Star Wars Battlefront (2004) & Star Wars Battlefront II (2005) | Breadballer Retrospective Ep. 1

[@breadballer]

Hey everyone. I've just posted a follow up video containing clarifications, corrections and other things I missed in this episode and the Bounty Hunter episode, all of which came from comments you all have been posting. It can be viewed here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWTGqJ6YfrOSjNE Thanks again! Update [02/21/24]: Good news for PS4/5 players, these games are coming to you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4vOoJJunZ2ksMU

[@I86282]

🥲 🙏 You sir.!

[@ncard00]

All old star wars games need a remaster, with UE5 level graphics.

[@jordan1982]

These were the years when you saw 'Pandemic' on the box and knew you were in for a good time. Battlefront, and Mercenaries wore out my Xbox.

[@cornhub8823]

The Saboteur as well

[@Quizzmet]

Now you see "pandemic" on a box and know you're in for a nose swab.

[@SPECTRA_87]

Mercenaries is my favorite game of all time, thank god for Xbox backwards compatibility

[@K1LLERSQU1D]

@@Quizzmet 😂😂 good one

[@B-A-L]

I wish Pandemic had made a Star Wars version of Mercenaries. I loved playing Mercenaries as Han Solo instead of the default character.

[@zachhatten261]

I remember as a kid hearing about the potential scope of Battlefront 3 and being absolutely devastated when it got cancelled. It could have been an all-time great game.

[@brosephbroman7564]

Same, I had an EGM magazine too that talked about it and showed pics of what the characters looked like and some maps. But yeah, then it was canceled. In a later magazine they said the BF3 graphics we're too good. That they couldn't wait for PC/Console market to catch up. And they wouldn't make enough sales on the people that could run it on their PC.

[@brunotonyoli9408]

@@brosephbroman7564 not to mention they could easily have fixed all that when Disney bought them out but the nice little cherry on top is Disney doesn’t like this game and doesn’t want children to play it because “violence”

[@madkoala2130]

If I heard correctly, the game was on testing phase when it got cancelled. So game is basically done (with few bugs here and there) and its maybe laying around in some computers hard drive somewhere. There is still hope but it's very small.

[@TheRealbenjibits]

There is a BF3 mod on pc that contains space+ground combat

[@FrackaLacka]

I remember seeing in game footage showing seamless flying from a capital ship to the planet below with no loading screens, biggest let down for me in video games every personally

[@senderoverland]

I prolly put hundreds of hours into each of these games growing up. They were masterpieces

[@K1LLERSQU1D]

Likewise miss that more mature, gory feeling old starwars games had

[@davidcurry332]

Yes they were Bro I still have all of them for Ps2 and X-Box

[@fireblade295]

You ENJOYED the story for BF2!? That was a horribly designed game, aside from the playlist feature.

[@Lord_zeel]

Only time in my life that I would reliably wake up early in the morning. My parents let me play video games for only an hour a day, and since it was on the family computer there were usually a lot of interruptions if someone else needed it, or they wanted to me to do a chore. But if I woke up an hour early, I could play Battlefront for a full hour without interruption before school.

[@senderoverland]

@@fireblade295 well seeing as it was the only story of the 501st we had in media at the time, yeah, I thoroughly enjoyed it. The instant action was awesome as well. Galactic conquest was great. The whole thing was great

[@gunkboydman]

BF1 Geonosis is still my favorite videogame map ever. The sheer size of it was incredible for it's time

[@ThaTyphon]

Bf1 Geonsis and BF1 Kashyyyk were better than 2

[@gunkboydman]

@@ThaTyphon agreed

[@brett7799]

On Kamino I would have all the clone troopers hold position at the main spawn and wait for the droids to get close and then have them move out and then just watch the craziness unfold😂

[@franklindbrosevelt5260]

Couldn't agree more its a great representation of the battle from the movie and I always loved using the republic gunships. I was always so disappointed with how much worse the battlefront 2 version of geonosis was the overall selection of maps is just better in bf1 imo

[@platyhelminthes2877]

"Destroy the Techno Union ships!"

[@Squiddicus2]

My favorite part about the 2005 one is that you could load multiple people into certain spaceships, like the tie bomber, which meant you could bring your friends along when you raided the enemy capital ship. I’m never gonna forget how fun that was

[@domitai0191]

The gunship was also great, a few more people and it acted as a command post as well

[@Noka-ji8vh]

Yep me and my best friend always did that!

[@vgrepairs]

Yes dude! Noone talks about how the EA games stripped the games of this vital feature!

[@wjgreep]

Ah man, I can't even describe the level of joy BF2 brought me as a child. Playing split screen with my brother or friends was the best. I still have the game for my PS2, but original Xbox owners have the advantage because they could do 4 player split screen, but even with the multi-tap PS2 won't allow it. Galactic Conquest is by far my favorite game mode, and I think it's a shame that no modern shooter has come close to replicating it. Games today are repetitive, expensive, and get boring fast... Enemy Territoy by Wolfenstein was another excellent shooter back in those days

[@platyhelminthes2877]

@@wjgreep It's not a shooter, but Empire at War kind of fills a similar niche to galactic conquest. As a strategy game, the gameplay isn't even remotely similar, but it's fun, it's star wars, and you can conquer the galaxy system by system.

[@leonardogonzalez5016]

I remember being too young to understand how menus work and feeling like I discovered something new like heroes vs villains mode and being at awe of all the amazing action and feeling cool about winning my factions wars.

[@MuRevo122]

Dude, the same thing happened to me! Used to play with my two cousins at the time and we didn't knew how to navigate the menus, and we don't live in a english speaking country. We had completed like all possible campaigns with all of the factions, then one day we discovered the heroes only mode and we lost our freaking minds lol it was very good to remember that

[@LordVader1094]

Lol that's exactly how I felt too. That's why having thematic cool menus was so important, as a kid it all mattered and felt like an experience.

[@slenderthesavagemaster]

Same!! Instant action made mt child eyes open when i realized i didnt just need conquest!.. And conquest..for 2 years i didn't know you could buy units...

[@epat711]

Duuude, I felt the exact same

[@zacharyrollick6169]

Back in the day, nothing made a Saturday better than hitting the "All Maps" option an spending the next few hours in the blissful release of a far, far away galaxy a long time ago.

[@ahetzel9054]

I don't think there's a single person who's given themselves to star wars as much as tamura Morrison. What a awesome guy

[@scrotumjoe5030]

Nah mate Anthony Daniels is such a doouche for c3p0 if he finds out you're making a fan film and c3p0 is in it he'll ensure he voices and plays him he's ridiculous for that

[@ShellShock794]

​@@scrotumjoe5030Not at all what he meant but yes, that is true

[@Unchainedmaple888]

He got absolutely snubbed for Mando season 3. He was supposed to be in it, but instead Lucasfilm decided to pay Lizzo for an episode instead.

[@duff9000]

@@Unchainedmaple888 season 3 was disappointing

[@Unchainedmaple888]

@@duff9000 I'm totally checked out of star wars at this point

[@BannanaMan]

A couple of years ago, I wanted to buy the new Battlefront 2, but I accidentally bought the old one. I don't regret it. Edit: I also enjoy EA's Battlefront 2. Edit 2: I ask that the comments not be an argument over which game is better. Edit 3 (11 months later): To clarify, I bought EA's Battlefront 2 without any friends, after EA canceled it, and still enjoyed it. Will also be buying the releases of the original Battlefront 1 and 2 when they release this month.

[@lonelypancake5979]

You made the right choice

[@notnormal69]

You lucky bastard, I accidentally bought the new one and regret it.

[@Scraxezz]

@@notnormal69 Battlefront 2 aint even bad

[@marcuswalters8093]

I wish I could buy it for my PS4. I would play the crap out of it. I got the new BF2 for free from PSN. I played all through the campaign. I still felt robbed.

[@Scraxezz]

@@marcuswalters8093 You need to play mulitplayer mate

[@emperorkane317]

I preferred how the maps in BF 2004 had mixed ground and air battles. I was actually disappointed they removed air combat from the 2005 game (aside from Hoth)

[@garettemiller3585]

god damn i loved that hoth map

[@TheLastOldOne]

Same, I loved being close air support for my friends.

[@glorytoglorzo5591]

2002-2005 was the golden age of gaming; and peak Star Wars gaming.

[@jakobrenner2230]

It was peak Star Wars period tbh: Clone Wars Multimedia Project was something we have not seen again.

[@westube3493]

Don't forget about the Force Unleashed in 2008

[@robertjc4195]

Some good times we had brother

[@robertjc4195]

@@westube3493 absolute badass

[@Wastelander1972]

Before the dark times

[@Korasi]

Such a great game.. I played Battlefront I at my cousins house when I was 5-6 at first.. I remember playing Geonosis and sitting in an AT-TE for the whole game until our reinforcements ran out. I begged my mom to buy me Battlefront 2 on my PS2 for christmas later that year. I spent thousands.. I mean thousands of hours playing instant action.. space.. galactic conquest.. campaign. To any LucasGames or Pandemic Studios and any other affiliated employee I also salute you. Thank you for making my childhood so memorable.

[@nchldmn]

It is absolutely criminal that the two original battlefront games are not playable on ps3 ps4 and ps5.

[@BraydenBomb2006]

and they wonder why we aren’t buying ps plus premium

[@JustSayRance]

I absolutely loved how people could be sent flying in SWBF1. Getting into one of the AT-ATs was one of my favourite things to do for that reason

[@HardCorePoration]

The Jawas can actually repair CIS droids as well! Which is very useful!

[@breadballer]

Wow that’s awesome. Never knew that.

[@zacharyrollick6169]

Thousands of hours in the game, and I didn't know that?

[@YumariYatasuka]

I think that was only in battlefront one though.. I don't remeber it ever working for me on battlefront 2

[@qman2061]

You are the chosen one

[@jaredfetzer7041]

@Chrissy_Wolf a good amount of features from the first Star Wars Battlefront game didn't make a return to the second one. Like with the Jawas repairing the CIS Battle Droids. There's of course the ability to go prone didn't return. Dogfighting in the sky of a planet didn't return. 2 of 4 commands for being in and out of a vehicle didn't return as well. Having Tusken Raiders going against the factions of the galaxy didn't return.

[@gravelycritical]

My mother and I would play the hell out of Battlefront 1 almost every day. This video took me back to those good memories. Thanks for that, mate.

[@noelmakarth156]

U have an awesome mom

[@heinrich9910]

W mom

[@frogman305t4]

I was born in 94 so the prequel series was my introduction into Star Wars as well... I remember when battlefriend 2 came out I begged my aunt to take me to Walmart to buy it and after a week and promising her to go to church for 4 weeks in a row she finally bought me it

[@117MasterSpartan]

😂😂😂😂😂 church for battlefront

[@ericseitzler81]

You should have converted to the Jedi faith just to get back at grandma for making you go for so long,btw I really hope your grandma wasn't Catholic because as awesome as bf 2 was that would not have been a fair trade.

[@FatherOMalley]

Starwars Battlechurch 3: Revenge of the Priests

[@jazzdub4958]

lol that's some deal and shocking you bantered the Church as a way of getting a video game.

[@doublydying2686]

What? I actually didn't realize these came out so close together....I loved these games so much. Lego star wars, clone commandos, etc....so many good memories

[@frnkln4213]

Thank you for this video, I recently revisited BF2 with my girlfriend to see if it held up and it absolutely does, the fact that it has active multiplayer servers nearly 20 years later is nothing short of amazing. The first Battlefront is was originally got me into gaming as some of the earliest memories I had as a kid was sitting with my dad watching him play. One night he had to work late and I called him saying to come home because I wanted to watch him play, he told me I could just play myself and that blew my mind and started my on my journey into video games. This video brought back some really good memories as I haven't managed to replay BF1 yet but the editing and commentary (especially the end montage) were fantastic.

[@platyhelminthes2877]

That's so cool. Reminds me of when I was little, I wanted to play Super Mario 64 but was too scared to leave the starting area of Bob-omb Battlefield because of the Goombas surrounding the platform where you spawn, so I would get my dad to play and watch him. One day I worked up enough courage to venture out and realized for the first time how easy it was to jump on the Goombas and kill them, and I was never afraid of the game from then on. 🙂 (except for the creepy piano monster lol) BF1 was such a fun game. I would queue up instant action matches as a sort of little "story", try to survive as long as possible as one soldier, have last stands against hundreds of bots, all kinds of stuff. I miss that true "sandbox shooter" era of gaming, before things like monetization, cosmetics, live service, hero shooters, etc...

[@nicholasboatwright5407]

Sorry man I gotta laugh.. no woman wants to sit there and watch you or attempt to play the game w you to see if it holds value to this day. This shit is epic classic don't get me wrong. My wife for 14 yrs supports the nerd in me and yet we both know she is bored w it... or they inevitably age that way. Or some ol chestnut like that. ☺ I'm not hating btw

[@frnkln4213]

@@nicholasboatwright5407 we both played it when we were kids and met through gaming so everyones got different interests :)

[@clayhardie8862]

The amount of time me and my brother spent playing these games is actually unreal. So many incredible memories. Glad I found your video, well done

[@ExcelionYogi]

Watching this made me realize how much I have mixed the two games in my memory. Played the second one the most, but some points of the first one are mixed in how I remember it, like the prone stance, loading screen and Temuera voicing the clones in game.

[@TheBourbonWrench]

Growing up, my cousin and I would play this for hours. He lived in a different state, but we would frequently visit them. BF2 was lliterally the highlight of the trip for both of us. It was the mix of the large level, all the AI, the nostalgic levels, it was just amazing. One of the best memories we share together. Unfortunately, he became a drug dealer and when to jail. Not relevant to the story, but still sharing. Hoping he gets the help he needs and we can slay on some battlefront 2 some day.

[@Klepto-Bysmal1]

My favorite part of the original Battlefront 1 (and to a lesser extend the sequel) was the 3rd faction. Sometimes allied to one of the main factions (like the ewoks and wookies), sometimes allied to everyone (the jawas), and my personal favorite, hostile to everyone (the tusken raiders and the gamorreans). I loved Dune Sea for the chaos the tuskens added, and it's still my favorite map of any of the Battlefront games (modern and original). I wish more shooters would include 3rd factions like that.

[@madkoala2130]

There is, but it's most hated game mod in TF2. Everyone hates zombies during Halloween events.

[@jackcarter9861]

I also loved how it made it extra challenging for modes like galactic assault to take over places like Kashyyyk when the rebels have lots of backup

[@rustyshackleford9017]

bf was my childhood. we had to turn up the heat, every class completed on campaign, playthroughs w 0 deaths etc. perfection back when games were exciting

[@clonetroopersteve6780]

I remember my mom getting BF2 for my PS2 for Christmas when it came out. I still play it on steam to this day. Absolute banger of a game

[@supremeteen1975]

A true OG. ❤

[@thecreed1212]

Same here. I got BF2, enter the matrix and budokai 1 for Christmas. Good times man

[@CreepyJournals]

That loading screen sounds sparked this deep forgotten nostalgia in me 🥲

[@Lord_zeel]

Bespin Platforms is my favorite video game map of all time. Great video! I fondly remember these games. I remember being so excited for Battlefront II, and being slightly disappointed by the things that didn't carry over. But both were really great, which is more than I can say for the remakes we got more recently.

[@ObjektBBX]

platforms was quite literally the perfect map. It had very balanced air combat and very balanced ground combat. it still holds up as an incredible and one of the best maps to date.

[@springheeljak145]

Platforms was the best map to play with friends. One of you grinds the trench in the middle, the other takes a ship and flanks the enemy

[@hedqtf4275]

I would just be in the anti air turrets the whole round taking potshots at the enemy ships for fun

[@Pencilman246]

My thoughts exactly. The original Battlefront was so great and I was very disappointed when they removed the best maps (like Rhen Var and Kashyyyk Docks and Bespin Platforms) in favor of things like Jabba’s Palace and that moonbase one that were much less fun. I didn’t care for the Jedi gameplay much either. Thankfully you can get mods for BF2 now which bring the older maps back into BF2. Also the newer Battlefront II is actually a lot of fun tbh. No more updates anymore but after they got rid of the micro transactions it became an awesome game.

[@duffelpuffelmcduff1181]

Thank you for touching on the maps! I thought I was going crazy whenever I told my friends I preferred the first games maps and everyone laughed. I'm vindicated!

[@vangelisb8776]

I still fondly remember as a 90's kid how awesome it felt watching the movies, and then playing the maps from the movies on my dad's pc. Man, I still have the discs to this day.

[@platyhelminthes2877]

It sucks losing that childlike sense of imagination and wonder, but the memories and nostalgic feelings will never fade. The late 90s and early 2000s were a wonderful time to be a kid.

[@HashishTV]

I remember as a kid how much I loved BF2004's loading screen and loading into Kamino's hard rain

[@EliKav]

my experience was the exact same, played Battlefront II at my older friends houses, then bought the game, then played the first one at my other mates.

[@azakachi-rd-17]

These games are timeless to me. Still play them and I'm thankful there's a modding community still making maps for BF II!

[@MarsiB013]

The BF2 DLC maps were updated to the newer XBOX consoles and those maps are gorgeous!

[@jason6070]

who else is here after hearing the classic battlefront collection 😮‍💨

[@charlestownsend9280]

When it comes to heroes in battlefront 1, Vader's breathing sound used to scare me, especially when you're moving through a tunnel, cause you know you're screwed.

[@tsunderemerc2963]

A small thing that went uncovered, I missed how Squad Commands were dumbed down in the second game. You could tell AI in the first game to follow you, advance, hold position, and spread out. In the second game, it's just follow or spread out, and the AI will very rigidly fall into a formation that copies your movement inputs, making friendly fire easy if it's on (your rank also determined how many you could command, up to 4). It could be useful to make AI follow you to capture objectives so you had a little backup. First person in BF1 was also way more polished

[@patgilroy7627]

I was able to get sealed copies of both of these lovely games at a flea market near my house a few years ago. I, like you, grew up with a GameCube, and I wasn’t able to get an Xbox until I was a freshman in high school to start playing shooter games. I had played these games as a kid at a friends house, and when I finally got them for myself, I put HOURS into them. I loved the new battlefronts as well, but for some reason, the originals get me hooked everytime I play them. The environments and gameplay also felt more alive, and not as linear as the newer games. More open, more like Star Wars :) I very much appreciate this video, and you’ve earned my subscription!

[@TANOFTZ]

Battlefront 1 was my first game on the PS2 and was the only game I had for over 6 months. That was my gaming childhood

[@user-rd2kq2ok7c]

This was part of the golden age of gaming. I truly cannot believe the quality for the time. Bravo to the l developers. These games were revolutionary and the magic was never captured in its more recent incarnations

[@happyjam92]

The memories of playing these games after school came flooding back watching this. These games were incredible. I think i need to buy them again, they were some of the most fun experiences i had playing my xbox and ps2 as a kid. The modern battlefront games were such a disapointment conpared to the originals.

[@DragonRebelRose]

Love the bit at the end in the montage showing that one corner of Naboo where the AI get stuck and run around in. I've lost many battles on Naboo because all my troops were there glitching out. You can get some of them out if you command them to follow you but it doesn't always work.

[@kennyg2610]

I’m 31. I can’t tell you how much time I spent playing the og battlefront as a teenager. I loved this game playing solo or with family. I always liked 1 over 2

[@noahhunt5280]

Great video man! I think something a lot of people look over in the retrospectives on these games is the difference in AI between 2004 and 2005. 2004’s AI wasn’t perfect, but IMO a VAST improvement compared to 2005. For me nowadays, that really sways my choice in 2004’s favor when I revisit these games because l have to use my brain instead of just going on a mindless killing spree

[@breadballer]

That’s true, I probably should’ve talked about that. On normal there isn’t much difference but I do find BF1’s “hard” AI are tougher than BF2’s “elite”. With the heroes on, some maps in Bf1 are legitimately hard to win.

[@Protoking]

​​@@breadballer I am glad to find the only other person besides me to prefer BF1. I had both games but put alot more time into BF1. I would generally describe it as having more character and vastly superior maps while the second game was fully and unapologetically ROTS for better or worse. That said I find the CIS to be overpowered to the point of being broken as my ai teammates throw their shiny meatbag bodies into the wood chipper known as the Destroyer Droids

[@randomstormtrooper3345]

True. I never really got into BF2005 because of how boring the battles could be with the bots just... standing there and occasionally shooting... stuff. Meanwhile, you could even get obliterated by some bloodthirsty Y-Wing at any second in BF2004, the battles actually felt alive in that game

[@malachor5ve]

​@Protoking Battlefront 2004 is my favorite as well, it has better AI and maps than Battlefront 2 2005. Another thing that bugs me about Battlefront 2 is that the aiming reticule is just slightly off, it points down just slightly too far

[@Dario5B]

I actually like the 2nd one more for that very reason 🤣🤣 Love being able to go on a tear

[@Kareem180]

Literally a trip down memory lane as I’m spending my last few minutes of free time before work. I was hooked on both these games and I still holly them on steam with some good mods. Some are allowing NPC heroes in battlefront 2 on both sides that run around instead of forcing the player to always play as the hero. The OG battlefront now has mods that allow you to change the clone armor to famous legion within the GAR.

[@be9579]

Such a well put together video from such a small channel, I especially loved that love letter ending compilation, brings a tear to my eye

[@Justaguy5678]

It's remarkable that these games came out 20 years ago and still look this good, have more content than games that come out today, and actually functioned out of the box without a year or two of updates and patches. I also figured out you could land a ship on top of heroes in BF1 and that was hilarious.

[@LordVader1094]

OMG STAR WARS BEST OF PC WAS HOW I GOT INTO STAR WARS GAMES AND THE EU! Glad to see someone else mention that absolute gem on a Battlefront retrospective. It's up there with the Orange Box imo as one of the greatest bundles of games ever.

[@LukeMorris11]

God dang I went back to being 13 all over again, even being on tatooine and flying an x-wing or tie fighter around that tiny map felt incredible, I felt like I was in Star Wars. Great video dude.

[@TedFegal]

When I got these games as a kid I didn't expect to still be playing them into my 30's. They're timeless classics.

[@blackout8845]

Both were the first shooters I can remember in my life, played at a friends place on his PS2. I still have both on PC but mainly play the first part from Time to time. Core childhood memories.

[@grubwirld]

Glad to see another Jango fan out there. With the blaster upgrade he is pretty much unstoppable

[@tobyzigan]

I only played the 1st Battlefront game once and never saw it again, but finding it on steam just made my weekend plans 😂

[@BladePocok]

Its old but gold!

[@B-Que-Walker]

Kit Fisto is op on those dlc maps. He can throw a force ball, thing in a straight line which explodes and does high aoe damage. It basically kills everyone in one hit.

[@Somanous]

I love how creatively you got around the killing of Jango by reenacting it ingame. Kudos for that! :D

[@18videowatcher41]

Oh man, I loved these games, especially the first Battlefront! I liked Battlefront 2, but I missed some of the maps from the first game. Especially the Bespin Cloud City map, that one was my favorite.

[@SorensiCSteeL]

Great video! It always saddens me that BF3 never came out but I'm glad that mods like Galactic Contention for Squad and the Star Wars mods for Arma 3 bring the would be experience to reality.

[@thebipolarbear1]

Great video very well done I still play these on my original Xbox till this day they’re gems

[@mariog3777]

Broooo, I still play SWBF2 and Empire at War to these days. I'm glad you have those legendary games on your shelf.

[@dustinewing7974]

Man... I played these so much on my ps2. Nostalgia is crazy. These were actually really good games

[@Mr.Man2214]

The Bothan Spies gave me PTSD. The fear of one showing up behind you and incinerating my character made me jump every time.

[@-Raylight]

Kinda miss lisenced games from back then, they're such a banger. They don't make fun games like Battlefront anymore You can just play, not microtransactions, no lootboxes, etc

[@Adoogna]

You’re the first person to mention the 5 best of PC, I grew up in Ethiopia so access to video games wasn’t the best so my aunt sent us the 5 best of PC to play on an old thinkpad on repeat.

[@mitchellcreed9790]

The loading screens were ahead of their time. Simple, yet entertaining.

[@Loki_Loki01]

Man this brings back memories. I pumped so many hours into battlefront 2 on ps2. I need to get a copy to play it again now. Even the space battles i really loved and i didn't get bored of them

[@wwmandalore]

I made my best friend in high school through these games. We spent hours playing , and are some of my fondest memories I have of us hanging out.

[@Jarred-J254]

Played this game at a friend's house years ago in like 2008, this game has a special place in my heart as it was one of the first shooter games I played and is what introduced me to Star Wars.

[@Tyler-hs9eu]

Just started replaying this on series x and man was i surprised at how fresh they both still feel. To me, they're both timeless, i do miss the sprint in the first one though

[@seanm241]

the game freezing on the last thing you look at when you win was amazing. I got so many great screenshots from it

[@coreydavis2111]

I loved playing the whole range from the Star Wars The Best of PC as a kid 5 quality games I could dump hours upon hours into and not get bored.

[@codafett]

Words can't describe how much I loved these two games.

[@corvuslevi9347]

Thank you for making this nostalgic video. It really felt like I was back in the old days for 30min straight. Best parts where when I remembered small details I forgot about. I was lucky enough to play both games on my ps2 with and against my brother. The funny thing is that back then I was already blown away by the graphics, mechanics and so on and was even more excited for the future of gaming. I only realize now that we already had the best times. Wow what a ride

[@RodRdgz93]

Maaaaaan, these 2 games are so underrated!! I also spent hours on both of them. The 1st thing I did when got my Xbox Series S was to look for some of my old games from the previous Xbox consoles (which I didn't have anymore) in the online store. I found and immediately bought SW:BF II and it came with the DLC's included which I hadn't played before. Still play it to this day.

[@austinnnn64]

Star Wars Battlefront was the first game I ever played, such a nostalgia trip for me

[@Superintendent8814]

As someone who doesn't play the newer Battlefront games (never even touched the second one), if a new Battlefront game came out and it was what the original Battlefront 3 was supposed to be without all the nonsense modern games have, I would by it instantly.

[@benwhitsett8557]

I smiled so much when you mentioned the free fall glitch in on tatooine. When I found that spot growing up on the PS2, I felt like I stumbled on a mystery.

[@AchanCham_]

Fantastic job on this video. BF2 was easily one of my most played games from 2008-2013 on the PS2. I still get on Steam and play it with friends from time to time. Thank you for making this.

[@devilsadvocate22289]

Ah, my top 2 fav games of all time. The OG Battlefront and Battlefront 2 were so amazing that I still play this game with mods today. Good times.

[@BellXllebMusic]

Simply epic. I played both as a kid but somehow I always only installed BF2 later on when I wanted to replay them. Was cool to see nostalgic BF1 content. I agree with you on the points why you prefer the first game and now I'm not so sure which one I prefer anymore, though earlier it was definitely the second one.

[@gerardasuncion1656]

This game holds a dear place in my heart. I remember in battlefront two during co-ops when the best player does not want to play as the hero, the option will turn to the next player. I always let my little brother play as the hero. Good times ❤

[@perez_4239]

ive had a pc for like four or five years already and this single video informed me that these games are on steam (along with The Force Unleased, both of which i bought instantly) why did i never think of it. well done on that outro too, made me feel like a kid again

[@MajTom101]

Aw man this brings me back. To note for space battles: the pilot will regen ship health while flying, while the marine won't. Also stealing an enemy starfighter prevents them from targeting you for a brief period

[@GrooveSpaceArk]

I always preferred the first one. Second one removing flying vehicles on ground maps and shrinking them felt so bad.

[@darkk_darkk]

Yeah I totally agree the second always felt a bit undercooked in a way compared to the first game especially in terms of the graphics

[@XortTheGoblin]

First person on Xbox for battlefront 2 was also dumbed down from Battlefront 1 on Xbox. In the first one, when you are in first person you can see the detail inside the vehicles and its pretty cool change to the hud. In battlefront 2 you don't get any of that.

[@mr.awesome5933]

Used to spend the night with my cousin and we would wake up early and sneak to the tv room to play battlefront 1 and 2. Good times. Great times.

[@owaindavies8364]

Amazing games. The speederbike mechanic in BF1 was amazing. You could speed up and drift around corners running people over and get mad air on the dune sea sand dunes!

[@dascend]

I used to play BF2 and the lego games when I was younger, damn they were good games, truly a golden age of gaming. Nowadays I struggle to find anything fun to play, and I can guarantee that it is not because I have grown up, but rather because the current games are not as good anymore. It feels like games before were made because the developers enjoyed making them and now it is only to get money.

[@lplp9244]

Those two games were probably my most played games of the time. I loved them. Thank you for this trip.

[@wardog546]

I remember playing these games before going to school and found the graphics to be amazing on the PS2 😂. Excellent times. I used to scream every time I get killed off by a Jedi/sith since they’d come out of nowhere half the time

[@cory99998]

A rare era of purity in AAA games. No internal politics or objectives to accomplish outside of making the best one off product possible

[@Clone895]

I still remember playing BF1 back in 2004 on Mac... I was only 5 at the time, and I got so addicted, my mom literally shredded the disk *EDIT:* 1:32 made me go and find my copy... That was a hell of a bundle, but because I was a kid, I only really played SWBF and RC *EDIT 2:* 14:20 was my first and only physical copy of the OT... How did I never know there was a SWBF demo in there :(

[@Savage01st]

Awesome Video man! 13:08 I agree BF1 maps are better imo than bf2's but Bf2 is still goated

[@codystrom8708]

The first 2 battlefront games and the original mercenaries playground of destruction are absolute GOAT material from pandemic studios

[@DjJugend]

I remember getting Battlefront II for Christmas 2005. That was one of the best Christmas' ever. Played it all day!

[@alexhere7129]

More retrospective vids of other starwars or nostalgic games. This was incredibly well done! I miss this era of gaming dearly.

[@JoboMcFakeAF]

Battlefront 2 , if any of you 30 yr ogs remember, was sooooo epic to play with the new features. My personal favorite was the space battles and heros but wow. Blast from the past. Embrace change my friends. I heard not all of it is bad.

[@benharder7816]

The recon droids were a lot of fun in the first Battlefront because of the orbital bombardment ability, which was traded for just a simple explosion in BF2 (probably because of all the interior locations)

[@jackstraughan24]

Vader reloading the lightsaber had me absolutely rolling 😂😂

[@yashkin6192]

After Finishing the video, I looked at your sub count and was shocked because I assumed you would have like 100k based on the quality and structure of the video. This was a high quality video, you’ll probably be at a 100k in no time!

[@breadballer]

Much appreciated. I can’t lie seeing the subs go up is nice, but I’m just happy people are enjoying the video. I only had 40 or so subs before posting this so I was a bit worried it wouldn’t reach many.

[@valkoinendev]

Working on remaking something like the Galactic conquest from the second. Was my favorite thing to do as a kid and never seen anything like it since.