STAR WARS™ Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)

One of the best classic games on steam, pretty old game and part of my childhood, but you'll still have fun playing for the first time

Peak nostalgic gameplay. The AI of a 20 year old game is still more fun to shoot at than bots in fortnight. "like shootin womp rats eh kid?" (^-^)

This is a game that I've been playing for decades, it's the nostalgia as well as the "remastered" graphics compared to what I played back when I was a kid.

Do I even need to say anything for this one? Like, seriously. It's a classic, it still holds up in quite a few ways, its rather moddable, and is still a good way to spend a couple of hours every now and then.

Simple, yet holds up all these years later. Star Wars Battlefront II is a perfect game. After being absent from the first game, SWBF2 has a really great campaign. The levels are just the multiplayer maps and the objectives aren't super inventive, but the story is absolutely amazing. It is narrated by a Clone Trooper of the 501st as he gives a sort of diary entry/testimonial description of the transition of the Republic to the Empire from the perspective of the soldier. Even though it's not considered canon, it serves as a great companion piece to the Revenge of the Sith film that released the same year. Multiplayer in this game is an absolute treat, offline or online. The maps are all very fun and the different class types can make for drastically different ways of approaching each game. At this point, the servers are pretty close to being dead, but the offline play will be just as fun. The AI for the NPCs is also hilariously bad sometimes. The coolest part of this game comes in the form of Galactic Conquest, and it's a shame it's never been replicated like this in future games. Galactic Conquest is essentially a real-time strategy game between the player and a CPU or other player. Each side controls a faction with the goal of controlling every planet in the game. When you fight for each planet, you actually fight the battel and can earn points to upgrade your forces. It can make for a very competitive campaign and absolutely needs to be seen in newer games.

A timeless masterpiece with the best modding community of all time 10/10

With the server fixes, Steam's continuing support, and the mod community combined, OG Battlefront 2 is still very much alive. This old classic still plays great and, with a few mods, it adapts well to modern systems. The only downside of these original Battlefront PC releases is the lack of true controller support. There is no proper interface, no proper aim assist. The stuff that made Battlefront feel so good on a controller isn't there. So you will not have a good time trying to play with a controller in this release. Thankfully the PC controls are very serviceable and decently experienced M+KB players will adapt pretty quickly. I have enjoyed this series on both Xbox and PC for two decades and both versions control fine. Before anything else I recommend the Battlefront 2 Shader Patch by PrismaticFlower on GitHub to fix a bunch of longstanding visual bugs with the game. There have been various hit or miss fixes over the years but this finally corrects it once and for all. Particularly a water rendering glitch when running resolutions over 1080p. Next I recommend the latest version (Jan 2025) of HarrisonFog's "Battlefront 2 Remaster Project" on NexusMods. It gives the game a very nice multiplayer compatible visual and audio overhaul. It also includes the Unofficial 1.3 patch and a few other fixes. Alongside that I recommend the latest version (Feb 22, 2024) of the "Xbox DLC for PC" mod uploaded by iamastupid on ModDB. This adds back a bunch of content and features that for years were only in the DLC for the original Xbox. It includes 100% official conversions of several original Battlefront 1 maps as well as new heroes and new game modes. I also downloaded the handful of remaining maps that aren't in the DLC mod from Battlefront 1 individually: Bespin Platforms Geonosis Spire Kashyyyk Docks Kashyyyk Islands Kamino Tipoca City Naboo Plains Tatooine Dune Sea The converted Battlefront 1 maps made by Marvel4, now uploaded on ModDB, are very faithful classic mods that have been around forever and help fill in the gaps. Marvel4 also made a full pack but it adds a bunch of nonsense into the game and has questionable compatibility. Downloading the individual maps is less problematic and it only takes a few minutes to google "Battlefront 2 'MapName' Marvel4". I can't vouch for other uploads of these maps but Marvel4's conversions are as faithful to the originals as it gets. This setup allows you to have access to every single official map, with full singleplayer bot support, with full multiplayer support, with Battlefront 2's engine and features, with major visual updates. As well lots of the Remaster Project content overlaps onto the Xbox DLC and converted Battlefront 1 maps. This makes OG Battlefront 2 2005 absolutely superior in every way to the recently released "Battlefront Classic Collection". It works better with less bugs, has more content, has a smaller data footprint, and looks vastly superior. Classic Collection simply can't even compare.

It is a cute old game. It was obviously made for large multiplayer battles. But for single player it is not really worth it - just grinding through stupid bots. For single player I rather recommend Jedi Academy or Republic Commando. It you want tactics rather play Empire at War.

I love and have a lot of good memories of Battefront 2 Classic but this game is moldy garbage on modern computers. Not because of performance issues: no, the framerate and stability are great from my experience. It's because everything else is crap that requires trouble shooting. 2 separate computers over the years and this game is a chore to play properly and it will probably always be this way and probably get worse as time passes. Whether it's setting run parameters so the screen resolution isn't f*cked, disabling unrelated app functionality so the game doesn't produce a pictureless black screen, or certain controls such as launching and exiting a ship causing me to get stuck and have to close the game, this game requires hurdle after hurdle for me to play. And I have cleared said hurdles in the past and it's great, but it's such a pain. The part that pisses me off the most is that the remaster, as far as I know, is garbage. I hate to leave this game a negative review, but I can't in good conscious recommend a game that I always find a chore to get working properly a thumbs up.

buggy last time i played it, kept getting a black screen

Top 5 games of all time for me. It's a little bare bones, but that makes it perfect for casual fun with friends. I always pick it up every couple of years to have a fun evening with my friends :)

Amazing Game and also I will give it a 10/10 rate 👍since I finished the Rise of the Empire campaign

I mean it's alright. It's old though. Don't pay it full price. It's a bit buggy as well. If your screen randomly goes black make sure you don't have any overlay (Discord, NVidia..) ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☑ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☑ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☑ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☑ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10

absolute peak, there are mods that make it infinitely better tho

Before you play and start panicking about the resolution and sudden black screening in game, here is my experience. The Main Menu runs at a fix 800x600 window, you cannot change this resolution. When you change the resolution settings in Video, you will be altering the resolution the actual game runs at. So when you start an Instant Action match for example, the game will switch to a 1920x1080 resolution. I personally play this game in windowed mode. To do this, right click the game in your Steam Library, then type in the Launch Options: "/win" That command will keep everything in windowed mode for you if you don't mind it. Additionally, if you experience random black screens when you start your game, DISABLE THE DISCORD OVERLAY. This is one of the first games I've seen this in, and discord likes to automatically hamfist its overlay into a lot of games. So, just disable the overlay in discord for this specific game and you should be fine. Reasons why I recommend Classic Battlefront 2: 1: it's very fun 2: this game has an insane modding scene with hundreds of custom maps and modpacks. All of which are pretty damn easy to setup and install right away. 3: not only is there a variety of mods, but THERE ARE PLAYABLE SERVERS, and people will join these servers I promise you that. 4: HOLY HELL YOU CAN HOST YOUR OWN SERVERS?? Yeah apparently. First you gotta setup a GameSpy account. Don't worry, it actually doesn't take much at all. Choose a username, email, password, you'll be able to do all this in the main menu as well. You won't have to confirm anything to do this, just make sure you remember your login info lmao. Once you do that you can join servers online. Then to host your own server, go to the online settings and increase Hosting Bandwidth to its maximum setting. As long as you and your friends have a stable internet connection, you guys will be playing Battlefront 2 (2005) in your own private setup. 5: YOUR OWN SERVERS ALSO WORK FOR MODS BY THE WAY Long as you and your pals got the same maps and such, you'll be able to play any map you want. Even The Homer Zone (yes this is a real map I promise you, look it up on ModDB) Seriously, if this game even goes for super cheap you should snag it. Honestly even $10 is a solid asking price right now- WATCH THOSE WRIST ROCKETS

technical issues, game screen goes black when respawning, or when i select the heavy trooper

played this game with my dad a lot, nostalgic

What I remember about the rise of the Empire is ... 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.

Classic star wars fun. Been playing since 05. Always a good time.

Have fun with an old classic.

Peak star wars it will never get better than this right here. 15 years later and a mid remaster there still an active online scene and tons of things to replay. The campaign is a highlight here very serious and just the right amount of levels.

Dude not bad its like the old starwars pretty sick NGL.

I love this game, so, so much.

ok id do recommend this game but now i can hear anything lmao

fun classic

good game!

Pick this over the collection

Best Star Wars game ever made, believe the hype.

Peak multiplayer experience back in the day

better than the aspyr collection

beautiful game

Best game w/ friends.

cool game

you just can't beat a classic

just as good as I remember playing

I love practicing genocide for the fascist empire

Its Battlefront II. What's not to like?

fun

JUST LIKE THE SIMULATIONS

buy ittt

It good!

Cant beat a classic

Just like the simulations I made in my head as a young Star Wars fan

great game

just like the simulations.

classic.

classic

Can't beat the classic.

Goat

Classic