Epic Star Wars Battles Await.. (Star Wars: Battlefront II (PS2))

Member Name: heekeer

Product:	Star Wars: Battlefront II (PS2)
Date:	14/08/09 (5 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Adds heroes, space battles, story mode

Disadvantages: None!

Star Wars Battlefront 2 is an action game for the Playstation 2 console developed by Pandemic.

This time around the game has an actual story mode which is a huge bonus, you play as one of the Clone troopers as he recalls the battles he fought in which will take you all around the galaxy from Geonosis all the way to the Death Star itself. The actual story is a little thin as the game really serves as a glorified tutorial to help you learn the ropes. Still it is better than nothing and they did the voice of the clone troopers to come in and record lines for the game.

Gameplay has really evolved from the previous titles most significantly with the addition of Space Battles, the fighters really make alot more sense now.

In Space battles you start off in your ships hangar and can either head to the control room and take control of a gun turret and defend the ship, or you can go into a fighter or bomber and take the fight to the enemy. You can destroy key points on the ship and once this is done you will win the match, you must also protect your ship. These battles can be really intense as you go from dogfights with other fighters to bombing runs on the enemy bridge.

The armies of the Empire, Clones, CIS and Republic are all available to you with basic units such as soldiers, heavy soldiers, snipers and pilots as well as special unique units such as Magnaguards, Droidekas and Wookies putting in an appearance. You now can gain control of hero units which include Jedi Master Yoda, Boba Fett, Chewbacca, Anakin Skywalker, Obi Wan, Mace Windu, General Grevous and more! The heroes are great fun to play with all of them having special unique weapons and the Jedi having their awesome lightsabres and force powers to play with.

Graphically there are now more units on screen at once and the game in general looks really good.

This is a real improvement on the first game and fans of Star Wars will enjoy the ability to play through historic battles taking the fight to space and playing as heroes.

Summary: Excellent action game.