Star Wars: Battlefront
- Star Wars: Battlefront (2015 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
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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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- ćç大ćďźĺçşż - Simplified Chinese spelling
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Average score: 78% (based on 49 ratings)
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Average score: 3.7 out of 5 (based on 87 ratings with 8 reviews)
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The Good
What youâre looking at is gorgeous presentation with some of John Williamsâ great music scores and epic foley sound effects. The live-action cutscenes set the stage as much as the mission briefing. Every planet and battle front you go to has plenty of space, multiple routes for you to fix and flank your enemies. Many notable battles from Naboo to Hoth seem to show you what you didnât see in the Star Wars movies.
What you can do during the battle depends a great deal on available resources, choices you make and creative moves that you execute. There are turrets for defense, kill zones to pin your foes, vehicles to spearhead enemy territory and specific troop classes you can pick to fight the battle differently. You get a decent variety and play style whether youâre an OOM battle droid, Republic Clone or Empire Stormtrooper. Thereâs enough content in the game to make playability last.
The Bad
You might think that, with practice and tryouts, you would be ready for this game. But when you go deep into the gameplay, there are many problems you need to withstand to play it through and through. One problem is the lack of balance between the types of soldiers. You only get two weapons, nothing else. Your abilities as a rocket trooper or sniper have very limited ammo, you need an ammo droid at all times. And the healing droids have a slow rate of healing. And speaking of slow, youâre going to find your soldier spawning at the most inconvenient spots that force you to do a marathon of jogging, wasting precious seconds to enter the battle. If you'd spawn at a command post nearer the frontline or of your choosing, that would have worked.
The controls are another matter. Mouse can be jerky and make aiming precisely a chore. Controls are not predefined well since your finger on the mouse can accidentally slide on the right mouse button and throw a grenade you didnât mean to toss because we all take traditional modern shooter controls for granted. But the worst part of the game are the flying vehicles which seem to soar out of control and crash using the reverse mouse aim. Why couldnât there be manual ascend, descend and accelerate buttons for user friendly movement? Youâd best stick to boots on the ground.
The Bottom Line
Battlefront did some things right like capturing the Star Wars lore and atmosphere perfectly and paved the way for a fantastic battle simulation framework. Unfortunately what problems exist make it less fun to play, where you expect to fight harder. Still there is decent genuine challenge. Perhaps specialists like Kyle Katarn or RC-1138 would have fared better, but thatâs wishful thinking. As long as you stick to choosing a regular rifle trooper and nothing else, you should last throughout the battle without too many losses. Itâs gun toting time across the galaxy when you grab yourself a copy and get it running.
Windows · by Kayburt (31857) · 2022
The Good
I like that the game has many levels and characters you can play as. Also, there are tons of weapons and vehicles you can use. With its online play, you can play an even larger variety of people. You can change the difficulty to easy, if your not very good, or to hard, for those die hard veterans. Wonderful graphics and gameplay with excellent sound and tons of action.
The Bad
I didn't like that you can't actually play specific people like Darth Vader or Luke Skywalker. The load time is kind of slow but that's not too bad. The computers aren't to smart either.
The Bottom Line
Star Wars Battlefront is a great, action packed game. With tons of levels loaded with creatures and vehicles of all sorts, this is the game for you. If you like action, you'll love stomping through Hoth as an AT-AT pilot or battling it out on Naboo as a Droid. With online play, this game just gets better and better. Crush the Galactic Empire or the Trade Federation as you choose when and where to fight. Capture bases and destroy your enemy. See how well you stand up against your opponents. Destroy the Empire in an X-wing on Cloud city or as a Rebel Vangaurd. If you like any type of action, futuristic, or shooter game, then Star Wars Battlefront is right for you.
PlayStation 2 · by Dark Lord (31) · 2005
Simply put, STAR WAR! WAR! WARS!
The Good
The thing that truly makes Star Wars Battlefront entertaining is that you can do whatever you want, anywhere you want.(Maybe except a strip club with Jabba staring at his alien dancers) Also Whenever you want, choose either The Galactic Civil War Era or The Clone Wars Era, which changes games experience. Also another interesting fact is you can play on four organizations, the Droid Army, the Clones, The Empire or the Rebels. Oh, did I forget vehicles? nope. Thy'ere is a vast variety of vehicles from swift Speeder Bikes to immense AT-AT Walkers.The music is superb and changes from the classic trilogy music to Episode I and II, depending on which era you choose. And don't worry their are plenty of weapons!!! But most of all, they have footage from the star wars films which are used in Historical campaign hand Galactic Conquest, awesome. Also their are Planets that in which you can choose your battles like Hoth, Naboo and more.
The Bad
Sometimes games have a dark side, but they all do. one downfall is it gets repetitive at times, like you can't make it past a Droideka unless you kill get killed ten times. (Yes you can be a Destroyer Droid.) Second of all the extras are not too surprising, just stills and concept art, you deserve much more, like cheats for all your hard work! Last of all, the Historical Campaigns are too short, yet the game is not lacking.
The Bottom Line
The game is a brilliant game, mostly set on the star wars battles and characters, and is very war like and you can play for hours without boring out, and is one of the best Star Wars games, I have ever known so get your wallet out and buy it, it's worth it.
Xbox · by Chase Bowen (35) · 2004
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Continuity
Along with "Star Wars Trilogy: Apprentice of the Force", this game was released to tie in with the Star Wars DVD sets.
Online servers
The game's online servers (which were hosted on GameSpy) were shut down on 5 December 2012.
Multiplayer was restored specifically on Steam and GOG (via the Galaxy client) versions of the game on 1 May 2020 with patch 1.3.5.4.
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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
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Game added by Silverblade.
Macintosh added by Corn Popper. Xbox One added by Kennyannydenny. Xbox 360 added by Matthias GĂźnl.
Additional contributors: Unicorn Lynx, Apogee IV, MegaMegaMan, Zeppin, Plok.
Game added October 19, 2004. Last modified March 14, 2024.