Battlefront 2 Open Beta Weekend

[American Tanker]

I wonder, did anyone ever make a Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction-themed mod/conversion for Pandemic's Battlefront II? I feel like Mercs and Pandemic's BF games might have been on the same engine... Or at least very similar ones.

I'd play the hell out of that, especially if they brought the music with them. A Saboteur conversion would go down an utter treat, too.

I'd have to go digging around somewhere like ModDB or something, which could take a while. I'm not up to it tonight, but if anyone else wants to go looking, knock yourself out.

 

[Tsun Tzu]

It feels like a shitty, downsized Battlefield with a Star Wars paintjob and awful controls.

Playing in third person feels terrible. Can't put my finger on why exactly, but it doesn't work one bit.

Vehicles all control like shit. In particular the mouse & keyboard controls for aircraft are phenomenally bad. The slightest movement of the mouse sends you careening across the screen no matter what I do with the settings. Flying with a controller is tolerable but imprecise.

Despite all that I could almost enjoy it except the map that comes with the beta is terrible. It starts out okay-ish, but then transitions into nothing but a few tiny corridors and chokepoints that make for an instant spam-fest.

I don't particularly care about the loot boxes but I am a little shocked that the same studio that made Battlefield 1 managed to churn out this piece of shit.

I was actually thinking about buying this. Guess I should be thankful to the beta for saving me the $90.

This.

All of this.

Downloaded 20+ gigs and quit within as many minutes. It was downright painful. Felt clunky and just...fuckin' wrong. Third person handles like a floaty, imprecise trainwreck and vehicles are all over the place.

Was debating a purchase too, prior to this, but it's a definite no now.