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[Boke1879]

Yup. Throw in Jar Jar in this game too. Down the line. Just to fuck with people.

 

[diaspora]

Ren's scar is basically nothing.

 

[Dmax3901]

Not a whole lot of prequel stuff in that trailer, hopefully they don't make it all paid DLC.

 

[Salty Rice]

If it means that the playerbase won't be fractured by paid expansions and maps, so be it. Those who don't want microtransactions can live without them, and the whales (like me) will fund the development of maps for the rest of the playerbase.

Well you can still have microtransactions without it being random.

 

[Yarbskoo]

First game plays fine. That was its only saving grace, besides the graphics. Unless you mean the star card shit, which I agree was terrible.

The shooting is fine. It's the match flow and cards and tokens and everything else that ruins it.

Original Battlefront felt like it was trying to emulate the experience of playing as a no name grunt in part of a larger conflict. EA Battlefront felt like it was trying to emulate Call of Duty multiplayer. As far as I can tell, that hasn't really changed, and adding more players to the map won't be enough to make it feel like something bigger than just a team deathmatch.

 

[jerry113]

wow then just go play the 99% of other videogames where your only choice is to play as a male, i can't believe anyone cares about gender their character is in a shooter of all genres.

 

[spons]

You're all giving djnewwest shit for all the right reasons but a lot of people think that way. Hell, Horizon had focus testing to see if a female lead was acceptable enough for sales.

 

[Fahzgoolin]

I want the shooting to require more skill. It felt too easy.

However, it IS just "lasers", so maybe there's no way to do it.

 

[Boke1879]

Not a whole lot of prequel stuff in that trailer, hopefully they don't make it all paid DLC.

It looks like it's mostly story stuff in the trailer honestly.

 

[Gravidee]

Yup. Throw in Jar Jar in this game too. Down the line. Just to fuck with people.

He can be one of the heroes, except that anything you do may inadvertently kill not just those on the enemy team, but your own side as well.

 

[ffejeromdiks]

I want the shooting to require more skill. It felt too easy.

However, it IS just "lasers", so maybe there's no way to do it.

The shooting wasn't the problem with the game.

 

[schaft0620]

He can be one of the heroes, except that anything you do may inadvertently kill not just those on the enemy team, but your own side as well.

He would be a great hero.

 

[RocknRola]

So Am I the only one who doesn't want to play as a girl? (in single player) Let alone one that looks like Michelle Rodriguez?? No offence to anyone, but I have no interest in playing a girl. Hope I don't sound sexist, but I'm having a hard time accepting that the Empire would have a female human special forces commander. Unless she has force powers or is related to Jango Fett

Please give me the option to play as a male so I don't have to roll my eyes when shes talking tough.

I'm sorry... but....what exactly is strange about playing as a female lead?

 

[Creamium]

Watched the trailer... the sp character reminds me of Ciena Ree and at first I thought it was her. Definitely getting a strong Lost Stars vibe from this. It's really cool that they chose that angle for the campaign. I have Battlefront lying around untouched, wonder if I'll ever get around to it when this is around the corner. That trailer was fire.

 

[Charcoal]

So Am I the only one who doesn't want to play as a girl? (in single player) Let alone one that looks like Michelle Rodriguez?? No offence to anyone, but I have no interest in playing a girl. Hope I don't sound sexist, but I'm having a hard time accepting that the Empire would have a female human special forces commander. Unless she has force powers or is related to Jango Fett

Please give me the option to play as a male so I don't have to roll my eyes when shes talking tough.

In my 8 years on gaf, this is the best/worst post I've ever read.

 

[CSJ]

No

Yes, so I can kill it.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

I'll be quite surprised if any Rogue One characters aren't in this, especially K-2SO.

 

[TheVoidDragon]

If it means that the playerbase won't be fractured by paid expansions and maps, so be it. Those who don't want microtransactions can live without them, and the whales (like me) will fund the development of maps for the rest of the playerbase.

When a game is hugely successful in the first place, makes a lot of money and was going to be supported either way, how do microtransactions "fund the development of maps"? I don't understand how when in this sort of situation it isn't a a game where they need more stable income to be able to afford to pay developers to make more. They don't go "we made X amount of money from microtransactions, now we can add more content to the game!", they go "We made X amount of money from microtransactions, add more microtransactions!".

 

[TheXbox]

The shooting is fine. It's the match flow and cards and tokens and everything else that ruins it.

Yeah, okay, that stuff was garbage. But I think the class stuff will eliminate a lot of that. If we can actually get inside vehicles like Battlefield, and if heroes are more than just random map pickups, then I'm good.

 

[hesido]

So, looks like people guessed right about the lead being Janina Gavankar

She has eyes the size of a fist.

 

[JonnyDBrit]

Watched the trailer... the sp character reminds me of Ciena Ree and at first I thought it was her. Definitely getting a strong Lost Stars vibe from this. I have Battlefront lying around untouched, wonder if I'll ever get around to it when this is around the corner. That trailer was fire.

It is pretty much the same time period, so not surprising. Given the line quoted verbatim from Shattered Empire, they may end up referencing the events of various bits of tie-in material from the time - which I would expect since this will be the best opportunity for exposing people to those story points.

 

[Fahzgoolin]

You're all giving djnewwest shit for all the right reasons but a lot of people think that way. Hell, Horizon had focus testing to see if a female lead was acceptable enough for sales.

I use to be like that, but not express it like that or feel directly the same. I took my role playing so seriously that playing as a woman felt like cross dressing or less immersive because I'm not that gender.

Now I strangely prefer playing as female's in RPG's. It just took a while to approach it with a different perspective than "I'm role playing as a woman and that violates my sexuality." I similarly didn't want to play games where I wasn't human because of the same reasons. It's a very strange thing and I can't quite rationalize why I felt that way in the past, because my world views are largely the same.

I think some people just need to give story telling from a different gender's perspective a chance and you'll be surprised it's not as weird as you think. I think dating and getting married help me appreciate and understand better how women think and feel, so now I feel like I can relate to them better. I think it's just primarily ignorance or a lack of experience in empathising with the opposite gender?

 

[opricnik]

She has eyes the size of a fist.

Game model is better then model itself lmao take notes bioware

 

[butman]

"Confirmed: the story of Star Wars Battlefront II will be canon in the Star Wars universe!"

https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/853318204428603392

How could it not be?

 

[Rodelero]

How could it not be?

I don't think there's any reason to expect that an original Star Wars story in a video game would be canon.

 

[ComputerBlue]

Game model is better then model itself lmao take notes bioware

I hate you for that avatar, lol.

 

[LoveCake]

I loved the original, I am not keen on class systems though, and I didn't enjoy the Battlefield 1 demo at all so much so I didn't get the game, I would rather be able to pick my own weapons then be stuck with a limited range.

I fear that I am going to be disappointed

 

[Boke1879]

I'll be quite surprised if any Rogue One characters aren't in this, especially K-2SO.

Yup. It would be easy to put RO i here. It's one movie to draw from.

Get K2, Jyn, Krennic maybe Cassian.

As far as maps. Easy Scarif, Jedha, and that one planet where Krennic goes to meet Galen.

 

[Gnome Scat]

Campaign I believe is written by the dude who wrote Spec Ops: The Line so i'm hopeful.

He also wrote for BioShock I think.

 

[Salty Rice]

So, looks like people guessed right about the lead being Janina Gavankar

Wait is this real? Her eyes look so fake and huge.

 

[tearsintherain]

i'm in, ps4 disc copy though so i can trade in after a month or two because i'll get bored and stop playing just like battlefront 1

 

[Deepwater]

How could it not be?

because TOR is still getting content made and it's not canon

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

hopefully this time we get IG-88 added as a hero
freaking bossk and dengar over IG-88? get out of here with that

 

[Tovarisc]

Wait is this real? Her eyes look so fake and huge.

 

[bill0527]

Ren's scar is basically nothing.

Bacta. What is it?

 

[iFirez]

Her eyes are still huge even when she's doing her sexy eyes look.

 

[GuitarAtomik]

This heavy use of the word "upgrading" in relationship to classes and stuff really bothers me. Especially considering how much at a disadvantage lower experienced characters were in the last one.

 

[KeyBladerXIII]

Monetizing Clone Trooper skins will not be kind to my wallet

There's like 50+ different armor designs for clone troopers. That shit can get crazy.

I say make a Clone Commander hero and give us the option to change the skin, that way we can be Rex, Cody, Bly, Gree, Fives, etc.

I need them. All of them.

 

[The Hamburglar]

Skipped the first one because the beta told me what I needed to know about the first one. Boring shit fest with no skill.

If the gun play actually has some skill involved and has classes this time I'll bite.

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

Sheeet that trailer was hype

 

[JonnyDBrit]

There's like 50+ different armor designs for clone troopers. That shit can get crazy.

I say make a Clone Commander hero and give us the option to change the skin, that way we can be Rex, Cody, Bly, Gree, Fives, etc.

I need them. All of them.

That's before you get into helmetless variations too.

 

[RAWRferal]

Hopefully the Pro/Scorpio support is as good as BF1 for this, if not better.

Don't play it so much anymore, but boy that game looks delicious on my Pro.

 

[SmoothRunningGun]

Awesome trailer. Can't wait to hear more about SP.

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

There's like 50+ different armor designs for clone troopers. That shit can get crazy.

I say make a Clone Commander hero and give us the option to change the skin, that way we can be Rex, Cody, Bly, Gree, Fives, etc.

I need them. All of them.

should also add boss, scorch, fixer and sev from republic commando

 

[Tavernacle12]

I don't think there's any reason to expect that an original Star Wars story in a video game would be canon.

Other than TOR (which used to be canon until the reboot) was any original game not canon? Unleashed, KOTOR, Rogue Squadron, Shadows, Tie/X-Wing, even Yoda Stories was canon when it came out.

 

[jdstorm]

So Inferno Squadron is just going to be the post RotJ take on Rogue Squadron right?

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

I had no idea Mitch Dyer was full blown writer. Damn! I thought he was still at IGN doing Xbox podcasts.
Really cool to see that.

 

[sflufan]

Other than TOR (which used to be canon until the reboot) was any original game not canon? Unleashed, KOTOR, Rogue Squadron, Shadows, Tie/X-Wing, even Yoda Stories was canon when it came out.

"Canon" was a very fluid term in the pre-Disney EU.

In a 2001 statement on the franchise's official website StarWars.com, Director of Fan Relations Steve Sansweet clarified:

When it comes to absolute canon, the real story of Star Wars, you must turn to the films themselves—and only the films. Even novelizations are interpretations of the film, and while they are largely true to George Lucas' vision (he works quite closely with the novel authors), the method in which they are written does allow for some minor differences ... The further one branches away from the movies, the more interpretation and speculation come into play. LucasBooks works diligently to keep the continuing Star Wars expanded universe cohesive and uniform, but stylistically, there is always room for variation.

 

[Tubie]

Loving everything about this so far.

Hope they finally add Conquest to this, even if it's just 40 players.

Walker assault and supremacy just didn't cut it for me, so my experience in Battlefront 1 was mostly in the lower player count modes.

 

[KeyBladerXIII]

should also add boss, scorch, fixer and sev from republic commando

Thank god their cameo in Clone Wars makes them canon.