I loved this game as a kid. The Bespin platforms map turned boys into men I swear. Those hallways had some of the most insane firefights I've seen in a game. Battlefront 2 was an improvement but there is a special charm about the first game. It's simple but does so many things right. I'll always love it.
AHA! I spotted your trap! It was Cloud City that had the hallways, not Platforms! For me, it was the Rhen Var ice caves, playing as the Republic against those damn Droidekas that was what really tested a young man's mettle!
@@Snipergod1024 Think they're talking about the bridges connecting the central platform. Charging them is probably the closest I'll ever feel to going over the top, especially when the AI puts some droidekas at the other end.
@@sm901ftw It was the word 'hallways' that threw me. If they'd used the term 'walkway', I'd have agreed. Those platforms are a nightmare, that is truth.
tbh i originally watched this just to support you, but i ended up really loving your analysis of game balancing!! it didn't matter that i knew literally nothing about the game - you explained it well enough for a newcomer to understand without isolating any viewers who've played it. i imagine starting a new creative avenue like this would be kind of terrifying, but i really hope you keep doing these kinds of videos!!
At 4:52 in the video, the reason you explode is because the Rebels set a minefield right there. The NPCs are actually very smart. You stole a vehicle, and flew it into their "asset protection"
The NPCs are not really all that smart. They ONLY place landmines where the developers placed nodes. Without paths and nodes, AI will just bee-line to any command post and if an object is in their way, they get stuck. Original Battlefront AI do seem to be more dangerous than Battlefront II AI. Battlefront AI like droidekas, snipers, or AI piloting turrets will totally get you if you don't get them within 2 seconds. Battlefront II AI seem to always aim where you were 2 seconds ago. Whenever I encounter an AI piloting a turret, I know that I just need to keep moving and he won't hit me. I can attack 5 AI in Battlefront II and know I can take them all out; it is hard to attack 5 Battlefront AI at the same time unless you have nades, mines, rockets, mortars or other 1-shot-kill weapons.
@@perditusthornatus6518 I always liked the AI in SWB When u shoot they hide behind objects, or sometimes run towards the first vehicle they find, they run away when close to losing their health bars, they know how to follow each other and walk in groups, I mean the only problem with them is their awful range.
I think the things I miss most from Battlefront 1 that didn't make it into battlefront 2 without mods is probably the following: More ships/dog fighting on planting and being able to do bombing runs on some maps instead of them only being in space (2) The "third" teams like tusken raiders. and honestly the maps themselves. Not to say Battlefront 2 maps were bad, they were still very fun but I also missed the battlefront 1 maps for being just as good. xD There is being able to lay prone too, buuut I didn't really use it much and I don't think the AI did either.
Concussion grenades Vehicle interiors Planetside dogfights Yellow faction Environmental hazards Unique and nostalgic UI All this really made bf2 not exactly the successor to bf1
I love battlefront 2, but I agree that there are some things that were better in the original. One that comes into mind is the battle of Hoth. In the sequel they put an imperial command post inside the rebel base. I guess it was for balancing purposes, but it ruins the feeling of the clash between two opposite forces, with the attacking one that has to earn every step before colliding and the other one that must absolutely keep the enemy at distance, otherwise being crashed
That 1 ice map (Not Hoth the other one with blue ice) was absolute godtier, when the AT AT finally gets between the tall buildings buildings and the battlefield just explodes with chaos and death due to so many spawning at the AT AT… Soooo badass. My only gripe was the CIS Droideka was massively powerful and meant auto lose for Clones on 9/10 maps (Fixed in 2 when Jet Troopers would actually do damage against them) lol
You're referring to Rhen Var Harbor map, best memories on that map. For open battle and chaos, Battlefront I was so much fun to play, but battlefront II has such seamless improvements to the base game that I makes it better in certain ways, but I have equally good memories on both games. Nothing beats the Bespin platforms.
I still play the OG Battlefront on my Xbox. Still a blast loading up dune sea and trying to capture all the Tusken Raiser command posts then killing their remaining forces so they go “extinct”.
I appreciate this video a lot. Everyone seems to obsess over 2005 Battlefront 2 since you have space battles, playable Jedi and Sith, and Episode 3 locations. You said it best-2005 Battlefront 2 outdid its older sibling. But to me, OG Battlefront 2004 is a lot of fun. You had some really interesting maps where you could have ground battles, vehicles and Starfighter fights all on one map (Dune sea and Hoth come to mind). You could pretend that you were in the Rogue Squadron games by playing on maps like Bespin Platforms. Most maps felt wide open (unless you were in a starfighter, lol). The fact that you played as a regular infantryman was a stark contrast to an era of Star Wars games where you only played as the main movie heroes and it really felt cool to be a nobody in that case. This game's color palette was quite vibrant compared to the dull, drab colors we got in Battlefront 2. Most of all, this game was fun especially when played with family and friends.
Ayo Ethan. If you haven't already, I HIGHLY recommend "Antstafer's Battlefront Enhanced" mod if you own the PC version. The mad lad reverse engineered the code so that the spawnable units are increased, the maps have updated textures and geometry, and the AI is absurdly smart on both sides. It's the most fun I've had with gaming in a loooong time.
Thanks for the Rec! I’ll check that out As for your direct naming and demanding of attention, Ethan has expressly stated he won’t be doing that kind of stuff in the comments. Presumptuous and out of pocket you acting like you guys are chums. He’s a busy man at the least and a bit more than a noble rung. Reveal your better half and consider just speaking to his watchers ie stooges on our level, don’t be barking up using his first name. He simply does not need that.
Why? Liggle bro mode watching big bro dom mode hogging the ps2? What can’t launch something at his head then run and lock yourself in your room so he can’t retaliate? Gonna sit there and let him hoggle it? Stockholmed
I think I played battlefront on the PS2 and battlefront 2 on the PSP. I put a lot of hours into it and got very frustrated at it. Sometimes I could zone in and do well but a lot of times it was just getting sniped. When I caught the stream I was hit w a wave of nostalgia and I was like 10 and trying to teach my dad how to play it.
Beating the campaign on hard was a real experience, you gotta come up with strategies to beat some maps. Chossing characters for speed, then going with fure power, or mines to block paths. So fun
Yeah, Geonosis: The Spire and Endor were probably the toughest missions I have ever played in any videogame. I guess I had 10+ tries for each of them and even then I could get a win with 1-2 teammates only
I remember how terrifying it was to see a NPC Jedi or Sith walking/running towards you and deflecting everything from your weapons to AT-AT and Fighters bolts like nothing even though the lightsaber can deflect them but the wielder of the lightsaber feel the recoil as you bounce the bolt back or to another direction but the only way to kill the Jedi or Sith is by throwing grenades and rockets around their feet
They won’t deflect AT-AT blasts. They’ll fly up into the air then fall on their butt, and get back up like nothing happened. They take “walk it off” too literally lol. But you can kill them by stepping on them with the AT-AT. It’s just hard to time right
@@SOMEGUY7893 yep. Or my preferred method is if you take an IFT-X (clones) or TX-130 (Empire) and push the jedi out of bounds a ways, and they will stay there the rest of the match never getting any kills
Battlefront 1 is one of those games from a bygone time that remains special and unique to return to even though the sequel was better. An opposing example would be Left 4 Dead, everyone always forgets the first game because almost all of the first games' content is in 2. This game has some of the best maps, atmospheric dogfighting and proning (and a better HUD in my opinion), stuff 2 doesn't have.
Classic wizzard video, that's the standard of quality I've come to expect from a channel such as this. Never played any of the SW games but this looks dope
One of the biggest things I love about the original is how bodies get launched into space when you shoot them with rockets or the big guns on a vehicle
Recently I saw this on the Xbox store for like, three or four dollars. Downloaded it so fast. I didn’t realize for how long I’ve been chasing the high of the Bespin Platforms hallway in a video game. The game holds up so incredibly well, just as well as its sequel. In fact, this one does a few things better than its sequel, as you pointed out.
I grew up playing the first Battlefront and I never really quit. In fact I still boot it up a few times a year to dive into nostalgia heaven for a couple of hours. There are still mod maps being made, so the game never gets old for me. I never played multiplayer tho, bot matches always satisfied me enough. I liked Battlefront 2 as well, but for some reason the graphics are a bit inferior to BF1 and as much fun as it can be to slay through hordes of enemies as the Emperor I really dig the premise of the first Battlefront: you're a disposable, nameless infantryman executing your orders - not an overpowered hero who gets all the praise after the battle. BF2 had some cool modes though: really enjoyed the hunt mode in which you could kill Gungans or Wampas or even play as them. Also the campaign was very well made with cool missions. BF1 lacks in the game mode department but remains my overall favorite to this day. Edit: 0:12 casually forgetting about Empire at War & KotoR lol
The OG Battlefront did (or rather didn't) do a lot of things that I felt was better for the experience. Space battles were cool... At first. I personally got burnt out on them. Even in a game that was essentially doing the same thing over and over again, it felt like space battles had little variation to them and because Galactic Conquest was designed the way it was, there was a good number of these space battles. Playable Heroes were a ton of fun... At first. Some of the heroes were perfectly fine, but eventually you played them more than the troops and it was just OP. Keeping the heroes as AI I think was a good idea, at least in standard game modes. Awards also added a lot of incentives to doing well... But got annoying because of the visual noise and audio noise they produced. Plus it took away that "just 1 soldier" vibe that the OG had. HAVING to use the alternate "elite" variants if you swapped weapons was also a bummer. The one thing I will say that BF2 did that I ALWAYS wanted in the OG was the commander classes that buffed their allies. OG had better ragdolls.
I LOVE this game. I remember going round a friend's house when I was like 10 and playing it with them and I really felt like I'd found the perfect game. Even now nearly 20 years later I think this game is fantastic; easy to pick up and play which means it's great to get split screen action on with a friend. I like the QoL that 2 added but I think the maps in that game aren't nearly as good. Glad people are seeing this game for its greatness!
The reason why newer games feel more clunky and don't have the same "magic" is because overtime it became less about "hey lets make a good game that everyone will enjoy so we can sell as many copies as possible to get our money" to "hey lets nickle and dime everyone for every inch of content after they already purchased the game so we can make even more money, finish the game to make it good? no just add more items to the store section"
I remember having a physical copy for the original xbox, that I would have played a lot on xbox 360. Both battlefront 1 and republic commando were some of my favorites. And eventually years later I would buy both the original star wars battlefronts and republic commando for pc, and play them every now and then because how how much I loved those games. Not just because I can run them way better than most other modern games, that cost a lot of money, but because I loved playing the games, and had a place in my childhood that I liked to relive a lot
I started playing this again on PC. I really don't like shooters on PC but the nostalgia of this game is just enough to make me suffer through controls
5:50 The game had a dozen maps, what you meant was 4 planet and the game still had multiple modes compared to BF2004 which has only one. Also the cards let you customize your own playstyle (which is good actually) and the heroes are pretty good(especially the dlc ones). You are right for the rest tho.
Still play this game even today on Steam. I know when I was a younger kid I always wanted to Play the Jedi or Sith because they were unkillable unless you landed on them or threw them off the Map and I finally got that opportunity with modding the game to allow you to play as the Jedi or Sith and roaming as Darth Vader being unkillable and just blocking all projectiles is awesome. I even modded the game to have about like 500 reinforcements and 32 or so AI per team so yeah its an awesome battlefield and being the Jedi or Sith player makes you feel like you are leading the charge.
Dice's Battlefield is the insperation for Battlefront, or I think it was a mod for Battlefield. Star Wars BattlefrontEA 1 & 2 looked and sounded amazing but the gameplay was not good, it made me ashamed of being Swedish. I as many other people wish that Battlefront 3 hadn't been canceled, that game looked amazing.
I never played the original battlefront 1 or 2 as a kid. I grew up with battlefront 2015 and played battlefront 2 2017 throughout its rocky history. But i decided to pick up the swbf2 and played it split screen on xbox with 3 of my friends and its easily my favorite game to play when i have friends over now.
In Battlefront 2 there is a mod which allows a 4 team conquest mode, which is super fun. As for why they removed stuff, likely due to balancing issues. I didn't like flyers in the first game, they handled well but the problem was that the maps were too small most of the time and they rarely affected the actual game.
Nice content! I still revisit Battlefront 2004 from time to time for how immersive it feels compared to other SW games. I would definitely add Kotor and Kotor 2 to the list of SW games that are still playable today.
Yeah, when I got my hands on BF1 having a 3rd faction on some maps was awesome and the fact they could also control command posts was awesome too. Tho I wish you could’ve played as them.
This is the first game review type thing where "its funny so its ok" is a thought ...and its so validating to hear that. Thats been my defense for every crappy ai since the beginning of time.
Just bought battlefront 1 and 2 along with KOTOR 1 and 2 off the xbox store. They have/had a sale depending on when you read this. Old games but have been a lot of fun revisiting
There's really nothing like the start of a battlefield or battlefront match where all the vehicles and troops are moving out in one force against the other
The way I view it is that Battlefront and Battlefront 2 and just two halves of the perfect Star Wars game. They did so much right that the new ones somehow haven't managed to capture
My friend and I played these all the time when I was young. I’ll never forget my friend and I were playing as stormtroopers and he said the only good wookie is a dead wookie lol
This is what turns me off about EA's Battlefront 2 . Its no longer about being the pawn or the regular soldier, its all about the heroes. Its like they completely forgot what star wars battlefront was about. I remember when the AI was only controlling the heroes it was hard asf to kill them. The first starwars battlefront that EA made was actually really good but it lacked content. They were in the right track until the changed the whole narrative.
Ah, my first star wars game thaty family bought from a store. We had the Super Nintendo trilogy, but they were bought at a flea market. I remembered this one, and Dead or Alive 3, that I bought at a Target. Which is still up and around to this day. I believe my original copy works fine, judt that the OG Xbox doesnt read it anymore. Thankfully my 360 and Xbox One does.
I remember playing the game one day, I look over and I just see mace running across the field with a stack of clone troopers behind him and thought this was the coolest moment in video game history
It's also one of the older kind of games that wasn't overly concerned about balancing all the classes amongst the factions. I'm not sure what I'd think of it going back but the idea that one armys trooper might be better or worse than another's is more interesting - albeit obviously something that changed in the sequel due to multiplayer balance concerns.
The loading screen for each map was amazing. Also this game thrown together single player was better than Dice campaign in battlefront 2. You see a 30 second compressed video clip from the movie, get a pep talk by a dude who kinda sounds like Palpatine, and just play a normal match of battlefront. But when you win the match, you get cool bonus art to look at
Personal favorite is the Republic light tank. By far the most maneuverable vehicle and you don't waste 2 of your plasma missiles (rebel factions hover speeder tank). The empire has it too, but besides the color alteration, the tank is actually slower than its Republic counterpart as I tested out the speeds of these two similar tanks at Rhen Var harbor. The Republic's variation of the light tank is faster than the imperial version.
I remember someone trolled me and said "You can play as Jedis if you do everything without dying once on the highest difficulty, if you die on the third mission, you have to do EVERYTHING again and start from scratch" AND I DID IT AND I COULDNT PLAY AS JEDIS
For me, I really liked the PvP in 1. I played the SP aspects of 2 a lot but the MP modes just never hit right for me, at least on PC. This was my first shooter (and multiplayer) experience on the PC and it's also what started my long journey from modding into game development. The importance of this game for me personally, can't be overstated. 😊 I know that Pandemic really had to cut features back on BF1 to make it work (especially with console limitations). It would really be neat to see the capital ships be functional on ground maps as they had intended. Vs just being skydome props.
Just stumbled on this video. Want to say I completely agree with you on ever point from the ant analogy, to the ship style, to the exact opinion on the new battlefront games. While battle front II is the better game for some reason I truly like the first one better. Also glad to know I’m not the only one that loved the tatooine dunes map with the tuskens as a third party. Loading screen sound effects hit different too
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Even just the sounds of the menu unlock a core memory
The first game where you hear march in the jedi temple
YES
I loved this game as a kid. The Bespin platforms map turned boys into men I swear. Those hallways had some of the most insane firefights I've seen in a game. Battlefront 2 was an improvement but there is a special charm about the first game. It's simple but does so many things right. I'll always love it.
AHA! I spotted your trap! It was Cloud City that had the hallways, not Platforms! For me, it was the Rhen Var ice caves, playing as the Republic against those damn Droidekas that was what really tested a young man's mettle!
@@Snipergod1024 Think they're talking about the bridges connecting the central platform. Charging them is probably the closest I'll ever feel to going over the top, especially when the AI puts some droidekas at the other end.
@@sm901ftw It was the word 'hallways' that threw me. If they'd used the term 'walkway', I'd have agreed. Those platforms are a nightmare, that is truth.
@@sm901ftwReading this comment made me dig out battlefront just for this. Absolute peak experience.
It was not an improvement in my opinion it just had more stuff. I feel we lost more than we gained.
Here from the classic collection announcement, cant wait to play these games again on Switch.
tbh i originally watched this just to support you, but i ended up really loving your analysis of game balancing!! it didn't matter that i knew literally nothing about the game - you explained it well enough for a newcomer to understand without isolating any viewers who've played it.
i imagine starting a new creative avenue like this would be kind of terrifying, but i really hope you keep doing these kinds of videos!!
At 4:52 in the video, the reason you explode is because the Rebels set a minefield right there. The NPCs are actually very smart. You stole a vehicle, and flew it into their "asset protection"
The NPCs are not really all that smart. They ONLY place landmines where the developers placed nodes. Without paths and nodes, AI will just bee-line to any command post and if an object is in their way, they get stuck. Original Battlefront AI do seem to be more dangerous than Battlefront II AI. Battlefront AI like droidekas, snipers, or AI piloting turrets will totally get you if you don't get them within 2 seconds. Battlefront II AI seem to always aim where you were 2 seconds ago. Whenever I encounter an AI piloting a turret, I know that I just need to keep moving and he won't hit me. I can attack 5 AI in Battlefront II and know I can take them all out; it is hard to attack 5 Battlefront AI at the same time unless you have nades, mines, rockets, mortars or other 1-shot-kill weapons.
@@perditusthornatus6518ok bud the game came out in like 2002 relax
@@perditusthornatus6518 I always liked the AI in SWB
When u shoot they hide behind objects, or sometimes run towards the first vehicle they find, they run away when close to losing their health bars, they know how to follow each other and walk in groups, I mean the only problem with them is their awful range.
i know NOTHING about star wars but i will watch this anyway. very interesting thank u!!!
Me😭
You don’t know what you’re missing out on.
@@Hans-qq7jdWhich is good for him because these days Star Wars is a disappointment
Star wars is over lmao woke trash
@@-.-.11It's not like it was much better pre-rat lol, SW is and always will be lame
I think the things I miss most from Battlefront 1 that didn't make it into battlefront 2 without mods is probably the following:
More ships/dog fighting on planting and being able to do bombing runs on some maps instead of them only being in space (2)
The "third" teams like tusken raiders.
and honestly the maps themselves. Not to say Battlefront 2 maps were bad, they were still very fun but I also missed the battlefront 1 maps for being just as good. xD
There is being able to lay prone too, buuut I didn't really use it much and I don't think the AI did either.
Concussion grenades
Vehicle interiors
Planetside dogfights
Yellow faction
Environmental hazards
Unique and nostalgic UI
All this really made bf2 not exactly the successor to bf1
Don't forget being able to go prone. I honestly prefer Battlefront 2004 to Battlefront II overall, even when comparing mods.
I love battlefront 2, but I agree that there are some things that were better in the original. One that comes into mind is the battle of Hoth. In the sequel they put an imperial command post inside the rebel base. I guess it was for balancing purposes, but it ruins the feeling of the clash between two opposite forces, with the attacking one that has to earn every step before colliding and the other one that must absolutely keep the enemy at distance, otherwise being crashed
Battlefront 2 was rushed in a lot of ways and imo you can feel it when you play it. Battlefront 2004 feels more polished and enjoyable to play to me
Also multiple maps on a planet i miss that too
That 1 ice map (Not Hoth the other one with blue ice) was absolute godtier, when the AT AT finally gets between the tall buildings buildings and the battlefield just explodes with chaos and death due to so many spawning at the AT AT… Soooo badass. My only gripe was the CIS Droideka was massively powerful and meant auto lose for Clones on 9/10 maps (Fixed in 2 when Jet Troopers would actually do damage against them) lol
You're referring to Rhen Var Harbor map, best memories on that map. For open battle and chaos, Battlefront I was so much fun to play, but battlefront II has such seamless improvements to the base game that I makes it better in certain ways, but I have equally good memories on both games. Nothing beats the Bespin platforms.
I still play the OG Battlefront on my Xbox. Still a blast loading up dune sea and trying to capture all the Tusken Raiser command posts then killing their remaining forces so they go “extinct”.
I appreciate this video a lot. Everyone seems to obsess over 2005 Battlefront 2 since you have space battles, playable Jedi and Sith, and Episode 3 locations. You said it best-2005 Battlefront 2 outdid its older sibling. But to me, OG Battlefront 2004 is a lot of fun. You had some really interesting maps where you could have ground battles, vehicles and Starfighter fights all on one map (Dune sea and Hoth come to mind). You could pretend that you were in the Rogue Squadron games by playing on maps like Bespin Platforms. Most maps felt wide open (unless you were in a starfighter, lol). The fact that you played as a regular infantryman was a stark contrast to an era of Star Wars games where you only played as the main movie heroes and it really felt cool to be a nobody in that case. This game's color palette was quite vibrant compared to the dull, drab colors we got in Battlefront 2. Most of all, this game was fun especially when played with family and friends.
Ayo Ethan. If you haven't already, I HIGHLY recommend "Antstafer's Battlefront Enhanced" mod if you own the PC version. The mad lad reverse engineered the code so that the spawnable units are increased, the maps have updated textures and geometry, and the AI is absurdly smart on both sides. It's the most fun I've had with gaming in a loooong time.
Thanks for the Rec! I’ll check that out
As for your direct naming and demanding of attention, Ethan has expressly stated he won’t be doing that kind of stuff in the comments. Presumptuous and out of pocket you acting like you guys are chums. He’s a busy man at the least and a bit more than a noble rung. Reveal your better half and consider just speaking to his watchers ie stooges on our level, don’t be barking up using his first name. He simply does not need that.
Is there multiplayer? Sounds Awesome!
@@swisserty can see the ballsack hairs in your mouth from the amount of meat riding you just did
im proud to say i was on stream while he was recording these clips
Same here lol. Such a nostalgic game for me it's cool to see Ethan talking about it
is he streaming more on twitch or UA-cam these days
@@jazzmuppet9230 youtube
Why? Liggle bro mode watching big bro dom mode hogging the ps2? What can’t launch something at his head then run and lock yourself in your room so he can’t retaliate? Gonna sit there and let him hoggle it? Stockholmed
@@swisserty pardon???? what the hell did you even say
I think I played battlefront on the PS2 and battlefront 2 on the PSP. I put a lot of hours into it and got very frustrated at it. Sometimes I could zone in and do well but a lot of times it was just getting sniped. When I caught the stream I was hit w a wave of nostalgia and I was like 10 and trying to teach my dad how to play it.
Beating the campaign on hard was a real experience, you gotta come up with strategies to beat some maps. Chossing characters for speed, then going with fure power, or mines to block paths. So fun
Yeah, Geonosis: The Spire and Endor were probably the toughest missions I have ever played in any videogame. I guess I had 10+ tries for each of them and even then I could get a win with 1-2 teammates only
I remember how terrifying it was to see a NPC Jedi or Sith walking/running towards you and deflecting everything from your weapons to AT-AT and Fighters bolts like nothing even though the lightsaber can deflect them but the wielder of the lightsaber feel the recoil as you bounce the bolt back or to another direction but the only way to kill the Jedi or Sith is by throwing grenades and rockets around their feet
They won’t deflect AT-AT blasts. They’ll fly up into the air then fall on their butt, and get back up like nothing happened. They take “walk it off” too literally lol.
But you can kill them by stepping on them with the AT-AT. It’s just hard to time right
@@Lawrence_Talbot You can also just kill them with a speeder bike on the stages where you get them.
@@SOMEGUY7893 yep. Or my preferred method is if you take an IFT-X (clones) or TX-130 (Empire) and push the jedi out of bounds a ways, and they will stay there the rest of the match never getting any kills
You can also land on them with any ship
Bro I've been singing praises for this one for years!!!
Battlefront 1 is one of those games from a bygone time that remains special and unique to return to even though the sequel was better. An opposing example would be Left 4 Dead, everyone always forgets the first game because almost all of the first games' content is in 2. This game has some of the best maps, atmospheric dogfighting and proning (and a better HUD in my opinion), stuff 2 doesn't have.
I actually prefer both BF 1 and L4D 1 😂 and still play both to this day over their sequels.
Though I do like BF2, not so hot on L4D 2 😂
You could also go prone and I believe you cold give commands to AI troops to follow you or hold or to board your vehicle
@@finkamain1621 That is correct good sir.
I always come back to Battlefront (2004) on my xbox like twice a year,
It always stuck with me
Wizzard... I get it... you sir, have won the internet
I just got it and the videos almost done 😂 and i saw this comment at the beginning!
I don’t get it someone help!
@@cadenza23 He's bringing it back!
Oh how I loved this game. I always admired the Heros. Also I love how they made commando posts green. And THE MENU SOUNDS
Classic wizzard video, that's the standard of quality I've come to expect from a channel such as this. Never played any of the SW games but this looks dope
WIZZARD!
I was quite disappointed as a 9 year old when BF2 came out. BF1 to me will always hit the nostalgia sweet spot. Especially with that loading in music!
One of the biggest things I love about the original is how bodies get launched into space when you shoot them with rockets or the big guns on a vehicle
this is such a fun video, I just started getting into videos like this too, so perfect timing for myself
Perfect video mate, well put together!
Recently I saw this on the Xbox store for like, three or four dollars. Downloaded it so fast. I didn’t realize for how long I’ve been chasing the high of the Bespin Platforms hallway in a video game. The game holds up so incredibly well, just as well as its sequel. In fact, this one does a few things better than its sequel, as you pointed out.
me when ethan uploads a video on something i know absolutely nothing about 😆☺️😁💖
I grew up playing the first Battlefront and I never really quit. In fact I still boot it up a few times a year to dive into nostalgia heaven for a couple of hours.
There are still mod maps being made, so the game never gets old for me.
I never played multiplayer tho, bot matches always satisfied me enough.
I liked Battlefront 2 as well, but for some reason the graphics are a bit inferior to BF1 and as much fun as it can be to slay through hordes of enemies as the Emperor I really dig the premise of the first Battlefront: you're a disposable, nameless infantryman executing your orders - not an overpowered hero who gets all the praise after the battle.
BF2 had some cool modes though: really enjoyed the hunt mode in which you could kill Gungans or Wampas or even play as them. Also the campaign was very well made with cool missions.
BF1 lacks in the game mode department but remains my overall favorite to this day.
Edit: 0:12 casually forgetting about Empire at War & KotoR lol
The OG Battlefront did (or rather didn't) do a lot of things that I felt was better for the experience.
Space battles were cool... At first. I personally got burnt out on them. Even in a game that was essentially doing the same thing over and over again, it felt like space battles had little variation to them and because Galactic Conquest was designed the way it was, there was a good number of these space battles.
Playable Heroes were a ton of fun... At first. Some of the heroes were perfectly fine, but eventually you played them more than the troops and it was just OP. Keeping the heroes as AI I think was a good idea, at least in standard game modes.
Awards also added a lot of incentives to doing well... But got annoying because of the visual noise and audio noise they produced. Plus it took away that "just 1 soldier" vibe that the OG had. HAVING to use the alternate "elite" variants if you swapped weapons was also a bummer.
The one thing I will say that BF2 did that I ALWAYS wanted in the OG was the commander classes that buffed their allies.
OG had better ragdolls.
I LOVE this game. I remember going round a friend's house when I was like 10 and playing it with them and I really felt like I'd found the perfect game. Even now nearly 20 years later I think this game is fantastic; easy to pick up and play which means it's great to get split screen action on with a friend. I like the QoL that 2 added but I think the maps in that game aren't nearly as good. Glad people are seeing this game for its greatness!
I used To Play this Every christmas morning before everyone else got up so much fun
And here we are, hot on the news of the rerelease of Battlefront 1 and 2 on modern consoles. I can't wait!!!
The hardest maps in this game are Hoth as the empire and Genosis as the Republic
The reason why newer games feel more clunky and don't have the same "magic" is because overtime it became less about "hey lets make a good game that everyone will enjoy so we can sell as many copies as possible to get our money" to "hey lets nickle and dime everyone for every inch of content after they already purchased the game so we can make even more money, finish the game to make it good? no just add more items to the store section"
This game was something special, even with no playable heroes, this game just felt like it had so much to offer and expand on.
ty wizzard for the wizzard video
kinda unrelated comment but the audio quality of this video is so good its very nice to listen to
peethan asmr when??
Ah my childhood!! But i would love to see you play it more, it likes like you were having so much fun!! 😌😌
I remember having a physical copy for the original xbox, that I would have played a lot on xbox 360. Both battlefront 1 and republic commando were some of my favorites. And eventually years later I would buy both the original star wars battlefronts and republic commando for pc, and play them every now and then because how how much I loved those games. Not just because I can run them way better than most other modern games, that cost a lot of money, but because I loved playing the games, and had a place in my childhood that I liked to relive a lot
I started playing this again on PC. I really don't like shooters on PC but the nostalgia of this game is just enough to make me suffer through controls
Okay I'm genuinely curious. Why do you hate shooters?
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so pumped to see you talking about game design! especially with older games that hold up over time. Love to hear you talk about this topic
The imperial “We’ve captured a command post! 😏” and “We’ve LOST a command post…😒” will never get old.
im happy for you and everyone who commented on this vid, enjoy the nostalgia!
Those gamorrean guards in both games are overpowered.
I love both originals don't get me wrong, but there is something about the first game that is like the best.
I still play it frequently! It’s such a good freaking game. Also that LAAT driving at 1:47 had me dying
5:50 The game had a dozen maps, what you meant was 4 planet and the game still had multiple modes compared to BF2004 which has only one. Also the cards let you customize your own playstyle (which is good actually) and the heroes are pretty good(especially the dlc ones). You are right for the rest tho.
One thing that I love more in EA Battlefront 1 over 2 is the gunplay. In 2 it feels like I'm just shooting a plastic toy.
Also, guns feel weak as hell. They overheat quickly, have worse recoil, and don't do kuch damage at all compared to the first game.
i am so glad more people have started noticing this old gem
Still play this game even today on Steam. I know when I was a younger kid I always wanted to Play the Jedi or Sith because they were unkillable unless you landed on them or threw them off the Map and I finally got that opportunity with modding the game to allow you to play as the Jedi or Sith and roaming as Darth Vader being unkillable and just blocking all projectiles is awesome. I even modded the game to have about like 500 reinforcements and 32 or so AI per team so yeah its an awesome battlefield and being the Jedi or Sith player makes you feel like you are leading the charge.
The loading beeping sounds in the original battlefront are so iconic and are often referenced in my daily life.
I got battlefront 1 when I was a lil kid. It blew my mind when I found out there was a 2nd one where you can play as a hero lol
Bespin Platforms was always my favourite map in Battlefront 1. The turrets, the starfighters, the meet halfway point. It’s all so good!
Dice's Battlefield is the insperation for Battlefront, or I think it was a mod for Battlefield. Star Wars BattlefrontEA 1 & 2 looked and sounded amazing but the gameplay was not good, it made me ashamed of being Swedish.
I as many other people wish that Battlefront 3 hadn't been canceled, that game looked amazing.
I never played the original battlefront 1 or 2 as a kid. I grew up with battlefront 2015 and played battlefront 2 2017 throughout its rocky history. But i decided to pick up the swbf2 and played it split screen on xbox with 3 of my friends and its easily my favorite game to play when i have friends over now.
In Battlefront 2 there is a mod which allows a 4 team conquest mode, which is super fun.
As for why they removed stuff, likely due to balancing issues. I didn't like flyers in the first game, they handled well but the problem was that the maps were too small most of the time and they rarely affected the actual game.
I never really finished the simulations (the main story), but I've been playing alot of the multiplayer in instant action and galactic conquest
That’s what I miss about games from those times they were simple yet extremely fun to play wish we could go back to that
Nice content! I still revisit Battlefront 2004 from time to time for how immersive it feels compared to other SW games. I would definitely add Kotor and Kotor 2 to the list of SW games that are still playable today.
Yeah, when I got my hands on BF1 having a 3rd faction on some maps was awesome and the fact they could also control command posts was awesome too. Tho I wish you could’ve played as them.
"Those wrist rockets, you must watch." -Yoda
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This is the first game review type thing where "its funny so its ok" is a thought ...and its so validating to hear that. Thats been my defense for every crappy ai since the beginning of time.
me and my brother still do call outs in other games using the questionably delivered "OVER THERE" voice line for the rebels lol
I hear something!
Just bought battlefront 1 and 2 along with KOTOR 1 and 2 off the xbox store. They have/had a sale depending on when you read this. Old games but have been a lot of fun revisiting
Now that battlefront the collection is dropping this video is aging extremely well 🏆🔥 🚀🪛
>takes up more space than the original games
>shitty AI redone textures
>removes splitscreen
yeah nah not for me sorry
There's really nothing like the start of a battlefield or battlefront match where all the vehicles and troops are moving out in one force against the other
The way I view it is that Battlefront and Battlefront 2 and just two halves of the perfect Star Wars game. They did so much right that the new ones somehow haven't managed to capture
My friend and I played these all the time when I was young. I’ll never forget my friend and I were playing as stormtroopers and he said the only good wookie is a dead wookie lol
i liked that air vehicles were available on ground maps in bf1. in bf2, theyre only available in space. I want to do strafe runs with the LAAT
I've never wanted to play a game more then hearing you talk about this
loved OG bf2. but BF1 will always hold a special place in my heart.
Star wars battlefront 1 and 2 were my childhood and I still have both games for my ps2 still.
This is what turns me off about EA's Battlefront 2 . Its no longer about being the pawn or the regular soldier, its all about the heroes. Its like they completely forgot what star wars battlefront was about. I remember when the AI was only controlling the heroes it was hard asf to kill them. The first starwars battlefront that EA made was actually really good but it lacked content. They were in the right track until the changed the whole narrative.
I've been seeing a lot of new mod content for BF1 online lately, this game is still going strong
I played this game for hours on end with my friends. It was so freaking good
Great content man, like AAA tier, very surprised to see you have
This was my favorite video game of all time! Great video.
Ah, my first star wars game thaty family bought from a store. We had the Super Nintendo trilogy, but they were bought at a flea market.
I remembered this one, and Dead or Alive 3, that I bought at a Target. Which is still up and around to this day. I believe my original copy works fine, judt that the OG Xbox doesnt read it anymore. Thankfully my 360 and Xbox One does.
I remember playing the game one day, I look over and I just see mace running across the field with a stack of clone troopers behind him and thought this was the coolest moment in video game history
It's also one of the older kind of games that wasn't overly concerned about balancing all the classes amongst the factions. I'm not sure what I'd think of it going back but the idea that one armys trooper might be better or worse than another's is more interesting - albeit obviously something that changed in the sequel due to multiplayer balance concerns.
The loading screen for each map was amazing. Also this game thrown together single player was better than Dice campaign in battlefront 2. You see a 30 second compressed video clip from the movie, get a pep talk by a dude who kinda sounds like Palpatine, and just play a normal match of battlefront. But when you win the match, you get cool bonus art to look at
Personal favorite is the Republic light tank. By far the most maneuverable vehicle and you don't waste 2 of your plasma missiles (rebel factions hover speeder tank). The empire has it too, but besides the color alteration, the tank is actually slower than its Republic counterpart as I tested out the speeds of these two similar tanks at Rhen Var harbor. The Republic's variation of the light tank is faster than the imperial version.
I love this channel, all killer no filler here
i loved how heavy the game felt, I know it wasnt balanced but wrecking shit in the vehicles was so satisfying
BRO thank you for this review hahah the reaction to the snowstrooper zigzagging is too real lmao
Empire at War is so underrated :(
Also i definitely neer to try the hard mode lol
Can’t wait for the remaster to come out and wreck evryone on PC like the old days
oh yea been waiting for this one!!!!
I remember someone trolled me and said "You can play as Jedis if you do everything without dying once on the highest difficulty, if you die on the third mission, you have to do EVERYTHING again and start from scratch" AND I DID IT AND I COULDNT PLAY AS JEDIS
For me, I really liked the PvP in 1. I played the SP aspects of 2 a lot but the MP modes just never hit right for me, at least on PC. This was my first shooter (and multiplayer) experience on the PC and it's also what started my long journey from modding into game development. The importance of this game for me personally, can't be overstated. 😊
I know that Pandemic really had to cut features back on BF1 to make it work (especially with console limitations). It would really be neat to see the capital ships be functional on ground maps as they had intended. Vs just being skydome props.
aweome Video. 9 / 10
Just stumbled on this video. Want to say I completely agree with you on ever point from the ant analogy, to the ship style, to the exact opinion on the new battlefront games. While battle front II is the better game for some reason I truly like the first one better. Also glad to know I’m not the only one that loved the tatooine dunes map with the tuskens as a third party.
Loading screen sound effects hit different too
Thanks you sir wizzard
Outstanding video! Subbed
I downloaded this game again literally last week. Still so much fun.
Ahah what a coincidence star wars battle front was the first game I ever learned to play at my great grandma's house over the weekends as a kid
I’m one of the few Star Wars gamers that only had this game, not 2. So for me this is my nostalgic BF game