The good news about the Jakku level is that it’s free and available to everyone on December 8th. If anything, this just tells us how far the battle reached, and it’s a good reminder that the war engulfed the galaxy, not just Hoth, Endor, or wherever our heroes in the Original Trilogy happened to be.
EA has released a new Star Wars Battlefront trailer showcasing the “Battle of Jakku”, which takes place 29-years before the events of The Force Awakens, so don’t expect to uncover any major plot revelations.
Along with real designed levels (plus, y’know, brick Harrison Ford), it’s probably a more fun proposition – this gameplay snippet suggests it than just feeling like cannon fodder.If you can’t wait to reach the surface of Jakku, the new desert planet featured in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, then you should reach for your nearest next-gen console or PC. Basic design improvements to give gameplay more immediacy are a great idea the developers probably should’ve thought of years ago, though they have flirted with more satisfying types of control in more recent titles. That said, LEGO games have also evolved immensely since the days of the original LEGO Star Wars trilogy, mostly for the better. It’s not a perfect analogue either, given that the game only spans an assumedly extended, goofy version of Episode VII, the full design scope of which is unknown, and all the ships and characters are made out of LEGO, obviously. Though DICE would be smart to also incorporate full space battles into any sequel (rather than the in-atmosphere skirmishes of their first game), LEGO Force Awakens looks to have them too, though who knows if the game will use them in more than just a few levels. Last week EA Studios head Patrick Söderlund said that cutting any campaign from Battlefront was a “ conscious decision” so that the game could release along with TFA for “strongest possible impact this shouldn’t come as a surprise, since triple-A games are often released on a rigid quarterly schedule, but it certainly doesn’t cast the game in a great light, either. Multiplayer alone just isn’t enough – just look at Titanfall – and it was the lack of real campaign mode that was the most glaring omission. Yes, it did feature some pretty cool moments from the original trilogy (as well as some less interesting ones that were sort of based on Episode VII) turned into large-scale Battlefield-style firefights.īut it was also something that, as a freeform-ish Star Wars plaything, lost its appeal very quickly.
The biggest complaint leveled at the game was that it was pretty anemic for a full-priced, triple-A release. Star Wars Battlefront received a mixed response when it was released in advance of The Forces Awakens last November.
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