The more that we think about it, the more that we reckon Star Wars: Battlefront is going to be one of the biggest games of the year. Think about it: the title's due out a month before the new movie, and Disney will likely have ratcheted up the hype to intergalactic levels by that point. Moreover, could EA have possibly picked a better developer to adapt the property to the PlayStation 4 than DICE? The layered combat of Battlefield seems like a perfect match for Battlefront.
And the game's sounding incredible, if a leak on Making Star Wars is to be believed. The blog nailed several stories in regards to the forthcoming film A Force Awakens, so have a trustworthy track record – but this is obviously still a rumour for now. However, the publication claims that the abovementioned game will span the entire Star Wars saga, including parts from the prequels, and a section from the introduction of the new movie. Expect iconic moments from the original trilogy, too.
As a result of this, it will supposedly be longer than your typical single player campaign, and will see you play as both sides. The multiplayer, meanwhile, will be a 64-player affair, and will include space and land battles, as you'd expect. The interesting tidbit, though, is that it will include a 'Heroes' system, which will essentially operate like perks, allowing you to cash in on the points that you've accumulated during combat to play as a popular character from the movie universe. These will apparently have access to abilities that average soldiers won't.
Unsurprisingly, the developer's also got an aggressive DLC plan mapped out, which will span five expansions over the coming years. These will purportedly be themed, with the first few based upon The Force Awakens. Again, this sounds very Battlefield to us, so it doesn't come as an enormous surprise.
There are a ton more details available through here, but these are all of the main points. While none of it sounds out of the realm of possibility, though, it does read a little like a fan's wishlist, so do tread carefully for now. What are your hopes for Star Wars: Battlefront, and do they match up with these details? Use the force in the comments section below.
[source makingstarwars.net]
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This has the potential to be absolutely brilliant if done properly. Fingers crossed!
I expect it to span the entire saga. Any less will be dissapointing. I'm also glad they're keeping thr heroes system in Battlefront. This is gonna be an amazing game.
I'm not a huge star wars fan (I don't dislike it but I wouldn't say I like it too, although I'm going to the new movie when it premieres in the netherlands) but I always liked the battlefront games so this will be an day 1 buy for me.
Amazing!
Hey guys! They're saying about Old Republic, OLD REPUBLIC!
Cant wait ! DICE better do a good job, and by good i mean i dont want my game to feel like a Beta for 2 years !
Certainly looking impressive so far and DICE do seem to be saying all the right things too. It's looking like it could very well be the best Star Wars game ever and the one many fans want. Just hope it delivers...
DICE is a very good dev for the multiplayer side of the game but hopefully they also have another dev working on the campaign side of the game, as the single-player is not one of DICE's strong points.
Good luck. Please don't F it up.
@GraveLordXD indeed
PLEASE let this be true. And it's awesome to hear that the game might be bringing back how you got to play as "Heroes" in Battlefront II! You could only unlock them in a match after getting a certain amount of points as well.
I just wonder if all of this is true, I hope DICE isn't being rushed to get this out. The game sounds very ambitious, but hasn't the studio only been working on the game for...2 years? Either way, here's hoping the game has a smooth launch.
I won't get to hyped about it because knowing EA they will give it to the Xbox ONE or something silly like that :-/
Sounds good, I don't normally trust EA, but Dice has been rolling post BF4 launch screwup.
Excited to see some footage next month!
I really don't want this to be a Star Wars battlefield skin and instead am hoping for more of a resemblance to the old battlefront games.
I need this game so bad!!!
Star Wars....
Star Wars...
Star Wars...
continues to chant until release day
PLEASE don't make this Battlefield St4r W4rs.
God, if this screw this up i will never buy another dice game in my life, have such high hopes for this. could this be the star wars game we have been dreaming about? na thats kotor 3 lol!
As long as all the models' proportions are accurate to the props (sounds like their intent) then it'll look great. And as long as they replay old LucasArts games then it'll play like we all want it to. Can't wait to broadcast this while wearing my full Stormtrooper armor with a white DS4 😋
Well, I guess this is exciting news if you're a FPS fan. I'm happy for everyone who is that will get to enjoy this game.
For the rest of us, however, this couldn't be more disappointing. At least I have KotOR on iPad to play (with lightning/HDMI cable to run to TV and a Hori mfi controller of course).
The teaser at E3 made me so excited.
I hope they can keep the look and feel of the original Battlefront, as in accurate to Star Wars, but obviously updated.
If they can combine that with the gameplay of Battlefield, I'd even be down for using a similar class system, they will have a hit on their hands.
It can't just be Battlefield reskinned with Star Wars though, it has to have the right feel.
It's hard to explain what I mean, but I think people who have played both will get it.
They will definitely need to make maps more vertical too, like with the overlapping layers Battlefront had in some levels.
Atmospheric conditions like the fog in the swamp of Dagobah would be awesome too.
I'm still sooo excited.
NEED!
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