Many maps that came from the original Battlefront were edited to fit more accordingly in the storyline, such as the Naboo battlefield, which was originally Plains, but due to the clones' lack of action upon the Invasion of Naboo conflict between droids and Gungans, the setting is shifted to Theed.Īlso included are battles from the original trilogy, such as fights aboard the Tantive IV, Princess Leia's blockade runner shown immediately at the beginning of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The plot spans more than 16 new locations, many from Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, including volcanic Mustafar and the space battle above Coruscant. It is a story-based campaign told from the view of an unidentified 501st clone trooper it revolves around the 501st Legion as the unit evolves from the Galactic Republic's Clone Troopers to Imperial Stormtroopers. However, three years later on October 4, 2017, Disney announced that online multiplayer has been restored as well as crossplay between the Steam and GOG versions of the game.īattlefront II expands upon the original game's single-player experience with mission-based objectives drawn from Attack of the Clones' Battle of Geonosis to The Empire Strikes Back's Battle of Hoth.

On May 31, 2014, GameSpy (the online service that was hosting Battlefront II's multiplayer at the time) was shut down, and with it went the game's online functionality. There are several differences between Battlefront II and the original Battlefront, such as playable Jedi characters, two new unit classes, space battles, and story-based campaigns. It is the second game of the highly successful Star Wars: Battlefront series and a sequel to the original Star Wars: Battlefront. The release date coincided with the release of Revenge of the Sith on DVD. The PC variant comes in two type of disks: CD-ROM, which comes with four discs, and DVD-ROM, which has only one disc. Star Wars: Battlefront II, also shortened to ' Battlefront II', and alternatively abbreviated as ' SW:BF2' or ' SWBF2' is a first-/third-person shooter video game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by LucasArts, and was released in North America on November 1, 2005, for the Xbox (backwards compatible with Xbox 360, Xbox One and Xbox Series X and S), PlayStation Portable (backwards-compatible with the PlayStation Vita), PC, and the PlayStation 2 (backwards compatible with certain PlayStation 3 models).

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