Electronic Arts and DICE know how to get players excited about a game. With new videos of Star Wars: Battlefront, the desire for multiplayer battles is rekindled.
Sure, the two new videos are quite short, but that doesn’t matter; you just watch them multiple times in a row. The first video shows an Imperial Scout Trooper chasing over the forest moon Endor on a speeder bike while trying to take out rebels.
In the process, the Scout Trooper zips through a kind of canyon, which gives a feeling of high speed. In the second video, however, you see the Millennium Falcon engaging in a battle high above a planet (is that Tatooine?) against Imperial TIE fighters. The evasive maneuver is known, by the way, as the “Immelmann turn.”
The Millennium Falcon executes evasive maneuvers in #StarWarsBattlefront on PS4. pic.twitter.com/O7csQ3g4c0
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) November 10, 2015
Speeder Bikes on Rails?
Both videos once again showcase the fantastic graphics of the game. And yet: the video with the speeder bike gives the impression that you are racing through the forest on rails. Is this not an open world area where you can roam freely? Are you only flying on predetermined paths? That would make sense because it surely is very difficult to avoid all the trees in a forest at high speeds.
Speeder bike chases are dangerous. Always wear a helmet! #StarWarsBattlefront pic.twitter.com/wA7PR5ucrs
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) November 10, 2015
This discussion had already occurred some time ago, to which the developers stated that there are no “rail shooter sequences.” Still, it seems in the video that you can only move within a fairly narrow “tube.” For the AT-AT walkers, DICE relies on a similar principle. You do not control the walker yourself; rather, it wanders along a predetermined path, and players can only shoot the cannons. By the way, after this news was completed, two more videos were released that we do not want to withhold from you. Featured: the AT-ST pilot and a grenade throw.
Someone promote this AT-ST pilot. Makes this look easy. #StarWarsBattlefront pic.twitter.com/HzTIqeerhK
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) November 11, 2015
Bringing thermal imploders to a blaster fight. #StarWarsBattlefront pic.twitter.com/bW7sDDLsKi
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) November 12, 2015
It will be exciting to see how the speeder bikes will ultimately play in the online shooter Star Wars: Battlefront when the game is released on November 19 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
