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Star Wars: Battlefront - Opinions?
Sir Rodney:
Santa brought us a PS4 for Christmas and it came bundled with Star Wars: Battlefront. I've never played a shooter before, concentrating on strategy games mostly.
Does anyone have this game? Any input for a complete noob? I seem to be cannon fodder for all the 12 -year-olds out there with itchy trigger fingers...
Sir Douglas:
--- Quote from: Sir Rodney on 2016-02-05, 05:03:15 ---I seem to be cannon fodder for all the 12 -year-olds out there with itchy trigger fingers...
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From what I understand, that's pretty much what happens in all online, multiplayer shooters these days...which is why I tend to avoid online, multiplayer shooters these days. ;)
Sir William:
I learned my lesson with Counterstrike online on the PC; little buggers were just too much, they played all damn day and you could tell. Frustrating. You want to beat them? Get one of your sons on it- its the twitchy reflexes that you need that we no longer have at our age. :)
If you want a good shooter with offline aspects, a good storyline and relatively short campaign, any of the Call of Duty titles will do the trick. Ghosts was ok, Advanced Warfare had a more engaging story (might be because Kevin Spacey figured heavily in it) and Black Ops 3 had a good twist to it. Plus, you play as a rocked up soldier/specialist and unlike previous titles, you get to stick with your protagonist as opposed to switching bodies/teams (previous titles had you serving with different agencies as different soldiers, was a bit disjointed imo). Want something with a little more depth and drama, I'd go with Battlefield: Hardline. The Battlefield series on the whole was initially developed as competition with CoD and Medal of Honor; with Hardline they went a slightly different route and made it into a police crime drama. For my part, it made it much more interesting to play as there's more of a story and the voice acting is excellent. Prior to this entry, the Battlefield series was about being explosive, with set-piece action elements and gorgeous visuals. Battlefield 4 is the culmination of that mindset- its a beautiful game, like playing through an installment of the Expendables movie series, heavy on action and light (in this case ultra light) on story. In fact, I couldn't remember why I was even doing what I was doing but hey, blow up bad guys with awesome weapons and vehicles. Of them all, Call of Duty does that the best but its always worthwhile to have a go at the other ones too.
Congrats on the new PS4...I'm still debating on whether or not to upgrade my PS3 but I only use it for PS exclusives that I like (Gran Turismo mostly) and as a blu-ray player. I have the XB1 and love it.
Sir Martyn:
I have it (XB1) and have to say while there are differences from the old Pandemic BF1 and 2 it's pretty cool, the art/settings are just amazing and we all enjoy it, including my daughters. Would welcome jumping on there with a forum group 😀
Sir Douglas:
Sharing as it's relevant to the topic, even if the guy's usually just snarky for the sake of snark. :)
I've not played it myself (the lack of significant single-player being one of the primary reasons), but from what gameplay I've seen, it certainly looks and sounds like it was ripped right out of the movies. I'd give it a 10/10 in that department at least. But until/if they release a complete edition with the game and all the DLC bundled together for one low price, I'm happy enough with Battlefront II and a hearty collection of mods. ;)
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