewhere in the process they stopped creating a game. After an hour or two you can experience most of what the game has to offer unless you're going to put hours and hours into online ranking to get a few more guns and the ability to give your character different hairstyles. The massive multiplayer can be fun at times but incredibly frustrating at others, and the payoff at the end feels so minuscule.
    If you plan to get this game, maybe wait 3 or 4 years for the price to drop to an appropriate level and hopefully the dlc that got cranked out in the meantime will have improved the game enough to justify purchasing it then. But I cannot imagine any dlc content worth having to pay any more then the already overpriced $60 price tag on the main game.
    Overall, 2 out of 10. Break out Battlefront 2 instead and work past the outdated graphics and experience a game done right. And that's only $10 on steam if you don't already own it. Much better deal for a clearly superior game.    … Expand
  67. baserocker
    Nov 17, 2015
    6
    While the great visuals and sounds of the Star Wars brand is alluring, there’s currently not enough variety to the multiplayer modes, weaponry or the single player content compared with other entries in the series and within the FPS genre.

    You objectives are hammered by simplicity and lack of traversal options, which look all the more ridiculous in third-person as you see your trooper    While the great visuals and sounds of the Star Wars brand is alluring, there’s currently not enough variety to the multiplayer modes, weaponry or the single player content compared with other entries in the series and within the FPS genre.

    You objectives are hammered by simplicity and lack of traversal options, which look all the more ridiculous in third-person as you see your trooper struggling to surmount a small ridge. Battlefront feels outdated, and the unlockable jump pack doesn’t do much to improve things, its overly long cool-down preventing repeated uses.

    Performance is generally very smooth in-game, though there are some noticeable instances of texture pop-in on vehicles and the landscape, primarily in pre-game fly-bys or in the singleplayer missions. While the singleplayer and multiplayer missions take place on a few different maps, you’re limited to four planets – Hoth, Tattooine, Endor and Sullust. I would have loved to see more on offer, and though extra locations will be added later that doesn’t really help with the initial sense that there’s not enough meat on the game’s bones.

    Overall, kind of eh.    … Expand
  68. Xarian
    Nov 24, 2015
    4
    Beautiful game, graphics are amazing and the game is fun to play. Sadly, it's severally lacking in everything else. It truly holds its playability for a couple of hours. There are only 3 game modes: Training, Battle and Survival. Training has mainly sky maps and a few others, battle consists of 4 ill conceived maps that are basic at best and has a horrible point based system of winning,Beautiful game, graphics are amazing and the game is fun to play. Sadly, it's severally lacking in everything else. It truly holds its playability for a couple of hours. There are only 3 game modes: Training, Battle and Survival. Training has mainly sky maps and a few others, battle consists of 4 ill conceived maps that are basic at best and has a horrible point based system of winning, and survival is just super easy. Overall it's a fun game, sadly it's not even worth buying. Really a drop down from Battlefront 2.… Expand
  69. alisterbekeley
    Nov 25, 2015
    3
    This game is a huge disappointment as I was so excited to get this title.

    It's best described as a "showbag", looks good on the outside but is full of cr@p.

    I will be trading it back in for something else.
  70. PoisonBly
    Nov 28, 2015
    0
    "Immerse Yourself In Your Star Wars Battle Fantasy" Yea Right, with no space battles, Clone Wars, and this game lacks many contents too. There's Only 4 current maps, FOUR!!!
  71. nicky69
    Nov 18, 2015
    5
    Looks graphically stunning, and the audio is incredible, and the game plays pretty well. Now let's get to the real issues, a total lack of content for a full price retail game, poor game modes, Walker assault is the only mode worth playing, lack of upgrades for weapons, and lack of weapon customization. Some maps are incredible, others are really poor, and to top it off a season passLooks graphically stunning, and the audio is incredible, and the game plays pretty well. Now let's get to the real issues, a total lack of content for a full price retail game, poor game modes, Walker assault is the only mode worth playing, lack of upgrades for weapons, and lack of weapon customization. Some maps are incredible, others are really poor, and to top it off a season pass that's cheaper than the game, but will come with more maps. However the season pass is still expensive when you compare it to other games. This game definitely needed a single player campaign, as that would have made the package at least feel better value for money. I can also see myself becoming bored with this game after a week, because being honest I'm getting bored now, after playing 10 hours worth. Personally I'd tell people to wait until this game comes down in price, as it's not worth full price. Please don't be blinded by Star Wars nostalgia.… Expand
  72. Wardawn
    Nov 17, 2015
    6
    God how I wanted to love this game so much. I like many played the Beta and enjoyed it, from the gripping battle on Hoth I was taken back by the beautiful visuals. However even from that point the seeds of doubt planted themselves in my head.

    Graphically I don't think any of us have a question with what DICE has done yet again. The sounds and visuals are stunning from the blinding snow    God how I wanted to love this game so much. I like many played the Beta and enjoyed it, from the gripping battle on Hoth I was taken back by the beautiful visuals. However even from that point the seeds of doubt planted themselves in my head.

    Graphically I don't think any of us have a question with what DICE has done yet again. The sounds and visuals are stunning from the blinding snow fields of Hoth to the deep woods of Endor. It's "pretty" to be blunt. I have no doubt that any fans of Star Wars or those that have experienced this engine before will enjoy the flashes of red lasers flying over their heads and diving for cover when one of those pesky rebels toss a thermal at you.

    Star Wars fandom aside what are we left with?

    The maps though well designed from what I've experienced are limited to 4 for those looking for the "conquest" style of play from Battlefield. Supremacy and Walker assault provide 40 man battles but comprise a 4 map rotation. Now for me that's weak and I'll tell you why. Yes they look stunning, yes I love the sound but in the end the wonder does start to wear off that's just a fact of it. You pick up vehicles by dashing for the pick ups, which are the occasional AT which I've never seen more than one on a map at a time or fighters. Now the fighters are cool but if you are fighting on the ground chances are they are going to ignore you. So what you are left with is a giant infantry battle with the Empire only being able to field one AT at a time, I don't feel the desperation as a rebel.

    I don't know what to say other then it gets boring. You cannot prone, crouching doesn't effect weapon accuracy and the guns feel about the same. You have your blaster, heavy blaster (light mg), pistols (smg) from my understanding and the odd burst weapon and a "shotgun". The selection is small and though I don't expect a wealth of weapons I made the assumption that you literally can make up whatever weapons you want and you made about a dozen. If we compare that to COD or Battlefield its laughable, I have more sidearms to pick from then main weapons. If you look at the original battlefronts you have sniper rifles that aren't specials, grenade launchers, sonic weapons and...well more creativity.

    Gun play I'm not sure is going to entice hardcore gamers as its more family friendly and has a wider audience appeal. Its easy to pick up and play and the learning curve is minimal. Since even kneeling in cover means nothing as a guy running and gunning has about the same accuracy as you that's the ball game.

    I think my problem is I expected Battlefield and that was silly of me. I remember Star Wars Battlefront fondly. Even if the singleplayer was basic maps with a bit of a story I still completed it because A) its Star Wars and B) it was still a challenge. I remember crash landing during space battles to destroy the other teams ship and shouting at my clone marine to run faster.

    I'm not sure what Star Wars Battlefront is trying to be. It has none of the diversity of COD or Battlefield. Limited weapons, no weapon customization, character customization is just for fun but even in Star Wars I looked at my options and went meh. Vehicles are one the AT that you can actually move the AT-ATS when you do get inside is for a limited time and is a mobile artillery piece..still fun. Fighters are what you expect but with even your blasters being able to lock on it makes the game "family friendly" in terms of skill. You have more turret options to use then vehicles. If this was a battlefield clone but Star Wars I probably would have been more happy. I just feel this is cashing in on the hype of Star Wars right now. People can say its fun and ya it is, I'll still play it from time to time but I feel like I've experienced everything it has to offer and the day isn't over yet.

    I would have liked the pick ups in game to be removed completely and perhaps a kill streak award instead. Anyone can take the hero pick up which is great for people and at the same time why is Darth Vader running in circles? The cards are perks but by another name. I have no real complaint with them but no praise either.

    I gave it a 6/10 because my really disappointment despite everything is you had such an open book with this game in terms of what could be down with it. The result is a game lacking the multiplayer depth of even the original games in my opinion or its rivals COD, BF etc. Perhaps my dream was unrealistic but this game doesn't feel finished. In a galaxy far far away you visit maybe four-five planets out of the entire star wars universe. The season pass doesn't do it for me as I don't think we as gamers need to pay money for a game that just doesn't feel finished.

    Wardawn,    … Expand
  73. saywhaaaat
    Nov 25, 2015
    2
    The game is a huge let down after all the anticipation. While the game has beautiful scenery and looks superb, that is about as much as you get for $60. Weapons provide little feed back, customization. Laser's are slow to hit targets at range. Maps provided are ok yet you will have to spend an extra $50 to get more down the road and actually keep yourself entertained. I managed 10 hoursThe game is a huge let down after all the anticipation. While the game has beautiful scenery and looks superb, that is about as much as you get for $60. Weapons provide little feed back, customization. Laser's are slow to hit targets at range. Maps provided are ok yet you will have to spend an extra $50 to get more down the road and actually keep yourself entertained. I managed 10 hours before calling it a day and would love to get a return though not eligible.

    If there had been a single player run through with the current multiplayer I would have felt the purchase worth it. Unfortunately EA got their greedy mitts on it left campaign out and now you have to pay through the roof for a complete game down the line.

    At least battlefront 2 is cheap as chips will be playing that instead for campaign.    … Expand
  74. maberry
    Nov 20, 2015
    2
    The graphics and sound are AMAZING. The attention to detail is just jaw dropping....but aside from that this game sucks. I don't have an elaborate point by point break down either, it's just not fun. It's missing that magical something that makes a good game great. It's the different between a good painting and a work of art. Battlefront on Xbox was the work of art. I don't know what thisThe graphics and sound are AMAZING. The attention to detail is just jaw dropping....but aside from that this game sucks. I don't have an elaborate point by point break down either, it's just not fun. It's missing that magical something that makes a good game great. It's the different between a good painting and a work of art. Battlefront on Xbox was the work of art. I don't know what this is. A shameless ploy to make money off of the franchises stellar reputation. I rented this feeling excited and returned it feeling sad. Like a part of my childhood had died.… Expand
  75. ClassicRPM
    Nov 24, 2015
    0
    The game costs about 60 dollars/euros, and it contains 4 maps and no campaign mode. This game is the introduction of a new selling policy, and the user should be aware of that. This new policy consists on raising the price of a game to 110-120 bucks, by splitting its content into different parts and selling the first one AT FULL PRICE; and the rest will be paid via downloadable content.The game costs about 60 dollars/euros, and it contains 4 maps and no campaign mode. This game is the introduction of a new selling policy, and the user should be aware of that. This new policy consists on raising the price of a game to 110-120 bucks, by splitting its content into different parts and selling the first one AT FULL PRICE; and the rest will be paid via downloadable content. This is, in my opinion, an insult to the sensible customer.

    Customers should avoid buying this, if they do not agree with this kind of policy. Just like Microsoft took a step back with the prohibition of 2nd hand games when they saw the huge rejection of the public, game developers and publishers could do the same.

    To sum up: The game has absolutely no content. Regardless of how many DLCs are released for this game, the original price is not worth paying at all, for what it has to offer. We are again victims of the hype.    … Expand
  76. Dennis92
    Nov 19, 2015
    7
    At first, nostalgia takes place, and you are swept away in the beauty of the planets and the sounds of the blasters and ships. This quickly fades once you actually play the game. It is highly repetitive with little variance in this released version. There is not enough variety to justify the price tag, let alone a $50 season pass. EA has truly ruined what once was a great franchise. WithAt first, nostalgia takes place, and you are swept away in the beauty of the planets and the sounds of the blasters and ships. This quickly fades once you actually play the game. It is highly repetitive with little variance in this released version. There is not enough variety to justify the price tag, let alone a $50 season pass. EA has truly ruined what once was a great franchise. With only four planets, and very similar game modes that just don't feel populated enough given the planet size, this game is a hard pass. I would not recommend getting this title. Save your money, and don't encourage EA. I made the mistake of letting my nostalgia take over and preordered digitally before I saw any gameplay, and Sony wouldn't let me cancel.… Expand
  77. SchroederRock
    Nov 17, 2015
    6
    A shadow of a great game, Star Wars Battlefront is a lackluster shooter experience that gets fans of the Star Wars universe to buy in solely on branding and not substance. There are moments where I found Battlefront to be a good game, but they were quickly erased once I realized that the first 2 hours were going to be my favorite moments. I streamed this game over Twitch and put a fullA shadow of a great game, Star Wars Battlefront is a lackluster shooter experience that gets fans of the Star Wars universe to buy in solely on branding and not substance. There are moments where I found Battlefront to be a good game, but they were quickly erased once I realized that the first 2 hours were going to be my favorite moments. I streamed this game over Twitch and put a full 10 hours toward it before passing final judgment, and just like the viewers that I was engaging with and talking about the game with, I found myself very disappointed. This is not a complete and total failure, but it's a game that just never fully developed. Playing in Star Wars vehicles are frustrating because the aiming systems are complete garbage - no matter what sensitivity you use it's impossible to glide your crosshair over enemies - probably why you have to use a left-trigger/left-button to lock on to enemy air fighters. I constantly crashed into stuff trying to attack infantry from the air even after 30+ attempts to master the controls. Keep in mind that I am a great pilot in Battlefield and am a very experienced shooter player, so it's not coming from an inept casual player that is sad he can't cut it. I expect more from DICE and EA since Battlefield is fairly deep (and now includes a single player mode, even if it's just okay in terms of quality). Visiting the battlefields of the Star Wars universe and hearing the wonderful Star Wars soundtrack in the background are the best treats to have, but everything else about Battlefront is half-baked. The DLC is $50 in season-pass form and stands as DICE's opportunity to improve this game. Some might enjoy this game, so don't completely throw it out as a possible must-have game for you, but unless decent graphics, a soundtrack and nostalgia are enough to satisfy you, your $60 is better spent on other great games (Fallout 4 is a good buy in lieu of Battlefront, or even Black Ops 3 - I can't believe I'm recommending a CoD game over Battlefront).… Expand
  78. ice05
    Nov 18, 2015
    4
    The game is good for the most part, I see it getting old very fast.

    The bad: No customizations for weapons, all the guns are pretty boringly similar. Only 3 hero's and 3 Villains ( The Jedi's move very very slow) ... I'm pretty sure BF2 had more. Flight controls are stiff and way to basic with no alternative controls. No story... Can't play as any other race. The Good: Graphics are    The game is good for the most part, I see it getting old very fast.

    The bad: No customizations for weapons, all the guns are pretty boringly similar. Only 3 hero's and 3 Villains ( The Jedi's move very very slow) ... I'm pretty sure BF2 had more. Flight controls are stiff and way to basic with no alternative controls. No story... Can't play as any other race.

    The Good: Graphics are amazing, sounds are amazing, and the game can be really fun with no server issues.

    So basically the game is dry and they skimped out on a lot, compared to Battlefront 2 and Dices Battle Field games I feel they gave us way less then what we expected from the pass. The maps are all great but there's not many of them. I see other ppl comments and I really don't understand why game creators don't listen to fans. Looks like Dice is slowly turning into C.O.D. " Buy our game and the DLC if you want the actual game".... uhg.......    … Expand
  79. damman
    Nov 20, 2015
    5
    I am giving this half of a game a 5/10 due to the lack of dept in this game that you must pay over $110.00 to get the full game. Yes the graphics are great but why does that matter if you lack a full game not just 1/3 of a game. Since I played half of a game that gets boring after the first 2 hours online I felt that I must at least warn you before you get this game. You're only getting aI am giving this half of a game a 5/10 due to the lack of dept in this game that you must pay over $110.00 to get the full game. Yes the graphics are great but why does that matter if you lack a full game not just 1/3 of a game. Since I played half of a game that gets boring after the first 2 hours online I felt that I must at least warn you before you get this game. You're only getting a bit of a game and EA want you to fall for the DLC that's way over priced. For myself I REDBOXED THIS GAME OR RENTED IT. THANK YOU REDBOX FOR SAVING ME $110.00. Please I am warning you if you buy this game you will be supporting EA plus this game sucks after like 2 hours of game play. Well you have been warned. EA you suck that's why I am giving you a 5 which is half that half is what you're getting if you purchase this game or should I say you will get less than half of a very boring game.… Expand
  80. RGKDR
    Dec 8, 2015
    0
    A game that came out tens years ago blows this out of the water. What does it say about this $60 game? There are two or three vehicles no distinct classes like the original Battlefront. Atleast call it star wars battle field and even then its still a terrible game in comparison and in general for the price of $60.
  81. FlyYouFools
    Nov 29, 2015
    0
    This game actually makes COD look like they're innovating. I just don't understand how people can drop their standards for a game so low to pay 60$-120$ for this "game". Don't expect the game to be heavily populated in a few months time.
  82. Neo85
    Nov 19, 2015
    6
    The game looks and sounds great but that's where it all ends. The game lacks any real substance and I don't feel like I'm working towards anything while playing it. You are able to unlock cards and guns and skins but other than the jet pack i don't think it makes a great deal what your set up is. there is no real skill in the game you don't even have to reload or get any ammo if it movesThe game looks and sounds great but that's where it all ends. The game lacks any real substance and I don't feel like I'm working towards anything while playing it. You are able to unlock cards and guns and skins but other than the jet pack i don't think it makes a great deal what your set up is. there is no real skill in the game you don't even have to reload or get any ammo if it moves you shoot at it. if you want something mindless that you can jump into any time and play maybe this is the game for you. but there are plenty of Great games out there like the Witcher 3 or Fallout. 4 if you want some substance.… Expand
  83. thewallabie
    Dec 5, 2015
    0
    Who in their right mind would make a battlefront sequel without a campaign mode? What a waste of effort from a designer team that got blocked by the marketing team that wants to sell 2 tiny stories as paid DLC... thank god i didn't buy this online. I am returning my copy tomorrow... Go buy star wars infinity if you want more versatile content in the star wars genre. They have campaign andWho in their right mind would make a battlefront sequel without a campaign mode? What a waste of effort from a designer team that got blocked by the marketing team that wants to sell 2 tiny stories as paid DLC... thank god i didn't buy this online. I am returning my copy tomorrow... Go buy star wars infinity if you want more versatile content in the star wars genre. They have campaign and multiplayer and free DLCs.... or play an old battlefront copy on your PC....… Expand
  84. Hangar18
    Dec 26, 2015
    0
    EA once again shamefully exploiting the market. Seriously?! For a full priced game there is nothing to it. I've played iPhone apps with more content than this. Unless you are ADHD, you'll get bored with this after 5 mins. Giving this a zero to counter the ridiculous 10 scores. No way this game deserves more than 4.
  85. punchrx
    Dec 14, 2015
    1
    $140.00 for this junk?! WTF! I feel sorry for those of you you fell for that crap. I was at least hoping for a Battlefield game with a Star Wars skin, instead we get a watered down, shallow shell of what Battlefront once was.

    The graphics and sound fx are amazing, absolutely beautiful but unfortunately thats all this game has going for it. Its like wax fruit, it looks good but dont try    $140.00 for this junk?! WTF! I feel sorry for those of you you fell for that crap. I was at least hoping for a Battlefield game with a Star Wars skin, instead we get a watered down, shallow shell of what Battlefront once was.

    The graphics and sound fx are amazing, absolutely beautiful but unfortunately thats all this game has going for it. Its like wax fruit, it looks good but dont try to ingest it or it'll leave you sick.

    Controls are more like an arcade shooter, another watered down and half-baked mechanic to the game. Whats worse that the arcade-like controls is the flight controls, I dont know what they were thinking or if they even tested them because theyre just awful. You literally with break your arm trying to turn you TIE fighter 180 degrees.

    No Classes and for that matter, no class. This game is in a league of its own, actually its in the same league as SWtoR... Come to think of it, why is EA even allowed to make SW games anymore, can we get a competent studio to make us SW games, have they not abused the IP enough yet?    … Expand
  86. Ivan1989
    Nov 21, 2015
    6
    Star Wars Battlefront is mehhhhhhh, that's the best way to describe this game. Its feels like a watered down version of Battlefield. Its not a bad game, its ok, but gets very boring very quick. The game graphics and sound is superb, Dice has nailed that. The shooting in the game is solid, the hero's and villains are a nice touch, even though there is only 3 on each side at the moment.Star Wars Battlefront is mehhhhhhh, that's the best way to describe this game. Its feels like a watered down version of Battlefield. Its not a bad game, its ok, but gets very boring very quick. The game graphics and sound is superb, Dice has nailed that. The shooting in the game is solid, the hero's and villains are a nice touch, even though there is only 3 on each side at the moment. That's where the positives of this game ends, there is no real single player experience, ie campaign. What you have are Training, Battle and Survival. Training is a series of tasks which prepare you for the Multiplayer. Battle is just a mini game of battles where you play as Darth Vader defending the base against incoming rebels. Its repetitive and there are similar battle scenarios with other characters, etc. Survival simply makes you face waves of incoming enemies, the standard we have seen in other games like Call Of Duty. The Multiplayer feels in-between Battlefield and MAG online. Its very repetitive and lacks depth, but it can be fun for a small period of time through one sitting.

    To conclude, while Star Wars Battlefront is not a good game, its neither a bad game, its ok. Its a game for someone who really likes battlefield and is a massive fan of Stars Wars. However, I strongly recommend waiting until it hits bargain bin price. You will get bored of this game in two play throughs, its not worth the current asking price.    … Expand
  87. Broseph14
    Dec 10, 2015
    4
    Sigh.

    Star Wars battlefront from a visual stand point is excellent. It looks good, really good. It also sounds fantastic. That's about what you're certain about when picking this up. The single player in Star Wars battlefront is actually pretty good, survival and battles are fun but they will hold your attention for about three hours, tops. Multiplayer is alright which is worrying    Sigh.

    Star Wars battlefront from a visual stand point is excellent. It looks good, really good. It also sounds fantastic. That's about what you're certain about when picking this up. The single player in Star Wars battlefront is actually pretty good, survival and battles are fun but they will hold your attention for about three hours, tops. Multiplayer is alright which is worrying considering that is the main meat. First off unless you're playing a more popular game mode you'll struggle to get into smaller ones which is a pain in the ass. But when you do find a match you're not going to have much fun, the way guns work is stupid since by the time you kill one person your guns overheated and his friend has killed you. This game is bargain bin fodder and as long as you don't have high expectations for the game you might salvage some enjoyment. Eh.    … Expand
  88. wigclyne
    Jan 29, 2016
    4
    Star Wars Battle front looks amazing. The graphics are truly great. The game play is fun and intense. However like PGA Tour EA have given a half complete game. There is just not enough maps to justify a full price game. In a statement EA said they were not going release a campaign mode with this game as gamers do not want campaign modes. I do not know how that came up with that conclusion.Star Wars Battle front looks amazing. The graphics are truly great. The game play is fun and intense. However like PGA Tour EA have given a half complete game. There is just not enough maps to justify a full price game. In a statement EA said they were not going release a campaign mode with this game as gamers do not want campaign modes. I do not know how that came up with that conclusion. But I still bought the game because if there was no campaign then online would be massive. But no its not, the lack of content is a disgrace. Another disgrace is the air battles. Controls are terrible and no space battles????I have purchased every FIFA ever released. I have purchased every Fight Night ever released. I have purchased hundreds of other titles throughout the years from EA but no more. I will never buy another game from these rip off merchants.… Expand
  89. EpikTheMaster
    Jan 1, 2016
    4
    Welcome to Star Wars: Battlefront...the most **** Multiplayer game that somehow managed to be a bigger **** up than Call of Duty.
    Pro's: Well....The graphics and sounds are nice.
    Con's: -Weapons are HORRIBLY Imbalanced(especially pistols like Han solo's blaster where you will die in seconds!) -The voice impressions Suck. -Some of the maps mainly the Swamp like areas are so ****ing    Welcome to Star Wars: Battlefront...the most **** Multiplayer game that somehow managed to be a bigger **** up than Call of Duty.
    Pro's: Well....The graphics and sounds are nice.

    Con's:
    -Weapons are HORRIBLY Imbalanced(especially pistols like Han solo's blaster where you will die in seconds!)
    -The voice impressions Suck.
    -Some of the maps mainly the Swamp like areas are so ****ing confusing to navigate leading to a lot of unnecessary deaths.
    -Limited maps(The most I counted was like FIVE).
    -Asking people to buy a 50 Dollar season pass for more content.
    -So much for a Campaign because there isn't one!
    -Flying is so terribly controlled you'll feel like you're playing a Bubsy game(And that's saying a lot.)
    -The minimap is ****.
    -The spawns are ****
    -These controls are annoying. I love how after I use the jump pack I just instantly Melee for no reason
    -You can't interact with the things in the map or go any place you should go(Like for example you cannot shoot Jawas for some reason but you can totally jump on top of the giant vehicle they own).
    -Lack of Weapons

    So yes. This is just Electronic Arts just trying to take your money because they don't care about you. Buy a better game that was released in 2015 like Witcher 3 or Fallout 4. At least I can play those two without being killed instantly by some random ****    … Expand
  90. many
    Dec 10, 2015
    2
    Good marketing, good graphs. Almost no content. Fun fades away very fast. Suggested price: 15€

    The positive reviews are strange, not sure what kind of players could review between 7 and 10.
  91. J_ache
    Dec 20, 2015
    4
    The game looks lovely, and it feels so much like a star wars game.
    But that in no way can make up for the terrible lack of content. If you purely want to fight the exact same online battles over and over, get this game. If you want to play offline/don't have PlayStation Plus, you're stuck playing what feels like simple mini-games - game modes which should make up a tiny part of the    The game looks lovely, and it feels so much like a star wars game.
    But that in no way can make up for the terrible lack of content. If you purely want to fight the exact same online battles over and over, get this game. If you want to play offline/don't have PlayStation Plus, you're stuck playing what feels like simple mini-games - game modes which should make up a tiny part of the content, not the entirety of the offline mode.
    As a whole, the game feels and looks great, but after the initial awe wears off there's just not enough there to justify the price.    … Expand
  92. mace8704
    Nov 22, 2015
    6
    Beautiful graphics and engrossing audio with shallow shooting mechanics and highly questionable game mode/map design. This is certainly NOT a must play game, but easily provides 15-20 hours of entertainment. Is 15-20hrs of star wars entertainment worth $60 to you? It should be noted there is minimal offline content so only consider if you enjoy playing online. Speaking of minimal content,Beautiful graphics and engrossing audio with shallow shooting mechanics and highly questionable game mode/map design. This is certainly NOT a must play game, but easily provides 15-20 hours of entertainment. Is 15-20hrs of star wars entertainment worth $60 to you? It should be noted there is minimal offline content so only consider if you enjoy playing online. Speaking of minimal content, you'll be seeing the same maps across a variety of game designs.… Expand
  93. arcteus
    Dec 2, 2015
    5
    Really wanted to provide some objective criticism for this game so I waited until now to write out some thoughts.

    Graphics/sound: Overall the game looks and sounds amazing, but this is not Telltale so it really matters very little to me personally, I want mechanics and well designed gameplay over graphics. I won't say anymore more about that. Gameplay: Simplistic to the core, in    Really wanted to provide some objective criticism for this game so I waited until now to write out some thoughts.

    Graphics/sound: Overall the game looks and sounds amazing, but this is not Telltale so it really matters very little to me personally, I want mechanics and well designed gameplay over graphics. I won't say anymore more about that.

    Gameplay: Simplistic to the core, in multiplayer players are already resorting to dashing back and forth while blasting away to add some semblance of strategy. You can't even go prone in this game. There's very little progression, the final three blaster unlocks represent a nice ranged single shot, a ranged burst, and a short-mid range blaster. That's all you need, seriously. It's literally rock-paper-scissors with some reaction time. The progression is abysmal even compared to a game like Call of Duty, and if you stood this game next to Battlefield you may want to shout in anger. (I am back on BF4 as a form of therapy). I could go on and on about how incredibly lackluster the gameplay is, but lets end with one more final analogy. I now play this game when I am mentally exhausted from Fallout 4 or The Witcher or BF4. This is the game I play while better games a patching. This is the game I play when I feel like self-loathing. If Fallout 4 is a carefully crafted saison farmhouse ale, Battlefront is a pack of Ole' Milwaukee.

    Balance: So laughably lopsided, you can see the ridiculous lack of competitive spirit this game evokes by just glancing at the stats. Games with players going 80-3? As discussed, this game has the depth level of rock-paper-scissors but there's also A-wing. Someone can literally just sit in an A-wing the entire game and be uncontested, the mechanics are that sceued. Most Walker Assaults never see half-way through mid-phase now. Lobbies never rebalance and there is no way to swap teams. So if you lose heavily or win heavily, guess what? You get the exact same scenario unless you leave the lobby and come back. Why even have lobbies? The lobby system also seems perfect for creating stacked teams. Consider that since there's never any rebalancing, a solid team is likely to stick together. A few plays leave, more join slowly, eventually that team becomes incredibly powerful.

    There's also a constant scenario where an opposing team can force an entire team into a building and merely camp entrances. There's no way to maneuver out of this. In other games there's squad spawns and safe zones and tactical inserts, not here. The most strategic thing one can do in these games is leave.

    All you need to do to conceptualize this game's failings is to remove all Star Wars elements and consider what a lackluster shooter garbage FPS this would amount to....in 2007...Jesus EA, what year is it? Lobbies that don't rebalance? Spawn camping killzones?

    I guess EA developers represent the worst part of ancient FPS games and this game is their utopia...    … Expand
  94. Jalmerk
    Jan 2, 2016
    4
    Star Wars Battlefront is the most basic, boring multiplayer shooter i have ever played. It's fun to visit the locations from the old movies and run with the AT-AT's and so on, but the novelty wears off fast. All the guns feel very similar, and theres next to no strategy involved here. I would compliment the graphics, but honestly, 900p on ps4 just doesn't cut it. Endor suffers from the lowStar Wars Battlefront is the most basic, boring multiplayer shooter i have ever played. It's fun to visit the locations from the old movies and run with the AT-AT's and so on, but the novelty wears off fast. All the guns feel very similar, and theres next to no strategy involved here. I would compliment the graphics, but honestly, 900p on ps4 just doesn't cut it. Endor suffers from the low resolution the most, as it has the most detail, but it all ends up looking like a flickering cluttered mess, and I don't even want to think about the xbone version running at just 720p. In the end, SWBF is an underwhelming experience, and without the fancy Star Wars skin, no one would look twice at this game.… Expand
  95. ZackRogers
    Nov 18, 2015
    6
    Battlefront brings the excitement of Star Wars to gaming in a huge way with this game. However, the spawns are terrible and unfair for the rebels, there is far too much micro-transactions such as the season pass that is pushed on players, and there is no campaign or space battles in it to fully embrace Star Wars for what it is
  96. christopherkill
    Nov 24, 2015
    6
    Star wars Battlefront is amazing and I'm a fan of star wars. But it still needs improvements don't to it. When you able to play as the rebels they have some imperial weapons like the E-11 and the T-21 and the DLT-19 are imperial weapons that the rebels shouldn't have. The imperials can have rebel guns like the RT-97C, A280C, DH-17 that they shouldn't have either. There needs to be moreStar wars Battlefront is amazing and I'm a fan of star wars. But it still needs improvements don't to it. When you able to play as the rebels they have some imperial weapons like the E-11 and the T-21 and the DLT-19 are imperial weapons that the rebels shouldn't have. The imperials can have rebel guns like the RT-97C, A280C, DH-17 that they shouldn't have either. There needs to be more drop points for to get in a tie fighter or rebel fighters and for AT-ST and AT-AT so that one person gets it and there teammates don't shoot at them. There needs to be more maps and guns and easier to level up and get more credits and a campaign. But it's still a good and fun game.… Expand
  97. Tumba
    Dec 21, 2015
    0
    With so much right about the foundation of the game ie graphics and sound I can't believe they sell a 4 map 1/4 finished game to the market. So many people purchased this anticipating a great campaign mode or at the very least A CAMPAIGN mode.

    The bottom line is the game is fun for 4 hours MAX. Not worth the price and it's irresponsible for gamers to support this type of marketing /    With so much right about the foundation of the game ie graphics and sound I can't believe they sell a 4 map 1/4 finished game to the market. So many people purchased this anticipating a great campaign mode or at the very least A CAMPAIGN mode.

    The bottom line is the game is fun for 4 hours MAX. Not worth the price and it's irresponsible for gamers to support this type of marketing / game deployment which is all about the $$ and no actual content.    … Expand
  98. TheDudeFromIce
    Nov 29, 2015
    4
    It may have the name Star Wars Battlefront, but it's not anywhere near being the game that we wanted after Battlefront 2.

    It looks great and plays great for a few hours but becomes stale and boring, Not enough in the game to keep playing for more then a couple of days. Very disappointing.
  99. pianotm26
    Dec 8, 2015
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Don't let the title fool you; I liked the Prequels. It was merely a reference to the irrational, only partly meritorious hate that they receive.

    I'm going to start with the absolute reality. I work for a living. Money is not something that falls out of the sky, and $69.99 plus tax is a significant amount. I charge $75.00 to tune a piano. This disc cost me the amount of an entire job. I was quite eager to get it. I had been looking forward to it. I love Star Wars. It's probably my favorite film series. I'm as immersed in the Expanded Universe as the typical Star Wars fan. That's why this game is so upsetting. If you've played the game, you know full well where I'm going with this: the hour of tutorials, and only about an hour of actual games if you're playing offline, and then having to pay an additional $49.99 if you want the content that really rightly should have come with the initial sticker price (minus the Battle of Jakku, which we'll be getting free: what a surprise!), and then having to pay for the privilege of playing multi-player.

    But...I've been reviewing games for awhile on other forums, and I wouldn't be much of a reviewer if I just complained about the most glaring issues without even getting into the game. So, let us begin.

    I bought Battlefront when I got my PS4. Fortunately, I bought the PS4 with the Disney Infinity 3.0 bundle, so I actually wound up paying the same but got a couple more games out of the deal (yes, that's how the math came out...I don't know what genius came up with that sales gimmick). So, I got it home, didn't have enough lines to hook up my PS4 to the internet, was too lazy to unplug my computer so I could enjoy online PS4 gameplay for awhile, so I just settled for the offline content for the time being.

    STORY: 1/10 There is no story. You are literally replaying battles from the Original Trilogy, and one that wasn't seen, but alluded to, without the story. They are the battles of Hoth, Tatooine, Endor, and Sullust. Yep, that's all. You can go through them in tutorials, mission mode, or survival mode. It also comes with a screensaver that features C-3PO and R2-D2 arguing with each other.

    GRAPHICS: 10/10The visuals in this game are absolutely stunning. Seriously, I wonder why the CGI in movies look so lousy when we have video games that look like this. Seriously, you could stare at these scenes for hours.

    GAMEPLAY (PART 1: OFFLINE): 4/10 The tutorials are a good place to start as they teach you the different styles of gameplay and the controls. You can play either ground missions or starfighter missions. The ground missions are typical of first person shooters such as Call of Duty or Fallout. The aerial missions are also disappointingly common as well, with controls similar to just about any flight simulator. The system is straightforward: kill as many enemies as you can while dying and respawning a ridiculous amount of times. It's a style of gameplay conducive to multiplayer, but I've never really enjoyed it as it just feels like losing over and over again, even when the game says you won. It's very difficult to aim in ground missions, and I understand that the lack of an autolock is for realism, but at the very least, they could incorporate some kind of system to assist with aiming. It's not this hard to aim and shoot in real life, and it's an exceedingly frustrating system. You can focus on a target with L2, but this still isn't an autolock, so it doesn't lock; it just tightens controls so that your sights don't jump all over the place when trying to aim.

    Aerial controls are another matter. L2 does act as an autolock, but an extremely tight one. If an enemy ship even slightly gets out of your sights, the autolock will break. It's still a very good autolock, and using it improves the game tremendously. Not using the autolock makes it virtually impossible to hit the target. Also, you have to hold down the L2 to use it, so your hand motions on the controller are extremely limited (not that it's a detriment, considering how limited your maneuverability is). Also, you have to maintain the lock when firing missiles until they hit their target (which isn't how missiles work in any reality). Dogfighting is very cumbersome.

    The speeder bikes on Endor: piloting a Star Wars speeder bike is a fun thing to do in video games. It's a really hard aspect of gameplay to mess up, but somehow, Battlefront manages it. In the extremely overrated quest for realism, this aspect is an EPIC PHAIL. It's true that that the ground assault and aerial missions have controls that aren't stellar, but they're okay, which is just fine for merchandising gimmick game, even one as beautiful as this, but the speeder bikes in this game are simply a terrible experience, and it's all because of the high level of ultra-realism that this game employs.

    Let me see if I can make this point: NOTHING KILLS A GAME LIKE ULTRA-REALISM!

    Now, there are those that argue that ultra-realism is the best gaming goal. No, it's not. Sorry, but it just isn't. First, let's start with the obvious point: if we wanted realism, we wouldn't be playing video games. Next: games are supposed to be enjoyed. Even frustration and stress can be enjoyable to a certain degree, but when that's all there is, it stops being fun. How do we know it's not fun? Simple: I'm writing a review on Star Wars: Battlefront instead of playing it. Do you see what's going on here? If it were fun, I'd be playing it.

    So, what's wrong with the speeders? Nothing, except that you are just going to die. If you manage to get your speed up, there is no thrill like in other games. You explode, die and respawn the second you hit something. Why was it made like this? Because life bars and hit points aren't realistic. So, if anything you touch kills you, unless you're going really slow, then whatever you hit just doesn't kill you as quickly. If you want to know who did speeders well, go back to N64 Shadows of the Empire. The controls and game play in the swoop level were pretty much like they are in this game: you even die the second you hit a rock wall. The difference? You don't die the instant you hit another swoop, and it's actually not as ridiculously easy to wreck as it is in Battlefront, and it's still pretty easy to wreck. That was my favorite level in that game. I played it over and over again. Battlefront actually made me hate speeders. This was terrible. Whoever designed the gameplay for the speeders should have been made to redo it. You know, patches have become a crutch and they've become an excuse to release a crappy game. If there is a patch that fixes the abysmal control on the Battlefront speeders, that's exactly what I am going to think: they were just more concerned with making a deadline than making a good game.

    So, playing ever single mission, and survival mode after the tutorial, it took me two hours to finish the offline content. All of it. I played the entire offline game that I paid 70 dollars for in 2 hours. Every mission. I suppose I could go back and play the Dark Side, but that would only give me another hour of gameplay. 70 dollars of this. Oh, and sometime this month, we're supposed to get the Battle of Jakku for free. That'll be another 20 minutes per side of the Force. That's all you get for 70 dollars. Want more? Well, more is coming, but you have to pay for it. I got 100 hours of content in Metal Gear Solid 4 for 50 dollars, and I couldn't even get a 3 hour Star Wars game for 70. No, you do not get to play multiplayer for 70 dollars; you still have to pay for that, but that may be more on Playstation than EA, but you still can't play the multiplayer unless you pay the monthly fee for Playstation Plus. If you're not willing to do that, you're SOL. You could pony up the 50 dollars for a yearly sub, but why? Why can't I just play the damned game? Why can't I just get what I've already paid for?

    GAMEPLAY (PART 2: ONLINE): 6/10 This is where the game is. There isn't much more in the way of content. There's a few more missions, but nothing truly remarkable. Everything is played against other players in versus combat. There's Droid Run, which is a King of the Hill style game in which you capture three droids before the opposing team does. There's Fighter Squadron, which is exactly what it sounds like, and my personal favorite (but that's only because the ground missions are so damned hard, again because realism). There's Walker Assault, which is the Battle of Hoth...again...this time with people other than you and the AI. There's Hero Hunt where you get to play all by yourself against everyone! And they're trying to kill you! And they're not trying to kill each other! Fun! Everything else is just variations on war: defend the cargo while stealing the other guy's cargo. Capture enemy supply drops. Or Supremacy, where you have to drive the enemy away (In other words, kill more of them.), or Blast, which is basically the same thing.

    What these missions offer are credits and ranks that you can unlock new items and abilities with. You have very little choice in your in game appearance. You have to win the privilege to change your in game appearance. This helps to make the game fun. Also, you have enemy players that are obviously going to be better than you. The gameplay here in multiplayer is about the same, but it's much more fun than in singleplayer mode. You also begin to really see the limitations. Your ships can't do barrel rolls or loops unless you press the D-Pad, and you only get three special aerial moves. The down button on the D-Pad changes you from external view to cockpit view. In my opinion, this only makes the aerial combat more fun as instead of having maneuvers handed to you, you have to be creative.

    I only wish the ground battles were as enjoyable, and the fact these missions feel more like a chore cannot possibly be more apparent in the fact that far fewer people seem to play them than the fighter missions, and it seems that there are a lot more awards and bonuses for playing the ground missions, or maybe I'm only seeing them listed since I don't get a list of bonuses for the aerial missions, but I still get them. That's telling. The fact that they display the fact that there a bonuses for the ground missions but don't make bonuses for the aerial missions apparent tells me that they know the ground missions are poorly done. It's very hard to kill and it's very easy to be killed.

    On the plus side, in the Hero vs. Villain game, you get the opportunity to play as one of three main characters on each side. If you're not a troop from the start, you either get to play as Luke, Leia, or Han, or if you're on the Dark Side, Darth Vader, The Emperor, or Boba Fett. In one game, I played as Darth Vader and actually got into an epic lightsaber duel with Luke (I lost)...on top of the Millennium Falcon!!! I wish I recorded that! That was awesome! But, ahem...whatever awesomeness there is to be had in these ground missions doesn't redeem their overall tediousness. It's impossible to aim decently, even at close range, and any attempt to aim will surely get you killed. Good cover appears to be all over the place, but it's surprisingly useless. The levels are so open, no areas are defensible, and because of this, using cover is really pointless because there's no way to form a line and keep enemies from sneaking up behind you. So it really is, "die over and over again until the match is over", and that is a really depressing and unenjoyable style of gameplay.

    The aerial battles are really the only missions that are really, truly fun, but there's only two, one that takes place in the four different settings the game comes with and Walker Assault, which is the Battle of Hoth.

    MUSIC: All Star Wars stock music, a lot of it unrecognizable entries from other video games and audio books. Very high quality recordings that are quite nicely added to appropriate settings and situations.

    REPLAYABILITY: 2/10 None for the singleplayer mode. This game gets very boring, very quickly. It's only marginally better in the multiplayer mode as each mission quickly becomes the same thing over and over again. The real fun is in fighting against other players that have managed to annoy you so much that you have got to get them just once. Sadly, this game is extremely overpriced. For aerial battles, you only get two missions, one set in three of the four settings (no aerial battles over Endor, so no, you will not be blowing up the Death Star II). You also only get 6 ground missions, each of them only in the four settings. The fact of the matter is, you only get a few hours of gameplay, each with goals that don't really interest you. Trust me: this is not the type of game you have to win before you're done.

    All this game has to offer is fighting the same battles over and over again. There's nothing at stake. There's no ending to justify winning. You just fight the enemy until the mission is over and you either win or lose, and if it's multiplayer mode, you slowly get credits to get barely two or three dozen available upgrades that you can't even buy until you have achieved a high enough rank, and these upgrades aren't even that good. There are no upgrades for the fighter ships, and what you get for your ground missions are blasters that are weaker than what you're already using or are only good for certain conditions that aren't going to come up that often. You can get a thermal detonator or a grenade, and those are good, but upgrades include a function that for a brief time makes it possible to more easily aim your gun, just for example. There's nothing really worth it. The only thing you get are different appearances, and they are basically just a variety of the same dozen humans with a few different hairstyles. You have to put in dozens of hours of gameplay before you'll be allowed to play an alien (the highest being a Twi'lek at Rank 50). Think about it: days and days of playing the same missions over and over and over and over again just to be able to make your in game appearance as customizable as the game will allow. There are only a dozen or so blasters available, with the most useful one being available at Rank 4.

    The graphics cannot redeem this game, and their score is negated by the shortcomings. Because of paying for multiplay and having to pay for additional content, I can't even recommend this game at bargain prices, and even if that wasn't an issue, the typical bargain price of 15 to 20 dollars is still quite high. This is the true 5 dollar bin game.    … Expand
  100. Imacritic
    Dec 9, 2015
    3
    It sucks that I spent $60 on this game. On the bright side, I can go onto Ebay and sell it for $55. Out of all the games I have played and read the reviews on, Star Wars Battlefront has the most honest NEGATIVE reviews I seen.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 59 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 28 out of 59
  3. 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. GameOver.gr
    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.
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  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]
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