Is Star Wars Battlefront II any good ?

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

Just wondering if it's worth getting, or is it only a weekend distraction (albeit a good one) like the first one ?

[Akhan225]

Damn America. Everything is released here last! One more day...One more day. From waht I have seen in gameplay videos and trailers, the game is kickass. It takes the first game adds space battles, new ground missions, new single player focusing on the 501st squad of clone troppers (anakins squad) and adds new planets (Couruscant, Mustafar,Felucia) Also, select jedi are available on each mission to play as well as other characters like Boba Fett.

Edited October 31, 2005 by Akhan225

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

Damn America. Everything is released here last!

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Actually it's more the exception that he rule. Thats one reason I asked, I thought the game would have been released over there sometime last week.

 

Oh well guess I'll rent it

[Hurlshort]

I played the beta test. Honestly it stunk. It wasn't the atmosphere, that part was great, it was the gameplay.

 

In Battlefield 2, when I open up on a guy with a gun, it's clear I am hitting him. Explosions are well done and obvious. The game engine lends itself to a realistic battlefield experience.

 

In Battlefront I couldn't tell what I was hitting. Every once and awhile, people would collapse, and grenades would explode, but there wasn't any real relatioship between the two.

 

My opinion is that Battlefield 2 is a much better product. I know it's not Star Wars, and maybe you'll enjoy Battlefront II if you haven't played Battlefield 2, but I can't recommend it.

 

I also played it about 2 months ago, so they might of enhanced it a bit, but I'm not holding my breath.

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

I played the beta test.  Honestly it stunk.  It wasn't the atmosphere, that part was great, it was the gameplay.

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Sounds a lot like the first one.

[><FISH'>]

I saw a poster for it today stuck on the window of my blockbusters. I was pretty shocked since they usually get new games in 9-12 weeks after their release. Anyway, it said

[GhostofAnakin]

If it's anything like Battlefront I then I might stay clear of it. I'm waiting on some reviews before getting it.

[BattleCookiee]

In Battlefield 2, when I open up on a guy with a gun, it's clear I am hitting him.  Explosions are well done and obvious.  The game engine lends itself to a realistic battlefield experience.

 

You can?

 

When I played BF2 a fire-fight was usually a fight of luck...

He either survived my 300 bullets and killed me, or died out of a sudden with 4 of them, aimed on the exact same way...

And then I talk about fully healed enemies...

[><FISH'>]

I enjoyed Battlefront. I like droids, so playing as CIS was a dream come true. I think i'll stay clear of playing as a jedi in BF2 though.

[213374U]

You can?

 

When I played BF2 a fire-fight was usually a fight of luck...

He either survived my 300 bullets and killed me, or died out of a sudden with 4 of them, aimed on the exact same way...

And then I talk about fully healed enemies...

Sounds like your connection and/or your PC suck.

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

If it's anything like Battlefront I then I might stay clear of it.  I'm waiting on some reviews before getting it.

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Well it's definately very like Battlefront I. There are a few classes added but otherwise it's very much the same. The major difference would be the space sections. Thats actually pretty good fun, you fly a ship into the hanger, jump out and then run around destroying it from the inside.

 

Thus far it only rates an ok from me. The campaign is still in the EPI-III phase so totally unexiting.

 

They also didnt do that Jedi's arse justice She's in the game, but lacking in the pertness.

[metadigital]

I hate un-pert Jedix asses.

[GhostofAnakin]

They also didnt do that Jedi's arse justice  She's in the game, but lacking in the pertness.

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Well there goes my only reason to even contemplate getting this game.

[><FISH'>]

Oh well, it still sounds like its worth a rental. Usually i would buy it but i don't have Live anymore =\

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

Yep it's worth

[Akhan225]

I got Battlefront II. It wasn't bad. Im not usually into those kinds of games, but it had a solid storyline which spanned Ep III and parts of the Galactic Civil War. I have played most of the Medal of Honor games, and they were good, but Battlefront plances you in a warzone. Other FPS werent hectic enough to be considered in a war.

[Hurlshort]

But did you play Battlefield 2? CoH is a completely different type of game really. Buy Battlefield 2...now...EA will love you...give newborn children to EA...

[Krookie]

Just bought it:

It's not the best game I've played, but it's fun. The space battles are a bit confusing at first, but once you get used to it it's fine. The story mode is great in my opinion. You play as the 501st. Before each mission you get a brief scene from one of the movies and a voiceover of what the men of the 501st were doing at the time. The Jedi fighting is as good as it can be. The whole thing about the 'Jedi not dying, and just leaving the fight' is a load of bullspit though. Four times my Jedi just dropped to his/her knees and disappeared. Over all the game it okay but I haven't had the chance to play all that much of it, I just bought Call of Duty: 2 and the online play is addictive.

[Petay]

I just bought Battlefront 2 for my friends yesterday, and we've been playing it a lot since. I would say its a ridiculously addictive game, its fun too, since theres a lot going on at once all the time, and theres always action. I would say that the space battles are a bit boring though, its pretty much the same thing over and over again

 

Overall though, i really enjoyed it :D

[Judge Hades]

But did you play Battlefield 2?  CoH is a completely different type of game really.  Buy Battlefield 2...now...EA will love you...give newborn children to EA...

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Its an EA game? Then I will have nothing to do with it.

[Hurlshort]

Of course it's an EA game. They will own the world soon. You must assimilate.

 

Seriously, the Battlefield series is top-notch. Battlefront is just a clone set in the SW universe. There was actually a SW mod for Battlefield 1942 that I thought was better than the original Battlefront.

 

The thing with EA is...if you throw enough rocks out onto the store shelves, eventually you might find a diamond inside.

[Judge Hades]

I don't care if they have a thousand diamonds, after how they treated Origin Systems I will never buy and play another EA game.

Edited November 12, 2005 by Hades_One

[Hurlshort]

I'm sure that will destroy them Hades. In fact, I think all the employees of EA are reading this message board and collectively shedding a single tear. Despair will sit heavy in their corporate hearts.

 

Well played Hades, well played.

[Judge Hades]

I have no interest in destroying EA and I highly doubt that they really give a shat. Your sarcasm is misplaced.

[Hurlshort]

Your sense of humor is misplaced. I think EA bought it with Origin. You must destroy them to recover it. But first you must kill 30 rats to prove your worth.