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Star Wars: Battlefront | Review Thread | A disturbance in the force
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Karak
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Holy cripes that is the shortest review I think I have seen for the game. Score aside.
LowParry
Member
Weird music and VO? I get the VO but music? Trooper please.
meanspartan
Member
Nice, 8.0 from IGN.
Game did on the higher end of the range I expected, awesome. I'm liking it so far!
Game did on the higher end of the range I expected, awesome. I'm liking it so far!
Did he actually say "poor original score" LOL
PsihoPerihelion
Member
Kids today only like their Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe, haven't you heard?
Anton Sugar
Member
lol, IGN is clearly referring to DICE's own supplementary music, not John Williams. C'mon, guys.
Neither do you. Presuming to speak for 'most' isn't really something you can 'prove' in any real way, most certainly not with metacritic of all things.
I'm surprised the game is reviewing as highly as it is.
I played the beta for a number of hours and enjoyed it, and it made me look forward to the game because I thought the beta was just a tiny tiny taste of a much larger game.
I've played the full game for maybe 5 hours now, and I'm just left feeling empty. There are only four 20v20 maps. There are only a handful of unlocks and the scope of customization is extremely limited. There are only a few vehicles, only the same 6 heroes on every map, and they don't even have movie appropriate wardrobe.
It feels like a vapid toy at worst and a proof of concept at best. When I consider FO4 cost $60 and this also cost $60 it kind of blows my mind. The range of what is considered acceptable value in a video game is so expansive.
I played the beta for a number of hours and enjoyed it, and it made me look forward to the game because I thought the beta was just a tiny tiny taste of a much larger game.
I've played the full game for maybe 5 hours now, and I'm just left feeling empty. There are only four 20v20 maps. There are only a handful of unlocks and the scope of customization is extremely limited. There are only a few vehicles, only the same 6 heroes on every map, and they don't even have movie appropriate wardrobe.
It feels like a vapid toy at worst and a proof of concept at best. When I consider FO4 cost $60 and this also cost $60 it kind of blows my mind. The range of what is considered acceptable value in a video game is so expansive.
CopperPuppy
Member
Have they talked about what the long-term DLC plan for this game is? Seems like it's ripe for add-on content and I don't want to drop $60 for this and end up paying double that just to play all of the content.
you realize you don't have any proof behind that, right? i don't know why you think what you think is true, but there's a reason the game got really good impressions at every trade show it was at, still had hugely positive wom after both the closed alpha and the open beta, and ended up at the same metascore as fallout 4:
a month from now people will still be playing battlefront unlike titan fall, even if the hardcores bail the casuals will keep it alive till DLC comes out and brings the hardcores back
Anton Sugar
Member
Well, the Season Pass was announced the other week and costs $50, but they haven't given details on the content yet.
glassgannon
Banned
On our planet and it timeline, its quite a common thing.Its sad, but certainly not laughable
MMaRsu
Banned
Its only laughable that people buy this 50 dollar season pass imo. So expensive :/
DICE just release a FREE map for BF4 a few weeks ago and a second huge conquest remake from BF2 is coming soon after witch also includes the best DM map from BF3 noshahr canals, nether you need to own the season pass to play...... so people its ok to get off your soapbox now
Do you have a guide please ? I was about to purchase it.
Anton Sugar
Member
They also made that decision halfway through the game's lifespan, and partly as a program that was designed to make amends for the horrible, horrible launch. And I generally really like DICE/Battlefield!
oh so you work inside the company and know their reason for doing things? the let me ask you this why did they also add game modes just for fun only to the test server like skid loader assault
is it that much of a shock that DICE gives a crap about their games and want to support their fans? well if you're right and they are just making amends for a poor launch then id assume they would do the same thing with battlefront considering all the backlash about lack of content
Xplatformer
Member
This should be the graphical threshold for multiplayer (all) titles moving forward.
Deckard Chapel
Banned
The season pass better be amazing because the core game is sickly lacking in content.
By the way, $49.99 is an insane amount to have to pay for content that should have been included in the core game to round-out the release.
The epitome of lazy and shameful game development.
By the way, $49.99 is an insane amount to have to pay for content that should have been included in the core game to round-out the release.
The epitome of lazy and shameful game development.
psychotron
Member
Played for two hours tonight. Had a great time, but I'm not sure how much I'll get out of this in the long run. Graphics look great overall but some interiors seemed to have a good amount of shimmering/aliasing. The speeder bike challenge was phenomenal!
TheOhrenberger.
Banned
Two years after launch, and during most of those two years they only released content in the $50 season pass, or if you wanted to buy the expansions separately. They're still doing paid DLC for battlefront. Maybe they'll eventually release stuff for free, and we do know that we're getting at least they one map for free later in December, but it doesn't change the fact that Battlefront will receive the bulk of its post launch content in the form of paid DLC
Hoho for breakfast
Member
I hope Best Buy has a B2G1 or there's some way for me to get this game for $35 or less. I want it but no way am I paying $60 and then possibly paying another $50 for the other half of the game.
PC, yes. XB1? I can still find games pretty easily.
Vestal
Gold Member
Umm.. Really?
Titanfall is still has a decent community in Xbox One, games can be found pretty easily.
neogaffer1
Banned
You claimed that most wouldn't agree that the gameplay was fresh. What's the point of even going forward and disagreeing not only once, but twice, effectively doubling down on your statement, if you're just going to say "well you can't prove either way so I'm right?"
Like, if you want, I can go ahead and find GAF posts from the various Titanfall threads, or any of the Titanfall reviews (of which the vast majority are positive) where they mention how they like the game for being fresh or different or new or any other version of that, but I doubt you'll even acknowledge that, probably saying that critics don't mirror most gamers or that NeoGAF is only indictive of a small subset of gamers. If you don't want to have a conversation in the first place why bother?
that's not what the conversation was about, but even what you're saying isn't that likely. casuals might keep it alive but i doubt hardcores will ever come back in a meaningful way, no matter how much DLC comes out.
FireBeaver
Banned
I thought they said it included
20 new pieces of galactic tech including weapons, vehicles, and Star Cards for both Rebels and Imperials
Four more heroes and villains for you to fight as or against
16 additional multiplayer maps featuring new locations
Four new game modes
Two-week early access to each expansion pack
Exclusive “Shoot First” emote
Anton Sugar
Member
Sorry, I meant actual details, not just counts. 16 maps doesn't mean much (to me, personally) if only 4 will be added for WA and Supremacy, for example.
LinkToTheFuture
Member
Soo why are tie fighters garbage? no matter which on i pick, the interceptor or the tie fighter they seem like they are paper. die in less than a second of being shot every time lol..
where as the a wing & x wing seem to have much more health, on top of having defense buff as an ability. while the imperial ships simply have a speed boost on both variants which doesnt save you at all once someone starts tailing you and auto locking their shots on you..
I lose so much as imperial and it feels like both of their ships are paper thin weaker versions than the rebel ships :/
where as the a wing & x wing seem to have much more health, on top of having defense buff as an ability. while the imperial ships simply have a speed boost on both variants which doesnt save you at all once someone starts tailing you and auto locking their shots on you..
I lose so much as imperial and it feels like both of their ships are paper thin weaker versions than the rebel ships :/
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Yeah, the less caught-up-in-the-hype reviews seem to confirm my worry that this game is really lacking in content and depth for a full-priced MP-only game. Had there been a good SP campaign thrown in I'd have jumped on it, now I'll be waiting for price drops.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
That is how their tech was. Have you tried "evasive maneuvers"? It is on the D-Pad. Up/Left/Right when you get locked onto. They are designed for speed/maneuverability/precision from the Empire with nothing put into shields. All speed and guns.
CopperPuppy
Member
Thanks for the reply. I don't usually get hung up about this sort of thing, but the high price point (over $100 for everything day one) makes it tempting to wait for the inevitable GOTY version that will include everything. I mean, is there any reason to think that something like this won't pop up a year from now?
I picked up Titanfall day one on 360 only to buy it on X1 with all past and future DLC included for $10 on Black Friday later that same year. Sort of made me think about what the hell I was doing.
Anton Sugar
Member
I am sure there will be a sale. At some point, I think it would come to EA Access, too.
I plan on waiting for a sale, myself.
a mobile game that doesn't deal with any of the main characters .... yes DICE wouldn't of got any flack for not putting luke/vader/boba ect in the game
Not a review of the game but one guy's reasoning for not buying Battlefront.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT7eHT9yuGE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT7eHT9yuGE
Anton Sugar
Member
Fair enough.
I am not 100% against season passes if the value is there, but I think that's a part of my past as a PC gamer, where expansion packs were just normal--they extended the life of the game, added a lot of content, and...cost money.
On the other hand, I think some gaming communities are really getting tired of split community bases that come with paid expansion content, so I really like the "free maps" approach that some devs are taking now.
Jim's review of Battlefront. 7/10
http://www.thejimquisition.com/2015/11/star-wars-battlefront-review/
Eesh. After reading the previous reviews this sounds exactly like what I was worried about... I think I'll pass on this game for just a bit.
http://www.thejimquisition.com/2015/11/star-wars-battlefront-review/
Eesh. After reading the previous reviews this sounds exactly like what I was worried about... I think I'll pass on this game for just a bit.
Hoho for breakfast
Member
Down to a 75 Metacritic on PS4. Still a 74 on Xbox. Pretty disappointing.
ashecitism
Member
I tried to get through the video but he makes his point in the first minute then just repeats it over and over so I gave up. He doesn't feel the game is worth his money, but its clear he has no understanding what it costs to make games. He wants more game for less money, I think we all do but some of understand the reality of economics.