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Star Wars: Battlefront Brings Arena Combat To The SW Title

DATE: -0/5-/2004
COMPANY: LucasArts
PRODUCT: Star Wars: Battlefront

Do you ever imagine yourself in the heat of battle against the rebel scum on Endor, or fighting alongside the Jedi at the Battle of Geonosis? If so, then Star Wars: Battlefront is the game you have been waiting for.

Battlefrontputs you on the front lines at many of the major battles seen throughout the Star Wars time line. You can play as any one of four different factions with over 20 different types of soldiers overall. You will be able to fight in the blizzards of Hoth, or tear your way through Naboo in this multiplayer combat game.

There are a total of 15 landscapes to battle through (spread across 10 different worlds). These areas are large and filled with details that seem to come straight out of the movies.

Battlefront lets you play as the Rebel Alliance and the Imperial Army or the Clone Army and the Droid Army. Of course, the armies available to you are dependant on the era you choose. It wouldn't make much sense to have the Clones trekking across Hoth against the Imperials in order to protect Echo Base.

Each soldier has his strengths and weaknesses and each one will have special abilities that makes him an asset to the team, while they will all be able to man ground-based turrets as well as pilot 15 different vehicles.

With the ability to battle with 16 other players across the Internet on the consoles as well as 32 players on a PC LAN connection, this themed multiplayer combat game is bound to be drool worthy for fans of CounterStrike and Unreal Tournament.

Star Wars: Battlefront comes out on the PC, XBox and PS2 September 21st alongside the DVD release of the original Star Wars trilogy.

GameVortex :: PSIllustrated :: TeamPS2