Star Wars: Battlefront II
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- November 17, 2017
- EA Digitial Illusions CE
- Action, Shooter
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High Score - 91/100
Low Score - 35/100
Tyler Wilde (PC Gamer)
63/100
“A spectacular, occasionally very fun tour of Star Wars battles that disappoints with a boring story, crappy progression system, and endless grenade spam.”
David Jagneaux (IGN)
8.8/10
“From the satisfying trooper battles on the ground to the thrilling dogfights in space, Battlefront 2 has struck back, delivering an unrivaled Force-fueled multiplayer fantasy.”
Andy Hartup (GamesRadar+)
4/5 stars
“A very strong multiplayer offering tarnished by overly complicated character progression, and a lavish, beautiful story campaign lacking in substance or subtlety.”
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| Outlet | Author | Score | Date | Quote | Read |
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| 3DNews | Алексей Лихачев | 6 / 10 | 11-17-2017 | Spectacular multiplayer is ruined by dumb progression system, which requires you to play for a very long time to finally have fun against someone who paid real money and got a head start. | Read review |
| ACG | Jeremy Penter | Not Recommended | 11-15-2017 | Video Review | Read review |
| Areajugones | Pablo Espinosa | 9 / 10 | 11-13-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II is the most complete game of the franchise. With a campaign mode that lives up to the expectations and an improved online mode, Electronic Arts and DICE put the series right where it belongs. | Read review |
| Ars Technica | Sam Machkovech | Not Recommended | 11-17-2017 | Even if EA fulfills promises, this game may still be too far gone to the Dark Side. | Read review |
| Atomix | Alberto Desfassiaux | 85 / 100 | 11-13-2017 | A great sequel to the 2015 game. Star Wars: Battlefront II feels like a complete product, but the loot box thing, surely is going to cause bad reactions. | Read review |
| Attack of the Fanboy | Bill Hess | 3 / 5 stars | 11-14-2017 | The dark side wins out here, as good as Star Wars: Battlefront 2 is in so many areas it just can't overcome the aggressive, anti-consumer practices that are on display in their most egregious form to date in a $60 game. | Read review |
| AusGamers | Kosta Andreadis | 6 / 10 | 11-14-2017 | There's a good game buried somewhere beneath too many cons. I just hope that Motive, Criterion, and DICE can right the starship before too many players launch their escape pods. | Read review |
| Cerealkillerz | Gabriel Bogdan | 6.5 / 10 | 11-19-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront 2 manages to make nearly everything wrong with such a simple formula and Star Wars Goodness. The newly introduced campaign ends up being a irrelevant add-on and the multiplayer part got destroyed by a ungrateful randomized progression system and a focus on farming credits and also reducing the credits you earn per match. Somewhere in this mess should be a decent squad-based Shooter with some great Star Wars Fanservice but everything around it is terrible. | Read review |
| CGMagazine | Bryan Calhoun | 5.5 / 10 | 11-16-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront 2 is a game on par with its predecessor in terms of quality, but that is hard to see when it is covered in garbage business decisions. | Read review |
| Cheat Code Central | Lucas White | 3.5 / 5 stars | 11-16-2017 | Star Wars: Battlefront II feels like a big step forward, but instead of following that with a number of steps back, it's actually a trip-up leading to a sprained ankle. This is a beautiful, fun game with huge ambitions for being an important part of the Star Wars universe as it is today. | Read review |
| COGconnected | James Paley | 86 / 100 | 11-13-2017 | Depending on what you're looking for in a Star Wars game, Battlefront II might be exactly what you need. It's clear that the developers have been paying close attention to player feedback, as this feels like a significant improvement over the previous entry in the series. | Read review |
| ComiConverse | Jordan Samuel | 3 / 5 stars | 11-16-2017 | A few neat ideas a sprinkled throughout the latter half of Star Wars: Battlefront II with the story being competent in going through famous areas in the universe, the game is solid at the core but the needless microtransactions and terrible locked content keep it from being outstanding. I wanted to love it but left feeling used and abused despite fun times had | Read review |
| Critical Hit | Alessandro Barbosa | 6.5 / 10 | 11-21-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II is a gorgeous, incredibly fun shooter that builds on its roots with a host of new content, welcome gameplay tweaks and a fun single-player campaign. But all of its improvements are overshadowed by the Star Destroyer of crooked business decisions and terrible progression, making it a hard sell right now. | Read review |
| Daily Dot | AJ Moser | 2.5 / 5 stars | 11-21-2017 | Uncomfortable microtransactions and questionable changes completely ruin a faithful, fun Star Wars experience. | Read review |
| Destructoid | Jordan Devore | 5 / 10 | 11-20-2017 | As much as I loathe this implementation of loot boxes, I still keep playing Battlefront II and I will probably continue to do so on and off. I mean, I do like the game. I just wish it wasn't being squandered like this. You'd be well-advised to wait until overhauls arrive -- assuming they ever do. | Read review |
| Digiato | Pouria Daneshvar | 60 / 100 | 12-05-2017 | on the outside, Star Wars Battlefront 2 looks like a true AAA title, but in the inside it's not that different than freemium mobile games. it doesn't matter how accurately the world of Star Wars has been rebuilt or how realistic the graphics are, the game is a mess at it's core. | Read review |
| Digital Chumps | Alex Tudor | 6 / 10 | 08-31-2017 | Star Wars: Battlefront 2 feels lackluster and dull in so many categories. | Read review |
| Digitally Downloaded | Nick H. | 3 / 5 stars | 11-20-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II gets a lot of things right. The presentation is absolutely top-notch, the gameplay is fun and well-executed and the choice of property is among my fall-time favourites. Where Star Wars Battlefront II has hurt itself is in a lack of care around the ability to play with your friends and a progression system structure around microtransactions. | Read review |
| DualShockers | Logan Moore | 7 / 10 | 11-18-2017 | In a time where Star Wars games aren't being made by the dozen however, Battlefront II at least still knows how to elicit the nostalgic, warm feelings that I have for this universe despite its many problems. | Read review |
| Easy Allies | Michael Huber | 2.5 / 5 stars | 11-18-2017 | The iconic skirmishes of Star Wars Battlefront II are undermined by unbalanced gameplay progression. | Read review |
| EGM | Nick Plessas | 7 / 10 | 11-14-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II still tips more toward the causal side of multiplayer competition, but that doesn't mean there isn't a fair amount fun to be had. That said, the game's potentially pay-to-win progression model doesn't do it any favors. | Read review |
| Eurogamer | Martin Robinson | Not Recommended | 11-13-2017 | DICE goes big in a Call of Duty-baiting package that's as maddening, uneven and spectacular as the Star Wars films themselves. | Read review |
| Forbes | Dave Thier | 5 / 10 | 11-21-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront 2 is the prequel trilogy: overwrought and complicated, with none of the heart that drew us here in the first place. | Read review |
| Game Informer | Andrew Reiner | 6.5 / 10 | 11-14-2017 | A thrilling Star Wars moment can end up feeling gross when you're reminded of the microtransactions mid-match | Read review |
| Game Rant | Dalton Cooper | 3 / 5 stars | 11-24-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront 2 has some bright spots, but the game fails to deliver a compelling story campaign and its multiplayer is burdened by the loot box controversy. | Read review |
| Game Revolution | Jason Faulkner | 2.5 / 5 stars | 11-15-2017 | You may be able to get your money's worth] of fun out of Star Wars Battlefront 2, but don't expect the fun to last. | Read review |
| Game Volt | Moustafa Gad | 6 / 10 | 11-22-2017 | when it comes to Multiplayer Star Wars: Battlefront 2 offers exciting and enjoyable elements, but the story doesn't add up to the game it could be finished in less than 4 hours, no need to say how much loot boxes affected the game progressions, but when you put everything negative aside Star Wars: Battlefront 2 still a mediocre game. | Read review |
| Gameblog | Camille Allard | 8 / 10 | 11-13-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II draw a line on the past of the licence. Complete overhaul of the space combat system, disappearance of the walker mode, addition of classes, big content at the launch, various objectives, addition of a solo campaign. Everything we could have expected in the first one is finally here. Only the cash shop and the feeling of shooting (little bit spineless) are a problem. Despite that we have in front of us a complete Star Wars game, especially with best SW space combats since X-Wing serie. | Read review |
| GameCrate | Justin Woo | 7.3 / 10 | 11-14-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II has solid core gameplay and offers a wide variety of content to enjoy, but at the moment it's hard to look past the loot crate issues in order to appreciate what the game does well. | Read review |
| Gamefa | Hossein Ghazali | 7 / 10 | 12-07-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront is a perfect example for those who treat gamers like EA does. The game itself is gorgeous and nobody can deny that! But EA's miserable mistakes and some other things don't let it be better. This isn't something new. It's happened before and today we still see it happening. Looks like EA doesn't want to stop. Star Wars Battlefront is still something you can enjoy playing but you can easily hate its guts at the same time. | Read review |
| GameMAG | xtr | 7 / 10 | 12-04-2017 | Battlefront II's campaign is a failed attempt to make an expensive blockbuster that, without a popular license, would look very boring. Online multiplayer in Battlefront II, on the other hand, is significantly better than in original in all respects. | Read review |
| Gameplanet | Ben Allan | 7 / 10 | 11-22-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II's campaign is merely okay, and its multiplayer is hamstrung by an awful upgrade system. There's also the spectre of loot boxes hanging over it like a Lightsaber of Damocles. However, it looks and sounds amazing, and gameplay-wise delivers the goods. | Read review |
| GamePro | GamePro | 71 / 100 | 11-20-2017 | Behind the beautiful Star Wars façade are elementary design flaws, making Battlefront 2 just a good shooter | Read review |
| Gamerheadquarters | Jason Stettner | 8 / 10 | 11-14-2017 | I do really enjoy playing this, but when you look at some of the aspects that could make Battlefront 2 perfect, it falls short. | Read review |
| GamesBeat | Dean Takahashi | Recommended | 11-13-2017 | Star Wars: Battlefront II tries to straddle the hardcore and casual audiences. It succeeds some of the time, and it also fails some of the time. So far, the cut scenes in the single-player campaign are excellent, but I'm waiting to get into some really fun gameplay. | Read review |
| GameSkinny | Jonathan Moore | 7 / 10 | 11-15-2017 | With overly complex multiplayer and progression systems, Battlefront 2 saves itself from Jar-Jar status with a strong story and competent core gameplay. | Read review |
| GameSpew | Richard Seagrave | 8 / 10 | 11-23-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II's progression system may indeed be piss poor and too loot box centered, but that doesn't stop it from being a mighty fine way to spend your time. | Read review |
| GameSpot | Alessandro Fillari | 6 / 10 | 11-20-2017 | While its main narrative feels unresolved, and the general loop of the multiplayer carries a number of issues, Battlefront II still manages to evoke that same sense of joy and excitement found in the core of what the series is all about. But as it stands, the biggest hurdle that Battlefront II will need to overcome--for its simultaneous attempts to balance progression with genuine feeling of accomplishments--is deciding on what type of game it wants to be. | Read review |
| GamesRadar+ | Andy Hartup | 4 / 5 stars | 11-13-2017 | A very strong multiplayer offering tarnished by overly complicated character progression, and a lavish, beautiful story campaign lacking in substance or subtlety. | Read review |
| GameWatcher | Chris Capel | 7 / 10 | 11-23-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront 2 could've been game of the year, but some key mistakes basically ruin the whole thing. | Read review |
| GameZone | Mike Wewerka | 6 / 10 | 11-21-2017 | When you design a Star Wars game around a loot crate system, you're bound to have issues. In this case, not even gorgeous graphics and smooth gameplay can make up for the mistakes made by EA and DICE. | Read review |
| Gaming Nexus | Nathan Carter | 4.9 / 10 | 12-22-2017 | Star Wars: Battlefront 2 will go down as one of the biggest screw ups in video game history. EA and DICE had the easiest job in the world and completely ruined it with the absolutely ridiculous and downright unacceptable progression system for multiplayer. Combine that with the incredibly boring, lazy, and cliche story campaign and you easily have the biggest disappointment of 2017. | Read review |
| GamingBolt | Aaron Main | 8 / 10 | 11-17-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront 2 is fantastic follow up to the 2015 title but is ultimately held back from reaching true greatness thanks to its demonic microtransactions. | Read review |
| GamingTrend | Josh Devlin | 80 / 100 | 11-13-2017 | I had a ton of fun playing Star Wars Battlefront II. It executes on presenting the Star Wars universe near-perfectly. The sights and sounds of lightsabers and blaster fire encapsulate every child-like midichlorian in your body. The campaign, while disappointing, is a small part of the complete package. There is enough content to keep you busy for dozens of hours, but the progression system may need an overhaul if EA wants to keep a strong multiplayer audience engaged. | Read review |
| GearNuke | Muhammad Ali Bari | 8 / 10 | 12-04-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II features a lackluster campaign, but there's a great multiplayer game here that is unfortunately held back by its progression system and, in turn, balancing issues. Regardless, it's worth experiencing for its engaging multiplayer space battles alone. | Read review |
| Generación Xbox | Pedro Rodriguez | 8.5 / 10 | 11-13-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II features a much greater variety of content than its first release. Both multiplayer and offline content can provide us many hours of entertainment. Technically, the game works very smoothly and fulfills everything we can demand of it. However, some aspects of the game need to be improved and the microtransaction system is confusing and makes difficult the progression. | Read review |
| Giant Bomb | Dan Ryckert | 2 / 5 stars | 11-20-2017 | Electronic Arts makes missteps at every turn in this fundamentally flawed follow-up. | Read review |
| God is a Geek | Nicola Ardron | 8 / 10 | 11-13-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II is a good video game, delivering a bigger and more detailed game than its predecessor. Much of the conversation will be around the loot box economy, but if you can look past that you will find a game that is as close to Star Wars magic as you will find. | Read review |
| GRYOnline.pl | GRYOnline.pl | 6 / 10 | 11-13-2017 | New Battlefront has an extremely mediocre single player campaign, which is as far from a viable reason to buy this game as it can be. The multiplayer mode provides lots of fun but at the same time it suffers from lootboxes which disrupt the balance on the battlefield. Star Wars: Battlefront II is a good game dragged down by bad business practices of the publisher. | Read review |
| Hardcore Gamer | Kevin Dunsmore | 3 / 5 stars | 11-16-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II is the epitome of taking a step forward, shooting yourself in the foot and then falling backwards in pain. | Read review |
| Heavy | Eli Becht | 6.5 / 10 | 11-15-2017 | The shroud of the microtransactions cloud everything in this game and that certainly drags the game's final score down. I really hope you read this review instead of jumping to the score because if microtransactions and a pay-to-progress loot box system don't bother you, this game is certainly for you. | Read review |
| Hobby Consolas | Borja Abadie | 91 / 100 | 11-13-2017 | DICE, Criterion and Motive join forces to give us a game worthy of the Force. They have learned the lesson and, this time, we have the Star Wars game we al deserves, with enough variety and a lot of contento for every kind of player. | Read review |
| IBTimes UK | Ben Skipper | 3.5 / 5 stars | 11-21-2017 | With Battlefront 2, DICE has done everything to please Star Wars fans short of bending space and time so they can experience the original film's 1977 release as excitable ten-year-olds. There are problems, but the biggest are the fault of EA; a publisher publicly, frantically figuring out how to run a game as a live service, and which crossed a line now well-defined by its mistakes. | Read review |
| IGN | David Jagneaux | 8.8 / 10 | 12-17-2019 | From the satisfying trooper battles on the ground to the thrilling dogfights in space, Battlefront 2 has struck back, delivering an unrivaled Force-fueled multiplayer fantasy. | Read review |
| IGN Italy | Felice Di Giuseppe | 8 / 10 | 11-15-2017 | A great Star Wars game that shines in multiplayer and feels good even in single-player, but that pays the lack of attention towards users with its unpleasant business model. | Read review |
| IGN Spain | Juan García | 8.5 / 10 | 11-14-2017 | Bigger and better but not perfect. Its campaign it's too linear and predictable, and that hampers the experience. Besides that, its multiplayer face it almost flawless, despite the micropayment controversy. | Read review |
| Impulsegamer | Tory Favro | 4.2 / 5 stars | 11-27-2017 | All things said and done Star Wars Battlefront II is still worth playing and yes buying. | Read review |
| Just Push Start | Damian Seeto | 3.75 / 5 stars | 11-16-2017 | Overall, Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2017) is still a fun game thanks to more content than it had two years ago and an exciting single player campaign that is actually canon to the Star Wars universe. | Read review |
| Kotaku | Heather Alexandra | Not Recommended | 11-15-2017 | Star Wars: Battlefront II frustrates me in ways I never knew I could be frustrated. It is both a lovingly crafted companion to the films and a tangled mess of corporate meddling. There is a strong heart at the center but finding it means peeling back layers of unnecessary and infuriating nonsense. | Read review |
| Leadergamer | Alper Dalan | 6 / 10 | 11-23-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II has both the features that make us sad and happy. | Read review |
| LevelUp | Thrash | 7.7 / 10 | 11-23-2017 | Battlefront II is a great game that has been tainted by the dark side. Core gameplay is very good, graphics and sound design are superb. But the progression system is tied to microtransactions and broken. | Read review |
| M3 | Viktor Eriksson | 5 / 10 | 11-14-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront is back and EA has switched an expensive season pass for a ludicrous microtransaction system. The game sure does look and sound good and the gameplay is somewhat nice but it doesn't respect the players time and the much hyped single-player-campaing is undercooked to say the least. | Read review |
| Metro GameCentral | GameCentral | 8 / 10 | 04-19-2018 | A revamped progression system and the demotion of loot boxes to a purely cosmetic role finally gives this ambitious Star Wars game the redemption it deserves. | Read review |
| New Game Network | Ben Thomas | 67 / 100 | 11-23-2017 | Although an improved sequel, there is both good and bad in Star Wars Battlefront II. Class-based troopers and a smart reinforcement system are hindered by horrid progression. The large modes succeed, when there are no bottlenecks or balance issues. And if the single player cared about its main character, then it would have complimented the game's astounding presentation. | Read review |
| Nexus | Hylton Goodwin | 7.4 / 10 | 11-19-2017 | Unfortunately, Star Wars Battlefront 2 is let down by the stifling progression system and a disjointed main campaign. | Read review |
| NZGamer | Angus Deacon | 7.5 / 10 | 11-21-2017 | Yes, Star Wars fans will leap at the chance to enter a galaxy far, far away – and even casual players will appreciate the quick accessibility of multiplayer matches. But those looking for a deeper, more nuanced and balanced online experience might need to look elsewhere if things don't improve further. | Read review |
| OnlySP | Dylan Warman | 2 / 5 stars | 11-29-2017 | Regardless of astonishing graphics and audio, Battlefront II misses the mark in more ways than not. The gameplay is a mixed experience. Combat is fluid and immersive, but ultimately frustrating due to mind-numbing grinds that can see users playing on autopilot. The game’s narrative starts off strong, but turns into a typical fable in which good conquers evil, highlighting EA’s inability to completely follow through on its promises. Lastly, the utter lack of content makes the title degenerate into repetitive monotony, despite the popularity of two of its major multiplayer modes. Battlefront II has all the potential to be a great title, but EA’s greedy fingers and lackadaisical attitude taint it beyond recognition. Gone are the days of the original Star Wars: Battlefront franchise in which single-players and multiplayers could get endless enjoyment out of each game. The result is an unhappy fanbase that will eventually hurt EA’s bottom line due to lack of confidence in the company. Until that time, EA will continue to push out barely-passable nonsense that masquerades as a AAA title, such as Star Wars: Battlefront II. | Read review |
| Pardis Game | Mohammad Taghavi | 4.5 / 10 | 12-01-2017 | I honestly don't want a game to turn out bad or anything but Battlefront 2 is a huge disappointment that carries the Star Wars brand just to sell more. Even if you're a huge Star Wars fan, don't go buying Battlefront 2 cause it's an empty, shallow and boring experience made by people who can't portray this world with style and substance made just to make EA profit from a big franchise | Read review |
| PC Gamer | Tyler Wilde | 63 / 100 | 11-17-2017 | A spectacular, occasionally very fun tour of Star Wars battles that disappoints with a boring story, crappy progression system, and endless grenade spam. | Read review |
| PCGamesN | Kirk McKeand | 6 / 10 | 11-11-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II houses a decent single-player campaign and good multiplayer, but, like the otherwise slick design of its multiplayer maps, that accomplishment is often obscured by distractions. | Read review |
| PCMag | Benjamin Moore | 3.5 / 5 stars | 11-20-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II has entertaining multiplayer modes and great visuals, but it is held back by a complicated upgrade system and the impending return of microtransactions. | Read review |
| Player.One | Bob Fekete | 6 / 10 | 11-13-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront 2 has a compelling story and that's it. | Read review |
| PlayStation LifeStyle | Chandler Wood | 7 / 10 | 11-15-2017 | The Star Wars authenticity can be felt throughout, but blatantly predatory microtransactions are a blight, force choking the life out of what is otherwise one of my favorite games this year. | Read review |
| PlayStation Universe | John-Paul Jones | 7 / 10 | 11-21-2017 | A highly entertaining Star Wars shooter with polish for days finds itself blemished by boorish progression systems and uneven game modes. That said, in its current form, I greatly enjoyed Star Wars Battlefront II and chances are, if you have a hankering for a mostly well-executed and enjoyable Star Wars FPS, you will too. | Read review |
| Polygon | Dave Tach | 7 / 10 | 11-20-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront 2 is made up of many different parts that are pretty good, but the whole is consistently undermined by poor choices in the game's multiplayer economy. No aspect of Battlefront 2 is beyond redemption, but it's hard to fall in love with any part of it, either. It's mostly a disjointed, sporadically fun collection of modes set in familiar Star Wars scenes. Because players have no idea what is really being sold to them, or when, you have a big-name launch that gets in the way of itself more than it creates fun. | Read review |
| Post Arcade (National Post) | Chad Sapieha | 7 / 10 | 11-14-2017 | Solid Star Wars vibes and great starfighter battles are stymied by a stingy reward system designed to make impatient players spend real money | Read review |
| Press Start | Toby Berger | 8 / 10 | 11-13-2017 | Battlefront II is everything the first should have been: it’s an immersive, fantastical experience with a heck of a lot of content to venture through. However, the game’s Star Card system is still problematic, and the inconsistencies seen in multiplayer, alongside the lack of in-game voice chat, pull it back from fully reaching its huge potential. Whilst the single player campaign is a let down in many aspects, it doesn't bring down the much improved multiplayer portion of the game. | Read review |
| pressakey.com | Daniel Martin | Not Recommended | 01-29-2018 | Anyone who's already a Star Wars Fan, is definitely going to be entertained by it. However, if one's leaves any elements aside that actually indicate the Star Wars franchise, what's left is solely a generic shooter | Read review |
| PSX Brasil | Ivan Nikolai Barkow Castilho | 65 / 100 | 12-19-2017 | Star Wars: Battlefront II is a wasted opportunity. The game was totally on track, fixing everything the first title did wrong and keeping the gorgeous graphics and perfect sounds. In the end, we have a mediocre single-player campaign, an ordinary Arcade mode and a varied multiplayer that suffers with lag, balancing, and a progression system tied to randomness. | Read review |
| Push Square | Liam Croft | 6 / 10 | 11-20-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront 2's saving grace is its multiplayer. A strong offering provides you with a number of ways to play and a variety of locations to battle on, and if it manages to stick to a level playing field once the infamous microtransactions are added back into the game, it's an experience we'll continue to return to. But this is not enough to excuse the abysmal campaign. Any uniqueness dissipates all too quickly, and what follows is a boring set of missions that often feel misguided and unrealistic. | Read review |
| Rectify Gaming | Noah Bucci | 8 / 10 | 11-28-2017 | Above all else Battlefront II is extremely fun. The gameplay is balanced and exciting. It is everything we, as gamers, had hoped for out of Battlefront and is a logical successor to the Battlefront series from the early 2000s. | Read review |
| Reno Gazette-Journal | Jason Hidalgo | 6.5 / 10 | 11-27-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront was akin to Jar Jar Binks, a game with its share of fans and haters that turned out to be flawed but was an annoyance at most. Battlefront 2, on the other hand, is like Anakin Skywalker, a game with so much potential that it fails to realize thanks to what many see as a sinister turn. It’s a shame as the game actually does several things quite well and can be a blast to play. While it deserves credit for rectifying some of those issues prior to launch, however, the aftertaste of its questionable decisions continue to be a lingering issue in what otherwise could have been a stellar game. | Read review |
| Rock, Paper, Shotgun | Matt Cox | Not Recommended | 11-21-2017 | For those first few hours, Battlefront 2 struck me with gorgeous moment after gorgeous moment that's made me reevaluate what's possible with 2017's technology. It's a shame that the fighting frequently gets bogged down by chokepoints, and any long-term appeal is undermined by a progression system that can't shake the pay to win shadow which continues to loom over the game. | Read review |
| Saudi Gamer | ريان الدويش | 3.5 / 10 | 11-16-2017 | Star Wars II is a great game, and did almost everything right. The gameplay is solid, and the content is huge and varied. But the progression system and the implementation of the loot crate is really frustrating. After hours of playing the game I realized that I need a lot of time, more than it should be, to get what I want, or I can just buy it with real money. | Read review |
| Screen Rant | Rob Keyes | 2 / 5 stars | 11-24-2017 | The force is weak with this one. | Read review |
| Shacknews | Greg Burke | 6 / 10 | 11-13-2017 | Star Wars: Battlefront II is a pretty good game and you're going to get it if you're a fan of Star Wars, no matter what anyone says. I'm just thankful that the game is an improvement over the first attempt and is incredibly fun solo, or with friends online. The loot crates diminish its value greatly, and it's a shame EA forces them down your throat as part of the core gameplay, but the game looks gorgeous and is enjoyable to play. | Read review |
| Sirus Gaming | Lexuzze Tablante | 8.5 / 10 | 11-13-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II is a complete experience unlike its predecessor. Despite the undelivered single-player campaign in terms of gameplay, the story was grand, magnificent, and well written! And even though it's riddled with microtransactions and loot crates, Star Wars Battlefront II delivered one of the best and smoothest multiplayer experience I've had this year, and I'm certainly satisfied. | Read review |
| Slant Magazine | Justin Clark | 2 / 5 stars | 11-16-2017 | Battlefront II is actually a rather fitting sequel to its immediate predecessor, which was itself a fun, visually phenomenal but woefully shallow and convoluted experience. Everything that was right with the original game is exactly as it was before. Everything that wasn't, however, has mutated into something more craven and significantly uglier. | Read review |
| SomHráč.sk | Martin Kubeš | 65 / 100 | 11-28-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II is a solid title. Its core is not bad at all, but it suffers from many bad EA's decisions. There was no way that the microtransaction mess that was supposed to bring EA even more money could have succeeded, even among the hardcore Star Wars fans. | Read review |
| SpazioGames | Matteo Bussani | 8.5 / 10 | 11-13-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II is a game rich of contents and extremely close to the Star Wars Universe. Graphics are impressive and the gameplay is simple and solid. Iden is not the character we expected, but the campaign has the power to brings all the Star Wars Experience directly to the player, taking him to the different planets and giving him eventually a limited perspective of what happened from Episode VI to Episode VII. | Read review |
| Stevivor | Steve Wright | 6.5 / 10 | 11-13-2017 | Unlike a lack of response (or urgency) after the launch of Star Wars: Battlefront, I truly hope that lessons are learned quickly and implemented before Battlefront 2's player base walks away in protest. Again. | Read review |
| Telegraph | Sam White | 3 / 5 stars | 11-13-2017 | Much of what Star Wars Battlefront 2 offers is a response to the negatives of the 2015 reboot. | Read review |
| The Angry Joe Show | Joe Vargas | 6 / 10 | 11-23-2017 | Video Review | Read review |
| The Game Fanatics | Tyler Chancey | 5 / 10 | 11-21-2017 | If you love Star Wars and want to play online with friends, you be better off picking up the Ultimate Edition of the original Star Wars Battlefront or just wait until this embarrassment is in the bargain bin. The Force is not with this one. | Read review |
| The Games Machine | Mario Baccigalupi | 8 / 10 | 11-23-2017 | After all the ruckus and the controversies, Star Wars: Battlefront 2 finally reveals itself for what it is: a great Star Wars experience. The new Campaign is definitely well written and thrilling (with some memorable dogfights in the space), and the multiplayer improves everything we already loved in the first Battlefront. There are still some issues with a progression system that relies a little bit too much on randomness, but the game is definitely better off without microtransactions. | Read review |
| The Jimquisition | Jim Sterling | Not Recommended | 11-16-2017 | This is so much more than a bad mobile game in premium skin. | Read review |
| TheSixthAxis | Stefan L | 8 / 10 | 11-13-2017 | Having flirted with the dark side in the run up to launch, Star Wars Battlefront II has had its reputation sullied by its underlying business model and how that is tied to character progression. That distracts from how much it improves on the first game though, with much better variety in Galactic and Starfighter Assault, character classes and team play being gently encouraged, and a broader and deeper player progression. | Read review |
| TrueAchievements | Mark Delaney | 3.5 / 5 stars | 11-22-2017 | In so many ways, Battlefront II is exactly what fans want it to be. It finally feels like the games so many cherished from many years ago. It's hard to ignore the problems caused by purchased Star Cards, but if the creators can find a way to fix the system so that it is fair for everyone, what will remain is one of the year's best video games and a Star Wars experience for the ages... but again, that's a big "if." | Read review |
| Twinfinite | Hayes Madsen | 4 / 5 stars | 11-13-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II offers a sizable improvement over the first game in almost every way. The campaign is short but well-paced and enjoyable, and multiplayer provides a robust offering with smooth and frenetic battles. | Read review |
| USgamer | Kat Bailey | 3.5 / 5 stars | 11-13-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront 2 is one of the most enjoyable multiplayer games of 2017, especially if you like Star Wars. It's also more flawed than it should be. Battlefront 2 doesn't deserve to be wholly defined by loot boxes, but it's inescapable given the impact they have on some of the core modes. This is why you don't tie gameplay to microtransactions. | Read review |
| VG247 | Sherif Saed | Recommended | 11-22-2017 | Every step of the way, Star Wars: Battlefront 2 proves that even the most talented developers and one of the biggest publishers in the industry can make costly mistakes. | Read review |
| Video Chums | Tyler Hall | 7.9 / 10 | 11-18-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II is an enjoyable but flawed title. | Read review |
| VideoGamer | Alice Bell | 6 / 10 | 11-22-2017 | A good core game of cool Star Wars battles on fun and interesting maps is bogged down by clumsy, convoluted progression systems, and the single player is interesting but unfinished. | Read review |
| Wccftech | Christian Vaz | 7.5 / 10 | 11-28-2017 | Star Wars Battlefront 2 has the potential to be an amazing game, however, it is unlikely we'll ever get to play the real game as it's hidden beneath microtransactions. In an ideal world, EA would remove the Star Card system completely and replace it with something that doesn't interfere with the gameplay. If you are on the fence, maybe wait a few weeks to see how EA deal with the progression system beforehand. That being said, even with Battlefront 2's flaws I'd still say it's worth playing. | Read review |
| We Got This Covered | Jon Hueber | 4.5 / 5 stars | 11-13-2017 | With Star Wars Battlefront II, DICE and EA have righted most of the wrongs from the first game, and have created one of the best Star Wars games ever. | Read review |
| WellPlayed | Kieran Stockton | 4 / 10 | 11-24-2017 | A game with incredible graphics and brilliant sound design that is brought down by a middling campaign and murdered by a confused and unbalanced multiplayer | Read review |
| Windows Central | Jez Corden | Not Recommended | 11-13-2017 | If there's a line to cross, EA didn't just step over it, they blew it up with the Death Star. | Read review |
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Embark on an endless Star Wars action experience from the best-selling Star Wars HD video game franchise of all time. Experience rich multiplayer battlegrounds across all 3 eras – prequel, classic and new trilogy – or rise as a new hero and discover an emotionally gripping single-player story spanning thirty years. Customise and upgrade your heroes, starfighters or troopers – each with unique abilities to exploit in battle. Ride tauntauns or take control of tanks and speeders. Use the Force to prove your worth against iconic characters like Kylo Ren, Darth Maul or Han Solo, as you play a part in a gaming experience inspired by forty years of timeless Star Wars films.
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- EA Digitial Illusions CE
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- Electronic Arts
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- Action, Shooter
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- Star Wars: Battlefront
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- Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
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