I bought it on sale last year, and then played the shit out of it a few months ago. It's really a fun multiplayer game. Campaign looks nice, but it is much less exciting
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Battlefront 2 (EA): Came out two years ago (November 17th 2017)
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I got this last week having heard all the positive buzz lately. While it looks nice and there is a lot of varied content, I just did not enjoy playing it at all. I think the campaign just soured my experience; its frustratingly easy to die and half the time shots seem to get snagged on invisible level clutter. The only element I enjoyed was the Starfighter battles.
The scale and chaos of the multiplayer battles can be very impressive though. But it's a bit hard to git gud when everyone is Chewbacca. Guess I'm too late to the party.
The scale and chaos of the multiplayer battles can be very impressive though. But it's a bit hard to git gud when everyone is Chewbacca. Guess I'm too late to the party.
Had a really bizarre and great matchup on here a few weeks ago. Loaded heroes and villains with a lot of afks. The enemy team came to our spawn and found them. Instead of attacking we all worked together to make a jedi/sith stack that was 6 players tall! Eventually me and another guy on my team decided to fake duel for a bit and it ended up taking us to the centre of the map.
That's when shit got interesting. Someone wrote "duel?" On the ground with a blaster. Everybody jumped onto a nearby raised ledge as 1 from each team took the centre stage. We spectated and then a new pair would be sent onto the field to fight. This match lasted 45 minutes of pretty intense duels and we were well balanced leaving us with 1 point left each team at the final duel. All of this happened, but none of us had mics. It's one of the most unusual experience I've had in mp for a reall long time but it was kinda awesome.
I felt the struggle the first few days too but stick with the mp a bit and experiment with what works for you on what maps and with what loadouts. They seem to have xp boosted events pretty often too. I played heroes vs villains on one of those weekends and got 4 of my favourite characters maxed out pretty easy, while getting a lot better idea of how to use them when in the bigger mp modes.
You will be able to level up the other classes pretty efficiently too even without boosted xp, just need to find what's going to work well for you. It's also worth bearing in mind though that sometimes the odds can be so stacked against you by team imbalance, that having some bad matches isn't on you or an enormous rift in gear load out options, but rather the entire teams inability to hold ground
That's when shit got interesting. Someone wrote "duel?" On the ground with a blaster. Everybody jumped onto a nearby raised ledge as 1 from each team took the centre stage. We spectated and then a new pair would be sent onto the field to fight. This match lasted 45 minutes of pretty intense duels and we were well balanced leaving us with 1 point left each team at the final duel. All of this happened, but none of us had mics. It's one of the most unusual experience I've had in mp for a reall long time but it was kinda awesome.
I felt the struggle the first few days too but stick with the mp a bit and experiment with what works for you on what maps and with what loadouts. They seem to have xp boosted events pretty often too. I played heroes vs villains on one of those weekends and got 4 of my favourite characters maxed out pretty easy, while getting a lot better idea of how to use them when in the bigger mp modes.
You will be able to level up the other classes pretty efficiently too even without boosted xp, just need to find what's going to work well for you. It's also worth bearing in mind though that sometimes the odds can be so stacked against you by team imbalance, that having some bad matches isn't on you or an enormous rift in gear load out options, but rather the entire teams inability to hold ground
My personal wish for Battlefront 2 is to have a server browser. I live in Malaysia and it is ridiculously hard to find matches. I'm dying to play the game, but I can't find any matches and I end up uninstalling it again. The next time an update comes out, I'll re-install, only to be disappointed and deleted, again.
This and Rainbow Six: Siege were the biggest turnarounds this gen
What about No Man's Sky?
No but its often really cheap on sales. I got it for 7.99 on psn so physical might be even cheaper in general
But are there are new maps for Starfighter Assault? No? Not going back then. I go back every new map drop but those modes just pale in comparison to how much fun I have in Starfighter Assault which these days I can barely find a game for. Most of the servers I join are empty.
I stayed away from this game like most others that decided to take a stand against loot boxes. I finally got it a few months ago for real cheap since they appeared to have repented. Actually enjoyed the SP campaign. Been meaning to play it online
Yea I've been playing it quite a bit lately and have been very impressed. Just simple fun multiplayer thrills with weapon and unlock progression as typical of most similar games.
Solid maps, gorgeous visuals. I never bothered at launch, but in its current state, thumbs up.
Solid maps, gorgeous visuals. I never bothered at launch, but in its current state, thumbs up.
The lack of new weapons is a huuuuge complaint for me. I still enjoy it but it needs a little more Battlefield DNA.
It's a solid shooter and one of the better Star Wars games. Shame the beta and launch were just so awful. Hopefully DICE keeps adding stuff, Ahsoka & Asajj would be sweet additions along with a standard conquest game mode.
It's a much more complete game, when it comes to content. And as a Homefront multiplayer vet, I love the Battlepoints system. But there's just something about the combination of the game's mechanics and the TTK that make it feel like it all boils down to who can get headshots the quickest and then steamroll. BFV, for all of its other faults, gives the players plenty of tools to deal with players that can aim better than you or have better equipment.
Still, Battlefront 2 wins hands down when it comes to atmosphere. BFV really blew it on that front.
It's fun, though I still don't like the progression systems. Far too punishing for new players while not greatly contributing to playstyle variety.
Yes it is! Go ahead, it's great.
This so much, DICE please! Infiltration mode was fantastic.
I heard the game is WAY better now with all of the content drops so I should probably jump back in. I thought it was a vast improvement over BF1 but felt there was still something missing when I played it back at launch (Had nothing to do with the MTX).
No modes that lock you out of credits at all, ever.
Loot boxes are mostly gone completely. At best, they are completely ineffectual towards any kind of legitimate progression. You can still buy crystals in the store, but there isn't even a daily box anymore. It's like they don't exist.
Certain modes might be barren, but I can always find a GA, Supremacy, or HvV game going on Xbox. And it isn't always the same people, either.
I didn't buy at launch out of protest after loving the first and even platinuming it. But when I got this I platinumed and enjoyed the hell out of it. First 6 months the content updates were way too few. But it's picked up nicely since and the best part is there's more to come.
Only bad thing is they never upped the level cap.
Only bad thing is they never upped the level cap.
Absolute disaster at launch, but has since become a perfectly solid game. Shooting still doesn't feel great though.
only find heroes vs villains. I eanted to play the 40 player mode... such a bummer
Yeah, this is fine now especially if you can get it as cheap as possible. I bought in a sale on the Hong Kong PSN Store last month for ÂŁ4 after currency conversion.
No Man's Sky wants a word.
Also, I'd be interested in this, were I not worried about the current PS4 population.
My biggest gaming regret.
Amazing that the game added more content than the first EA battlefront, yet IMO wasn't as near as good.
I understand that the game has changed a lot since release, but I'm still not going back.
For some reason, I was always kicked out of the servers as well. All other games are fine online, but with BF2 and Battlefield V, I always lost connection to the servers?! I can't say it's all EA games either because FIFA and Titanfall 2 worked perfectly, but BF2 and Battlefield V always kicked me out? So yeah, that's another reason I can't go back.
Amazing that the game added more content than the first EA battlefront, yet IMO wasn't as near as good.
I understand that the game has changed a lot since release, but I'm still not going back.
For some reason, I was always kicked out of the servers as well. All other games are fine online, but with BF2 and Battlefield V, I always lost connection to the servers?! I can't say it's all EA games either because FIFA and Titanfall 2 worked perfectly, but BF2 and Battlefield V always kicked me out? So yeah, that's another reason I can't go back.
EA can easily make a Battlefront I + II SKU for PS5 and Scarlett launch at 40$ and sell a fuckton of copies.
100 GB are probably enough.
100 GB are probably enough.
It's a shame it launched the way it did because the core gameplay is pretty fun and they really managed to turn it around over time.
I bought it a week a go for 8€ (bundled with BF1 complete edition, BF2 alone was 9€!!) and till now was a great purchase. The campaign looks interesting, and multiplayer modes are varied. I think I will have game for a long time whenever I am on the mood to a multiplayer game.
you are totally right. For example , IMO the game would be even better without heroes.
I like FPS/war games with a good atmosphere, where you can feel part of the warfare, with a lot of sounds and action going on, and I think Battlefront 2 and BF1 are winners on this aspect. BFV not too much.
Redownloaded this a couple of days ago because the fallen order hype is real, and I can't afford that until payday next week.
Dunno what to tell you... I just played a round of Supremacy and three rounds of GA. All were full.
No Man's Sky and to a lesser extent Destiny 2 are pretty good contenders too
This isn't entirely true. I've had no issues finding filled matches in the UK so I'll assume EU servers. However I cant say you'd be as lucky outside of these two.
I just downloaded this from EA Access. I didn't have much hope in the game judging by the sourness players feel about the release and lack of content. I've only played SP, and I'm hooked. I'm not much into the Star Wars universe, excluding the original films, so I don't have the Star Wars hype so to speak. I like how the story is playing out so far and the characters are pretty well done. I really like the first Han Solo mission. So far, I'm having fun with this game and I think DICE did a good job creating the universe. It's definitely worth a play through in my opinion.