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The best in Star Wars gaming just got better

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 104 / 112
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.

Best Game of all times

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 12
Date: November 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I AM SERIOUS BATTLEFRONT 2 IS THE BEST GAME IN THE WORLD I GOT IT TODAY. THE MANGA GAURDS THE JEDI HEROS THE STORY THE GRAPHICS! ITS ALL THE Best .. I do hope you enjoy this game as much as i do and i hope someday to face you online! its fun so just try it and i have to say i am a diehard starwars fan but i am not bias to this game because i didnt like bf 1 as much as halo 2 but this triples halo and 20000 bf 1

Great Sequel

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: November 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game has everything the first one messed up on like Jedi Battles Space battles and lots of more levels and the best part is now its four players which I think is the biggest improvement the AI is smarter they follow commands much better pretty much all around this is better then the first this game has
More Vehicles
More wepons
More Characters
Better Graphics
Jedi
Space
more people can play over Xbox live

If you like the first and like dog fights and Jedi then pick this one up right now!

Battlefront at it AGAIN!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: November 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you liked Star Wars Battlefront I (which you probably did) YOU WILL LOVE BATTLEFRONT II. New maps, space battles, new units, and fight as a jedi!! Huge improvement! 5 stars!

impressive...most impressive...i actually liked this game its MUCH better than the first one !

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 14 / 17
Date: November 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

okay, i wrote a review for the first battlefront a while back and it was a negative one, but... on november 1st when i got the revenge of the sith dvd i tried out the 2 demo levels of battlefront 2 and i have to say i was hooked ! the gameplay was richer and the controls were so smooth..it looks like they learned their lesson from the first one about the control issues.. i went out and bought a copy and i liked what ive been seeing..the graphics are improved the locations are updated you can fight on mustafar, utapah, the rebel blockade runner (tantive IV) and various star wars locations..and i especially liked fighting on dagobah, and then theres my favorite taking on the coridors of the death star !! lots of fun...
the space combat is a great addition to the gameplay the dogfights are detailed and fast..the way they should be.. and playing as a jedi is well as vader would say.."most impressive"
and the ability to jump into any vehicle is always fun ..

to sum it up.. although i was not a fan of the first battlefront i like the second one..it looks like they actually took their time with one...the single player mode(where you play a trooper in Darth vader's elite 501st unit) is challenging and worth it..if your not into online gameing like myself..

you know..the new x box 360 system gets released in a few weeks, and this game would have been a great launch title for that system it could have been the first next gen star wars game! but if you get the 360, and u dont like any of the games that are on the release day pick up a copy of battlefront 2 its compatible with the 360 since it plays regular x box games as well...

my only gripe is that they still have the clunky camera angles in some areas but it can be overlooked perhaps it will be fixed on battlefront 3 but overall, this is a fun game and if you are a star wars fan you owe it to yourself to pick this up...

Disappointed

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 13 / 22
Date: November 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I LOVED the original game and played it over and over again.

With this game I am quite disappointed.
Yes, you get to fly more vehicles but the controls are weird and for me it ruins the game quite a bit as they force you to play some of the space battles if you play "conquest" mode...if you play "instant action" you can pick what battles you want to play but it doesnt "flow" like "conquest" mode does. They did make it where you can bypass SOME of the space battles which is GREAT specifically if youre not into that sort of thing but occasionally you are forced into it and its do or die and you can quit but you lose that round. Playing as a Jedi was a good idea but the way they did it was awful...you cannot start as a Jedi but have to "earn" them....once you do you have a limited time to accept them. If you do you can only play as the Jedi for a short period of time and/or if youre killed in battle you no longer get to play as that jedi and go back to grunt status. Playing as a Jedi also isnt all that spectacular in the fact that part of what makes a Jedi so powerful is his/her ability to block laser bolts and other saber attacks. In this game you hit the white button and the Jedi will block for a short period of time which ends at times and you take LOTS of laser fire. It should have been made like "lego Starwars" or even "Jedi Power Battles" to where you can deflect things back at your enemies....ultimately it is sad and very disappointing..... You also have to BUY more characters to play this time around, for example when you start as either the Empire or Rebels you can ONLY play as a "stormtrooper" or a "rebel trooper" you have to purchase others to play and then earn points to unlock them for play....what the?!?!! BAD design there!!!

The basic part of the game is still in tact and plays much like the original. Take on a Jedi as a grunt and you are going to die pretty much! All in all the new stuff "Playable Jedi",the "new space battles" and buying your troops and characters to play just arent all that impressive and I dont think this game will last too long for me due to the "forced space battle stuff". Bottom line I give the original game a 4 star rating as it could have been longer and allowed for more customization etc.. This game stays on par if you want to just play "Instant Action" but if you desire "Conquest" you'll have to get good at the crappy flight controls to make it past some levels and buy and unlock more characters to play. In the end the extras hurt it quite a bit for me....they had a good thing with the original but ruined the game this time around.

BEST GAME EVER

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 16
Date: November 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you liked the first Star Wars Battlefront game, this one is 1,000 times better. This game has maps, characters, and music from all 6 Star Wars films and you can play any hero character this time around. What's not to love? The online play is great with capture the flag, capture the command posts, and even a hero deathmatch. I will be playing this game long after XBOX 360 comes out. Don't rent, buy this one.

I think they messed up a good thing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 14
Date: November 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was playing the game all last night and I am afraid I must say I am a little disappointed. I loved the first SWBF and played it for countless hours and hours. If you were the same way this review is for you.

Here are just a couple things that bugged me:

-You can do a lot more in the starfighters but I can't believe they brought over the flight control method from the Star Wars "Starfighter" series of games. You need both thumb sticks to fly. One turns you and the other rolls you. It is extremely awkward to fly this way and I think it is the main reason those other Star Wars games didn't do so well. I don't know why they messed with the SWBF 1 controls. If it was because they wanted you to be able to loop and barrel roll they should have used the same system Halo uses with the Banshees. That works pretty well with one thumbstick.

-In the SWBF1 the AT-ATS were pretty scary. Their main guns had a slow fire rate but they had a large area of damage. They just had to hit close to a soldier and he was dead as well as any others standing close. In SWBF2 I was standing there with a Vanguard working on an AT-AT and this thing is firing like a machine gun at me but doing no damage. I actually had to walk up the hill behind me to let it hit me directly before I died. It was laughable. The dread you felt when an AT-AT in SWBF1 turned its head towards you is completely gone.

-Playable Jedi's: I thought the genius of the SWBF1 was that you were just a grunt trying to effect the outcome of the battle. You could die easily and that gave the game some challenge. Now you can be some all powerful Jedi flying around the battlefield killing everything. If I wanted to do that I would have just played "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith" or "KOTOR: Sith Lords".

I am going to keep playing the game to see if it gets better but if you were a big fan of the First Battlefront don't automatically assume this one is just as good and run out and buy it like I did. You might want to rent it first and see. I wish I had.

However, you are a 12-14 year old kid who likes to watch things "blow up real good" as you mow down countless enemy soldiers with no challenge and no real strategy required...this just might be your game.

The best game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 14
Date: November 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game rocks! I wish I could give this game 1 billion stars!
here are some good facts and for you to buy this game.
1.you can be anyone you want from the starwars trilogy.
2. you can fight anywhere you want.
3. you can fight as any jedi

here comes a jedi.....POUR ON THE AMMO!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 20
Date: November 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I HAVE TRAINED AND now i have become a master sniper time to go online and be a jedi assasin yes i have challenged a jedi with a standard clone trooper and lost horribly but wait 4 some backup and ull win but im gonna go online to become a jedi assin with the driod sniper when a jedi sees me fireing at em like crazy from a hill or roftop i know im in no danger but it a great game

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