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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.

amazingly stunning STAR WARS game for the xbox

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 31 / 36
Date: November 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Well these things have been said over and over so I will spare the you the repititious "this is the sequel to the best selling star wars game" stuff that everyone feels so necassary to include in their reviews.

Instead let us get down to this game itself and not the series history as I'm sure many of you are well aware of.

Battlefront 2 is an epic title from the explosive opening to the "oh whys it have to be over" finish. Any fan of the first game will undoubtebly love this game, especially on xbox. Seriously, what fan of BF1 wouldn't get excited over 4 player split screen. thats my favorite addition for sure as I have many Battlefront buddies. The fact you can now play as jedi and sith is a brilliant addition and it works great. I loved the Episode III game for its playable jedi and awesome lightsaber action. I gotta say though, BF2 does the whole jedi thing much better. Now I'm not raggin on ROTS, I gave it 5 stars. But really, the addition of lightsaber weilding characters is not just a cheap gimick. Its done very well. Space combat is another great addition to the BF universe. And although its recieved tons of hype, it doesnt need a whole lot of explaining. you fight in space battles now such as the ones from episode 3 and 5. Its all great and feels like rogue squadron did on the n64...awesome. There is a storyline but seriously Im more into the action than a storyline. For some this will seem to be a big plus, and justifiably so, the story is handled very nicley too.

Graphicly BF2 is all that it can be on the xbox...wonderful. I liked BF1's graphics alot, and these are so much better. All the new weapons, ships, planets, characters, their all here, in mass proportion. This is truly the complete Star Wars action game. You've got Naboo, Tatoinne, Coruscant, Utapu, Fellucia, Mustafar, Dahgoba, may more. Play as Boba and Jango Fett, Obi-Wan, Mace, Anakin, Vader, Yoda, many more, including the trechorous bothan spy. You must get this game if your a fan of Star Wars or just searching for a great action title.

I hope this review was helpful to you and I gaurentee if you like Star Wars you will love this game.

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.

Reporting for duty, SIR!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: November 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game series is simply, hands down, the most entertaining game series I have ever played -- with a caveat -- to get the maximum amount of enjoyment out of these games, you *must* play it in multi-player mode.

I have never had more fun playing a video game, than I have when this game (or its predecessor) with a buddy or two in either split-screen or system link mode. Although I wouldn't recommend playing over X-Box Live, due to all of the racist, sexist, screaming, lamers on that service -- but I guess if you do so without the headset, then you are okay.

Improvements over the last game, which I love:

- Multiple game modes! You can now play capture the flag (1 and 2 flag versions), assault, and a new type of mode, called "hunt." Hunt is basically the local, indigenous species, versus a human team. So: Ewoks vs. humans, Gungans vs. humans, Hoth Ice Creatures vs. humans, etc. It is a lot of fun.

- More than 2 players in split screen mode! You can have up to 4 players in split screen mode now. This was really needed in the last game, and I am glad to see they added it.

- Better balance! They have balanced all of the player classes against each other better. The basic solider class is now less powerful (their blasters don't shoot as long, or in a straight line as long, when constantly firing) -- Engineers (the old "pilot class" in the last game) now have a shotgun, instead of that stupid scatter gun, and they now have explosives they can use -- making them an actual, playable, class on the ground.

- More levels! That is always a bonus, but they have also better balanced the levels, to support the new game play modes -- which is cool.

- Player awards! You can now earn rank in your profile (allowing you to command other troops -- up to 4, once you reach general), and you can earn medals while playing and doing well, that grant you special bonuses (such as increased damage from your attacks, or increased weapon recharge rates, etc.).

- An actual single player mode, with an actual story! Enough said, although ... I would prefer to play the "good guys" over the bad guys ... but I digress.

- New and improved Conquest mode! The new layers in strategy and overall game play for the conquest mode, make it much more enjoyable.

- Intelligent AI! The AI of your allies is much less idiotic (although they do still get stuck in corners, etc.), and allows you to control up to 4 other AI soldiers which will follow you around like wingmen -- MUCH better than the "follow me" command from the last game, which would grab your AI compatriots attention for about 15 strides, and then they would get distracted again. In the new mode, they will stay with you and follow your lead, until you die or they die, or you release them.

- Space combat! There are now game modes, and encounters that exist only in space. You can choose to play as a "space marine" and just board an enemy ship, and blow it up from the inside, or you can man a turret on your own ship, and just shoot at enemy ships and their fighters. But, if you have the knack for flying, the space fighter combat as a pilot, is where it is really at.

I highly recommend this game. It may not be a Halo (but you can play it in first person mode, if you so prefer) -- but then again, even Halo fans, I have spoken to, weren't all that fond of number 2, while every Battlefront fan I have spoken to, has *loved* the sequel to the original.

The same in many ways, the new in many others

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: November 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I, for one, am normally terrified by change. In the weeks prior to the release of Star Wars Battlefront II, I couldn't decide whether I should get it or stick with the original. When I finally gave in, I wasn't the least bit disappointed. There was a new auto-target system that I didn't like, which was also using the old reload button. I immediately dropped the auto-target and put the reload button back where it belonged. The rest of the game was smooth sailing from then on. The same four armys (empire, rebel alliance, the trade federation and the republic) are back, each one having an extra unique unit added to the selection, while keeping all of the old unique units. The empire now has an imperial commanding officer, armed with a sonic blaster and a grenade launcher, and an attack upgrade power that works on friendly units within his range, the rebels now have a bothan spy, armed with an incinerator gun and has the ability to turn invisible, the trade federation has an assassin droid with a rapid firing rocket gun, and the republic now has a clone commander with a chain gun and a defense boost power. The old unit classes have been heavily balanced as well. One major problem with the original was that many of the classes had unfair advantages and disadvantages next to the same unit type of a different side. The pilot class was the worst case of all. The rebel pilot was armed with a deadly shotgun, while the trade federation and the imperial pilots had a hopelessly inaccurate grenade launcher that rarely delivered a kill shot unless it hit the target directly. The republic had the worst of it, with a pilot that had an almost completely useless electric bolt caster that did about as much damage as being hit with a baseball. All the pilots now have enhanced shotguns and remote bombs and are now my favorate combat units. There is also a new sprint feature that allows a player to get across the battlefield on foot faster than before. The graphics haven't changed much aside from the much better looking explosions, vehicle destruction, and smoother character models. They also added lots of chatter during battle in an attempt to add to the intensity of combat, but just ends up being annoying. However, this can also be turned off. There are tons of new levels and some of the best old ones as well, such as Hoth, Endor, Kamino, Geonosis, Mos Esley and Yavin 4. One disappointment is that they took out the random order setting in instant action. At least they added 2 extra split screen slots, for four players at once. The new campaign follows the elite imperial 501st devision, from the clone wars to the galactic civil war. The objective based missions are supprisingly fun and challanging, forcing you to make your way across the battlefield to destroy certain targets, retrieve items and capture specific command posts that follow along with the story of the infamous 501st. The new capture the flag game mode is fun, but hunt isn't all that great. I was happy to be able to play as Ewoks and Tusken Raiders and other creatures that are in the movies, but it's basicly the same thing as normal battle with no vehicles and poor weapons (if using weapons at all). The space combat is my favorate new addition to the game. The starfighter controls are strange at first, (using the left thumbstick to pull up, nose down and control the pitch while the right thumbstick controls the roll) but makes sense as there is no up and down in space. You can either get on one of your capitol ships gun turrets and defend it from fighters and bombers or jump in a fighter and attack the enemy capitol ship from the outside, engage in dogfights with enemy fighters, or land inside the enemy capitol ship and destroy it's internal systems or turn it's own gun turrets on itself. There are also many new fighters that you can fly into battle with, such as the ARC-170, V-Wings, Vulture Droids, TIE Interceptors, A-Wings, ect. The most anticipated new feature is the ability to play as jedi. While you can only play as jedi after getting a certan score in each battle, the jedi are tons of fun to use and have dramatic affects on the outcome of each battle. Hacking your way through a clone trooper filled Mos Esley as Darth Maul never seems to get old. Star Wars Battlefront II has a lot of new things to make it actually stand out as a new game, and leaves a lot of the old things that made the first Star Wars Battlefront so great.

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

This game was perfect

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: November 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Starwars Battle Front II is a great game and any slight starwars fan would have no doubt about buying this game. On this game when you play campaign, Rise of the Empire, you start off as a Clone Trooper with your squad called the "501st" you battle just as you would in the movies. And instead of just taking over command posts and killing your enemys, like on the original Battle Front, the enemy has unlimited reinforcements so you better be quick because you only have a limited amount of troops and you now have objectives to do. Later in the game you turn into the Empire instead of the Clone Troopers.

This game is almost like the first one, except now you can take the battle to space! To win space battles grab anything you can, a fighter, a bomber, or a transport ship, just get over to that enemy star destroyer and do anything you can to get rid of your enemy. You can either bomb the star destroyer from the outside or go inside and destroy anything you can by blowing it up. If you take a transport ship and land it in the enemy hanger that transport is a spawn point untill it is destroyed.

On the battle field you have an opertunity to become a hero: Yoda, Obi Wan, Mace Windu, Darth Vader ect. Your hero does not last forever so you need to take advantage of the time you have by taking over highly guarded command posts or just wipeing
out the enemy. Your hero has a time limit that goes down slowly, but when you get hit it takes a portion out of the amount of time you can use your hero, and when you kill an enemy a portion is gained. All heros have a second attack besides their light sabers, some have force lightning, others have force push, or force choke, and all the heros, equiped with a light saber, can throw their light sabers. The jedi heros can run very fast if sprinting, which is very usefull if you need to get somewhere quickly, and don't have a vehicle.

Most of the weapons are still the same and there are new kinds of people you can be. Now instead of a reacon droid that your sniper or scout had before, they now have an auto turret, which is very cool and usefull when you need an extra gun or just somthing to guard a command post. The only small and very slight thing that disapointed me about this game is that you only can use flying vehicles in space and the planet Hoth, and that pretty much ruined Geonosis, But overall this game is still an easy five stars! There is no reason to rent this game just buy it because you'll be playing it by yourself and with friends all the time!

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!

How Great is this game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is the best Star Wars installment yet. This game lets you(as you made of heard) play as a Jedi thats always a plus. And fight in space. While fighting in space if playing two player one person boards the enemy cruiser and one person attacks from outside. First this is one tip you might want to regard first take out the frigates just out side the cruiser these supply cover fire for the cruiser and I mean heavy fire to keep you from boarding obviously. Once boarded most of the enemy won't even notice your there. So once in there there will be little resistence. But back to reviewing. This game as I said before is the greatest game of all time.

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