EA has announced a new mode for Star Wars: Battlefront in the shape of Blast, which is essentially team deathmatch. Blast will pit teams of ten against each other with a kill limit of 100 to win a match, or the team with the most kills within ten minutes is crowned champion. Within Blast the maps will be more compact to keep the action moving smoothly, so don’t expect the same size grounds you would get in something like Walker Assault.
Maps will be scattered across the galaxy on planets like Hoth, Endor, Sullust, and Tatooine. There will be weapons pick ups across the maps, but no vehicles due to the density. As well as the lack of vehicles will be the absence of Hero & Villain characters to change the balance of either force, meaning you can’t rely on Vader to turn up and start choking Rebels.
Source: EA
NicholasHeathfield
Look, EA, it is very simple.
We want to pick a unit, spawn on a control point, shoot at the enemy while trying to take their control points, get points by shooting things in order to unlock better units to spawn with, and win when the enemy runs out of spawn tickets.
But instead we’ve got Battlefield 3 mode, CoD mode and CoD Zombies mode. I don’t believe I’m asking too much, for Battlefront to have a Battlefront mode.
ron_mcphatty
Good points! I think up until now Battlefront has come across as being very similar to its predecessors, I don’t play Battlcodfieldduty games but I wouldn’t want any crossover, I want a nice and compact Star Wars game with good mechanics that are inspired heavily by the old games. And I want to hoon around in an X-Wing. X-Wing hooning please EA, it’s very, very VERY important!
Peow peow peow, reeeeeoooow! In my mind I’m smashing the Empire’s shit up already, I can’t wait for November.
BrendanCalls
I’d prepare yourself for the worst then, particularly if you believe that Battlefield & CoD are so indistinguishable from each other you invent such a great word, Battlcodfieldduty :-)
ron_mcphatty
I can tell the difference between Counterstrike 1.6 and Unreal Tournament 2004 and my favourite Call of Duty is the first one. Finger = well and truly on the pulse!
Avenger
I can’t help but think that players will do that annoying thing with X-wings of waiting for them to spawn and taking off. They get killed, boom, they wait for another X-wing to spawn, and no one else gets a chance. Hopefully it won’t happen, but if it’s anything like Battlefield…
CR8ZYH0RSE
Also can we have spawn points that are not susceptible to spawn camping.
Broonba
I’ve had my fingers crossed since they first announced this is coming oot this year,hoping that EA/Dice don’t fuck this up….are you listening EA…..don’t fuck this up!!
Broonba
*oot* = out…..
Sorry about last post. That was my Scottish side bursting to the surface ?