Star Wars Battlefront

[Napoléon]

[Mr.wizard]

I play Battlefront, I like the game, my only complaint about the game is the single player mode is incredibly boring, the original battlefront for xbox was a lot more fun (single player).

[Faith No More]

I definitely don't think it deserves all the hate it got from the critics, but I do feel like I have a little bit of buyer's remorse after dropping $60 on it. With only four levels for each mode, the levels have started to feel stale, but the amount of different modes have helped with that somewhat. My biggest problem has been with the shooting mechanics and the decision to completely neuter the ADS. I hate how I'm better off just firing from the hip unless the guy I'm shooting at is halfway across the map. Even crouching doesn't add anything to your accuracy. It just starts to feel shallow after awhile, and I've grown bored of it fairly quickly.

Plus, I've been experiencing a decent amount of lag on certain servers, which is super frustrating when there are dedicated servers.

But yeah, it's an absolutely gorgeous game. It's definitely the best looking game I've played on the PS4, and I'm guessing it's just jaw-dropping in 4K. Overall, it's been a fairly fun experience, but for $60, I just wish I hadn't grown tired of it so quickly.

[Napoléon]

I play Battlefront, I like the game, my only complaint about the game is the single player mode is incredibly boring, the original battlefront for xbox was a lot more fun (single player).

I'll give you that but I'd say the same for most every shooter out there today. I never buy a shooter for the single player anymore and I think it's naive to expect it to be anything more than an afterthought from the devs.  

I think the originals had better single player because at the time online play wasn't as prevalent or as much the focus, hence they piled in all these extra maps, characters, classes etc. because in many ways they had to. 

Before I played the game I was constantly comparing, imagining how shit the new one must be because it's missing so much. But when I look at it, I think they offer an equal amount. The new Battlefront just offers it in more subtle ways than what the old ones did.

[Iroscato]

I refuse to give EA my money. Except for my SWTOR subscription, but SHUT UP YOU'RE NOT TEH BOSS OF ME.

[Napoléon]

My biggest problem has been with the shooting mechanics and the decision to completely neuter the ADS.  I hate how I'm better off just firing from the hip unless the guy I'm shooting at is halfway across the map.  Even crouching doesn't add anything to your accuracy. It just starts to feel shallow after awhile, and I've grown bored of it fairly quickly.

I'm wondering, do you hold the shoot button down or do you pepper it?

I've found that if you just hold the button down then while using ADS you may as well just be hip-firing. But if you reign in the shots and do 2/3 at a time, in bursts, you can be deadly accurate through ADS.

I'm even wondering if this is why so many players on it seem to be shit. Often I can mow down 4 or 5 guys while they're all blasting at me, I have to wonder if they're all just hip-firing like noobs.

[Faith No More]

I'm wondering, do you hold the shoot button down or do you pepper it?

I've found that if you just hold the button down then while using ADS you may as well just be hip-firing. But if you reign in the shots and do 2/3 at a time, in bursts, you can be deadly accurate through ADS.

I'm even wondering if this is why so many players on it seem to be shit. Often I can mow down 4 or 5 guys while they're all blasting at me, I have to wonder if they're all just hip-firing like noobs.

Yeah, if you don't pepper it while ADS, you're going to have a bad time. I hold it down for hip-fire, though. It still feels shallow to me.

It's been my experience that about half the people are decent and half the people can't hit the broad side of a barn. It really sucks when you get all of the terrible people on your own team, because it doesn't adjust the teams between matches.

[Napoléon]

Yeah, if you don't pepper it while ADS, you're going to have a bad time.  I hold it down for hip-fire, though.  It still feels shallow to me.

It's been my experience that about half the people are decent and half the people can't hit the broad side of a barn.  It really sucks when you get all of the terrible people on your own team, because it doesn't adjust the teams between matches.

That's another thing I've noticed actually, team balancing can be pretty hit and miss.

Quite often I've been in games where it's 6 vs 1. Or 12 vs 3. One team basically backs out because they're getting raped but then the players never get replaced for whatever reason.

[account_inactive]

I was thinking of getting it but wanted to see what my friends think of it first; so far they say it seems to be quite decent but pretty much similar to what you've said. I'd probably wait until the price drops though, doesn't look worth the money.

[dyresand]