Star Wars Battlefront II PS2 Reviews

Star Wars Battlefront II

2005

Overall rating: 3 out of 5

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The first Star Wars Battlefront followed a successful formula for LucasArts; of mimicking a popular videogame and adding Star Wars characters, storylines, locations and production values. Star Wars Galaxies was your standard MMORPG, but with the added - and not to be underestimated - attraction that you could play as a Jedi, Bounty Hunter or Wookie. In the same way, Star Wars Battlefront was a popular and innovative FPS Battlefield 1942 with a liberal twist of LucasArts magic, allowing you to fight on foot or take to the skies in famous spaceships from the Star Wars films. Like BF1942, it was little more than a multiplayer game, but very popular nonetheless. So it?s no surprise that developer Pandemic has been commissioned to create a sequel. What is perhaps a little surprising is the breadth of what the studio has come up with. The game is much larger that the original. The single player mode - criticised as little more than a bot match in the first game - has been given an overhaul, with better AI for both enemies and allies. There?s also a much more involving story mode. A re-vamped space battle mode means you can control the action strategically at arm?s length, or take to the skies in your own starfighter, be it an X-Wing, TIE Fighter, or one of the less interesting ships from the new films. Once inside your smaller plane, you can attack specified areas on enemy ships like in Rogue Squadron, engage in dogfights, or even fly inside large ships, jump out and take them down from the inside. There are 16+ Battlefronts to try out, including locations from the recent Episode III like Utapau, Mustafar and Coruscant, the seat of the Republic itself. Naturally the opportunity to play as a Jedi is given, and as before, you can play Rebels vs. Empire like the first films or Republic vs CIS as in the newer films. Essentially like having a huge playset of all the Star Wars toys you could ever want, SWBII has an enormous amount to offer the Star Wars fans who wish to immerse themselves in the rich SW universe. And an all-encompassing online mode allows you to enjoy the game against like-minded individuals too.

Star Wars Battlefront II details

Formats:	12 PSP, PS2, Xbox
Players:	1
Genres:	Adventure, Fighting, Shooter
Developers:	PANDEMIC
Rental release:	To be confirmed

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Almost Faultless

By a customer from Poole, Dorset , 22 Mar 2006

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There's not much more you could want from a game. You can play online, on your own or as multilplayer. if you are a starwars fan this is the game for you. It is simple to play and it can be boring playing the sapce battles(they all seem the same) but the ground assault is the best(you can play as a number of different Jedi depending on what planet you are on. best played as multiplayer or online
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Brilliant for any Star Wars nerd.

By Alexxela1994 (3 reviews) from Bolton , 11 Jun 2011

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Battlefront 2 is an amazing game for any good FPS or TPS lover, giving the best of both worlds it allows either view and gives a great gameplay for anyone who loves either violence or the Star Wars world.

The storyline is truly centered around the films without giving away too much about the films to people who haven't seen them, it hints to certain historical events in the Star Wars world and gives these hints amazing fun.

The multiplayer section is just too fun and is a great way to play around with your friends online.

The only problem that can be found with this game is the obvious graphical problems with it being an old game and the format of the older consoles such as PS2 and Gamecube which could anger new found gamers that worship the new consoles.
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Its one awesome game

By a customer from colchester , 11 Feb 2010

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Campaign is all right! But i say the skirmish games Ar better because you dont have to do objectives but all together its all right
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Star Wars Battlefront II

By SWEETP (1 review) from 93 Hillgrounds Road Kempston MK42 8QP , 29 Nov 2009

when i got this game i was looking forward to playing it but it was not working because it had alot of marks on the dice. so for this reason i could not give my comments on the game sorry.
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Awesome Game

By a customer from Wellingborough , 20 Sep 2009

A good good game loiked it thouought got it on platinoum and i love the net play great great gameplay if you like starwars and star wars games you will love this game grat grat game and perfecto entertainment i loved it and hoping so will you.
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Great Game

By sashysach (57 reviews) from Ipswich , 18 Jun 2008

Ok my son loved playing this so much, I had to pry it from his hands. A good sequel.
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