June
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...and it pains me that the game never got its proper dues.
The gameplay was absolutely stellar. It took a more arcade approach by forgoing ADS (aim down sights)which subsequently put more emphasis and importance on movement and made games faster paced. No longer was the emphasis on ADS campers who get the inherent advantage of posting up and waiting on enemies and relying on their massive ADS/accuracy boost, but instead the emphasis was on the people who utilised movement, strafing, and quick reaction times. You were not penalised by having to ADS (and having your movement slow down to a crawl whilst doing so), but instead incentivised to run and gun and cover distances with less worry of being at the disadvantage of campers.
I feel like people were/are so familiar with the tropes of "slower and more realistic" shooters that they never quite gelled with the arcade brilliance that Battlefront achieved.
Then there are other things it did right besides gameplay like some of the best graphics, the Star Wars setting of course, and the medium-to-large scale frenetic madness of the gameplay.
I don't think it's a coincidence that two of my favourite online shooters this past decade have been Battlefront and Overwatch. Two games that emphasis movement and abilities over posting up with ADS.
What say you GAF: underappreciated masterpiece, hobbled together trash, or something in-between?
The gameplay was absolutely stellar. It took a more arcade approach by forgoing ADS (aim down sights)which subsequently put more emphasis and importance on movement and made games faster paced. No longer was the emphasis on ADS campers who get the inherent advantage of posting up and waiting on enemies and relying on their massive ADS/accuracy boost, but instead the emphasis was on the people who utilised movement, strafing, and quick reaction times. You were not penalised by having to ADS (and having your movement slow down to a crawl whilst doing so), but instead incentivised to run and gun and cover distances with less worry of being at the disadvantage of campers.
I feel like people were/are so familiar with the tropes of "slower and more realistic" shooters that they never quite gelled with the arcade brilliance that Battlefront achieved.
Then there are other things it did right besides gameplay like some of the best graphics, the Star Wars setting of course, and the medium-to-large scale frenetic madness of the gameplay.
I don't think it's a coincidence that two of my favourite online shooters this past decade have been Battlefront and Overwatch. Two games that emphasis movement and abilities over posting up with ADS.
What say you GAF: underappreciated masterpiece, hobbled together trash, or something in-between?