Star wars battlefront 2 is a pure home console gem but the psp version has been chiseled down to a pure shoot em up!
-Graphics make the game pretty worthwhile
-Battles can be played out about 7 different ways!
-Space fights hold up their end of the deal well
-Hunt mode is a great feature and thankfully was kept
The bad -No campaign!
-less maps
-Spacestations cant be attacked internally
-AI is too predictable after a while
-The 3 little campaigns don't make up for the huge campaign chunk missing!
Star wars battlefront 2 is a pure gem for ps2.Improves on the first one and brings home so much more.However, the psp one doesn't do so!The psp version seems to be rushed,leaving out the ever so vital campaign mode along with a few maps and certain aspects of the battles.
The ground battles are very strategy based on the ps2 commanding troops and positioning yourself.In the psp version,its just a shoot em up.Basically you locate the soldiers and shoot them till they die and move on.The classes hold up enough to make the battle interesting but the AI is so predictable you can basically play the game blow for blow,step for step and shot to shot till you can do it in your sleep.
The space battles do include the 4 ships with the dogfights and blowing up and the graphics are great enough to have their own game but the crucial missing point in the game is the ability to fight in the inside of the ship and blow it up that way.it renders the marine class useless and leads you to think why the marines even there!
The conquest mode is the same as the consoles so you'll play it hours on end if your a true hardcore fan or just want to squeeze every precious second out of the game.
The 3 dingy campaign modes are dreadful and dont make up for the supreme loos of the campaign mode revolving around the story of legion 501.I would have just as easily surrendered the conquest mode for it.
On certain maps you ca play hunt which allows you to fight as or against the animal species of a planet(eg. endor = ewok!).And the all jedi fight on tatoiine is a great feature to be retained.
Overall this game needs a polish up but renegade squadron promises to be better.For the serieses skae I hope it does.