While not a significant improvement over the original Battlefront, it brings plenty of new material to the table.
Powerful words for an underpowered game. Somehow this Battlefron 2, as well as every other Star Wars game ever produced, can't seem to capture the excitement of the movies.
Granted Battlefront 2 is a great game, it is marred by several huge factors. First of all, the A.I. is no significant improvement over the first Battlefront. Infact I don't think there is any change at all. You can charge into battle, with the same abilities as every other character, but you can shoot and dodge until you have 50 kills a hardly a scratch on you. This is why Battlefront 2 has online play.
The online experience is great. Although team communication is a major difficulty, it is certainly more satysfing to take down five human opponents than fifty A.I, opponents. Although online is not as smooth an experience thanks to lag (which is low for the most part), it is by far the most enjoyable aspect of the game.
The new things that Battlefront 2 introduces, namely space battles and jedi combat, are excellent. You can traverse the landscape of Kashyyyk as Yoda, destroying all in your path, or take to the skies as Boba Fett, picking off the unwary from a distance. It really doesn't matter who you play as, it's just fun. Space combat took a little getting used to, but became a gratifying mode of combat. The fighters are sctructurally on par with paper airplanes, but quick reactions can save you in a dogfight.
Perhaps the strongest part of the game however, is the sound. Absolutley everything is true to the movies. But that isn't enough to warrant a 10 in soud quality. It's walking into a catina in the middle of a fierce fight and hearing some funky music, right out of Episode IV. It's how the music fits the mood in the battle and how the explosions and lightsabre swings meld together into an auditory feast.
In conclusion, this is an excellent game. Well put together and pleasing to the eye. But if you aren't into multiplayer, you aren't getting the full Star Wars experience.