By Sam Coles:
With the recent announcement of Star Wars Battlefront II
from EA games and DICE I thought I would look back on the original Battlefront
II that was released all the way back in 2005 on the PS2, Xbox and PC. People
have said that this game is superior to the new game that came out in 2015 and
yes that is true in some regards but honestly it has aged poorly in some areas
and no I’m not just talking about the graphics. Let’s get into it.
Star Wars Battlefront has a campaign but it’s not as good as
people like to make it out to be not to say the story is not interesting it’s
in its execution where it falls short. The game is about a platoon of clone
soldiers who are a part of the 501st legion where you see them
progress from the Clone Wars to the Galactic Civil War that is an interesting
concept. However it is how it plays out that is the disappointment which is
what a lot of people forget, the campaign missions are glorified bot matches
and nothing else except cutscenes bookending each chapter and people forget
that that’s all the Battlefront campaigns were, bot matches.
There is a lot in this game I’m not saying it’s a bad game
but I’m just trying to address the fact the campaign was not as great as people
like to make it out to be. You have instant action which is a lot of fun it’s
like a virtual version of playing with your Star Wars toys where you can play
in the prequel trilogy and the original trilogy so you can play as Stormtroopers,
Clone Troopers and even Darth Maul which is a lot of fun.
You have Galactic Conquest where you fight over several planets
to dominate the galaxy, what is unique about this mode is that every planet you
take over you gain a perk for your army which give you the upper hand in the
next battle. This mode is a lot of fun with a friend as it becomes a virtual
game of tug of war and it can get incredibly tense with huge battles.
My favourite game mode in this game is the hero battles
where you throw all strategy out the window for all out chaos with different
heroes and villains with lightning, lightsabres and lasers flying everywhere
and it is stupid fun.
Visually the game has not aged well with horrendous frame
rate issues on the PS2 version which I do believe the frame rate is more stable
on the Original Xbox version, but if you really want the most stable frame rate
grab the PC version. However there are some levels that look great like the
city of Theed and Endor. The character models
look polygonal with choppy animation, maybe I’m being a bit harsh on a game on
the PS2 from 2005 but Resident Evil 4 and God of War came out the same year
with excellent graphics and animation.
Can I recommend the original Battlefront II? On the PS2 no
as it has a lot of technical issues. how about on the PC? Maybe but the
campaign is repetitive and lacklustre because the missions are glorified bot
matches and are not that interesting. You can still play this game online on PC
as far I’m aware so jump in if you want to play some Star Wars battles online.
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