Instead it features three single-player Challenge modes: Imperial Enforcer, Rogue Assassin, and Rebel Raider. © 2020 GAMESPOT, A RED VENTURES COMPANY.
Each kill counts as a point towards their team. [26] The downloadable content is no longer available as the original Xbox Live servers were shut down on April 15, 2010. [3], October 2, 2017 saw the release of an Official Patch released for the Steam & GOG versions of the game. Clones. You can issue orders to them, if you can't do so with more than 4, and it's a little awkward. Shortly after the Death Star's destruction, the Empire retaliates by attacking the Alliance's base on Yavin IV. Star Wars Battlefront II takes the best-selling Star Wars® video game of all time one Imperial-walker step forward with all-new space bat playable Jedi and never-before-seen environments straight out of the Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith movie. It is the second game of the highly successful Star Wars: Battlefront series and a sequel to the original Star Wars: Battlefront. "It was a huge 'pop the champagne' day if you got back one whole frame a second," he stated. Unlike regular units' health, the heroes and villains' health will slowly drain if they do not find enemies to kill. Play as either the Confederacy of Independent Systems, the Galactic Republic, the Galactic Empire, or the Rebel Alliance, and lead each faction in the key battles of the Republic age, and the Empire age. While controlling troops, one of the most striking differences between the original and the sequel is the method of issuing orders. Many maps that came from the original Battlefront were edited to fit more accordingly in the storyline, such as the Naboo battlefield, which was originally Plains, but due to the clones' lack of action upon the Invasion of Naboo conflict between droids and Gungans, the setting is shifted to Theed. Developed by Pandemic Studios and published by LucasArts it is a sequel to 2004's Star Wars: Battlefront and the second game in the Battlefront series. [8] The systems of an enemy capital ship can be destroyed in a starfighter by firing at key areas of the ship. [17] Developer Pandemic Studios used their in-house engine, known as Zero to develop Battlefront II. Being a successful hit, the game are now considered on the following: Xbox Platinum Hits, a Sony Greatest Hits, Xbox Classics, a Lucasarts Fan Favorite, and Playstation Platinum. Battlefront II LucasArts Engineers working on Indiana Jones and Star Wars development teams were brought in to help optimize game code. [22] Other veteran Star Wars voice actors such as Tom Kane, Steve Blum and T.C.
Each faction has one capital ship. A plugin for Softimage XSI included in the mod tools allows users to create new 3D models and animations for the game. The player has no allies on the battlefield but has unlimited lives. It sold for USD $4.99. In this campaign the player gets to use the jet trooper with a rapid-fire blaster rifle that is similar to enemy troopers' in the Changing of the Guard mission on other formats. Battlefront II expands upon the original game's single-player experience with mission-based objectives drawn from Attack of the Clones' Battle of Geonosis to The Empire Strikes Back's Battle of Hoth. A hit in that area will much more damage than a normal shot.
Additionally, players may use mounts and special craft, such as the tauntaun and the snowspeeder. Genre(s) [68], Battlefront II was praised not only for having a much more engaging single-player storyline,[55] but also for fixing many of the issues that plagued the original. (The 501st's first battle on Geonosis is the subject of the game's tutorial.) Doing this will have no effect whatsoever and can be played any time. The missions focus on overall combat. Four other modes are included in addition to the traditional Conquest mode that was found in Star Wars: Battlefront; Hunt mode, Capture the Flag (CTF), which is available in 1-flag and 2-flag variants, Hero Assault and Space Assault. This month Xbox One gets The Technomancer and Outcast - Second Contact, while Xbox 360 gets Star Wars Battlefront 2 and GRAW 2. [69] Publications found the inclusion of space battles a welcome addition; however, GameSpot argued the addition of Jedi, though looking "good on paper", did not end up "feeling as epic" as expected.
Multiplayer support has been restored for the 2005 shooter on PC, allowing Steam and GOG users to play together in harmony. Platforms Aided by Master Ki-Adi Mundi, commander of the 21st Nova Corps, they successfully complete their mission, although, unbeknownst to Mundi or any other Jedi, they also retrieve the remaining samples of the generator for Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, who would later use them to power the Death Star. The engine was used in Pandemic's other two Star Wars titles, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the game's predecessor, Star Wars: Battlefront. Three years later, the Empire locates another Rebel base on Hoth.
Although the graphics were slightly stripped down to improve load times, EGM found ´´Battlefront´´´s controls to be too complex for the PSP´s simple controls. (voice), Republic Officer #2 /
In Instant Action players can choose from any of the game's 24 maps, as well as any available eras and modes. The 501st Legion is an elite Clone Trooper/Stormtrooper unit who worked under the command of Darth Vader.
All vehicles except the Tauntaun and scout vehicles have a critical hit area. It is of course set in Geonosis.
Four class types are common to all factions: Infantry, Heavy, Sniper and Engineer. © 2020 Valve Corporation. Carson also provide voice overs. You play a Republic clone commando who leads an elite strike team in the Clone Wars. The free content added the Hero Assault mode to Kashyyyk.