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Just a reminder Open beta for this game is the 8th - 12th.

Don't have to pre order or anything, just download.

I like this trend of open Betas. Really lets me get a feel for the game and there are plenty I wish had done the same. CODBlOps3 won me over with their Beta, and Battlefront is going to have to be impressive to win me over with theirs.

Saw some footage of the closed Beta, but still am not that impressed. I don't know if I'll be able to get over the lack of bots. It really needs to feel different than Battlefield with Lasers for me to buy his game. Here's hoping for a nice surprise.

Its pretty poor. Standard battlefront game play, at least it looks fairly nice.

 Silent Puffin? wrote:
Its pretty poor. Standard battlefront game play

Seems like a contradiction in terms to me!

Can't get to an Xbox to play this while it's available, so I shall just be watching many, many videos of it!

 Paradigm wrote:

Seems like a contradiction in terms to me!

If you like floaty gunplay with barely a hint of 'tactics' never mind strategy then sure.

 Silent Puffin? wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:

Seems like a contradiction in terms to me!

If you like floaty gunplay with barely a hint of 'tactics' never mind strategy then sure.

Well, yeah. I want this game to shoot rebel scum, fly TIE Fighters and occasionally take a few heads as Darth Vader. I'm not looking for a perfectly accurate military simulation. Battlefront 2 is probably still among my favourite games of all time, so if this is 'more of the same' with better graphics, then bring it on!

I haven't played it because the videos of game play put me off big time.

My main concerns:
Power ups as vehicles etc... very lame.
Small maps... very lame
Bobble head characters... also lame
Wildly inaccurate lasers... why?
So. Many. Jump. Packs.

Minor Concerns:
Custom Classes ruins games for me. Everyone should choose a set role then play it like everyone else.
Weird talking during the game.
Everything looks and seems to be incredibly weak.

My Likes:
It has more aliens.

So all in all pretty bland, kinda weird and certainly not my thing. Will happily conclude the series at Battlefront 2. I loved the first one the most but the second is also a lot of fun.

 Paradigm wrote:

Well, yeah. I want this game to shoot rebel scum, fly TIE Fighters and occasionally take a few heads as Darth Vader.

Which is fine for the first couple of hours, after that?

 Silent Puffin? wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:

Well, yeah. I want this game to shoot rebel scum, fly TIE Fighters and occasionally take a few heads as Darth Vader.

Which is fine for the first couple of hours, after that?

I guess I'm just easily pleased, then, as it's kept me entertained for 10 years!

 Silent Puffin? wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:

Well, yeah. I want this game to shoot rebel scum, fly TIE Fighters and occasionally take a few heads as Darth Vader.

Which is fine for the first couple of hours, after that?

BF2 was as fun this morning as it was when I bought it in 2005.

Games don't need tacticool nonsense to be fun, m80. Go play ARMA.

 BlaxicanX wrote:
Go play ARMA.

The instant that someone says 'go play.......' in any sort of games related discussion they have forfeited the argument. Not that there is an argument here as I was specifically talking about the Star Wars game.

I have now played it for maybe 2 hours and I have yet to have an enjoyable game. It will soon be purged from my hard drive.

I have been reading from players reviews that not many seem to enjoy it beyond how nice it looks.

Although every single website with reviews seems to say it's amazing.

I usually believe players first.

 Silent Puffin? wrote:
The instant that someone says 'go play.......' in any sort of games related discussion they have forfeited the argument.

That implies you have any sort of argument for me to attempt to refute.

 Swastakowey wrote:
I have been reading from players reviews that not many seem to enjoy it beyond how nice it looks.

Although every single website with reviews seems to say it's amazing.

I usually believe players first.

It's not very good once you get past the graphics and sound design (both of which are excellent). A common description of the game is that it's Battlefield with a re-skin, but that's giving it more credit than it deserves, as at least in Battlefield you can spend the entire game in a vehicle if you want. This game has more in common with Call of Duty then Battlefield, frankly.

They really should have just all-in'd with their design philosophy; either make it a modernized, realistic tacticool FPS ala Battlefield or leave it as the arcadey MOBO-esque game it was before. They tried to make a hybrid of both, and as a result it lacks the best qualities from either.

 BlaxicanX wrote:
That implies you have any sort of argument for me to attempt to refute.

 Silent Puffin? wrote:

Not that there is an argument here as I was specifically talking about the Star Wars game.

What was the point of this then?

 BlaxicanX wrote:

Games don't need tacticool nonsense to be fun, m80. Go play ARMA.

It's not even a "Call of Duty".

It's a game that is something any person can play. I read a review that called it a "PS2 era game", saying that it is very simplistic and there's no real learning curve required--just fun.

I think that's the best description of it to be honest.

I would replace "fun" with laser spam. Honestly the ;laser spread in this is terrible.

Just spawn in, fire lasers all around your target, die and then repeat. Sometimes things change up with a vehicle/hero power up.

I suspect the lasers are crazy because the size of the maps.

The lasers are crazy because reasons.

If I had to guess why it's because they didn't want to make it so that it becomes a case of "scope spam" where everyone runs around ADSing.

My only real beef with the game is the stupid "Cycler Rifle". It shouldn't be a timed skill/upgrade, it should be an actual weapon.

How DARE people aim in a shooter!

Actually I don't mind the laser spread. Stormtroopers aren't supposed to be able to hit the broad side of a barn, so it makes sense that it's a gun issue, not a user issue. I mean, take a look at the CG from the original movies. Laser blasts were coming out of the barrel at all sorts of angles. I'm good with that.

I'm not good with the lack of bots. Someone above was commenting on how the originals are still fun. Yeah, because the battlefield is flooded with soldiers and some are more skilled than others. That's not the case here. Now the battlefield is flooded with soldiers and some of them run off to go tee bag in a circle or stare at the wall. There isn't that group of soldiers programmed to play the mission. That's the biggest failing so far that I have seen.

I'd have more to say but I'm still going off gameplay videos because my FRIGGIN INTERNET needs five hours to download the beta. And I just had the thing upgraded...

Meh. It's a predictable, hollow, standard game. Not good, not bad. Generic team shooter. Pales in comparison to Battlefront II.

Saved me $65 for letting me play the beta. Pretty boring.. Powerup system sucks

I really, really dislike it. I HATE that I dislike it as I've been trying to find a shooter to finally replace or at least supplement Battlefield 4 as my go-to FPS, but after a couple of hours on the beta I really don't like it. It is EXTREMELY akin to Call of Duty. Guns have no recoil and the spawning is just atrocious. The guy you just killed can pop in right behind you and take you out no problem.

I really hate that there are heroes, I would have much rather it was just grunts vs. grunts like in the original Battlefront game. Vehicles as powerups is a huge turnoff for me, and the dogfighting just feels off. My cursor is right on the sucker and I don't get any hits, and the A-wing is practically immune to the lock-on missiles from the TIEs. I've never seen it once connect with an A-wing.

Will be passing on this one.

It seems that very few people like this game. Virtually all forum chatter on this is negative and the few people who enjoy it basically say that it is 'OK'.

It is looking very much like EA has a flop on their hands.

EA would once again prove that they manage to turn an almost bulletproof idea into crap. I mean, come on! You just had to give Battlefront II a graphics update and polish the gameplay a bit, focus on the real trilogy and boom, you got an amazing game that's loved by gamers and critics alike. Episode 7 comes out, release DLC, BOOM, money.

Not rocket science.

Uninstalled. If you like moving 24/7, shooting lasers programmed to miss most of the time and throwing grenades every 10 seconds then maybe its for you.

No idea why this is called Battlefront really.

I'll have fun with this Beta but I'm sure I'll get burnt out on it by the week's end. There's just no real hook besides what it looks like. It doesn't feel like one soldier in an army, it just feels like a crappy Rush on Battlefield 3 or Hardpoint on COD. At least I didn't have to waste money to know its not worth buying.

 Silent Puffin? wrote:
It seems that very few people like this game. Virtually all forum chatter on this is negative and the few people who enjoy it basically say that it is 'OK'.

It is looking very much like EA has a flop on their hands.

Maybe with the gamer crowd, but remember that Star Wars is about to have a new film release.

Do you really think that as simple as this game is that it won't sell well to parents of kids?

 Silent Puffin? wrote:
It seems that very few people like this game. Virtually all forum chatter on this is negative and the few people who enjoy it basically say that it is 'OK'.

It is looking very much like EA has a flop on their hands.

Don't kid yourself, this game will still sell like hotcakes based purely on the fact that it's a big budget Star Wars game.

Kanluwen wrote:It's not even a "Call of Duty".

It's a game that is something any person can play. I read a review that called it a "PS2 era game", saying that it is very simplistic and there's no real learning curve required--just fun.

I think that's the best description of it to be honest.

Pretty much it, it feels like a bastard of CoD/Battlefield and Battlefront and frankly I like it for that, it's fun. Even having to lose as the Rebels on Walker Assault (which is horribly imbalanced) is fun. The weapons aren't as bad as everyone says you just have to use a little trigger discipline, the weapons go all over the place the longer you hold down the trigger, which I assume is for balance reasons considering the weapons never run out of ammo, only over heat. Having pick ups for vehicles isn't as bad as it sounds (unless its the first part of Walker Assault, because the X-Wing pick ups are practically in Imperial Lines), I've not really noticed anyone just standing around waiting for someone to die so that they can get the pick ups. Flying the fighters themselves is rather simplistic, but they feel similar to how they did in the older games, so more like Space Ships than the Fighters of Battlefield. If I did have to choose a Battlefield game to compare it to, it would be the less realistic Bad Company franchise, which also didn't have amazing gun play, but was really fun.

So, my group of friends and I have all had a blast with it so far, and will likely pick it up.

 Kanluwen wrote:

Do you really think that as simple as this game is that it won't sell well to parents of kids?

The Battlefronts and CoDs of this world always sell well (I have no idea why), I don't doubt that this will be any different.

Critically (at least from independent sources) and reputationally I expect this to be a flop.

It's funny that you're losing on Walker Assault as Rebels, I have yet to win as Imperials!