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Every blaster, TIE Fighter, and Battle Droid looks and sounds like it’s straight out of the movies, with the only notable exception being a couple of less than stellar voice impersonators used for heroes like Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, and Kylo Ren. This led to me getting very discouraged very quickly, and I found that I didn't really want to play the game for more than 30 minutes or so at a time.Much like the first game (or the third, if you’re counting the original Battlefront games from Pandemic), Battlefront 2 faithfully captures the look and feel of the Star Wars universe, with beautifully detailed levels, vehicles, and characters across some of its most recognizable venues. Attempting a mission was often met with swift and inexplicable failure - and since it was difficult to figure out what went wrong, it was even more difficult to work out a game plan for improvement. Ultimately, it didn't matter whether I was playing cooperatively or all by my lonesome. It's bad enough that player units can hardly take any punishment at all, but to punish them further for the luxury of somewhat faster movement seems downright sadistic. Worse yet, I didn't notice any significant improvement in the damage I could take.Īlong with the other issues I mentioned, such as the developers' strange choice to have faster movement eat up the tank’s shields, this difficulty just adds to an overbearing sense of futility. Instead, I found that its sluggish movement speed only made it more difficult to maneuver away from incoming enemy projectiles. At one point, out of pure frustration, I switched to a 'heavy' unit in hopes that it would provide me with better protection. These tanks don't hold up to much, either - just a few hits and I was toast. Enemy tanks fire with frankly maddening precision no matter how much I attempted to strafe left or right, I seemed to be damaged more often than not. That feeling was undoubtedly caused by just how nasty the missions are to complete in the first place. Sadly, even when playing on the lowest difficulty, I never seemed to have enough money to compensate for the increasing challenge of the enemies - I felt like I was behind the curve, and falling back further with every mission. The one valuable metric of progress seems to be the data collected upon defeating enemies, which can then be spent on extra lives, stat upgrades and new weapons. This problem is compounded by the brutal, unrelenting difficulty. It wasn't until I did a bit of research online that I discovered using the 'boost' button to make the tank go faster actually uses up its shields. Firstly, the game doesn't do a great job of explaining everything on the HUD (simple labels would have helped a great deal), and it makes some odd choices in the gameplay department. Unfortunately, completing the aforementioned mission types is often easier said than done. Experiencing the rush of battle is initially a thrill.

Dealing with different types of foes often requires switching between weapons, which is easily done with the press of a button. Important information, such as available weapons and ammo counts, is visible on various displays scattered around the tank's cockpit. Like any shooter, one stick aims and one stick moves the player around. I found that controlling my tank was a pretty simple, intuitive process (or at least it seemed to be at first).

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There's a good variety of them - just to name some examples: annihilating all enemy forces, escorting computer-controlled allies, defending an allied base and destroying an enemy generator all sprung up during my time with various campaigns. Just like the individual nodes on the map, the actual missions are randomly selected once engaged.

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Players can choose to tackle the campaign online with others, or they can opt to play in Offline mode by themselves. The general idea is to move from one end of the map to the other, weakening foes and strengthening allied forces through various missions, with the end goal of withstanding the enemy's final assault.

The vast majority contain missions for the player to complete, while others offer the ability to purchase new weapons at supply points or unlock special rewards. Taking on a bit of influence from roguelikes, the campaign features procedurally-generated maps composed of hexagonal 'nodes.' On each of these, a different challenge or opportunity awaits. This new 'Battlezone' adds a few layers to the arcade action of its predecessor.

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