Let’s get this out of the way upfront: the Star Wars Battlefront beta was awesome. Whether stomping the Rebel Alliance on the icy fields of Hoth, capturing loot-laden escape pods on Sullust, or felling scores of terrible-aiming Stormtroopers on Tatooine, it delivered on the promise of being part of the Star Wars universe. But as much as the beta got right, it also raised some issues that DICE needs to address prior to launch next month to ensure that Star Wars Battlefront is the best it can be.
Here’s our list of 14 issues that we encountered during the Star Wars Battlefront beta.
Matchmaking is a fantastic tool which, in theory, means you can be in a game with a couple of button presses. It’s also a feature that’s best served alongside a server browser, particularly when players are connecting to dedicated servers (which they are in Battlefront). Like the Battlefield games DICE made before it, Battlefront is in need of a server browser to offer a manual level of control over the map, mode and favourite place to blast fictional avatars from far, far away.
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Here’s our list of 14 issues that we encountered during the Star Wars Battlefront beta.
Matchmaking is a fantastic tool which, in theory, means you can be in a game with a couple of button presses. It’s also a feature that’s best served alongside a server browser, particularly when players are connecting to dedicated servers (which they are in Battlefront). Like the Battlefield games DICE made before it, Battlefront is in need of a server browser to offer a manual level of control over the map, mode and favourite place to blast fictional avatars from far, far away.
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