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Article: Star Wars Battlefront 2 takes Frostbite tech to the next level

Electronic Arts' continuing investment in its talented Frostbite team continues to pay dividends. We played a few rounds of Star Wars Battlefront 2 in the wake of the EA Play event, and initial impressions are very positive - this is an exceptionally beautiful game.

At this point, there's a very strong argument that this might just be the most impressive-looking Frostbite title we've seen - no mean feat bearing in mind that developer DICE is once again targeting that crucial 60fps target frame-rate, while BioWare's Anthem gives us some impression of what this revised technology can do when targeting 30Hz. At the time of writing, we've not seen console code, but our hands-on session was hosted on a high-end PC running Nvidia's GTX 1080 (the non Ti version). Quality settings were locked at default to ultra, meaning that this is peak Battlefront 2, at this point in development at least.

Video.

Here's an initial look at the fully maxed Star Wars Battlefront 2 running on PC. We've got both 1440p and 4K video here, so let's dig in!

 

[Blablurn]

This looks incredible. WOW.

 

[SargerusBR]

Frostbite is one hell of an engine

 

[KHlover]

The fact that frostbite games look as well as they do while delivering the kind of performance they do is incredible.

 

[LordOfLore]

Frostbite is one hell of an engine

Sadly it sounds like it's not good at all in things it wasn't explicitly built for going by the Andromeda BTS stuff. Makes really beautiful games and great shooters, not so much RPGs etc.

 

[GinoFelino]

Frostbite is one hell of an engine

According to the ME:Andromeda team, it sure is

 

[Mifec]

God damn.

Anthem on PC is gonna smoke everything but SC.

 

[Forerunner]

This shit is ridiculous. I wonder what the next Battlefield will look like.

 

[Raide]

Close indication to Xbox One X. Game looks a load of fun. More interesting to me than the first one was.

 

[SpaceWolf]

Looks like an Atari game.

 

[Bishop89]

Droid gameplay :3

 

[Baron Doggystyle von Woof]

Building a new pc after the summer.

 

[MilkyJoe]

Looks good, but when they are in the palace and there is furniture with dust covers over it... What is this? Star Wars or Poldark?

 

[fersnake]

great and all but are we getting Galactic Conquest?

 

[OfTheOverflow]

Frostbite really is an incredible engine. Those reflections and street debris are particularly awesome.

 

[Luigiv]

Looks like an Atari game.

Well here's a screengrab from the video. Are you seriously telling me this looks like an Atari game?

 

[Joey Ravn]

That looks astonishingly good. There's quite a lot of pop-in when they are flying at the beginning of the video, but other than that, it's amazing. Oh, and a background dude running through a column at 1:20

Too bad I'm so burned out with everything concerning Star Wars...

Edit: I just realized that this is labeled "Pre-Alpha Build". What the hell is pre-alpha in this context? The game is fully functional and, graphically, it looks much better than 99% of all realistic games so far.

 

[Chinbo37]

Well here's a screengrab from the video. Are you seriously telling me this looks like an Atari game?

Ya I am sure he was serious.

 

[JimmyRustler]

This looks incredible. WOW.

Jup. Still can't believe how they managed to make Andromeda looks this bad with it. It's like... an achievement.

 

[Luigiv]

Ya I am sure he was serious.

Read my post again.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Well here's a screengrab from the video. Are you seriously telling me this looks like an Atari game?

No aim assist confirmed.

Seriously though, I don't do the day one thing much anymore, but this is going to be an exception.

 

[hesido]

That looks astonishingly good. There's quite a lot of pop-in when they are flying at the beginning of the video, but other than that, it's amazing. Oh, and a background dude running through a column at 1:20

Too bad I'm so burned out with everything concerning Star Wars...

Edit: I just realized that this is labeled "Pre-Alpha Build". What the hell is pre-alpha in this context? The game is fully functional and, graphically, it looks much better than 99% of all realistic games so far.

The pre-alpha build is because of the dude running through the column

 

[Maintenance]

Either my browser is fucked or the framerate gets terrible at 3:00.

 

[borges]

dont like dice storytelling but yeah, technically speaking they are literally wizards.

 

[Voidwolf]

Man this looks incredible, I'm probably gonna upgrade my pc or build a new one altogether in the next few months. This game is the perfect excuse to do so.

 

[Haloid1177]

Bought a new 1080ti after seeing gameplay for this on Saturday. Looks amazing.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

I replaced my dying launch PS4 with a Pro for this game (and RDR2).

 

[Lime]

I hope HattiWatti makes a set of Cinematic Tools for this one, because it looks absolutely amazing

 

[Renekton]

Jup. Still can't believe how they managed to make Andromeda looks this bad with it. It's like... an achievement.

Andromeda's environments are really good.

Just the models and animations 😥

 

[LelouchZero]

This looks really awesome, I can't wait to play this on PC!

 

[EGM1966]

Looks great. Can't wait to see it on my 1080.

 

[Weetrick]

I hope the community sticks around on PC. I'd much rather play it there than PS4, since I have a GTX1080 now.

 

[Kareha]

It looks nice, but then Id turn off all the shiny crap as it gets in the way of seeing people most of the time.

 

[SargerusBR]

I hope the community sticks around on PC. I'd much rather play it there than PS4, since I have a GTX1080 now.

Server browsers are a must.

 

[horkrux]

I hope the community sticks around on PC. I'd much rather play it there than PS4, since I have a GTX1080 now.

You know it won't.

 

[Renekton]

I hope the community sticks around on PC. I'd much rather play it there than PS4, since I have a GTX1080 now.

I think the PC shooter fans are too busy with CSGO or PUBG.

 

[jelly]

Don't know if it's just the map but the draw in/LOD is pretty obvious. Maybe not notice if I'm playing myself but I can't not see it in this game at the moment.

 

[Schlorgan]

dont like dice storytelling but yeah, technically speaking they are literally wizards.

Good thing Motive is doing the story then, with the lead writer from Spec Ops: The Line. :3

 

[ekim]

I think the outdoor environment in the video looks boring and kind of bland. Can't put my finger on it but I think its the geometry and architecture. Looks empty and square.

 

[Shikoba]

Looks great, but I'll be sticking with PS4 again. My pc experience was filled with hackers and an ever shrinking community. Have they said anything in regards to PS4 pro support?

 

[Insane Metal]

I think the outdoor environment in the video looks boring and kind of bland. Can't put my finger on it but I think its the geometry and architecture. Looks empty and square.

Wat. It looks amazing 😳

 

[Mcleon6494]

I think the outdoor environment in the video looks boring and kind of bland. Can't put my finger on it but I think its the geometry and architecture. Looks empty and square.

Don't blame DICE for that, they're just recreating the look of Theed from The Phantom Menace.

Technically this game looks astounding, but that split screen has me on the PS4 train

 

[RoboPlato]

The reflections are insane. Hope they can get those in on consoles. BF1 left SSR out.

 

[TVexperto]

Cant wait to play this, hopefully Vega will be out by this time

 

[Jaagen]

The reflections are insane. Hope they can get those in on consoles. BF1 left SSR out.

I'm guessing it will be a Pro/X-feature if it makes the cut.

 

[belvedere]

Doesn't seem to bode well for 2160p on Xboxx.

 

[WillyFive]

Edit: I just realized that this is labeled "Pre-Alpha Build". What the hell is pre-alpha in this context? The game is fully functional and, graphically, it looks much better than 99% of all realistic games so far.

It's probably actually a late beta, but marketing dictates it should be called Pre-Alpha so that it looks more impressive and fits with what they have been telling consumers for the past few years (where a 'beta' is actually just a pre-release demo and 'alpha' is actually the beta).

I think the outdoor environment in the video looks boring and kind of bland. Can't put my finger on it but I think its the geometry and architecture. Looks empty and square.

It is very faithful to the original miniatures.

 

[SirMossyBloke]

The vignetting REALLY needs to go. Makes the game claustrophobic. Also, the motion blur is way too heavy. Thank god for options.

 

[The Lamonster]

uhhh guess I'm getting this on PC.

I got BF1 on PS4 because of the much bigger population but this is hard to resist.

 

[Rodin]

ROGER ROGER

Looks insanely good, think i'm getting this after skipping the first one.