Star Wars Battlefront Feels the Force with Offline Mode on PS4

Entering hyperdrive next week

by Sammy Barker Fri 15th Jul 2016

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Remember when Star Wars Battlefront was considered a hotly anticipated game? Yeah, us neither – but it's still somewhat popular we suppose. And credit to developer DICE, it's been supporting the first-person shooter intensely since launch, with a new Skirmish mode set to be added for free starting 20th July.

This mode will essentially enable you to play offline either solo or in split-screen across two modes: Walker Assault and Fighter Squadron. It'll preface the release's third expansion pack which will whisk you away to the Death Star in September, and will also plot the return of "one larger-than-life character".

Chewie – is that you?

[source starwars.ea.com]

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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Frank90
Fri 15th Jul 2016

I skipped this game as a protest, no single player is a no buy to me, no matter how much I love SW and how this game looks good.

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BowTiesAreCool
Fri 15th Jul 2016

More like HYPErdrive, wheeeyyy. I still play this a couple times a week and the matches are usually full, but waiitng 9 months for Chewie was a ballache!

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FullbringIchigo
Fri 15th Jul 2016

so this is free for everyone then?

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get2sammyb
Fri 15th Jul 2016

@FullbringIchigo Yes.

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sinalefa
Fri 15th Jul 2016

Found this game real cheap and I love it. It has even replaced Splatoon as my go to online mp game and Uncharted 3 as our couch co op game. Please let us play these new modes as cooperative too.

@get2sammyb

This game is both 1st and 3rd person. If Overwatch was like that I would have bought it ages ago.

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FullbringIchigo
Fri 15th Jul 2016

@get2sammyb great ^_^

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Bread-Not-Toast
Fri 15th Jul 2016

Meh the game was fine for around 10 hours then the Star Wars shine wore off, it's a decent game but force wasn't strong with it.

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usb
Fri 15th Jul 2016

Picked this up for £10 last week so this is a nice addition to the game

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kyleforrester87
Fri 15th Jul 2016

@Frank90 you hero

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Utena-mobile
Fri 15th Jul 2016

yippee!!
Time to dust off my stormtrooper helmet.
Also, we'll soon be able to have women scout troopers and shadow troopers. About time!!! That should have been an option from the beginning.

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charlesnarles
Sat 16th Jul 2016

Hopefully the AI will be fun. I'll be glad to have another SP option at least

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AshFoxX
Sat 16th Jul 2016

Might still hold out to see if they flesh out Battlefront 2. The first one might be a buy for me in a bargain bin as I could really care less for online, but split screen modes tempt me to the dark side a bit. Still, not willing to pay the current asking price for what looks to me like half of a game.