Date played: October 10th
Platform: PS4
Session fun rating: 10/10
Even though the game isn't out for another month, Star Wars Battlefront has it's multiplayer beta going on right now on all platforms. It has two modes, each with it's own map. The first mode pits the Rebels and the Imperials against each other in a mountainous, somewhat swampy area. The objective is to capture some supply drops from various transport pods. There is only one pod active on the map at once and it takes a couple of minutes to be captured, so there's a lot of action in a concentrated area. This is a 8 vs 8 mode, so the map isn't enormous.
The second mode is Walker Assault, which has the Imperials attacking the Rebel base on Hoth. The Rebels attempt to destroy three AT-AT walkers while the Imperials attempt to protect them. This is a 20 vs 20 mode, so the map is very large. It's really exciting to fight alongside, or against, AT-AT's, AT-ST's, TIE fighters, snow speeders and a bunch of other cool shit.
The game plays very very well. I mean, it's smooth as hell. Everything feels perfect. Everyone has blasters, so it's really cool to see the lasers trail all over the place. It also makes it much easier to know where people are fighting. There's special abilities that can be picked up, like crazy grenades, shields, turrets and other fun stuff. It took me a couple of games to get used to it, but soon I was dominating the battlefield, my best game being a solid 34-12.
I am very impressed with the game's graphics and audio. It looks absolutely stunning, runs very smoothly and sounds like a real Star Wars movie. I can't wait to get my hands on the final game, but in the meantime, I'll play the beta while it's still available.
Platform: PS4
Session fun rating: 10/10
Even though the game isn't out for another month, Star Wars Battlefront has it's multiplayer beta going on right now on all platforms. It has two modes, each with it's own map. The first mode pits the Rebels and the Imperials against each other in a mountainous, somewhat swampy area. The objective is to capture some supply drops from various transport pods. There is only one pod active on the map at once and it takes a couple of minutes to be captured, so there's a lot of action in a concentrated area. This is a 8 vs 8 mode, so the map isn't enormous.
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| Star Wars Battlefront is very pretty |
The game plays very very well. I mean, it's smooth as hell. Everything feels perfect. Everyone has blasters, so it's really cool to see the lasers trail all over the place. It also makes it much easier to know where people are fighting. There's special abilities that can be picked up, like crazy grenades, shields, turrets and other fun stuff. It took me a couple of games to get used to it, but soon I was dominating the battlefield, my best game being a solid 34-12.
I am very impressed with the game's graphics and audio. It looks absolutely stunning, runs very smoothly and sounds like a real Star Wars movie. I can't wait to get my hands on the final game, but in the meantime, I'll play the beta while it's still available.
