On Sunday, June 5, 2022 at 3:50:36 PM UTC-7, Justisaur wrote:
On Sunday, June 5, 2022 at 10:56:35 AM UTC-7, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Sat, 4 Jun 2022 18:12:38 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
<just...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Friday, June 3, 2022 at 8:50:13 PM UTC-7, Ant wrote:
I still have my original retail Battlefront games. :O
Justisaur <just...@gmail.com> wrote:
Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (2017, EA)
I have the Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (2005) game on steam, never tried it. >I'm installing it now. Not the original one though.
I have a lot of fond memories of the original "Battlefront" games, but
I have to admit, I have a really hard time getting back into them. The visuals definitely play a part in that; while the LucasArts
"Battlefronts" were never /ugly/ games when they were new, neither
were their graphics particularly impressive, and they haven't aged
well.
But they fact that they are multiplayer-focused titles is a more
serious issue; multiplayer is only really fun with friends, and nobody
I knows plays this oldie anymore (and, at least last time I looked,
the servers were pretty empty anyway, so even playing with randos was
a challenge). Plus, I just don't find that sort of gameplay all that engaging anymore; even in 2005 I was tiring of it, and nowadays
running around like headless chickens shooting other people to
increment the scoreboard seems incredibly uninteresting to me. The
game did feature a nominal single-player, but it was essentially
offline multiplayer against bots, so not much better.
Still, I do have some fond memories; in particular, the space maps
(where you fly space-fighters to engage and/or board enemy capital
ships) were always a favorite. I may not be able to rekindle the magic
that made the games so memorable back then, but that doesn't negate
the enjoyment I got from the games back in 2005.
TL;DR: unless you have a crew waiting to play the game with you, or
have an overwhelming love for really old multiplayer games, don't
bother with the original Battlefronts. They were good for their time,
but there are better alternatives today (although not necessarily the
newer Battlefronts)
The 2017 version kept telling me it was offline so I couldn't play >multiplayer this morning.
Ah, the joys of not ever owning or having control of the software you
paid for. It's such a pleasure to be a modern gamer, isn't it? ;-)
I had read the multiplayer was active. I did find one server with a
few people on it, but yeah the combat mostly consisted of me falling
off walkways and dying as they seemed to by slippery for some reason :(
I went through the tutorial and first 'campaign' mission, uninspired
is an understatement, mission objectives and 'story' were read like
the narrator was reading a shopping list.
The new one is far better. I played a bit more, I tried to get in a space battle, but not enough people there and gave up after 5 minutes in the
que. I played a bit more 'first thing available' but it's starting to get a bit repetitive. I need to try some more specific modes.
The server/connection issues continue as after that play I took a break
and tried to return and it kept telling me I was offline again. I also
found some in game achievements which it appears unlock some
weapons in multiplayer you have to be online to get and more than
half the campaign I played offline and didn't get the mission completed achievements as it didn't seem to be important at the time to be
connected.
Updates on the 2017 version. I've still been playing it on and off.
I figured out for the sever issues just disconnecting and reconnecting
the wifi works (yeah, wifi sucks for gaming, but can't really get the cords through to where my computer is)
The space mode seems to be pretty active on the weekends, it's just
the weekdays it seems dead. It's not anywhere near as fun fighting
other players in that as it was in the single player campaign though.
I haven't really got into the multiplayer pvp modes much as it's mostly
heroes, and those are mostly Jedi, which the vets are obviously far
better at. I just discovered yesterday that you can parry, there was
nothing about that in the tutorials or the hints that I can remember.
It also doesn't really look like a parry (or I just can't follow the lightsaber fights) I only found out because someone on one of the forums
mentioned it.
I also have no idea how you reflect blasters. I'm not sure if it just
happens when you block or you have to aim or do something else.
I found the campaign stuff achievements is just small credit rewards,
which apparently there's nothing to spend them on now. I did get a
pose for Palpatine from the arcade mode, but whatever. You don't
actually get abilities or weapons for the achievements, like I said
above.
The last couple days I've been having an issue in co-op where it tosses
me in a game that only has a few seconds left, and it takes a couple
minutes to join a game. At least 3 or 4 games in a row now.
Another bug I've been encountering is it quits letting me sprint in
co-op somewhere in the middle of the scenario.
It's a fun game, but boy is it buggy/ bad QoL with stuff like that, I
can see why they ended up giving it away. It's too bad, as it's
the most fun SW game I've played in a long time.
Also Epic doesn't seem to remember that I've played it, and any time
I do I have to go down my now huge list of games to find it, and it
takes a couple minutes to load the full list. It's not my computer as steam
& gog don't have that issue.
- Justisaur
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