Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Review (PC) By edhall33

8 / 10
20 May 2006 at 10:33

Review by: edhall33

I think star wars battlefront one is just a little bit better, with easier gameplay, and less flaws. also, the AI in this are even worse than the first. in number one you had four commands to give, like follow me and defend and stuff, and they applied to anyone who heard them. now, looking at the controls screen, it gives you loads of troop commands, but i find none of them work except one. by getting troops to follow you, you have to aim directly at them and press F4, which is annoying you have to target them as they are usually running and makin eratic changes in direction. im guessing these other commands might work in online multiplayer, but i have yet to see.
the main object in the game, the same as in number one, is to capture command posts by standing by them for a time with no enemies nearby. you can spawn from command posts. if you capture all command posts, you have to wait about thirty seconds and then you win. otherwise, you have to kill 250 enemy troops, which are not all on the battlefield at once, there is about thirty troops on the battlefield for each team at one time. in number two, there are alternate game modes, like capture the flag(it would be a lot better with intelligent AI), assault(kill all enemies, how clever...and boring) and various others.
There are a lot more troops for each side this time, a normal troop that has a blaster rifle and shoots quicker, assault troop that have rocket launchers(with no splash damage) to destroy vehicles, snipers, engineers that can repair vehicles(but they do not automatically repair vehicles they are in, which is a shame(they had this in number one)), some kind of special troop, usually with a jet pack or something, and a troop with crazy extras to do more damage. Like lucasarts normally do, they've incorporated ideas form the films or books and changed them slightly. IFT-X are actually jedi tanks with one seat, dark troopers are a rip off of the dark jedi in episode seven that attack bespin using jet packs. they are dressed as they are because they are in favour of'the dark years of darth vader', and wish to bring him back and fulfil the legacy of him ruling with his son.
unlike the first, you can play as jedi and other heroes and villains. although it is a lot more fun to play as a sith rather than someone like han solo. the jedis attacks are basic, lightsaber attacks and block, and usually two force attacks, these can be lightsaber throw, push, pull, grip, lightning. heroes health automatically goes down, and you replenish it by killing. it can be fun killing loads of enemys as a jedi, although the computer can never control a hero. i have yet to play online as i think this will improve the game. the storymode is a lot better this time, with proper objectives to do rather than just win battles. also, there are space battles, which really do suck. they are so boring. there like a really really toned down version of rogue sqaudron. you can be a normal craft, bomber, fast craft, and loader craft. also, you cant use any flying things in normal battles which sucks, unlike the first. normal ships include ARC-170, tie fighter, x-wing and droid starfighter. fast ships are tie interceptor, jedi starfigter(weird yeh), a wing and tri fighter. bombers are y wing, tie bomber, v-wing(yeh i no wtf they should be fast ships) and general grievous's personal fighter. i have no idea how the battle droids got hold of this, but im sure greivous cant be too happy. loader ships, which hold lots of people are imperial shuttles, gunships for republic(yeah i no its not a proper ship, how the hell do they survive in space they dont even have the right engines for it), those big black things in number one for CIS and for rebels...republic gunship. you basically score points by killing enemies, destroying stuff on their main ship or landing inside and destroying stuff in their ship. this isnt as fun as it sounds. the controls for flying are jagged and weird, iv found myself crashing for no reason, and whatever you do, dont get in a multiseater ship(thers hardly any) and let the computer drive. they WILL crash nearly straight away. also the loader ships are stupid, you land in their hanger, everyone gets out, the computer stand around doing nothing, then they get back in the ship, somehow causing it to explode, which can kill you as well. the gameplay can be frustrating.
The new conquest is a lot better where you have a fleet and you move it from planet to planet, and u gain credits and buy different troops and bonuses. if two fleets meet its a space battle. the storymode is very improved.
they seem to have gotten rid of most of the vehicles, and hardly any of them have multiple seats. also, the ARC-170 should be the republics bomber, as they can drop bombs in the movie, and they have 3 or 4 seat positions. in the game they have one.
the graphics arent as good as the first, the sound is the same, maybe better, except when the stupid troops keep saying they are getting flanked. They dont no what it means!!!(read my review for number one for more about this). anyway, id say for non-star wars fans who know nothing about how troops and vehicles should be. id say it would be more fun for younger players. the game can be very addicting at its best though.

Discuss Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (PC) with other users in the forum