Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection: Let’s just get the trailer out of the way so I can get to the ranting…

Oh boooooyyyy, you have gone F***ked it up this time, modern gaming industry….you’ve officially done it; I don’t know how you did it, but I got to give you credit on the fact you were able to do it…but you successfully did it… you have taken a nearly 20-year-old classic game that is beloved by Star Wars fans…..also 75GB!? And $35!?

Now let’s look at like, let’s say, the Xbox backward compatible version of Battlefront 1 and 2…those games cost $10 each and take up around 8.8GB each….yeah keep this in mind: those each take up 8.8GB while the classic collection which is just both games under one roof, takes up 75GB and costs $35….what in the hecking Lord happened here?

Well, truth be told, I don’t think we will ever know the whole truth about how they took a 20-year-old game that takes up 8.8GB and increased it to 75GB. But I might have a partial answer. For you see, apparently to upscale the graphics a bit in this classic collection they decided to use AI…

Then proceed to not touch up any of the graphics by hand….nah they just left it up to AI, yes great job….how did that work out?

Now if yall think that’s the end to the mess of this re-release then I’m sad to say ur surely mistaken…..it in fact gets worse, not better….

So this takes us to the game, how bad is it? Well online was a huge mess…they only opened up 3 servers for some reason, yeah 3 servers with millions of people waiting to pay online? What the hell were they thinking?

But hold on I would like to get the positives out of the way because yes there are some positives in this game, even if its buried under a lot and I do mean a lot of issues…..so the upside to this game is for the first time for everyone on Nintendo Switch, Xbox series X/S and PS5 and PC users can experience a few things that were only exclusive to specific consoles….

• Firstly there’s XL mode that is only available on 3 maps but still, this mode has a total of 350 enemies and teammates on the battlefield all spawned in at once so it’s a giant mess…but it does make it feel like a battlefield…..this game mode was originally only a PC exclusive…

• Secondly for the first time ever they’ve added heroes vs villains game mode (or as it’s called Hero Assault) on all 22 ground maps…u heard that right 22 ground maps…I’ll get to that in a second, so that means if yall wanted to do this game mode on Hoth or Mustafar well now u can….this is my favorite addition to this classic collection I’ll admit it….I’ve been really enjoying playing this mode on Hoth and Kamino….

• Thirdly they’ve added the DLC that was only exclusive to PC and Xbox original, plus the Xbox backward compatible version as well….the DLC includes the following

4 new maps:

Bespin

Rhen Var Citadel

Rhen Var Harbour

Yavin Arenas

2 new heroes:

Kit Fisto

Assaj Ventress

Yeah I’m actually glad they added these additions, btw those 4 maps were from the original Battlefront 2004 game….but here’s a thing they altered a bit that I’m happy about, so on the Xbox backward compatible version of Battlefront 2 2005 they added hero assault to

Coruscant

Those 4 DLC maps

Naboo

Mygeetoo

Kyshyyyk

On those maps u could play as Kit Fisto and Ventress, the only issue is they weren’t available on the default hero assault mode on Mos Eisily…..and the extra maps with that mode they are available to play on, they replaced 2 already existing heroes in the roster….which is a shame…

BTW I come to realize I hate gaming journalists, they suck….here’s a prime example, one journalist wrote and review and said “this game is loads of fun, but has brought back old bugs including new bugs. But it works perfectly” uhhhh sorry what?

The game has bugs? But works perfectly? That’s 2 statements that contradict one another….do u see my issue with gaming journalists? Do they ever play the game they are reviewing? Anyways. Back to the review.

Luckily in this Classic Collection (on top of hero assault being available on all maps) now every single hero and villain including the 2 DLC characters is all playable on hero assault on every map including the original map, Mos Eisley…..

Let’s see oh and yall can have access to both Battlefront games under 1 roof instead of having to exit out and enter a separate game individually…..granted u still have to do that but u don’t have to exit out of the app fully……

The game options for the levels are slightly better, where in the backward compatible version u can set the limit of AI teammates on the map all at once to 16….while in The Classic Collection, u can see the max limit of AI teammates to 32…..that adds more people in the map.

Oh also some of the graphical changes look better, here are some example images comparing both games.

Or sometimes due to using AI Generator u will end up with this horrific mess. Bare witness to this, but I warn u what u are about to see is disturbing.

Also, they added achievements u can earn when playing this classic collection…yeah this game never had achievements to earn….so this was a nice addition…..

They also ported over the best mode ever Galactic Conquest……here’s the soundtrack from that iconic mode…

“Select a fleet to command”

Sorry I had to….hey while at it let’s list a few iconic catchphrases from this game

“Look out it’s major Malevolence, er ah General Grevious”

“Skywalker? Nobody said anything about Skywalker. I’m outta here”

“Whoever dropped the flag, will pay for their incompetence”

“The rebels have foolishly dropped the flag, a pitty”

“The confederacy is in control of a command post”

Also here’s a Playlist of each character including classes in this game with their iconic lines…

Hope y’all enjoy it…

Oh, also here’s a Playlist of each character’s soundtrack in this game as well….I really hope yall enjoy it as much as people like me who played this game did…

On top of all that u get to play the 2004 Battlefront game along with Battlefront 2….I got the chance to Rey out the 2004 game and I realized there’s planets in that game that I wish Battlefront 2 2005 had….such as

Tatooine Dune Seas

Kyshyyyk Docks

Naboo Plains

Bespin Platforms

Geonosis Spire

Yeah, those maps I absolutely love playing on, especially since in Tatooine Dune Seas there are the Tuskans on the map so on top of u fishing the enemies u also get attacked by the Tuskans……also u can get into a ship and fly from the ground into the sky in this map including Bespin Platforms….

Which again I wish was in Battlefront 2 2005…but it isn’t, oh well I guess….at least here u can play both games….

Oh, u wanted more positives? Sorry to say this but this is where my positives end with this game….unfortunately from here it’s all downhill….

So remember how I mentioned they only had 3 servers up for online? Yeah well I also forgot to mention that online was practically unplayable…..glitches up the wazoo, and when u died and had to pick a base to spawn in the camera would freak out, Spazzing out like crazy….so basically anyone with epilepsy be warned, u will get an Epileptic seizure just from that alone…..

Both Battlefront game’s online servers are Buffy as hell, so neither is fully playable….heck not many people are playing online so if u want to play online good luck trying to find a server to join….

The level balancing for online was and still is kinda off….sometimes u would load into a level that’s close to being done….oh joy, or worse sometimes u will enter a March that only lasts 5 min long somehow….yeah sorry to say 5 min isn’t a good length of a match….I don’t remember the levels being that short before…

Let’s see also, matches were unplayable that’s how glitchy things were, there were also graphical design Bugs on maps such as on Hoth….where for some consoles the map had big splurges of untextured multi-colored blocks, like the game never got finished or is having trouble loading in…..yeah that kinda stuff kills the immersion instantly…

Also, I have to give it to them they somehow did the impossible…they took a nearly 20-year-old classic game that was already perfect and somehow made it worse…don’t know how u did it but u did it…oh wait I already said this, oh well….

Anyways, it gets worse so they for some reason cut out cutscenes and dialog from the 501st story mode…..yes that same iconic story mode that gave us the iconic dialog and scene….here I’ll play the scene in case some of yall don’t know what I’m talking about…

“What I remember about the rise of the empire was, is how quiet it was. During the waning hours of the Clone Wars, the 501st legion was discreetly transferred back to Coruscant. It was a silent trip, we all knew what was about to happen and what we were about to do. Did we have any doubts any private traitorous thoughts? Perhaps but no one said a word. Not on the flight to Coruscant, not when order 66 came down, and not when we marched into the Jedi temple. Not a word”.

Oh, I got shivers down my spine just saying those lines……. Anyway yeah, I cannot forgive them for taking out cutscenes and iconic lines, this is blasphemous….

They altered the land mines u can place, in the original backward-compatible version u could place down 4 but now in this game, u can only place down 3…..I mean it’s s small nitpick but still….

Oh here’s a major issue, graphical design Bugs….yep this port of a classic beloved game has graphical design Bugs when there weren’t any before…..

Furthermore, they glitched out the special ranked weapon abilities u can unlock….let me elaborate on that a bit more, so in the original Battlefront 2 2005 let’s take like rifle gun….if u get 12 kills in one life before u die, u will be granted the elite rifle which is a special modification that increases the damage and kills enemies in 2 shots…also turns the blaster bolt colors to purple….

If u do that 64 times and reach legendary ur supposed to unlock that ability Is permanently….but yet I reached 64 times and legendary but yet haven’t unlocked the ability Permanently…even though an achievement popped up saying that I did…..so what the freaking heck?

Now all of that sounds horrible, right? Bet yall wondering at this point-

1.  What’s the point of this re-release when u can get both games on Xbox backward compatible version and Steam for 10 dollars each and 8.8GB each?

2.  Can this game get any worse than what u Jarrod has said so far?

Well, the answer to both those questions is yes…..for u see I didn’t touch upon the major controversy that plagued this re-release….so it has come to light, thanks to date miners digging through the files that Aspyr (the company that re-released this beloved 2 classic games).

Have used a mod pack to transport over the DLC characters and map, even though they said no no we didn’t do that we didn’t use a mod..from a modder, we used the official DLC….yeah what a great lie that was huh?

Look, it’s one thing to lie about not doing the thing that it turns out u did…but it’s another thing to not credit the guy u used the mod from…

Talk about them doing shady, the fact they decided to do both…use a mod to transport over the DLC and not credit the modder then lie about it and say nah we didn’t use a mod…this isn’t 100% authentic…shame in u Aspyr! Shame!

So anyways I wanna finish this review by mentioning the fact this game has been out now for a little over a month and in that 1 month they’ve only released 1 update to fix the glitches, (I hope they’re working on more updates) but so far that 1 singular update did fix some things but at the same time didn’t fix a lot….

Yes, u can now go for online matches they work better, but good luck trying to find a server to join since barely anyone is playing this game, unfortunately…

Yes, they got rid of most of the graphical design Bugs…so there’s that…

Yes, they fixed the soundtrack in Hero Assault mode, before the Hero Assault mode would only play 1 song on a constant loop, and if u paused the game the music would still be going it got annoying. But now they added the other songs that play in the Hero Assault mode and now when u pause the game the music doesn’t continue to play….

But unfortunately with those fixes did bring more bugs as well…

Heroes and villains in specific maps on Hero Assault don’t properly walk they just hover in mid-air…..

Sometimes randomly during a match the map glitches very instantly and u will see Pixelated colors…

Sometimes the music just cuts instantly for 1 second…..then goes back on…

Yeah guys it’s really hard to try to stay positive and look for the positives, really the only thing for me that’s a positive and made me want to get this game was Hero Assault on all ground maps for the first time ever…but even that gimic is wearing off due to the fact there’s these glitches in the game….

Plus if ur mindset is I want this 30 dollar game that takes up 75GB just to be able to play Hero Assault on all ground maps, even though I could get the original Xbox version on the backward compatible version on Xbox Series X/ S or Xbox One for the low price of 10 dollars and 8.8GB…..

Then u have to stop and think to yourself is this re-release really that worth it?

So yeah overall am I disappointed? Yes, but I do see potential….as stated I actually like that Hero Assault is now on all ground maps, I’m glad that now Nintendo Switch users can play this game…it’s good to be able to take the Switch with u like on vacation where u can continue to play the game while ur away from home…

So I’ll still stick to my original rating…..overall will I recommend this game? Not yet, wait until the game is fully fixed and until it goes on sale…but don’t Permanently skip out on this game, it is loads of fun…if u haven’t ever played Star Wars Battlefront 1 or 2 u need to, this game is worth it….hence why I say don’t skip out on it forever….

Anyways hope yall enjoyed this review…..plz share ir around with people u know…thanks.