Gorgeous new Star Wars Battlefront screenshot released

EA has released a brand new Star Wars Battlefront screenshot, showing the arrival of Imperial Star Destroyers at Sullust.

[DarkOcelet]

Guys at N4G..

I want to ask a question, is there anyone here excited about the game without an ounce of worry something?

I mean, that pic looks impressive but all i could think about is this is taken from PC footage at Ultra Settings with 4k textures and i cant wait to see the downgrade and the Season Pass announcement..

Am i the only one who is thinking like that? This game is suppose to give me extreme excitement but something doesn't feel right.

[Majin-vegeta]

I'm one of them.I just wanna blast rebel scum.I know it will have season pass.But I don't care.Cuz I most likely won't need it.

[medman]

I blast rebel scum every night. My bedsheets are not appreciative.

[tuglu_pati]

I'm a little skeptical. They set the bar to high with the reveal, I wouldn't be surprised if it end up downgraded from the trailer.

[NukaCola]

No space battles so what does a space ship photo mean? is this just background activity or am I taking this sucker down?

[SpaceRanger]

I think I'm possibly the only one in that category DarkOcelet.

So far I don't have an ounce of worry. People have been saying that Halo 5's single player is going to be amazing and yet no one has seen one bit of it. And they completely changed the multiplayer after the beta, so it's just as speculative. I get that Dice might not have the best practices in the industry, but their gameplay is almost always, in my opinion, top notch.

And visuals, as much as visuals do matter to me (I mean really.. why would I pay the same price for my game if my console doesn't output like other consoles, just like how people complain about DLC not being the same on all consoles sometimes) gameplay with this game, that's all that matters and I am hopefully optimistic about this game.

Some say it's blind optimism (like when I said that this is going to possibly be the top selling game of the holiday because of the movie) but its strategic and well thought out optimism.

I'll eat crow if I'm wrong, but as of right now it doesn't take a genius to know that Dice has a lot riding on this game and that its gonna be one of the biggest hits of this year.

Just having the name "Star Wars" in its title pretty much muffles out any sci-fi competition of any entertainment category.

I think Dice is well aware that if it plays anything like Battlefield, they're probably going to be dead in the water in terms of reputation.

[Transistor]

Not worried in the slightest. It's one of my most anticipate games of 2015.

[Concertoine]

You should be worried. If we just keep accepting games from publishers with a history of dishonesty at face value, we'll keep getting the same crap over and over.

All i know is, the past two games i played from EA/Dice were BF3 and 4. Two games that took a year of patches to get hit quality they should have had at launch.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed.

@Concertoine, that can be said about many, many games...hell that can be said about Witcher 3 as its getting patched isn't it?

BF4 was the only game that they had a huge issue with as I got BF3 a launch and played it fine at launch and clearly the issues I had got patched, but thats the way it is with network games.

BF4 came on 5 systems and with a new engine.

In terms of patches....TF2 is still getting patched TODAY! Thats the way it is with network games, they will always work to make it better.

COD, Halo, Destiny etc they will always get patched pretty long term.

BF4 is the only title they had huge issues with and rightfully so, they don't just make 5 system games with new engines on new next gen systems at launch everyday.

No game will ever on its last patch be of a quality that it "should have been" at launch that isn't even feasible. Not saying BF4's launch was ok, but no launch of no game will ever be compared to its last patch, its just unrealistic and not feasible based on how technology works.

Games are subjective, what you think is bad quality or unacceptable isn't to many gamers. Many gamers are actually more understanding to the issue then many actually think, as to why BF4 is still one of the most played online games.

AC Unity and BF4 are not great examples of games that launch great, we can all agree on that, but I don't really think many care THAT much as the game's were patched and both publishers publicly admitted fault.

I don't think any of us legit can just name any publisher or game that will just launch with perfect quality. I'll get SW BF DAY 1 and still not have much trouble with the issues as it will get patched regardless of how it launches.

Again...some of the top MP games today......still get patched, CSS, CSGO, TF2 and yes...BF4. Soo worry? Not really, its expected as this isn't my first launch with a game that focuses on a network, hell I can't even name a MP game I've played at launch that was perfect or didn't need patches etc.

[MasterCornholio]

Well it is EA.

Don't worry your not the only one who's a bit worried about this game.

I just hope they show it off an actual PS4 at Sonys conference.

[Baka-akaB]

Not exactly worried , people other than journalists saw it a bit . And even if not experts , and even if it's a bullshot or from the pc version , they all attest to something at least somewhat close .

i'm more worried about the state of launch and servers

[Enyxodin]

EA is the only publisher that I have the slightest trust in. Every battlefield game has never lied about its graphics...and also not their other franchises. I don't get why EA has bren voted down for being the worst publisher when in fact ubi and activision is the better contenders.

EA takes more risks than the counterparts by putting money on Mirror's edge for ex. An ip that didnt sell so well...and not everything is about the money

But I am not saying EA doesn't have flaws! But the best of the worst

[Thisisjuju]

@DarkOcelet,

Frankly the track record of the EA/Dice consortium has me skeptical about this game. Fool me once and all that.

I heard from a friend who attending a star wars convention recently that the gameplay for this looks solid, however I am still skeptical because the same could be said of BF3/BF4 and it was quite the buggy mess upon release.

I suppose we will see closer to the time, hopefully we get a beta to trial things out.

[Dirtnapstor]

No worries here. DICE products look good and play well. I have no concerns, this game will be spectacular. I just hope the battlefields will not be limiting. I haven't read up on it lately, but it'd be cool if the battles are progressive like MAG was but bigger. Take advantage of the scope of a planet, not one little area.

[VerminSC]

I hate season passes and dlc but if the game has enough content from the start it doesn't bother me.

I'm not annoyed, whatsoever, at the announcement of bloodborne dlc. I'm insanely excited because i don't feel like they held things back. As for Battlefront, if it has enough content from the start, i could care less about the DLC.

Besides all the launch problems, i thought battlefield 4 had plenty of content from the start. I never bought the DLC and still enjoyed the game for over a year.

[OB1Biker]

Couldnt care less about 'downgrade' (from what?) as long as it looks great when released

[Coach_McGuirk]

official screenshots will always look better than the actual game. I don't understand why this is an issue all of a sudden. It's always been like this.

[garrettbobbyferguson]

Companies lying about their product is okay because "it's always been like this"???

[starchild]

No, it's not simply because it has always happened that makes it ok, it's because any rational, intelligent person understands that games in development are always subject to change. There's no way around it.

The only thing developers could do to guarantee no changes occur that may be seen as "downgrades" would be to wait until the game is finished before they show it. But gamers would not like that (I know I sure as hell wouldn't like it) and it would be very bad for developers who need to get the word out about their games. I prefer the way things are now. Developers show what they are working on and we recognize that its just a WIP build that is subject to change.

[rainslacker]

The screenshots don't bug me as much as showing games running on hardware much more powerful than the game is going to be running on. There are reasons for high quality screenshots that go beyond trying to trick the customer. Although most of it is a throwback to the print media days.

[Brotard]

You seriously just can't let people be excited for the games they are excited about? If you aren't excited thats fine, you can even state you aren't excited. Some people don't feel like picking every detail about this game apart to just be let down. Some people just want it to come out and play it as it is, and not whine like babies.

[Baka-akaB]

@Enyxodin

Let's not exagerate , EA lied about stuff other than graphics a few times . And back when they were marked among the worst , they had dubious practices both for games and how it treated some of its studios and employées .

Even before that , very few big publishers has killed so many once popular and talented studios like EA . They now even admit that they ruined Need for Speed and gota bring it back to better days .

Now Ubisoft seemed jealous of the title and prone to compete , while EA cleaned up its act since .

[JasonKCK]

Neither version will look as good as the hype shots.

[GribbleGrunger]

This is going to be Destiny with Chewbacca. Hype will sell it, reality will kill it ... but 'numbskulls' will sustain it.

[WilliamUsher]

Perfectly said.

[garyanderson]

That's undoubtedly a cutscene screenshot, no more representative of gameplay than the trailer that came out last month. Definitely no time to be excited, but still too early to worry.

[Moldiver]

The shots and the trailer look a touch above what I have seen so far on either console. So I dont believe it. I would like to be wrong.

What I do, is that its a multiplayer starwars game, developed by DICE. Launch issues aside, they design good multiplayer experiences with long legs. As long as they stay cloe to the original formula but make the right advancements, then its has a good chance of being a good game. shame we wont have orbital to ground battles. And I would have like the player count upped to 120. But the hardware aint up for that. And with 40 players that sort of thing can make the battle field seem a little sparse. I expect BF sized areas. Wont need to be any bigger seeing as they wont be factoring in x-wings and tie fighters.And AT that we cant control is kind of a bummer.

But with all that said Im hoping for a solid shooter. If they fail...well I still have halo 5 :)

[skebik7]

where did y see the 4k textures and ultra settings in this pic?
we can only see a black stardestroyer and some blurry rock-textures even the sdestroyer in star wars rogue leader 3 on gamecube is better on 60fps..
this is a downgrade from
the last trailer.
which is far better than this pic and when pcusers was yelling that this trailer is from pc dice confirmed that this was from ps4.
go all and watch the last trailer from sw-bf and then compare it to this pic
if this is 4k/ultra settings on pc then i will sell my rig and get a ps4.
for me this goes for a smooth silent downgrade....

[NuggetsOfGod]

I don't thinj I have ever seen fake frostbite pics.

Has ea ever downgraded a game?

[Aenea]

I'm excited! Never played any of the other Battlefront games and honestly, I like Battlefield 4 and think it looks great. If they can pull off the same level of graphics and great gameplay but with Star Wars stuff instead I'm so gonna love it!

So yes, I'm excited!

Will it look as good as the trailers we've seen? Don't care, I know it will look as good as BF 4 does!

Might it have less content than the other Battlefront games? Don't care, this will be my 1st one and anything Star Wars related will be awesome to me!

Will it have DLC and/or a Season Pass? Am sure it will and I don't care, I will want more content 'cos I will probably like the game!

I wanna *pew, pew*!

[cooperdnizzle]

Something that is kinda funny. If anything Star Wars related would be awesome to you, then why haven't you played the Battlefront games?? I mean they are Star Wars related so they should be awesome to you... Right?

[Aenea]

@cooperdnizzle haha, yeah you're totally right. Back when they were released I was kinda busy with other stuff and had one of those periods in life I wasn't so much into gaming which is something that comes and goes for me at times. Had many of those in my 35 years of video gaming :)

Also, I never really used to be into shooter games, but past few years I certainly am.

Besides all that I still have a gigantic list of games I would want to play some time so I hadn't gotten around to them just yet.

[Erik7357]

Im sure the graphics will be fine.

What bothers me is only 12 maps and 40 players.

[WilDRangeRfc]

Try to think of it as a different game from Battlefield,your concerned because there is not 64 players,well it is not a BF game.
I am positive that it is 40 for a good reason and has been tested to see if the player count fits the gameplay correctly.
As long as the maps are not void of players and theres enough action then I dont think 40 players will be a bad thing,I think it will be a great game tbh and I dont even like Star Wars

[Letthewookiewin]

Ya Dark, I'm with ya on that, I'm excited for the game but I have to realize it's most likely not going to look like that on consoles.

[Cokelogic]

You sense a disturbance in the force.

[Bobby Kotex]

Considering I also have a gaming pc, no.

[RealFry]

No. You are absolutely paranoid / reaching.

Now, go blind fold yourself... then slowly reach out for your mouse and click that button for one click checkout on Amazon and pre-order the Deluxe Edition, don't check previews, news updates from online articles or early reviews. And be sure to buy the season pass when it comes out. EA and DICE are on it like the smooth launch of BF4, they has your back...It's in the game, or so they say. /s

[DragonKnight]

What's to be worried about?

http://eastarwarsbattlefron...

[rainslacker]

I'm not worried. I know it will be a broken, unbalanced mess on day one. I'd like to think otherwise, or give DICE the benefit of the doubt, but how many games under such a heavy deadline come out working properly?

If someone expects that, then they won't be disappointed on day one, but there is a slim chance they may be pleasantly surprised.

Edit: Sorry that was supposed to be a reply to mastercornholio above.

[Mozef]

that qustion came to my mind!,

[SegaGamer]

Basically, my worry is EA mainly, i don't trust them. There is going to be a ton of DLC ( the thing i hate most about gaming ) It hasn't been confirmed but we all know there will be a lot of it.

I am also worried about what is going to actually feature. It's actually looking like we are going to get less features than we did in Battlefront 2, and that game was released 10 years ago.

We just want an upgrade on Battlefront 2, not a step backwards.

[Perjoss]

I'm excited and I'm not worried.

The only thing that might bother me a bit is how they will no doubt get trigger happy with the DLC, but DLC is optional and I have faith that there will be enough content in the main game to get my moneys worth.

[coolbeans]

You're definitely not the only one without worry for BF; however, a word like "a ton" rather than "an ounce" would more be closer to what many are feeling. There's simply so much stripped out of here since BFII that even a shameless SW fanboy like me isn't even considering purchasing this one until it I see a hefty price drop.

Edit: And I can't help but feel that I've lost a bit of enthusiasm for the series overall in games because so many of the themes+more have been covered in previous games already.

[FreakOrama]

(image attachment) until the game comes out and see if it's actually good.

[Walker]

Bullshit, final product will not be even close !

[d_g]

battlefield 4 Looked good as the reveal in final product

so i will trust DICE this time

[Perjoss]

I find your lack of faith disturbing.

[Dudebro90]

Bullshot.

[Double_O_Revan]

From the company that made them famous.....

[ThichQuangDuck]

Just show me what gameplay looks like on PS4 or Xbox One. I understand it won't look like that and respect that fact. Respect me by showing me what I will be playing

[Ninver]

You're asking for too much

- EA

[ThichQuangDuck]

It is more I don't care about graphics. I just like seeing what I will be playing. I don't care how amazing it will look on PC that is great. Even if a hud is slapped on there I will get hyped,but no hud is just like ehhhh

[Solid_Penguin-64]

Silly consumers with their "reasoning"

- Ubisoft

[Soc5]

I bet CD Projekt are like, "Hey Dice, Um you might want to be careful about what you show before the game releases, they don't seem to like it when the visuals don't match actual gameplay"

[CorndogBurglar]

Dice hasn't let me down yet. I've thoroughly enjoyed allnofntheir Battlefield games.

I'm a bit worried about the launch. I won't lie. But Dice has shown that even when they launch buggy games, it will get fixed.

I'm extremely excited for this game.

[tigertron]

I don't want to be a negative nancy, but I predict the following:

- Botched launch.
- Lots of things cut off for DLC.
- Expensive season pass.

I really want to be excited for this as I loved the last game, but this is EA afterall and they said there wouldn't be any space battles or prequel content (at least not at launch anyway..)

[Aenea]

- BF Hardline's launch did rather well, not too worried
- the cut content myth, well, there's no proof for it in any past game so I doubt there will be now (yes, I believe there's a financial reason for paid DLC/SP and it's not greed)
- there will be a season pass am sure of it, depending what they have thought up it probably will be as much as a Battlefield game so am sure it will cost the same as well, don't see problem with that

[Sensiblesteve]

worried EA will do a season pass for the golf game too now :-(

[Satyre28]

I truly hope that none of you actually think the game will look anything like this or that trailer thing that we saw at the star wars event. Seriously guys, dont let this stuff fool you, everyone and their mothers know the game will not look anywhere near that level of graphical fidelity. It will look good, but for a game to look like how they showed us at the star wars event you would need like 4 titans lol.

[Tsubasa-Oozora]

Online Only with no single player and no Bots with all game modes... to me it's not worth 60$. Especially if they have no Space Wars, seriously, no space battles in a star wars game??

In 2-3 years when they shut the servers down the game is useless. Star Wars DLCfront

[_-EDMIX-_]

......offline missions for single player and co-op are in this game. The game isn't MP only.

...I don't really get where your getting your information from, just google the game. MOST SW games had no space battles, SW BF1...doesn't have space battles.

I would actually read what's in the game as suppose to actually just believing what you hear on forum post. They've publicly stated whats in the game and more is to come. and this game isn't SW BF3, its a SW BF from DICE's perspective, I don't want bots, i'd rather have all live players vs fake ones, but thats just me and mind you, I'd rather they not have bots in this SW BF....but they DO!

http://www.technobuffalo.co...

Sooo not only do they have a SP....they have your bots you want.

http://www.battlefrontupdat...

and please, take a look here before assuming what this game is.

I've heard folks on this site state they don't like that its MP only....its not.

They want bots, bots are in the game.

Don't like first person, you can switch from first to 3rd.

or my favorite, it has 8 maps...it has 14, 12 as launch, 2 free later on as post launch content.

Your free to have your opinion and I'm fine with that, but at least let the reasons you don't like it be factual.

I can't say something isn't worth $60, as this again isn't the sequel to SW BF2, its something else entirely and I don't know just how deep the game goes. I can't rate a game based on bullet point features, especially when its compared to a 10 year old game and those that are questioning it value...don't even have correct information.

I would have to wait til its released to have a full judgement on its value as 14 maps is quite a lot based on the level of scale and detail we've known by this team. I mean...how can one judge the value of a game they haven't played based on information that isn't even correct?

I mean you would have to agree with me that its a bit much don't you think?

[Zjet]

Don't Care for the graphics personally....

Just looking forward to another new Star Wars Game thats infantry based.

If the shooting itself is improved and the bots/AI not so erratic like it was in 1 and 2, then yeah....i'll be playing this a lot.

[Trekster_Gamer]

Too much whining here as usual.

I am extremely stoked for a new Star Wars game not aimed at a smartphone\tablet!!

Can't wait!!!

[The_Perverted_Ninja]

I really hope they show the game being played at E3

[NerveGearneeded]

what a boring planet of Igneous rock and lava.

[ABBAJESUS]

My reasons why i'm not too excited:

http://s9.postimg.org/nnnbf...

[DIPSET]

not excited. stepback from a game that was released 10 years ago. i dont need graphics porn. oh and btw: frostbite 3 does not look that good.