SW: Battlefront is here!

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2004-09-21 12:03pm

And I have it. It rocks.

*goes back to smashing in an AT-AT*

AI's a lot better than it was in the demo

Laughing Mechanicus · Post by **Laughing Mechanicus** » 2004-09-21 12:12pm

Hmmm, have to wait till thursday for mine (PC version). I am looking forward to it, but somewhat worried that it will be a let down after the "WOW" factor wears off.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2004-09-21 12:25pm

Hate it when the enemy somhow senses that I am fiiering at them with my sniper rifle and makes a diving roll just in time.

Also the sniper rifle misses when it shold hit and vise versa IMHO.

Butterbean569 · Post by **Butterbean569** » 2004-09-21 01:23pm

How's the online play? That's why I'd buy it.....does it compare to BF1942 or Desert Combat?

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2004-09-21 02:11pm

Haven't had a chance to play it yet but the single player maps I've played on have been a lot more hectic than you'd suppose from their size, and from the impression the PS2 demo gave. There's blaster bolts flying every which way, jet pack troops soaring about, grenades and mines going off.. it looks great (especially with some of the truly awesome backgrounds on some levels like the ongoing air battle/Acclamator landings in the Geonosis level).

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2004-09-21 02:28pm

Does it have punkbuster? If not, Ima have fun...

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2004-09-21 02:41pm

What? godamn it! Amazon says its not here until the 24.. *Shoots amazon*

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2004-09-21 04:25pm

Can it be played on a Pentium 3? And is it an online game only, or can you have fun with single player?

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2004-09-21 05:07pm

Okay, playing through the historical campaign for the Clone Wars Era and it runs-

The Battle of Naboo- Droids vs. Gungans. You play as the droids (which play as normal sans Super battledroids). Gungans have their little lizard cavalry things and those two big animals with the mounted shield generators. You can't shoot through the shield though you can move inside it and fire on the generators, dropping it when you kill the generator carriers. Droids get STAPs and AATs.

Rebellion on Theed- Droids vs. Royal Guard. Nasty close quarters battle, especially since the unlike the Gungans the Royal guard get a regular set of forces (regular troops, missile troops, etc.) and their vehicles have guns (Royal Guard gets speeders with mounted weapons). Player goes in as the droids (again no Super Battledroids yet) who get an AAT at 2 of their three spawns.

Aggressive Negotiations- Droids vs. Wookies on an island. Count Dooku is in this fight (and kicking ass I might add) and you finally get super battledroids and a single droid starfighter. The opposing force is pretty much just a whole team of the rebel Wookie Smuggler class with the occasional missile launcher thrown in.

The Battle of Geonosis- Clones vs. Seperatists. You play as the Clones with the objective of destroying the Techno-Union ships. Mace Windu is on your side to. The Geonosians are helping the Seperatists. 2 AT-TEs (which can act as spawn points from the look of things) and 2 gunships for the clones. Droids have Homing Spiders, Geonosian Starfighters, and Hailfires running around. Taking out those TU ships robs the droids of a good chunk of their spawns so it's a priority.

The Assault on Kamino- Clones vs. Seperatists. Playing as the Clones you have to defend the Kamino cloning facilities from droid attack. Jet Troopers become available. Had a really cool battle when I'd driven the droid army back to its last command point and the clones launched a dual assault over the two bridges with jet troopers coming in from above (and then my little recon droid called in an orbital strike on the main droid cluster).

Mountaintop Defenses- Clones vs. Seperatists on Rhen Var. Cave fighting. Fighter tanks and an AT-TE for the clones. Seperatists have AATs. Oh and the fighter tank has a new kick ass composite beam cannon. Droidekas prove what a stone cold bitch they are to fight in enclosed areas.

The Battle of Kashyyk- Clones vs. Seperatists. Drives the seperatists off and keep them from establishing a beachhead. AATs aplenty and a homing spider for the droids. Wookies help the clones to fight the droids off. Jet pack troops can have a grand old time here.

I'll go through the Galactic Civil War next

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2004-09-21 05:16pm

Heh, I just saw the Sarlacc munch a tusken raider

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2004-09-21 06:10pm

Dammit, I have to wait till friday to buy it. Damn domestic expenses.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2004-09-21 06:38pm

I am...as we speak...installing it....I have a nine foot boner with anticipation. Anyone hosting a server?

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2004-09-21 06:44pm

Installing now!!!

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2004-09-21 06:45pm

Chardok wrote:I am...as we speak...installing it....I have a nine foot boner with anticipation.

Christ man, this is a DMZ, put that thing away before someone sees you!

Mlenk · Post by **Mlenk** » 2004-09-21 08:33pm

I saw people playing it at Best Buy earlier today when I went to pick up the OT DVD's. Look's pretty sweet but I'm gonna have to wait till Friday to get it.

Mlenk · Post by **Mlenk** » 2004-09-21 11:03pm

BTW, is a downloadable demo available yet?

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2004-09-22 02:13am

That was sweet...I killed Mace Windu. It's almost impossible- his health is super-high. I was playing a TradeFed droid with a missle launcher, and realized he would deflect everything fired directly at him- so I fired at his FEET. Some shots he blocked, others just did a tiny bit of damage, but one lucky hit got the sweet spot- it blew him clear into the air (and did just a tiny bit of damage). When he landed, he was on his back and had to get up- instead of waiting for my launcher to recharge, I lobbed a grenade at him. He got up and stepped back but was blocked by the edge of the Kamino platform, when my missle launcher was ready and I fired- it hit the floor at his feet at the exact moment the grenade at his feet went off, and the combined blast hurled him up into the air- and off the edge of the Kamino city. Splash.

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2004-09-22 02:24am

It's certainly fun but if you're expecting this to be a SW BF1942 then you'll be disappointed.

This game is fun, but it doesn't set any new benchmarkes, it actually takes a few steps back in my opinion. My biggest complaint is the flying....it's clumsy.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-09-22 02:48am

Lord Poe wrote:And is it an online game only, or can you have fun with single player?

Same question.

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2004-09-22 03:23am

Rogue 9 wrote:
Lord Poe wrote:And is it an online game only, or can you have fun with single player?
Same question.

You can have fun with single player, sort of. Your team is of no help. Not only do they not advance and take points but they fail to defend those which you already have.

It's very frustrating.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2004-09-22 07:13am

Okay, I admit it. I should have gotten Fable, but I'm a moron like that. I also admit that my expectations on this game were probably a bit too high. I played through the episode 4 galactic civil war single-player and some of the Clone Wars SP. "This is alot like BF:1942," thought I.

Wrong.

BF:1942 and even the Galactic conquest mod have more polish, a more substantive feel, and mayhaps even a bit better graphics. Granted, the character models in the BF:1942 GC mod don't have "Ragdoll" PHysics, and a are just re-skinned WWII soldiers, and in battlefront, you can drive TEH 00b0r AT-AT! But that's about where the fun ends. For a game which is built around a multiplayer gaming experience, you'd think the lucasarts and pandemic team could have come up with a better multiplayer login interface. I tried to join a game sporting 23/32 players. "Server full" Was the message I got.

in BF:1942 GC mod, when you shoot a weapon, a bolt shoots forth from your barrel, quickly covering the distance between you and the target. They are a bit slower than the bullets you used in the WWII version, but it's easy enough to lead the targets.

In Battlefront, you fire a weapon.........
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Oh, lookies, teh red blob springeth forth....
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Annnnnnd......
IMPACT.

Too bad the guy you were shooting at has died 3 times, respawned, taken a command post, and is now coming towards you in an AT-ST.

In BF:1942 GC mod...
Jump in an AT-ST, and take off! They moveth! it's a bit slow, but.....meh, to be expected. it's on two legs for crissakes! and oooh...you get a genade launcher thingy as a secondary weapon. Or even teh missile!

In battlefront....
The...AT-ST.....walks....like....your.....dead....great....great...great...grandfather.....fucks.
And I can't be 100% sure, but I think you just may be able to walk faster than the bolts from the main gun travel. Oh, and I hope you don't plan on doing much but laying on mouse button one, if you DO happen to find a target dumb enough to sit around and wait for you to get into firing range, cause that's about all you'll do for about 20 minutes.

in BF:1942 GC mod, you can't play singleplayer.

Battlefront: You can. And the AI will even lay mines defensively!

So you can walk onto them and die.

That's right, no indicator in teh oober clonetrooper helmet to say "Hey dumbass! Friendly mine there!"

BF:1942 GC mod. Battle. of. DS1.

Battlefront: Nope.

Maybe it's unlockable. I sure hope so.

Also, battlefront has some goddamn blurry shit around everything to give it a more realistic feel....almost as if a barely detectable mist hangs over everything. Maybe it's just me. Maybe it's because I'm used to the crisp textures of BF:1942, the more....cartoony(?) look. Me no likey.

Well, the battlefields are large...I suppose...some of them, anyway. Others are so small as to make them unenjoyable in the extreme. The battle on naboo embassy/palace map comes to mind. It got to the point where I had to cheeseball it by being a droid sniper hanging out by an ammo crate droid. Guess what I did? Sent in a recon droid and called for orbital strikes over. and over. and over. and over. and over.

80 kills for Polyphonic Spree. I got public enemy and we won the battle through attrition. Never mind that the imperial dudes held most of the control points the whole game. I slaughtered em wholesale and reduced their tickets. Yawn.

I sure hope they patch this game....I regret purchasing it, almost.

Anyone hosting a match?

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2004-09-22 07:22am

thank you for your revieuw and saving me money. I think I'll stick to BF: SW and Joint Operations

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2004-09-22 11:22am

Kamakazie Sith wrote:
Rogue 9 wrote:
Lord Poe wrote:And is it an online game only, or can you have fun with single player?
Same question.
You can have fun with single player, sort of. Your team is of no help. Not only do they not advance and take points but they fail to defend those which you already have.

It's very frustrating.

But slaughtering AI is awesome

Ewoks everywhere...ragdoll style

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2004-09-22 11:28am

Praxis wrote: But slaughtering AI is awesome Ewoks everywhere...ragdoll style

Personally I found running over Gungans and blasting them with AATs more satisfying.

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2004-09-22 12:06pm

Kamakazie Sith wrote: You can have fun with single player, sort of. Your team is of no help. Not only do they not advance and take points but they fail to defend those which you already have.

It's very frustrating.

Weird, I've had them do that before. Of course other times they don't go near them and spend all their time shooting it out with the imps elsewhere.

Oh and Vader just kicked my ass.