Gaming Star Wars: Battlefront (2015) & Battlefront 2 (2017) [Mod Approved]

I hated the stormtroopers vs. the Ewoks though. Those little (I can only come up with words I can't say on this board) ruined my Galactic Conquest anyday.

 

A good set of modding tools for the PC version would be welcome. Being able to make custom characters, weapons, vehicles, and maps adds a lot of replay value to a game.

 

Definitely. Assuming that the PT and OT eras would be featured in the final game, a good set of modding tools would allow other eras to be explored like KOTOR and TOR.
I remember the mod for SW:BF II that added the KOTOR era into the game. Played hours with it, especially with Revan and Bastila.

Furthermore, I would like SW: BF 3 to be a little more realistic in terms of health values. I'd prefer if a droid died with 2 blaster bolts, as well as Stormtroopers and Clone Troopers.

 

I downloaded a mod for BF1 that reduces the health of characters so they die after one or two hits. I like it, but matches end faster because troops are lost faster. I haven't found a way to increase reinforcement counts to extend the length of matches.

 

The battlefront Extreme Mod for SW:BF2 does the same, but also increases the reinforcement count; along side with many many changes regarding the isual look of the game, the skins and it's gameplay. Excellent mod.

 

Not possible. The modern Frost Engine maps are simply way too complicated for people to mod it and build new maps easily.

 

Leaving aside the awkwardness of the statement "simply way to complicated", it's not like game developers are some super human breed, and nobody else could work it. They just happened to have the opportunity to be employed in that field. I wouldn't doubt that if modding tools were released somebody would be able to use them. (And yes, I'm talking out of my ass with no programming experience, so take it as you will).

That said, I would suspect no modding tools would be released because it cuts into the DLC market.

 

Uh, it's completely possible to mod Frostbite 3, they just historically haven't supported it or provided mod tools. They even acknowledge in their statements on the matter that it's about engine security, not some kind of "complexity" - as if the latter ever deterred anyone.

 

I would rather have an OT only game over something that has TCW in it, so this doesn't bother me yet.

 

Leaving aside the awkwardness of the statement "simply way to complicated", it's not like game developers are some super human breed, and nobody else could work it. They just happened to have the opportunity to be employed in that field. I wouldn't doubt that if modding tools were released somebody would be able to use them. (And yes, I'm talking out of my ass with no programming experience, so take it as you will).

That said, I would suspect no modding tools would be released because it cuts into the DLC market.[/quote]

Sure, people would be able to mod the game if the tools are released. The issue is the tools would most likely reveal how the Frost Engine allows you to destroy buildings in-game, and this something DICE would not want to reveal.

 

I agree mostly. It doesn't seem logical to include TCW since it's a cartoon, but for the same reason I have a hard time believing they will put Rebels in it. The gameplay looked realistic and it seems very hard to do the same with TCW and Rebels. I believe they will focus on the OT mainly because indeed the ST is coming up and the OT would make sense to market now. This doesn't take away that the PT may still be present in Instant Action and Galactic Conquest environments. I don't see why they would throw away the models (and there were many, see the thread in the PT-section of the forums) and secondly not use them for Battlefront. Making the OT first does make sense because they can finish it before releasing the game with OT and the main maps from the PT (I'm thinking Geonosis, Kashyyyk, Naboo (plains) etc.) and then rely on DLC to introduce new maps from the remainder of the PT, the ST, the Spin-Offs and maybe the cartoons.

 

Good points everyone, but I hardly want an OT-focused only SW:BF 3. For me, it gives me the impression that the game is unfinished. Regardless of whether the PT is appealing to the general consensus or not it is part of Star Wars, as well as the characters, planets and battles that the PT introduced.

Also, regarding mod tools, Bioware is planning to release mod tools for Dragon Age: Inquisition, which also uses FrostBite Engine 3 .

 

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Quest, I've made repeated attempts to differentiate my opinion from what is an observable trend and in no way have I collated the two. If I had to speak harshly to one or two blank faces, so be it but I'm not actually doing what you said I did even if a few hurt bottoms said I did. Please read my posts and not what people say about them.

 

My problem is that traditionaly the Battlefront games have given us both eras. The name Battlefront doesn't signify any particular era but is all encompassing. Now, if this game had a subtitle like Renegade Squadron did, that would be different. But calling it simply Battlefront and making it an OT era game is disappointing. It's just not what we've come to expect from the series. I mean, I wouldn't look at a new Rouge Squadron game and say "Where are the Naboo and Jedi Starfighters?! It's all OT!" Well, of course it is. It's Rouge Squadron. But Battlefront is different. They should have given it a subtitle if they wanted to make an OT era game. Something like Battlefront: Empire and Rebellion.

 

I vote in favor if having battles from all the movies. The sometimes lackluster story of the prequels does not affect the story of a game. The battle scenes of TPM and AOTC are visually dazzling and actually very fitting for a video game.

also, we never saw the droid ship from TPM go down in a Battlefront game. I wouldn't mind playing that level. Genosis has been played out in both games. The attack on the Jedi temple has been played out. Order 66, too. I loved them in the previous games but they're done, ya know?




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My one hope. I hope it won't be a demo for the next Battlefield like what DICE did to Medal of Honor's multiplayer. I know it's unlikely, but that thought will always linger in my head.

 

I think battles from all six films would be good and maybe some from the clone wars show would be fun too.

 

I definitely think they could step up the destruction in these games, nothing screams Star Wars like dropping a Star Destroyer on your enemies.

 

If they had the destroyed hulks of ships littered around the battlefield, I would like that.

 

I hope battlefront 3 is a game every starwars fan was waiting for, DICE better not mess this up or disappoint us.

 

Or a Death Star.

 

Hmm A star Wars game with the destruction from battlefront sounds great. I wonder what dice has planned for the actual story mode. I'm hoping we get someone thing original and new to expand partly on the NEU. Like a telling of the rebel alliance battles that weren't big ones. Have the multiplayer include places like hoth and hero characters.