SmokedMeat
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Other bounty hunters, and alien races. There's plenty of characters they could put in the game if they want to have fun with it.
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Star Wars Battlefront will not receive any Episode VII DLC
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Other bounty hunters, and alien races. There's plenty of characters they could put in the game if they want to have fun with it.
DLC accouncement: Play as Grand Moff Tarkin and that Stormtrooper that said 'Hey look sir, droids'.
WadiumArcadium
Member
Tarkin, Bossk, IG-88, Veers. There's a few. They're only adding two new villains anyway.
The lack of content even compared to Battlefront II was obvious from the moment the game was announced.
People used to justify by saying they didn't want the prequel stuff (despite the fact that the combat/war/technology/weapons part of the prequels have nothing to do with the alledged bad quality of the movies and is absolutely fantastic, and so it was in BFII), now how are they going to justify that a 60€ game with no single player and 30€ season pass won't include content from the last movie?
But don't worry, they will include prequels in "Battlefront" 2 and new movies in "Battlefront" 3. By the time the GOTY remastered limited exclusive cloud-empowered life-changing Battlefront Collection releases it might have the same content as the original Battlefront II.
Pre-order the special ultimate limited 140€ edition to receive an exclusive map that will divide the community and a weapon skin for Jango Fett.
People used to justify by saying they didn't want the prequel stuff (despite the fact that the combat/war/technology/weapons part of the prequels have nothing to do with the alledged bad quality of the movies and is absolutely fantastic, and so it was in BFII), now how are they going to justify that a 60€ game with no single player and 30€ season pass won't include content from the last movie?
But don't worry, they will include prequels in "Battlefront" 2 and new movies in "Battlefront" 3. By the time the GOTY remastered limited exclusive cloud-empowered life-changing Battlefront Collection releases it might have the same content as the original Battlefront II.
Pre-order the special ultimate limited 140€ edition to receive an exclusive map that will divide the community and a weapon skin for Jango Fett.
Well, no Jar Jar.
Conkerkid11
Member
I really wanted this guy as a villain:
Why don't spoiler tags for embededded images or gifs work on mobile?
Why don't spoiler tags for embededded images or gifs work on mobile?
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Battlefront 1 was 50% prequel content as well.
What about the Khan and the Klingons?
Hahahaha.... no you cant. That's not how making money works.
Conkerkid11
Member
Pretty sure there's already a map from the movie in the game.
I can think of plenty of other great locations from the movie as well. Probably nothing to top what they could pull from episodes 1-3 though.
Gun Animal
Member
If they're truly sticking with OT characters, it's a short list.
Possible Heroes:
Obi-Wan Kenobi (would add variety in the form of a blue lightsaber but otherwise would be too similiar to Luke)
Yoda (not sure what playstyle they could use considering his age/ability in the OT timeline, this would be a horrible choice)
Chewbacca (his gun could basically be permanently explosive, this would be a great pick, but his hard to animate fur and the fact that the developers already said he was unlikely is a strike against him)
R2D2 (would play a lot like Boba Fett if he had his prequel jets and would add neccessary balance to the hero side in Heroes mode)
Lando (would play almost exactly like Han or Leia, an extremely unwise choice.)
Possible Villains:
Tarkin (boring dude with a blaster but maybe he could request orbital strikes idk)
IG-88
Those red dudes from ROTJ
One of the randos from Jaba's palace, I guess
Honestly the villain side is extremely lacking. If I had to give my most likely bet, it would be this:
R2D2, Moff Tarkin, Obi-Wan Kenobi and... maybe some new bad guy from Rogue Squadron. I really can't think of a second viable villain from the OT. :\
edit: let me stress in response to posts on the last page that the devs already more or less confirmed that they aren't doing Chewie. I forget which interview it was, but they were pretty clear that it was something they wanted to do but weren't able to. Probably because of his hair! I wouldn't want to deal with all that either.
Savinowned
Member
The big question then is, what the heck will they include for DLC? Are we about to see a Arkham Knight situation?
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
The prequel shit was awful. It's like nobody thought to themselves that these are ships that are supposed to predate Tie fighters and X-Wing fighters. Everything is far more futuristic looking. I don't believe any of those designs fit Star Wars. The newer vehicles in Force Awakens is far better.
100% this.
Enjoying the game so far and put already over 50 hours into it...seems like I am part of a minority on GAF though.
Shadow Trooper all the way!
Gtagentleman
Member
heh, I feel bad for the people that brought the season pass
Jabba as a hero a sure thing? What? Jabba the hut ? Or is there another jabba?? I can't see Jabba as a hero... A Huge slime roaming the battlefield...lawl what.
Chewie for sure!
Forerunner
Member
I'd rather have prequel DLC. The Clone Wars would be amazing to have.
I'd say this is highly likely. While I have no doubt that the game was pushed to make the movie, I think some should cut them some slack as to what content they can actually release. It's likely Disney has a large influence as to what can be released.
Conkerkid11
Member
They're generally good with their DLC though. All they have to do is pump out some new maps, weapons, vehicles, and maybe characters. The Arkham games have always had shitty DLC.
WadiumArcadium
Member
Uh, no. There's a lot they can do.
Those definitely fit Star Wars. Star Wars is all about technological stagnation. Just look at KOTOR and the fact that 4000 years before the OT they already had huge starships, fast fighters and planet-spanning cities.
royox
Member
I can't remember it!!!
Gun Animal
Member
I hope you're right and this would be ideal but I'm worried they'll avoid the prequels altogether and jump the gun on Sequel trilogy content. Not to mention: what are they going to do about the Anthology films? They can't ignore those, after all, and we're getting at least 3 of them.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Surprising considering your Episode 3 avatar
Edit: Totally agree with below, the Geonosis map was the shit.
Souless Squirrel
Member
Well that leaves them with really slim pickings in the hero/villian department
You don't remember the Battle of Genosis map? that shit was awesome felt like an actual clone wars battle
You don't remember the Battle of Genosis map? that shit was awesome felt like an actual clone wars battle
royox
Member
Yeah! It's the only one I remember and I was pretty sure I patched it on my BF1 because I loved BF1 gameplay but BF2 maps xD
Generic Power Ranger
Member
Those red dudes from rotj should really be the emperors guards instead of the troopers, since that is their role in the movie(even though they never do anything)
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Jabba is pulled by a few chained slave girls, while spawning Gamorrean guards to do the fighting.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
I'd say they would have been, but The Emperor is Leia's equivalent hero, so they wanted his guards to have blasters, not melee weapons. I Love RotS, so I was quite glad to have the shocktroopers as his guards.
Gemüsepizza;190328580 said:https://twitter.com/EAStarWars/status/679889118759763970
How can they fuck this up? This should have been a no-brainer. Jesus.
I doubt it's their call.
In game dev everytime you have a 'wow this is so obvious' idea, dont think why they DIDNT do it but why they COULDNT do it.
Already Torn
Banned
Who would want to play as R2D2? He was like the worst part of Episode 7.
sixteen-bit
Member
Spoiler free gameplay
BF2 had the Geonosis map with the mountains on the side and BF1 had the Geonosis map with the giant spire in the middle.
Looking at the BF1 and BF2 maps, I suddenly remember being very sad about Pandemic ditching the Cloud City maps in the second game.
BrettHeazy
Member
I bet half of the battlefront casuals wouldn't even know who IG88 is
Collateral22
Member
I'm just concerned with what hero's and villains they will add. I mean, theres not many villains they don't already have and a low number of heros they can add.
The Hermit
Member
Not that is going to change much right?
soxinthebox
Member
That's fucked. I would've paid the stupid asking price for the DLC of I could play as Kylo Ren on Episode VII maps.
Really disappointed there's no way to play content from the new movie.
Really disappointed there's no way to play content from the new movie.
Am I the only one who likes that the game isn't crossing generations? I want all the same era uniforms, vehicles, and weapons, and consistency throughout all the maps. To me, it would be bizarre to have the existing content get merged with prequel/sequel maps with pre/sequel vehicles and a small selection of pre/sequel weapons cycling back and forth - and unacceptable if those ever mixed into each other's levels.
None of the alternate era art belongs in what is in the base game, meaning it would have to be segregated... And in a game where people are shouting about a lack of content, segregating the new stuff sounds like an awful idea compared to adding things into the mix that can be integrated into every map with more Original Trilogy content.
None of the alternate era art belongs in what is in the base game, meaning it would have to be segregated... And in a game where people are shouting about a lack of content, segregating the new stuff sounds like an awful idea compared to adding things into the mix that can be integrated into every map with more Original Trilogy content.
Already Torn
Banned
When you spell it out like that it really does seem ridiculous. I guess I was hoping for a huge FA expansion with enough new stuff to allow things to be segregated. Like two new planets along with Finn Rey Kylo and like Hux or some shit.
Generic Power Ranger
Member
Yeah I get why it is the way it is. Just mentioning it for the sake of how it should be based on the movies.
The way they should do a cross gen game are map specific content. You're a Stormtrooper on ot maps, clone trooper on prequel maps and first order on sequel maps. Same for heroes, vehicles.. Etc. Maybe the weapons and cards could be retained.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
If Star Wars is about technical stagnation, then Naboo Starfighters shouldn't look light years beyond an X-Wing fighter. It bugs me.
It's like comparing a 1940 Corvette to a 2015 model, except the 2015 model is supposed to be the older of the two.
SuperBanana
Banned
If they're focusing on the original trilogy then why'd they decide to make it as disappointing as the prequels?