I Modded Battlefront Classic into the Game it SHOULD Have Been

The Battlefront Classic Collection could have been so much better. Today I modded Star Wars Battlefront 2 to create the game we deserved! For more Star Wars and Star Wars Gaming, stay bombastic 🕶️
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[@Bombastic]

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[@lolokay9156]

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[@albschizzo]

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[@SomeGuy0491]

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[@albschizzo]

Can we please play battlefront 2 together

[@albschizzo]

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[@BenthewildchildE750]

Leave it to a community of fans to do what an entire development team failed to do twice.

[@SolidPain6624]

Passion always beats greed.

[@BerserkerErik]

​@@SolidPain6624I would agree, but unfortunately the triple AAA genre runs on greed nowadays. Most real passion is found in smaller indie titles, where there isnt any "upper-management" to destroy creativity.

[@stitchyrichie]

@@SolidPain6624respect

[@BeansLive567]

The fact that aspyr stole peoples mods is saying something. Absolutely wild. Fuck Aspyr Media

[@SolidPain6624]

@@BerserkerErik there are outliers, you’re right. You don’t have to look too far to see recent success to how gaming teams should be… helldivers 2 is a prime example of what SHOULD BE. The team responds to questions and complaints, not only that but they say we are working on it to ensure they are at least listening.

[@MemeBusterP4013]

Mods are what made me put 200 hours into this game on steam. Love battlefront 2. The classic collection is so bad that it actually inspired me to make a video like this.

[@igorgaming1502]

Same here. I literally have hundreds of mods downloaded on my PC

[@suhsnow]

200 hours is nothing

[@SABERsharpe]

W videos

[@FoxGoesSquee]

are you tryna say you have more? imagine trying to brag about being a shut in loser lol @@suhsnow

[@Subzerobyrd]

Aspyr wouldn’t have to worry about fixing their mistakes if they just released a finished working product

[@El_Fabricio]

7:20 Seems that the UnOfficial Patch 1.3 is missing (Which adds Free Camera and Fake Console to the game, the later allowing for different skins to be chosen).

[@UltraZombie115]

@@kirbo5439it has to be done every game

[@Extreme96PL]

Main reasons why the mod looks better is that not only were the textures handmade instead of AI upscale, but also most of the models were handmade, which is most obvious when you compare the clone troopers from the vanilla game and the mod, and the one from the mod is much more detailed with more polygons.

[@rodolfohernandez3303]

Could this Mod be the Savior of Star Wars Battlefront? The OGs of course.

[@dragtogo2735]

No, it's about the community that didn't left day one. They looking for smallest amount of install mods as possible. This one died like GTA Trilogy and MCC. TRI-III Remaster isn't even polished and I am not getting anything from Aspyr again, period unless there's a change.

[@BrianHarkness]

@@dragtogo2735I would argue that MCC had a revival as the devs did fix up their game with time and still poured love into it. I’m not sure though if the Battlefront Collection will get a similar treatment

[@lajeandom]

Problem is...u can't play online with mods now can u?

[@BrianHarkness]

@@lajeandom Is that comment about Battlefront and mods or for MCC as MCC you can use mods online if you invite your friends who have the same mods downloaded to a custom game

[@Jooglesberry]

The controller feels super weird in BF2 in the classic collection, but then it feels perfect in BF1. How did they achieve that?

[@codrs2662]

Perfect is a overstatement bf1 still feels jank as fukkkkk

[@jj_gaming2589]

Yeah but battlefront one was always jank even the original version

[@Jooglesberry]

@@codrs2662 I'm specifically talking about the controller support on pc.

[@wa-bu3ke]

@@codrs2662no its fine

[@wa-bu3ke]

@@Jooglesberryworks fine on ps4

[@marcosrecio4062]

I've been modding the game for years and the amount of content and maps there are is insane. From Ki Adi Mundi restored lines, to changing the music for the menu, to maps with over 1000 units. There's literally no reason to get the collection.

[@-CrimsoN-]

It's criminal how few people know about the mods that exist for classic Battlefront....in addition to the mods you mentioned, there are also custom Galactic Conquest campaigns including one for the KOTOR era and one for the SWTOR era. There is also a mod that lets you generate your own Galactic Conquest campaigns from over 100 planets and 500 maps (Choose Your Own). There is also a mod that lets you randomize heroes on all maps and lets you pick and choose to add new heroes from the same author of the Choose Your Own Mod. Then you've also got the Battlefront 3 mod. Not only is there no reason to buy the collection, but I'd say there is no reason to even play the EA Battlefront (if you're like me and prefer singleplayer, content for classic Battlefront through mods far exceeds any other Star Wars game except maybe Empire at War and Jedi Academy).

[@deltastraven]

For a 70GB “Classic Collection” download, this is kinda what I was expecting…. It to look like…

[@jesterdewit478]

Please try the battlefront 3 Legacy mod, or at least do a new video related to the collection that modder quite literally made that canceled game in the old game👀 very damn good work

[@user-eh3kg2fx4s]

YES!!, IT'S AMAZING!!

[@bam3654]

When Aspyr first started re-releasing old Star Wars games I was so excited. Thinking about all the old games to replay with slightly better graphics. Like the Rogue Squadron trilogy. Now I’m worried that they’ll just release another over priced broken game pack. Edit: I was even more excited at the KOTOR remake. But, on brand, they let me down again.

[@shoot646]

They lost the kotor remake which is probably part of why we still don't know anything about it. They probably had to fix Aspyr's mess before they could do anything else

[@andrewholm6341]

Oh man don't even get me started cause I wanna play rouge squadron and rebel strike so badly and no matter how many times I try to run rebel strike on my series x dev kit on dolphin it always corrupts , and I have the GameCube but it's a pain in the ass for such dog shit resolution

[@oaktree5554]

When u realize the classic collection was mainly meant for the console players that can’t even play the 05 games unless they have a PS2

[@PoweredByFlow]

Its still a mess on these platforms too...

[@oaktree5554]

@@PoweredByFlow Been running fine for me, but I’m not an online guy. Just playing this game how it was meant to back in 05. Singleplayer and splitscreen

[@PoweredByFlow]

@@oaktree5554 Its functional but even the offline experience is a mess, missing options, only 2 Player Splittscreen, a sound which kills eardrums sometimes.

[@oaktree5554]

@@PoweredByFlow like I said, been running fine for me. Every game has its flaws. U can either complain bout em constantly or just be grateful that finally after 20 years, console players can experience this game again.

[@PoweredByFlow]

@@oaktree5554 And you can be a bit more critical, i don't like to be grateful to be served trash.

[@SuperRambo111]

Ye this modding community is great. When companies don't give you what you want the people will do it themselves. For free and far better too.

[@orionfenerty3874]

You forgot to install the 1.3 patch that adds a "fake console"

[@BurnzyNUFC]

I pray to god that when the next generation of consoles is released it actually gives us access to the game files so we can finally create mods compatible with consoles. I know its an ardous task which could potentially destable games after release (especially when playing online), but just imagine the level of longevity and bug fixing that community mods could reach... It would essentially save games that have been abandoned by their developers as well as make for a stronger more lucratrive gaming community overall. One way they could achieve this is by creating a built in mod store for all/most games... in which players could choose free or even paid community mods that have been reviewed and supported by the respective developers. This would reduce cheating, mod compatible issues for online and even ensure console players that the mods there installing won't damage or break the games or consoles that they are using it for.

[@silentphotographer117]

Rip my gaming computer running 100 mods at once lol

[@SirStarkiller]

It seems it’s a virtual requirement these days for games to be broken as hell on release despite the sizes of the studios they’re made by

[@VGLounge]

9:00 You can download Kit Fisto and Asajj (the same mod stolen by aspyr during the development of the Classic Collection) in a few clicks

[@JMKGalaxy2]

I imagine this wasn't the content you were hoping to be making with the release of Battlefront Collection.

[@GizGiZOo]

OMG, this looks so awesome O.o WT...this is actually what I´ve hoped on to get with the CC Version! I feel kinda ripped of ;( thx for showing this...funny Video man :D 🤣 love it

[@viperson9818]

Yeah if you have a PC there’s absolutely no reason to grab the classic collection unless you really want to experience some sort of multiplayer if that’ll ever work.

[@PotatoeGamerLP]

Original still has multiplayer on pc at least battlefront 2

[@Nepgearaf]

@@PotatoeGamerLP Played multiplayer on BF2 2005 years ago and the servers were empty. I even hosted the campaign maps with a friend and only ever saw one person join. I just assume once the BF hype dies down in general, the original will go back to mediocre numbers too. Just can't win lol

[@El_Fabricio]

@@NepgearafAt the moment it's an average of 150 players playing online in few servers around noon to midnight (Classic BF2).

[@Nepgearaf]

@@El_Fabricio Ty for giving me the numbers. Can't just assume Steam numbers are legit when it's sold on GOG as well. So the player count on multiplayer is roughly the same as classic, what a shame. Can only assume mods would make the player pool even smaller :c

[@xvoidxhunter2129]

​@@PotatoeGamerLP Yea, PC. If the other 3 playerbases playing this game rn dont have mod privleges

[@titusyoung141]

Me and a fellow modder are working on a mod for EA battlefront 2 called “Realistic Overhaul” This mod aims to overhaul the health and damage system to be a more movie accurate tactical experience. This mod will prioritize realism and accuracy to the Star Wars movies, while also maintaining balancing between characters. The overhaul will affect troopers, heroes, and reinforcements. Some other changes will be that Friendly fire will be present, rockets will be more effective against vehicles, recoil and weapon sway will be more present, snipers will one shot, grenades will be more realistic, and star card abilities (thise affecting damage and health) will be balanced. One example of balancing will be that the droidekas shield will be op similar to how it is in the movies, but when their shield is down they have low health especially when rolling (1.25 damage multiplier) similar to the OG bf games. We plan to release a beta within the next three weeks, with a full 1.0 release coming in late May or early June. Let me know if you have suggestions or questions! I want this to be a community based project built for the fans! Also I plan to run this mod with a few others on a kyber V2 server this summer. May the force be with you.

[@marcusanark2541]

So much love for Battlefront II and Republic Commando, a true Star Wars fan.

[@AFatOcelot]

The best video ive seen on battlefront so far def gunna sub my dude!

[@burkyftw1993]

Ive been playing this mod a lot, on the Geonossis map you can fly the LAAT's, but only the ones hovering higher above the ground, the 2 that are on the ground don't fly for whatever reason.

[@MasterChiefNumberOnE]

At 16:42 you can even see the Executor! Awesome!

[@jesterdewit478]

“ I hate you! “ Sped up is hilarious😂

[@Haregue]

It’s starting to seem like everything has to be made ourselves for ourselves these days. Thank you for this video 👍🏽

[@Revan638]

One of the Battlefront 2 mods I really love is Battlefront extreme it no visual upgrade but just 9 classes to choose from when you play a it’s so beautiful

[@badtothebone7613]

Great video. We are going on vacation in 2 days and want to see what the state is like when I get back.

[@CRZYBOT]

I literally downloaded these mods last weekend and enjoyed BF2 in all its glory. After seeing the classic collection I did exactly the same thing, just went back to the OG BF2 and got the same mods you did, which I find a crazy coincidence and had/ am having a blast!!!

[@VGLounge]

7:20 You need the *unofficial 1.3 patch.* This enables the "fake console" which is essentially a cheat list, and the remaster mod uses this menu for the skin changer

[@elgato1752]

There is an Xbox dlc mod for the battlefront 2 on steam, ASPYR actually used assets from it in the first trailer from the classic collection.

[@TheVoitman]

I know I’ll never happen, but mod support on console would amazing, some of these mods are so great, they deserve to be seen by more people.

[@Mason-we8gz]

16:03 That reminds me of the Umbaran Soldiers

[@kylegeddes1422]

17:11 I replayed this so many times just for the nostalgia.

[@jackashmore]

Chewys most brutal death was being shot by a rocket fired from Han after Star killer ripped him out of an AT-ST

[@xvoidxhunter2129]

To say this game with 100 mods is what it shouldve been is wild

[@adam6620]

4:16. He’s like an ancient bearded baby. Still tho, why’d they have to ruin these oldie goldies?

[@floydforthought9998]

Personally I’ve always wanted the Battlefront games but with LEGO Star Wars Skins. Wonder if there’s a mod for that?

[@thepaladin4335]

I remember playing with this mod. Good times

[@haydencoleman6451]

thanks for the seismic charges!

[@StraightOtohGunga]

The editing in this video is top notch 😂

[@vilarseirei]

Looks very cool

[@uladzislaubohdan5906]

After seismic charge I had no choice but to click on like button

[@straybard_art]

6:39 hey bombastic - the Star Wars book brotherhood it talks about Mace Windu fighting battle droids on Dantoonie …. (It’s probably just one sentence though since most of the book is on Anakin and Obi wan and the business on Cato Nemoidia) So in a way it’s almost canon :)

[@YoshiCh1ef-je6me]

Thank you sir, for doing the lord's work

[@hazmatt3250]

Holy crap I remember that intro music from a mobile game I used to play. Some game where you scroll a WWII plane around (like an updated 1942)

[@MrYuck-ec5do]

I got this game for a $0.99 during a steam sale last year. Don't regret it at all.

[@ImMisterMerk]

Since Aspyre stole mods anyway for the dlc to be included, they at least could’ve just used this mod instead and called it a day on “development” :/

[@-Anonymous-.]

Lmao the kit fisto meme is comedy 🤣

[@Starkiller_1911]

It’s insane how big this game is for no reason

[@andrewseeley3614]

I'm a huge fan of this mod. Huge props to Harrisonfog and his team for putting this together. Also, if you want to play with all the added stuff from the Classic Collection in the OG Battlefront 2, there's a mod pack called XBOX DLC that has everything. No need to buy the Classic Collection when you can get all this for free.

[@634233284]

I love it, I wont your game on a PS4 & PS5. This is awesome, 1 guy did the work of a hole company. Pay this guy.. How can an entire company of people mess it up when it only takes 1 guy to do it right?

[@medani98]

Try this with Saga Edition, Heroes of the Galaxy and Reign of the Old Republic with custom maps. You will get best Star Wars Battlefront experience I think, I love this combo. 😁

[@TORI-THE-DJ]

Mentions 'seismic charges'. Me - "BEOWWW"

[@stanisawwojtowicz1102]

It's so confusing how fans can make such impressive stuff with compressed files and no access to source code, yet paid devs that have everything on a silver platter can mess up so badly with Classic Collection

[@finnkillingstad3639]

thank you for the seismic charge

[@julianputnam8290]

This is why I didn’t bother with the classic collection there have been mods like this for years on PC

[@thewhitehouse5758]

There was a Christophsis mod for the original Battlefront II. I'm really hoping they put that mod in the classic collection

[@gphysco]

If they left the fans do the work for the re release then this is how it probably would’ve came out. And at that point I wouldn’t mind spending 39 bucks for a game in this new improved experience and with paying for a game like this we support the modders win win for everyone

[@bombexpert]

That’s bombastic! But the question of all, where did the 50+ GB came from? The remaster mod itself only need like 17 GB and that is already pretty much…

[@Blessed_Souls]

The illuminati part of the video fkin KILLED ME

[@walnzell9328]

4:44 Uuuuh... Alpha 02 made me do it!

[@Ace-pb9xe]

7:27 that requires the unofficial 1.3 patch to work

[@wolfgamer95261]

“If you want something done right, do it yourself.”

[@Samos900]

This is EXACTLY what I wanna watch rn, and for free. Thanks internet

[@MayloBassYT]

8:56 Yeeeeees...😏

[@valmid5069]

Viewers: man KZbin recs is boring Star Wars Stuff: *Hello There!!!!*

[@ShadeMeister93]

*seismic charge goes off*, The Fans: *soundgasim*

[@diamondq7s124]

You need to do a challenge, ever command post you get or how many kills then upgrade to a stronger character!

[@erinmedina5049]

DICE, hire bombastic!

[@davida12345]

I was waiting for some maverick to rise to the challenge

[@kloppsippingvarsenaltears2789]

Too bad all this stuff isn't available on console. That's the biggest thing holding it back.

[@IsmailK-mw6fg]

5:26 It's treason then

[@Mystery_Box-]

yaaay

[@TheDiegomula]

12:23 that mission has an error (not a bug) that the republic battlecruiser has no shields from the beginning, just take a look at the top-right corner, the blue ship has no shields at all, I hope the modders fix that

[@135forte]

Apparently the original mods were actually used for Classic. Dataminers found files made for the mod in the release version.

[@TheTrueGodOfMinecraft]

This looks exactly the same as classic collection minus the glitches yet there fixing them so should be better

[@danielkong6767]

Nice seeing some love for the modding community! Some other mods i’d suggest are: conversion pack 2.0 and 2.2 patch (Adds bf1 maps, new units and 1,3 unofficial patch with free camera and other goodies) The Clone wars revised (lots of great animated TWC with new units and ashooka hunt modes) Ansem darkseers mappack (op the force unleshed units, even kit fisto + ventress, with insane effects and fun gameplay) Battlefront extreme (my favorite mod ever gameplay wise, the creme de la creme of bf mods)

[@vasyear]

The aclamators have the red hull markings Aysper is so lazy they didn't even do that!

[@CodFishay]

lol where do you find the clip of the sullustans grouped up like that

[@sergioalejandrogomezochoa6475]

This actually looks just like the simulations.

[@lockout5731]

Let's remaster battlefront for a modern audience Bombastic I'm about to end this whole man's career

[@crismotionproduction3519]

i never saw a mod about "the battle of hypori" and a mod of jedi like : Sha'a Gi , Tarr Seirr and another cool one is voolvif monn.

[@juriaanoussoren]

I had a lot of fun already on switch today the match worked completely lag free , i could even play sniper

[@234cartmanrules]

I honestly forgot how to do the trick where you turn your star fighter all the way around

[@TheSpeedfoever]

Do we always have have to win and work on these? I want the Devs to win for once and get it right! I better not see any layoffs for Aspyr! Redemption Arc coming!

[@gtafans93]

I really hope we get a BF3 made by a publisher that cares

[@Citadel.]

To the Windu - To the wall!

[@user-fs2mp8tj2r]

That Mr beast intro music goes hard 💪

[@admiraljosephterix148]

The super battledroid flying through the air is completely normal, i have been playing Battlefront 2 2005 since before battlefront 1 EA was released, and that happens when a grenade explodes under your feet

[@UltraZombie115]

To have the skin changer you need to install the unofficial 1.3 patch

[@user-fw4uj2cx6j]

STOP RUINING MY CHILDHOOD lol 4:16

[@Corvoreviews]

ook, I've installed the mod, but only the space battle ones appears, I used the installer given recently by them, installed everything on the game data folder as requested but nothing appeared, any reason why?

[@JahovasFitness]

6:21-6:26 Speaking of droidekas, turns out you can accidentally PERMANENTLY remove your ability to enter ball mode on the collection on console. I changed my vehicle controls and I forgot that droidekas fall under vehicle controls. Went to change my controls back only to see there is no option for it. By default the ball mode button is circle, but vehicle controls have it listed as >>none

[@kylebaird9954]

To be fair. There was never any plan to remake this. it was 100% a pure re-release as advertised

[@josephmichel6023]

That’s not the point. Everyone knew that. All we expected was a functioning game and they couldn’t even manage that. The point of this video is to show a handful of people with actual talent and passion did more in a mod to make this game even better than the lazy, greedy idiots at Aspyr

[@kylebaird9954]

@@josephmichel6023 ok well i have literally had 0 issues with this game what so ever. my specs are a AMD Ryzen 9 5600HX, Nvidia 3060rtx, and 32 gb of ram. i have no issues with servers what so ever an i literalyl live in the arctic circle. i have seen footage of other people. but i can only speak to what ive experienced, and thats nothing but fun times on a classic game

[@josephmichel6023]

@@kylebaird9954 I’m glad that’s been your experience. This is a game everyone loves and should’ve been something to bring people together in celebration. Unfortunately though for the majority of people it’s still a mess. Not to mention more info has come out on just how lazy this port was with the use of ai upscaling, mods used from modders etc. meanwhile there’s a full remaster mod out there made by a handful of people for the og bf2 that looks amazing, and even adds new maps and character skins so. No excuse for how half ass and broken this launched

[@kylebaird9954]

@@josephmichel6023 that's fair. I am just glad that it's what I expected. I just wanted to play both games from 1 launcher.

[@user-spino]

I used to watch you bombastic

[@owenhans3633]

That twilek was cursed