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Star Wars Battlefront Announced, Detailed

Posted by simoniker on from the another-good-star-wars-game-alert? dept.

Tim Butler writes "Official Playstation Magazine has a few initial details regarding Star Wars Battlefront, a newly-announced online PS2 multiplayer game that borrows a lot from Battlefield 1942." The game, reminiscent of the previously covered Galactic Conquest mod for BF1942, has been confirmed for Xbox and PC as well, and is described as: "SOCOM's online-multiplayer experience, only with a wide variety of characters to choose from and a bunch of cool Star Wars vehicles to operate. You can play in the Galactic Civil War or the Clone Wars, meaning you can choose one of four armies to command (Rebels vs. Imperials or Republic vs. Separatists). [It] includes pretty much every major ride you've seen in a Star Wars flick." Update: 12/03 05:58 GMT by S : GameSpy adds that the developer is Pandemic Studios, creator of Star Wars:Clone Wars and the forthcoming Full Spectrum Warrior.

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  1. Meanwhile... by ThePyro · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shortly after the Star Wars Battlefront announcement, Rebel forces captured several dozen systems as Imperial troops deserted their assigned posts to camp AT-AT respawn points.

  2. Another Canon Game by seen2much · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's really sad that with all the great expanded universe material out there, Lucasarts is sticking to making games based off the movies. I for one love Knights of the old republic. That is based 4000 years before the movies. And then the are the books. I would love to see a game based on the New Jedi Order books. But no let's play on Hoth and Tatooine again.

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    1. Re:Another Canon Game by Trillian_1138 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I wholeheartedly agree. At the same time, this is something that hasn't been done before (at least not in the Star Wars universe). I realize it will probably just be Battlefield 1942, but hell. Battlefield 1942 kicks ass, and I'm ready and willing to shell out some cash to play a well-done version of the same basic game, set in the origonal and new trilogies. I think for this type of game, where there can't really be a plot, setting it in the same time-line as the films makes it BETTER.

      Online FPS don't have the ability to truly tell a story, so I don't think it's unreasonable to use a story everyone already knows.

      I, for one, am eagerly looking forward to this game.

      -Trillian

      I still agree that Lucasarts should expand outside the movies. Well I bought and enjoyed Rebel Strike, by the end it was pathetic. WE'VE DONE THIS ALREADY! DOZENS OF TIMES!

    2. Re:Another Canon Game by Gothic_Walrus · · Score: 3, Informative
      Just so you know, you're most definitely not the only one who feels this way.

      Gabe, of Penny Arcade, covered this about a week ago in their news section (fourth post down, second of Gabe's).

      Having new games in unestablished territory would be great. Come to think of it, any games set in timeframes not covered by the movies could be extremely cool. Look at KOTOR. The developers were bound by some basic Star Wars rules, but they didn't have to worry about fitting the storyline into a movie's plot. Not having story constraints almost definitely made the game a better one. It's not a very fair comparison, but...

      The Episode I Game = Crappy game

      KOTOR = Great game

      There's definitely support for games outside of the movie timeframe, but we'll have to wait. Look at how long it's taken to get the original trilogy on DVD.

      The way things look right now, it seems like we'll get some non-canon Star Wars games...in 2008.

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    3. Re:Another Canon Game by Gothic_Walrus · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Addendum: anyone else think it's ridiculous that Lucasarts has released three Rogue Squadron games, all dealing with the same events and time period?

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  3. it's all about the interface by Flunitrazepam · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I tried getting into SOCOM on the ps2 after years and years of quake on the computer. I just can't see how the console players are going to have a chance against the WASD computer players unless you can plug in a keyboard and mouse, or they come up with a radically new user input system.

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  4. BF1942 game play on a PS2? by 77Punker · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's crazy to expect an online-only title for a console! Besides that bit of obviousness, one of the best things about bf1942 is the great mod scene. That can't happen on a PS2. Oh well...they'll still try. Hopefully it'll have the great single player game that bf1942 does not.

  5. What?! by hookedup · · Score: 3, Interesting


    No Trade Federation!? They've only got the meanest droid army around!

    I'd love to play as one of the droidekas

  6. Lucas does it again. by Kelz · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They took the Age of Empires engine, dropped in their art, and added new campaigns, and called it Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds.

    They are taking the Battlefield 1942 engine (or something that looks like it), dropping in their art, making their own maps, and calling it Star wars: Battlefront.

    Whoa there, deja vu. Musta been a glitch in the matrix.