Star Wars: Battlefront (2004) Review

Hey folks, this is a fairly in-depth review of the original 2004 Star Wars Battlefront. It's available on PC and the online multiplayer is up and running, so you can still play it to this day.
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0:00:00 intro
0:00:47 Premise
0:01:40 Visuals
0:03:10 Sound Design
0:05:52 Gameplay
0:07:21 Classes
0:13:07 Bot A.I.
0:15:30 Technical...things
0:16:47 Heroes
0:18:42 Native Species
0:19:29 Vehicle Combat
0:22:37 Maps
0:25:46 Multiplayer/Instant Action
0:26:32 Campaign Mode
0:27:31 Galactic Conquest
0:29:02 The fatal flaw of the PC version
0:29:52 Conclusions
0:30:37 Reverse Credits
#StarWars #StarWarsBattlefront #StarWarsBattlefrontReview

[@TheB0sss]

I mean, what? For all it's faults, the two things the new battlefront games nailed is the look and sound. That I disagree with

[@Dorkaxe]

I've seen this point come up a few times, so I'll reply to yours and hope others see it. I think I naively spoke before following my thoughts to their rightful conclusion. I was thinking "you would never know it's star wars unless you see a stormtrooper or ATST." My main problem comes from how realistic looking their art style is, which I personally don't associate with star wars at all. It looks graphically impressive, but also bland and stilted imo. The older games have that messy feel, like Yoda as a puppet. It's still my fault for not thinking more on that talking point before saying it, but not much I can do about it now. Hopefully in the future I'll consider what I'm saying a bit more than I did here.

[@TheB0sss]

@@Dorkaxe it's fine, don't worry about it. I get your argument, I still disagree to be honest. I don't think there's been any game as convincingly star wars as the new games. Hoth, death star, geonosis and endor all look perfect in the newest one imo. Yes they're in the realistic art style you mentioned, but the movies were filmed in real life, it fits.

[@cjav7287]

@@TheB0sss Agreed, the new games look straight up like you're in the movies.

[@TheB0sss]

@@cjav7287 yup, exactly what I think as well. The sound design is also amazing

[@nyoin2028]

@@TheB0sss the new battlefronts are easy to shit on when you grew up playing with only AI and have to convert to actual pvp, and alot of people lost their power fantasy at that point and go into denial.

[@senatorsheevpalpatine3712]

The fact that there’s at least two maps per planet really tells how much the devs cared making this game

[@Scarecrow545]

I love that usually we got one urban map with corridors, buildings, etc (Cloud City, Theed, Mos Espa, Islands), and one bigger, open one that was typically more vehicle-friendly (Platforms, Plains, Dune Sea, Docks).

[@DanielBrongers]

Battlefront back in the day was never my kind of tea; I prefer my games to have at least a story in them (preferably offline), rather than to be online all the time. No offense...

[@emilv.3693]

Not on Geonosis, Kamino, or Hoth

[@luksten9962]

@@DanielBrongers Battlefront was never online all the time what are you talking about?

[@schmecklin377]

@@DanielBrongers I played battlefront for thousands of hours and never went online once lol

[@WingedDynamite]

This is my biggest problem with playable heroes. They aren't scary. But the invincible, murder-machine known as AI Vader chasing you in Hoth's caves? Nightmare fuel.

[@Pellagrah]

Games today cater to power fantasies. The player always has to be the one in control of the experience, and can never be forced to contend with enemies they cannot defeat. Games used to have scary, God-like forces of nature that could insta-kill you, legitimate dangers which adds fear and excitement to the experience. Modern games, however, always want to put the player in a position of ultimate power, which really takes the thrill out of the experience as well as being an unethical exploitation of human behavioral psychology (just IMO).

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Man... this made me remember some dark Endor flashbacks....

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

@@Pellagrah Not to mention too many games are too easy now.

[@budjy1]

And there was nothing more satisfying then launching them off bespin platforms or rhen var citadel

[@vensonbarber9554]

Yes! Darth Vader want overkill on the rebels in that caves I was a stormtrooper saw the massacre

[@nicholasprzeslawski]

12:50 you actually CAN gain height with clone jet troopers, you just need to be looking up to do so.

[@snorreproductions]

I remember flying up on the tall mountain on geonosis: spire

[@nicholasprzeslawski]

@@snorreproductions personally I remember flying up the side of the cliff on Rhen Var harbor.

[@purplehaze412]

The Clone Jet Trooper's pistol is not just a regular pistol, it is semi-automatic until it overheats. It is deadly as hell at closer ranges when not outnumbered hugely. Pair that with their grenade count and emp launcher and they're a fairly decent match for a Droideka one-on-one. Not to beat on a dead horse, but I scrolled through the comments and didn't see it.

[@EmDub01]

@@purplehaze412 I almost always play as the jet trooper because, thanks to the EMP launcher, they’re the best unit for taking out droidekas which would otherwise shred through the clones in its way, and the pistol is perfectly fine at taking out any other droid. Plus the grenades and their maneuverability makes it quick to zip around the battlefront and capture command posts or nab a newly spawned vehicle. Seriously I pick jet trooper at least 8 times out of 10, they are too useful

[@welkingunther5417]

@@EmDub01 I do the same. They're so awesome!

[@yufuriagaming8187]

The nostalgia this video gave me is immeasurable ;-;.

[@Dorkaxe]

I'm with you, dude. Hopefully I can have something up on the channel sometime relatively soon that may scratch that star wars nostalgia itch once more.

[@jbark678]

Same here, my chest hurts I want to play it so bad. I may have to pick it up on pc.

[@matthewharrp9183]

Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron is a fun game to play on psp

[@jamesdiaz9907]

Yeah it brought back some buried memories

[@puro7706]

Not for me, never played it

[@CortanaBabe]

Rhen Var played a big part in the 2002 "The Clone Wars" game which Pandemic also developed

[@Black_Chariot]

I can't believe I forgot about The Clone Wars. It was my jam back in the day. I remember I had a Tetris Worlds/The Clone Wars dual disk. Good times.

[@CortanaBabe]

@@Black_Chariot Right with you mate; unfortunately our double-discs aren't backwards compatible :'(

[@Dman9fp]

@@Black_Chariot Oh yeah, the controlling ground Jedi parts always felt stiff and rushed, but besides that solid game Clone wars was. And that was more a mid-range quality star wars/ video game in general back then, almost got rid of it a few times (PS2 was definitely the golden age of gaming). Games like Jedi outcast/academy, bounty hunter, and God of war 1-3 are still unsurpassed imo

[@Pellagrah]

@@Dman9fp I actually enjoyed the jedi sections more than the vehicular proto-MOBA components that were the focus of the game. The jedi parts were a lot better if you had 2-4 players via local co-op.

[@MegaMr46]

Don’t forget about the The platforms of Kashyyk from the infamous Holiday Special

[@theintunity]

17:50 The physics were always my favorite part of the game. I absolutely loved yeeting darth vader of the platform like that.

[@augustusrobicheaux5160]

Haha Vader go weeeeee

[@AguyR1401]

Explosions would blow you off your feet even if they didn't do fatal damage! Which was a fun difference between this game and its following game.

[@lephantomchickn3676]

I always loved doing that the same way on Bespin and Kamino

[@jordinagel1184]

Or better yet, running him over with a speeder bike

[@Junkmaster3]

It was even funnier when you were able to get him into the sarlacc pit on Tatooine Dune Sea haha!

[@commissaryarrick6764]

Pandemic studios didn't die, it became one with the force.

[@widgetfilms]

Rhen Var Harbour was always my favorite. Those ice tunnels were a game unto themselves. Another fun mini game was: Am I going to get a gunship on Geonosis before the AI?

[@mr.thrusty8096]

I fucking love this game. I'm so glad this got recommended to me. This game is LITERALLY my entire childhood.

[@mr.thrusty8096]

Also great work on the vid!

[@Pellagrah]

aw yea, I remember renting battlefront from blockbuster (!!!) back in '04 and binging on it for a week straight. also played the battlefront II demo that was included on the dvd release of ep III every day until I could afford the full game. wish I could time travel sometimes and play bf I-II again for the first time

[@masterchief9177]

@@Pellagrah Enjoyed ya'll comments, especially yours Aaron. And I gotta say, all this talk about the Glory days of our youth no matter what age we experience together as peers or as individuals is just perfect example of what we went through imo. Like, saying things like "back in 04 or 97 or 09 as in 2009" makes me feel old even though I was growing up in the 2000s. Makes me all feel like vets talking about where we served, what deployments, and stuff like what did with our time in but in gamers talk LOL. But yeah, I wasn't able to own a copy of the game itself but I was able to try it at some point at it's peak.

[@TylerHankss]

That loading screen makes me cry tears of joy

[@flightsimgamerdarth94]

I recommend you buy battlefront on Origin costs $9.99 i just got it

[@aldovk6681]

Saaame

[@macicoinc9363]

beep beep beep beep bwoop

[@gitupmechavvy2569]

Beep boop boop boop, boop boop boop boop boop beeeew

[@MNH2302]

The Wallace and Gromit reference is 100% accurate.

[@narwhal4304]

I honestly prefer the first Battlefront over the second one. The menus have more personality, the maps are more enjoyable, the graphics are more vibrant in my opinion, and most importantly to me, the reticle and HUD are *far* better than Battlefront 2. I agree with what you said in your BF2 review about changing the ally color from green to blue, but that seems to be the only change that was an improvement.

[@TsarButterfly]

I love both games and have sunk hundreds of hours into each of them but if I had to pick one to play for the rest of my life it would be Battlefront 1. The maps in particular feel like they had so much more thought put into them, and while Battlefront 2 does have some great maps of its own, the fact it doesn't have Citadel or Platforms is a real turn off for me.

[@reddeaddude2187]

What about the ability to play as a hero, combat roll and sprint? No improvements, really?

[@narwhal4304]

@@reddeaddude2187 The heroes felt off to me. Not to play, but that they existed. Battlefront, to me, was about being a clone, droid, etc in a Star Wars battle, not a main character from the movies. So when the game told me I could play as Yoda or something, I ended up skipping the option because the battle became too easy at that point. Keep in mind I'm saying all of this without playing multiplayer as a kid because I didn't have Xbox live on my original Xbox. Maybe becoming a hero would be cooler in a multiplayer game at the time, but I didn't get the chance to experience that. And yes, sprinting and rolling could be considered an "improvement", but I played plenty of fps games as a kid that didn't have sprinting. I have a neutral view on it being included in Battlefront 2 because I don't think it was as necessary as it is in multiplayer games now. Is Battlefront 1 dated because of it? Yeah, I'd say it is. But I don't think it's a deal breaker.

[@the_sixxness]

The character models are larger as well.

[@coolholio99]

@@narwhal4304 The Heros in BFII were OP. I just remember their movement being exceptional (force ability heros). It was cathartic. But after OVER using them. I missed the strategic movement of the troopers. One thing I noticed he missed in his review. There was some "RPG" leveling for the troops. I remember getting awards like +10 kills/life, +# headshot, or grenade kills. You could get multiple medals per battle. The lvl targets were set to ~200, 400, (+) and were accumulated per trooper set. Pilot awards/bonuses wouldn't apply to infantry. The standard storm trooper was my favorite. It's top lvl blaster had semi-zoom and a 3-round burst. (I think...) WE had ours for the PS2 so Idk if it was console specific.

[@moritz2966]

Rhen Var was the best map in the game. I remeber I played this map with friends 20 times in a row to fly up with the jet troopers on the AT-TE or just fight in the ice hallway.

[@biscrenson7080]

Don't forget about the hole in the ice hallway!

[@peterpayne2219]

True words

[@jonc2914]

Way better mals than BF2

[@TheEvilShepard]

Man, when you talked about heroes and ways to kill them...it brought back so many memories from long ago. Me and my friend used to come up with crazy strats and tell each other stories about trying to kill Vader or Dooku on different planets. Also, very nice video structure - loved it. Thanks :)

[@mellomoose_]

the most terrifying thing was rocketing vader and he would fly super high in the air come down hard and just get back up and keep coming lol

[@jadonking5404]

Always loved playing hit and run with with AAT's against Dooku and Mace. Or using Rockets/Mines/Grenades on Bespin Platforms

[@parjai97]

@@jadonking5404 on Naboo plains, I just ran over and over and over and over and over the enemy hero

[@beddeb45]

On Bespin Cloud City, I always used the heavy trooper to launch the heros over the wall / map barrier. They never died or where able to get back in the map lmao

[@walter1383]

In the PS2 version I had, you could kill them by ramming them at full force with speeder bikes. Was awesome.

[@geraldapollyon655]

22:37 This is one of the biggest reasons I love this game. Almost every planet has two maps, one: open and more vehicle friendly and the second is more confined and geared toward infantry. Was sad when this wasn't continued in the second game though the introduction of space battles was a worthy replacement.

[@breezy3054]

So simple yet so beautiful. BF2 is ok but could’ve been so much better

[@geraldapollyon655]

@@breezy3054 It could have been, but considering it came out only a year after the first game, still think it's phenomenal.

[@breezy3054]

@@geraldapollyon655 I’m talking about the new battlefronts. The ps2 ones are goated

[@geraldapollyon655]

@@breezy3054 AAAHHHH of course, I didn't think about that. To be honest I try to pretend the EA Battlefronts don't exist. The thing that really grinds my gears about them is how most people give them a pass because they were eventually made good after a multitude of patches and DLCs. Maybe this just makes me old but I remember a time when your game had to be finished and had to stand on what it was launched with, instead of launching a mediocre to bad game and fixing it post-launch.

[@breezy3054]

@@geraldapollyon655 I agree man. The good old days where you popped a game in and didn’t need to wait 6 hours to download. Not to mention DLCs that come out like a month after the game dropped.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

I like how everyone remembers "In..... Galactic conquest"

[@budgetlifter]

bespin platforms, my beloved

[@murk336]

6:45 when one side owns more command posts than the other, the side with the fewer posts will slowly start losing reinforcements, you’ll notice that if you capture a command post, which will make it so that you own more than the enemy. Your Commanding Officer will pipe up about the enemy “losing reinforcements” or vise versa “Were losing reinforcements” in the reinforcements counter, the color of the side losing units at a steady pace will flash periodically, the faster the flashing, the faster the units will be drained. On rhen var, in the video, your faction holds 2 command posts, so does the enemy, but the enemy also has an AT-AT on the battlefield, which counts as a command post, so naturally, you will automatically start losing units In short: If you have less command posts, you will have your reinforcements drained.

[@TheJokerwest]

This is correct. In fact, the equation is Half the Command Posts OWNED + 1 makes the other side lose reinforcements. Thus, there can be neutral command posts, but still "Decay" as my friends and I shortened it back in the day. Rhen Var Citadel, and Kamino show this very easily. Also why Geonosis can confuse newer players when they play as Clones. (Three bases in the back for CIS.) And the farther away one side gets from owning half the command posts, the faster the decay. Also, the problem with units sticking in one spot; half of the the time, it's caused by an enemy unit being close enough to trigger "attack mode," yet is in a location that cannot be shot at. Bespin Cloud City shows this best, as units can get under the two southern bases, and enemies above will spawn and remain there, because they ignore the vertical distance in calculating whether an enemy is close enough to attack. The other half of the time, I suspect it to be pathing issues, but I do not know enough about coding to know. Dorkaxe shows great examples of this on the Tatooine Mos Eisley map, but it also shows up on Rhen Var Citadel a lot, and several other maps. The fact that the score screen keeps track of and awards "Camper" tells me they had this issue from the beginning. And as for PC problems... Ugh... Battledroid missile doesn't scatter units when it hits the ground, like in the PS2 version. And I swear, most weapons do FAR less damage. Jet Trooper could fire two missiles into a fresh shield Droideka in PS2, which would be enough to destroy the shield, and allow for a quick switch to pistol to finish off the Droideka's health. Now, two missles only does about 80% to a fresh shield. AI doesn't use all weapons available. Best example being Heavys not using missile launchers unless there is a vehicle, and Battle Droids not using Tri-Shot ever (or missiles). And there are various other problems. Even new invisible walls on most maps. Okay, I'm getting too fired up. :p Have I played this game too much? I dunno, maybe. Am I completely baffled by what's been changed for the new PC port? Hell yeah.

[@MoleratMatt8]

"Both era's are represented. The clone wars and galactic civil war." Yip both era's. Only two. I agree.

[@SFforlife]

Well... there wasn’t a sequel era to include... even though, yeah I don’t count that one either, lol.

[@Sad_Elf]

@@SFforlife there is also the old republic, there's a mod for bf2 that adds it in and is very neat, a lot of focus on melee classes in that one just like in KotoR

[@AguyR1401]

Why are you being cheeky? The two eras shown in the movies are what ought to have been prioritized. Mod it if you enjoy eras introduced at other times which aren't consequential to the films or their success.

[@MoleratMatt8]

@@AguyR1401 What? No, I agree. I hate the sequels. I was meaning I only recognize the two eras.

[@AguyR1401]

@@MoleratMatt8 ahhh I misunderstood 😬 oops! my mistake 🤷😅 🙏

[@engincanisler8932]

As far as I remember you can kill the heroes by driving the speeder multiple times into them at high speeds. I remember killing Vader in endor.

[@gentlemanskier3107]

On kamino I used to fire wrist rockets near Windu’s feet to blow him off the platforms

[@bigwhopper6501]

And landing ships on them too

[@Zealot2024]

You can go up with jet troopers. Also one cool fact that I just learned last year was that if you have a full tank for your dark trooper you can double tap to start your jump, hit the apex of your jump and turn off the pack by pressing the jump button, and then press the jump button again to turn your jet pack back on without waiting for it to refill on the ground, essentially doubling your jump distance, increasing the height, and allowing you to make slight changes to your vector.

[@robertogurrola7465]

Fun fact: on Bespin City, the Clone bridge spawn can be used to trap the enemy hero "out of bounds". A well placed mine will send the enemy hero over the right side of bridge into an area that the AI cant leave. A normal player can but not AI. I always used it to trap Dooku

[@kaypay1623]

On Rhen Var Your reinforcements count begins to drop immidieatly at the start of the battle due to the enemy having one more command post. Yes, AT-AT's contribute to the number of command posts, it's stupid I know.

[@brysonkuervers2570]

I mean it kind of makes sense since it can be seen as a mobile command post. They can hold a bunch of Stormtroopers in them too

[@sheevpalps66]

I remember that I preferred BF2 when I was younger but would sometimes still play BF1 just to play Bespin Platforms and Dune Sea

[@zeroattentiongaming820]

I used to go back to it just for the ability to get in a ship and strafe ground targets. 2 only really allowed that on Hoth and true to every Star Wars game, the snowspeeder doesn't handle like most ships, with very limited maneuverability.

[@sheevpalps66]

@@zeroattentiongaming820 Yeah in general BF1 had some cool mechanics that BF2 didn't have, like idk why they didnt keep proning and the ability to let AI control heroes (outside of campaign).

[@peterpayne2219]

Dune Sea is so great, especially as Clone Wars, you can do the whole level from the airships

[@sheevpalps66]

@@peterpayne2219 only unfortunate thing about that map is that there isn't that much space to dogfight and fly in, it's pretty easy to go about of bounds, likely just a hardware limitation of the time

[@jayrob6798]

Did anyone else notice that his didn't try running over the heros with a speeder on Dune Sean map??

[@Alpha-0014]

You Can Land On Them Too But Not With With A Tie Fighter

[@alzhanvoid]

In fact Im surprised he didnt know they aren't invincible. They all have a health bar and can be killed if you shoot them enough, even basic blaster fire works. (Altough of course it more fun to ragdoll them around with turrets and grenades)

[@mellomoose_]

sniping in this game was so fun

[@wills.364]

Love being the sniper!

[@VaraxEstin]

I lost so many hours to this and the sequel when I was younger. I have fond memories of sniping from the bridge in the Cloud City courtyard, flying Snowspeeders at top speed right into the AT-ATs, taking potshots at Techno Union ships on Geonosis, and hiding in terror from the heroes like a teenager at Camp Crystal Lake. Good times, simpler times.

[@yeetwchybaban]

Heh ye

[@giraffeman326]

Clone jet trooper is actually OP because you can fly higher just by looking up, and his pistol has no fire rate limit, unlike other pistols. He also has 6 grenades, the most of any class, and his main cannon one shots most enemies.

[@iceysuhn5503]

I was crying the entire time watching this gameplay. This is game I truly would want my kids to play. Have a mere taste of my childhood.

[@EmDub01]

This game really does hold up even against its own sequel. It felt revolutionary back when it came out, like no Star Wars game was so large in scope, offering so much to do across both of the eras of the time as well as a few extended universe elements. I played the hell out of the demo that came with the OT dvd box set on the Xbox. I’m glad you mentioned little things like menu sound effects and the LOADING SCREENS OMG they’re probably my favorite out of any game. One little thing I always missed in the sequel was the ability to go prone, I actually found it useful in a few places, and the animation for a clone crawling backwards is kind of hilarious. I never knew you could make the Sarlacc eat a hero character lol that’s great. I remember firing rockets at Mace Windu and he would deflect them and send them flying away, and laughing at how outrageous it was (yet still totally in line with the 2003 Clone Wars depiction of his character). The first time I discovered you could actually defeat a hero character was when I drove a speeder bike straight through Count Dooku, I was surprised but felt like a God-slayer, like I had an epiphany, that these absolute monsters could in fact be defeated. I feel that this game had generally better maps than the sequel, some favorites being Bespin Platforms (my #1, love the chaos in those hallways), Kashyyyk Docks (love the symmetrical design and the island in the back with droid vehicles that spawn in that you can steal if you’re sneaky enough), Kamino (its always a mad dash to capture command posts once the game starts), Yavin IV Arena (I like to immediately jump down to the center command post, it gets hectic in there), Geonosis (I remember playing at a friend’s birthday party and everyone would switch off between deaths, so my smartass self hopped in the clone walker tank and told my co-op friend to hop in with me and we won the match slowly walking around blowing everything up and without dying, and our friends were pissed at us...we played so much that I had dreams about the game that night), and Rhen Var Harbor. In that last map, the ice caves are absolutely insane, but my favorite strategy was always to spawn as a clone jet trooper and fly to either capture the closest command post or just move as quickly as I can and steal the droid tank before they can pilot it, and blow up as many of them before they would overwhelm me and have to destroy their own tank. I love the sequel so much, but it never made this game obsolete for me, it just has too many unique things about it that make it stand out on its own, and I enjoy it now just as much as I did in 2004.

[@TwinSticksReviews]

What a game! I have so many great memories playing this and number 2 growing up. Really enjoyed the review as well, nice and in-depth. Great work!

[@Dorkaxe]

Thanks so much friend!

[@helicocktor]

Oh man that loading sound is so iconic. I swear I've unconsciously thought about that sound at least once every year since 2004.

[@wesleylill6318]

I played Battlefront for the first time this week, and I have to say that it is one of the best games I’ve ever played. It really manages to recreate the feel of the movies, and does a MUCH better job than the new games. It just manages to create these huge big battles that are rare to see in Star Wars, or really any modern game nowadays. Anyway, this was a fantastic review! Very in depth, well-edited, and funny! I really hope you get big in the future.

[@kieranhurst8543]

Only somebody who is extremely ignorant would say large battles aren't common in modern games

[@wesleylill6318]

@@kieranhurst8543 Do you really have nothing better to do than insult people on the internet?

[@samjohnson1992]

@@kieranhurst8543 I would say the types of battles op describes would be a warranted comment I’ve played every battlefield except the last 2 and from the experience of playing battlefront and 2 og something about them just seems more engaging sometimes I don’t even see people in battlefield

[@Quackerilla]

DESTROY THE TECHNO-UNION SHIPS

[@tommymaxey2665]

Yeah sure just give me a year to walk the AT-TE over there and then to blast it for another year to destroy it

[@JaykeoSaurus]

Modded the game so I could try out those op Jedis and now I know how it felt to be those unkillable npcs lol.

[@reesespieces8173]

6:58 I actually know 100% what causes the reinforcements to drop sometimes at the beginning. It actually happened to me but it's very rare. Sometimes you or your AI teammates will spawn underneath vehicles and die immediately. It happens much more often to the AI but it has happened to be a couple times. You can test it by noticing how on maps with zero vehicles the reinforcements never drop in the beginning. It's a quirk but a funny one

[@Dorkaxe]

Oooo that's a good explanation. Nice detective work!

[@natejohnson5393]

I had reinforcements drop on Kamino which has no vehicles

[@TheLouisianan]

It drops because you don't control enough command posts. You start with less than half of the command posts on maps like Rhen Var. On the larger Rhen Var map the ATAT counts as a command post so the rebels/cis always lose units. That's why the background voice is saying "we're taking casualties" or "we're losing reinforcements"

[@fdfischer]

The Dune Sea map will always be my favorite

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Mine too, really wish the sequel had 3 way fights, you know if there are any mods for the original BF2 that adds those?

[@flightsimgamerdarth94]

Mine Yavin 4 arena and Temple

[@vensonbarber9554]

Mine too. Best vehicle map. I also like Naboo plains map too

[@matthewblackwood3145]

I'm more of a Bespin platforms man myself.

[@jonc2914]

Maps in bf2 felt like crap to me

[@vulcanjoe8258]

This game came out 17 years ago... I was 12 at the time and still remember eagerly waiting to come home from school with my best mate to play this together. They say back then games only had limitations by the technology and did what they had to make up for it... what’s their excuse today.. we really have gone backwards.

[@dubberducky5659]

I agree and get where you are coming from, the companies that cared are basically all gone man... It's all business now, no passion.

[@carrot7590]

This was, and always will be, the game that i enjoyed playing the most. It was sick.

[@netrolancer1061]

Rhen Var Citadel feels like I'm fighting in the ruins of Stalingrad for some reason.

[@feldwebelhahn8703]

those exact words came from my dad the first time he played it :)

[@sergioortega5954]

Woah! I had no idea that the recon droid could orbital strike!

[@giraffeman326]

Dude this review is absolutely legendary. I’m so glad you’re bringing more attention to this legendary game.

[@PRMQLTY]

I believe on the map you were immediately losing respawns on was due to the empire starts with two bases and a AT-AT technique giving them three starter bases compared to your teams two. If it works like battlefields conquest whichever team has the majority bleeds the enemy teams respawns. Love the video man brings back memories!

[@Harmonic_shift]

8:00 Little known fact the vehicles actually have soft spots you need to hit for you to be effective. The devs really cared and put effort into this game. And it will always be good because of that.

[@adamsarchive8866]

Brilliant video reviewing a fantastic game! One of my favourites ever! Quick suggestion for the issue you mentioned at 25:14 about AI taking the vehicles before you... If you are nearby, you can do the voice command (down on d-pad or whatever pc equivalent is) to say "Hold your position" and they usually stop and won't move until you tell them to again or until you take the vehicle. 😀👍

[@Frogkhan915]

You might even be able to order them out of vehicles, don't remember.

[@adamsarchive8866]

@@Frogkhan915 Yes, you can indeed! 😀👍

[@Frogkhan915]

@@adamsarchive8866 Thought so!

[@urthofthenewsun8465]

The Dune Sea is my favourite Battlefront map of all time, it’s absolute chaos. I love the Sarlacc Pit and how the Tusken Raiders act as their own neutral faction, capable of capturing and holding command posts.

[@IGotYourBackBROTHER]

I always really liked that they used the original clone voice of Jango fett(Temuera Morrison) in this game, wish they could have kept him doing the clone voices

[@Masked_SVincent]

Tbh same. I can’t stand the new voice tbh

[@justinfleck6329]

Lol I love the Wallace and Gromit reference xD Wow that AI is....not great but to be expected for an older game like this. That poem...wow...just...wow :P Another very good review of an older and solid game, as always you bring up very good points and I enjoyed listening! :)

[@blyatguette]

Just wanted to point out that the clone jet trooper has an upgraded "commando pistol" and i believe the dark trooper also has one.

[@JuggernautProducts]

You're vids are really good quality man, can't wait for your channel to take off!

[@djole93podbara]

Boy, this takes me back, especially the platforms level. Nice video, nice analysis!

[@ZzVinniezZ]

back then my 9 years old mind was blown when i got my sweaty baby hand on this

[@snehmistry8860]

I still have the game, but unfortunately, my xbox had broken many years ago. idk why I havent just bought a $25 xbox to play battlefront again. Man, this really brings back the memories of setting like a dozen maps in instant action and playing with my best friends on the weekends. Loved the sound design so much, its truly what makes battlefront games unique. Thank you

[@dand4139]

I've rewatched this video and the Battlefront 2 video for like 2 days for the nostalgia and truly good reviewing. Good takes and really embodies the nostalgia of the game

[@hdmicablesw2926]

This is such a wholesome video, I absolutely loved it thanks for making it! Brings back lots of nostalgia!

[@TheNorthie]

I remember back on console the Wookiee was super buffed. He could take two grenades and his grenade launcher did as much as a regular grenade. The grenades in general got changed on PC where you won’t get thrown to the floor if you don’t die to the grenade.

[@ZenithTech35]

27:14 This used to be my favorite part about this game for some reason lol. I absolutely loved playing as the traditional battle droid. I really don't know why they limited the CIS to only having the far less prevalent super battle droid as the primary infantry (although I will say their kit is much more unique). Really glad the newer games made the super battle droid a separate unit.

[@maximoran9863]

Great review man. Still playing this one 18 years later, can't deny its greatness.

[@baritoning]

I really like the OG Battlefront. It seems so much more realistic war-wise--you have to strategize how to advance and take command posts to win. The new ones are pretty random and don't need much more strategy than just shoot at everything

[@koryaiine7393]

Favorited. Really good review :D I share the same sentiments. This game was THE game for me back in 2004 into 2005. I liked this one so much more than the second (2005) that I even kept playing regularly into the 2010's.

[@Rocco049]

I bought the game a few weeks ago for the first time, as well as the OG bf2, and I have to say, the first had some really cool gameplay concepts like ground to air starfighters, but the FOV made it unplayable to me in third person. If the reticle was a bit higher and the camera a bit lower the game would’ve only aged graphically. It’s better gameplay wise than bf2 but that FOV man…

[@koryaiine7393]

@@Rocco049 i know man, I know. It's the good ole days of fov haha

[@claycrews516]

The loading noises are engrained in my mind forever

[@HologramEnrique]

Finally the algorithm nailed it. Subscribing for sure. The Wallace and Grommet refrence sealed the deal. Nostalgia overload in this vid lol. Great review.

[@alexjohnson1270]

The intro to this gave me so much nostalgia and flashbacks straight to my childhood. I know its just a loading screen but its awesome you put it in there. So much time has gone by. I know its been over a year since this video came out, but I hope you read my comment knowing you made my week.

[@Dorkaxe]

Glad to hear it, bud! Always nice to know that intro load screen tapped into others' nostalgic past much like it does with mine!

[@darktjp]

This video reminds me of the good old days. Greeting editing!

[@infinitechoices1641]

I play this at least once every 4 years on my ps2. Its a timeless classic.

[@kennedyshotfirst2534]

I wish i still had my ps2. The steam version is a bit buggy and has no air to ground combat on naboo.

[@_nickyboy1008_]

You’ve unlocked memories I didn’t know I had. This game was really ahead of its time with graphics and game play and attention to detail

[@Connor-hj3si]

This was my childhood, I will always come back to this game no matter how old I get

[@martyledood9011]

I reminisce playing the demo of the bettle of Endor over and over and over again until I got the actual game. This and Turok were highlights of my childhood. Miss the days when friends actually came over to play multiplayer on the living room floor and the old TV screen space never seemed like an issue with split-screen.

[@Mikey-xy8mp]

“With all that outta the way, we can get to the gameplay...” *ad plays*

[@Dorkaxe]

I'll fix that, one sec.

[@killnstab8379]

I remember playing a demo of this years ago on a demo disk, it took about five minutes to load, and it was prone to crashing, but it let you play the battle of Endor. One notable thing with that demo is that the Rebel Marksman didn't have the droid at the special weapon, but instead could disguise herself as a Stormtrooper, it was very OP because it didn't have a timer and you could use it to sneak past huge groups of soldiers and steal an ATST behind enemylines.

[@mr.thrusty8096]

Just popping back in for a bit while I'm stoned, waiting for some cinnamon rolls to bake so I'm playing some battkefront again. Once again, great vid dork.

[@KeyserTheRedBeard]

magnificent video Dorkaxe. I broke the thumbs up on your video. Keep on up the really good work.

[@MajinMist603]

Water looks REAL good . Damn .

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Man this game looked so good especially back in '04, and I had the ugliest version too (the PS2 port)

[@arkensol9231]

Ps2 Was good for its time but yeah i totally get u with that xbox had the best graphics bk then

[@TheSilentFirefly]

You have no idea how much fun I had as a kid with this game. I would go to school in first grade and remake the Bespin city map with the carbonite freezer on a white board and just use dots for the CIS and Clones. Plus the ice caves of Rhen Var so much fun!

[@trains5.9]

My friend and I would stay up until 5 in the morning playing this game! Thanks for the travel back to simpler times, my friend!

[@beddeb45]

Ah yes, my first shooter. I remember like it was yesterday buying this from Blockbuster, playing this for the first time as a regular clonetrooper on Tatooine Dunesea getting confused trying to understand the camera controls and movement controls XD I played the living hell out of this game on my PS2. Now certain maps don't have audio or don't work at all lmao.

[@juliedaly1240]

The original SW Battlefront games were really funny with certain random moments.

[@danielmarquez3105]

Glad I was able to find this and your other review. The nostalgia is insane and its glad to know that other people played these great games. If Only EA would listen and allow a remaster of these two pioneers in the Star Wars video game genre.

[@yourface07]

Great review. “In galactic conquest” was the first thing I thought when I saw this video pop up

[@Ethan_Wheeler]

The fact that there's still players playing after almost 20 years tells just how beloved these games are while the new Battlefront was dead on arrival and the New Battlefront II was cancelled after crawling itself from hell although the old Battlefronts was made during a time when fun and enjoyment was prioritized over monetization

[@zacharylowe8744]

Ah, a great classic. The one game where you can get a 42/8 K/D (against/with ai) and still lose. :'D

[@hbilha]

I loved this game so much. I played with the objective of living through a battle without dying a single time. It was one of the most intense gaming experiences I ever had.

[@sacke1103]

Omg that loading sound. so damn nostaligic. I feel happiness just hearing it. These games were so fun to play as a child. I had the first game and a friend of mine had the second one, we and other friends would always play these games together and just messing around. Like me surprise bombing my friend with a Y-wing, killing eachother to take the speeders, using explosives to make the unkillable npc jedi/sith to fall off the map, or the Darth Vader npc appearing straight in my face when I was zoomed in with my sniper rifle... twice. It scared the shit outta me. good times.

[@alecisaplaya]

The nostalgia of loading the map with the beep beep boops is so heavy

[@elite1361]

Yep easily the most iconic loading screen I know

[@cheesydanishgaming3333]

I really wish they’d bring this and Og battlefront 2 to ps4 and 5

[@zeroattentiongaming820]

Imagine ports of the PC or Xbox versions of 2. Xbox had Ventress and Hero battle on Kashyyyk, PC allowed way more troops on the field at one time. The Ps4 can more than handle the PC version. Long shot but we got Jedi Academy on Ps4 and that was only on Xbox and PC originally.

[@AjSmTV]

Great review man. You did a fair judgment on the game. Just one thing, if you have 2 or less command posts, either at the start of during the game, then your reinforcement count at the top of the screen automatically drops. If you have one command post then this process speeds up. Guess it’s used as a mechanic to force you to capture posts rather than sit back.

[@WiseSnake]

The Jet Trooper is the only class with a special pistol, too. It can fire very fast, as fast as you can press the trigger button.

[@youhan9574]

Oh. So thats where the sounds in Geestley's intro comes from

[@AguyR1401]

The turnaround from this one and the sequel installment was too quick to give the former the time it deserved. Fond, nostalgic memories from seeing it again, but I never returned after playing swbf2, which I've played on and off since its release.

[@calebduke2832]

Great job on the video! I always loved the UI for this game better than the sequel and some of the maps.

[@savagekingtexas_3990]

I have both Battlefronts for the PS2... still love them and are a fine editions to my collection

[@LastManFilmsUS]

The best part about the ui is that it feels grounded in the universe as well

[@ic0nic707]

Gotta love how accurately they added plot armor to the game for the heroes.

[@00McMuffin00]

I'm subbing because you're the only other person I've seen make the comparison between dark troopers and Wallace in the wrong trousers lol

[@ncrveteranrangermelendez1193]

Something cool that I haven’t seen mentioned is that you can also kill heroes by landing on them. I used to spawn kill Vader with a snowspeeder on Hoth, good memories.

[@ayoitsyayo]

I’m baked as fuck and I thought I went back in time for a bit

[@SoddenSwampy]

HOW DO YOU ONLY HAVE 610 SUBS?! (at the moment of this comment)

[@HamanKarn567]

The things I like about it are how many maps had two fronts to play. One usually with air units and the other either a big battle with vehicles or a enclosed smaller urban kind of environment. I also love that you can go prone and crawl especially as a sniper. I also love that the units had sort of shotguns like dark troopers with a shotgun is way better than the arc projector in second game. Also air units on land maps. Sure you can't do space and play as heroes but it still has charm. Also loved how imperial changed uniform on some maps. Like we get the engineer that are the at st driver from return of the Jedi for example in some maps.

[@elitheprofit7084]

I remember waking up early in the morning, opening my windows, seeing the early sunlight, turning on this game and playing through all the maps every weekend Reenacting my favorite scenes from the movies with my best friend. We still Reminisce those days. God I’m getting old 😭😭😭