Star Wars Battlefront III

On June 11 2013 17:37 qotsager wrote:
not sure if this would warrant a new thread, so i'm just gonna bump this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1r-Tzz1rxs

fresh from E3, by dice, so if everything goes well, we're going to have battlefront 3 on battlefield level.
i'm actually pretty fucking excited right now.

On June 11 2013 17:47 Infernal_dream wrote:


Seeing how shitty EA has been lately I'm not too excited. If they had this about 8 years ago it would've been news, but if it follows the path of Battlefield 3 it's going to be terrible.

On June 11 2013 17:37 qotsager wrote:
not sure if this would warrant a new thread, so i'm just gonna bump this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1r-Tzz1rxs

fresh from E3, by dice, so if everything goes well, we're going to have battlefront 3 on battlefield level.
i'm actually pretty fucking excited right now.

On June 11 2013 18:06 TOCHMY wrote:



That wasn't a gameplay trailer though, was it?

Looked more like a quick CG to me.

On June 11 2013 18:06 TOCHMY wrote:



That wasn't a gameplay trailer though, was it?

Looked more like a quick CG to me.

On June 12 2013 02:25 teapot wrote:
As long as it has nothing to do with the prequels or EU. It will be great.

On June 12 2013 02:45 SoulTakerz wrote:
Best hero: Dark Maul

On June 12 2013 04:36 Sn0_Man wrote:
Things I want from Battlefront 3:
A PC version not on Origin

yeah, I'm screwed.

On June 12 2013 04:24 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
2014 is highly unlikely as SW:BF is apparently still early in development. Please, please don't be exclusive to a certain console

On June 12 2013 04:53 Infernal_dream wrote:


Origin: The worst platform for playing games ever created.

On one hand I really don't to support EA but on the other it is Battlefront...

Best class: Clone Trooper

On June 12 2013 05:07 Scio wrote:


If you got the elite/veteran/whatever it is called pistol then the AT troops were the best. You got a pistol better than any primary plus more life and a rocket launcher against tanks/vehicles. Darth Maul was OP though.......by far the best attack animations....(talking about BF 2 here)

On July 09 2013 23:37 Xialos wrote:
Any new infos about the game? Release date, etc...?

On September 21 2013 00:52 Inquisitor wrote:
I'm sure DICE will start to show stuff after BF4 is released.. they don't want to take hype away from that by showing battlefront im sure

On September 21 2013 00:58 Latham wrote:


Yeah battlefield 3.1 is the current flagship project / cashcow for EA, so they don't want to spread the attention of viewers before the launch.

On September 21 2013 09:33 blade55555 wrote:


While yeah dice isn't going to show it, they really did change battlefield 4 and bf3 quiet a bit. If you don't see it, then uh sucks for you I guess that you can't see the difference?

I can't wait for this game though. To bad we won't get this until 2015 earliest imo.

On September 23 2013 08:39 DyEnasTy wrote:
Wait so there are two DICE companies owned by EA? And it isnt the one that made BF? Oh, I am worried now. Seriously worried. If this game ends up being good, it will be the sole reason I buy the next gen console.

On May 07 2014 11:58 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
To be shown at this years E3, all aboard the hype train w00t w00t:

http://www.polygon.com/2014/5/6/5688648/star-wars-battlefront-e3-2014

On May 07 2014 12:47 Ettick wrote:
It's going to be a BF4 reskin, calling it now.

According to the fan site Making Star Wars, a slew of information regarding the third Battlefront has been leaked, revealing a great deal about the game. Along with claiming that it will act as a prequel to Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, the leaks also state that the game’s campaign will span “pretty much” the entire Star Wars saga – that’s every movie from Phantom Menace to Return of the Jedi. Players will be able to assume the role of the Old Republic, Rebellion, Republic, Separatists and the Empire throughout the course of the campaign.

The game’s conclusion will also reportedly include action scenes taken from The Force Awakens, though as it will allegedly release around a month prior to the upcoming film’s debut in theaters nothing too revealing is expected to be included. It will also reportedly see scenes from between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, but Lucasfilms allegedly has “a lot planned” for this era of the Star Wars universe in the future, so again, the game is unlikely to cover it in great detail.

Space to land battles are also set to happen, though will only take place in certain game modes. It will also reportedly feature 64-player online multiplayer combat. The “Hero” system from Star Wars Battlefront II is also set to make a reappearance, with players earning points throughout the match to decide who will be able to assume the role of these “extremely powerful” characters. According to the leak, the system is built so that every player on the field can have a chance to play as a Hero during the course of a single match.

EA/DICE is also looking to support the game for months/years following its release with an “extremely aggressive” approach to downloadable content. There are five packs of DLC already planned, with the first expected to release at the end of 2015. Each one will be themed, with the first two/three packs being based exclusively around The Force Awakens. Each batch of DLC will contain three new maps, new ships/vehicles and new Hero characters.

On February 17 2015 05:51 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Huuuge bump.





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On April 18 2015 02:53 TerranHwaiting wrote:
40vs40 on Peasantboxes only I hope. And that Trailer is Bullshit. In-Engine means nothing, its Pre-Rendered In-Engine...

On April 18 2015 02:41 eviltomahawk wrote:
New trailer up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwWLns7-xN8

I'm hoping that they don't leave space battles out
edit: it looks like they aren't including space battles

On April 20 2015 04:09 Faruko wrote:
20v20 ? unless gameplay is godlike, this will suck :/

On April 20 2015 06:24 TheBloodyDwarf wrote:

Let's hope its only console but how is 20/20 going to work on big maps. (if there is big maps)

On April 20 2015 06:03 GumBa wrote:
No fucking space battles.
Only 4 planets.
No set classes (more codlike T_T)
20vs20 players...
Nothing on single player or instant action
day 1 dlc
No clone wars ( What I'm reading out of this, yeah you may hate the prequels as films but they atleast gave us some cool maps and clones to play around with)
My hype shriveled up and died tbh

On April 20 2015 11:21 Clonester wrote:
Waiting for Battlefront 4.

No Spacebattles
No Clonewars. (You dont have to like the prequels, but clones vs droids makes up for great war games)
Only 20v20 Console Style
And yeah, 4 Planets? Hoth and Endor are confirmed. Tat. will be in. So the last planet? Javin IV? Bespine? Whatever... it sucks.

For me it sounds like Battlefield hardline with lasers: Rushed out mod for alot of money.

On April 20 2015 13:22 FeyFey wrote:
I wonder if the cinematic bars are part of the "ingame footage"

On April 20 2015 19:29 PandaCore wrote:
What is the appeal of this series apart from the license? Admittedly, I've never played any of the previous Battlefront games.

On April 27 2015 01:23 Clonester wrote:
Hmm how can I play BF II after the end of Gamespy?

And would someone play with me?

And impossible that I buy this new Battlefront.

On April 27 2015 01:47 Endymion wrote:
honestly, no space battles? that's the best part of starwars..

no prequel? i may be alone on this but i loved prequel battles, i thought the tight and clean clones vs the robotic separatists always made much more sense than the ragtag rebel fleet holding up vs 30 i class star destroyers at the battle of endor.. the fact that normal rebel pilots were more skilled and more heavily outfitted than imperial pilots based out of the death star and flagship imperial cruisers was always ridiculous (sans force users like luke), it's like saying that an ace out of Yemen would outpilot an American Ace in an F35 (only the analogy is ever more ridiculous because the US is only like 1000x the size of Yemen, where as the empire is 100000x bigger than the rebels). Clone wars made much more sense on a logistical basis than the original films. I'm sad to see them go

On April 27 2015 09:11 Mecha King Ghidorah wrote:


Big thing with the clone wars was....

Clones: Made on one planet in a couple of the cities
Droids: Had entire planets focused on making the damn things

On April 26 2015 01:29 GumBa wrote:

yup

On April 28 2015 13:37 -Dustin- wrote:
All my hype has died. Battlefront 2 is one of my favorite games of all time... I don't even think I'll give this one a shot.

On April 28 2015 13:43 blade55555 wrote:


You say that but most of you people will end up getting it. The amount of anger over this is kind of hilarious lol. I reserve judgement until I see actual gameplay. Of course I won't lie I know i'll be getting this game 99.9%, only way I don't is well the actual gameplay would have to be really really horrific.

On April 28 2015 13:43 blade55555 wrote:


You say that but most of you people will end up getting it. The amount of anger over this is kind of hilarious lol. I reserve judgement until I see actual gameplay. Of course I won't lie I know i'll be getting this game 99.9%, only way I don't is well the actual gameplay would have to be really really horrific.

On April 28 2015 14:01 GumBa wrote:
Hope this games bombs critically and financially to start showing EA they can't do whatever the fuck they want. Sadly it will sell incredibly well cause of all the SW hype.

On April 29 2015 23:05 TerranHwaiting wrote:


Gamesales only depend on PR Budget, because most people are fucking retards. Even terrible Games like AC3, Call of Duty or Watch-Dogs sold pretty well.

On October 06 2015 22:43 Foxxan wrote:

I think this is true to but one maybe even more important thing is that we dont have many games to choose from.

On October 06 2015 22:41 Foxxan wrote:
The controls look good, smooth and responsive. The graphics look good to, easy to see stuff etc.

Why no lightsabers battles?
How does lightsaber vs lightsaber work?
Lightsaber vs laser guns?

What about the darkforce? Lightforce?

These exist right?

On October 06 2015 23:32 ZasZ. wrote:


Is this sarcasm? There are more games to choose from than ever before.

On October 07 2015 03:58 Foxxan wrote:
Omg that looks very lame! Haha.

On October 07 2015 03:58 Foxxan wrote:
Omg that looks very lame! Haha.

On October 08 2015 01:08 Yoav wrote:


I have no earthly idea why all lightsaber games don't just emulate the Jedi Knight series. Kinetic lightsabers with movesets you learned and manipulated to get through to the enemy, who generally went down in a hit or two, but was hard to kill because it's hard to get through a lightsaber defense. A few simple force moves to round it out, which were useful in different circumstances (push for knockdown/knockback, grip for throwing enemies laterally, lightning for chip damage, saber throws for trying to score backstabs for take out saberless enemies quickly).

Those games still hold up so well. Like Force Unleashed with a way longer campaign and actually good saber to saber combat. Surely it isn't so hard to program up+right+click=upwards diagonal slash.

On October 08 2015 07:00 NukeD wrote:

Well I just wanted to say that imo the best and most fun multiplayer ever created was the Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast (1v1 or 2v2 light saber only and with force powers). Super complex and a lot of unintended stuff, tricks, fancy moves with no skill ceiling. Aaah I will never get over the fact that that game's MP never caught up. Theres basically about 500 of us dudes in Europe who play it from release to this day and we are all one big familly.

On October 08 2015 18:49 NukeD wrote:
Well it is basically the difference between BW and SC2, as in what made BW good.

So what made Jedi Outcast MP brilliant was the things the developers didn't plan on and didn't have in mind when designing the game. they just presented a bunch of tools, that were broken and OP by themselves and the players found a way how to use them the best. The videos LucasArts made when showcasing the MP and the way they played it is worlds, and I mean WORLDS different than what the players came up later. Also it took like 3 years for the gameplay and playstyles to develop to what they are today.

It was a huge accident that the game (MP) turned out to be as brilliant as it is and all thanks to the tools that allowed much freedom and creativity to the players. Even if a player is namehiding I can tell in 30 sec who it is just by his playstyle (I can do this for at least 70 players).

It was impossible to design the game as it is. There is just no way.

Jedi Academy however limited the tools for the players by a huge margin so the game didnt turn up to be anywhere as complex or fun as the prequel. The designers also didn't luck out on some bugs/mechanics as like what happened in Jedi Outcast so there's that aswell. The MP in that game developed to be only saber fight, no force powers (where force powers made 80% of the fights in JK2), so you can imagine how we JK2 enthusiasts felt. It is still a great game and you can't blame the designers for not achieving the complexity of it predecessor because as I said, you simply cant design or have in mind while designing the things that made JK2 great.

This is what i think the biggest problem of SC2. The designers just controlled every aspect of the game to much and forced the game to play out a very specific way that they envisioned, removing anything that didnt't fit the vision, basically limiting the tools for the players. They also shot themselves in the foot by some really bad game/engine design (imo) like the pathing, bad social features, and generally how every unit "feels" the same. BW was great exactly because of the bugs and mechanics the designers didn't account for but the problem is, you can't really replicate that.

So yeah...

On October 09 2015 02:35 Yoav wrote:


This is really interesting. I almost exclusively played JK2 as a single-player game. Didn't know there was so much multiplayer depth. Are there any good streamers who play multiplayer or tutorials as to how the game is now played?

On October 09 2015 02:35 Yoav wrote:


This is really interesting. I almost exclusively played JK2 as a single-player game. Didn't know there was so much multiplayer depth. Are there any good streamers who play multiplayer or tutorials as to how the game is now played?

On October 09 2015 20:36 Foxxan wrote:
Wait, they will release more modes that really differ from the gameplay we have seen?
AKA; being a bounty hunter is very different from the guys we have seen so far etc?

On October 09 2015 21:49 QuanticHawk wrote:
If they have several 40v40 maps I'll be happy. If they go the route where they try to please both crowds and end up half assing both then ehhhhhhh.

On October 09 2015 22:36 QuanticHawk wrote:
yeah whoops typo meant that to be 20 20

honestly, 20v20 is ok. I'd much prefer that sense of full scale invasion you'd get at 64v64, but it's not as if hoth is a bunch of isolated engagements. I also think that's a funciton of the map design there. 20v20 on a classic bf control point map might feel different.

On October 09 2015 22:51 QuanticHawk wrote:
Honestly, I figred the first week patch would nerf instaspawn and thermals. I guess instaspawn depends on the map moreso, but honestly you can find good cover near a choke point and spam grenades all damn day.

On October 09 2015 14:11 KingDime wrote:


It's a real shame if you missed out on the multiplayer to jedi outcast. Besides sc1, sc2, d1, d2 and WC3, Outcast is the one other game that I literally spent years playing online. However, I was more into duels with somewhat limited force powers when I played.

On October 09 2015 22:44 Plansix wrote:

The low respawn time makes it feel a lot more active. Although I like big fights, 64x64 can get really random.

On October 11 2015 06:07 TBone- wrote:
I think I would have more fun if the player base was just better. The majority of people I kill don't even shoot back.

I feel like if there were organized try hard groups going head to head that would make this an interesting game. But pubbing it is way too easy and I feel like its not even a challenge.

On October 11 2015 06:11 Yoav wrote:


I feel this way. Except I'm that guy not shooting back. :-P

But yeah, skill gap among different players can feel huge. I love Star Wars, so I'm doing this (and loving it environmentally) but I'm no FPS guy, so I never expect to be better than middle of the pack.

On October 11 2015 06:52 Redox wrote:

Haha kinda the same here. Except I am below middle of the pack. I dont play FPS so I am just terrible at this.

How do you get to fly a fighter?

And yeah it would make sense to develop a matchmaking system for this that uses some kind of skill rating.

On October 11 2015 07:22 Yrr wrote:


Some of the powerups on the battlefield are fighters.

On October 12 2015 03:26 Pandemona wrote:
Noo just learnt that Beta finishes 12th

The empire wins something like 90% of the time right now

On October 12 2015 18:11 Yrr wrote:
I played 5 hours of beta (mostly walker assault) and I'm already tired of it. Maybe its the limited game modes, maybe the limited maps or the limited weapons. Maybe its the game itself after hundreds of hours of Bf4. It just isnt as fun as a new game should be.

On October 12 2015 19:05 Yrr wrote:

Bf4 gives you so much freedom to do silly stuff that is fun as hell. C4 onto everything, roadkilling peope with jets, rpg-ing everything that moves, managing an army of claymores, ...
I didnt play Bf3 except for 10h when it was for free a year ago.

I might give realitymod a try thanks for the tip.

On October 12 2015 20:33 Yrr wrote:
When I do that silly stuff I just dont ptfo. I rarely do that in conquest anyway. Bf4 isnt a tactical tactical shooter, its a place to have fun like gta for example. Battlefront is even less tactical than Bf4 but the beta didnt give me something substitutional except for the starwars setting which fades out of attention after 15 minutes.

Watched a few minutes of project reality on youtube. I wonder if it still works when you dont have a premade squad.

On October 13 2015 05:21 Falling wrote:
...so are custom games not going to be a thing? Is multiplayer above 2 friends, do you just have to play with whoever AMM dumps you with?

Also, not too sure the game modes are a great upgrade from the original Star Wars Battlefront. The radar is completely useless as far as telling you map features compared to the original. Furthermore, I really liked the old spawn points, take and hold because while one battle could be focused on one part of the map, you could take a commando squad in and end run for sneaky tactics. The pod version is just everyone converging on one point on the map. Not much in the way of sneaky tactics. and are the only planning on 7 maps for multiplayer? They've got to be really confident that those maps will be good/ fun. Because there were 16 in the original, and a handful that really sucked. But with 16, you had enough to choose from that were actually good.

On October 14 2015 01:41 Yrr wrote:

Sadly those laser rays are super slow and not at the speed of light.

On October 08 2015 18:49 NukeD wrote:
Well it is basically the difference between BW and SC2, as in what made BW good.

So what made Jedi Outcast MP brilliant was the things the developers didn't plan on and didn't have in mind when designing the game. they just presented a bunch of tools, that were broken and OP by themselves and the players found a way how to use them the best. The videos LucasArts made when showcasing the MP and the way they played it is worlds, and I mean WORLDS different than what the players came up later. Also it took like 3 years for the gameplay and playstyles to develop to what they are today.

It was a huge accident that the game (MP) turned out to be as brilliant as it is and all thanks to the tools that allowed much freedom and creativity to the players. Even if a player is namehiding I can tell in 30 sec who it is just by his playstyle (I can do this for at least 70 players).

It was impossible to design the game as it is. There is just no way.

Jedi Academy however limited the tools for the players by a huge margin so the game didnt turn up to be anywhere as complex or fun as the prequel. The designers also didn't luck out on some bugs/mechanics as like what happened in Jedi Outcast so there's that aswell. The MP in that game developed to be only saber fight, no force powers (where force powers made 80% of the fights in JK2), so you can imagine how we JK2 enthusiasts felt. It is still a great game and you can't blame the designers for not achieving the complexity of it predecessor because as I said, you simply cant design or have in mind while designing the things that made JK2 great.

This is what i think the biggest problem of SC2. The designers just controlled every aspect of the game to much and forced the game to play out a very specific way that they envisioned, removing anything that didnt't fit the vision, basically limiting the tools for the players. They also shot themselves in the foot by some really bad game/engine design (imo) like the pathing, bad social features, and generally how every unit "feels" the same. BW was great exactly because of the bugs and mechanics the designers didn't account for but the problem is, you can't really replicate that.

So yeah...

On October 14 2015 21:28 Faruko wrote:
The game has no voice chat on PC or consoles

Lmao

On October 15 2015 01:58 MotherOfRunes wrote:

they dont want you to teamwork, they want you to get meaningless bullshit action after a hard day of work with zero brain usage....

On October 15 2015 01:58 MotherOfRunes wrote:

they dont want you to teamwork, they want you to get meaningless bullshit action after a hard day of work with zero brain usage....

On November 08 2015 03:38 KT_Elwood wrote:
I am sad that Battlefront was handed to EA. It will now effectively be a 100€ + Game that is played until March and then will lose players because they turn to other stuff.

- they wiped the Lan mode to make pirating harder
- they wiped third party content to sell you the right to access the content already on your HDD for 15€ a Map and 10€ a set of skins
- they wiped the possibility to run your very own server, all you can do is rent one for stupidly high prices
- they force you to use Battlelog ( Battlelog actually logs your Webbrowsing while active and sends it to EA for....."research" and better user experience)

And sadly people still buy this shit. Next thing is that they will charge you a monthly fee of 7.5€ to play the expansion for the next Movie, which at 29.99€ comes extra cheap and contains 2 new maps (1map reused from BF enabling Ewokhunt on tatooine)

On November 14 2015 20:00 Yrr wrote:
Benefits of Season Pass include:

• 4 epic expansion packs featuring brand new content set across the Star Wars™ galaxy including:
  
• Over 20 new pieces of galactic tech including weapons, vehicles, and Star Cards for both Rebels and Imperials
  
• 4 more heroes and villains for you to fight as or against
  
• 16 additional multiplayer maps featuring new locations
  
• 4 exciting new game modes
  
• Two-week early access to each expansion pack
  
• Exclusive “Shoot First” emote

http://starwars.ea.com/starwars/battlefront/season-pass

On November 17 2015 15:55 castleeMg wrote:
i was gonna buy it until i read this season pass bullshit... its bascially pay to win if a season pass means you'll have access to better weapons/advantages ect.