First person felt ripped from Battlefield, with aiming down sights or through scopes. The former option felt similar to the old games: holding the left trigger allowed you to focus your shot while slowing down your movement speed. Gun-wise, there were a few different blasts available, none of which felt much different in third-person view, but had different scopes in first-person view. One particular option let you lob three explosives a great distance and this was typically an instant kill if aimed correctly. A primary weapon can be selected, and then the actual loadout is basically support options including: grenades, bubble shields, and short-use jetpacks. Upon starting each spawn you can select from loadouts, of which we had two to choose from. I’d estimate that I was at least 100 feet off the ground, so I’m not sure what I could have possible collided with. As I flew my Y-Wing around Hoth, I tried to get a bit closer to the ground to lay down some fire for my comrades below and my ship inexplicably exploded - I was told I’d killed myself. The flying mechanics feel a bit better than Battlefield games, where I typically can only stay in the air a few moments before crashing, but the hit detection was shit. AT-ATs can be taken down by disabling their shields and shooting them on foot, or more quickly by using tow cables on Snowspeeders in flight easier said than done.Īir support has to be called in by finding tokens placed throughout the battlefield that randomly give you either a special weapon or a ship to fly, thus removing the need to rush for a vehicle to have the chance to pilot one. AT-ATs lumber in a straight line towards their goal through an area with snowy trenches, cliffs, and turrets while the rebels forces try to stop them. The battlefield was more of a straight corridor rather than the wide open space I was used to. The battle of Hoth I partook in seemed unlike any other iteration of the scene from any previous Star Wars game.

Ever since the announcement that EA’s DICE studio would be developing Star Wars Battlefront, fans of the series - myself included - have feared it will be “ Star Wars Battlefield” and it seems like our fears have come true.

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