Star Wars Battlefront II Data Leak Highlights What Will Be Available At Launch.
Star Wars Battlefront II is one of the biggest video game releases for the remainder of this year, and as such, more info about the game is inevitably going to leak out ahead of its release two months from now. A new, comprehensive leak suggests that there will be a good amount of content to start off with, with a balance of content across the three playable eras.
A quick thing worth emphasizing, before we get into the data list, is that this is well before additional content from the DLC (all of which will be free) comes in – so if you’re disappointed that your hero of choice isn’t available just yet, just wait, because they’ll most likely be added into the game for free in a few months. Furthermore, as the actual post indicates, this list has content that is subject to change.
Now, on with the show:
So as you can see, there’s a good amount of content available this time around, though it’s spread more thinly between the eras due to this being the first Battlefront game that has to contend with six playable armies instead of four (or two, as was the case with the last game). Here are some takeaways from this:
- While there seems to be a pretty even distribution of content between the eras as far as planets, vehicles, and units go, Heroes and Villains are – at launch – predominantly skewed toward characters that appeared in the Original Trilogy. That being said, it’s been suggested that Hero and Villain units will be cross-era to make up for this, so if you want to have Rey fight Darth Maul on Hoth, you can probably do that.
- Iden Versio will be playable outside of the game’s campaign. Her presence also suggests that other non-movie characters will be added as post-release DLC.
- Some content listed above is actually being saved for the first wave of DLC close to the release of The Last Jedi – specifically, Captain Phasma, Finn, Crait, and the battle above D’Qar are all being saved for post-launch to boost game sales. Phasma having a placeholder model in this build should emphasize this. (Also worth noting – those who pre-order the game will get access to TLJ-specific outfits for Rey and Kylo Ren.)
- The second wave of DLC will – presumably – be tied to the Prequel Trilogy and The Clone Wars. This assumption is based on the inclusion of a space battle over Ryloth, which itself was home to a major battle during the Clone Wars, as well as concept art suggesting that the Jedi Starfighter Obi-Wan used in Attack of the Clones will eventually be appearing.
- A lot of content will be made specifically for the campaign, although it could be added to the general multiplayer experience in later DLC.
- DLC based on Original Trilogy content will presumably take a backseat for a while – though content from Rogue One and Han Solo are likely bets to get added relatively soon post-launch.
So while I’m a little bummed out that Darth Maul and Yoda are the only PT representatives at launch, I’m glad to know that more content is coming, and this time it won’t be hidden behind a paywall.
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.
Seems good! I do wish that all the planets from the first game would return. Seems like it would be minimal effort to include sulist and the like for additional maps. In either case, I’m gonna pick this up for the single player campaign
I think it’s not the full list. We’ve already seen ARC-170 starfighters and republic Y-wing in the space battle trailer. I doubt that the PT space battles are in a DLC, just doesn’t make sense. Also, there have to be more ships for the sequel era too. I think this leak is either fake, or from a very early version.
As it says, this isn’t necessarily the entire list. Just what the data miner could find.
– Pomojema
Once again, the prequels get dissed…
Roger! Roger!
Perhaps you think you are being treated unfairly?
Seriously though. They could have easily skipped the PT era all together. Prey they don’t alter the deal any further? 😛
As they should always be.
I mean, the PT is a bonus here. The story takes place at the end of the OT and leading into the ST. So the PT all had to be created specifically by itself with no other use.
We already have seen clones on the ground, and the latest video shows a starfighter attack on a Lucrehulk featuring – duh duh duuuuuh!!!! Clone Wars era Y/Ws!
shrug
VR?….please tell me some kind of VR is supported and not a quick 10 minute DLC level that was little more than a teaser
Bad news – VR is as dead in the water on this generation of consoles as Kinect and whatever sad also-ran technology Sony trotted out against it.
For the “Prequel Era” DLC, I’d like to see Obi-Wan and Grievous added as Light Side/Dark Side Heroes.
Maul..and yoda only at launch. Wonderful.
Only 2 prequel characters?!
For now. And bear in mind that this isn’t the final build for the launch version.
– Pomojema
were is anakin skywalker and Grievous fuck me i love the prequels
Yeah, grievous better be one of the DLC characters
He actually is. There’s apparently an image of a placeholder model for his character, but it looks about as bad as Phasma’s placeholder model.
– Pomojema
Patience. All the DLC is free. I’m sure they’ll have Anakin and Greivous post-launch.
I’m weirdly happy we get a Rey Falcon. I always hated the sound alike for Han. They never sound (IMO) anything like Harrison Ford. I guess they got a deal for his likeness but not his voice? I’d take straight rips from the movies over the VO he typically gets.
Just pre-ordered this, first time I ever pre-ordered a game. Usually I wait a couple of months to get a game at a discount price, but I just can’t wait for this. Here’s hoping the single player campaign will have some meat to it.
Hope they release PT Qui-gon, anakin, and ki-adi mundi. So many bad ass characters.