Star Wars Battlefront
The series has been dormant since Battlefront 2 released back in the PS2/Xbox days and both Free Radical (who was in charge of Battlefront 3) and the original series creators, Pandemic, have been closed for years, and interest in this reboot has been all over the place. It’s safe to say that this one had a lot riding on it up to release. Aside from being the first of many Star Wars games that will actually tie into the new film trilogy, EA needed to prove that they and DICE could be trusted with the series after their previous shooter, Battlefield 4, was filled with a lot of bugs and glitches that soured fans. Certainly not helping the odds was the news that the game wouldn’t have a story mode that the previous two games did, or the news of a season pass that costs nearly as much as the entire game. By all accounts, that should be a recipe for disaster.
And yet, while in some cases it definitely is, Battlefront manages to succeed just by being a really fun blast to play. It looks and sounds great but, more importantly, DICE just nailed what made the previous two games work. The shooting works whether you’re in first or third person, and the weapons are balanced. Star Wars’ big scale fights seen only in the movies definitely come across here through most of the modes the game provides.
Still, if you’ve ever wanted to feel like you’re in some of Star Wars’ most iconic battles (that weren’t in the prequels), you certainly can’t go wrong with Battlefront. Plus, it’s currently the only game out where you can play as iconic characters from the original trilogy and completely shatter your perceptions of them by dying horribly. And that’s worth the $60 alone.
