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Revision as of 13:09, 24 August 2019
Star Wars Battlefront II is the sequel to the 2015 video game Star Wars Battlefront. Featuring content from all three cinematic Star Wars eras, Star Wars Battlefront II was developed by EA DICE, Criterion Games, and Motive Studios and released worldwide on November 17, 2017.
Development
The sequel was announced during an earnings call by EA's CFO, Blake Jorgensen, in May 2016. The game will feature content from all three Star Wars trilogies.
In January 2017, the EAStarWars Twitter page revealed that the next Battlefront was to have more locations, heroes, eras, vehicles, and an all-new singleplayer campaign, easily amounting to more than triple the content from the original game.
Star Wars Battlefront II was officially announced at Star Wars Celebration in April 2017. The first trailer was also shown at the event, giving glimpses of the action packed campaign, multiplayer battles across different eras (Clone Wars, Galactic Civil War, and sequel trilogy) as well as space and air battles.
Shortly after the reveal, Bernd Diemer, Creative Director of Battlefront II, revealed the game will not feature a Season Pass, sighting a desire to keep the community whole. In regards to what will replace the Season Pass, Diemer stated that DICE will have "something different in mind that will allow you to play longer." This was later revealed to be post-launch content seasons, where all players would get access to new DLC's.
Mark Webster, executive producer of Battlefront II, announced on April 15, 2017, at Star Wars Celebration in Orlando, Florida, that the worldwide release of the game would be November 17, 2017, with those who pre-order getting the game three days early, and those with EA Access on November 9.
On the 5th of October, it was announced that Battlefront players on the PC, Xbox and PS4 would get a chance to test out the game in Star Wars Battlefront II’s official Beta. The Beta was downloadable from the 6th of October, and was intended to end on the 9th of October, but so many people were playing it and giving feedback that EA extended the end date to the 11th of October.
At EA Play 2017, the first multiplayer gameplay trailer for the game was unveiled, along with a livestream featuring the Galactic Assault on Naboo: Theed. It was also confirmed that the post-release content would be free, starting with the first season including heroes Finn and Captain Phasma and the planet Crait from The Last Jedi.
Singleplayer
Campaign
- Iden Versio, commander of Inferno Squad, an elite Imperial special forces unit. Upon witnessing the destruction of the Death Star II, Versio's squad members look to her for direction. The campaign of Star Wars Battlefront II follows
The campaign spans thirty years, beginning in the waning months of the Galactic Civil War and concluding around the destruction of Starkiller Base.
There are also segments in the campaign where players can play from the point of view of characters other than Iden, such as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Lando Calrissian, and Kylo Ren.
Arcade
The Arcade allows players to play against AI bots across all the maps in the game, either singleplayer or co-op, and does not require an Internet connection. Modes in Arcade include:
- Custom Arcade
- Battle Scenarios
- Tutorial
Multiplayer
Unlike the previous game, this installment includes four playable classes: Assault, Heavy, Officer, and Specialist, each with different strengths and weaknesses. As players progress through a match, they accumulate Battle Points, which can be used to spawn as reinforcements: special units, vehicles, and even heroes.
Progression
At launch, progression was largely randomized; while blasters and blaster mods were, and still are, unlocked by accumulating kills in-game through milestones, players could collect Star Cards through Loot Crates, which were purchasable with both in-game Credits and the game's microtransactions, Crystals. Additionally, Star Cards could be crafted by choice through Crafting Parts which could be found in Loot Crates.
Due to backlash, however, microtransactions were disabled at launch and the progression system was entirely redesigned, with the new progression system released in the 2.0 Patch. Progression is now linear; players earn Skill Points for each class by playing as that class in-game and leveling it up, earning one Skill Point each time the class is leveled up. Skill Points can be used to unlock and upgrade Star Cards for that class. Skill Points are also unlocked for reinforcement classes, including heroes and vehicles. Crystals can only be used to purchase cosmetic items, such as appearances, which can also be purchased with in-game credits. Loot Crates are now only used to reward credits and cosmetics.
Two types of Star Cards exist: Boost Cards which are used to upgrade certain abilities or elements of a class or hero, and Ability Cards which are used to swap out abilities with other abilities. Only the four trooper classes have Ability Cards.
Modes
- Game modes are divided among three categories: Heroes and Villains which are game modes focused on hero combat, Assault which are asymmetrical attack vs. defense game modes, and Operations which encompass all other game modes. In addition to the permanent game modes, some game modes are only available for a limited time and are on rotation with other limited-time modes, swapping out with them periodically; they can be found under Operations.
Heroes and Villains:
- Heroes vs. Villains
- Hero Showdown (added in The Han Solo Season)
- Hero Starfighters (added in the Hero Starfighters Update)
Assault:
- Galactic Assault
- Capital Supremacy (added in the Capital Supremacy Update)
- Starfighter Assault
- Strike
Operations:
- Blast
- Ewok Hunt (added in the Night on Endor Update)
- Extraction (limited-time; added in The Han Solo Season)
- Jetpack Cargo (limited-time; added in the 1.2 Patch)
Maps
- Maps are based on planets that appear in all three cinematic eras of Star Wars: the Clone Wars, the Galactic Civil War, and the First Order–Resistance war. Nearly the full size of the maps are playable in larger game modes such as Galactic Assault while sections of the larger maps are playable in the smaller game modes such as Strike. Some planets also feature more than one map, some of which can only be played in smaller modes. Space and high atmosphere maps are separate and can only be found in Starfighter Assault. Additionally, all maps are playable in the Arcade.
Prequel era:
- Geonosis (added in the Battle of Geonosis Update)
- Trippa Hive
- Pipeline Junction West (added in the Capital Supremacy Update)
- Kamino
- Kashyyyk
- Naboo
- Ryloth
Original era:
- Bespin
- Administrator's Palace (added in the 2.0 Patch)
- Death Star II
- Endor
- Fondor
- Hoth
- Kessel (added in The Han Solo Season)
- Tatooine
- Mos Eisley
- Jabba's Palace (added in The Han Solo Season)
- Yavin 4
Sequel era:
- Crait (added in The Last Jedi Season)
- D'Qar (added in The Last Jedi Season)
- Jakku
- Starship Graveyard
- Starkiller Base
- Takodana
- Unknown Regions
Heroes & Villains
- heroes, 14 of which were available at launch. The rest have been added in post-launch updates. Heroes are either affiliated with the Light Side or the Dark Side as well as a certain era (Clone Wars, Galactic Civil War, or First Order–Resistance war). There are a total of 20 playable
- Light Side
- Heroes
- Vehicles
- Dark Side
Weapons
Blaster Rifles:
Blaster Pistols:
Heavy Blasters:
Targeting Rifles:
Star Cards
Assault
Default Abilities:
- Thermal Detonator
- Vanguard
- Scan Dart
Ability Cards:
- Acid Launcher
- Flash Pistol
- Improved Thermal Detonator
- Improved Scan Dart
- Killstreak Vanguard
- Recharge Vanguard
- Slug Vanguard
- Smart Ion Grenade
- Toughen Up
Boost Cards:
- Assault Training
- Bodyguard
- Bounty Hunter
- Brawler
- Expert Weapons Handling
- Marksman
- Resourceful
- Survivalist
Heavy
Default Abilities
- Impact Grenade
- Sentry
- Combat Shield
Ability Cards:
- Barrage
- Detonate Charge
- Explosive Sentry
- Improved Combat Shield
- Improved Impact Grenade
- Ion Torpedo
- Ion Turret
- Mobile Sentry
- Supercharged Sentry
Boost Cards:
- Defender
- Bodyguard
- Bounty Hunter
- Brawler
- Expert Weapons Handling
- Marksman
- Resourceful
- Survivalist
Officer
Default Abilities:
- Flash Grenade
- Battle Command
- Blaster Turret
Ability Cards:
- Defuser
- Disruption
- Blast Command
- Improved Battle Command
- Improved Blaster Turret
- Improved Flash Grenade
- Homing Shot
- Recharge Command
- Squad Shield
Boost Cards:
- Officer's Presence
- Expert Weapons Handling
- Brawler
- Bodyguard
- Bounty Hunter
- Marksman
- Resourceful
- Survivalist
Specialist
Default Abilities
- Shock Grenade
- Infiltration
- Thermal Binoculars
Ability Cards:
- Hardened Infiltration
- Improved Shock Grenade
- Improved Thermal Binoculars
- Killstreak Infiltration
- Laser Trip Mine
- Personal Shield
- Repulsor Cannon
- Scrambled Infiltration
- Stinger Pistol
Boost Cards:
- Marksman
- Bodyguard
- Bounty Hunter
- Brawler
- Expert Weapons Handling
- Stealth
- Survivalist
- Resourceful
Vehicles
Air
Regular Ships
Aerial vehicles are divided between three starfighter classes: Fighter, Interceptor, and Bomber. Additionally, some Speeder and Artillery vehicles are capable of flight.
- ARC-170 Starfighter (Fighter)
- V-Wing (Interceptor)
- BTL-B Y-Wing (Bomber)
- LAAT Gunship (Artillery)
- Vulture Droid (Fighter)
- Droid Tri-Fighter (Interceptor)
- Hyena-class bomber (Bomber)
- T-65B X-Wing Fighter)
- RZ-1 A-Wing (Interceptor)
- BTL-A4 Y-Wing (Bomber)
- T-47 Airspeeder (Speeder)
- U-Wing (Artillery)
- TIE/ln Fighter (Fighter)
- TIE/IN Interceptor (Interceptor)
- TIE/SA Bomber (Bomber)
- T-70 X-wing (Fighter)
- RZ-2 A-Wing (Interceptor)
- TIE/FO (Fighter)
- TIE/SF (Interceptor)
Hero Ships
There are a total of 12 hero ships, 9 of which were available at launch. The rest have been added in post-launch updates. They are divided by the Light Side and the Dark Side.
Heroes:
- Poe Dameron's T-70 X-Wing
- Han Solo and Chewbacca's Millennium Falcon
- Rey and Chewbacca's Millennium Falcon
- Lando Calrissian and L3-37's Millennium Falcon (added in The Han Solo Season)
- Luke Skywalker's Red Five
- Yoda's Actis-class Light Interceptor
- Tallie Lintra's RZ-2 A-Wing (added in The Last Jedi Season)
Villains:
- Darth Vader's TIE Advanced X1
- Kylo Ren's TIE Silencer
- Boba Fett's Slave I
- Darth Maul's Scimitar
- Iden Versio's TIE/ln Fighter (added in the 1.1 Patch)
Ground
Ground vehicles, also known as atmospheric vehicles, are found as part of the Armor class. Additionally, some Speeder and Artillery vehicles are land-based vehicles.
- AT-RT (Armor)
- Barc Speeder (Speeder) (added in the Battle of Geonosis Update)
- AT-TE (added in the Battle of Geonosis Update)
- TX-130 Fighter Tank (added in the Where are those Droidekas? Update)
- Scavenged AT-RT (Armor)
- 74-Z Speeder Bike (Speeder)
- Stolen AT-AT (Artillery)
- Stolen LIUV (Speeder)
- V-4X-D Ski Speeder (Speeder) (added in The Last Jedi Season)
- First Order AT-ST (Armor) (added in The Last Jedi Season)
- LIUV (Speeder)
Special units
Light Side
- ARC Trooper (Infiltrator for the Galactic Republic; added in the Capital Supremacy Update)
- Jet Trooper (Aerial for the Galactic Republic)
- Rebel Rocket-Jumper (Aerial for the Rebel Alliance)
- Resistance Rocket-Jumper (Aerial for the Resistance)
- Wookiee Warrior (Enforcer for the Light Side)
Dark Side
- Droideka (Enforcer for the Separatists; added in the Where are those Droidekas? Update)
- Commando Droid (Infiltrator for the Separatists; added in the Capital Supremacy Update)
- B2-RP Rocket Droid (Aerial for the Separatists)
- B2 Super Battle Droid (Enforcer for the Separatists)
- Imperial Jump Trooper (Aerial for the Galactic Empire)
- Death Trooper (Enforcer for the Galactic Empire)
- First Order Rocket Trooper (Aerial for the First Order)
- First Order Flametrooper (Enforcer for the First Order)
Game Updates
Ordered from oldest to newest.
Major Updates
- 1.0 Patch—added The Last Jedi Season
- 2.0 Patch—overhauled Progression System
- Night on Endor—added cosmetic appearances and Ewok Hunt
- Han Solo Season—added The Han Solo Season
- Han Solo Season Part 2—added part two of The Han Solo Season
- Hero Starfighters Update—added Hero Starfighters
- Elite Corps Update—added the first group of Clone Trooper appearances and reintroduced the ability to obtain emotes and victory poses
- Squad System Update—revamped the game's squad system, introduced more Clone Trooper appearances, and implemented End-of-Round (EOR) matchmaking
- General Grievous Update—added General Grievous
- Battle of Geonosis Update—added Geonosis, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and multiple Clone Trooper and hero appearances
- December Update—added a new appearance for Obi-Wan Kenobi and the new Squad system to Blast
- Darth Tyranus Update—Added Count Dooku and Geonosis to Blast, Heroes vs. Villains, and Arcade
- The Chosen One Update—Added Anakin Skywalker and overhauled Clone Trooper customization
- Capital Supremacy Update—Added the large-scale game mode Capital Supremacy and overhauled lightsaber combat
- Giants Above Kachirho Update—Added Kashyyyk: Kachirho Beach to Capital Supremacy
- Siege of Kamino Update—Added Kamino: Cloning Facility to Capital Supremacy
- Where are those Droidekas? Update—Added Naboo: Theed to Capital Supremacy
Minor
- 0.2 Patch
- 1.03 Patch
- 1.1 Patch
- 1.2 Patch
- 2.01 Patch
- August Patch
- Darth Tyranus Hotfix
- The Chosen One Hotfix
- Capital Supremacy Hotfix
- Giants Above Kachirho Patch
- June 11th Patch
- July 2019 Update
- August 2019 Patch
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Concept art
Promotional images
In-engine
Videos
Battlefront Series | |
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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. |