Star Wars: Battlefront

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Description

For the first time in gaming history, after countless games depicting various aspects of the rich Star Wars universe (including some we never wanted to see), players have the chance to step into the boots of the average soldier in the wars that raged across the galaxy. Gameplay is based on the successful standards set by Battlefield 1942, but combat in Battlefront is even more massive and heated, vehicles are more predominant and the familiar starships are also included.

There are three different game modes to play: Historical Campaign (featuring a series of "historical" battles from the Star Wars mythos), Conquest (in which players vie for dominance of individual planets) and, of course, Instant Action. The game puts two pairs of factions at war: Republic vs Separatists and Rebel Alliance vs Galactic Empire. Each faction has four standard unit types (soldier, heavy weapons trooper, scout and pilot) plus a fifth, special unit which differs radically for each side. Famous Jedi and Sith are included as NPCs only in selected battles. Finally, the game offers almost all of the vehicles seen in the movies for players to fly, drive or hover and prevail.

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Alternate Titles

• "星球大战：前线" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
• "Star Wars: Battlefront (Classic, 2004)" -- Digital re-release title

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: Zero
• PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits releases
• PlayStation 2 Platinum Range releases
• Software Pyramide releases
• Star Wars: Battlefront series
• Star Wars licensees
• Xbox Classics releases
• Xbox Platinum Hits releases

User Reviews

A fun, Star Wars-themed war game.	PlayStation 2	Big John WV (27209)
Simply put, STAR WAR! WAR! WARS!	Xbox	Chase Bowen (39)
A game where "single player" is a bot match against the computer	Windows	Riamus (8521)
Another example of selling the license instead of the game.	PlayStation 2	James Kirk (168)
The greatest Star Wars Game	PlayStation 2	Dark Lord (46)
Perfect for casual gamers	Windows	bb bb (33)
I still don't know what the hell is going on!	PlayStation 2	Asinine (1006)

Critic Reviews

Kombo.com	Xbox	Sep 24, 2004	9.3 out of 10	93
PC Action (Germany)	Windows	Nov 23, 2004	83 out of 100	83
JeuxMac.com	Macintosh	Aug, 2005	4 out of 5	80
GamePro (US)	PlayStation 2	Sep 20, 2004	4 out of 5	80
1UP	PlayStation 2	Sep 21, 2004	8 out of 10	80
1UP	Xbox	Sep 21, 2004	8 out of 10	80
GameSpot	PlayStation 2	Sep 22, 2004	7.9 out of 10	79
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)	Windows	Sep 28, 2004	78 out of 100	78
Netjak	Xbox	Jan 08, 2005	7.2 out of 10	72
GameSpy	Windows	Sep 24, 2004		70

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Trivia

Along with "Star Wars Trilogy: Apprentice of the Force", this game was released to tie in with the Star Wars DVD sets.

Related Web Sites

• Lead Armies, Conquer Planets (An Apple Games article about the Macintosh version of Battlefront, with commentary being provided by Producer Dan Pettit (June, 2005).)
• Lucas Arts: Star Wars Battlefront (Official site.)
• Wikipedia: Star Wars: Battlefront (article in the open encyclopedia about the game)