Star Wars Battlefront is the perfect casual first-person shooter

Star Wars Battlefront might have issues, but for casual shooter fans, it's the best video game in years. DICE's game is truly a pick-up-and-play first-person shooter.

[PixelGateUk]

'Ultimately, Battlefront is a throwback to a simpler time when first-person shooters were more about taking down foes than upgrading your character.' - Throw back to when? Consoles didn't really get solid online player till last gen, and even then most games offered far more.

If you mean a throw back to PC titles like Quake then oh my. Quake sure was simple...but it also came with a ton of maps and modding tools. Battlefront comes with 3 maps and a 'buy our season pass' in the box, as well as the in-game menu.

You can enjoy a game even if it's a terrible deal for the consumer, but don't use questionable reasons like 'but it's a throwback!'

The only way throwback Battlefront is connected to is the demo discs you'd get on the front of magazines...and even they had more content.

[CorndogBurglar]

Actually....it came with 4 PLANETS, and a free 5th one to download a couple weeks after release. It had way more actual maps, they were just all broken up into the different game modes so that each mode only had a handful of maps.

Also, it actually does have quite a few modes to play as well as a lot of stuff to do in single player/Co-op.

The problem isn't the amount of stuff to do. The problem is how shallow it is. There just isn't enough to unlock and the gameplay is very straightforward and simple. Its also lacking a variety of vehicles and ships. The only worthwhile vehicle is the AT-ST. Flying fighters is basically pointless and even if you do decide to do it, its very poorly implemented.

I stopped playing after 2 weeks, unfortunately. But when you try to say those crappy demo discs on the front of magazines had more content then any validity you might have had just starts to sound like bitter complaining.

[PixelGateUk]

'as a lot of stuff to do in single player/Co-op.' Defending against wave of enemies is hardly compelling to be fair. Maybe i just expect more from multi million dollar games.

[pat_11_5]

And this is exactly why I enjoy the game lol.

[Erik7357]

Oh damn I WISH IT WAS A THROWBACK to old games...hm battlefront 1 and 2

[madmonkey01]

15 maps,

[PixelGateUk]

Cutting up on map into smaller pieces does not make more maps.

[CorndogBurglar]

See, there you go again. You only list ONE single player mode (Survival) when there are many more, and pretend like thats all there is to do...

By the way, i agree that Survival and most of the modes are poor. But again, that doesn't equal a lack of content. If all of these game modes were done better than the game would have been praised by nearly everyone! Unfortunately, the many modes it has are done poorly. Thats the problem. Not lack of content. The content is there.

[madmonkey01]

5 planets, each one is at least 2 maps, none of the smaller maps are cut from the larger maps exactly, they may be similar but are different, also the maps on survivor are unique to that mode too.

[3-4-5]

@PoixelGateUK - N64 had Goldeneye 007 & Perfect Dark, which are STILL two of the best shooters ever to exist.

If it wasn't for those two games, FPS games would not be popular on consoles like they are.

Gamecube had Timesplitters 2 and others as well...so did PS2.

FPS games have been good for 15-20 years.

[PixelGateUk]

'Consoles didn't really get solid online player till last gen'

I did not say anything about FPS quality on consoles rofl

[_-EDMIX-_]

Fully agree with this review.

[tastas21]

Games like this emody everything wrong with gaming today.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Play games for fun, not for some political conquest.

Variety is good for gaming, something is not a matter of fact or objective in the concept of fun.

I can honestly say nothing is actually wrong with gaming in this regard. This is not the only MP title that will releasing in the history of gaming bud...you'll be ok and gaming will live, dooms day postponed lol.

[sullynathan]

embody

[KiwiViper85]

Casual Multiplayer sounds more like my kind of game. I get destroyed in Competitive multiplayer.

When this hits EA Access ill be all over it.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Its pretty fun and easy to get into. A nice break from playing the Battlefield series for years, still looking forward to BF5, but this is a nice contrast for a while.

[OB1Biker]

Except it's TPS (also FPS of course) :p

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

I played the beta of this game for a few hrs and found it extremely shallow. A causal game just has to be simple to learn but not easy to master.

[pat_11_5]

I'd say that definition of a casual game is incorrect.

[Pandamobile]

Yeah that definition applies to pretty much every kind of game.

[sullynathan]

*casual

[Austin48]

I can describe this game with one word it's short and starts with a s

[pat_11_5]

Stylish?

[Austin48]

Lol more of a hint it's a 4 letter word

[etebitan]

Sexy?

[Austin48]

your good 😂😂 ok it ends with a T

[OB1Biker]

Maybe doesn't SuiT you and can't suit everyone like any game?

[calvincrack]

Disagree. COD MW (and its sequel) is the best multiplayer FPS of all time precisely because it appealed to both casual and hardcore. The fact you could be only decent at the game and still occasionally take down great players meant it had great balance. Battlefront is WAY skewed to experienced players and people with better load-outs. Therefore, at no time on your way up the ladder are you fully satisfied. You are either the cannon fodder or the cannon itself. Both of which are way too simple of an experience

[ninsigma]

"Battlefront is WAY skewed to experienced players and people with better load-outs".

Only true when talking about the dl-44. That thing is way op. Other than that though it doesn't really matter. I'm still using the E11 which is one of the 2 first weapons you get in the game but I have all weapons unlocked and I'm generally in the top few of the leader board (when I'm not playing badly :p ). My hand also only consists of a jet pack, impact grenade and some other card that I don't remember. Those can be got fairly early on. I disagree on MW being the best mp fps of all time. I'd find the crucible in Destiny (when shotguns aren't stupidly op) or halo to be more satisfying mp games than MW. Each to their own of course! It's all opinions lol

[guywazeldatatt]

Battlefront isn't even a proper FPS. I always play in 3rd person, as I feel it's designed that way (the originals had both options too). On top of that, it's not even a great game...it's so incomplete. MW and MW2 are the best casual FPS games IMHO.

[Nodoze]

Don't think the word perfect belongs in any sentence describing Battlefront EA. If you are only interested in graphics and sound...possibly...but perfect for gameplay not a chance.

[ninsigma]

It is good gameplay though. It's very fun to play.

[BrettAwesome]

I really like the game, but I constantly get the "bad connection to server" and it's ruining it for me. It's practically unplayable. It startet around december 27 or so. I hope they'll find a way to fix it. It's the.only game I'm having these issues with. Just let me pick servers manually, dammit!!

[pat_11_5]

Weird, I've never ran into that issue. This is one of the few EA games where I haven't run into connectivity issues.

[vikingland1]

That happens to my son when we try to play together. It never happens to me though and we live in the same town.

[BrettAwesome]

Ok, that is a little weird

[ZILLA]

BATTLEFRONT is ONLINE MADNESS!!this game in one word is just"FUN".hell Heros vs Villans mode alone is worth $40!

[wbh1138]

Good article.
Star Wars as a franchise has to appeal to everyone from kids to adults. That makes sense, hence the game is more casual than hardcore.
But it is FUN. I haven't played or wanted to play a game so much in years.
I too prefer it for being casual.
Kudos to you if you are good at COD but I prefer this. Each to their own.