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 (27218)
Simply put, STAR WAR! WAR! WARS!	Xbox	Chase Bowen (39)
A game where "single player" is a bot match against the computer	Windows	Riamus (8519)
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

GameZone	PlayStation 2	Oct 06, 2004	8.5 out of 10	85
Mac Gamer	Macintosh	Sep 07, 2005	85 out of 100	85
RealGamer	Windows	Jan 07, 2008	8.4 out of 10	84
PC Action (Germany)	Windows	Nov 23, 2004	83 out of 100	83
Game Informer Magazine	Xbox	Oct, 2004	8 out of 10	80
Macworld	Macintosh	Aug 26, 2005		80
Inside Mac Games (IMG)	Macintosh	Aug 10, 2005	7.75 out of 10	78
Game Informer Magazine	PlayStation 2	Oct, 2004	7.75 out of 10	78
4Players.de	Xbox	Oct 01, 2004	74 out of 100	74
AppleLinks.Com	Macintosh	Aug 31, 2005		60

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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)