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Anonymous
8 years ago

The Empire Screws Up 'Star Wars Battlefront 2' Review

After nearly three months this by far a wonderfully articulated viewpoint "Star Wars Battlefront 2 feels a little bit like this. This game is the sort of monumental achievement that could onl...
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Ravudha
8 years ago
Agreed. I wish the game reached its potential but there are clearly high-level decisions made by non-gamers that have screwed the game.

1. No chat in lobby - how you omit such a fundamental feature is beyond me. Proof EA is run by suits.

2. Missing or extremely bad match balancing - no explanation needed.

3. No combat log - the biggest killer in all matches now, as with BF1, is hackers and the suspicion of hackers with 'absolutely no way to verify it'. Players are left feeling like * wondering if they're being cheated.

4. Minimal community engagement and transparency from EA. Instead of open dialogue and engaging with posts they decide to be generally silent, and wonder why no one trusts them when they say 'we put players first'.
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Anonymous
8 years ago

I believe that Dave Thier , Contributor for the magazine Forbes stated it best in the article, under Misfire

"There is no joy in the failure of Star Wars Battlefront 2. It is a game that manages to excise both the fun and the drama from the original game for something that feels like far more but far less. It is larger but less grand,  more detailed but more opaque, deeper on one level but far more ponderous on another. It is successful neither as a Battlefield-style online shooter nor as an approachable arcade experience. That your time with this game is defined by a byzantine and oppressive progression system does not help, nor does the ever-present specter of microtransactions sure to return soon. But this would not be a successful game even if these problems were solved. Star Wars Battlefront 2 is the prequel trilogy: overwrought and complicated, with none of the heart that drew us here in the first place."

I could not agree more.

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