Star Wars Battlefront II
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Star Wars Battlefront II

EA Digital Illusions CE

2017•Shooter•PEGI 16•About 8 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurefantasyscience fictionwarmonster/alien/supernaturalrobots/ai/spacefastunsavouryheavyimaginarysimplelinearbig & variedemotionally undemandingcomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA fantastical shooter that is expansive, dark and fast-moving. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

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About This Game

Star Wars Battlefront II is a first- and third-person shooter set across all three eras of the Star Wars saga. Players engage in large-scale ground and space battles using class-based soldiers, reinforcements, vehicles, and iconic heroes or villains from the franchise. Multiplayer modes span maps drawn from locations across the films, while a single-player campaign follows an original story set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. The game launched in 2017 amid a major loot box controversy that led to the removal of microtransactions and a complete overhaul of its progression system, after which it received years of free content updates that substantially expanded its offerings.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Iden Versio commands Inferno Squad, an elite Imperial special forces unit, during the final days of the Galactic Empire. After witnessing the destruction of the Death Star at the Battle of Endor, Iden receives orders to carry out Operation: Cinder, the Emperor's posthumous command to devastate loyal Imperial worlds as punishment for his death. When the operation targets her own homeworld of Vardos, Iden and her squadmate Del Meeko refuse to stand by while civilians are slaughtered, abandoning the Empire and defecting to the Rebel Alliance. Now fighting alongside the New Republic, Iden must...

Screenshots

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Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureFantasyScience fictionWarMonster/alien/supernaturalRobots/ai/spaceComplex relationshipFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardySolving the riddle/not as it seemsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

AliensDeathMilitaryRobotsSpaceshipFlightSpace battleWar

Details

Developer
EA Digital Illusions CE
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Released
17 November 2017
Series
Star Wars
Platforms
PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective
First person, Third person
Time to beat
5h rushed, 8h normally
Age rating
PEGI 16
Taste scores
How we score
Source
IGDB

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