Battlefront Reboot Cuts Out Classic Features

Merely days after a completely hype-worthy trailer, rumors spill out saying that a good chunk of Battlefronts beloved play modes will be cut from release. Alex gives some perspective on this debacle.

[shocked686]

Is it so much to ask for space battles in a Star Wars game?

[MrSwankSinatra]

What's even more funny is the last battlefront had 18 planets while this new one only has four. The funny thing is that they're trying to pass it off as a full battlefront experience by cutting up the planets into four. This battlefront is going to be a joke, anybody who supports this game is part of the problem.

[Koopdogg]

I thought it was very clever and cunning(a sprinkle of sarcasm)to release so few planets but open up OTHER parts of these same planets (which we've never seen b4) to bolster the map roster !!!!!

[Twinblade]

More planets will be added, of course by DLC. EA's way.

[s45gr32]

While I agree, I see 1 million or more people.buying it

[gbonez]

the lack of planets doesnt bother me, especially with the level of detail they are putting into the environments, what does bother me is the lack of content on said planets.

i understand not everything is reveled yet, but we know more about what isnt in the game rather than what is

[carlingtat]

Only 4 planets ANNOUNCED! meaning theres more planets and maps to be revealed and thats not including DLC.

[MrSwankSinatra]

@carlingtat Whatever makes you sleep at night, I know EA and how they operate. For a game that's going to come out this year and they only announced 4 planets? sorry, but there is no way in hell they'll pass BF2. DLC????? lolololol Yeah you can't wait for EA to nickle and dime you.

campaign - nope
galactic conquest - nope
space battles - nope
instant action - nope
BF2 had 32v32, this new one only has 20v20
18 planets to 4 planets.

BF2 only had 1 DLC pack, this new one has 5 planned DLC packs.

Yeah continue deluding yourself to the inferiority of this new battlefront. I won't because I'm not buying it.

[spicelicka]

I'm sure it's too late now, the game it probably finalizing by now. Will have to wait for the sequel i guess.

[Koopdogg]

Maybe they should rename the game ,Planet Wars:Battlefront

[MysticStrummer]

I played and enjoyed Battlefront 1&2 yet have no memory at all of space battles, so it puzzles me to see people upset about their absence.

[BiggerBoss]

I cant remember if they were in Battlefront 1, but Space battles were very fun in Battlefront 2. Especially while playing Galactic Conquest

[gbonez]

my biggest let down with the absence of space battles is not being involved with the death star battle over endor. that would have been epic

[gbonez]

even if they didnt add in ground to space seamlessly at least have the chance to blow up the death star (or save it)

[3-4-5]

* OBVIOUSLY Space battles will be in Rogue One.

[RJ92009]

Back in the day most star wars games were flying I'm cool with it tho to me battlefront was always about playing the big star wars battles on foot as the lil guy not some hero like Skywalker. I'm all for it as long as I can drive at at then bring the game on!! If not then I'm sad.

[RadioActiveTwinky]

At-At's are on rails. You can only shoot out of them.

[s45gr32]

That would suck ass especially battlefront 2 had walkable AT At

[RJ92009]

I hope your wrong lol

[RadioActiveTwinky]

http://www.gamepur.com/news...

Here's one of the many links that shows they have confirmed the AT-At's are on rails. It's coming directly from a dev Working on the game currently.

[LiamCell]

I wanna remind folks that this game is still a reboot, and there's obviously going to be content that wasn't in the originals. For example, did the Tomb Raider reboot have a creepy butler following you around? No? Well it was still wonderful (even without the badass butler and other content). The game is bound to have new content the first two BF games didn't have to justify the lack of other key features the old ones had (besides just GRAPHICSSS),hopefully...

Stay skeptical regardless.
And I loveeee on-rails AT-ATs ;)

[shocked686]

True, I'm just not sure what a game developer would expect when they decided to reboot a cult classic game. Taking out a butler is one thing, but entire features that were key to the game? They yanked its heart out Temple of Doom style.

It's still early on, but man, so disheartened already.

[The_Sage]

What features were in the first Battlefront game that are going to be missing. The first Battlefront (that is what the reboot is based on), not the second.

[LiamCell]

You're completely right, and we're just going to have to wait-and-see.

[Sir_Simba]

We barely know anything about the game, please have patience, I understand its EA but we still know very little. E.g. each planet could have more maps than expected, we barely know about other features, i'm only dosappointed theres no campaign Bcuz the star wars universe is so biiig.we still have a few months. Right now i just want the GOD DAMN WITCHER

[gbonez]

thats the problem man, we know more about what is not in the game than what is.

i understand a single game cant have everything in it, but with the power of next gen hardware and software surely something a little more spectacular could be made from this? i mean did they put all their time and energy into the graphics and sacrificed the content?

[The_Sage]

Battlefront reboot cuts no features. It's a reboot of the first game, not the second... And it's not a sequel either. I guess I just must be far more intelligent than many people, as I don't find this a hard concept to grasp, at all. People being upset because something is not in line with overblown expectations that were based on things that existed nowhere except for in there heads is astounding to me. How do these people function in the real world?

[MysticStrummer]

You're right, but the whiners are a big majority these days.

[jmc8888]

AT-AT is not drivable is fine. It's like BF4 where you have the plane flying across the map (or circling) and you just either man the guns or parachute out.

This is the same thing, just the Star Wars version.

It's a non-issue.

[shocked686]

It's Battlefield: Battlefront

[BiggerBoss]

How is that fine? They were drivable in Battlefront 2. DICE should be making this game more like Battlefront, and less like Battlefield.

[WizzroSupreme]

Typical EA philosophy: Sell a broken game or sell half of one. There's no in between because there's no thought to the consumer.

[kingeliran]

The problem is NOT EA or DICE the problem is YOU people! EA freaking knows that you will buy anything with star wars label on it, they know for a fact that even if they sold a pile of shit with star wars label on it People will buy it period.

So now they cut corners, what do you expect?, the game developers coming out and saying we were foreced by EA sorry guys. No one will want to lose his job over it.

The only way you can fight this bullcrap simply dont buy it!! But you cant do you? You want this pile of crap because its labled with Star wars!!! So EA simply took this big piece of crap and now feeds you this crap in tiny pieces (DLCs) so enjoy this meal over hyped fans.. enjoy!

[i8urCAKE]

No bots online?? i am very sad...

[BongSmack]

Way to keep up with the times.....

[titans9999]

This game is going go suck ass!