The Rise Of Skywalker Update Shows How Far Battlefront II Has Come

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker is upon us, ending the sequel trilogy and sparking plenty of debate. The final chapter of Rey and Kylo Ren’s story brings new locations and evil goons, some of which have been added to Star Wars Battlefront II. This batch of content rounds out what was initially a troubled game, and it also feels like an end of sorts. Battlefront II’s had a long journey, but now that it spans the nine major films it finally feels complete.

[DaniMacYo]

I have to give it a try later. I haven’t touched the game for a while now but there’s plenty to do. They have been doing right by gamers for a good year or so now.

[Spenok]

They managed to salvage the game a good long time ago, and have continuously updated it with new content and features regularly.

The level of support that has gone into this game (and all for free) is admirable. Anyone who says it's not worth it, or that the devs don't deserve praise are either full of themselves, full of hatred because of EA and the state of launch (which was justified BACK THEN), or just plain ignorant for the sake of ignorance.

The game is fantastic now. And super cheap too.

[TricksterArrow]

It's an AAA game by an AAA developer with an AAA budget. They screwed up. Wanted a quick buck with minimum effort, they probably only went back and fixed a few things because Disney.

I'm sick and tired of these big companies releasing broken messes and fixing them 5-6 months later. And everyone should be as well, and do not praise them for something they had ALL the tools to accomplish from the get go.

[akurtz]

Exactly trickster

This game is two years old and the content was drip fed. Sure it has a good amount of content now than when it launched but we could’ve had more if they didn’t try to fuck us from the beginning.

[DothrakiSea]

Except you are way over exaggerating this. It really isn't that big of a practice, and it doesn't always work out (Anthem). To me, your points just illustrate why this is impressive. It's a 2 year old game that could have sat tight and just used the Clout behind Disney and Star Wars, but instead they went to work and made the game better when a lot of companies would have just let it sit and dry up. Every thing they have added will be in the next game from the get go now so I really can't see any negatives that this game is still getting better.

[DothrakiSea]

You don't have to come back and play it, but to sit here and pretend like it would be a good thing for them to just abandon it when it is so clearly a bad thing for gaming if they did what you guys are suggesting, is silly. I haven't gone back and played it either, but I'm not gonna sit here and trash these people for not giving up and making something better. I hate all of you.

[elazz]

Is there a way to select a certain Era in the Playlist?

[aconnellan]

Allegedly they’re working on it, but you can’t as of now

[ufo8mycat]

Too late
This is the attitude the developers should have had ON LAUNCH

[aconnellan]

I guess screw them for doing a good job updating it then /s

What’s done is done and they should be ashamed of how it launched and their attitude around it, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t give credit where it’s due

[sampsonon]

sorry, what attitude around it?

[senorfartcushion]

In the right context, it would be fine, but they don't deserve the praise in the same way they would if they just updated it on a whim. They have been clearly forced to update the game because of how problematic it was at launch.

[-Foxtrot]

But then if you give credit where it's due they'll just think they can do this again next time because people will just stick by it

If we didn't complain at launch you wouldn't have gotten half of this content, they wouldn't have tried so hard.

[arkard]

@sampsonon the whole pride and accomplishment meme is from EA attitude when Battlefront launched. The micro transactions were rediculous and when EA was called out they stated it was to give users a sense of pride and accomplishment. This led to the most down voted comment in reddit history. Currently sitting at 667k downvotes

[Imalwaysright]

Credit for what? For giving the middle finger to the people that paid full price for this game years ago? Give them credit so that they think it's ok to do the same with their next game? Fuck them.

[sampsonon]

every multiplayer game gets better with age because of new content. stop acting like you've never developed a game before. oh wait! you haven't. if you did you wouldn't have such a smug attitude.

[wwinterj]

I'll let them know so they can stop fixing their game and hop into their time machine to fix it ON LAUNCH.

[Harryvok]

I’ve only just picked this up and have been playing for about 3 days.

It’s fun, but I’ve never played a console multiplayer shooter so unfriendly to new players.

The perk cards etc make a big difference and higher level players with upgraded perks and weapons killing me in two shots while I’m emptying a whole gun into them can be a bit disheartening.

I know I’ll build up and get better, but they really should segregate players until they get up to higher levels etc. although the player base size might not support doing that for matchmaking.

[Spenok]

As someone who played the game at launch and quit a couple months in, and only picked the game back up when they released the co-op mode a couple of months ago (and did so with a completely new save... I.E. started fresh). I have to disagree with this.

Yes, the Star Cards give you a slightly better advantage of killing other players, but it's so negligible (2.5-5% bonuses) that your examples are just plain silly. Full magazines vs 2 shots? Come on... no need to exaggerate.

I'm regularly in the top 5 players when I'm playing. It's a matter of HOW you play rather than what you play. Playing the objective is also important. Not just KD Ratios.

[Krew_92]

Agreed. I only played at a buddy's home whenever I did play so it wasn't far too often. We stopped playing it until very recently, and it's still the same as before. It's truly about skill and how you play. If you disregard the objective you'll have a bad time.

[xTonyMontana]

It's why I won't touch it anymore. Advantages have no place in multiplayer shooters imho and those upgraded star cards are a terrible terrible idea.

[senorfartcushion]

The game has come a long way, but I think associating Battlefront 2 with success is dangerous. It's a celebration of the very service system that's holding gaming back.

I actually don't know what I hate more: Battlefront 2 at launch, or The Rise of Skywalker as a film.

Yikes.

[Limitedtimestruggle]

Have been dropping hours into this lately! Feels a lot better and more fun to play now indeed! I still suck though, and keep getting pwned by heroes :P

[DrDeath]

Disney forced EA to fix battlefront 2... Otherwise it would still be the greedy microtransaction full anti consumer game it started as... Thank Disney for ruling with an iron fist and shame on ea

[Spenok]

Give credit where credit is due. This is ENTIRELY on the fan bases reaction.

Seriously, they cut MT's BEFORE the game launched... well before Disney "stepped in", which was never confirmed.

[AnotherGamer]

"That changed as The Last Jedi brought new heroes and maps." Uh no? It was the Clone Wars content that began to revive the game.

[Dovergamer]

>Disney grabbed EA by the ears issuing a good scolding.
>"Listen you dumb ass fucks, if you don't clean your shit this license goes to someone else, do you hear me?!!"
>Battlefront 2 Celebration Edition.

Oh, such is history, am I right?

[Chard]

Will this come to Steam?