More importantly, the fact that there are microtransactions means that all future DLC, including content from The Last Jedi, will be free. It’s not clear if you get anything for beating them all but anyone who plays the beta will get a special ‘Founder’s Crate’ that includes a rare Star Card, extra credits, and a Darth Maul emote.īattlefront II includes loot crates and microtransactions but EA promises that you can earn everything in-game by just playing as normal. Each day is different though, so make sure you check before you start. Today’s tasks you with playing as all four assault trooper classes and beating a total of 150 enemies in any mode. There will also be different challenges each day, that work like in-game achievements. The hero ships work the same way as the characters, and include the Millennium Falcon and Darth Maul’s Scimitar. It’s set during the classic era and has Imperials trying to defend against a Rebel attack on a shipyard and its docked Star Destroyer.
This is the same demo we played, and loved, at Gamescom, so we’ll be looking forward to getting stuck into that again. You get two options in the beta: one with computer-controlled allies and another where it’s you vs. Although Battlefront II does feature a proper story campaign you’ll also be able to play a version of the multiplayer on your own or with one other player – either online or in split-screen local play.
Takodana is the autumnal-looking planet where Maz Kanata (the little orange Yoda stand-in) from The Force Awakens lived.Īrcade on Naboo. Instead you have to pick between Assault, Specialist, Heavy, and Officer classes on the side of either the Resistance or First Order. 8 objective-based mode is meant to show off the game’s new class-based system, and has no hero characters. These activate differently from the first game in that you earn points in order to unlock them, instead of picking them up as power-ups.
battle droids) or the Republic (clone troopers) and can use hero characters like Rey and Darth Maul. 20 multiplayer, set in the city of Theed from The Phantom Menance (Battlefront II is the first to feature content from all three eras of films). Like most betas you don’t get to play any of the story campaign but there are four different multiplayer modes, primarily the ones you will have seen in earlier previews: Unusually, there was no pre-download option, despite it being the biggest beta EA has ever had – with the PC version requiring at least 22.8GB of hard drive space, the PlayStation 4 15.3GB, and the Xbox One 13.2GB.
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