DICE’s Star Wars Battlefront 2 Planned for a 2017 Release Date.

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With 14 million copies sold (itself exceeding EA’s admittedly lofty expectations of 10 million copies sold), it’s no surprise that Star Wars Battlefront already has a sequel on the horizon. EA’s CFO Blake Jorgensen revealed that the next game will be released in 2017, and shed further light on EA’s plans for releasing their other Star Wars games.

 

From Gamespot:

EA CFO Blake Jorgensen said during an earnings call that Battlefront 2 will have “bigger and better worlds.” He added that it will make use of content from “the new movies,” though he didn’t name any outright. The first Battlefront only featured content from the original Star Wars trilogy. Also during the call, Jorgensen said EA plans to release one new Star Wars game every year for the next three to four years. The Battlefront sequel will come out “next year,” he said.

Conventional wisdom would suggest that Battlefront 2 would be released in time for Star Wars Episode VIII. Jorgensen also mentioned that starting with Battlefront 2, the plan will be to release a new Star Wars game every year for the next three to four years. Presumably, this would result in the following release schedule:

  • 2017 – Star Wars Battlefront 2
  • 2018 – Untitled Visceral Games/Motive Studios Star Wars Game
  • 2019 – Star Wars Battlefront 3
  • 2020 – Untitled Respawn Entertainment Star Wars Game

Presumably, each game will be released in close proximity to the Star Wars movie of that year. With that in mind, Battlefront still has three paid expansions that are still in development, in addition to the free downloadable content planned. So while EA will gradually put a greater amount of focus on promoting Battlefront 2, the original game will have a good amount of support from the company before the sequel arrives.

 

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Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

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Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

83 thoughts on “DICE’s Star Wars Battlefront 2 Planned for a 2017 Release Date.

  • May 11, 2016 at 5:21 am
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    If it doesnt have the clone wars era I am so done.

  • May 11, 2016 at 5:39 am
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    Needs prequel / sequel era conflicts and a single-player campaign, then its an insta-buy from me

    • May 11, 2016 at 7:50 am
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      Any era except the OT at this point will work for me.

  • May 11, 2016 at 6:08 am
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    Perhaps this will be the other half of the game that wasn’t released.

  • May 11, 2016 at 6:12 am
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    I still do not know why this reskinned battlefield game is so popular. Its called battle front, it takes place in the Star Wars verse, yet doesn’t feature any of the most famous battles. No clone wars, no battle of Yavin, or any space battle. They literally made a star wars game with no stars, and very little war.

    • May 11, 2016 at 8:03 am
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      “…it takes place in the Star Wars verse, yet doesn’t feature any of the most famous battles.”
      So Hoth and Endor don’t count?
      Here’s why it’s popular from what I can tell: it’s a Star Wars game and people are having fun with it.

    • May 11, 2016 at 12:26 pm
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      Have you actually played the game? It’s nothing like Battlefield, like at all besides having battles.

      If anything players wish it was more like Battlefield not less. I would know, I’ve played the game close to 100 hours.

      • May 11, 2016 at 6:56 pm
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        Yeah I’m thinking Battlefront actually ruins the reputation of Battlefield. Wonder where my BF2 box hides out and whether people still play it

        • May 12, 2016 at 3:21 am
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          It doesn’t ruin anything, it ruins as much Battlefield as CoD ruins Battlefield, they are two separate games that people may or may not play for different reasons.

          If you were to replace everything in Battlefront with a modern warfare setting it would still play very different to Battlefield.

    • May 11, 2016 at 5:33 pm
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      This game is not popular… And has hellish reviews from players.

    • May 11, 2016 at 6:54 pm
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      Agree on the stars but there is a lot of war in the game. Lots of war. Spawn. Kill or be killed. Respawn.

  • May 11, 2016 at 6:44 am
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    would u people stop being some negative nancy’s

    • May 11, 2016 at 5:07 pm
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      I wasted alot of $$$ on the first game. I’m optimistic but, they’ll have to win me back.

    • May 11, 2016 at 6:44 pm
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      No, EA sucks. 🙂

    • May 11, 2016 at 6:45 pm
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      Nah 🙂

  • May 11, 2016 at 7:49 am
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    Battlefront 2: Coming in 2005.

  • May 11, 2016 at 7:50 am
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    This better bet justified with a story mode and prequel-era battles. I honestly do not care about having any ST content if they’re going to leave the prequels out again.
    …Which they probably will, because they think EVERYONE hates them.

    • May 11, 2016 at 7:51 am
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      MAKE PREQUEL ERA GAMES.

      • May 11, 2016 at 6:52 pm
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        The problem would remain the same: brainless gameplay now with less Star Warsy skins.

        • May 12, 2016 at 2:25 am
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          What do you mean “less Star Warsy”?

  • May 11, 2016 at 8:04 am
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    As with others, I do want to see more prequel era content (yeah, I may not like those films, but I still want to fight the Clone Wars if I so choose, damn it!).

  • May 11, 2016 at 8:37 am
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    imagine if this included ALL planets from the prequels films AND the clone wars TV show?? this could be a really promising game….

    • May 11, 2016 at 1:14 pm
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      Definitely not all planets, and certainly not all Clone Wars TV show planets, that would give them dozens of planets to make and they’re probably not going to do that. If they do prequel-content, I’d say they need to do Naboo (could be nice to have the option to battle it out against battle droids as Gungan Warriors or vice versa), Geonosis, Coruscant, Kamino, Felucia, and, if Clone Wars content is included, Umbara, Christophsis and maybe some others.

      • May 11, 2016 at 6:51 pm
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        TIL there’s a SW planet named Christophsis. Hahaha

      • May 11, 2016 at 7:48 pm
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        Sorry but don’t expect too much of these lazies asses cash-grabbers. Just look the one. I am so done with Dice if it’s the same shit as 1. Please LucasArts we need you back.

      • May 12, 2016 at 6:19 pm
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        hence why i said imagine.. obviously that’ll never happen..

  • May 11, 2016 at 10:00 am
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    I hope there is a campaign, otherwise I am not getting it.

  • May 11, 2016 at 10:11 am
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    I want a game for each era damn it!! Wouldn’t it make more sense for the next to based on the prequels with the third taking in the whole of the new trilogy.

    • May 11, 2016 at 7:52 pm
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      yeah but they re gonna milking on ST since that’s people hear about the much. Dice and EA don’t give a f**k about Star Wars. They only give cares about money. Without creativity or passion. That was the worst choice EVER of a dev studio for a Star Wars game.

  • May 11, 2016 at 11:47 am
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    I really like playing the current Battlefront, but I hope they’ll have learned from complaints in next installments. Prequel era content would be good, or perhaps even just something based around The Clone Wars TV show. I just hope each Battlefront game will offer enough new things to justify the cost of buying it again. And again, and again.

  • May 11, 2016 at 1:24 pm
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    So…that means the game Bioware will develop will come out this year?

    • May 12, 2016 at 4:20 am
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      Honestly, they’re probably still working on TOR expansions, and will continue to do so until that game has run its course. If they are working on another game altogether, then I don’t think that it will be released anytime soon.

      The guy said “starting next year”. Technically, that might be early 2018 depending on whether or not he’s talking about the company’s fiscal year, or it may be 2017 like what conventional wisdom would indicate. But in any case, they’re not going to release another game until 2017 at the earliest. For now, they’re focused on Battlefront’s DLC.

      – Pomojema

      • May 12, 2016 at 8:27 am
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        I see.
        Thanks for the info.
        (You know, the game could be a crossover with Xenoblade Chronicles from Nintendo, that’ll be awesome to witness!)

  • May 11, 2016 at 2:32 pm
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    PLease have a Campaign mode??

    • May 11, 2016 at 10:50 pm
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      Nope, because fuck consumers.

  • May 11, 2016 at 2:57 pm
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    So I very probably will read the novel that will serve as campaign mode for the game instead. If miracles wont happen.

  • May 11, 2016 at 3:17 pm
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    Heh, announced 3 days after my wife and I download it. The game is on sale currently for $23 for the version we got. Hopefully they will have listend to the fans and put in a campaign mode. The original Battlefront II by most people’s opinion was the superior game. I hope that is the case here as well.

    • May 11, 2016 at 5:05 pm
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      be glad you didn’t blow your wad on it, like I did… $70 for the game, $50 for DLC that I haven’t bothered to play…

      • May 11, 2016 at 7:50 pm
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        I think the most bizarre part of the DLC is that you don’t automatically start the the new weapons. You have to unlock them. I have to run around and do stuff I normally wouldn’t do in the game (like use the cycler rifle) to unlock stuff that I paid for? How insane is that?

    • May 11, 2016 at 10:49 pm
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      Of course they didn’t listen to the fans and add a campaign. Do you think they fucking care? All they’re doing is making it look pretty in pre-rendered cinematics because all they need to do is make money from preorders. That’s all EA cares about, the money from preorders and DLC/microtransations.

  • May 11, 2016 at 4:03 pm
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    Seriously, a new Battlefront? As mentioned above the DLC isn’t even fully released for this current version. That means that EA has two divided between people making content for this one, and people starting to work on the next one instead of just focusing on making changes or adding a campaign to this current version.

    I enjoyed Battlefront, not enough to buy it, but I loved it in beta. This has put me off on buying it even more because I can just wait for the next installment which will reasonably be the same thing with complaints from the first one fixed.

    This also begs the question, will they be using the same servers, or would the rumours be true about slowly cancelling them out for the previous game to force people into getting the sequel? How useless will Battlefront 1 be now that 2 is on the way?

  • May 11, 2016 at 4:06 pm
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    Campaign is a must for games of this genre today. So I’m hoping they go that route with the sequel and maybe offer a more complete package at launch. I would love it if they included a lot more prequel era stuff in the next one, which they probably won’t. I’d say it will focus primarily on the ST, which would be cool, but what I’d really like are some Clone Wars era battles from the CW series – like the battles on Christophsis, Ryloth, and Umbara etc.

    • May 11, 2016 at 7:08 pm
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      Yep. I think they have probably heard about the backlash of not having a campaign. So if they’re smart they’ll change the game makeup quite a bit. Just hope the timespan they have set themselves does not make the game less. Don’t know what carryover from the first game is possible. Probably a fair bit of the world building tools. Characters are just different skins I guess. Plus they’ve probably got an army working on the next games based on the figures. 14 million copies x $100 avg. $1,4 billion turnover isn’t bad.

  • May 11, 2016 at 5:04 pm
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    Single player campaign or, GTFO. I spent $120 on this game and it’s DLC… I enjoy the dogfights but, the single missions are lame and repetitive and, I’m sorry but the “run & gun… spawn, die, spawn…” is just not much fun, to me…

    • May 11, 2016 at 6:48 pm
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      Empty spectacle

    • May 11, 2016 at 7:12 pm
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      Then don’t buy it if it doesn’t have SP. It’s that simple. We can complain all we want but we keep buying this crap.

      • May 11, 2016 at 10:08 pm
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        Your’re right – People have to not buy it, BUT those of us who did must also complain so that they hear us. Many of us bought Battlefront sight unseen, and we would certainly not have bought it if we’d known that SP would be so vapid. I will not buy the next installment without knowing more about it this time, I can assure you.

        • May 11, 2016 at 11:14 pm
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          I’m actually one of those weirdos that likes Battlefront. I think they were developing a game for someone like me who doesn’t really like MP shooters or FPS shooters, in general, because of the steep learning curve and lack of free time. Battlefront is the only modern FPS I own, in fact. I bought it because I love Star Wars and Battlefront just nails that part of it for me.

          • May 12, 2016 at 1:31 am
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            I agree, I like what Battlefront does have to offer, too! It’s a gorgeous game, and they truly did nail it with the SW feel. It just needs more Single Player options, IMO – I want more than a few maps where I either just survive or pick up tokens (the original Battlefront and Battlefront II had many more maps than the current Battlefront). It is also the only shooter that I (somewhat) consistently play. I also don’t have the time to grind in MP to get good enough not to get killed all the time – that’s why I want single player to be richer. More RPG elements! I’m not 14 years old playing Atari 2600 anymore – I don’t care if someone else is faster on the trigger, I just want to be in the SW Galaxy! It’s not 2005 anymore either, I think a game can be produced that offers almost everything Battlefront does, yet offers some of the depth of a good RPG. If EA doesn’t do it, someone else will, I’m sure.

            It’s great to hear your viewpoint among the dissatisfaction, though – I do enjoy this game as well, or I wouldn’t be here posting. But dang, EA’s marketing priorities are beyond transparent, and there is a lot of SW material out there to distract myself with, rather than pay for more MP content on Battlefront that I don’t want.

          • May 12, 2016 at 2:22 am
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            Agreed. Definitely prefer more SP experiences. I don’t have the time to master MP on most games, Battlefront included. I still have fun and occasionally do well enough to be MVP.

    • May 11, 2016 at 7:43 pm
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      Yeah, and also Dice, this time don’t forget SP, space battles, and get rid of this arcadey bumpers. I hate them so much for ruining the Battlefront franchise.

    • May 11, 2016 at 9:33 pm
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      Agreed. I remember the frustration of playing the Battle of Jakku DLC, and wanting to enjoy all of the hard work they put into the starship graveyard there by just looking around for a few seconds – only to be sniped in the back while trying to simply enjoy the game’s content. I’m very fucking pissed that all of the best content is only available in MP, as I also spent a lot of $ for this game, and I feel like its best offerings are not accessible without constantly dodging blaster bolts. Some people want world immersion, not just breathless action all the time with no variety in what we experience. Real soldiers experience a lot of down time where they are not in battle – maybe that element could be incorporated into Battlefront so that people can feel like their in the SW universe, rather than just another shooter that looks beautifully like SW. That’s why I like SP better – I actually want to enjoy the fruits of their labors, but they’re apparently too interested in the $ they seem to make from MP to even care if we want to enjoy what they make.

    • May 11, 2016 at 10:57 pm
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      I agree with and FE282 the pacing is just rediculous. I honestly preferred BF1:2004 because the pacing felt truer to the OT films.

  • May 11, 2016 at 6:12 pm
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    It will suck balls. Mark my words. I said it first. I have seen this so many times over the years. Developer makes game. Game outsells expectations. Developer says “holy shit grab onto this cash cow”. Developer pushes through half finished horribly unoriginal pieces of shit as sequels to milk said cash cow. People are mad but buy it anyways. Developer gets evil grin and says “exxxxxceeeelent”.

  • May 11, 2016 at 6:48 pm
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    Heh. I’ll just stick to Battlefront 2 on my PS2. 🙂

    • May 11, 2016 at 9:31 pm
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      BF:BC2 for me on PS3!

  • May 11, 2016 at 7:38 pm
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    Cash grabbing games. Seriously, f**k EA & Dice. i ll never bought your games !

  • May 11, 2016 at 7:56 pm
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    I am pretty happy with Battlefront as it stands today (aside from having to unlock guns on the DLC) if they added a campaign it would be an instant pre-order for me. The game is fun. Running around and shooting stormtroopers or flying an X-Wing and the different modes make it fun for me. I don’t know why everyone is so cranky when it comes to this game.

    • May 11, 2016 at 7:58 pm
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      Because they clearly stole us on content.

      • May 11, 2016 at 9:41 pm
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        Yep, lack of content, lack of offline modes, twitchy play, a downright insulting SP mode, idiotic weapon mechanics, stupid vehicle pickup mechanics, lazy mini-game mechanics…

        • May 16, 2016 at 6:42 pm
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          Not to mention the balance issues that they’re not going to fix because some people paid extra early and some didn’t.

  • May 11, 2016 at 9:35 pm
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    “EA plans to release one new Star Wars game every year for the next three to four years. The Battlefront sequel will come out “next year,” he said.”
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    In a move that I only find surprising because they aren’t planning to “Madden” the hell out of BF and crap one out per year.

    • May 12, 2016 at 6:41 pm
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      To be fair, that was the Star Wars plan for YEARS prior to the Disney buyout, at least one Star Wars game per year. Though, in contrast to today, there were multiple different publishers buying rights to make new games, and even when EA had the rights, they gave us quality products.

      Welcome to the age of “download the rest later if it’s not finished”, I guess. Fuck the modern AAA industry.

  • May 11, 2016 at 9:40 pm
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    Hang on there a sec, EA – remember you already JUST promised to make offline and SP players happy with THIS installment first?

    • May 11, 2016 at 10:46 pm
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      EA promises a lot of things. They never promised not to be fucking awful.

      • May 12, 2016 at 2:01 am
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        Ah, but they DID promise SP and offline – I’m holding them to that. The stupid thing is on sale for like thirty bucks right now, but I aint biting until I see them make good.

        • May 16, 2016 at 6:49 pm
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          These are the people that:

          – buy up any promising studio in the hopes that they’ll make the hard bank yo
          – shut down studios under their belt after a single failure
          – release broken, unfinished messes at a deadline (at least Ubisoft had the decency to extend Watch_Dogs’ dev time, for all the good it did that hunk of shit)
          – damn the consumer complaints
          – load their games with DLC and microtransactions, because that’ll never age or die out, also gotta get the mooost out of people that already paid full fucking price

          Do you SERIOUSLY expect them to keep promises, or even care that you’re “holding them to it”? They don’t care as long as their choices make them prime bank.

  • May 11, 2016 at 10:42 pm
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    NO.
    NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO .

    Look at that grey text, Blake’s clearly rading off of the fucking design document and has no clue what’s actually in the fucking game. He only cares about throwing up buzzwords like “bigger and better” in an attempt to get people excited.

    Here’s what BF2 will REALLY feature:
    – Identical gameplay and visuals to BF2015 with some minor graphical tweaks and a new menu skin
    – Less features included, such as the loss of unpopular game modes
    – Weapons and character customization options tucked away further into DLC and microtransactions
    – EA’s logo plastered on every single fucking screen again, because they can’t stop rubbing in our faces that the shittiest games publisher in the US has the Star Wars rights
    – And, of course, a “yeah, it sucks, but it’s still Star Wars so 8/10” review score concensus.

    Fuck EA.

    • May 14, 2016 at 8:23 am
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      Calm down, there’ no need to jump into immediate conclusion just because of a bad experience.

      • May 15, 2016 at 1:45 am
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        You’re right. Instead, there’s need to jump into immediate conclusion just because of A TON of bad experiences.

        EA is awful.

        • May 15, 2016 at 6:19 am
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          Hey, cut it out already!

  • May 11, 2016 at 11:26 pm
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    EA may not give a shit but DICE does. DICE does care what the fans think. They do listen to their community too. The game would have been accepted better without the Battlefront title imo. Most expected this would be just like the 1st two Battlefront titles or they were expecting some big campaign mode or story mode. So I get why some did not like it. As a multiplayer shooter I think it’s a fun game and I look forward to see what DICE does with the current game as well as a future one.

    • May 12, 2016 at 2:10 am
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      I’ll tell you what I expected. I expected numerous, huge, goal-oriented maps covering, and LOOKING LIKE locations from the existing 7 movies, the ability to jump into and out of every vehicle on the map at will, classes to choose from and switch between, and the option to park my ass on the couch with one to three other people in the same room and play splitscreen offline. What shipped has spazzy gameplay, only tow or three maps, retarded vehicle systems, non-driveable iconic vehicles, no classes, and offline modes that would seem limited in a demo. Whether it’s DICE’s fault or EA’s, for me this whole thing is a complete failure.

      • May 12, 2016 at 4:52 am
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        I agree. I was expecting a Star Wars skinned Battlefield when I heard DICE was making it. Multiple vehicles, classes etc etc. When the game was finally shown it was nothing like that. It was an arcade-like dumbed down version with little variety. I was disappointed myself with the lack of maps and content for a so-called full game. To get the full game you have to pay extra. Pfft…EA figured they could milk everyone with their season pass crap like they did with BF3, BF4, and BF Hardline. All that does is divide the player base and gives them an excuse for selling a game with half of it’s content.
        That said, DICE has listened and now offers free maps and content. They are also talking adding some offline stuff too. Granted this stuff should have been in the game at launch but at least they are trying better the game for those of us who do play it. I see the upcoming Battlefield 1 maps will be free. This is another step in the right direction that I’d expect to carry over to the next Battlefront game. So to make this long story short I have faith in DICE. They will definitely listen to the feedback and try to give us what we would like.

  • May 11, 2016 at 11:51 pm
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    I really wish they’d branch out a little further than this. A “new” Battlefront every two years? How many variations on the theme of “Spawn, die, respawn, die, respawn, die…” do we really need?

    • May 12, 2016 at 12:20 am
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      If the Call of Duty, Battlefield, Doom, etc. franchises are to be trusted:

      WE NEED A HUNDRED QUINTILLION MORE OF THESE
      THE KIDS’LL BUY THAT SHIT UP, YO

  • May 12, 2016 at 1:24 am
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    Sequel? They’re not finished with the first one yet.

  • May 12, 2016 at 5:07 am
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    Don’t they mean battlefront 4? Disney continuing to try and make us forget the past 40 years…

    • May 12, 2016 at 7:28 am
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      It’s a reboot. Get over it.

  • May 12, 2016 at 6:02 am
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    Will the next one actually be ya know…..good?

    • May 12, 2016 at 10:33 am
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      Whaaaaat?! You want it to be… good? It seems you’re hoping for a bit too much there. 😉

      • May 12, 2016 at 3:12 pm
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        I guess I should be good then, It could end up in THQ’s hands next.

  • May 13, 2016 at 10:16 am
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    Ok cool. It needed force awakens in this battlefront. I think the last DLC pack will have some kinda force awakens content. BF2 better have wayyyy more customizing. Also get rid of hutt contracts. It’s bullshit I have to pay to play the extra maps then I have to do some stupid fuvking challenge just to unlock something that should already be unlocked when it’s paid for. Wtf EA?!!!

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