I'm enjoying it a lot. The thing is pretty, which I didn't expect I'd say about a Frostbite game after the recent Battlefields, it plays ok, and the map design is a lot better than you'd expect from say, Battlefield. Battlefield is definitely the main point of comparison, it's a simplified version of the same, but I find the maps more detailed and interesting, rather than hiking through filler terrain.
It's frustrating at the start when you have no abilities, that's a serious problem, grenades, sniping gear, jetpacks, make the game way way better, and you'll get frustrated by the players who have them when you don't. Playing as the heroes is neat, although the pickups are quite random. The vehicle pickups are a nightmare. If the sky is full, you've ran out into the open for nothing, and you'll probably get cut to pieces. I don't mind flying the vehicles, it takes a lot of working out of the sensitivity, and there's a sort of jinking and juking thing along a curve, rather than sim flight. There's less you can do, but it's fairly simple, and that's nice when you're trying to carry the team with the damage on the AT ATs.
There is no ping, which is frustrating with the matchmaking, and the menus are an abomination unto god. But at least it's not Battlelog.
I like it, more than anything else new I've played recently.
Won't pick it up at launch, but maybe down the line.
Zhukov said:
The Hoth map in the beta is hilariously unbalanced. For the Rebels (defenders) to win, they have to hold onto the control points for an absurd amount of time, considering that the Imperials get all the land vehicles. I am yet to see Rebels win. Closest I saw was taking out one walker and getting the second to about half health.
Part of that is two things: Rebel air vehicles can damage the AT ATs when they've been hit by the Y-wings, but not everyone is aware of this, and the snowspeeders can hit the AT ATs with their tow cables at the last stage. It's not very well explained. Unfortunately, what it seems people are learning is how to hide on the hill with a cycle rifle.