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"Star Wars: Battlefront - Worth it?"

Bearing in mind I like a decent single player and that I can't rent games, is this really worth the effot?

Heard a fair few on Mech Assault last night who were bored of it as well as a few people I know who have the PS2 version and are bored of it.

Wanting a relly top LIVE title that people will come back to and play again and again for the next few months, in all honesty is this really going to last above a couple of weeks?

Cheers.

Being a badass Stormtrooper does have it's charms, but I don't have Live, so it doesn't appeal that much anymore.

Light hath made his gameplay a very minor point.

Does he have Live?

(And of course, if he does, there's no way he'll tell anyone his Tag, so it's a vain hope...but, y'know)

I utterly love this game. I mean...you get to shoot Jar Jar's people. And Ewoks. Mech's can't offer that same thrill...

It is, but having pretty much played and completed all Star Wars games in existence I know how much they can be screwed up, 'niche' or no 'niche'.

I wouldn't say that. It's impossible to 'take awy the feel' on levels like Hoth etc.

At times, it can be a little sterile - if, for example, nobody on your team is speaking. However, playing it without bots, and a lot of humans (including friends, obviously) it's great fun, and you really have to use a lot of team work.

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Star Wars is perhaps the most mainstream 'niche' in existence!

Saying it was basically a poor rip of Mech Assault only with spawn capture.

The thing is, the majority of people who I have played on Mech Assault appreciate it for what it is, a mindless but bloody good fun 'shoot em up' where as Star Wars: Battlefront just looks like an average game that sits on the fence so to speak, you know what you will get with Mech Assault where as I don't with this.

Plus the fact that I enjoy Star Wars games without sounding like a bearded vampire and by the sounds of it they have made Battlefront a main stream game taking away the Star Wars feel.

What were people complaining about?

Looking on a majority vote from those with a valid sense of what is a decent game. Heard plenty complaining about it, probably more than those actually enjoying it so I am now looking at a majority vote.

Single player; no way.
Multiplayer; As long as you have plenty of humans (like any game actually), it's terrific fun. (I find it ironic people playing MechAssault are calling it boring already! ;) )

Well worth it. I'd say, anyway.


Edit:

BUT

You might not play it for weeks and weeks non-stop.

*awaits reply*

Have yet to buy this myself after not being too impressed by the demo in the SW Trilogy.