Exactly at midnight on Monday night or early Tuesday morning, (however you want to look at it) I finally had my copy of Star Wars Battlefront.
By the time I got into it, I had an early idea on how the experience playing this game was going to go…
Honestly, it was breathtaking.
For starters, I have never seen a game with better graphics and better sound effects.
When you’re staring behind the scope of your E-11, firing into the chest of a stormtrooper, you can feel the energy shooting out of your weapon.
The bright, quick-hitting colors throughout the entire game is what sets this one apart.
The gameplay is very user-friendly and it’s easy to get the hang of it.
It’s fun to play, very entertaining and engaging and best of all, extremely addicting.
The game’s “team deathmatch” mode which is called Blast, is a basic team against team, first to 100 kills.
But the difference between this game and say Battlefield, the game is timed for a simple and short 10 minutes.
After playing two or three games of “Blast” in a row, I had other engagements that needed tending to and thus was preparing to turn off my system.
To my surprise, I found myself continuously going back and playing another one while I said to myself, “Just one more…”.
That’s exactly what you want in a game.
An addicting game, is a great game.
As for the ship-to-ship combat, I have a couple points to make.
If you’ve ever played Battlefield 4, you’ll most likely agree that the air combat is slim and far in between.
Basically, it’s close to impossible to fight and dominate the skies with a helicopter.
Now, in Battlefront, I’m not going to say it’s easy but it’s a lot more straightforward to fight in the sky.
It’s a real breath of fresh air in the fact that dogfights are not as hard to control as past DICE games and are a whole lot of fun.
As for the heroes and lightsaber combat, well you’re going wish you could always use a blade of energy to clash with your enemies.
The first impression I had when I saw the Emperor striding along on the battle field was shock and excitement.
I was walking through a landing platform that had massive cargo boxes all over the place when a shrouded figure dressed in black and my character practically ran into each other…
It was a short rendezvous as I quickly succumbed to the debilitating lightning surging through Ol’ Palpy’s fingers.
Look, the heroes are awesome.
It is so much fun to go around the fighting as Vader and just completely dominate your Rebel enemies.
Another game mode that is very fun too is “Heroes vs Villains”.
You’re either the Rebels or the Imperials and depending on the side, you get Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia or the Emperor, Boba Fett and Darth Vader.
Three out of however many other players are on your side get to be the heroes and the rest are foot soldiers.
It’s just an awesome time as you cut down Rebel soldiers and engage Luke in a saber match.
All in all, Star Wars Battlefront is a must-buy for any Star Wars fan and for gamers who like shooters, you’re going to really enjoy it as well.
I hope this is one of many Star Wars games as we’ve had a major drought in the past 10 years besides a few.
If you’re on the fence on whether or not you should purchase this game, I say you go for it.
Well done DICE and EA, job well done.
-Sith Pacify out
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