Battlefront Beta Thread

All I'm going to say is that after spending a few hours with this I have absolutely no intention of purchasing it. It's pretty but that's about the extent of where it excels, it's a mindless, noncompetitive **** fest with terrible balancing and no real content to speak of. This would have been a glorious base for a single player game, it would have been the best Star Wars game ever created, but the reality is this is just modified Battlefield and I can't stand it.

It looks nice, runs well, and doesn't have too many bugs. But the gameplay seems fairly meh and unbalanced.

@nyadc: Pretty much exactly what you said, I gave it another go tonight and I hate it. I hate EA and their Origin, this game is a quick cash grab for them.

@sailor232: I have a serious feeling that this beta was a disastrous idea for them to go forward with, I was very interested in this, now I'm not, and that seems to be a trend for a lot of people from what I'm seeing.

I don't think this is going to do that great commercially or rating wise...

Tried it out on PS4 and now I'm downloading it on XB1 just to see if there's any differences. Played an hour and not too impressed. Seems very similar to B4 and the game is quite simple.

No plans on purchasing it at full price.

It is fun to mess around in the beta some but further convinces me not to buy it.

Sooo... we looking at, what, 7/10?

@charizard1605: On a real scale or a gaming website scale?

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Not impressed by it. Just looks and feels dull. Ps4 version, btw.

I'd comment on how great the sound design is, but when it comes to DICE, that's like applauding someone for stopping in front of a red light.

Guess I'm not missing much the .

played both on a high end PC and my PS4, I admit I had more fun playing on the PC with keyboard and mouse and better graphics. Joined a match on the PS4 version in progress and saw "defeat" right as I jumped in lol, hurting my stats. Oh well, it's a beta and I"m enjoying it! Makes it hard to decide which version to get but so far I'm going toward the PC version. Mouse accuracy > console controller for sure.

PS4: Sun_Wukong (main console)

Origin: Denspion (need to upgrade my graphics card to run it first, played it on my friends computer)

@charizard1605: Fake scale: yeah I could say the EAing it up to get 7s or even 8s

A real scale? I mean a 7 implies a good game, other than production value I'm missing the good game part. It's fun in a short burst sort of way, but it's shallow, it doesn't look like it's going to have a range of content, one of the maps is straight up unbalanced, and that's the beta's map. One can only imagine the stinker that is going to be on the proper release, the coop comes off super tacked on..What's the appeal here other than "hooray star wars".

And I say that with zero investment in the Battlefront games, and I actually like Battlefield. In fact the Battlefield comparisons I think are absolutely not valid here, there is so much more to Battlefield's gameplay than what Battlefront is offering.

@jg4xchamp: From whatever little i have played (which is not a lot) this seems like perfect kind of shooter to play with buddies on a Friday evening, and a case of beer on the side. Basically, yes, I understand it's lacking the nuance and depth of Battlefield or even Call of Duty, but it's fun in a '**** it, let's play this with buds for a good time' kind of way. I mean, that has its own appeal, you know?

Had fun playing the beta but wont be getting the full game. As a competitive gamer i need a game to compete in and this just not it. I wait UC4 and KZ5...

It's not that I disagree with the rest of what you said, it's that: this could not have been a lower bar.

@charizard1605: Sorry but there's no depth in CoD, it's literally a run and gun MP. Battlefield however that's a different story and I agree with, but that's cause of bullet drop and a class system that matters.

I never said CoD has depth. I said 'this doesn't have the depth of even CoD' which implies that this is as shallow as CoD is.

@charizard1605: And I'm saying that the bar could not have been lower, and Dice and Battlefront still acted like they were playing limbo.

XB1 version is taking twice as long to download for some reason. :(

Is it just me or does this beta barely have any content ?

I always feared this game will not have enough content for its 60 dollar price tag... I would totally get it if it were 40 bucks.

Mounting a AT-ST is way more fun than driving a tank in Battlefield though. That's something I really like. In battlefield tanks would often have dull 'sniper' battles.

No, still the sound design is something to applaud.

The bleeps the menu makes, the scores from the movies, the iconic blaster sounds (with a bit more OOMPH). Dice really went all out on this. I'm more amazed by this than their work in Battlefield.

I really like how you can turn off the

+50 XP. YOU KILLED SOMEONE. YOU ARE AMAZING

screen clutter in the main menu

About the vehicles: I actually quite like that chance.

Nothing more annoying in Battlefield than having half your team just camp in the base for the next tank or fighter plane.

I don't know if this will eliminate that behaviour (you can still camp at the round discs)

Anyway, is the darth vader/luke skywalker pick-up also a round disc ? Haven't seen it lying around.

I played a handful of matches in each mode... My impression is that while it was easy to pick people off from half a map away, it was about as simple a pick up and play type game as you could want... Just like the old battlefronts... I'm definitely excited for more.... Game doesn't reinvent the wheel but I'm ok with it considering I've been waiting a decade for more battlefront.

Better than Battlefield 4/10

Yes the change is there, but this is Star Wars Battlefront were talking about. We shouldn't have to pick up power ups vehicles but then again, this is coming from an old school Battlefront player so I kinda expected to be the same. So is this your day one purchase? Like i said, I'll wait for a price drop on this one. Edit: I'm off work today, so I'll be able to try out both PS4/Xbox One if there's any major difference from PC. I'll let you know later on.

I'll be the first to say that I'll give this one a 5/10. This is just showing that EA/Dice are in a rush trying to get Battlefront out the door late November just because Star Wars hype for Episode 7 is getting closer and that's why there's no room for delays, time is money and EA doesn't have time to delay in order to make it perfect.

Ok after playing them both for over an hour each, I can say the PS4 version is just a little cleaner and brighter. Rock surfaces are slightly smoother. They both played the same. If I get it when discounted, it'll be for the PS4. I'd pay maybe $30-$40 for it tops.

So I played it. It was OK. Didn't have as much fun with it as I did with the Battlefield Hardline beta though.

I'm playing both later today, which controller you feel better with?

Playing it on the PS4. Am somewhat underwhelmed with it but my pre-order will not be cancelled due to the beta.

Expected a big turd designed to make money for greedy people but so far it's okay, not the train wreck I thought it might be - it's just not that special.

I spent about 20 minutes on it last night. It's nothing I would spend $60 on.

I played both. I feel like this game is going to be like Titanfall. Super popular for a short time and then it will drop off the radar.

I enjoyed it....looks great on PC but I feel I will tire of it after a while, like Titanfall.

Wish it was Battlefield with lots of pew pew

Does that mean day 1?

I played the wave/horde mode and thought that was pretty good.

I played it for a couple hours and it became tiresome very quickly. My list of annoyances:

- Projectile speed is just too slow, you have to lead even at mid range, which is really annoying - Lack of weapon variety even with the card system - card system doesn't have enough depth to be interesting - no server browser on PC, matchmaking isn't very good - Hoth is basically a giant sniper alley, if you don't have the high ground expect to get sniped repeatedly form across the map - ADS is super-sluggish and doesn't have an independent sensitivity adjust on the PC - UI is really annoying IMO, too many clicks to get to the info/changes you want, no way to skip end-mission reports.

Those are just the ones off the top of my head. I lost interest after about 2 hours tops.

I played it some more, and... eh.

• Looks amazingly pretty
• Sounds great too, they made great use of Williams' soundtrack
• I like the fact that there are multiple moving objectives
• That said, the actual gunplay is pretty... meh. There is literally no nuance or depth to it, you aim and you shoot (and Aim Assist trivializes it even more)
• Projectiles take too long, they are entirely unviable
• The Imperials start with a better loadout, at least through to Level 3
• Aiming down sights is a disaster, unless you've picked a secure high spot which lets you snipe

I mean, it looks and sounds the part, and some of DICE's expertise has translated to this game... but apart from that, this is very simple and shallow, even more so than Battlefield and Call of Duty.

I think I'll stick with Black Ops 3 for my shooter fix this year.

I thought aiming was pretty good myself, even on level ground. I was able to mow down troopers from a distance with just the regular blaster. I only played the 6 rounds of Wave though.

I also saw a lot of lag. Players would be running...and then warp 4 feet backwards....then reappear 4ft ahead.

Dunno if it was my connection or if the game has a stability problem.

PC by the way.

@mr_huggles_dog: might be PC specific, I know their servers are overloaded.

I had no such issues on PS4.

Don't like it, the gameplay is incredibly shallow and boring. Why DICE decided to remove classes for this card bullshit is beyond me.

And why does everyone have infinite grenades and ammo?

So far its been very basic Battlefield gameplay, with weaker mechanics and an incredible audio presentation.

My wallet is feeling less empty now.

Pretty much this.. The Hoth level is a absolute joke of trudging what feels like a football field to reach the other side... It feels incredibly aimless and slap dash.. This feels like a game I would play off and on occasion, not something I would sink major time in as a big title..

It's entertaining and pretty, but I suck at it. I doubt I'll get it any time soon. Maybe when it's cheap.

How is third person? Battlefront to me is a third person game. How third person compared to first? Isort there a noticeable difference if so which is better