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Star Wars: Battlefront
2004-01-12, 5:18 PM #1
Its been officialy announced.

http://lucasarts.com/games/battlefront/

I was almost afraid to post this and get a bunch of "old newz" responses... but I didnt see any other topics lately, and since the press release says "January 13, 2004" when today is January 12th... how old can it be?

They have a few screenshots too, and its set to come out this fall. Which means it should hit stores spring 2005.

[edit] I also just noticed its listed as a "third-person shooter"... WTF? It HAS to include first person view, right? [http://forums.massassi.net/html/mad.gif]
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2004-01-12, 5:22 PM #2
For some reason, it dosn't feel right. Yes, epic battles are part of the series. However, I think this game takes away what Star Wars is best at- conjuring your deepest emotions through intense charecter development and conflict, powered by John Williams flowing score.

Edit: On second thought, this actually looks like it has potential. If LEC dosn't pull Jar-Jar.

Edit: OH GOD, it's a MULTI-PLATFORM 3RD PERSON realease! Gaahh!!!! *dies*
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2004-01-12, 5:36 PM #3
i sure hope those textures are temporary

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2004-01-12, 5:41 PM #4
I'm looking forward to it.

So are others here:
http://forums.massassi.net/html/Forum1/HTML/032393.html
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2004-01-12, 5:54 PM #5
What's wrong with the textures?
Warhead[97]
2004-01-12, 5:56 PM #6
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by BobTheMasher:
What's wrong with the textures?</font>


you see those blurry crap stains all over the ground in those screenshots...

note how i didn't call them "blurry textures"



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2004-01-12, 6:07 PM #7
I don't see what you mean, they look pretty good to me.
Warhead[97]
2004-01-12, 6:19 PM #8
I'm kind of scared now... it just doesn't look right.

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2004-01-12, 6:23 PM #9
The 'blurriness' you see is most likly a feature implimented in games like GTA3 and NfS: Underground that is supposed to make things blend and look more brilliant and 'real'. There will most likly be an option to turn it off. (I hope)

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2004-01-12, 6:26 PM #10
Too bad the real world doesn't look like that. At all.

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2004-01-12, 6:26 PM #11
it's not a "feature" it's low resolution textures that look like smeared poo i can't believe you peopel are not seeing this

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2004-01-12, 6:31 PM #12
also the "trails" in GTA3/VC i think are more of a method of hiding the not so great framerate of the console versions and was "just there" on the PC versions

NFSU the blurring effect is there to give the game a feeling like you are going faster than you are... also it does help hide the occasional framerate drop a little

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2004-01-12, 6:33 PM #13
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Edit: OH GOD, it's a MULTI-PLATFORM 3RD PERSON realease! Gaahh!!!! *dies*</font>


So was Max Payne.

What's your point?

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2004-01-12, 7:09 PM #14
I'm really curious now, DrkJedi...can you specify a certain part? I really want to know what you're talking about.
Warhead[97]
2004-01-12, 7:33 PM #15
the ground most specifically but most of the textures are unacceptable even for a PS2 game

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2004-01-12, 9:07 PM #16
Do you mean this?

[http://lucasarts.com/games/battlefront/images/screenshots/8.jpg]
Over on the left where those 2 guys are standing? That ground looks pretty crappy. The rest of the terrain seems good enough, except some parts are a bit bland.

Also, in the first screenshot, the AT-ST and the humans just look wrong. I don't know what it is. Something's just odd about them.

[A few minutes later] After looking at the rest of the screenshots, I take that back. Most of it looks pretty bad.

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2004-01-12, 10:42 PM #17
Scary 500-poly people there. Yuck.

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2004-01-13, 12:25 AM #18
Ok people. THis month is January. It is Summer in Australia. Winter in the US. The release will be in Autumn (fall). That is during our Spring. Spring is September, October and November. So in other words, at the earliest, it is 7-8 months away.

SO SHUDAP ABOUT THE DANG TEXTURES! [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]

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2004-01-13, 12:35 AM #19
Trulies... Although, I thought it was a first person game, now Im a bit agrivated

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2004-01-13, 12:38 AM #20
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So was Max Payne.

What's your point?

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Comparing this game to Max Payne is like comparing apples to thermo-nuclear missiles

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2004-01-13, 1:19 AM #21
Well, they sure are due to produce a decent game...

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2004-01-13, 5:58 AM #22
Pic 1
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Knowing the SR Combat Pistol will be in it makes me happy. (It's my favorite blaster)

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2004-01-13, 7:35 AM #23
Hrm, the graphics look fine to me. They're not comparable to UT2k3 or anything, but they are good enough to not bother me at all. Now, hopefully the gameplay will be good [http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif]
2004-01-13, 8:11 AM #24
I enjoyed Battlefield 1942 very much so I know I will love this one especially since its star wars.

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2004-01-13, 9:42 AM #25
Wow, that AT-ST looks short and fat.

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2004-01-13, 11:07 AM #26
The graphics in BF1942 were ****box, but it was still fun. Gameplay will decide if this game is a winner or not.

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2004-01-13, 2:59 PM #27
Here's an article GameSpy posted last night: http://www.gamespy.com/previews/january04/swbattlefront/

It's an itneresting read for those who haven't seen it yet, plus there are screenshots for all three versions of the game.

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2004-01-13, 3:02 PM #28
I've never played BF1942, but I just might have to try this...

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2004-01-13, 3:25 PM #29
[http://lucasarts.com/games/battlefront/images/screenshots/5.jpg]

Ah. An odd looking ATST in really shiny water. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/confused.gif]

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2004-01-13, 3:34 PM #30
its going to be another bounty hunter...

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2004-01-13, 3:36 PM #31
How so?

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2004-01-13, 4:20 PM #32
So it looks crappy now....It won't upon release....

I loved BF1942, this is going to be my new favorite game.

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2004-01-13, 4:23 PM #33
Is it really so wise to assume?

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2004-01-13, 4:44 PM #34
In the first screenshot with the imp officer, it looks like he's thrusting his hips or something...

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2004-01-13, 6:33 PM #35
Yeah, it looks like they're all groovin' to the sounds of Mecho.

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2004-01-13, 6:39 PM #36
As long as there aren't 500 Jedis running around Force Gripping each other, it should be fine.

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2004-01-14, 3:13 AM #37
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its going to be another bounty hunter...

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I don't know about you, but I thought Bounty hunter was wonderfull.

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2004-01-14, 6:19 AM #38
This looks like it's going to be fun! That Galactic Conquest mode where you capture planets one at a time sounds like a lot of fun, and it's both single and multiplayer!

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2004-01-14, 8:37 AM #39
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I don't know about you, but I thought Bounty hunter was wonderfull.

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2004-01-14, 11:46 AM #40
The limited save system in Bounty Hunter sucked (I could never get past level 9, with the jet pack jump to the three consecutive bridges, right near the end of the level), the bounty system was awkward and could have been much better, and graphics were lacking something. I wanted BH to be good but it ended up just being decent.. maybe if I was able to actually finish the game, instead of stuck doing a jump over and over (and replaying the *entire* level after failing the jump 2-3 times), I might have a different opinion.

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