I'm sure, and those sound cool, but Imperial or rebel troops having tusken cyclers? WTF? Like there are guns for that that make sense E-11X, that gun in the farmstead, like I won't be buying it even if I wanted to, cos this is a ***** laptop, but I get the casual thing, I do, that's fine, I don't mind they lowered the game play, I hate that they lowered the universe to a casual level though.PRECISION wrote:I see some of your points ARC, such as the pick ups being crates. That would have been great as it wouldn't break the immersion as much. However I want to say something about the cards. Just wait for the full game before really saying if thye have use. There will be many more to pick from, like smoke that breaks locks of turrents and more, flash bangs, homing shots, focused fire for better accuracy, stealth things that change the mini map, torpedos, grenade launchers, and so many more. Just wait on those.
On the note of Battlefield, I agree. My vision when I saw DICE making it made me so happy because I love Battlefield. Whould have been great if it was just like it. I do understand why they didn't do that. for example, many people complain Battlefield is too hard for normal players. Yes there is a learning curve to it, but in response DICE aimed it to a larger plyer base that may not have been used to playing games. In other words the more casual gamer.
Either way I love it, and I respect your opinion. I was a bit of a let down of it not being like Battlefield, but after I learned more from interviews and so on, I saw their passion and reasoning behind their choices and I have grown to apperciate it.
I see their passion too, the only thing I've seen so much passion for things that don't matter, is my passion for HMS Victory (The oldest ship in continuous service, period, -1765 til now).
I don't doubt their love, I don't doubt their passion, but I doubt their control over the game, I think it's testament to them that it is this good. I'm sure even EA likes star wars, but, they still like money more.
I love that CPs are Diet Dr. Pepper gone. They were stupid, personally I'd have had a mode with hexagons, get a guy in an enemy hex, it's contested, kill all the guys in the hex, and you've got it, get all the adjacent hexes, and you can spawn there. Boom. Profit.
The horde mode is cool, and I do wanna play it, and honestly, I'm warming to the Diet Dr. Pepper thing. It's a good game, but it's a ***** use of a licence, and If any of us had been in charge, it would have been better, but I can't be a sniper, I can't fly, just super jump, and I can shoot into the sky without ever running out of ammo. This may seem superficial, but yeah, it really affects everything in a big way. I see a thing, and I'm like. No. Bad dog.
That said, I respect how beautiful the worlds look, I respect that they made it look nicer than the real thing. But even then, that's not enough.
This game isn't a problem, if it was, I'd be having a tantrum, i'm not, but it's still not what I wanted. Does it scratch the itch, yes. Does it make it go away. No.
Battlefront one and two had it easy, they only had to exist, and then add playable jedi (-wait we beat them to that), and the new content from ep 3, and space maps.
Actually, I take it back, 100% Battlefront does add something to the franchise with the horde mode, I'm sorry I'll happily eat that hat.
Also, no modding, I can't forgive that, EVER. It's suicidal.
Once I have a custom pc and it's £20-30 quid will I get it, yes. Will I play the horde mode, yes. Will I see the battles as anything other than mechanically inferior to the originals, yes.
I'm not one to get nostalgic. I love the prequels, they gave us battle droids and clones, and they're awesome, honestly i'd be upset if they were better than the originals, it would mean the entire series, would end on a lower note. TBH, if the ride to the last hour of RotS was more enjoyable, if Anakin was more likable as he was in TCW, it would have been. As it is, whiney boy turns into bad-Diet Dr. Pepper mo-fo, and that does add something to the story, it makes Vaders redemption more of a turn around. I almost wish rather than adding the "Noooooooooo", they added flashbacks to him throttling Padme, killing the jedi (Plus some new scenes of him hunting the order 66 survivors down).
This is not, and never will be a successor to my favorite star wars game. I don't blame Dice, I blame EA. And it's not nostalgia making me do it. It's an objective opinion, that I'd like to voice, they didn't completely Diet Dr. Pepper it up, but they didn't meet my number one expectation, and that's okay, I'm glad for the casuals who don't know what a TIE-Defender is, or what TIE stands for, that is the fate of everyone who is deeply invested, in anything, I am invested in wars, fact or fiction, present, future, past, whatever, I am a (soon to be applied) polemologist, that is my profession, to study conflict, to avoid, or end it, and help to hopefully eventually eliminate it altogether.
I am into this stuff, into that or this, Star Wars was the first time I saw war, first time I saw people try to kill each other. Ever. It was what sparked my interest, the closest I got to that before was toy knights, who fought dragons, not each other.
It is because of Star Wars, that I know the Campaigns of Napoleon, the Battles of the hundred years war, the Triumphs of Rome, and everything I learned about conflicts outside of the class room. It contributed to my development by introducing me to the worst aspects of humanity in a fun, non-traumatizing way, I understood when I was Seven, what happened when seemly to the rest of my class why planes were falling out the sky on TV, Fair enough, I didn't know why, and would understand terrorism for another three years, but I knew it was an attack, an act of war.
I just mean, I'm obsessed with this world for a reason and I'm not a loser who's obviously way too deep into this, this was the first love of my profession, I realized how the imperials could win, how the rebels could do better, on my own, with the help of my action figures and lego of course, but it was how I started, how I began to visualize death, people wouldn't "die" until I was almost 8 when my Papa died, in someways I am a Jedi, I hold back violence, injustice, pain, the original trilogy was about corrupt forms of government, the prequels were about corrupt politics.
I revere this universe, yeah, superheros are cool, resident evil is a enjoyable movie, james bond is fun, but this isn't a movie to me, it's a mythical history just as The Lord of the Rings is, I learned something from it, from LotR I learned how to inspire, how to be brave, how to die for a reason if you have to die other than in your bed at 90.
And because of that, I hold it to a higher standard. And that means I need a better game, BF 2 gets a 8 from me, this, gets a 5, it's okay, I've no doubt the reviews are going to be atleast 7, for most people this is a good game, but not for me. I need better, that's why I'm making better, and if one kid plays my mod, and thinks to them-self. God this if bloody aweful stuff, and it happens to real people, and one day walks into a recruiting office to do their part, I'm happy, that's my ultimate, this is the way I express my gratitude for it's influence, how I repay it, as I will repay to the Crown, the Debt my education, care and benefits, has made, I didn't understand why Han came back to the Fleet and the Death Star at the end of ANH, it would take until the Salacc pit in
RotJ for me to understand the ultimate virtue, loyalty.
So yeah, a long and not 100% relevant ramble, but point is, this isn't entertainment to me, it's so much more, and it take it seriously, it's not cool, it's sublime, and it takes more for me to be impressed with a game based on it.
But that doesn't mean that you should hold it to that standard, or that I expect you too. But I do think it could have easily been better for everyone, if it was more immersive, casual or not, the more you get sucked in, the more you see, they see a small walker with guns, I see an AT-ST with lazer cannons, moratars whatever, pull them in deeper, and they see more too, even if they don't need to, and they don't because EA has their money, and doesn't even think of making a sequel until it sees sales figures.
people who say the game costs too much or EA got their money and that is all they care about. Well yes the game and the upcoming DLC is probably on the high side of video games out there but look at what went into the game.
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Seems cool, but the season pass is a bit pricey. Had pre-ordered the ps4 bundle but decided to cancel it. It is definitely one of the best looking games ive ever seen, even on medium the graphics are a leap over current gen games. I would have rather have had a game with more content and maybe less of the graphical appeal to be honest. Its unfortunate that if you want the complete experience you could make a choice to pay $110 for the season pass plus the game, but if you have the money more power to you. I know the game cost a lot to make and I have no doubt in my mind DICE worked their butts off to make an authentic star wars game, even if it is missing space battles and a few other things from the other games. (I know there is a mode with just space ships, but its not exactly the same as flying an x-wing or tie-fighter in the cold unforgiving void of space like in the movies). 