Steam Verification: Playable
Star Wars Battlefront II runs perfectly on the Steam Deck. You will have to configure your own controls or use a community made configuration. You may also have to change sensitivity in game as it begins very high for the Steam Deck. It has no gameplay issues, everything runs great. However I've been playing single player content I do not know how online will work on the Steam Deck.
Star Wars Battlefront II runs perfectly on the Steam Deck. You will have to configure your own controls or use a community made configuration. You may also have to change sensitivity in game as it begins very high for the Steam Deck. It has no gameplay issues, everything runs great. However I've been playing single player content I do not know how online will work on the Steam Deck.
Big improvement to the original, both in terms of new content and balance changes. Heroes are playable, there is a more proper story campaign which I adore and there is the whole new aspect of space combat, including the infiltration of the enemy ship.
But it has its rough edges, especially with the AI, and there are some aspects of 1 I prefer and the missing maps from 1 are also tragic.
Still, this will forever be near and dear to my heart and guarantees hours of blast every once in a while.
But it has its rough edges, especially with the AI, and there are some aspects of 1 I prefer and the missing maps from 1 are also tragic.
Still, this will forever be near and dear to my heart and guarantees hours of blast every once in a while.
The new remaster is absolutely horrible, ugly cutscenes and non-functioning multiplayer, just a total wreck worth avoiding at all costs. However this is still one of the most endlessly replayable games I've ever touched. There's some kind of secret sauce here that has kept me hooked since birth. The 10 hours I'm logging here is only for the Switch version, because I genuinely have no clue how much time I've spent on this over the years.
This game is a bit of a complex beast. While I think it is one of if not the best Star Wars Games, it has some flaws and shows some age. I also played on the somewhat rushed, lightly inferior PC port available on Steam, not through the classic collection, so there are some GUI issues and some jank not present in the improved console versions. Overall though, this is one of the best shooters I've played with big army combat, and one of the best star wars games ever.
The most fun Star Wars game to play!
Love the gameplay and the novelty of being able to play on so many iconic maps from the film series as well as a dozen or so heroes and villains. Everything the first game did this does better. The Rise of the Empire storyline deserves its own movie or miniseries because its that interesting. The attention to detail is insane down to having Han frozen in carbonite and the Rancor on Jabba's Palace or the trash compactor on the Death Star.
My only real flaw is I wish there were some more heroes to play as like where is Padmé, Qui-Gon, Lando and Plo Koon etc. as playable heroes?
Favourite Hero to play as: Luke Skywalker
Favourite Villain to play as: Darth Maul
Favourite Maps
1. Death Star
2. Jabba's Palace
3. Geonosis
4. Hoth
5. Bespin
6. Tantive IV
Love the gameplay and the novelty of being able to play on so many iconic maps from the film series as well as a dozen or so heroes and villains. Everything the first game did this does better. The Rise of the Empire storyline deserves its own movie or miniseries because its that interesting. The attention to detail is insane down to having Han frozen in carbonite and the Rancor on Jabba's Palace or the trash compactor on the Death Star.
My only real flaw is I wish there were some more heroes to play as like where is Padmé, Qui-Gon, Lando and Plo Koon etc. as playable heroes?
Favourite Hero to play as: Luke Skywalker
Favourite Villain to play as: Darth Maul
Favourite Maps
1. Death Star
2. Jabba's Palace
3. Geonosis
4. Hoth
5. Bespin
6. Tantive IV
played this through the classic collection not a great collection but the games shine through and its the value proposition of being able to play this online easily 20 years after the release but anyways I am not sure if I like this one more than the original tbh its interesting to look back now and wonder how much studios shared around assets like it so clear a lot of UI and character models must have been shared around between this kotor and republic commando. this was the Star Wars game from my childhood I used to play this a lot on my dad's work laptop lol I remember I never actually beat the campaign as a kid. However, I think much of it was just because I couldn't figure out the spaceship combat as a kid I still don't like it now. Still, the campaign is a lot easier than the first Battlefront primarily since its also more of a campaign than the first game was, just multiplayer matches disguised with some Star Wars lore to call it a story this one is more of a make-shift campaign it still used the multiplayer maps still but it modifies them a bit and adds some objectives to give them a more of a linear feel and honestly idk if I like it.
this is the best iterative sequel of all time. everything about the first game has been refined and made tighter. the map design is mostly focused on smaller scale infantry combat above all else, making the game feel hectic in large scale battles and competitive in small scale battles. the singleplayer is far more substantive in every mode. by far the best star wars game ever