starwars battlefield

[shootthebandit]

NO i didnt mean to say battlefront

my friend gave me a really cool idea, he said what if there was a starwars FPS similar to a battlefield game and instead of tanks there was ATATs and ATSTs etc. instead of jets and helicopters there was X-wings and tie-fighters.

id love to play something like this, wookies replace engineer class (rebels), empire classes are denoted by different clone/storm troopers with jedi/sith as medic (healing only for balance).

i was amazed when he gave me this idea, i want lucas arts to make this game and i want to play it

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

I'm pretty sure you just described Battlefront. You get all the X-wings and AT-ATs as well as the special classes. The only difference is that Battlefield is first person and you can change that in the options of Battlefront.

It would just be a remake, I wouldn't complain but I can't see that happening.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

Ah feck, double post. First time for everything.

Kinda funny considering I called the idea a copy.

 

[Moonpig123]

That sounds really sweet. Not sure about having Jedi/Sith as medics though... and if you didn't let people use lightsabers, no-one would play. ;-) Maybe if they were implemented as some form of heavy infantry class...?

Strong concept though.

 

[emeraldrafael]

Right.... and the discussion value of this?

oh well, I'll try ot be on topic to this. X wings and tie fighters are made for space, and while its possible to do a dog fight on the surface, you odnt want to because it defeats the purpose. you're supposed to stop them in space so tehy dont reach the surface. Not wait until they are in the atmosphere and then do it there.

Also, the wookie would have difficulty living off their planet with their fur coats. Think about it. you have a battalion of wookies on tatooine. They'd sweat themselves to death in their coats.

I'm pretty sure battle front was the closest we would get to a battlefield, which begs the question of why there's not F**KING BATTLEFRONT 3!! Come on lucas arts, I'm sure you could use the money.

 

[KEM10]

It is Battlefront. They were working on a new one of those but ended up trashing it for the MMO that is coming out.

 

[the.chad]

Doesn't battlefront already have those?

And I could just imagine the screaming fanboys (like me) if they made jedi/sith a healing class with no power.

IMO Lucasarts should make republic commando 2 =D

 

[josemlopes]

There you go, its not going to come out though

Or buy COD 4 for the PC, you have this mod.

 

[Wicky_42]

yeah, that really is just how I understand battlefront to be - it's not a new idea heck, there's probably a mod for BF2 that is all Staw-Wars-y, it was a pretty popular game in its time.

I'd like to see a proper grown-up star wars game come out, with solid feeling graphics and effects (I always felt the jedi-knight series was insubstantial; the characters and environs never felt solid. Republic Commando was more chunky and the guns actually felt like they were shooting - mechanics were better but the game wasn't all that great...). I want blasters that start fires and blow chunks out of walls (a la Episode 4), Storm Troopers who can aim, Thermal Detonators that are actually micro-nukes, and lightsabers that actually slice through anything they touch, scenery included.

Never gonna happen, but a man can dream.

 

[Moonpig123]

There you go, its not going to come out though

Or buy COD 4 for the PC, you have this mod.

I think that might be one of the best mods I've ever seen.

 

[shootthebandit]

im sorry i forgot to add a crucial detail, my freind said that it would be like battlefront but with the feel of battlefield and the vehicles would be balanced like battlefield

 

[Squilookle]

im sorry i forgot to add a crucial detail, my freind said that it would be like battlefront but with the feel of battlefield and the vehicles would be balanced like battlefield

Yep, still Battlefront. Did you think they'd deliberately make the vehicles unbalanced in Battlefront? Seriously, your dream game has already been made. Twice. You lucky blighter.

yeah, that really is just how I understand battlefront to be - it's not a new idea heck, there's probably a mod for BF2 that is all Staw-Wars-y, it was a pretty popular game in its time.

It goes back ever further than that- rumour has it the original Battlefront was inspired by a mod for the original Battlefield called Galactic Conquest. The real kicker is that SWBFII had a singleplayer mode involving taking over the galaxy that was called... Galactic Conquest.


I want to see more star Wars games that DON'T have lightsabers. I'm sick of them. Isn't it about time we got a space combat Star Wars game as good as TIE Fighter? What about a game where you're in command of a single capital ship going around doing it's thang?

Star Wars: Star Destroyer, anyone?

 

[gigastrike]

I'm pretty sure that there was a Star Wars mod for Battlefield: 2142. Would that be what you were looking for?

 

[emeraldrafael]

Snip

Arent those the rouge commander series games? wher eyou control a X wing?

 

[Kadoodle]

Ah I need SWBF3 soon or I'll die. That game was my first shooter. Oh how I miss the cockpit of my xwing...

 

[Squilookle]

There's been quite a few games allowing you to pilot an X-wing- you're thinking of the Rogue Squadron series, which looks great and is lots of fun, but is essentially a flight action game in a space suit. By that I mean there's always a 'right way up' even in space, which sucks a bit. X-wing still blows it away from a purely gameplay point of view, since you really do feel like you're actually in space.

If they combined the gameplay of X-wing with the graphics of Rogue Squardron though... hoo boy that'd be fantastic.

 

[Wicky_42]

I want to see more star Wars games that DON'T have lightsabers. I'm sick of them. Isn't it about time we got a space combat Star Wars game as good as TIE Fighter? What about a game where you're in command of a single capital ship going around doing it's thang?

Star Wars: Star Destroyer, anyone?

Yeah, it's about time for the space sim genre to get a decent re-boot. Star Wars: Star Destroyer could be cool in a Star Trek: Bridge Commander sort of way, maybe even hybridised with fighter flying action to make the basis for the ultimate star wars space sim ^_^ Potential for a strong multiplayer component there, maybe even up to persistent universe and MMO status. Man, there's some hefty potential there, especially if Lucas lightens up and allows its canon to be re-jigged for Newtonian space flight and more science-based technology (less use of hand-wavium).

 

[Squilookle]

Yeah, it's about time for the space sim genre to get a decent re-boot. Star Wars: Star Destroyer could be cool in a Star Trek: Bridge Commander sort of way, maybe even hybridised with fighter flying action to make the basis for the ultimate star wars space sim

Exactly what I was thinking

I actually came up with an idea for what I thought would be a crazy awesome Star Wars game based on this concept- and since I know it will never ever be made I'd be happy to spill the beans on all the details of it if you're interested...

 

[Squilookle]

double post: Ignore.

 

[angry_flashlight]

Now you're just making me sad there's no Battlefront 3...

Going from space to ground combat would be nice and having different effects for having better space and/or ground control would keep things interesting. For example: controlling the ground better allows for use of anti-ship turrets that can help hurt capital ships in orbit, while total space control allows for a faster depletion of enemy reserve numbers or something like that.

Making varying effects for achieving goals on the ground and in space that alter the overall battle would keep people from just hogging all the fighters or tanks would be good too. Capturing/taking a factory might decrease the ground vehicle respawn time while blowing up the enemy capital ship would restrict the number of fighters the enemy can have, etc. Having to achieve certain important objective in infantry only areas (like inside a building) would keep infantry combat from being drowned out in all the tanks and aircraft.

Just random thoughts. I do hope no one from LucasArts is reading this and stealing my ideas to make a Battlefront 3...