The game's writer and art director reveal the new characters, ships and storylines that they're most proud of in the Star Wars sequel.
PlayStation Universe looks back over the partnership between EA and the Star Wars franchise.
I´m gonna wait till know more about Respawn´s new game to cast a judgement.
That's fair, but the way they "announced" the Respawn title doesn't give me a whole lot of confidence.
Isnt it supposed to be coming out this year and we havent seen even so much as a screenshot of it.
LOL as if all the star wars games they have canceled and mediocre trash they have put out since the partnership began, was not enough incentive to "cast judgement"..
@zodiac909
Just say it out loud then. Tell us how Respawn´s game is gonna be mediocre trash or canceled
I´m not joying the childish hate bandwagon. I love both Star Wars and Respawn and i can´t wait to see their game.
@Obscure
while that's admirable, EA is in a position where they have to prove they can actually deliver a good SW game, rather than just giving them the benefit of the doubt. DICE is a good, and well respected developer, but even they can't deliver a great SW game. A IP which pretty much lends itself to not even having to try hard to come up with game play elements. While the games are serviceable, the policies attached to the games, and the pandering that comes along with them, degrades the experience.
Nothing wrong with being optimistic, but EA's track record is working against them. It's wrong to say that it'll be trash, but it's not wrong to feel apprehension that it's not going to be good.
Agreed.
Viceral Games, an equally competent dev... anyone remember them?
Yeah, when it comes to EA no judgement, no matter how harse, is never too early to cast. Never.
@rainslacker
DICE screwed up! They said that, themselves. EA can´t be responsible for bad games. There´s some blind hate goin on regarding everything EA related, which is pathetic IMO.
Anthem seems to be an awesome game! Amazing graphics, design, mechanics, gameplay, lore and more. There´s not loot boxes (Like DICE´s SW), all the future aditional content will be free for all players (unlike Destiny), no pay to win, all MT´s will be cosmetic only. Still, haters will continue to hate on this game because it has a EA "seal" attached to it.
Naughty Dog doesn´t have a good track record regarding MTs, but the momment an article pop up suggesting that TLOU 2 may have it, people go mad, will crap on the author´s article, and will come up with any sorts of lame excuses to try and defend ND´s MTs practices while giving them a pass. The very same people that are HERE talking s#$% about EA.
And then you complain when i call them on their hypocrisy?
I don´t care about EA. I care about the developers and their work, not the publisher!
Most developers are well aware that some MT´s practices will not seat well with gamers, so, even if the publishers try to force them or pressure them into implement abusive MT practices in their games, it´s developers ultimate choice to go down with it!
DICE knew about gamers sentiments regarding loot boxes, but they choosed to go down with it, anyway. So Star Wars Battlefront II´s failure is entirely on them!
I´m expect Respawn to do better. That´s all.
@Obscure
DICE screwed up. But EA is the publisher. EA isn't known to give unfettered freedom to its devs. They are the producers, and they control what is done. DICE screwed up with the community, but it was EA's game. Everything about it screamed EA.
The games themselves weren't bad, but they weren't anything special either.
Anthem seems alright, at least as far as I can tell since I'm not into these kinds of games enough to judge that well.
But the conversation here is solely about if EA can deliver a Star Wars game.
No other company or game is in question here, so why are you trying to divert the conversation to them?
It's not hypocritical to not call a company out on MT, when those MT don't affect them. The vast majority of ND fans aren't buying the games for the MP, where the MT exist. Plus, it's only really TLOU that had some P2W stuff in it. All that said, EA has long been criticized for their heavy handed MT policies, and when it infects SW games, it's a problem.
Even beyond the MT stuff, the games aren't anything so spectacular. They are good enough games I suppose, but they aren't good Star Wars games. They're pretty generic in design, and do nothing special. Given that Star Wars itself lends itself to all sorts of great game play paradigms, the fact they can't deliver on that aspect, means they are in a position where they have to prove that they can deliver a good SW game.
Not me since they’ve released two battlefront games that were the definition of mediocre with the second one courting pretty big controversy that had even Disney pissed and cancelled a Star Wars game from Amy Henning that she was brought there to head while shutting down visceral then proceeding to give that game to another in house studio where they pretty much scrapped it to turn it into a open world game to just now cancel that. Yeah there’s Respawns game and if it actually sees the light of day it most likely will be awesome but that would be one game in the many years they’ve had the license now which is just pathetic. I can almost guarantee Disney regrets dealing the license to EA and once the contract is up they won’t be getting an extension which would be great news and I just hope Disney makes a better judgment on the their next partner
I typically don’t just on the gaming circle jerk but I agree that EA’s handling of Star Wars has been awful. Hopefully Respawn can deliver something special this year.
Most of us knew it was gonna be like this the day it was announced. EA is a shit company , expecting quality games from them is foolish
Yep, a lot of us have been saying since day 1 that EA being charge of publishing Star Wars games was going to suck. I would rather have been proven wrong, but so far, that hasn't been the case unsurprisingly.
I am actually surprised Mickey Mouse never pulled the license from EA for them buggering up Battlefront 2
Disney have been hard at work themselves to f**k the franchise up. In many ways, doing a better job than EA too 🤢 Imagine being nearly as scummy as EA
Stan at GameSpew: Making a Star Wars game ain’t as easy as dusting crops, farm boy, but we reached out with the Force and chose the six best Star Wars games of all time.
Jedi Knight II: Outcast
Republic Commando
Shadows of the Empire
Should be on this list
The Force Unleashed better than every Jedi Knight game? Come on.....
The Force Unleashed is fun, and I enjoyed it a lot, but it's just a Jedi Knight wannabe.
KOTOR and Star Wars Galaxies before they ruined it. And Rogue Squadron and the original PS2 Battlefronts.
The force unleashed and the 2nd are abominations compared to the older games. Hell id say the snes star wars games were better. I agree with rogue squadron. Like wth happened to the next gen RS we were supposed to get?
Microsoft's list of original Xbox games playable on the Xbox One is growing with nearly 20 classics coming to the program this month.
With Sega allowing PDO to come to bc, I hope they are on board with other Sega games as well. Gun Valkyrie, Otogi, Sega GT, JSRF and perhaps Shenmue 2. Personally i'd love to see Outrun 2 or 2006 but since they no longer have the Ferrari license... that might not happen.
I'd love for more sega saturn and dreamcast releases. I know sega and Microsoft have been doing something.. Just don't know what yet.
Oh man... if MS announced DC and Saturn playback on the xbo.... that would be insane.
Panzer Dragoon Orta!!!
Morrowind!!!
Jade Empire!!!
Can't wait to add these to my library on X. Having Elder Scrolls 3,4 and 5 on one box is crazy!
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I can't understand the mentality of some people who think that playing something old is a bad idea. It's like saying that A Fistful of Dollars shouldn't be watched anymore because I can watch The Unforgiven instead. Why even agree with the notion of instead in the first place?
Besides that, plenty of old games are classics whose uniqueness never got duplicated, like Jade Empire. Having one place to play them all is a phenomenal value, and you're right in your reply to Planet Earth that they are a great way for younger generations to experience the roots of not only gaming in general, but some of the greatest franchises of all time!
I will replay both morrowing and jade empire. Jade first. Morrowind is massive, but I still remember a lot about it. Would be interesting to have all the expansions included. I completed all the expansions too by the way.
I'm really happy that Panzer Dragoon is on the list, I'll definitely be getting Blinx, Breakdown, Conker and Mercenaries as well.
BC is a great feature - looking forward to seeing which other classic games the BC team bring back next.
Those were the days! Now if games of that caliber were released today it'd be awesome!
Oh you misunderstood, there are games that surpass that caliber like Witcher 3, HZD, Uncharted, Bloodborne, Persona 5, Nier Automata just to name a few and GOW looks to be stunning! I just meant titles like these were Xbox exclusives and the reason I supported them then.
Yes, and you mention ps4 games. Microsoft has been very lazy with new games this gen. Been loving most of what you put, especially HZD. I can't wait yo get back into panzer dragoon or ta. That game never gets old for me.
@Chaos yeah Jade Empire was one of my favorite Xbox games! That and KOTOR just were revolutionary for their day!
None of the games you mentioned surpass Morrowind, which is really a pc game with an xbox port.
