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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 13:40 
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I've preordered this like a muppet, because I'm having a hard time at work and some nostalgia may help me through. The season pass/content stuff is a debacle though - and I feel guilty for supporting the choices they made.

Some beezy time would be good.

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 14:19 
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I think Jim Sterling's writeup covers the DLC stuff pretty well

http://www.thejimquisition.com/2015/11/ ... nt-review/

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It makes for a frustrating review – trying to balance the amount of enjoyment I’ve had versus the overbearing money-grubbing that’s going on from a company that’s only pulling this shit because it can, not because it needs to – effectively exploiting the power of the Star Wars name and abusing the loyalty of its fandom in a way that’s not even vaguely subtle.

Electronic Arts has been shameless in its behavior, but again, I can’t stress enough how much of a delight the game itself has been – at least during its launch period. That I’m not just slapping a five or lower on the score should be taken as a sign of just how high the quality is. That I cannot give it higher than a seven, conversely, speaks volumes of how overwhelming a shadow has been cast by its DLC.

The best way to describe Star Wars Battlefront, I feel, is to call it what it is – a good game that was deliberately designed to not be a great one.

I wanted to rate it higher than this. Way higher.


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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 14:33 
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Right - since it should be unlocked for everyone tomorrow

Star Wars Battlefront
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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 14:34 
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Now I'm tempted...

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
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I don't find $50 season pack for the maps excessive to be honest. That's not dissimilar to when we played MW2 and BLOPS in terms of longevity, and the amount we played that game, c £7 a month isn't that high a price over time. And both of those games only got a fleeting attention from me.

Would far rather have this scenario than be forced to buy the Hearthly edition on release for £100 and then decide it was shit before the first DLC release.


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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 14:46 
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zaphod79 wrote:
Right - since it should be unlocked for everyone tomorrow

Star Wars Battlefront
20/11/15 9:00 PM


I will be on closer to 21:00

I'm not turning up yesterday to play a game I wasn't allowed to play yesterday. Do you mean tomorrow?

I'll be online tonight from about 9ish. And tomorrow.


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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 14:50 
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ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:
I'm not turning up yesterday to play a game I wasn't allowed to play yesterday. Do you mean tomorrow?

I'll be online tonight from about 9ish. And tomorrow.


So for me this shows as

Star Wars Battlefront
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See more / join up

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So tomorrow (20th) - when I put it in originally it kept giving me the GTA invite for yesterday - the invite should be for battlefront and should be for tomorrow evening (so if you bought digitally or the physical disk it would be unlocked and playable)

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 14:59 
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Oh wait, its the calendar page that's fucked. I didn't read the 20th, but when I clicked the calendar it is down as Wednesday.

So, In.


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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 15:01 
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Oh wait, its the calendar page that's fucked. I didn't read the 20th, but when I clicked the calendar it is down as Wednesday.

Problem identified - when IE is using a non maximised window it shrinks the calendar to 5/4 columns, but not the days of the week which stay as column titles. But if you significantly reduce the window width then it populates the day into the individual dates.

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 15:35 
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Going out Friday night (I think) but please keep me in mind for future games. If you see me online and I don't respond it's just my Wife using the account.

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 15:39 
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Curiosity wrote:
Now I'm tempted...

Just buy it. You've got the best weekend for evening gaming in history (this month).


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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 16:00 
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I will be on tonight. I will try to work out my PSN name and post it on here later, if anyone cares.

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
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ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:
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Now I'm tempted...

Just buy it. You've got the best weekend for evening gaming in history (this month).


No don't, because I don't own it.

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
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Cras wrote:
ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:
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Now I'm tempted...

Just buy it. You've got the best weekend for evening gaming in history (this month).


No don't, because I don't own it.

The solution there is fairly obvious, isn't it?

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
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Mr Kissyfur wrote:
Cras wrote:
ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:
Curiosity wrote:
Now I'm tempted...

Just buy it. You've got the best weekend for evening gaming in history (this month).


No don't, because I don't own it.

The solution there is fairly obvious, isn't it?


A monorail?

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
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Cras wrote:
ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:
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Now I'm tempted...

Just buy it. You've got the best weekend for evening gaming in history (this month).


No don't, because I don't own it.


Well, now how might we remedy that...

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 16:27 
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Play CoD:AW instead. It's a much better game by all accounts.

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
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I've just spent a fucking fortune!

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 16:31 
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You're minted!

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Monorail!

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
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I hear those things are awfully loud


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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 16:37 
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Monorail!

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
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BORGO!

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
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Squee!


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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 22:04 
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I'm Samoz_05

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
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What the fuck what?

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
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What sort of crazy name is that?

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
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It's my name, motherfucker, want to make something of it, eh?

It's a mix of the kids' names, as they wanted to be able to use it as well (same as my xbox name)

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
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Bloody hell, fighter squadron is a bit hard.

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 22:46 
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I've applied the battle of jakku preorder code, but it doesn't seem to have done anything?

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 0:01 
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Comes out Dec 1st with code, 8th without. Free either way.

I'm skeptobot if you want a game.

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 0:06 
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God that's good.

Sorry for the lack of party action lave, the in laws have been over the past couple of days and while not here tonight have hidden my headset.


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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 0:18 
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Thanks, Lave! Bloody small print

I can't remember if the PS4 came with a headset. Did it?

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
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Mr Kissyfur wrote:
Thanks, Lave! Bloody small print

I can't remember if the PS4 came with a headset. Did it?


It does - a fairly non descript single ear set like you would have got with a mobile phone 10 years ago as a hands free kit - however the port on the bottom of the Dualshock will take any normal headset (like the one you'll get with any phone now)


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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 14:36 
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This game is awesome. I had a fairly late night last night (well, for me) with it. Got to rank 4 unlocked some stuff. The Endor supremacy map is impossible as the Empire - camo really works, and white shiny helmets arent camo.

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
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I played this last night and loved it. I can kind of see what they mean about the longevity but still, it's Star Wars. Will I ever get tired of shooting Storm Troopers? I'm not sure.

Also.. Because I spend most of time playing old games I'm always astounded at the graphics on new games. This looks lovely!


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I'm sure the speeder run level looks as good as return of the Jedi does.


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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Sun Nov 22, 2015 17:22 
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No worries, I didn't actually have a headset at the time either.

It's just joining a party together is the only way to be 'partners' and be able to spawn next to each other.

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
PostPosted: Mon Nov 23, 2015 21:35 
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This game is lovely, but needs more bezzies

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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
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Played the Endor walker assault level for the first time today, and it's by far the easiest for the rebels to win on.
I'm having a lot of fun with this game.


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PostPosted: Mon Nov 23, 2015 22:51 
I have this downloading now. I'll be up for fun times at some point.


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Dr Zoidberg wrote:
Played the Endor walker assault level for the first time today, and it's by far the easiest for the rebels to win on.
I'm having a lot of fun with this game.

I know the point of the whole thing is walker assault and all the reviews say it's acebest and every other game mode is secondary. But I really can't get into it. Supremacy (same but different and half the game length) and Droid Run are my preferred game modes.


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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
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Walker assault is ace, but there isn't the map variety on that. I'm digging blast, the drop pod one and supremacy. I'm looking forward to the jakku dlc being enabled as to be honest the number of maps is, whilst containing some ace ones, a bit small.

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I can't see me buying the season pass any time soon as it would mean making another tab on my spreadsheet to count the cost.


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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
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I can assure you it won't look like that with my PC, not at more than a single digit frame rate, anyway.


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 Post subject: Re: Star Wars Battlefront
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I can assure you it won't look like that with my PC, not at more than a single digit frame rate, anyway.

Those are videos ;)

Apparently, it drains about 30-40FPS which is none too shabby (but AE would hate it).

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