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So what's the best current Star Wars game?
- Thread starter Arta
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Well I guess it depends it depends on what you are looking for in a game.
If it's a single player campaign then handsdown Jedi Fallen Order.
If it's multiplayer then I guess it depends on your tastes.
I'm sure Battlefront has recovered a bit from its launch debacle?
Didnt spend much time with Squadrons yet though.
If it's a single player campaign then handsdown Jedi Fallen Order.
If it's multiplayer then I guess it depends on your tastes.
I'm sure Battlefront has recovered a bit from its launch debacle?
Didnt spend much time with Squadrons yet though.
They're all great.
It's recovered substantially. It's a pretty swell game these days.
It's recovered substantially. It's a pretty swell game these days.
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Basically getting games as gifts for two kids, one 12 and the other 16. Wanted to get everyone's opinions.
Decided to give them two Marvel games (Miles Morales and Avengers) and two star wars games.
Jedi Fallen Order I heard has a great story but don't know if the Dark Souls combat will be difficult, also had some launch bugs that have hopefully been worked out.
Battlefront 2 I remember had a lot of controversy with loot boxes, bugs and low content, but have also heard those have been fixed since.
I know nothing about Squadrons except that it's great in VR.
All of them have their strengths and weaknesses, but I ended up going for Squadrons because there simply isn't anything else like it that's currently available on the AAA market.
And, by all accounts, it was made on limited time and budget, and I'm kind of grateful that a combat flight sim like this even exists in 2020. Let alone with the extra benefits of full VR support, cross play and a budget launch price.
It's also the one that I most want to see a sequel out of the three.
And, by all accounts, it was made on limited time and budget, and I'm kind of grateful that a combat flight sim like this even exists in 2020. Let alone with the extra benefits of full VR support, cross play and a budget launch price.
It's also the one that I most want to see a sequel out of the three.
Overall it's easily Battlefront 2. Hard to top that package with a solid campaign, starfighter assault and tons of ground battle options.
The immersion of Squadrons is the best a star wars game ever had. Playing this in VR is amazing, but it's a bit too light on content. It needs more game modes.
Jedi Fallen Order is just a cluster fuck of everything that was cool in the last ten years (souls-like, Uncharted, Metroidvania, cinematic presentation, RPG elements) without being really good in anything.
The immersion of Squadrons is the best a star wars game ever had. Playing this in VR is amazing, but it's a bit too light on content. It needs more game modes.
Jedi Fallen Order is just a cluster fuck of everything that was cool in the last ten years (souls-like, Uncharted, Metroidvania, cinematic presentation, RPG elements) without being really good in anything.
There are different difficulties and I don't think the first two settings should be much problem for teenagers, if they are used to games.
(Hell might as well make them play on hard, get them ready for FromSoft games)
I quite enjoyed the Battlefront II campaign, but I adored Fallen Order, so that gets my vote.
I haven't played Squadrons yet, mind!
I haven't played Squadrons yet, mind!
Im sure it'll be fine for a kid but tbh Avengers is very mediocre and bad. I'd stick with MM for sure and Fallen Order also has difficulty modes unlike Souls games.
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I know, but he's a big Avengers fan so I don't know if him just wailing about with Hulk and Iron man will do it for him. Maybe at 16 he's more discerning, I'm not sure.
The younger girl already has Plants vs Zombies Neighbourville so I'm guessing that battlefront isn't that much more of a leap? Hopefully the whole playing as an Empire soldier shooting rebels isn't distressing.
Squadrons is fun and unique and BF 2 is an enjoyable multiplayer experience. FO on the other hand is your standard single player romp that doesn't really add to anything.
I have a love hate relationship with JFO. The level design of the worlds is clearly built around his powers, which makes them unbelievable as an immersive real world. It's looks were remarkably awful at times, and it just felt like it needed more time in development.
It was a fun game though, if you could get over these large negatives.
Either of the other two are a better choice, but both have their own issues. Battlefront has at least turned itself around, and squadrons does exactly what it says on the tin.
The real answer is the cancelled Amy Hennig game.
It was a fun game though, if you could get over these large negatives.
Either of the other two are a better choice, but both have their own issues. Battlefront has at least turned itself around, and squadrons does exactly what it says on the tin.
The real answer is the cancelled Amy Hennig game.
Fallen Order is the most solid but a technical mess and honestly has a bit too much filler backtracking that can make it kind of tedious
Battlefront is an excellent package but they clearly overextended themselves with the scope of the whole thing considering the amount of support they were willing to offer each game mode post launch.
Squadrons is great. But dont go in expecting it to be like other flight games, thsres a lot more micro managing of your fighters system that's can really define a battle.
I'd rank them in the above order but truth be told I played Battlefront far more than the others. Its multiplayer bits a very easy multiplayer. I dont have to sweat whenever I turn it on.
Battlefront is an excellent package but they clearly overextended themselves with the scope of the whole thing considering the amount of support they were willing to offer each game mode post launch.
Squadrons is great. But dont go in expecting it to be like other flight games, thsres a lot more micro managing of your fighters system that's can really define a battle.
I'd rank them in the above order but truth be told I played Battlefront far more than the others. Its multiplayer bits a very easy multiplayer. I dont have to sweat whenever I turn it on.
Battlefront 1 (2015) had great gameplay but not enough content. Battlefront 2 has great content but lesser gameplay to the 2015 game (weirdly). Both games end up leaving you feeling a bit empty.
Haven't played Squadrons.
Fallen Order was pretty great apart from some performance issues (on base PS4).
I'd say whichever is cheaper brtween Battlefront 2 and Fallen Order - grab that (opinion based on what I've played).
Haven't played Squadrons.
Fallen Order was pretty great apart from some performance issues (on base PS4).
I'd say whichever is cheaper brtween Battlefront 2 and Fallen Order - grab that (opinion based on what I've played).
I like this answer tbh, even if I've only played BF2.
But for the purposes of this thread I will stan BF2. It's a fun arcade shooter and a love letter to Star Wars; the supremacy mode is just a blast. I never played it at launch but now it's a great Star Wars game--loot boxes getting excised only made it better. It's the sort of game that never should have happened and it's all the better for it.
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Battlefront 2 without a doubt. It's one of the only current gen games I don't mind playing alone. Very impressed how they turned it around after stumbling at bit at launch. Top 5 Star Wars game for me.
They're all so different. So hard to lump them together.
I will say BattleFront 2. Even tho Fallen Order is the better game to me. But Battlefront feels like star wars. Fallen Order just feels like a great game that happens to have a star wars skin on it.
Fallen Order will pop ur nostalgia pimple here and there. But Battlefront 2 does it constantly. From the familiar locales, audio, tons of characters etc.
I will say BattleFront 2. Even tho Fallen Order is the better game to me. But Battlefront feels like star wars. Fallen Order just feels like a great game that happens to have a star wars skin on it.
Fallen Order will pop ur nostalgia pimple here and there. But Battlefront 2 does it constantly. From the familiar locales, audio, tons of characters etc.
KOTOR II followed by Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy.
Followed by Dark Forces II and Dark Forces I
They're all very good but Battlefront 2 is the best one with the incredible post-launch support it got.
The feels.
The feels.
KOTOR 2, if you don't mind the ending being nonexistent, is the absolute best.
On modern consoles I'd say Jedi Outcast, even tho is painful to play, or SW racer.
If you MUST consider one fron the last 5 years...Battlefront 2. It's competent and not broken, which already makes it leagues better than the debacle of Fallen Order. I'll try FO on XsX to see if it's better with a steady frame-rate and acceptable loading times but...2019 dissappointment for sure.
On modern consoles I'd say Jedi Outcast, even tho is painful to play, or SW racer.
If you MUST consider one fron the last 5 years...Battlefront 2. It's competent and not broken, which already makes it leagues better than the debacle of Fallen Order. I'll try FO on XsX to see if it's better with a steady frame-rate and acceptable loading times but...2019 dissappointment for sure.
Fallen Order is fine. It's not particularly great or anything, but I had a mostly good time with it. Your kid will enjoy it.
Also, the "Souls"-like element of it is mostly pre-release hype. It's nothing like Souls games besides the respawn mechanic, I guess. It's much easier and it's mostly just a linear, cinematic third person action game like Uncharted and others like it. So don't worry about the difficulty.
I haven't played the other two you mention.
Also, the "Souls"-like element of it is mostly pre-release hype. It's nothing like Souls games besides the respawn mechanic, I guess. It's much easier and it's mostly just a linear, cinematic third person action game like Uncharted and others like it. So don't worry about the difficulty.
I haven't played the other two you mention.
Squadrons is great but is primarily an online multiplayer game. The combat in Fallen Order isn't difficult and it has difficulty settings anyway.
I have them all and it's easily Fallen Order, but having played that game on both a launch day XBO as well as an X1X, I can understand why others who played on a base XBO or PS4 last gen wouldn't dig it -- it's ugly and more of a technical mess there.
Squadrons in VR is the one that gave me the best feeling of immersing myself IN a Star Wars experience. Looking around the cockpit, feeling the excitement of a last minute dodge out of barrage of shots coming at me, chasing a TIE Fighter into a trap, seeing in first person the massive scale of some of the ships. That's just something no other game can ever match.
Just game play wise, for several hours of single player or multiple hours in multiplayer, it's also just good fun and offers a lot of things to improve upon so you can start doing some great maneuvers. As long as you are okay with something that is more fight sim and not expecting a Rogue Squadron (it's not that at all).
Speaking of VR however, Vader Immortal is also a solid experience that is a current game. If you enjoy Darth Vader and want one extra good story with him, or expand out of one of the Marvel comics Darth Vader series from not long ago, it's worth picking up if you have an Oculus headset.
It's an interactive story rather than a game, but don't ignore it.
Just game play wise, for several hours of single player or multiple hours in multiplayer, it's also just good fun and offers a lot of things to improve upon so you can start doing some great maneuvers. As long as you are okay with something that is more fight sim and not expecting a Rogue Squadron (it's not that at all).
Speaking of VR however, Vader Immortal is also a solid experience that is a current game. If you enjoy Darth Vader and want one extra good story with him, or expand out of one of the Marvel comics Darth Vader series from not long ago, it's worth picking up if you have an Oculus headset.
It's an interactive story rather than a game, but don't ignore it.
I haven't played the others, but Battlefront II is really fun online. I don't know what it was like at launch but levels are big and battles feel exciting and evolve as the fight goes on, and the graphics and tech powering it are really impressive.
The campaign is pretty bad though. Combat doesn't feel interesting and the AI is very poor. The cutscenes look nice and it has a few cool flying levels, but aside from that I really don't think it's worthwhile.
The campaign is pretty bad though. Combat doesn't feel interesting and the AI is very poor. The cutscenes look nice and it has a few cool flying levels, but aside from that I really don't think it's worthwhile.
