The WhatsNext verdict
For Fans of Star Wars and team shooters who want to command huge battles and play as iconic heroes and villains.: Ground and space battles across film locations make scale the reason to play. Blaster fire and distinct classes keep each fight readable and fun. Tradeoff: Heroes and upgrades unlock through repeated play, so newcomers start weaker than veterans.
What it does best
shooter
fantasy
science fiction
warfare
The setup
What you are walking into
Star Wars Battlefront II is a first- and third-person shooter set across all three eras of the Star Wars saga. Players engage in large-scale ground and space battles using class-based soldiers, reinforcements, vehicles, and iconic heroes or villains from the franchise. Multiplayer modes span maps drawn from locations across the films, while a single-player campaign follows an original story set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. The game launched in 2017 amid a major loot box controversy that led to the removal of microtransactions and a complete overhaul of its progression system, after which it received years of free content updates that substantially expanded its offerings.
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