# Star Wars Battlefront **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 14, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-battlefront/737557 "2015-11-14T14:08:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-battlefront/737557/21 "2015-11-21T16:03:55Z")
What GPU does it take to run it on ultra (rather than just the recommended GPU)? I’ve heard that while it looks great but the gameplay gets old rather quickly. Senor Beef seemed to be confirming that when it comes to maps. Is it the same for weapons, other gameplay mechanics? ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-battlefront/737557/22 "2015-11-21T16:53:33Z")
My 770 runs ultra at 1080p with 48-65 fps, with only night endor going towards the lower end of that range. There aren’t that many weapons. There are 9 game modes. Depends on what you’re looking for. There are people who’ve probably played for 3000 hours on dust2 in counterstrike. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-battlefront/737557/23 "2015-11-21T17:16:09Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > My 770 runs ultra at 1080p with 48-65 fps, with only night endor going towards the lower end of that range. Thanks for the info. Strange though that the night version of Endor would require more power to render; I would have expected the opposite. > [@SenorBeef](#): > > There aren’t that many weapons. There are 9 game modes. Depends on what you’re looking for. There are people who’ve probably played for 3000 hours on dust2 in counterstrike. I hated that map. Especially the grenade-lobbing central area. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-battlefront/737557/24 "2015-11-24T16:39:09Z")
Someone [modded](http://imgur.com/a/ib8nW) the game in an attempt at photorealism. That looks really amazing, I think. Some of those could pass for movie stills. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-battlefront/737557/25 "2015-11-24T17:18:27Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Someone [modded](http://imgur.com/a/ib8nW) the game in an attempt at photorealism. That looks really amazing, I think. Some of those could pass for movie stills. They could. Although it’s curious that there are no videos, especially if it only reduces the framerate by 30-40fps as he says. ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-battlefront/737557/26 "2015-11-24T17:28:10Z")
I’m definitely interested in this game, but I’ll be waiting for the price to go down. I played the beta and found it to be reasonably fun, if repetitive. The general feel of Star Wars is quite solid; playing the Battle of Hoth with the John Williams soundtrack in the background is exhilarating. There’s a decent balance between group objectives and individual achievement, even if 80% of my lives were less than one minute long. I do wish there was a better way to collaborate on tactics, like easy ways to say “take down that turret” or “fortify that objective” that marked the request on nearby allies’ maps. Still, by all accounts, it seems like there’s not a lot of content for $60, and the additional $60 for the season pass just feels like a blatant cash grab, not that I’d expect less from EA. I would gladly play this game if it was available for $30-40 with $10-20 DLC packages. But $120, including content that hasn’t even been released yet? No thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bruce\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-battlefront/737557/27 "2015-11-24T20:34:28Z")
> [@Bruce\_Wayne](#): > > I ordered the Darth Vader PS4 with the game from Best Buy online. I’ve been playing the 20 vs 20 multiplayer game almost exclusively since and I love it. Slight correction, Ive been playing blast which is 10 vs 10. I haven’t yet worked my way into the multiplayer games with vehicles yet. 11 kills so far is my personal best. I see some player rack up 25 kills and it amazes me. I’ve havent played a fist person shooter on a ps system since Medal of Honor on ps2 and that was about 15 years ago, so cut me some slack. I love the tattooine map with the rebel alliance transport ships. There is the krayt dragon skeleton and the sarlaac pit(which I threw a grenade into:D) on the map, in the distance you can see jabba’s palace and a sand crawler. I use the jet pack to get on top of the transport that doesn’t take off and target practice opposing players with the homing shot and t21b. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-battlefront/737557/28 "2015-11-24T22:21:55Z")
> [@oft\_wears\_hats](#): > > Still, by all accounts, it seems like there’s not a lot of content for $60, and the additional $60 for the season pass just feels like a blatant cash grab, not that I’d expect less from EA. I would gladly play this game if it was available for $30-40 with $10-20 DLC packages. But $120, including content that hasn’t even been released yet? No thanks. The DLC packages are $15, in this case. The season pass is just a preorder of all 4 for $50. It keeps the game fresh for a year. The battlefield games (which is what this developer has worked on previously) actually have really beefy DLCs. 4 maps, but 4 huge, beefy maps that can be broken into multiple game modes by focusing on different areas. New game modes and mechanics with every expansion. Weapons, vehicles. Compare to Call of Duty which has been doing the same thing, they give 5 maps per $15 map pack, nothing else, and the maps are tiny in comparison. A CoD map is about 1/10th the size of a Battlefield map, with less complexity because there’s no real destructible terrain and buildings. And often 2 of those 5 maps are just literal cut-and-paste maps from previous CoD games. It’s true that the base game lacks content, though, especially compared to the Battlefield series. It’s pretty bare. But if the DLC is as hefty as Battlefield DLC it won’t be minor. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-battlefront/737557/29 "2015-11-24T22:31:00Z")
Details of the free Battle Of Jakku DLC are out: [http://starwars.ea.com/starwars/battlefront/features/battle-of-jakku](http://starwars.ea.com/starwars/battlefront/features/battle-of-jakku) A new mode and two new maps: > [@](#): > > Turning Point game mode > > Turning Point is a vast Star Wars Battlefront game mode for 40 players, included in The Battle of Jakku. The Rebels spawn in and need to locate three control points in Imperial control and try to capture one of these. The clock is ticking, but if the Rebels succeed with a capture additional time will be added and new control points will be available for capture. Moving through these increasingly challenging checkpoints, the ultimate goal is the Empire’s base where the final stand will take place. New maps: \*\*Graveyard of Giants \*\* Turning Point, Supremacy, Walker Assault, and Fighter Squadron **Goazan Badalands** Blast, Drop Zone, Droid Run, Cargo, Hero Hunt, and Heroes vs. Villains. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-battlefront/737557/30 "2015-11-24T22:42:23Z")
> [@oft\_wears\_hats](#): > > But $120, including content that hasn’t even been released yet? No thanks. To add to what I said, it’s unfair to say this. The price of the game is $60 ($50 on GMG). The price isn’t $120 (and even then you mean $110, since the season pass is 50, not 60). You don’t have to buy the DLC. Nor do you have to buy the DLC upfront before you know anything about it. The season pass is just a literal preorder of all DLC to save $10. There is no compelling need to do this, it’s only there as an option if you’re sure you’ll get all the DLC anyway and want to save a few bucks. You can wait to see if you still like the game in a couple of months and want more content, at which point you can order one DLC for $15 if you want. If you’re still playing the game in a year and hungry for new content, you can order the last DLC too. Or not. Somehow this game has become a scapegoat for industry-wide DLC practices for 5 years as if this were a new thing. Fallout 4’s season pass, which we know nothing about, has been a top seller on steam for a while and no one is saying “OMG SEASON PASS GAME IS AWFUL BETHESDA IS EVIL” By the standards of DLC for multiplayer games, DICE actually has a pretty good track record of releasing substantial amounts of value for the DLC money. > [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > Details of the free Battle Of Jakku DLC are out: That’s pretty cool, more than I thought was coming. A third game mode for big maps will be nice. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-battlefront/737557/31 "2015-11-24T23:07:38Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > That’s pretty cool, more than I thought was coming. A third game mode for big maps will be nice. If they retro-fit the new mode into the release maps (and they would be dumb not to at this point) it will be great. According to this page: [http://www.ea.com/news/the-start-of-your-star-wars-adventure](http://www.ea.com/news/the-start-of-your-star-wars-adventure) there will be more free maps in the future. > [@](#): > > Of course, we are also planning to support Star Wars Battlefront with new content well into the future. We will be adding more of what you love about the game, like new maps and Star Cards, for free in the coming months, in addition to all of the content we have coming with Season Pass. We’ll have more to share soon ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-battlefront/737557/32 "2015-11-27T23:12:32Z")
Not a huge discount, but GMG has Battlefront for $45 for a few hours. Gotta act fast. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bruce\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-battlefront/737557/33 "2015-12-05T05:10:11Z")
Been playing Battle of Jakku last two days. I had some problems getting it to start but I restarted system and it worked after that. Basically you attack(rebel) or defend(imperial) a series of control points to win the game. It’s slightly better than blast and you can rack up kills quick once it gets down to the last point. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-battlefront/737557/34 "2015-12-05T05:16:33Z")
A buddy bought it for PS4 and brought it to my place. First we were disappointed to find out that there’s no split screen online multiplayer. Okay, fine, we tried the co-op missions instead. Even more disappointing. 15 waves of repetition. Pretty much every co-op mode that Call of Duty has put out in the last half-dozen iterations beats it. There just aren’t enough powerups to keep things interesting for any length of time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-battlefront/737557.md?page=1)