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Star Wars Battlefront - Striving For Galactic Conquest?

Posted by simoniker on from the must-rule-the-spooniverse dept.

Thanks to LucasArts for their press release officially announcing more information on Star Wars Battlefront, the PS2/Xbox/PC multiplayer action title featuring "the most memorable Star Wars battles set in over 15 environments across 10 diverse planets, including Hoth, Geonosis, Yavin, Tatooine and Naboo." However, a GameSpy preview adds further detail to the previously revealed information regarding this Battlefield 1942-like online-orientated title, including "the 'metagame' driving Star Wars Battlefront. Tentatively called 'Galactic Conquest,' this mode will throw players into a full-scale war. Once you capture every checkpoint on a planet and defeat the enemy's forces utterly, you'll control that planet."

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  1. But sir! by Joe+the+Lesser · · Score: 5, Funny

    The odds of this game coming out on time are 234,832... to 1....

    *R2 bleep-moan*

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    1. Re:But sir! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Never tell me the odds!

  2. Hmm by JavaLord · · Score: 3, Funny

    It sounds pretty good, but so did the original specs for Star Wars Galaxies. I'll bet 2 years from now, we will be talking about how some cantina dancer took over the universe.

  3. Secret LucasArts Internal Game Development Manual by superultra · · Score: 3, Funny

    1. Identify most popular game genre (FPS, RTS, RPG, etc) and subgenre (FPS: Strategic, say).

    2. Apply Star Wars template (i. e. medics become Bacta Droids, magic becomes "force," etc)

    3. Name game Star Wars: [Random Star Wars noun] + [Name best befitting genre & subgenre].

    Hey if it worked for Force Commander, it's gotta work with...oh; never mind.