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In article <261120151837137237%[email protected]>, Your Name wrote:

This is from the TimeOut entertainment magazine section of today's
New Zealand Herald newspaper (26 November, 2015)

It's really neat

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This is from the TimeOut entertainment magazine section of today's New
Zealand Herald newspaper (26 November, 2015) ...


Star Wars fronts up
-------------------
The eight-year-old me would hate the 33-year-old me
right now. I just killed Luke Skywalker and about an
hour ago I shot down the Millennium Falcon. And it
felt so good.

Battlefront is just perfect for Star Wars fans
(unless that is you only like Jar Jar and friends
from the second Trilogy) and perfect for fans of
multiplayer shooters. It's just an all-out onslaught
of blasters and thermal detonators blowing up around
you as X-Wings and TIE Fighters clash in the sky
above. Not to mention the AT-AT Imperial Walkers
stamping about. Just when you think it can't get any
more intense, Darth Vader runs past you and takes out
an unsuspecting Rebel. I'm not the greatest at
shoot-em games, but I do have my moments. Not many,
but I have them.

The online multiplayer varies from six players to
20-on-20 battles, which can get pretty intense as
the battle between the Rebels and the Empire takes
place across a range of iconic Star Wars planets,
like snowy Hoth, the forests of Endor, and the
sand-ridden Tattooine.

Of the many multiplayer modes, Supremacy is the
standout. That's 40 players involved in quick-fire
war. You fight as a Stormtrooper or generic Rebel,
but you can change to the likes of Skywalker, Han
Solo, Princess Leia, or Vader by finding tokens on
the battlefield. The tokens can also give you
different weapons or the ability to take charge of a
vehicle like an X-Wing or a TIE Fighter and fight
the battle from the sky.

If you don't luck out and get the chance to fight as
Skywalker in a big battle, then there is also Heroes
vs Villains mode where it's six on six, and you get
the chance to try out all the main characters,
including Boba Fett and the Emperor Palpatine.

For single players, there isn't as much on offer.
The survival and battle modes are played over eight
different locations. The training mode is actually
quite handy and you get to drive a Speederbike and
control an AT-ST. It's a good place to start before
you take on experienced online gamers from around
the world. Probably the downside is because they
have to stick to the Star Wars world, the weaponry
is pretty standard compared to other multiplayer
shooter games, but the upgrades aren't a let-down.

Star Wars Battlefront
Platforms: Xbox One, Playstation 4, PC
Rating: M
Verdict: 4 stars out of 5
It's all-out war - but which side are you
on?

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In article <[email protected]>,
Sandman <[email protected]> wrote:

In article <261120151837137237%[email protected]>, Your Name wrote:

This is from the TimeOut entertainment magazine section of today's
New Zealand Herald newspaper (26 November, 2015)

It's really neat

From the video clips in trailers, etc., it looks extremely
over-complicated and highly unplayable ... *for* *me*. :-(

Plus, being a 3D game, it'll also make me hugely motion sick within
seconds. :-(

Plus^2, there's no Mac version ... yet. Not that it'll work on my
ancient Mac anyway. :-(

Plus^3, there's no Jar Jar. ;-)

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