[Crashpunk]

I've played enough of the "Beta" of Star Wars Battlefront to give my full analysis.

Star Wars Battlefront is one of the most gorgeous looking and sounding games I've ever played. It captures the world of Star Wars perfectly. Hoth looks just like Hoth from Empire. All the models of the ships look fantastic, the animations are great and the heroes also look very good. Darth Vader in particular looks perfect.

It's also really impressive how well it runs considering the quality of the graphics. I didn't have a single problem with it. Over 60 fps at all times. Matchmaking works fine as well, I had no issues joining servers and had no lag problems.

However. Graphics and obvious Star Wars fanboyness (is that even a word?) aside. The game isn't amazing. It's fun don't get me wrong. But only for a while. Compared to Battlefront 2. The game is hugely dumbed down in terms of gameplay and content.
I do realize it is a "beta" so of course it's limited. But the actual full game doesn't even have as much content as BF2.

The two modes which got "tested" (EA's Betas are just playable demos alright. it's not a real Beta) are a mix of capture point and attack/defend. And whilst good on paper. In practice, they aren't amazing. They're actually not balanced whatsoever. Particularly on Walker Assault. The Empire have huge advantages over the Rebels. (following the films a bit too much eh?) And after a while. It just gets boring.

One of the main problems with the game is the spawning system just flat out sucks. You can spawn outside the base on Hoth and get spawn camped by an AT-ST or by tons of enemies. And at first, the maps are confusing so you have no idea where to go ontop of being spawn camped.

Also the controls of the Vehicles aren't great either. On Mouse/Keyboard. Your moving the mouse so much to turn the fighters in air. It just doesn't feel good.

They also just need to add more. If the full game is just like the Beta. it's not going to last long. The content is lackluster and the gameplay whilst fun, doesn't draw you in.

Agh... I really want to love this game. I think I enjoyed the game a bit too much considering the problems it had. I'm a big Star Wars fan and sometimes that overshadowed the game's problems. (I think that's what they were going for, sneaky bastards). If they fix it up a bit, I'll buy it...

Maybe. I'm still thinking about it.