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Great Game, definately recommend

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 15
Date: November 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is simply amazing. Ignoring the whole Jedi aspect, the game draws on everything from the first one, and improves it all. The levels are great, the old characters are the same and just as much fun, and the new units are interesting choices, but still fun. Of course, the Jedi are rediculously fun too. The only thing about the game that I am not a fan of, is the space battles. The vehicle control scheme with a mouse and keyboard just does not seem to work well for me, which is really a shame. Otherwise, space battles are a lot of fun.

Graphically, I honestly think this game surpasses F.E.A.R. and Half-Life 2. The graphics are just amazing. The look is perfect for Star Wars, and is just great to look at.

I haven't tried Multiplayer yet, mostly since I got the game early and couldn't find anyone else to play, but it should be just as good as everything else in the game.

Pros: Great Fun, Jedi, and very easy to get into.

Cons: Starfighter controls.

This is a really great Game!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 14
Date: November 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game rocks, it enables you to be able to play as a Jedi, unlike the first one, with more planets more people to play as and my favorite the monsters. This is a game where every STAR WARS fan can get to be a jedi in action, and should get. The graphics are well tuned and well made, This game is worth getting.

The best in Star Wars gaming just got better

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 136 / 149
Date: November 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Star Wars Battlefront II (2005.) The second game in the Star Wars Battlefront series.

INTRODUCTION:
In 2004, Star Wars Battlefront was released. Although not wildly popular at its time of release, the game gradually won many gamers over with its awesome gameplay. The deathmatch-style gaming in a galaxy far, far away ended up becoming the best-selling Star Wars game of all time! Still, while it was one of the best Star Wars games ever, it did lack in a few areas, and it left fans yearning for a sequel. One finally arrived in the Fall of 2005! Is it an improvement? Read on for my review of Star Wars Battlefront II.

OVERVIEW:
Star Wars Battlefront II was released in America on November 1, 2005 - the same day Episode III was released on DVD in the United States. The game features single player and multi-man action alike. There are a ton of different characters, classes, locales, and game variants. The game is available for Playstation 2, Playstation Portable, XBOX, and PC.

REVIEW:
I had high expectations for this game, being that the first Battlefront was one of my all-time favorite Star Wars gaming experiences. The sequel takes this already-excellent formula, and makes it even better in a number of ways! Let's see how it fares.

-THE GOOD:

-THE GAMEPLAY THAT MADE THE ORIGINAL BATTLEFRONT SUCH A GREAT GAME MAKES A COMEBACK HERE. The original game was a Star Wars fan favorite, and I'm not at all surprised that the basic gameplay concepts, for the most part, remain unchanged in most modes of play.

-THE STORY MODE HAS GOTTEN A REVAMP. Rather than just generic battles aroun the galaxy, it has become mission and objective-oriented. The alteration makes for a refreshing change of pace from the standard battle games.

-TONS OF NEW LOCATIONS TO TAKE THE FIGHT TO. The locales you'll explore in this game have greatly been expanded. Now, you can fight in a great deal more places than the first game. Episode III worlds like Utapau and Mustafar are now playable, as well as other classic Star Wars scenes like Dagobah and the interior of the Death Star.

-SPACE COMBAT! This is the thing the game is getting a lot of hype for. You can now do your battles in space! The sheer amount of options in such a battle makes these some of the funnest things the game offers. You can fly a starfighter and attack enemy ships from the outside, or land in their docks and cause destruction from the inside out (and maybe even steal an enemy fighter!) This is definitely one of the game's best features.

-JEDI/SITH CHARACTERS NOW PLAYABLE. Such characters were just "extras" on the battle scenes of the first Battlefront, but now they are playable! In your battles, sometimes you'll get an option to play as one if you fulfill certain objectives. Now a whole cast of them is available for play, and it definitely makes your fights more interesting.

-LOTS OF OTHER NEW STUFF. For instance, in some battles, you can earn points by killing foes, and my killing them and getting these points you can choose from other character classes that weren't available at the beginning of the battle. There are also tons of new vehicles, including many that premiered in Episode III.

-GRAPHICS ARE BETTER THAN EVER! If you thought the first Battlefront had great graphics, you haven't seen anything yet. This is about as good as a game of this type could possible look.

-THE BAD:

-THE OBJECTIVE-ORIENTED STORY MODE CAN BE FRUSTRATING. I myself would have preferred it if Story Mode has just kept the standard gameplay styings. However, I am NOT saying that this chance to the gameplay was all bad, it's just not what I was expecting in some ways.

-LEARNING CURVE IS STEEPER THAN MOST STAR WARS GAMES. The Battlefront series was obviously designed with PC gamers in mind father than the console crowd, so these games are a little harder to learn than the other Star Wars titles. Give the game some time before you reject it - you may end up liking it more than any other Star Wars game!

Overall, the sequel to the best-selling Star Wars game of all time is even better than its awesome-in-its-own-right predecessor. If you liked the first Battlefront, you're bound to like the second one even better. I give it my highest possible recommendation if you're a fan of Star Wars. Pick this one up. It may be a little hard to learn if you're new to this sort of thing, but ultimately, you should agree that this game rocks.

EDITION NOTES:
This game is a very recent release at the time I write this review. Accordingly, you really shouldn't have any problem hunting down a copy of it for yourself. Just about every place that sells video games should have plenty of new copies, just waiting to be sold.

Battlefront II lands above & beyond

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 17
Date: November 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Short, sweet, simple: Battlefront II is a BLAST!
Battlefront I is and always will be a classic for it's day, but at times the gamer would fly vehicles around on ground-based maps, with one eye on the ground, and their other eye, heart and mind on what lies beyond the atmosphere. In Battlefront I, you may have noticed the lack of a good plot or story, as the basic scheme concerned battle after battle for fun and points. How could Pandemic and LucasArts make Battlefront II any better, but to go above and beyond the call of duty to make the sequel worthy of attention?
Simple. You flesh out, increase, rebuild, glorify, enhance, expand, re-imagine, recondition, and make land & space reachable.
The second installment for the Star Wars: Battlefront series is absolutely beautiful. If you purchase one Star Wars game along with your DVD copy of Episode III, this is a must have!
Live the chaotic and blaster infested army battles you dream of conquering, leap into the air in a dazzling somersault only to finish off your landing with a Force push to the enemy and lightsaber slash to the chest, jump into the cockpit of a Tie-Bomber and scream from the belly of an Imperial Destroyer...land in a Rebel Frigate and take the battle to the belly of the beast, maneuver your A-wing in a twisting corkscrew-reverse maneuver to break enemy lock and return fire down your enemies throat, and live moments as characters from the Star Wars Galaxy like Darth Vader, Boba Fett, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Jango Fett, Yoda...and the list goes on. Battlefront 2 is AWESOME!

The good:
1) Galactic space battles & dogfights
2) New worlds to explore
3) New characters & the ability to play classic characters
4) Incredible supply of vehicles to operate
5) Beautiful graphics and design, almost movie quality
6) Play in 1st or 3rd person
7) Online play for up to 64 players
8) This list could go on and on...

The bad:
1) Not much!
2) Lack of a "cockpit" view for spaceships
3) Prone position is no longer available for crawling
4) Difficult to find partners or buddies in battle

*The PC version is amazing. Expect further patches and upgrades to make this the ULTIMATE experience.

THIS COULD & SHOULD BE THE GAME OF THE YEAR FOR 2005!

The best game of 2005!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: November 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

When I first played Star Wars: Battlefront I was taken completely by surprise. I had never experienced a Star Wars game so well done before, and now LUCASARTS has made a bigger and better sequel. For those of you who enjoyed Battlefront, it is guaranteed 100% that you will like Battlefront II. The graphics are excellent, the game play is ten times what it used to be, and there are so many more new features that make it so much more fun than the original. Pick any era you want to fight in: be it the Clone Wars between the Republic and the CIS, or the Galactic Civil War between the Rebel Alliance and The Galactic Empire. Fight as a sniper, a demolitions expert, a mechanical technician, or fight as a Jedi Knight or Sith Lord. For the most part this game is great; however there are a few things that other Battlefront fans have mentioned for which I share their dislike. These few things don't have any affect whatsoever to my liking of the game, they are small minor things and nothing more. It's the bigger things that make this game what it is: Awesome!

Pros:
1. The gameplay is still excellent.
2. New story mode to keep the player interested.
3. New planets to fight on.
4. New Space Combat mode.
5. Ability to play as a hero (i.e. Boba Fett, or Obi-Wan Kenobi)
6. Some new weapons and many new Vehicles.
7. Graphics and CGI effects are much better and no longer have any lag.
8. Fewer glitches than in the original.
9. More elaborated stories that explain a lot about the movies.
10. Much more options and changes available to Instant Action. (i.e. More troops for each side, possible time/score limit, different game modes like capture the flag.)
11. More intelligent AI for the computer players, making for much more challenging combat.

Cons:
1. Learning how to dog fight in the space battles can be difficult and a little frustrating.
2. Giving orders during combat can be difficult.
3. The health/ammunition display has been changed that no longer displays how much ammo is still inside the blaster's chamber.

Overall, this is a great game and I recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the first Battlefront game. I can't really say if people outside of the fans of Star Wars would enjoy this, but if you enjoy strategy/shooter games then odds are you will like Battlefront II.

THIS REVIEW IS FOR THE XBOX VERSION ONLY.

Hero vs Villains

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 29
Date: November 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Is the only part of the game i enjoy. The battles are lame, the graphics are lame, the gameplay is lame. Jedi Knight Outcast 2 was a better game and that was 5 years ago.

Over-hyped

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 40
Date: November 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you like console games (arcady feel, poor AI but with the flashy Star Wars characters and laser sounds) then you'll probably like this game. If not, and you are looking for a quality shooter (ala Battlefield2) this game just doesn't do it. I feel like these other reviews duped me into purchasing this one and will stick to PC Gamer magazine reviews for now on. For more mature, hard core PC Gamers I would recommend you stay aware from this one.

Battel front 2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 34
Date: November 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is awsome! I dont even have it and I still love it right now im trying to get it. i love evry thig about it!

Question

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 32
Date: November 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have a question about Battlefront 2: I own Battlefront 1, and was slightly disappointed that you cannot aquire other guns from fallen enemies/allies. Is this feature included in Battlefront 2?

Worth the wait

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 62 / 68
Date: November 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I dug out SW:BF1 the week before SW:BF2 released and played it for a day or so just to remind myself of the general gameplay. Others have already listed pros, cons, and recommendations; let me add to their lists rather than duplicate them:

PROS:

-- You get to (a) dogfight in space and (b) play as a Jedi or other 'hero' character (e.g., Boba Fett), all within the context of a given mission.

-- The "Rise of the Empire" campaign is well thought out, if a bit dark (e.g., you get to assassinate the Queen of Naboo; I'm just grateful you don't have to kill the 'younglings' in the Jedi Temple).

-- The overall gameplay is great, with larger and more complex environments.

CONS (all relatively minor):

--The Options/Controls panel is a pain to use (as when setting up a joystick). Someone needs to improve the UI design and general behavior on this; it strikes me as being somewhat 'quick and dirty.'

--The shift to story/objective mode moves SW:BF2 towards the classic problems of a 'railroad' game, namely, you have to figure out how the designers intended you to complete the objectives and in what order. For example, in the Kashyyyk: First Line of Defense mission, I tried to destroy the CIS cruiser heavy turrets before I destroyed the enemy frigates, but SW:BF2 wouldn't let me.

--Each mission has a number of sub-objectives, and there is no way to save a game within a mission. In other words, if you get to the very last mission task and die, you have to start the entire mission all over again.

--There are a few glitches here and there. For example, in that same mission, SW:BF2 seemed to have a hard time figuring out when the other clone troopers should follow me over to the CIS cruiser.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

-- First, get a joystick. It's a lot easier to do the space combat with one, though you'll have to take some time to set up the controls (under Options).

-- Second, if you don't have a lot of spare time, get the strategy guide. It doesn't have all the answers, but it does give you a heads up as to the overall flow of the mission.

-- Third, experiment. I've been able to solve specific objectives more than one way.

As of this writing [Nov 9], I'm about 2/3rds of the way through the Rise of the Empire campaign (I've completed 11 of 18 missions). I'll update my review once I've finished it and have had time to play in Galactic Conquest mode as well. ..bruce..

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