Star Wars Battlefront ... Flawed, but PRETTY good!

Tacitus

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I got this game 2 nights ago....

Pretty Good!

Think of it as Dynasty Warriors 4 meets Socom.... then crank down the difficulty about 3 notches and add a splash of star wars.

The graphics are OK... pretty good, actually. I was impressed a few times, but others.. well, starwars is old hat and you've gotta really do it right to impress.

There are slowdown issues, especially in split screen. My buddy and I beat the Civil War campaign last night and it suffers from a lot of action. Especially in high-traffic areas... to the point where I'd snipe a guy and 2 seconds later, the gun would fire and he would drop.

The AI is good. There are a lot of cheap deaths, but that's because it's a WAR! It's cool though, as the AI was definitely dev'd by gamers... the AI camps and snipes!

It's stupid in spots, though. A few times on Hoth, the AI just sat there and waited.

The missions are hard. Nothing impossible, but it's a challenge. It's not DW4 by any means, but you won't breeze through the Historical Campaigns.

That's about it for now.. I'll post further impressions later. Anyone else playing this?
 

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nE0ty26 said:
Simple and Sweet: The online play sucks.


nothing will ever match Syphon Filter : Omega Strain... so I didn't even bother.
 

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I had a lot of fun with this game online. I think it's awesome how many players there are. Its also the only game that lets you pilot xwings into wookies. Pretty bad ass. I found the split screen too hard on the eyes.

Ive only been playing this multiplayer. I think it rocks!
 

Kirk Foiden

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Hmm. I'll have to see this game in multiplayer. I tried a bit of single-player but came away unimpressed. It may be because it takes a while, in SP, to see the good stuff.
 

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Kirk Foiden said:
Hmm. I'll have to see this game in multiplayer. I tried a bit of single-player but came away unimpressed. It may be because it takes a while, in SP, to see the good stuff.


Very true.... fight on Hoth.. really fun.
 

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We played this at at a lan party I attended. The pc version is very nice looking especially on tatooine! Overall the game really requires very little skill in fps to win, so I wasn't all that impressed.
 

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I got Battlefront for free. I didn't even open it, I just traded it straight up for Halo 2!
 

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I rented it and liked it. I'll buy it when it goes down to about 20-25 dollars. It was pretty good.
 
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