We Played Some of Star Wars: Battlefront II's Story Campaign

Star Wars Battlefront (2015)

If you ’re look for that bona fide Star Wars TV biz adventure , the material of the ' XC LucasArts classic , Star Wars Battlefront IIdefinitely give up some of that with its much anticipatedstory campaign . And it is very much anticipated give the reception the game ’s 2015 herald earned for not include any story whatsoever . For the continuation , newspaper publisher Electronic Arts - who book the desired brand license from a wandflower far , far away for a decade - is goingbigger in every way possible . Where developer DICE’sStar Wars Battlefrontfocused on multiplayer establish solely in the original trilogy era , Battlefront 2explores component of all threeStar Warstrilogies . It features a big multiplayer suite with nearly three time as many locations , vehicle , and heroes . It features an offline splitscreen co - op Arcade Mode and can be played solo and against AI appoonents . And yes , there ’s an actual story campaign . And given the mandate that all newStar Warsmultimedia must be place within canon ( Lucasfilm does n’t care this terminal figure by the way ) , this floor matter .

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We journey to EA Motive earlier this week , the unexampled studio apartment based on Montreal whose first composition of software is the individual - musician story campaign forStar Wars Battlefront II , and there we had the opportunity to play the first three segment of the secret plan ( the prologue and first two chapters ) . All together this take 60 - 90 minutes to complete and we ’re state the full story is about 5 - 7 hours depending on your play fashion .

The game ’s story is centered around Iden Versio , an elect regal intelligence agent who leads Inferno Squad . Despite her upbringing , attainment , and the fact that her father is an Imperial Admiral , Iden is as outspoken as she is open . She ’s a one - Stormtrooper U. S. Army , but she does have a squad and her own ship - The Corvus ( a despoiler - grade corvette ) . The game begins at the eventide of the Battle of Endor when Iden is being defy captive on a Rebel Mon Calamari Cruiser , albeit intentionally . EA Motive does n’t waste time underscore the type of soldier Iden is , confident no matter the billet . player take ascendancy of her personal droid to start the biz and intermit her out . This flying droid attaches to her back armor and allows Iden to interface with systems , open boxes , and incapacitate enemies .

Once free , sweep the corridors of a Rebel spaceship and see its troopers , droids , and a hologram of a sure recognizable part - it allfeelsrightfully unquestionable . EA ’s firstBattlefrontwas rushed to make it on store shelves beforeStar Wars : The Force Awakensreleased theatrically , but no one can deny that game ’s wonderful visuals and sounds . The campaign forStar Wars Battlefront IIbrings lifespan and personality to that framework , even if it start out as a introductory and familiar third or first person shooter .

Iden take to the woods after lead countless Rebel bodies behind , and does so with intel about what ’s about to occur - the flood tide ofStar war : Episode VI - Return of the Jediwhere The Emperor flunk . The Rebels had a plan and succeeded in destroying the Death Star 2.0 , the last great promise of the Empire alongside its leaders . Iden ’s the type of grapheme , while patriotic , is n’t afraid of saying it as it is , even if it sounds treasonous .

The story ofStar Wars Battlefrontexplores the spread between trilogies and from where it really begin on Endor , afterwards in Chapters 1 and 2,and beyond , actor get a glimpse into what certain element of the Empire did after the Rebellion " win " and howPalpatine ’s influence lived on . It ’s presently an era in theStar Warstimeline that remains mostly undiscovered outside of the Aftermath trilogy of novels by Chuck Wendid but theBattlefront IIdoes manage to admit Luke Skywalker and Kylo Ren at some dot . It does so however , from the unequalled position of the regal side . It does n’t paint the Empire as the " dependable guy " necessarily , but the narrative does shed light on their inner working and to some extent , their line of intellection .

Chapter 1 sees players stretch their leg , so to speak , using longer stray weapons and running through forests and larger area of scrap along its linear course . Chapter 2 however , will please starfighter pilots of the first game bybringing them into spacefor an epical conflict . It may take a trivial metre to master the controls in this section , but it ’s a lot of fun and straight - up gorgeous . These two military mission are about the start of cognitive operation : Cinder , gain and deploying superweapon - elan experimental tech .

The gunplay and gameplay is more often than not the same asBattlefront 1somewhat to the hurt of the campaign . Iden can take out soldiers while unarmed , but inexplicably can not pick up their chargeman , nor can she lay prone while sniping ( or at any time ) . The Star Cards system from multiplayer , makes a return in their young form , and extend colonnade - like rechargeable ability and power - ups in the chronicle fashion as well . So , while the game ’s tale , sound , environs , and visuals are authenticallyStar Wars , note that the gameplay is very much an colonnade - comparable in elan by design with the goals of letting players fulfill their Star Wars fantasy while also having the same gameplay feature film they ’ll have in multiplayer . It ’s a teaching ground for the other style .

What we saw and wreak was refined and intriguing , and we can only go for the unrevealed story element offer new experiences and location with a plot we can get behind . In the first three segments and teasing we saw of what comes next , Star Wars Battlefrontpaints the Empire as an over - the - top malefic force and consistently fail , with Iden seemingly being its only competent officer . There require to be more to it than the Empire proceed to just be bad and decree through veneration based on anguish the clean-handed . We mistrust there could be some twist and turns , though we have no idea how Kylo and Luke cistron in later . For the hour or two we let Iden Versio unleash though , she quickly show to be a wonderful plus to the Star Wars cosmos and someone to be feared on the battlefront .