The upcoming spectacle Star Wars: Battlefront now has the first information.
Yesterday, selected journalists were shown the trailer for Star Wars: Battlefront, the hype of the moment. The game was also presented, and media questions were answered.
Actually, all of this should have remained under wraps until the trailer is shown tonight. But one site broke ranks and published their article already. Then EA quickly lifted the embargo, and now we have the mess: There are already about 800 pieces of information about the game, and many were looking forward to enjoying the trailer first. But that is still missing.
We have gathered and filtered out the 12 most important facts and impressions from the information flood of English-speaking gaming sites.
- It orients itself to the “classic” trilogy and takes the new films into account, but pretends that the prequels never existed.
- Star Wars Battlefront will be a First-Person Shooter and a Third-Person Shooter, players can choose the perspective they prefer.
- It will focus on planetary battles, there will likely be nothing with space; but the various iconic vehicles will play a role: the AT-AT walkers, speeders, Y-Wing bombers, X-Wings, the Millennium Falcon, and there should also be dogfights.
- The largest mode Walker Assault includes 40 players.
- They pay extreme attention to the look of the game, it should be as close as possible to the first trilogy; they also use special effects that you would expect more in cinema.
- Star Wars Battlefront starts with 4 planets: Tatooine, Hoth, Endor, and Sullust.
- Before the release of the 7th film, there will be the first free DLC on December 8. It will be called “Battle of Jakku” and will closely relate to the new film. Pre-order customers can start on December 1.
- Release date is really November 17 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
- There will likely be some sort of special “hero” and “villain” characters, like Vader or Boba Fett, that players can embody. They are not only powerful but also the main targets for enemies.
- First impression: Looks incredibly good, but there has been little gameplay shown so far.
- The focus is on the online mode, but single scenarios should also be possible, which players can tackle solo, in co-op or in split-screen; there will be no campaign.
- There are no “classes” planned, but players define themselves by the weapons they choose, thermal grenades, air strikes, Darth Vader’s patented choking maneuver, blasters, and lightsabers have already been spotted.
- Update: Here you can now see the gameplay trailer.
