Quick Review: Star Wars Battlefront
I don't play alota video games. It's not because I don't enjoy them; it's because I get obessed and don't get any work done while I'm playing em. I don't wanna turn into Joe Maduiera. Well, I rented Star Wars Battlefront anyway. Screw it, gotta live sometime.
Battlefront places you knee deep into a warzone on one of the planets from the Star Wars Universe. You control a generic trooper from one of two sides (Rebels vs. Empire or Republic vs. them Droid thingies), and your goal is to capture strategic command posts in an effort to overwhelm the enemy. The action is fast and furious as AI controlled troops and vehicles run amok everywhere.
Overall, the game's pretty good. The fact that you can only play generic characters is a bummer, but the game compensates by giving you a ton of vehicles you can pilot. Hell, finally getting to drive an AT-AT is worth a rental. As far as specs go, the graphics are good, the controls are solid, but there's a bit of slow down when things get really hectic. In addition, piloting the starfighters is an utter bitch. I crashed alot.
All in all, a very fun Star Wars game. Probably not gonna buy it, but I'm enjoying the rental.
Battlefront places you knee deep into a warzone on one of the planets from the Star Wars Universe. You control a generic trooper from one of two sides (Rebels vs. Empire or Republic vs. them Droid thingies), and your goal is to capture strategic command posts in an effort to overwhelm the enemy. The action is fast and furious as AI controlled troops and vehicles run amok everywhere.
Overall, the game's pretty good. The fact that you can only play generic characters is a bummer, but the game compensates by giving you a ton of vehicles you can pilot. Hell, finally getting to drive an AT-AT is worth a rental. As far as specs go, the graphics are good, the controls are solid, but there's a bit of slow down when things get really hectic. In addition, piloting the starfighters is an utter bitch. I crashed alot.
All in all, a very fun Star Wars game. Probably not gonna buy it, but I'm enjoying the rental.
1 Comments:
On a quick note of defense, Joe has an Xbox. Slow down might be that, as I've seen no problems with it on PS2, even in two player with heavy fighting going on the water world of Kamino.
In addition, if you play any fighter pilotesque games, you'll have no problem with the flight controls. Took me about two flights to figure it out, although it's not like any other flying game I've played. Grab an X-wing on Cloud City for some air-to-air practice, then move onto strafing runs in a Droid Starfighter on Kashyyyk. My only beef with the flying is that the aerial troop transport the Clone Troopers use has entirely different controls than Every Other Vehicle.
As for playing generic troopers, that's a minor point. Wanna play Mace Windu? Get Star Wars Clone Wars. Jango Fett? Star Wars Bounty Hunter. Luke? Rogue Squadron. Plenty of games let you be characters within the galaxy far, far away. This one lets you be RO J596, Jet Trooper.
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