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http://starwars.ea.com/en_GB/starwars/battlefront

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLaoiNUhDeQ

17 November in North America, from 19 November in Europe, and on 20 November in the UK.

Xbox One, PS4, and PC (Origin).

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UK last again:mad:

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So erm free DLC less than a month after it's release.

Why are we still in a position where DLC is being made before the game is even close to coming out. Dire stuff EA absolutely dire, welcome to modern gaming of course, In app purchases and day one DLC.

Of course they're already working on the second DLC pack that they'll charge for, again months before the game has even released but still they couldn't possibly include it because then you'd have enough maps and no reason to purchase the rest.

Game was awesome on the PS2/Xbox but set to be absolutely milked to death in the current gen. Was actually looking forward to a HD Battlefront but I feel very annoyed. Didn't buy Battlefield 4 for this exact reason and Won't be buying this.

I've also just realised the said 'free dlc' was actually advertised as being part of the game, they've now cut it and called it free DLC.

Remember what to expect if you buy the PC version

- Day one Server fails - No fix for a week
- Awful DRM making sure you can't actually play the game regardless of Single player.
- Premium £49.99 Price tag (Yes for a PC game) Much cheaper if you source elsewhere.

Battlefield 4 with a Star Wars skin over it? RPG at the Death Star and the whole thing explodes like Michael Bay filmed it.

I'm reading there's no space battles, anyone else know anything about this?

Engine screenshots from the first link, all standalone.

http://imgur.com/a/PpV4A

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So free dlc???

Why not just include it in the game in that case?

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They are the standard/traditional release days for each territory. It's been like it for years.

North America = Tuesday

Europe = Thursday

UK = Friday


On those odd occasions when a game is released worldwide, it's usually on a Tuesday as would be normal for North America.

With a multiplayer game, and especially one such as this that will be uber-hyped due to the franchise, I actually like that the UK gets it last.

Spreads the launch chaos out a bit...


I'm expecting massive server issues for all three platforms.

It's from the BF4 people, after all...

Marketing BS to tie into Episode VII?

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I think it is, however they are releasing the Jakku(Force Awakens desert planet) level 2 weeks before the movie still, so really they may as well have it in the game.

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So looking forward to this game but i'm going to need a new gfx card first :(

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No single player campaign. So an always online requirement? 40 player cap. Whether thats
Per team or not I'm unsure. I actually tipped this to deliver 200 vs 200 battles but I guess not.

Titanfall and brink spring to mind. Titanfall thought they'd get away with no single player. It now has a player base of 800 people on average each day. They tried to revive it with the free season pass but it's dead. Brink on the other hand never even left the launch pad.

BF4 in a Star Wars skin, please no.

Oh and stuff that's missing from the original series is deliberate. Space battles and such things will be DLC.
The introduction of Blu Ray to both consoles was meant to bring bigger and better games not allow a Titanfall style move of utilising 20gb and literally filling the rest with 30gb of Audio. If there's room left you fill it with playable content. Titanfall then went on to release a multiple map DLC that was ready before the game had released.

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I just don't get it. The first two were brilliant but this doesn't appear to be a battlefront game at all. I never played the second one online at all, the ridiculously fun galactic conquest made sure of it. Dice used to be a respected development team, now look at them post-EA buyout.

It's probably time to stop thinking this is a battlefront sequel and start treating it like a completely new thing.

The seemingly always online requirements look worrying though.

My disappointment is down to expectations, Space battles, huge ground battles with the tickets system they had. Remember tangling the AT's legs up on the snow map? Pure awesomeness.

Another is 20vs20, Dice usually double the teams on PC. So we'll wait and see for that.

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You're missing the part where the list for the new BF side is mostly just speculation.

So much being said about the game so far is akin to someone telling you about their garden then assuming from that there is no world beyond that garden.

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I'm not sure what game series hasn't seen major changes between releases ten years apart.

You could just as well compare Call of Duty Advanced Warfare with the original WWII Call of Duty 1 from 2004 and claim it's "too different".

Then again, EA...

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I can't see the world behind the garden because it's priced at £14.99 to open one piece.

It's 2015. 10 years since the second game and the best they can offer is less than that.. there's no need for speculation, this is EA we're talking about, you and the rest of the world know exactly how this works. We moved into the next generation of gaming and instead of getting ground-breaking massive games we got improved textures.

Example one: Forza Motorsport 5. Slightly better textures, minor updates here and there and around 50 drivable cars, bigger download than Forza 4.

Forza 4 looked great and played great, over 300 drivable cars.

Point being paying more to get less.

Example 2. Now this is more applicable to the title in question, Titanfall was so hyped and praised. Problem being they pushed out a 50gb game with a handful of maps, naturally maps followed by DLC. They filled their game up with fancy textures and massive audio packs they simply forgot about replayability. Thus it launched with well over a million players. Now it averages 800 players a day. Grim.



I want to purchase a Battlefront 2 that's come out in 2015. Not a game that's doing it's very best to offer just the tip of the iceberg then have you paying out of your eyes to get the stuff you loved the most.

Everything on that list has been seen by DICE and the only denial they've issued was they're being more than 8 maps. I'd say anything is moddable nowadays

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It's not solely about differences it's about the grand scale of it, your example being how COD has changed. Massively indeed but does it have any less in it than what it had 11 years ago or does it both look better and have more content?

What happened to seeing how much stuff you could actually fit on a disc over how much you can hold back from the disc and sell later.

Being in a generation where DLC is announced ahead of a games release is absolutely dire.

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Compare Forza Motorsport 5 with Forza Motorsport 1 and then you have a valid comparison.Convince some studio to remaster Battlefront 2 on a new engine then, they did it with Homeworld and the results were great.

Except for the storyline playing out exactly the same to the letter as 15 years ago.

It's almost as if games these days are taking advantage of new technologies that are available to do things that they couldn't do ten years ago to make the publishers more money...

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I honestly wouldn't know. The first COD I played was COD 6.

As for looking better, the preview trailers I've seen for Battlefront not only look better than BFII but even look better than the original films, and to some extent even beating the HD prequels on Blu-ray.

Dunno about you but having computers generate content in real-time that look better than what it took film studios millions of dollars and thousands of hours to render just a few years back is mighty impressive IMO.

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I personally dislike paying anything for any part of a game at any point after initial purchase, whether that be DLC, expansion packs, PtW content or subscription models. But that's just old-fashioned me. When I was a kid I'd go to a car boot sale, pick up a bunch of games on floppies and they were mine to keep and play forever with no further payment of any kind.

Then again when I was a kid Cableforum didn't exist, neither did Google, optical mice, or streaming video.

Things change.

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It'll look miles better and play miles better. It's just the seemingly missing content that actually made the old games good. Then the no brainer that the content is probably coming at an extra cost.

As for CoD. It generally got better as it went on and then they broke massive ground with Modern Warfare.

The engine thing, don't :D I remember something very special from E3 a few years ago

https://youtu.be/d4JnshyKOOQ

If that'd actually came close to looking like it's trailer I'd have actually paid for each car individually in game...

I can imagine BF's final form will give it visuals similar to BF4 but more of 4.5

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But that is a pre rendered announcment trailer and not made using the in game engine.

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Sssh! Don't say that too loudly or they'll release the next one with two cars and the rest in DLC's :D

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Game won't have ironsights. Good move, it wouldn't be battlefront without lasers flying about helplessly everywhere.:D

I assume there'll be a third and first person option. First person option likely similar to Counter Strike. Zoomable weapons being snipers and ones with scopes as such.

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I read yesterday that there will only be 12 multiplayer maps included with the game.

That really doesn't sound like a lot at all.

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That's more than BF4 and Hardline had. I think it's also more than the Bad Company games and BF3 as well...

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Correct but remember the scale of the Battlefield maps included, If Battlefront has the same scale about it then 12 doesn't seem like a small number anymore.

It's more of the missing game modes and general size for me, I think I'll miss Galactic conquest, Space battles and the amount of AI zerg rushing throughout the map pinging lasers aimlessly everywhere.

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The latest COD had half that many...

... In fact, historically, I don't remember many games with more than 12 ever.

Quake, Unreal Tournament, Counterstrike, Team Fortress 2, etc. etc. had around that many tops. City Skylines has less too.

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I believe the last CoD game actually had 13 maps.

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Actually you're right. Perhaps I was under the impression it had half as many because only half as many were actually playable and the others were always skipped...

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Beta in October.

http://starwars.ea.com/starwars/batt...-beta-announce

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Beta is go!

Gear up for your Star Wars themed BF4 adventure :D

Jokes aside, I've come to accept this as a reboot and a game with literally no relation to the original BF series which were absolutely brilliant.

I'll judge this as a something new from Dice.

So the Beta is off and in typical fashion for us PCmasterracer's we're sat waiting for the download to finish. Experience so far 8/10
I've just seen someone playing in third person though :D

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I love Star Wars, and I love Battlefield, so I'm really looking forward to getting some time with the beta :)

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I am loving it so far, a few games on Sollust have been great fun. The level detail is just stunning, imperial shuttle and crashed TIE Fighters lying about, bubbling puddles and lava pockets.

Sounds of lasers and thermal detonators going off in surround sound is just awesome. Not Tried Hoth yet for the walker assault game.

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Played a few games and very, very impressed so far even if I do completely suck balls at it as I'm not an FPS man.

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Played for a couple of hours and i think it's rubbish. It looks and sounds really good but the gameplay is poor.

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Really enjoying it, so pleased it'll have 2 player split screen as most games don't!

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I agree , played about an hour earlier and found it to a be boring linear multiplayer and the lad I was playing with agreed , are there going to be vehicles in the full release multiplayer ? , what's more I LOVE Star Wars so pretty disappointed tbh.

To add to that the graphics look pretty blurry on xb1 also !!

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It is 720p on the X1 and 900p on the PS4, i still thought it looked and played great on the X1 though, the resolution near crossed my mind.

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Yeah that looks pretty cool , I'll give it another go tomorrow , just reminded me of call of duty with Star Wars music.

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I thought it was supposed to be 900p on xb1 , 1080 on ps4 , not that it makes a difference to gameplay anyway.

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Resolution really didn't come in to it, I think it looks stunning!

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Will give it a go now, resolution doesn't appear to be an issue here :angel:

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I've just had a fun couple of hours on it. Definitely getting this next month!


Walker Assault is great. Chaotic, but great. Same basic objective as Drop Zone (which is also fun), but with more players, on a bigger map, with vehicle power ups, and an additional objective.

I managed to fly a TIE, an A-Wing, and a Snowspeeder. I crashed my Snowspeeder though when trying to shoot the cable at the AT-AT legs!


Bulky - Did you not try Walker Assault?

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No , played the one where you capture the pods. Will give it a go tonight as that sounds much more fun :)

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Yeah graphics don't normally come into it with me ,I think I only noticed it as I wasn't enjoying playing, just looks a bit blurry IMO. I've been hammering gears of war ultimate edition and I think the move from real tactical team gameplay and then going onto that just reminded me of everything I hate about COD, point shoot kill , point shoot kill , rinse , repeat. Gears has a huge skill element to it IMO. Walker assault sounds much more appealing though :)

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Curious. Since it's based off Battlefield and that frequently gets praise for being among the best in multiplayer gameplay in the FPS arena.

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Just downloading the PC beta now (over 10GB) - probably won't play today, as I am very jet-lagged, and the combination of that and being old with carp reflexes might lessen my enjoyment.... :D

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I wish it was based off battlefield but the game play and such suggest the exact opposite. After the outcry of a battlefield game with a star wars skin, myself included. I'd actually take that right now, I'd agree with him, I'm no super star wars fan but I loved Battlefront 2, Jedi outcast and so on, but he's right, it looks good but the game play just feels absolutely horrible. You'd think they'd carry the best bits of battlefield over bit they really haven't.

This is a beta too so we're long past the proper development stage.

I'm glad it's not just me though. Seems to be mixed all round.

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Welcome back Sir :)

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People are going to need a lot of drive space for updates if/when games are updated to take advantage of DX12.

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Just a random thought - I wonder if it would ever be possible to have cross-platform servers? Any technical reason why it's not possible, or purely commercial ones?

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Eh, not really. Codepath changes means some extra bits in the engine but none of the game assets are going to get any bigger.


No technical reason at all. Cross-platform servers have been around for decades. It's purely... well not necessarily commercial. Many people still argue keyboard + mouse gives unfair advantage over console controllers.

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I said to take advantage of it in existing games. Performance improvements mean they can use better quality assets, increase native resolution, etc, etc. Without those the only benefit is increased frame rates and given most of the games are locked and it won't give enough to go from 30 to 60fps that wouldn't do much.

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DX12 isn't going to magically make all games perform faster or look better. It certainly won't do anything to change things like Titanfall's 40GB of audio.

The main bottleneck it alleviates is draw calls and compute, neither of which use more space when you scale them up. In games where there's hundreds of thousands of things on screen at once (think Cities Skylines) it'll increase performance drastically but since all those items are just duplicates of each other the game itself isn't going to get any bigger.

The thing that takes most space in modern games is probably textures and they aren't usually performance limiting nor will DX12 allow any real improvements in them.

There were much more quality-enhancing changes between DX9 and DX10 yet DX10 updates for existing games only increased the size of those games by single digit to low double-digit percentages.

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I will deffo be purchasing this, played some more this afternoon, can't wait for the rest of the maps and game types.

The survival game was fun too, single player/Co-Op.

Just gutted that pre-ordering takes the payment straight away. Will just have to do it at the end of the month. Get my 10% off due to having EA access.

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Why don't you wait and see if you can get it cheaper from CDKeys etc?

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Beta has closed down.

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£40 Season Pass:

http://starwars.ea.com/starwars/battlefront/season-pass

https://store.xbox.com/en-GB/Xbox-On...d-e41dd4dcf867


Seems a bit cheeky charging that much for more maps, on top of full price for an MP-only game. MP-only Titanfall's season pass was half that, while Halo 5 (which also has a large campaign in addition to MP) is getting DLC maps for free...

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I think the Season Passes should be limited to £20, more people would buy them then.

As it is I usually leave them till they are on sale.

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Titanfall's season pass was free at one point, they got that desperate.

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Titanfall's season pass and DLC went free after a year.

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EA access members on X1 can access the free trial now.

Up to 10 hours of play time.

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May give it a go at the weekend, i have so many games i never have time to play now, i guess i am growing out of games.

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Think of it as making sure you have enough games to play in your retirement ;)

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I have too many games.

about 100 on the Xbox 360, nearly 20 on the Xbox 1, and some 912 DVDs & Blu-Rays to watch.

Oh yeah and working for a company I now despise.