Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection is a first and third person shooter compilation developed and published by Aspyr Media, based around battles featured in the Star Wars films, as well as in the Expanded Universe. It consists of remastered versions of Star Wars: Battlefront (2004) and Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005), originally developed by Pandemic Studios.
People can either play Battlefront & Battlefront II online with up to 64 players on PC[1], PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, and Nintendo Switch, or offline with up to 2 players split screen for local play. It also includes the DLC that was originally exclusive to Xbox Live.
Gameplay[]
- Main Article: Star Wars: Battlefront
- Main Article: Star Wars: Battlefront II
Playable classes[]
Every infantry type, vehicle and turret from both games, planet-side and space-side, are included in the Classic Collection. Click the links below to view each category of units.
Factions[]
Maps[]
Every planet maps from both games are included along with the space maps are also included from Star Wars: Battlefront II. They are listed below:
Planet-side maps (Star Wars: Battlefront & Star Wars: Battlefront II)[]
- Bespin: Cloud City
- Bespin: Platforms
- Endor: Bunker
- Geonosis: Spire
- Hoth: Echo Base
- Kamino: Tipoca City
- Kamino: Cloning Facility
- Kashyyyk: Docks
- Kashyyyk: Islands
- Naboo: Theed
- Naboo: Plains
- Rhen Var: Citadel
- Rhen Var: Harbour
- Tatooine: Mos Eisley
- Tatooine: Dune Sea
- Tatooine: Jabba's Palace
- Yavin 4: Arena
- Yavin 4: Temple
- Geonosis: Dust Plains
- Mygeeto: War-Torn City
- Coruscant: Jedi Temple
- Kashyyyk: Beachhead
- Utapau: Sinkhole
- Polis Massa: Medical Facility
- Mustafar: Refinery
- Dagobah: Swamp
- Death Star: Interior
- Tantive IV: Interior
Space Maps (Star Wars: Battlefront II only)[]
- Space Coruscant
- Space Dagobah
- Space Endor
- Space Felucia
- Space Geonosis
- Space Hoth
- Space Kamino
- Space Kashyyyk
- Space Mustafar
- Space Mygeeto
- Space Naboo
- Space Polis Massa
- Space Tatooine
- Space Utapau
- Space Yavin
Cast[]
Voice cast[]
- G.W. Childs as Imperial Infantry (Star Wars: Battlefront)
- Chris Cox as Alliance Infantry, CIS Infantry (Star Wars: Battlefront), CIS Officer (Star Wars: Battlefront), Gungan Infantry
- Nick Jameson as Alliance Officer (Star Wars: Battlefront), Darth Sidious, Smarmy British Palpatine Ally (Star Wars Battlefront II), Alliance Officer #2 (Star Wars: Battlefront II)
- Tom Kane as Admiral Ackbar, Yoda, Imperial Officer #3 (Star Wars Battlefront II)
- Temuera Morrison as Republic Infantry (Star Wars: Battlefront), Republic Officer, Retired Clone Trooper, Republic Commander, Boba Fett, Jango Fett
- David Robb as Imperial Officer (Star Wars Battlefront)
- TC Carson as Mace Windu
- Mat Lucas as Anakin Skywalker
- James Arnold Taylor as Obi Wan Kenobi
- Matthew Wood as General Grievous
- Corey Burton as Count Dooku, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Imperial Officer #2 (Star Wars Battlefront II)
- Bob Bergen as Luke Skywalker
- Jamie Glover as General Veers, Imperial Officer #1 (Star Wars Battlefront II), Sadistic Moff
- David Boat as Republic Infantry (Star Wars: Battlefront II)
- Lex Lang as Han Solo, Imperial Infantry (Star Wars: Battlefront II)
- Scott Lawrence as Darth Vader
- Joyce Kurtz as Princess Leia
- Rachel Reenstra as Aayla Secura
- Steve Blum as Male Alliance Infantry #1 (Star Wars: Battlefront II)
- Stephen Stanton as Alliance Officer #1 (Star Wars: Battlefront II), Ben Kenobi, Darth Maul
- Timothy Omundson as Male Alliance Infantry #2 (Star Wars: Battlefront II), Rebel Commander
- Denny Delk as Training Officer (Star Wars: Battlefront II)
- David W. Collins as CIS Infantry (Star Wars: Battlefront II), CIS Officer (Star Wars: Battlefront II), Droid Alarm
- Christina Rumbley as Female Alliance Infantry (Star Wars: Battlefront II)
Archive footage appearances (Star Wars: Battlefront)[]
- Kenny Baker as R2-D2
- Silas Carson as Nute Gunray
- Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin
- Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia
- Harrison Ford as Han Solo
- Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker
- Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu
- Christopher Lee as Count Dooku
- Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca
- David Prowse as Darth Vader
- Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian
All scenes are taken from Episodes I, II, IV, V, and VI.
Critical Response[]
Star Wars Battlefront: Classic Collection was met with heavy criticism upon it's initial release on March 14th; owing to many issues that the majority of players on Steam had encountered, ranging from it's poor multiplayer experience, wherein the game had no online servers for the first Battlefront and only had three 64-player servers at launch for Battlefront II, which barely worked if at all without being plagued by connectivity issues, from rubber-banding, high ping, to frequent crashes.
The collection also had a considerable amount of non-multiplayer related bugs, ranging from audio bugs related to the first Battlefront loading screens, texture bugs for certain maps, considerably lower-pitched victory/defeat music, missing cinematics, poor hit detection and moments where the camera would momentarily malfunction when a player is respawning after death in a match.
Another concern was the disproportionately large file size of the collection itself, which around 50-70 gigabytes, compared to the original 3 gigabytes and the 4.3 gigyabytes of the original two games respectively, which may be attributed to the upscaled textures not being compressed properly.
One of the many customers on Steam had described the Classic Collection as "probably one of the worst launches of all time"[2], citing the poor multiplayer experience.
Aspyr had made a statement on the same day addressing these issues.[3] On March 18th, they had pushed an update[4] to the game which addresses many of the bugs and had increased the number of online servers.
External links[]
- https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/probably-one-of-the-worst-launches-of-all-time-star-wars-battlefront-classic-collection-players-tear-into-aspyr-for-bugs-crashes-and-3-64-player-launch-servers-for-nearly-10000-users/[1]
References[]
- ↑ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2446550/STAR_WARS_Battlefront_Classic_Collection/
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/id/Dinkleberg77/recommended/2446550/
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/games/2446550/announcements/detail/6425020099342198510?snr=2___
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/games/2446550/announcements/detail/6425020366870652178?snr=2___
    Battlefront Series     | |
|---|---|
| Pandemic's Battlefront | Star Wars: Battlefront (2004) • Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005) • Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection (2024) |
| DICE's Battlefront | Star Wars Battlefront (2015) (Expansion Packs include: Outer Rim, Bespin, Death Star, Rogue One: Scarif • Star Wars Battlefront Companion) • Star Wars Battlefront II (2017) |
| Spin-Offs | Renegade Squadron • Elite Squadron • Mobile Squadrons |
| Other | Star Wars: Battlefront III • Battlefront: Twilight Company • Battlefront II: Inferno Squad |
| * denotes upcoming content. | |