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Star Wars: Battlefront is going to be giving out new maps for free
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Razgriz-Specter
Member
New races for the Rebels would be a good free DLC however they probably know people would likely pay for them.
I wouldn't say they are cut out. They just reuse a lot of assets.
Also most of the battle and survival maps are different as well. The Hoth one is for sure. I thought it was Ice Caves but it wasn't. Totally different layout and everything.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Stop making sense. You are not internetting very well.
Lol, at the responses that this is a response to sales after only a week, when they have had pre-order data for months, set record digital sales, Black Friday as well as the holidays have not hit yet let alone the movie.
Gun Animal
Member
This is great news, and honestly as long as the Jakku DLC has one Supremacy/Walker map I'll be more than happy with how much base content there is.
What I really want Dice to do is tell us what planets/locales the season pass will contain. As soon as I know we're getting four new planets (and one of them is Bespin) I'll buy it. As it is, "16 maps" doesn't necessarily mean new planets, which has me a little concerned.
What I really want Dice to do is tell us what planets/locales the season pass will contain. As soon as I know we're getting four new planets (and one of them is Bespin) I'll buy it. As it is, "16 maps" doesn't necessarily mean new planets, which has me a little concerned.
wingedarcher7
Member
Aww yes! More content we know we can look forward to. Makes me wonder if this is because they saw that people wanted more content or if it was planned from the beginning like what they did for Battlefield 4.
Then again, they probably waited to announce this now because saying it before the release would make people upset about how the DLC should be in the game to begin with, so maybe this was the smartest move.
Then again, they probably waited to announce this now because saying it before the release would make people upset about how the DLC should be in the game to begin with, so maybe this was the smartest move.
MiguelItUp
Member
Precisely. This is clearly a part of their development timeline. I doubt the game "bombed so hard" that in one week they needed to muster up free content. People are being silly.
DrGonzo615
Banned
PintSizedSlasher
Member
That's funny. I've been playing a game like this the past week.
Based GAF, more like.
MiguelItUp
Member
Meh, honestly to me it's worth it, it's all an opinion. But I also bought BF 1942, Vietnam, Battlefield 2, and 2142 at launch at full price and had no regrets. I played them for an extremely long period of time and none had a "single player component". They have absolutely no reason to apologize, they've made an excellent game that isn't for everyone. It happens.
We don't yet know what the planned season pass maps were. It's not inconceivable that they could steal some of the paid ones to give out for free in the short term to give them plenty more time to make additional maps that will end up as the season pass later on.
If free maps were planned at launch, what reason would they have for keeping it secret?
Get extra sales. If you announce that before launch, most people will still claim the game has few maps, and now they don't have anything to announce to let people think otherwise. If they announce them afterwards, when most people stopped whining, they can get extra sales, plus the game gets talked about again.
DecoReturns
Member
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
Cool, can you show us all this maps you obviously already seen?
Just sad that a topic with great news for everyone turns into shit because some people really wanna hate on the game. And the people claiming that the game sold bad are the worst.
Just let it go and ignore Battlefront topics if you really dont care about the game.
Let them complain, most people that scream that Battlefront is shallow cant even describe why its shallow to them... so yeah.
Sounds like more free maps are coming in addition to Jakku and the season pass stuff. Good.
The new game mode will launch with a map cycle of Jakku, Jakku, Jakku followed by Jakku.
It seems that DICE will need to create/repurpose maps on the current planets for the new game mode - and those maps will obviously be free.
It will be interesting to see what this mode is like, but I can't help thinking that "more game modes" isn't really a solution to anyone's problem.
This sentence is incredible.
How come I feel like the only people complaining are the one's that ....8 months later still can't accept its a multiplayer only title and that does not entitle them to cheaper prices??
I hear 'lack of depth' but every game mode is fun? Well except dog fighting but I suck at flying
Hero Hunt, is awesome, just discovered that mode last night, droid hunt or whatever is also fun, that's another mode I did not discover until yesterday.
It's a fun arcade shooter, why does everyone need it to be something it's not?
All this bad word of mouth when we have seen other FPS come out this gen that shipped with less pvp content at their vanilla launches (titanfall, halo, Destiny...all 3 had minimal game types)
I hear 'lack of depth' but every game mode is fun? Well except dog fighting but I suck at flying
Hero Hunt, is awesome, just discovered that mode last night, droid hunt or whatever is also fun, that's another mode I did not discover until yesterday.
It's a fun arcade shooter, why does everyone need it to be something it's not?
All this bad word of mouth when we have seen other FPS come out this gen that shipped with less pvp content at their vanilla launches (titanfall, halo, Destiny...all 3 had minimal game types)
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
So? Thats how it is. I dont see why more Free Content is a bad thing. But some people are never happy it seems like
Also this^^
Wafflecakes
Member
Still going to wait until they come out with an edition that includes all the DLC in a year or two.
Right, if anyone's listening I want a speeder bike chase oriented map. That speeder bike training mission is too good to be a one time only thing. Give us a map that's expansive, that has multiple criss crossing paths and some open areas to turn around in.
Maybe make it something like you have to get from point A to point B but you can use any path you want, Imperials hunt you down. I couldn't believe how well realised the speeder bike mission was, how well the controls worked and how authentic it felt.
I WANT MORE
EDIT: I'm very glad I bought this. The game isn't perfect, and some genuine complaints have surfaced. Fighter Squadron could be longer and more interesting than just defending/attacking transports. Spawn points can be an issue, too many grenades getting thrown around etc. I'm sure in time many of these problems will be dealt with... that plus all the extra maps coming, free and season pass, means I'm in this for the long haul.
Maybe make it something like you have to get from point A to point B but you can use any path you want, Imperials hunt you down. I couldn't believe how well realised the speeder bike mission was, how well the controls worked and how authentic it felt.
I WANT MORE
EDIT: I'm very glad I bought this. The game isn't perfect, and some genuine complaints have surfaced. Fighter Squadron could be longer and more interesting than just defending/attacking transports. Spawn points can be an issue, too many grenades getting thrown around etc. I'm sure in time many of these problems will be dealt with... that plus all the extra maps coming, free and season pass, means I'm in this for the long haul.
Anton Sugar
Member
You can go into the Battlefront OT, which is largely positive, and find plenty of critiques for the shittier game modes. Ironically, Hero Hunt is almost unanimously singled out as a shit game mode, as is Droid Hunt. They're poorly designed.
Uh, Destiny and Titanfall both got shit, from media and players, for not having content at launch. I know you are aware of how much shit Destiny got, because you were one of the staunch defenders.
HerbertBirdsfoot
Member
You have not purchased this product, and you are demanding an apology. Got it.
Snkfanatic
Banned
Do you really think GAF had anything to do with this?
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Considering that the free BF4 content was an apology for the horrible launch and that the launch of Battlefront was near-flawless (best DICE launch in 10 years) this content was likely planned before release.
i hope so, because selling a season pass for 50euro at once at the beginning when the game launched was the biggest fuck up i have ever came across.
THIS SHOULD NOT BECOME INDUSTRY STANDARDS.
selling a "full" game for 120 bucks is simply insane.
you already have awesome numbers from the launch, where is the problem to give out a few things out for free?
monster hunter 4 did quite a nice job.
THIS SHOULD NOT BECOME INDUSTRY STANDARDS.
selling a "full" game for 120 bucks is simply insane.
you already have awesome numbers from the launch, where is the problem to give out a few things out for free?
monster hunter 4 did quite a nice job.
Anton Sugar
Member
Pretty strange to not announce something that might net you more preorders/sales.
DarkJedi24
Member
Let the good times roll.
Glad to see DICE continuing to add content beyond the season pass. Great move on their part.
Glad to see DICE continuing to add content beyond the season pass. Great move on their part.
Dreamwriter
Member
How can you say it was near-flawless when just about every review complained about lack of content? The fact that all reviews complained about the content makes it very likely that this was a reaction to that. They are most likely taking one of the maps from each of the Season Pass DLC planets and making it available for free, so that way it doesn't take any extra work, plus acts as an advertisement for the full DLC while solving the problem of "it's not worth $60 because not enough maps" complaints.
Marvel
could never
Hownis selling a season pass a "fuck up" ?
Why is there still a lingering mentality that DLC = cut content. Because that's what you are hinting at when you say full game is $120. Battlefront launched with less maps than it should have but by no means do evidence suggest that the game would have had more maps if there was no season pass. There is no evidence that suggests that these Mao's that will come with season pass would have made it in the game and they decided to cut it out for season pass. The logical scenario is that DICE finished these 8 maps and then moved on to work on the other maps which didn't get finished in time...some of these maps will be free and some of these will be part of the season pass. I see nothing wrong with it as I see it as giving developers the opportunity to continue working on content that never saw completion (and believe me when I say that there is a lot of it in every game).
I will never understand why people rage over season pass, all it is doing is bundling all the future DLCs together for those who want to buy it..and sometimes this bundling means there is a small discount. But if you are against DLC practice in the first place then I don't know what to say other than point out how post game content support in majority of the games was non existent in the past...and that didn't really meant every game launched with tons of content from the get go and had free DLCs.
You know what's the biggest irony here? That DICE sort of working on post release content gets the same sort of "This industry is fucked" responses as Bethesda not working on any post release content prior to release as was evident with the blowout during Fallout 4.
Anton Sugar
Member
I think he's saying that it was a stable launch. Though I understand PC, in particular, has some server/matchmaking issues.
He's right, though. It was a remarkably smooth launch.
PapaJustify
Member
This is unprecedented. I guess EA REALLY wants to cash in on the Star Wars license and current hype. For any other game such a model wouldn't fly.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Yes, I meant technically (though I disagree with most of the criticism of the quantity of content, except needing more maps for 40 player modes).
Also, there is no way that they will take maps from the season pass to release free. It's going to be additional content (like the press release said) on top of the 16 maps, 4 modes, and 20 weapons/Star Cards in the season pass.
Also, there is no way that they will take maps from the season pass to release free. It's going to be additional content (like the press release said) on top of the 16 maps, 4 modes, and 20 weapons/Star Cards in the season pass.
Snkfanatic
Banned
They did the same thing for the last two Battlefields....
Of the 4 Season Passes I have ever bought two of them were from Dice (BF3 and 4) and both were well worth the price when you look at how much content they include.
Anton Sugar
Member
I agree--DICE has been one of the best when it comes to season pass content/quality, but the Battlefront Season Pass also doesn't match the amount of content in Battlefield Premium, plus it has less content than a Battlefield game. I think that's where the "incomplete game" complaints come from.
Ask yourself: does anything in the gaming industry happen without the involvement of GAF?
Succinct Verbosity
Member
The most content bare multiplayer shooter this year might become one of the most rewarding by the end of its content cycle.
Seventy_X_Seven
Member
Every single one of these maps is unique. They may share some assets but also have unique assets and completely different lay outs.