Star Wars Battlefront II

 Xbox One
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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1378 Ratings

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  1. hockeyfn91
    Nov 22, 2017
    3
    This game is just like a stripper. Beautiful. Sexy. Great to Look at. Feels great when you touch it., but the second your money is gone or your wallet gets put away, they move right on to the next sucker. EA has been pulling this crap for years with its Ultimate Team pay to win game modes on NHL, FIFA and Madden franchises where you buy packs of virtual cards which may contain a crazilyThis game is just like a stripper. Beautiful. Sexy. Great to Look at. Feels great when you touch it., but the second your money is gone or your wallet gets put away, they move right on to the next sucker. EA has been pulling this crap for years with its Ultimate Team pay to win game modes on NHL, FIFA and Madden franchises where you buy packs of virtual cards which may contain a crazily over-powered player. The more you spend, the better your chances. OF course... they NEVER list odds for attaining such a card. It is the same mechanic that has EA has been shoving up our butts for years. Now that a universally beloved franchise like Star Wars is being used as the vehicle for the butt raping, people are taking notice and EA is finally taking notice. It is time to put an end to this pay to win gambling crap that EA does.
    Either pull their licences for Star Wars, football, FIFA and hockey or let other developers use them to make competing games. the 2K hockey games were a lot of fun.
    If there ever was a window to take EA down a few notches... now is the time to do it.    … Expand
  2. robertoiglesias
    Sep 1, 2019
    3
    This game is disappointing. Disney needs to stop themselves honestly. Play a different game that doesn't trigger you.
  3. Spych87
    Nov 25, 2017
    3
    I created account to write this short review. In general I spend so far 65h in game. The campaign is a multiplayer tutorial with narration. Arcade mode is fine however EA limited credits which we can get during the day. Multiplayer mode would be prefect if I would not have to spend hundred of hours on collecting the in game money to buy all the hero’s in game.
    As the micro transaction are    I created account to write this short review. In general I spend so far 65h in game. The campaign is a multiplayer tutorial with narration. Arcade mode is fine however EA limited credits which we can get during the day. Multiplayer mode would be prefect if I would not have to spend hundred of hours on collecting the in game money to buy all the hero’s in game.
    As the micro transaction are temporary disable this is the only way to gain the in game courency.

    Graphics 10/10 on Xbox One X
    Sound 10/10
    Overall gameplay 2/10 - this is not a free to play mmo but 60$ game.
    Total score 4/10    … Expand
  4. GacZorman
    Feb 9, 2019
    3
    The game is pretty, and it's Star Wars.

    Ok that's about it when it comes to positives. EA **** us over again and we still bought it anyways, the fact I spent hard earned cash on this garbage will be on my conscious until I fade away on my death bed. But seriously this game was the nail in the coffin that made me truly realize that EA makes products not games, so therefore I won't buy    The game is pretty, and it's Star Wars.

    Ok that's about it when it comes to positives. EA **** us over again and we still bought it anyways, the fact I spent hard earned cash on this garbage will be on my conscious until I fade away on my death bed. But seriously this game was the nail in the coffin that made me truly realize that EA makes products not games, so therefore I won't buy jack **** so long as it even has their name on it. Complete let down.    … Expand
  5. Spearhead78
    Nov 18, 2017
    2
    Great potential completely ruined by greedy business practices and sloppy quality control. The game would have been an easy sell but EA had to force a system into it which chokes the balance and fun right out of everything. The desperate (and temporary) act to mitigate the damage done by the (completely deserved) backlash does not in any way undo the atrocious plans laid out for this game.Great potential completely ruined by greedy business practices and sloppy quality control. The game would have been an easy sell but EA had to force a system into it which chokes the balance and fun right out of everything. The desperate (and temporary) act to mitigate the damage done by the (completely deserved) backlash does not in any way undo the atrocious plans laid out for this game.

    I will set aside the money I would have spent on this game and reserve it to be spent on products by deserving independent developers, instead. The only way I *might* see myself supporting this product would be if EA acknowledges their faults, reworks these systems and guarantees never to implement non-cosmetic micro-transactions into the game in perpetuity. Good luck with that...    … Expand
  6. Jimbob131190
    Nov 17, 2017
    2
    Avoid at all costs. EA Have only temporary disabled MTX only to lure you in, get you hooked only to re enable them at a later date. The game is not balanced if you have access to a hero, regardless of game skill you'll be in for a huge advantage over those who do not have access to level 4 cards also.

    Please do not buy the game. Sure the game looks nice, but it's only worth a rent at    Avoid at all costs. EA Have only temporary disabled MTX only to lure you in, get you hooked only to re enable them at a later date. The game is not balanced if you have access to a hero, regardless of game skill you'll be in for a huge advantage over those who do not have access to level 4 cards also.

    Please do not buy the game. Sure the game looks nice, but it's only worth a rent at most for the Single Player.    … Expand
  7. Rundusol
    Nov 19, 2017
    2
    I so very wanted to play BF2. I missed out on the first game because I ran out of time to devote to it and my excitement for BF2 was huge. Before buying it I saw the negative press around the BETA period and thought some of it would be fixed upon arrival.

    Sadly this is not the case. The single player campaign starts off strongly and it feels like you are about the embark on a unique    I so very wanted to play BF2. I missed out on the first game because I ran out of time to devote to it and my excitement for BF2 was huge. Before buying it I saw the negative press around the BETA period and thought some of it would be fixed upon arrival.

    Sadly this is not the case. The single player campaign starts off strongly and it feels like you are about the embark on a unique story, but not long into it the story begins to feel like a who's who of star wars big hitters are just rolled out and put into the story for the sake of it. The campaign levels look massive however are rather small when you factor in the leash EA puts on your character each time you stray slightly from the designated path.

    The multiplayer is fast and enjoyable with some massive maps full of excellent detail and ways to play, however the progression is frankly broken. The whole star card and loot box system of progression is completely flawed, when you do have enough credits to purchase a loot box you are not guaranteed anything that will actually suit your character or play style and often times I found myself receiving emotes for heroes and characters I did not even own. That and the fact that before they microtransactions were turned off you could purchase these things, frankly leaves me to believe this was a hugely unbalanced game when people with lots of money can buy said crates to make their character a lot stronger than others.

    Graphically it is a sight to behold on Xbox One X and I did not encounter any bugs.

    However none of that is enough, and the fact that progression seems so completely broken I cannot in good conscious recommend this game to anyone right now. I have returned my copy for a full refund and hopefully will come back when / if the multiplayer issues are rectified.    … Expand
  8. Joellemm
    Nov 18, 2017
    2
    Again, the original battlefront 2 had more content. The 4 hour campaign is so filled with cameos, its almost as if DICE knew the story was underwhelming. The gameplay in these missions is as basic as can be; kill baddies to get to here, defend here by killing baddies, killing baddies in the sky. Nor is the gameplay polished or fun enough for me to accept the minimalistic level design. ItAgain, the original battlefront 2 had more content. The 4 hour campaign is so filled with cameos, its almost as if DICE knew the story was underwhelming. The gameplay in these missions is as basic as can be; kill baddies to get to here, defend here by killing baddies, killing baddies in the sky. Nor is the gameplay polished or fun enough for me to accept the minimalistic level design. It feels so rushed, like every EA game I suppose. The multiplayer is the same as the first one, but with a little more content. Still no where near enough (I refer back to the first sentence). The worst part of the game is of course the progression system. Its laughable how far wrong it is. Game looks and sounds pretty though.… Expand
  9. markamckenzie
    Nov 18, 2017
    2
    A great game ruined by the world-renowned cash-grab company EA. A company that messed up possibly the most popular game it may ever have so bad that the CEO got told off by the CEO of Disney for dragging the STAR WARS name through the mud. I Pre-odered the game before the lootbox system was revealed and now I'm stuck with it. It's a good game, but as gamers we have to hound companies likeA great game ruined by the world-renowned cash-grab company EA. A company that messed up possibly the most popular game it may ever have so bad that the CEO got told off by the CEO of Disney for dragging the STAR WARS name through the mud. I Pre-odered the game before the lootbox system was revealed and now I'm stuck with it. It's a good game, but as gamers we have to hound companies like EA until they fix their game practices.… Expand
  10. PEL0KI
    Nov 24, 2017
    2
    The loot box thing has been covered well. My rating reflects more of the game play. There really isn’t anything new here. After playing the game for a week I’m already bored with it. More game types and more maps may have been helpful. Also the campaign was a disappointment. It was marketed as an Empire story, which seemed really interesting. Of course like everything else in theThe loot box thing has been covered well. My rating reflects more of the game play. There really isn’t anything new here. After playing the game for a week I’m already bored with it. More game types and more maps may have been helpful. Also the campaign was a disappointment. It was marketed as an Empire story, which seemed really interesting. Of course like everything else in the game, that marketing message from EA turned out not to be true.… Expand
  11. bschmidt24
    Mar 21, 2018
    2
    This game got boring after THREE WEEKS! I thought I'd be playing this **** for years! I thought they'd be constantly updating, patching, ADDING NEW CONTENT!!!! I played it for the first time because of the new progression update and it's still a boring **** game I progressed through everything interesting in those 3 weeks and the linear game modes weren't captivating enough to sustainThis game got boring after THREE WEEKS! I thought I'd be playing this **** for years! I thought they'd be constantly updating, patching, ADDING NEW CONTENT!!!! I played it for the first time because of the new progression update and it's still a boring **** game I progressed through everything interesting in those 3 weeks and the linear game modes weren't captivating enough to sustain interest for longer than a couple hours.
    They somehow **** up elements from the first game and never bother to fix them. Hero design is improved in some respects but DRASTICALLY ruins some of the best elements from the previous game. Battlefront 2 ea 2017 is both buggier and laggier than the first game as if they wanted to throw even LESS money into this one hoping it would keep their sinking ship afloat. It's almost as if the EA STAR WARS business plan is "use the SW name and spend lots on marketing to implement our core principles here at EA: 'Low cost, High reward' "
    The corporate shlong in this game is very apparent from the tacked on campaign to the horrible communication and BLATANT LIES we were told. I bought the game when it came out and was so excited because it looked very fun in previews and WAS very fun in the beta. It had some glaring issues but I thought they would be overshadowed by the cool maps and fun ships and star wars feeling and the promised CONSTANT UPDATES! What we received is a boring, BUGGY AND LAGGY, repetitive, and unimaginative scam.
    The first EATM StarTM WarsTM BattlefrontTM was at least something I liked to play for stupid fun with some pretty well designed maps and settings that really enhanced the sometimes bland gameplay. You could feel there was a passion there. The originals (2004-05) were and were shaping up (Battlefront 3 and 4) to be one of the most innovative game franchises in the industry. When I saw the cool settings for Battlefront 2 2017, I thought they looked like what I would do with a Star Wars game that had a committee producing it. What I played was pretty entertaining at first but the more I played, the more the absolutely horrible level design, overwhelmingly uninspired aesthetic, and repetitive nature of the gameplay left me so apathetic towards it.
    It's not a horrible game for the most part. Fighting in ships is great. That's about it. Nothing else elevates this experience past it's predecessors and will leave you dissatisfied in almost every manner. The graphics are nice and Darth Maul is fun, 2/10    … Expand
  12. Calanon7
    Jun 14, 2018
    2
    When I played the Beta of this game, it was great! I really enjoyed the gameplay and I thought Theed was great. Now the game has been released for some time and I have played it enough to write my own review.

    At first I really liked the game and had a lot of fun. EA/DICE seem to ruin the game more and more after every update. I don't know what's up, but it's terrible. I felt so strongly    When I played the Beta of this game, it was great! I really enjoyed the gameplay and I thought Theed was great. Now the game has been released for some time and I have played it enough to write my own review.

    At first I really liked the game and had a lot of fun. EA/DICE seem to ruin the game more and more after every update. I don't know what's up, but it's terrible. I felt so strongly about how bad it's current state is that I was inclined to leave this review.
    Please DICE, hear me! Why do you make such a good platform for it to be thrown all away from horrible updates and lack of content.

    This review is focused on the multi-player aspects within the game. As far as single-player, that was trash from the beginning. EA should have an entirely separate game for single-player instead of overwhelming themselves with to much content to be made in such a short time.    … Expand
  13. dunsley2
    Feb 23, 2022
    2
    Before I bought this game, I thought it was gonna be good. But this EA, they'll always find a way to freak it up. And they did.
    freak up 1) horrible lag
    EA is horrible and has already paid DICE 10 bucks to make the game, and they won't even give them a quarter to fix the lag freak up 2) microtransactions In other EA games like Battlefield, you have a progression system. In    Before I bought this game, I thought it was gonna be good. But this EA, they'll always find a way to freak it up. And they did.
    freak up 1) horrible lag
    EA is horrible and has already paid DICE 10 bucks to make the game, and they won't even give them a quarter to fix the lag
    freak up 2) microtransactions
    In other EA games like Battlefield, you have a progression system. In Battlefront II, you buy upgrades that instantly make you good at the game. They said that is you used real money, you could get gameplay advantages. You can instantly win a game with upgrades, but if you don't buy them, a bunch of bozos are gonna kill you.
    freak up 3) controls
    If you play a ship on keyboard and mouse, it's an absolute nightmare. One thing that you can do is keyboard and mouse on floor, controller in a starship
    Honestly, I don't despise this game. But since it's EA, aka the worst company in America, it's always a bad game
    final review: 2/10    … Expand
  14. Makaveli
    Nov 19, 2017
    1
    It's quite funny really. Every time I see that a game that EA is involved I don't get excited I think to myself " I wonder how they are going to screw us over this time" Well EA, you really screwed the pooch on this one didn't you and I laughed, You greedy bastards are getting what you deserve. I know you're "retooling" the microtransactions but I mean we all know at this point nobody canIt's quite funny really. Every time I see that a game that EA is involved I don't get excited I think to myself " I wonder how they are going to screw us over this time" Well EA, you really screwed the pooch on this one didn't you and I laughed, You greedy bastards are getting what you deserve. I know you're "retooling" the microtransactions but I mean we all know at this point nobody can trust your business practices.. I hope other companies learn from this and stop with these BS practices.... Just because they removed the microtransactions (for now) dont buy it, they are trying to lure people into buying the game so they can bend you over later.... I'm actually proud of the gaming community coming together and saying enough is enough... EA is nothing more than a crack dealer, they make you pay for a sample, get you hooked and then you waste more money on their BS.. To be honest it should be illegal what these companies do to people. The gaming industry is the only industry where we can be taken advantage of multiple times and still sit back and defend these crap companies... If the automobile industry tried to pull this crap I doubt people would stand for it.... Let's not back down, let's remind these companies who got them where they are today. Without us, they dont exist..oh and

    **** EA    … Expand
  15. ccam
    Dec 18, 2017
    1
    Worse than Battlefront 1, you paid about 80 EUR to just get some basic content. It is horrible to see what can they do to try to get (steal) more money. Pay to win. Not recommended.
  16. boxanata
    Nov 17, 2017
    1
    Congratulations, EA. You have earned one point. More points can be earned in 24 hours. Additional points can be purchased for $4.99 each. This is to give EA a sense of pride and accomplishment.
  17. MagMachina
    Nov 28, 2017
    1
    Play Battlefront 2, and do your household chore! Matchmaking and load times take so long, that you can easily do your laundry besides waiting for a match to start. And even during the match you dont respawn, you have to wait for a counter or for a group to form. So you will be waaaaiting a lot in this game just for getting shot in the back. Then you get bugs, lags and connection issuesPlay Battlefront 2, and do your household chore! Matchmaking and load times take so long, that you can easily do your laundry besides waiting for a match to start. And even during the match you dont respawn, you have to wait for a counter or for a group to form. So you will be waaaaiting a lot in this game just for getting shot in the back. Then you get bugs, lags and connection issues with the EA servers all the time. My character flys up the air while standing, all players turn invisible, or the most common sh*t, all players around me stutter the whole match in a way that is indiscribeable. All those issues go as long until you start a new one. Not only is your game bad, EA, it is completely stupid as well, especially when you consider this insane progression system. You took cheap money from all the STAR WARS Fans that were stupid enough to buy even BF2. Thanks EA (and Disney) for ruining a saga... one point for graphics.… Expand
  18. iamevilhomer
    Nov 19, 2017
    1
    I know I know... A 1 is too high for a game like this but I'm trying to be positive. Oh... Did I call this a game? I'm sorry. I should call it what it really is. A micro transaction menu for retards...

    First... Let me tell you about me real quick. I'm 30. Love gaming. It's my biggest hobby. Never gave it up once. I never will unless I lose my eyes, hands, and or life. So you know I got    I know I know... A 1 is too high for a game like this but I'm trying to be positive. Oh... Did I call this a game? I'm sorry. I should call it what it really is. A micro transaction menu for retards...

    First... Let me tell you about me real quick. I'm 30. Love gaming. It's my biggest hobby. Never gave it up once. I never will unless I lose my eyes, hands, and or life. So you know I got some experience in gaming. Secondly... I never played this crappy game but guess what? I don't have to smell this dog crap to know that it's dog crap. Just do some research and have a little instinct and you will know that it's garbage. You know how a baby is a dumb human that knows next to nothing but some how still knows to be afraid of a snake or a spider that looks like it's about to strike? That's the same feeling you should have when you think about buying a garbage game like payupfront2. If you lack that feeling then you're either clueless about this game or you're a retarded fanboy who doesn't want to face reality.

    Saw the user rating on this game go as low a 0.3 for the xbox one lol. Heck... Big rigs has over a 3.0... Not even the joking trolls want to rate this game. Pretty much all gamers some where in the area of 99% are taking a crap on this terrible game. This might just be the most popular/most hated game of all time. The ps4 and pc version still have less than a 1.0 user rating. SHYEESH! This game blows lol.

    What's lame is that horrible micro transactions have been in gaming for like what? 5 years? Maybe more? I'm not sure but this stuff has been around for several years and NOW a lot of you gamers are finally starting to complain the way that you should have been complaining several years ago? For shame... a lot of gamers are pretty slow on the uptake... Talk about late to the party. I been trashing micro transaction games ever since 2012ish...

    The first micro transaction game I ever got was a free download game about the Spartacus tv show. It sucked... Then my first real full price micro transaction game that I got into was Destiny1. I can't believe I was stupid enough to give that game a chance... That's what I get for having blind faith in bungie. It sucked and I never bothered going back and didn't buy the micro transactions once. After being stupid enough to give that trash a chance I vowed to always be against micro transactions as much as I could... I learned my lesson... Never fall for corporate cash in bull**** from jerks like EA, activision, ubisoft etc etc... A lot of these groups were not so bad once upon a time several years ago... But man oh man have they gotten worse. MUCH WORSE! ESPECIALLY EA and Activision lol.

    I'm even more hardcore than most. I trash micro transaction that are even just cosmetic stuff only. I know that sounds a bit too hardcore... And I know that cosmetic micro transactions are no where near as bad as pay to win/one time use micro transactions that are tied to everything in the game basically... But they are still weak as **** micro transactions at the end of the day...

    Hear me out... Remember old fighting games where you could unlock costumes for the fighters by beating the game on a certain difficulty with that said character or maybe completing some sort of challenge? That was great! Gave you some incentive to play the game and get better at it. With cosmetic micro transactions now you just buy the crap... How lame is that? Pretty lame if you ask me... If you happen to really like the game and want to 100% the **** out of it then you wont be able to unless you buy all the cosmetics. Talk about over charging...

    Also... The devs only have so much time to make the game as good as possible. A game is only as good as how much work goes into it right? That's the truth for the most part anyways... So when a dev wastes precious time making a micro transaction system... That's them wasting time that they could have spent on actually making the game better and having more content actually in the game on launch day.

    Finally... Lets get real. Even if the micro transactions are cosmetic only... That's just a gateway drug if you will to the next games having even more invasive micro transactions than before. You think overwatch 2 is going to have micro transactions that are just as bad or not as bad as overwatch 1? No... OF COURSE THEY ARE GOING TO BE WORSE! You give them a inch and they will take a mile. Or in this case... You spend a little money and they will try to get you to empty your wallet. They just love to pressure folks into spending more and more money instead of actually making a real game don't they? They want to turn us players into payers that's all... Typical corporate greed getting more and more out of hand as the days go by. That's the gaming world of today for ya folks... Don't like it? Don't buy these crappy games...

    I know I should give this "game" a 0 but hey... I'm a nice guy : )    … Expand
  19. Broyax
    Apr 7, 2021
    1
    Le Battletron annuel devient éventuellement un Battlefront lorsqu’il exploite et ré-exploite l’imaginaire Star Vase sous licence disniaise désormais… mais contrairement au Battlefront précédent (celui de 2015) une campagne solo est proposée, aussi ennuyeuse et stéréotypée qu’elle peut l’être et fidèle aux étrons en vigueur parmi la Battletronerie bien connue.

    On note surtout du fan    Le Battletron annuel devient éventuellement un Battlefront lorsqu’il exploite et ré-exploite l’imaginaire Star Vase sous licence disniaise désormais… mais contrairement au Battlefront précédent (celui de 2015) une campagne solo est proposée, aussi ennuyeuse et stéréotypée qu’elle peut l’être et fidèle aux étrons en vigueur parmi la Battletronerie bien connue.

    On note surtout du fan service de bas étage avec nombre de figures jouables du folklore des Star Vases, insérées ici et là dans une campagne qui a pour personnage principal une soldate d’élite de l’Empire malfaisant, une soldate à sale gueule aussi sexy qu’une gardienne de prison parce que les nanas dans les jeux vidéo depuis quelques années, c’est plus ça qu’est ça (comme l’exige la doctrine SJW me too etc).

    Bien entendu et à l’instar des films de chez Disniais, elle va trahir l’Empire et passer du côté des gentils rebelles (pauvres réfugiés blablabla, c’est trop horrible cet Empire du mal trop méchant, espèce de Trump, va !). Oh putain, le spoil que j’ai fait, meeeerde…

    On peut jouer en première ou troisième personne avec des « capacités spéciales » directement héritées du multi à kévins : c’est de fait bien naze ou au mieux anecdotique… ce n’est qu’un gros couloir scripté de toute façon, rapidement chiant comme la pluie qui ferait passer les vieux Halo périmenazes à pious-pious pour des modèles d’action et d’ultra-violence…

    Ils ont même mis des possibilités d’infiltration optionnelle mais qui ne fonctionnent pas du tout. De toute manière, qu’est-ce qu’on se fait chier là-dedans ! et ce malgré des séquences de combat spatial au demeurant mal configurées (le stick droit pour déplacer le vaisseau ? hein, que, quoi ?!).

    Il y a néanmoins un bon point dans tout ce dépotoir à micro-transactions : c’est vraiment très beau et ça tourne plutôt à 60 im/s. Enfin, presque. Mais c’est très beau, cet économiseur d’écran, c’est clair !    … Expand
  20. weirdmagican21
    Nov 20, 2018
    1
    this game is terrible and is a embarrasment to the gaming industry ea needs to learn their lesson
  21. MrsNesbitt
    Nov 19, 2017
    1
    As a lawyer who has specifically studied gambling law, I have long been uncomfortable with various end-runs that industries have tried to make around the legal regulation of "gambling" (such as exchanging money for some form of credit that has an amorphous and inconsistent value and then inducing the player to wager the credit in a game of chance, or adding a minor skill component to aAs a lawyer who has specifically studied gambling law, I have long been uncomfortable with various end-runs that industries have tried to make around the legal regulation of "gambling" (such as exchanging money for some form of credit that has an amorphous and inconsistent value and then inducing the player to wager the credit in a game of chance, or adding a minor skill component to a game of chance and arguing this arrangement is no longer random enough to constitute "gambling.")

    Imagine my dismay, then, when I see a videogame company adopting the very same tactics. Let'sbe clear: for a large majority of the population, EA's lootbox gambling will be an annoyance. A game-breaking annoyance that lets the rich pay to win and the poor sod off, sure, but an annoyance nonetheless. For a small portion of the population with an addictive personality and a predisposition towards problem gambling, however, EA's lootbox gambling (which is as yet unregulated and free to target them with every shady tactic in the book) will be a very harmful and predatory incursion.

    Without the loot box system, I'd rate this game 8 or 9 out of 10. With it, hard 1.    … Expand
  22. lemmingninja
    Nov 30, 2017
    1
    I'm giving this a 1 because I enjoyed the campaign in a fan-boy sense. If I didn't love this franchise, I wouldn't have purchased this game. EA/DICE committed the worst kind of development Faux Pas that I can think of: they played on a franchise people love and produced something that looks fantastic but is, essentially, a dumpster fire.

    I love Star Wars. I wanted a worthy successor    I'm giving this a 1 because I enjoyed the campaign in a fan-boy sense. If I didn't love this franchise, I wouldn't have purchased this game. EA/DICE committed the worst kind of development Faux Pas that I can think of: they played on a franchise people love and produced something that looks fantastic but is, essentially, a dumpster fire.

    I love Star Wars. I wanted a worthy successor to the Battlefront Franchise. They failed miserably. Twice.

    I only pre-ordered this game because I had friends who were dropping in day 1. Never again. I will never buy an EA game day 1 again. My loyalty to star wars is stronger than this, but my trust of EA as a company is forever shattered.    … Expand
  23. shunnedtube2907
    Dec 7, 2017
    1
    Being a noob player I find it very hard to get star cards, weapons and unlock heroes. The number of credits awarded is miniscule (~300 ) if you are an average or below average player. This is despite the various tweaks EA has made to system since the game is released. Moreover 10,000 credits to unlock Vader or Skywalker is a complete rip off. The progression system seems to be built for aBeing a noob player I find it very hard to get star cards, weapons and unlock heroes. The number of credits awarded is miniscule (~300 ) if you are an average or below average player. This is despite the various tweaks EA has made to system since the game is released. Moreover 10,000 credits to unlock Vader or Skywalker is a complete rip off. The progression system seems to be built for a free-to-play game it forgets the $60 I already paid for this.… Expand
  24. dankbomber
    Dec 22, 2017
    1
    Congratulations, You have earned one point. More points can be earned in 48 hours. Additional points can be purchased for $100,000,000 each.
  25. Brilpoetsdoekje
    Feb 5, 2018
    1
    Congratulations, EA. You have earned one point. More points can be earned in 24 hours. Additional points can be purchased for $4.99 each. This is to give EA a sense of pride and accomplishment.
  26. SirWhy
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Nothing more than a Battlefield with blasters and a LOT of Pay to basics, classic of EA Games, always doing unfunny games that try to force you to pay more and more for basic things, EA is a sh** since Battlefield 4, maybe the exception is Fallen Order, but the same is repetitive.
  27. gamer_bunny
    Mar 15, 2021
    1
    I played it with the Xbox game pass Ultimate. My surprise the campaign has a terrible story and is politically correct enforced (Progre) Thank you Disney and EA for ruining this saga created by Lucasfilms.
  28. TheDahaka
    Nov 20, 2017
    0
    This is a cancer that could ruin gaming for years to come. Do not support this business model where full priced retail titles are designed around a free to play framework.
  29. AlphaRebel
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    I will try and keep this brief, Starbores gamblefront is the latest reskin for the now 15 year old Battlefield formula; over the years the game engine has progressed to be an amazing lensflare simulator where they tack the trusted battlefield gameplay loop onto it with various degrees of success. Which I admit is both reductive and cynical, but also I think is fair and accurate.
    That    I will try and keep this brief, Starbores gamblefront is the latest reskin for the now 15 year old Battlefield formula; over the years the game engine has progressed to be an amazing lensflare simulator where they tack the trusted battlefield gameplay loop onto it with various degrees of success. Which I admit is both reductive and cynical, but also I think is fair and accurate.
    That being said, the strength of the idea proves that the core mechanics does make for really fun game in spite of EA and Dice’s best efforts.
    Yes, this is one of those hating on EA reviews and I am not going to dress it up as otherwise because while this game really SHOULD be a must buy and it’s clear EA and Dice have spent a lot of money and technological prowess on this game the sheer naked avarice and totally anti customer practices by dragging in the worse pay to win and mobile gaming’s physiological tricks to try and induce children to develop a gambling habit and milk those most vulnerable players into those much sought after transaction whales by making the game so mindboggling frustrating to play unless you carry on with the fee to play investments like making it so you would have to spend a working week grinding to get to play Darth Vader.
    Yep that’s right, unless you carry on spending in already full price game, the key characters to even the battle out will be locked behind nigh impossible grind and you will lose to those who will just drop money to unlock them.
    TL;DR Avoid this game at all costs.    … Expand
  30. GeneticBlueprin
    Nov 19, 2017
    0
    Despite EA's PR debacle I was hoping to find a good game. Nope. This negative review isn't even going to include any of the pay-to-win aspects. Let that sink in.

    EA released this game a few days early for people that wanted to pay extra money. So, by the time it was released for us plebes, half the player base had already leveled up and unlocked so much that it's a completely unbalanced    Despite EA's PR debacle I was hoping to find a good game. Nope. This negative review isn't even going to include any of the pay-to-win aspects. Let that sink in.

    EA released this game a few days early for people that wanted to pay extra money. So, by the time it was released for us plebes, half the player base had already leveled up and unlocked so much that it's a completely unbalanced s*** show.

    Despite removing the option to pay for them lootcrates and progression are still completely f****d. You have to grind and grind to get anything. And grinding is even more of a chore because of the problem I outlined in the previous paragraph: everyone who got the game early is already ahead of the curve. So they do better in the multiplayer and get more payout. Thus they get to unlock more and have more abilities than you. And the cycle continues.

    The items you unlock in lootcrates are permanent unlocks so why do they have duplicates? In my second and third lootcrate opens I received a duplicate in each. These duplicates convert to 200 credits. I paid 4,000 in-game credits for each of those boxes. I received four or five unlocks in each of those crates. So 20 to 25% of my unlocks paid me pack with 5% of what I paid for it. Way to go DICE. Thanks. This wasn't grindy enough already. Jesus Christ.

    The story is not Star Wars. It's more like the Disney ride Star Tours. You hop from one familiar location or person to the next just so you can say hi to your favorite character or location at some point. I would have rather had a compelling story with new characters/Inferno Squad.

    In short:
    F*** you EA for this grindy s***fest that was designed around a pay-to-win model.
    F*** you DICE for designing the grindy s***fest
    F*** you Disney for letting DICE and EA tell a completely uncompelling story in your IP    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 34
  3. Negative: 2 out of 34
  1. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Jan 5, 2018
    60
    A stunning audio and visual presentation doesn't cover the cracks at the core. [Jan 2018, p.75]
  2. games(TM)
    Dec 31, 2017
    60
    Battlefront II is fan service and little else; much respect to the craft, the attention to detail and the wealth of content, but sadly it just isn't enough. It's starting to feel as if Star Wars simply isn't a franchise suitable for this type of sprawling, large-scale multiplayer experience. It doesn't have it in its bones, and if DICE can't find a way to make it work, we're fearful nobody can. [Issue#195, p.72]
  3. Gaming Nexus
    Dec 22, 2017
    49
    Star Wars: Battlefront 2 will go down as one of the biggest screw ups in video game history. EA and DICE had the easiest job in the world and completely ruined it with the absolutely ridiculous and downright unacceptable progression system for multiplayer. Combine that with the incredibly boring, lazy, and cliche story campaign and you easily have the biggest disappointment of 2017.
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