What more can a Star Wars fan ask for?
User Rating: 9.1 | Star Wars: Battlefront PS2
At first sight of this game, my eyes watered from the sheer brilliance of the game. You plunge deep into the many worlds of Star Wars as the Rebel Alliance, Galactic Empire, Republic, or the Separtist droids. Each levels has its own look and feeling like Naboo Plains, which has a wide open feeling where there are few places to hide, to Tatooine Mos Eisley, where there are many hiding places for both you and your enemies. You will see familiar levels like Endor and Hoth, as well as Tatooine (as I said before) and Tipoca City from Episode 2. The gameplay is pretty straight forward. A lot of barrel rolls, several "watch my back" "Move in" "Fall Back" and "Hold position" commands to your allies, and being able to press that trigger button fast enough will save you from sticky situations. The graphics give you the feeling of Star Wars and the simple roar of an ally or enemy Wookiee makes you know that you are a part of this game and that you can either turn the tides of wars or sink into defeat. The voice overs are excellently done and the sound effects make every battle a trip down memory lane. Land vehicles are easy to control, but are practicely useless in a closed area. The flying vehicles can be a little difficult but once you get the hang of the flying controls, you'll be gunning down X-wings and TIE fighters in no time. Every soldier that is accessible to you has their own strengths and weaknesses, like the snipers are extremely useful in getting control over a huge gun fight, but are weak as heck when in wide open areas, while the heavily-armed units like the Assault droid are a At-St's worst nightmare and can easily make a losing gunfight into victory, but are sitting ducks when it comes to snipers. The game is so involved in making Star Wars fans and making new fans happy to where you realize why clone troopers and even Jedi knights don't like Droidekas very much and if you are brave enough to fight the Empire on Hoth, you get a sense of fear when you see those AT-ATs making their way towards your base with heavy cannons and all. The only problem is is that the game can get really boring after a while, but that will only be if you aren't concentrating and aren't a very big fan of the Star Wars series. 
