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[George Oscar Bluth II]

After watching some competent people play the game, I can safely say I'm feeling it.

 

[WillyFive]

The graphics look better than Episode 1 CG.

Impressive, considering everything in this trailer (except most of the droids) were miniatures in Episode 1.

 

[CaptainSmirnov]

90% footage comprised of the worst SW era? Who thought that was a good idea?

As movies they were bad, however, the battles were great and this game is about battles

 

[Orochinagis]

SNIPER MULTIPLAYER GAMEPLAY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjxtdtZ-Xpk

So there are no real differences between droids and clone troopers?

 

[Kard8p3]

yoooo, did they get the voice actor from TCW for the clones?

 

[gamerMan]

Looked pretty amazing but throughout the trailer i kept thinking "nope, no way this level of visuals makes it to consoles" over and over again. Really great graphics and framerate for a pre alpha.

It said game engine footage. Do we know if everything is realtime? There were some scenes in the trailer that looked straight out of a movie like Yoda and the Storm Troopers. The scenes where they were playing the game were obviously realtime. Watching the gameplay footage, this game looks very similar to the first. For some reason, the ingame graphics are not blowing me away like the trailer.

 

[MosquitoSmasher]

EA and DiCE's idea of Battlefront since their first one is for it to be as different as possible from Battlefield, for better and worse. Only thing the 2015 version had in common with Battlefield was the font.

Hmmmm I see. But man, at least let the trees move a little. They are completely static.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

I wish people would stop talking over gameplay footage, I'd like to hear the sounds from the game, especially in a DICE one on top of that.

RAW

He only says some youtube shit in the beginning but then you get 20 minutes of pure gameplay with no talking over.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwWvTP0T8eI

 

[Vanillalite]

Hype get x 10000000000

Roger Roger - Mr. Bones

 

[Doctoglethorpe]

I feel really burned by the presentation. They spent like 5 minutes saying "you wanted a campaign, were giving you a campaign!" que short no-gameplay trailer, "now here's half an hour of multiplayer, woo!"

Better be a solid campaign showing at Sony. Otherwise the fear of recycled MP maps + cutscenes will be strong.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

yoooo, did they get the voice actor from TCW for the clones?

Yep!

 

[Sn4ke_911]

looking at jackfrags video's thumbnail looks like you can do emotes like giving up etc.? i don't know if that was already in BF1 but that's pretty cool.

 

[WillyFive]

I feel really burned by the presentation. They spent like 5 minutes saying "you wanted a campaign, were giving you a campaign!" que short no-gameplay trailer, "now here's half an hour of multiplayer, woo!"

Better be a solid campaign showing at Sony. Otherwise the fear of recycled MP maps + cutscenes will be strong.

The campaign for shooters are usually only a few hours long, the meat of the game is the multiplayer; that's what needs to last for the next few years.

 

[icecold1983]

It said game engine footage. Do we know if everything is realtime? There were some scenes in the trailer that looked straight out of a movie like Yoda and the Storm Troopers. The scenes where they were playing the game were obviously realtime. Watching the gameplay footage, this game looks very similar to the first. The ingame graphics are not blowing me away like the trailer.

not realtime, just created using the game engine as opposed to outsourced cgi by blur studio for example

 

[Fj0823]

yoooo, did they get the voice actor from TCW for the clones?

Yep, which is funny because Temuera is Voicing still voicing Bobba Fett/Jango Fett

Also let's all take a moment to appreciate how great Maul's TCW/Rebels VA is.

 

[Doctoglethorpe]

The campaign for shooters are usually only a few hours long, the meat of the game is the multiplayer; that's what needs to last for the next few years.

Okay. Doesn't address the issue at all though. Why start off by hyping up the single player and then gloss over it?

 

[WillyFive]

The spaceship gameplay in this looks to be massively improved. You have actual control of the ship now via mouse and everything.

Okay. Doesn't address the issue at all though. Why start off by hyping up the single player and then gloss over it?

They didn't. The information about the single player campaign from the reveal at Celebration has not disappeared; this was instead the reveal for the multiplayer, the other half of the game.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

The game just looks so damn good, normally you'd think no way this is gameplay but then the camera zooms back and you see all those troopers are actually real players.

This is from jackfrags video btw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlxyhnuYwl4

 

[Eggbok]

Yep, which is funny because Temuera is Voicing still voicing Bobba Fett/Jango Fett

Also let's all take a moment to appreciate how great Maul's TCW/Rebels VA is.

Maul's va is Palpatine as well in TCW/R

looking at jackfrags video's thumbnail looks like you can do emotes like giving up etc.? i don't know if that was already in BF1 but that's pretty cool.

Emotes were, that specific one was not

 

[Moon Presence]

Probably Day One. My wallet...

 

[WadiumArcadium]

Hype get x 10000000000

Roger Roger - Mr. Bones

Mr Bones skin or bust.

 

[MrDaravon]

This is from jackfrags video btw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlxyhnuYwl4

Oh my god yes, raw gameplay footage from someone who is actually good at the game

This is fucking fantastic, love it

Also confirms that Rey CAN deflect blaster fire (the stage demo mentioned that Maul can't because it'd make him OP)

 

[Brawl96]

Anyone have a list of all confirmed heroes and villains?

 

[farmerboy]

Fucking goosebumps man. All you young uns don't realise seeing footage like this......fuck. 5yo me dreamed of shit like this. And now its real.

 

[SpaceWolf]

I pray this game has a Courascant level, with a sunlit skyscraper section and a street-level section as a bonus with all the underground nightclubs from Attack of the Clones.

 

[SpaceWolf]

Anyone have a list of all confirmed heroes and villains?

Han Solo
Boba Fett
Darth Maul
Yoda
Kylo Ren
Rey.

Free DLC:
Finn
Captain Phasma.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Han Solo
Boba Fett
Darth Maul
Yoda
Kylo Ren
Rey.

Free DLC:
Finn
Captain Phasma.

Don't forget Chewie.

 

[Neiteio]

GOOD.

STUFF.

Fingers crossed it's a full game this time.

 

[SpaceWolf]

Don't forget Chewie.

Ah, yes. Fighting the....Trade Federation, apparently.

God, this cross-heroes thing is weird.

EDIT: Actually, could that just be a normal wookie on a Kashyyk (sp?) level?

 

[WadiumArcadium]

Don't forget Chewie.

That's Tarfull.

 

[enzo_gt]

The Battlefront reboot continues to be the most immersive Star Wars experience aside from the movies, I see.

Jaw-dropping and literally the stuff of Star Wars fans' dreams.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

That's Tarfull.

Oooh right lol

 

[Van Bur3n]

Ah, yes. Fighting the....Trade Federation, apparently.

God, this cross-heroes thing is weird.

Chewie did fight the Trade Federation though during the battle of Kashyyk in ROTS.

But yeah, that could be any wookie. They were a playable class in the older games.

 

[Timu]

God, this cross-heroes thing is weird.

Rey fighting with clones against battle droids is so random, lol.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

yoooo, did they get the voice actor from TCW for the clones?

Yep!

Makes me want Rex as a hero.

 

[CueMan]

Replay value is key and that's what Battlefront 2015 has

 

[CamHostage]

90% footage comprised of the worst SW era? Who thought that was a good idea?

Well, A) this is the new stuff not shown or hinted at in the previous trailers, so it's a nice surprise, and then B) it's an era that has a lot of cool stuff in it, whatever you think of the movies themselves, and was a favorite for many in the Pandemic Battlefronts, plus C) there's lots of festive color and shiny stuff to show off the graphics, and the style clash of war in a thriving and gorgeous environ is different from most of what was seen in BF1.

I feel really burned by the presentation. They spent like 5 minutes saying "you wanted a campaign, were giving you a campaign!" que short no-gameplay trailer, "now here's half an hour of multiplayer, woo!"

Battlefront is first and foremost a multiplayer game, so they ultimately need to showcase what makes it a top multiplayer game. But as far as the campaign, I'm with you that it's what I'm most interested in, but I don't feel like I've been promised a big look at the campaign? Was there news that listed SP as a big focus of SWBF2's E3 presentation?

Story details will be doled out over time, and it'll use the same mechanics as the SP (I assume, though maybe there'll be some squad-commanding features?) so they can showcase "gameplay" through MP without spoiling the story. Also, this is a trade show, and lots of people will be amassed for this event, so it's smarter to focus on MP here anyway since they can sell more people with an online fight than they can with a vertical-slice demo (which can go right or wrong; currently, I'm watching NFS and taking it off my pre-order consideration list.). I want to see more SP, but as with Titanfall and BF1, I expect EA to not over-show SP in previews if it can get the balance right.

 

[VisceralBowl]

Ah, yes. Fighting the....Trade Federation, apparently.

God, this cross-heroes thing is weird.

I mean, it happened in Episode 3 and the original Battlefront 2.

could also just be any other random Wookie or Tarfful.

 

[Fj0823]

Makes me want Rex as a hero.

It's totally happening.

It takes like...minimum effort from the team and the VA is already there

 

[Musky_Cheese]

Looks really good

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Xfactor's video is up and he says some interesting things in the beginning, that everything is cranked up to 11 and everything that goes boom hits like a truck and will only be like this in the EA play build.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK01T4E_9HI

 

[darkwing-buck]

Any possibility of a Rouge one related map?

 

[SpaceWolf]

Chewie did fight the Trade Federation though during the battle of Kashyyk in ROTS.

But yeah, that could be any wookie. They were a playable class in the older games.

I mean, it happened in Episode 3 and the original Battlefront 2.

could also just be any other random Wookie or Tarfful.

Oh yes. Chewbacca was in Revenge of the Sith. He helped Yoda.

That was a thing that happened.

I'm so pleased I didn't forget that.

 

[VisceralBowl]

Any possibility of a Rouge one related map?

Rogue One troopers are in the trailer so probably.

 

[Fj0823]

Any possibility of a Rouge one related map?

Scariff was DLC in BF1, so its likely in this too

 

[WadiumArcadium]

Scarif was in the reveal trailer back in April.

 

[GinoFelino]

Looks a lot more fun than Battlefield 1

Also, more fun than Battlefront 1

 

[elfinke]

Dang, looks great. I'm in.

 

[Shredderi]

The prequel era environments are beautiful. The game somehow manages to look visually better than it's predecessor. Simply amazing.

 

[gatti-man]

I want to buy this on Pc but I'm so scared the community will die like last time.