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However, I can't impress just how awesome it is to soar above the frozen plains of Hoth, firing lock-on torpedoes into a complacent Rebel' snowspeeder's rear thrusters. Regarding dollar value, there's simply no contest between the two titles - a fact that is somewhat hard to overlook, given the similarities Battlefront has with DICE's other Battle-named blockbuster. By comparison, I've played Battlefield 4 for 120 hours, and I'm nowhere near unlocking everything its base game has to offer. I've played the game for well over 20 hours, and I've almost unlocked every weapon and equipment piece the game has to offer. But first, I must concede that it's true what you've heard: Battlefront is somewhat lacking in depth and suspiciously thin on content.

A crazy notion, I know.ĭespite its lack of complexity, Battlefront is my current shooter of choice, and I'll explain why in a moment. Some of that might sound like criticism, but it doesn't have to be, because it all feeds into the main point: Battlefront is fun. Some of Battlefront's weapons and power-ups are incredibly overpowered, allowing even the least experienced gamer to rack up tons of kills. There's next to no respawn timer, meaning there's next to no penalty for dying. Every aspect of Battlefront's design caters towards accessibility and pure spectacle.īattlefront's guns can be fired almost indefinitely, overheating instead of running out of ammo. Let's not beat around the bush, Battlefront is casual almost to the point of being emasculating. I'd go as far to say that I'd like to have seen more of Battlefield in Star Wars Battlefront. As a Battlefield fan, this couldn't be further from the truth. One immediate criticism I've repeatedly encountered of Battlefront is to call it a Battlefield re-skin.

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Given the fact that DICE, famed for the large-scale military FPS Battlefield series was tapped to develop Battlefront, the comparisons began even before the game got shipped. Star Wars: Battlefield? Star Wars Battlefront gameplay and content How does Battlefront stack up in the gameplay department? Still, Star Wars Battlefront is a video game, and authentic soundscaping and artwork can only take it so far. EA has a 10-year licensing deal with the now-Disney-owned Star Wars franchise, and at the very least, we know the atmosphere is firmly on task. When it comes to representing existing properties, authenticity is critical, and EA and DICE nail the Star Wars basics with confidence. As a Star Wars fan, there's something gratifying about steering a TIE fighter through a narrow canyon as it screeches through the blazing remnants of an exploded A-Wing.

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To compliment Star Wars Battlefront's masterful recreation of the movie franchise's iconic visuals, every laser blast, AT-ST lunge and lightsaber swing transports you straight back into the movies. The game even allows you to unlock characters and models to create virtual dioramas, which gives you a better look at the digitized Star Wars designs than the game's fast-paced game modes will afford. From the painted plastic of the 80's Stormtrooper helmet to the prop circuitry in an X-Wing's cockpit, DICE has created an incredible array of high-quality assets that'll likely see use in other Frostbite engine Star Wars games EA has planned. DICE is keen to show off the lengths they went to when detailing the game's various models, placing random objects into the menu screen for you to examine more closely.

Regardless of the technical balancing act, Battlefront captures that nostalgic, unique Star Wars feeling with impeccable authenticity.

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When you combine this with Battlefront's minimal anti-aliasing, the game's impressive art direction and detail can suffer from jagged edges and blurry models - perhaps revealing how far the current-generation consoles are already behind the latest PC hardware. Usually, resolution doesn't present itself as much of an issue, but given Battlefront's impressive level of detail you end up with characters, props, and environments reduced to pixelated squiggles more rapidly than they might in a smaller-scale shooter. On Xbox One, Battlefront runs at 720p, sacrificing resolution to maintain a stable 60 FPS framerate. DICE's homage to Star Wars is a treat for fans and newcomers alike. The Frostbite engine has really come into its own between Battlefield 4, Dragon Age Inquisition and now Battlefront.

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Capturing Star Wars Star Wars Battlefront setting, visuals and audioĭespite the well-documented resolution disparity between the Xbox One and PS4 versions, Battlefront is incredibly beautiful, detailed and majestic, boasting impressive draw distances and environmental density.

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