So, Star Wars Battlefront 2 has a single player campaign, and by most accounts, it's looking quite promising -- but how long will it take you to complete? According to producer David Robillard, the story mode will be pretty standard in terms of length, clocking in at around five to seven hours.
Robillard told Press Start: "We thought that around 5-7, maybe 8 hours is probably a good amount of time… We wanted to stay very driven towards the Star Wars fantasy that the players are going to experience and not have it be drawn out." Sounds reasonable.
Of course, when developers say stuff like this you can't help but wonder if most players are likely blitz through it a lot faster. We'll have to see how it turns out next month, when Battlefront 2 hits the PlayStation 4.
Are you looking forward to playing the campaign? Do you have high hopes for it? Watch that blaster fire in the comments section below.
[source press-start.com.au]
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It'll be three hours, then.
I'm not surprised ...Whatever. I'll be busy playing Odyssey anyway.
@get2sammyb My thoughts exactly. Shame, the story seemed like a good idea but is probably just a quick tutorial for the MP.
5-7 hours for a Star Wars game is a joke
Disney need to take the licence away from EA and give it to a devolper that actually cares about the games they make and the experiance they can bring instead of fleacing their consumers for money via microtransactions and tacked on modes
@FullbringIchigo Bit harsh?
@get2sammyb i don't think so they knew fans wanted a good strong single player after the backlash from the first game so what does EA do, tack on a short mode to what they already made with BF1 make a few changes and fill the game with loot boxes to make more money
they are making games with the minimum amount of effort charging £60 and then still asking people to pay more to get the most out of it
@FullbringIchigo I mean if it is truly 5-7 hours I think that's adequate if the quality is good. That's how long first-person shooter campaigns tend to be.
Definitely a rentable game. Can you still rent games?
@get2sammyb EA can't seem to manage the IP properly. Remember, they have full rights, and all we've got so far is half a Battlefront game, and this upcoming release that is plagued by bad press after the demo. Visceral's project is cancelled. Bioware isn't working on a Star Wars game as far as we're aware, even though they said they were. Respawn announced that they're working on a Star Wars game. I hope that one's going to be good, cause if it bombs, Respawn is the next one on the chopping block I feel.
I prefer that Disney didn't sell the exclusive rights, but let developers pay on a per game basis. That way, other devs could have a shot at a proper single player SW game, EA isn't going to bother by the looks of it.
@Octane That's fair.
@get2sammyb and they could have just added it to the first game as a £20 DLC pack
a 5-7 hour single player mode and few new characters and maps doesn't warrent the £60 plus they are asking for
and why should 5-7 hours be the norm for shooters now a days, because it has an MP mode too? that shouldn't matter, if they are doing a single player mode then it should be just as much a focus as the multiplayer and vice versa AND should be robust enough for people who don't want to play the MP or aint big multiplayer gamers
@FullbringIchigo From my perspective, I prefer a tight, well-paced campaign compared to a padded one.
I totally see your point, but I guess I'd need to play it before I could comment further. It might be rubbish for all we know.
@get2sammyb LMAO. legit.
7 hours is enough to make a good singleplayer campaign...I think people nowadays expect everything to be RPG 100 hours -.-
@get2sammyb that is true it could be rubbish, i hope it's not though as it's ment to be canon to the series and as we saw with the Star Trek game a bad canon game can adversely affect the series they are a part of
@AFCC no we just expect them to put in some actual effort for the money they are asking us to pay them but the single player just reuses multiplayer assest and maps apparently so it's about low effort as you can get
I'm not going to berate a game for having a short playtime. I'd rather a tight, razor-focused linear campaign that's 10 hours long versus a bloated open-world behemoth if the former is well-made and fun. Long games can sometimes be so exhausting.
SP looks interesting, but even if it is 7 hours long, I’m waiting on reviews for this one. Got burned by buying the first Battlefront on day 1 and so I’ll wait. Chances are it could be half the price after a month or two if it struggles out of the gate like the first one.
As always, it's length is pointless if it's a naff game.
Sounds about right. I'm really intrigued to hear people's thoughts on the campaign. If it's good, I'm much more likely to play Battlefront 2.
@FullbringIchigo But what in this article makes you think they didn't put enough effort? Hours are relative....I may love a game with 6-7 hours and hate a game with 20 or more (Like I don't like Fallout 4 that much, for instance)
@AFCC it's not this article but others that have been released now i don't mind 5-7 hours if it was a well constructed narrative but by all accounts this isn't, it's just a bunch of repurposed MP maps strung together with cutscenes
also i didn't like Fallout 4 either
Wasn't the order 1886 torn apart because it was 5 hours long?
Then again, it didn't have mp.
@get2sammyb easy allies have a vid summary on their last podcast talking about how ea are mismanaging the licence tbh.
I figured the campaign would be really short, it is a multiplayer title first and foremost.
@Nickolaidas Yes, The Order 1886 did poorly due to its short run time, but I actually liked it. It was quite polished in presentation and had an interesting story and setting. Gladly paid $20 for it. Full price is asking quite a lot for 5-7 hrs though. In the case of BF2, the $60 price would be justified due to the meat of the game being MP, but for those of us who don’t play much MP, I don’t think buying it at launch price is justified just to enjoy the SP, even if it is high quality.
Sounds a bit short but is the sp replayable? Do they have secret things or documents expanding the lore?
I did not buy Star Wars Battlefront I might pick up 2 for $19.99 for the 5-7 hour single player campaign. Then again depending on what else is releasing at that time I could just skip this one also. Wolfenstein 2 for the win!
@Th3solution Yup, that's why I never buy games on launch during the end of the year rush. They will be hugely discounted for Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Christmas sales. I picked up Mafia III for half price only a few weeks after its launch.
..I know there's a load of controversy over loot boxes, etc. but I had such fun with the first one... and I can't wait for this either... I won't spend a penny on microtransactions, I'll earn every upgrade (and enjoy every minute doing so)... games like this are really for their MP - the single-player is there to acclimatise to the controls again after being away for a while...
@Bluetrain7 If a game is great ill gladly pay full price but there a no EA games worth full price.
@AFCC Heavenly Sword was a awsome short game with effort put in the story and gameplay so thats not my point why i cancelled the preorder. I just really dislike the practices EA uses so ill be looking to get it secondhand.
So no reason to buying it , i'm not surprised
I think the last good single player FPS i played was titanfall2 ,that was short but grear enough to continue playing it
If game going to be finish after 5 hour why would we pay 60$?! I don't play multi player so i would not even pay 5$ for this 😕
@FullbringIchigo Ok man, fair enough!
Cool, hating F4 bros
@Flaming_Kaiser I loved Heavenly Sword! I love Uncharted 1 and so many more short but sweet games.
But not agreeing with EA is a fair enough thing, I hate the lootbox system and I probably won't buy the game for more than 20 euros unless they change it
I'm honestly not surprised, but I am still sorta disappointed. Oh well, I guess I'll be waiting for the inevitable $5-$10 PSN flash sale in a few years.
It's a rent or borrow then. My brother pre-ordered this game on a whim so I'll probably play with him as well. I'm hoping after the beta they make a good attempt to salvage the experience for his sake, but I'm not buying it. I haven't bought a game from EA since Titanfall 2, but that game was pretty great for the $20 I spent.
Eh, we'll see.
5 hours is okay, especially if the quality is similar to the mini cutscenes from the last game, guys, that's almost like two movies.
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