I always loved the cot rats between Harbor and Citadel. Harbor lets you have the ATAT/TE whereas citadel is pure ground units. Both maps have Good mix of CQC and open areas for snipping.
It felt like the experience the game was advertising. While you were engaging in a ground war, there were star fighters flying beside you. It felt like a real war.
dune sea is my number one, due to having three factions, unlike other maps like with gungans or ewoks or wookies helping one side. Tusken raiders is on its own side, and can capture command posts (they have captured the homestead sometimes)
This is why it was my favorite too. I loved focusing on the Tuscans first before going after the enemy. Also has a good balance of land and air vehicles letting you go anywhere and do anything
Battlefront 1 is so much more fun than B2. It looks better , the pacing is better, I like the green and red command posts better than red and blue, and the maps are for the most part more colorful and eye pleasing. Yeah you can’t play as Luke or Darth, or even use a lightsaber but when I play the game it’s fun it never even crosses my mind. Shout out to everyone playing B1 on an original Xbox in 2023
One thing with the Battlefront 1 version of Endor. Unlike the Battlefront 2 version, you can destroy the Endor bunker. And you don't have to fight extra hard while playing as the Empire in Battlefront 1 Endor.
You have a great No.1 pick, although it would be superseded by Kamino on my list. I love all of the aesthetics of Kamino with the darker lighting overall and the rain in contrast to lights on the platforms. People can also fall to their deaths and you're able to go inside the facility. It's my favorite Battlefront and Battlefront II default map. Great video man.
Great video, man. Just wanted to point out some things and sorry for the essay. 1. The reason some factions get an advantage (as you probably figured out) is because the creators let the cannon lore play a part. 2. Your dislike of maps can depend on the faction you favor. For instance, you seem to dislike jungle maps and that's because you seem to like playing as the republic and the empire. White armor against a green background makes you easier to see. It also makes it hard for you to target the CIS or Rebel forces because they wear more tactical armor. 3. The reason you keep mentioning BF2 is because the first 2 games are great but each have things we wish were in the other. 4. The reason Cloud City is your favorite is because it is the most versatile map and offers various scenarios that make winning SO satisfying. The map is basically a large cone. You have the upper rooms and corridors that spiral down to the 3 spawn points at ground level. The courtyard, the bottom ramp near the chamber, and the chamber itself. Scenario 1: The battle goes poorly for you. You are likely to take the chamber and make a last stand. The chamber makes it impossible to call in an orbital strike and forces your enemies to come through a chokepoint. There are 2 entrances to the chamber however but if you win or lose it is a valiant last stand. So you don't walk away feeling like a loser. Scenario 2: Neither side is able to gain a distinct advantage and you fight until one of your sides wins... barely. Not the greatest outcome but you gave it a good effort. So win or lose, you feel satisfied. Scenario 3: This is the best outcome and the one I go for each time. I grab the chamber and then go up into the city and take all the spawnpoints and let the enemy take the courtyard. If it is done quickly and correctly, you not only win, you will DOMINATE. Like I said, the map is built like a cone. Once you have the "high ground" and all the enemy has is the courtyard, it is a massacare. The enemy is completely surrounded and there is firepower coming from EVERYWHERE and not just from the ground level but from up above. They try to gather into a cluster and push through... and then you order an orbital strike. The courtyard has no defense from above. So they are basically in a bowl with blaster fire, rockets, grenades, sniper fire, turrents and orbital strikes coming from above and can do nothing but die the millisecond they respawn and you get to either watch or lazily participate. I have ended Cloud City with the enemy completely destroyed and I still have 75% of my troops. It is complete catharsis by proxy... and then you get to do it again. 😏 And that is why I concur with your list.
I think my Top 3 would be 1. Platforms 2. Harbour 3. Geonosis All the maps in BF1 are pretty consistently good, unlike BF2 which does have a few bantha fodder maps
Idk, I thought most of the maps in BF2 were great. Only map I didn't like was Kashyyk Beach but other than that BF2's maps were all fun and good in their own unique way
@@dtxspeaks268 I hate Dagobah. It's just not fun to play. I get that it's meant to play differently, but the excessive fighting at the crashed ship just makes it boring.
Yavin is just so dark and you can’t see much of anything. Especially super battle droids, dark troopers and basically every rebel class. Same issue with Kasshyk island.
With Kashyyyk Islands, my game had it at night so visibility was definitely much poorer. However, it was still a fun map, but of course could never live up to Docks
The Republic in Kamino starts out with more reinforcements because of the cloning facility. It stands to reason that they'd have battle-ready surplus clones there.
110th like, am excited to see this for Battlefront II! Dune Sea is the only map where there is a faction that fights both sides and has its own command posts, so I always loved it. Also love Bespin and Rhen Var maps and Hoth, Naboo Plains and Kashyyyk Docks. (Also I kinda really want to see you try and beat Kashyyyk Islands as the Empire on Hard difficulty since you said it's impossible, maybe it could be part of an Imperial Galactic Conquest series)
Yep Yavin Arena was my least favorite as a kid. I always blew up/liberated this planet just to skip this map. Plus Yavin had no unique species like most other planets
I like the focus on the base maps, amd added the little bit of mod info. My only minor suggestion is to try to show, the other info in game, when ur talking about it. Like the Hoth hallway u mentioned, i think it be cool to show it in game. But still great video
Dune Sea is brutal. By far the most complex map to play as sniper, lots of vehicles, a third native hostile faction and the freaking monster hole in the middle. Top 1 for me.
My favourite map is Geonosis: Spire, I absolutely love this map since I was a kid, also I like how challenging is for the Republic to win on this map, this makes awesome battles vs the AI. The other maps that you have listed as your top 3 are also one of my favourites as well, so I no surprised that you picked them as the top 3 maps, they all are pretty good.
Lol I agree with you on Yavin Arena. It's probably the only map that I don't really enjoy replaying that much. It's a good co-op map if one of you stays in the arena and the other takes a tank outside. I agree with a lot of your list, including #1 What is great about all of the maps is that they all have unique playstyles and it encourages you to use different units, especially if you're like me and almost always play as the standard soldier.
I think if I had to do my top five, it would be 5. Hoth: Echo Base 4. Naboo: Theed 3. Tattooine: Mos Eisley 2. Bespin: Cloud City 1. Rhen Var: Citadel Hoth ranks highly for me because it was the first map I ever played, and to a degree, it felt like the most "movie accurate" map to me. Like you, I always enjoyed the urban combat, which is why I put those three up there, and Citadel takes top spot because I always felt it had such non-stop action. I also enjoyed it had a bit of a maze like quality to it, which made it that much more challenging to me.
Top 5 1. Geonosis Spire 2. Rhen Var:Harbour 3. Tatooine: Dune Sea 4. Kashyyyk:Docks 5. Rhen Var:Citadel 6. Bespin: Cloud City 7. Tatooine: Mos Eisley 8. Hoth:Echo Base 9. Bespin:Platforms 10. Naboo:Theed I gotta agree though man I loved Bespin:Cloud City for sniping alot as a kid, taking the upper walkway command posts were awesome, and some great choke points.
i remember playing on kashyyk docks as the republic and seeing the seperatists number dropping in the 1st few seconds because the droidekas keep rolling in the water
The worst part of the Yavin arena is that sure you got vehicles but they are all outside when the majority of the action only takes place in the center of arena with the 3 capture points that are next to each other. May as well just be a close range infantry map.
Bro you absolutely Cooked on this Tier list! 💯 for sure the Best Battlefront Tier list I’ve seen! probably the best Tier list I’ve seen on UA-cam if I may be so bold! At first I was a little upset at Citadel being at No.7 but the other 6 you can’t go wrong with so I was fine with it! Cloud City is Definitely the Best!
The reason its difficult on Island is because the developers made the Rebel's A.I act differently. The empire kinda clumps up together and pushes in one sector. The rebels spread out to take command posts. By this I mean if you capture the North Village. The rebels will capture the Landing Zone. The empire A.I pathing from landing zone to the village center is one area. The rebel A.I pathing from landing zone to the rest of the map is way different. The rebel A.I will go onto the beaches and essentially flank your forces or bypass them entirely. To make Island a cake walk. Get a bomber, destroy the y-wing at spawn and focus on the clumps of rebels. Game is significantly easier. It stops rebels from outright using their flanking pathway.
I had a game breaking glitch on Battlefront 2 on the PS2 where if I had a battle on Hoth the character selection section wouldn't be displayed so I couldn't choose a character to start the battle it only happened on the Galactic Conquest mode which did piss me off I don't get the glitch on the XBox thankfully
My reasoning behind preferring battlefront 1's hoth boils down to its vehicles. The rear gunner in the rebel speeder gets a laser cannon in addition to their tow cable, and for some reason this never carried over to the 2nd game. It allows for greater utility so that the passenger isnt completely useless when you are not targeting AT-ATs.
Thank you for this video. I never played the OG Battlefront games, but their map design still holds up. -A bit off topic, but I thought, it might fit - EA's Battlefront II's map design was just "chocked" from the beginning because of the linear nature of its main gamemode Galactic Assault. Battlefront 2015's map design was so much better and of course better compared to the map design of the OG games, because they actually scanned the original locations via photogrammetry. I think that is, why this game is the most immersive and atmospheric SW game, I've ever played. The game modes were built into the maps and not the other way round. In Battlefront 2, you had Galactic assault, which needed maps that were specifically designed for the mode.
Our lists are pretty much the same. although I personally have Tatooine Mos Eisley a little higher. I remember there was a small group of players on Battlefront on PC right until the gamespy servers went down. No more then 4 of us on at a time and mostly in the evenings after work/school. This video brought back a wave of nostalgia to me just chilling out on a voice chat messing with bots or 2 v 2. Simpler times Good Video
Nice list! I would have swapped the 2 Bespin maps, but otherwise I kept agreeing with you through the video. It's funny, but I will always have a soft spot for Endor bunker because that was the level that came on the PS2 demo disk I got before BF1 came out. I played the hellllllllllll out of that level! 😄 Good work. You're making me wanna fire it up again.
I wish the cloud city map included the outside of the city, like on the edges of the map you could look outside through windows and see Bespin's sky, beause like as it is it just feels like some city and not a floating platform on a gas giant
I could never figure out why exactly I disliked the maps that I do until you mentioned the darkness, it's just strange because I feel like the Naboo map and Coruscant map in BF 2 don't struggle from darkness, I still feel like I can see what's happening in those maps, must be due to lightning changes. On Yavin IV and Endor it's usually just a boring slog of shots coming from troops you can't see, trying to shoot anything yourself is like throwing knives in the dark I have no idea how they managed to make it that dark, it's at its worst on an older TV but even with a good TV or monitor you still have to squint to see things it's crazy.
I loved the original maps, I wasn't really a fan of Dune Sea & Yavin 4 Arena, but they were all unique in their own way. Kashyyk Islands is my favorite because playing as Empire or Separatists felt like a true war of attrition, you get the air advantage right off and one up the Rebels/Republic with capturing the North Village, but that goes out the window cause it turns into a meat grinder trying to punch through the Center Village and no way to take the South Village without getting downed
i just downloaded the switch BF1/BF2 package and have been playing a shit ton of just battlefront 1. My favorites are Naboo Theed, Yavin Temple, cloud city!!!
Okay, I more or less agree with you on this and I would like to give some suggestions as to how some of these maps could have been better: 1) Kashyyyk: Islands I like the map so far, however there is an opportunity to introduce a new aspect to the franchise: water ships. Imagine if there was a few islands on the out skirts of the map, just 2, and the Empire / Driods had to use their navy ships to dominate the battlefield (aid land troops in capturing command posts). The rebels / clones would have to stop the droids / empire from landing (of course they'll get a ship of their own as well if they capture the shore CP). Due to the rebel / clone command posts being so close together its impossible to capture and hold 2 of them so adding this dynamic would even out the battlefield and be more balanced. 2) Yavin: Arena I love the concept, however the arena should have been bigger, there should have been tunnel entrances and exits (no CP underground though). All CP in the main area would be blank and the 2 sides would have to rush into the arena and capture them. Jet troopers may be seen as having an advantage here (which they do) but this is cancelled out by both the fast pace of the droideka as well as the tunnel systems making it anyone's game if used properly. Also, the starting command posts on each side would be unconquerable (perhaps stationed atop some large pillar, sort of like resembling an altar for each side's faction) making CP capturing to serve only the purpose of dominating the area and give the advantage, but not guarantee victory to, say, a small group of coordinated teammates. 3) Kamino: Tipoca City My primary change for this would be to have the Cloning facility on a higher ground (kind of like the cluster of 3 CP's on the opposite side) and have the droids also start on the opposite side of the field. for the home world of the clones, the clones will have the high ground, and for the droids it will be an uphill battle (they have droideka droids though so it wouldn't be too unbalanced). 4) Hoth (this would apply to both BF 2004 & 2005) The AT-AT would need to be able to contain atleast 10 other people as passengers. This way, you could use the ATAT to support the land forces enough to capture CP's while also having the reserve forces safe so you wouldn't be losing too many troops to AI stupidity. careful though, if the ATAT is destroyed with a full house that would be a lot of troops lost all at once. If a modder takes this up then that would be pretty chill.......just saying.....................
the only real issue with the water idea is droideka are killed almost immediately once they touch water which would probably cost the CIS the batter lol i found that out on the docks map when in spawned in as a droideka
@@michelangelo5903 this is why I introduced the water vehicles idea, just imagine the boats pull up, open the doors, and a wall of droideka fire just blasts any and everywhere allowing the other troops time to take a position and expand their way into the other islands. With multiple different landing points this will cause a serious amount of tension on the defending side as they need to allocate troops all over the place away from their command posts (another opportunity for any stealth / special ops players to sneak their way in ).
My Top 3 would be: 1. Platforms 2. Dune Sea 3. Citadel I played this game way too much on my ps2 and these were like the few maps always promising entertainment really fun and very replayable
Personally i think Yavin 4 arena deserved a better placement on the list, as long as you're outside of the actual arena its the chillest map in the game lmao. Now Endor will always be my least favourite, its just so dark and the trees won't stop speaking ewokese
My favorite maps are Geonosis spire, Kashyyyk islands, both Rhen var maps, and also i am salty that there is 1 only Geonosis map, and i wish that there 2 more Geonosis maps, Droid factory, and colossum.
OG Battlefront always looked better and played better, least for me, than 2 did. If it had the big space battles and surprisingly solid story like 2 did, it would have been the finest Star Wars shooter. Period.
Cool, and indeed, none of the Battlefront 2004 maps are bad, all are fun and good in a way. Here's my list, and an explanation for the top ones - (I'll put multiple maps on a single spot because I like them equally, something like a tier list) (Also my English is strange) 1 - Endor Bunker 2 - Bespin Cloud City / Tatooine Dune Sea / Bespin Platforms 3 - Hoth Echo Base / Tatooine Jabba's Palace 4 - Tatooine Mos Eisley / Kamino Cloning Facility / Kashyyyk Islands 5 - Naboo Plains / Yavin 4 Temple / Rhen Var Citadel / Rhen Var Harbour 6 - Naboo Theed 7 - Kashyyyk Docks / Geonosis Spire / Yavin 4 Arena Endor Bunker - I love this map. The trees, the Ewoks (yes I like Ewoks), it's brilliant. AT-ST is tremendous fun on this map specifically. Seeing a walker go down by a bunch of logs, it's awesome. The Shield Bunker is also cool, and a good place to defend from those Rebel scum. Speeder bikes are hard to control, but again, it feels great going that fast, and trying hard not to crash into anything, and perform un magnifique flanking manoeuvre Bespin Cloud City - Gorgeous. Well of course it's going to be up here. Visually, it's the best map from the classic battlefronts. The Carbonite Freezing Chamber is the best place for a command post, the tunnels also make up for some heavy action and stuff. Luke and Vader fit very well on this map. Another thing, watch out for those turrets Bespin Platforms - Ohohoho, chaos. Starfighters flying above you literally everywhere, raining down fire. Cloud Car is a good addition, while the turrets prove to be a real threat. Best map for dogfighting, and even on ground combat, it's great. Now for the best part, yeeting heroes off of the structure using missiles and mines. Unlimited power Tatooine Dune Sea - Great amount of land vehicles and starfighters alike. Flying an X-Wing, shooting at the AT-ST or at the Imperials, hella fun. The Tuskens are cool on this map, seeing the Sarlacc having a feast never gets old. The Sandcrawler is also a very good command post That's it, I won't explain the other maps, except that they're all fun nonetheless. Also, you have 117 likes now, make a BFII ranking video Savage 🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿
Rhen Var Citadel is definitely a top favorite for me! Cloud City was too many clan matches for me, as memorable as it may be. 😅 Funny enough, SWBF was what got me into modding. Picked up a dated version of Softimage 4.2 and that was the start of my long journey of game development. I'm actually about to finally start applying for studio work doing environment art! I've got this game to thank that. Also, big shout out to the old crew from forums like MPC Gamers (now SWBFGamers) and Gametoast!
Man.. all the maps in Battlefront 1 were So. Good.. seeing this video brings back so many childhood memories, I miss it so much
All these Maps are honestly dope. I love Geonosis and Rhen Var the most probably
Absolutely agree. Still my favorite battlefront game to this day.
Rhen Var Citadel is, hands down, the BEST map in Bf1.
I always loved the cot rats between Harbor and Citadel. Harbor lets you have the ATAT/TE whereas citadel is pure ground units. Both maps have Good mix of CQC and open areas for snipping.
Yessir @@johnnyyyyyw I think it'd work in pretty much any shooter, I would LOVE to play TF2 on rhenvar citadel
Rhen Var harbor was amazing and Bespin
I’m so sad the Geonosis and Kashyyk maps never made it to BF2. They were the best of both games in my opinion.
imagine if the spire and BF2 Geonosis maps were merged together for a mod or something
@@blueshit199 that was something that was planned for bf4
What I really loved about these maps is that they all felt unique. Yeah, some were better than others but none of them really felt the same
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platforms always seemed to me as a sandbox map. it felt as if you could do everything on it
Its easilly funniest map to play! I love it! Few friend, platforms, maybe potato chips or candy and lets play🔥🔥
Loved platforms as you could chuck explosives to kill the hero characters off the edges
It felt like the experience the game was advertising. While you were engaging in a ground war, there were star fighters flying beside you. It felt like a real war.
And you can kill the jedi
I am so hyped for the Classic Collection coming out soon! It will be so fun to finally play BF1 with better netcode and new players! :D
dune sea is my number one, due to having three factions, unlike other maps like with gungans or ewoks or wookies helping one side. Tusken raiders is on its own side, and can capture command posts (they have captured the homestead sometimes)
This is why it was my favorite too. I loved focusing on the Tuscans first before going after the enemy. Also has a good balance of land and air vehicles letting you go anywhere and do anything
I agree with you on Kashyyyk Islands map. It is indeed hard to win as the Empire. The Rebel Marksmen are also pinpoint accurate with their aiming.
Battlefront 1 is so much more fun than B2. It looks better , the pacing is better, I like the green and red command posts better than red and blue, and the maps are for the most part more colorful and eye pleasing. Yeah you can’t play as Luke or Darth, or even use a lightsaber but when I play the game it’s fun it never even crosses my mind. Shout out to everyone playing B1 on an original Xbox in 2023
One thing with the Battlefront 1 version of Endor. Unlike the Battlefront 2 version, you can destroy the Endor bunker. And you don't have to fight extra hard while playing as the Empire in Battlefront 1 Endor.
You have a great No.1 pick, although it would be superseded by Kamino on my list. I love all of the aesthetics of Kamino with the darker lighting overall and the rain in contrast to lights on the platforms. People can also fall to their deaths and you're able to go inside the facility. It's my favorite Battlefront and Battlefront II default map. Great video man.
Thank you bro! kamino is still fun I much rather play the bf2 map tho imo
Kamino was my favorite as a kid with geonosis as a close second, I loved the vastness of it. Bespin platforms is up there too with rhen var citadel
Great video, man. Just wanted to point out some things and sorry for the essay.
1. The reason some factions get an advantage (as you probably figured out) is because the creators let the cannon lore play a part.
2. Your dislike of maps can depend on the faction you favor. For instance, you seem to dislike jungle maps and that's because you seem to like playing as the republic and the empire. White armor against a green background makes you easier to see.
It also makes it hard for you to target the CIS or Rebel forces because they wear more tactical armor.
3. The reason you keep mentioning BF2 is because the first 2 games are great but each have things we wish were in the other.
4. The reason Cloud City is your favorite is because it is the most versatile map and offers various scenarios that make winning SO satisfying.
The map is basically a large cone. You have the upper rooms and corridors that spiral down to the 3 spawn points at ground level. The courtyard, the bottom ramp near the chamber, and the chamber itself.
Scenario 1: The battle goes poorly for you. You are likely to take the chamber and make a last stand. The chamber makes it impossible to call in an orbital strike and forces your enemies to come through a chokepoint. There are 2 entrances to the chamber however but if you win or lose it is a valiant last stand. So you don't walk away feeling like a loser.
Scenario 2: Neither side is able to gain a distinct advantage and you fight until one of your sides wins... barely. Not the greatest outcome but you gave it a good effort. So win or lose, you feel satisfied.
Scenario 3: This is the best outcome and the one I go for each time. I grab the chamber and then go up into the city and take all the spawnpoints and let the enemy take the courtyard. If it is done quickly and correctly, you not only win, you will DOMINATE.
Like I said, the map is built like a cone. Once you have the "high ground" and all the enemy has is the courtyard, it is a massacare.
The enemy is completely surrounded and there is firepower coming from EVERYWHERE and not just from the ground level but from up above. They try to gather into a cluster and push through... and then you order an orbital strike. The courtyard has no defense from above.
So they are basically in a bowl with blaster fire, rockets, grenades, sniper fire, turrents and orbital strikes coming from above and can do nothing but die the millisecond they respawn and you get to either watch or lazily participate.
I have ended Cloud City with the enemy completely destroyed and I still have 75% of my troops. It is complete catharsis by proxy... and then you get to do it again. 😏
And that is why I concur with your list.
That’s funny that Yavin Arena skipped on your ps2. Tatooine Dune Sea used to skip on my ps2 making weird squeaky noises all the time while playing.
Oh wow dang that map was better imo sorry about that experience
I agree bespin cloud city was my favorite followed by rhen var harbor and docks
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Don't forget Space Mustafar and Space Coruscant tho
Great list man. Only major thing I’d change would be the Hoth placement on the list.
I think my Top 3 would be
1. Platforms
2. Harbour
3. Geonosis
All the maps in BF1 are pretty consistently good, unlike BF2 which does have a few bantha fodder maps
Idk, I thought most of the maps in BF2 were great. Only map I didn't like was Kashyyk Beach but other than that BF2's maps were all fun and good in their own unique way
I'm curious, which maps in BF2 six you think were Bantha fodder? Because honestly all the maps in BF2 except for Kashyyk were good
@@dtxspeaks268 I hate Dagobah. It's just not fun to play. I get that it's meant to play differently, but the excessive fighting at the crashed ship just makes it boring.
@@valemontgomery9401 I'll agree Dagobah is kinda boring but it does have a nice atmosphere. Plus you get Yoda
@@dtxspeaks268 Yoda is pretty funny on that map because he can hide underwater
Rhen Var harbor was always my #1 favorite, with Cloud City a close #2.
I fully respect your list here man! Good selection at the top of the list. I'll be interested to see how the maps fair in Battlefront II
@SoulfulSilver Thank you! Means a lot to hear when people enjoy them.
SAVAGE YOU CAN'T BE DROPPING THESE RIGHT BEFORE MY CLASS STARTS 😂
oh man good luck on class bro.
Yavin is just so dark and you can’t see much of anything. Especially super battle droids, dark troopers and basically every rebel class. Same issue with Kasshyk island.
With Kashyyyk Islands, my game had it at night so visibility was definitely much poorer. However, it was still a fun map, but of course could never live up to Docks
Islands was fun to play as the Republic since you could use the gunship to fly to the island CPs and capture them by dropping off some of your crew.
That's something I wish classic bf2 included, air vehicles on the ground war maps, they had ships in space battles but not ground war
The Republic in Kamino starts out with more reinforcements because of the cloning facility. It stands to reason that they'd have battle-ready surplus clones there.
110th like, am excited to see this for Battlefront II!
Dune Sea is the only map where there is a faction that fights both sides and has its own command posts, so I always loved it. Also love Bespin and Rhen Var maps and Hoth, Naboo Plains and Kashyyyk Docks.
(Also I kinda really want to see you try and beat Kashyyyk Islands as the Empire on Hard difficulty since you said it's impossible, maybe it could be part of an Imperial Galactic Conquest series)
battlefront 1 has banger maps, kashyyyk thing is coming soon :)
It reminds me of the ai battles halo had, flood covenant and forunners fighting each other, and you were in the middle of it
Bespin platforms is definitely a goated layout
Facts 💯
Yep Yavin Arena was my least favorite as a kid. I always blew up/liberated this planet just to skip this map. Plus Yavin had no unique species like most other planets
great video. I was looking for a map overview for battlefront 1. And u did it, ty!
I like the focus on the base maps, amd added the little bit of mod info. My only minor suggestion is to try to show, the other info in game, when ur talking about it. Like the Hoth hallway u mentioned, i think it be cool to show it in game. But still great video
Dune Sea is brutal. By far the most complex map to play as sniper, lots of vehicles, a third native hostile faction and the freaking monster hole in the middle. Top 1 for me.
One neat thing I learned on Mos Eisley is that the Jawas can act as medics for the Seperatist droids because of their fusion cutters.
No way fr?? That's cool lol
My favourite map is Geonosis: Spire, I absolutely love this map since I was a kid, also I like how challenging is for the Republic to win on this map, this makes awesome battles vs the AI.
The other maps that you have listed as your top 3 are also one of my favourites as well, so I no surprised that you picked them as the top 3 maps, they all are pretty good.
yes Geonosis spire is still the best geonosis map in the battlefront series
I’ve been expecting this video for a long time
Lol I agree with you on Yavin Arena. It's probably the only map that I don't really enjoy replaying that much. It's a good co-op map if one of you stays in the arena and the other takes a tank outside. I agree with a lot of your list, including #1
What is great about all of the maps is that they all have unique playstyles and it encourages you to use different units, especially if you're like me and almost always play as the standard soldier.
Man, take me back to 14 or so years ago playing this game with my cousin split screen on ps2. Crazy how I’m downloading it on my Xbox one rn
The first battlefront is still the best one by far. I also preferred the first reboot to the second game. The jet packs / game modes were way better.
Yea both Battlefront 1’s are goated I wish the EA one had clone wars and cross platform
Yavin arena is why I always aimed for Yavin when i could wipe out a planet in galactic conquest. 100% agree on temple too.
Memories of getting chewed up by the CIS on rhen var harbor at the end of that tunnel as a kid will never leave me
Great video btw def agree about Bespin #1
Bespin was the best map indeed. I just came here to see if you would put it first and you did!!!
I miss playing this game
Yes Bespin is the best! If you have the game on pc its on steam now
Honestly shocked everyone hates Yavin Temple, I love that map.
Great map but I play it the least on Bf1
I remember it being very lop-sided, like the side with the temple always won basically. Definitely didn't like it as a kid.
bro how many vibes from when I was young...love this video
Thank you chief!
Fun Fact the dark trooper is a droid fun Fact 2 if you play galactic civil war on Bespin city you can see Han Solo in Carbonite
The Dark Trooper Phase 0 (which is the class in Battlefront I and II) are clones that have been cybernetically enhanced.
This was a dope video also cloud city is my favorite
Great Video nostalgia through the roof lol
Thank you for watching
Such a solid review 👏🏻
Really wish battlefront 2 had a lot of these maps it was really lacking in that aspect
Jabba's Palace isn't in the campaign or galactic conquest, but it is in instant action in BF1.
Still would rank it #17
My top Five
5. Kashyyyk docks.
4. Naboo plains.
3. Kashyyyk islands.
2. Bespin platforms.
1. Dune Sea.
I think if I had to do my top five, it would be
5. Hoth: Echo Base
4. Naboo: Theed
3. Tattooine: Mos Eisley
2. Bespin: Cloud City
1. Rhen Var: Citadel
Hoth ranks highly for me because it was the first map I ever played, and to a degree, it felt like the most "movie accurate" map to me. Like you, I always enjoyed the urban combat, which is why I put those three up there, and Citadel takes top spot because I always felt it had such non-stop action. I also enjoyed it had a bit of a maze like quality to it, which made it that much more challenging to me.
Top 5
1. Geonosis Spire
2. Rhen Var:Harbour
3. Tatooine: Dune Sea
4. Kashyyyk:Docks
5. Rhen Var:Citadel
6. Bespin: Cloud City
7. Tatooine: Mos Eisley
8. Hoth:Echo Base
9. Bespin:Platforms
10. Naboo:Theed
I gotta agree though man I loved Bespin:Cloud City for sniping alot as a kid, taking the upper walkway command posts were awesome, and some great choke points.
i remember playing on kashyyk docks as the republic and seeing the seperatists number dropping in the 1st few seconds because the droidekas keep rolling in the water
lol yep that’s always funny to see
Please also do this with your favourite bf2 maps
Running the hallways of cloud city as the rebel vanguard with double fire rockets ❤
The worst part of the Yavin arena is that sure you got vehicles but they are all outside when the majority of the action only takes place in the center of arena with the 3 capture points that are next to each other. May as well just be a close range infantry map.
Bro you absolutely Cooked on this Tier list! 💯 for sure the Best Battlefront Tier list I’ve seen! probably the best Tier list I’ve seen on UA-cam if I may be so bold! At first I was a little upset at Citadel being at No.7 but the other 6 you can’t go wrong with so I was fine with it! Cloud City is Definitely the Best!
Yooo I appreciate it
Don't rememeber some of these maps but man I do remember playing this game hours on end each day when I was young
I hated Geonosis as a kid because I also struggled on it during the campaign.
My top 3 have got to be Rhen Var Citadel, Bespin Platforms and
Kashyyyk Docks. Still play to this day.
The reason its difficult on Island is because the developers made the Rebel's A.I act differently. The empire kinda clumps up together and pushes in one sector. The rebels spread out to take command posts.
By this I mean if you capture the North Village. The rebels will capture the Landing Zone.
The empire A.I pathing from landing zone to the village center is one area. The rebel A.I pathing from landing zone to the rest of the map is way different. The rebel A.I will go onto the beaches and essentially flank your forces or bypass them entirely.
To make Island a cake walk. Get a bomber, destroy the y-wing at spawn and focus on the clumps of rebels. Game is significantly easier. It stops rebels from outright using their flanking pathway.
6:01 my only beef with this map is only 1 side gets a flying vehicle
I had a game breaking glitch on Battlefront 2 on the PS2 where if I had a battle on Hoth the character selection section wouldn't be displayed so I couldn't choose a character to start the battle it only happened on the Galactic Conquest mode which did piss me off I don't get the glitch on the XBox thankfully
Great vid, I pretty much agree with your list. I also feel like the Kashyyyk map was better in Battlefront 1 than 2.
interesting!
Kashyyyk docks was probably my most played map. I was getting triple digit headshot kills when playing as a rebel.
damn thats a W
My reasoning behind preferring battlefront 1's hoth boils down to its vehicles.
The rear gunner in the rebel speeder gets a laser cannon in addition to their tow cable, and for some reason this never carried over to the 2nd game. It allows for greater utility so that the passenger isnt completely useless when you are not targeting AT-ATs.
Love these vids
Thank you 😊
My man! Funny you post this. I just posted a ranking of every Spider-Man game. Also, Bespin Platforms better be number 1...haha!
Oh wow Lol
Thank you for this video. I never played the OG Battlefront games, but their map design still holds up.
-A bit off topic, but I thought, it might fit -
EA's Battlefront II's map design was just "chocked" from the beginning because of the linear nature of its main gamemode Galactic Assault. Battlefront 2015's map design was so much better and of course better compared to the map design of the OG games, because they actually scanned the original locations via photogrammetry. I think that is, why this game is the most immersive and atmospheric SW game, I've ever played. The game modes were built into the maps and not the other way round. In Battlefront 2, you had Galactic assault, which needed maps that were specifically designed for the mode.
Our lists are pretty much the same. although I personally have Tatooine Mos Eisley a little higher.
I remember there was a small group of players on Battlefront on PC right until the gamespy servers went down. No more then 4 of us on at a time and mostly in the evenings after work/school. This video brought back a wave of nostalgia to me just chilling out on a voice chat messing with bots or 2 v 2. Simpler times
Good Video
Thank you for watching 😁 And yes love playing this game still
Nice list! I would have swapped the 2 Bespin maps, but otherwise I kept agreeing with you through the video. It's funny, but I will always have a soft spot for Endor bunker because that was the level that came on the PS2 demo disk I got before BF1 came out. I played the hellllllllllll out of that level! 😄 Good work. You're making me wanna fire it up again.
I wish the cloud city map included the outside of the city, like on the edges of the map you could look outside through windows and see Bespin's sky, beause like as it is it just feels like some city and not a floating platform on a gas giant
Awesome love the battlefront classic game
Very hard to win on Endor as the empire because the ai continually walks the at sts into the Ewok traps
I give this ranking a A-
Almost GOATed
GOATED comment
4:18
Yeah. I hate this map as the Empire because the the wookies make it blatantly unfair since killing them doesn’t count.
truu
Cloud city is the GOAT. I remember playing this when me and my friend were like 10
Dune sea also has the skiff which is super fun. The unique vehicles like skiff and cloud car were so cool to me as a kid.
agreed
I could never figure out why exactly I disliked the maps that I do until you mentioned the darkness, it's just strange because I feel like the Naboo map and Coruscant map in BF 2 don't struggle from darkness, I still feel like I can see what's happening in those maps, must be due to lightning changes.
On Yavin IV and Endor it's usually just a boring slog of shots coming from troops you can't see, trying to shoot anything yourself is like throwing knives in the dark I have no idea how they managed to make it that dark, it's at its worst on an older TV but even with a good TV or monitor you still have to squint to see things it's crazy.
Bespin Cloud City was my favorite in 1, and The Death Star was my favorite in 2.
I loved the original maps, I wasn't really a fan of Dune Sea & Yavin 4 Arena, but they were all unique in their own way. Kashyyk Islands is my favorite because playing as Empire or Separatists felt like a true war of attrition, you get the air advantage right off and one up the Rebels/Republic with capturing the North Village, but that goes out the window cause it turns into a meat grinder trying to punch through the Center Village and no way to take the South Village without getting downed
i just downloaded the switch BF1/BF2 package and have been playing a shit ton of just battlefront 1. My favorites are Naboo Theed, Yavin Temple, cloud city!!!
Now this is a based list
Okay, I more or less agree with you on this and I would like to give some suggestions as to how some of these maps could have been better:
1) Kashyyyk: Islands
I like the map so far, however there is an opportunity to introduce a new aspect to the franchise: water ships. Imagine if there was a few islands on the out skirts of the map, just 2, and the Empire / Driods had to use their navy ships to dominate the battlefield (aid land troops in capturing command posts). The rebels / clones would have to stop the droids / empire from landing (of course they'll get a ship of their own as well if they capture the shore CP). Due to the rebel / clone command posts being so close together its impossible to capture and hold 2 of them so adding this dynamic would even out the battlefield and be more balanced.
2) Yavin: Arena
I love the concept, however the arena should have been bigger, there should have been tunnel entrances and exits (no CP underground though). All CP in the main area would be blank and the 2 sides would have to rush into the arena and capture them. Jet troopers may be seen as having an advantage here (which they do) but this is cancelled out by both the fast pace of the droideka as well as the tunnel systems making it anyone's game if used properly.
Also, the starting command posts on each side would be unconquerable (perhaps stationed atop some large pillar, sort of like resembling an altar for each side's faction) making CP capturing to serve only the purpose of dominating the area and give the advantage, but not guarantee victory to, say, a small group of coordinated teammates.
3) Kamino: Tipoca City
My primary change for this would be to have the Cloning facility on a higher ground (kind of like the cluster of 3 CP's on the opposite side) and have the droids also start on the opposite side of the field. for the home world of the clones, the clones will have the high ground, and for the droids it will be an uphill battle (they have droideka droids though so it wouldn't be too unbalanced).
4) Hoth (this would apply to both BF 2004 & 2005)
The AT-AT would need to be able to contain atleast 10 other people as passengers. This way, you could use the ATAT to support the land forces enough to capture CP's while also having the reserve forces safe so you wouldn't be losing too many troops to AI stupidity. careful though, if the ATAT is destroyed with a full house that would be a lot of troops lost all at once.
If a modder takes this up then that would be pretty chill.......just saying.....................
Pretty interesting ideas
I really like the water vehicles idea
@@ralsei66 someone made it into a mod for bf2
the only real issue with the water idea is droideka are killed almost immediately once they touch water which would probably cost the CIS the batter lol
i found that out on the docks map when in spawned in as a droideka
@@michelangelo5903 this is why I introduced the water vehicles idea, just imagine the boats pull up, open the doors, and a wall of droideka fire just blasts any and everywhere allowing the other troops time to take a position and expand their way into the other islands. With multiple different landing points this will cause a serious amount of tension on the defending side as they need to allocate troops all over the place away from their command posts (another opportunity for any stealth / special ops players to sneak their way in ).
I remember when i would put the game on hard and the Tuskins on Tattooine Dune sea would literally capture all the Rebels command post lol
damn based
Bespin Platforms and Dune Sea for me
My Top 3 would be:
1. Platforms
2. Dune Sea
3. Citadel
I played this game way too much on my ps2
and these were like the few maps always promising entertainment
really fun and very replayable
Personally i think Yavin 4 arena deserved a better placement on the list, as long as you're outside of the actual arena its the chillest map in the game lmao. Now Endor will always be my least favourite, its just so dark and the trees won't stop speaking ewokese
thats fair point
Clones in kamino have more troops "dont know why" ......man,this is the palace where they are created
for some reason lol idk why I said that looking back its obvious lol
Great game man!
thank you for watching
My favorite maps are Geonosis spire, Kashyyyk islands, both Rhen var maps, and also i am salty that there is 1 only Geonosis map, and i wish that there 2 more Geonosis maps, Droid factory, and colossum.
OG Battlefront always looked better and played better, least for me, than 2 did. If it had the big space battles and surprisingly solid story like 2 did, it would have been the finest Star Wars shooter. Period.
Bespin: Cloud City is the best. I know that map better than any of the others.
Anyone gonna mention that Bespin platforms for whatever reason was impossible to win as the clones. At least that was my experience anyways.
I can understand that especially on ps2 for me the first year of me playing it
No arguments; Bespin is my top pick too! Fantastic map!
Cool, and indeed, none of the Battlefront 2004 maps are bad, all are fun and good in a way. Here's my list, and an explanation for the top ones - (I'll put multiple maps on a single spot because I like them equally, something like a tier list) (Also my English is strange)
1 - Endor Bunker
2 - Bespin Cloud City / Tatooine Dune Sea / Bespin Platforms
3 - Hoth Echo Base / Tatooine Jabba's Palace
4 - Tatooine Mos Eisley / Kamino Cloning Facility / Kashyyyk Islands
5 - Naboo Plains / Yavin 4 Temple / Rhen Var Citadel / Rhen Var Harbour
6 - Naboo Theed
7 - Kashyyyk Docks / Geonosis Spire / Yavin 4 Arena
Endor Bunker - I love this map. The trees, the Ewoks (yes I like Ewoks), it's brilliant. AT-ST is tremendous fun on this map specifically. Seeing a walker go down by a bunch of logs, it's awesome. The Shield Bunker is also cool, and a good place to defend from those Rebel scum. Speeder bikes are hard to control, but again, it feels great going that fast, and trying hard not to crash into anything, and perform un magnifique flanking manoeuvre
Bespin Cloud City - Gorgeous. Well of course it's going to be up here. Visually, it's the best map from the classic battlefronts. The Carbonite Freezing Chamber is the best place for a command post, the tunnels also make up for some heavy action and stuff. Luke and Vader fit very well on this map. Another thing, watch out for those turrets
Bespin Platforms - Ohohoho, chaos. Starfighters flying above you literally everywhere, raining down fire. Cloud Car is a good addition, while the turrets prove to be a real threat. Best map for dogfighting, and even on ground combat, it's great. Now for the best part, yeeting heroes off of the structure using missiles and mines. Unlimited power
Tatooine Dune Sea - Great amount of land vehicles and starfighters alike. Flying an X-Wing, shooting at the AT-ST or at the Imperials, hella fun. The Tuskens are cool on this map, seeing the Sarlacc having a feast never gets old. The Sandcrawler is also a very good command post
That's it, I won't explain the other maps, except that they're all fun nonetheless. Also, you have 117 likes now, make a BFII ranking video Savage 🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿
I actually liked yavin arena a lot. Maybe cuz I was on console so the lighting was better, but classic battlefront has GOATed maps
Do the same thing but with battlefront 2 remaster mod
Rhen Var Citadel is definitely a top favorite for me! Cloud City was too many clan matches for me, as memorable as it may be. 😅
Funny enough, SWBF was what got me into modding. Picked up a dated version of Softimage 4.2 and that was the start of my long journey of game development. I'm actually about to finally start applying for studio work doing environment art! I've got this game to thank that. Also, big shout out to the old crew from forums like MPC Gamers (now SWBFGamers) and Gametoast!
Yeah Kamino was more jam packed in BF2 imo
Yeah probably because it has more platforms and facilities to go into
I actually like arena just because it can get super crazy
I like bespin platforms and rhen var harbor the most
Could you make a video comparing Maps fron stwbf1 and stwbf2?
I already did this it’s one of the most viewed videos
ua-cam.com/video/5-KegTQXvAc/v-deo.html