So, the Battlefront open beta is out today, and everybody with a PC, PS4 or Xbox One now has the opportunity to play it, for free.
This is quite a big one, because ever since it was announced, everybody was going crazy over it, but now you can actually play it, so for those of you who have done so already, what do you think?
For me, eh, I was pretty disappointed with it. I understand that it was only the beta, but after a couple of rounds of walker assault, I feel like I have already put in enough game time to be done with it. That was honestly not what I expected, at least after the amount of hype surrounding that game. The spawns were bad, the flying felt difficult to control, and the battle pick ups are a little too RNG for my taste, but the main issue, I feel, comes from variety, and the beta just doesn't have any. In a shooter, especially one where you pick what weapon to spawn with, the amount of weapons is the variety, and well, the beta has 4 primary weapons, all of which feel like each other, or 6, if you count the rocket launcher that might spawn, and the sniper rifle that you can also use as a "card".
I am sure that the full game will come with a whole bunch more content, primarily in the weaponry department, but certainly in the beta, there just isn't enough content to really keep you entertained for more than about 2-3 rounds.
The game that Battlefront reminds me of the most, is Titanfall. The game had so much hype leading up to its release, but then fell flat afterwards because there just was not all that much to be done in the game. I feel like Battlefront will reach the same fate, and be forgotten about in a few months after launch.
Beta is beta, but with the game 1 month from launch, I feel that they have a whole lot of work that needs to be done. One can only hope, but I don't have the best feelings.
This is quite a big one, because ever since it was announced, everybody was going crazy over it, but now you can actually play it, so for those of you who have done so already, what do you think?
For me, eh, I was pretty disappointed with it. I understand that it was only the beta, but after a couple of rounds of walker assault, I feel like I have already put in enough game time to be done with it. That was honestly not what I expected, at least after the amount of hype surrounding that game. The spawns were bad, the flying felt difficult to control, and the battle pick ups are a little too RNG for my taste, but the main issue, I feel, comes from variety, and the beta just doesn't have any. In a shooter, especially one where you pick what weapon to spawn with, the amount of weapons is the variety, and well, the beta has 4 primary weapons, all of which feel like each other, or 6, if you count the rocket launcher that might spawn, and the sniper rifle that you can also use as a "card".
I am sure that the full game will come with a whole bunch more content, primarily in the weaponry department, but certainly in the beta, there just isn't enough content to really keep you entertained for more than about 2-3 rounds.
The game that Battlefront reminds me of the most, is Titanfall. The game had so much hype leading up to its release, but then fell flat afterwards because there just was not all that much to be done in the game. I feel like Battlefront will reach the same fate, and be forgotten about in a few months after launch.
Beta is beta, but with the game 1 month from launch, I feel that they have a whole lot of work that needs to be done. One can only hope, but I don't have the best feelings.
