Star Wars Battlefront’s Death Star Is Its Weakest Expansion To Date
Star Wars Battlefront: Death Star2016
Star Wars Battlefront: Death Star
2016 Electronic Arts70Good
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- Launch
- September 20, 2016
- Developer
- EA Digital Illusions CE
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Genres
Overview
Fire up your starships and ready your blasters as one of the deadliest weapons in the galaxy makes its highly-anticipated debut. Everyone’s favorite Wookiee, Chewbacca, arrives alongside bounty hunter Bossk as the two new playable heroes. Board the Death Star and blast foes with the new K-16 Bryar Pistol or TL-50 Heavy Repeater. Take your starfighters to space in an all-new game mode and even hop into the cockpits of Darth Vader’s TIE Advanced or Luke Skywalker’s Red Five X-wing. If the Force is strong with you, attempt a trench run to take down the Empire’s ultimate weapon.
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In short, there are highs and lows to Death Star. With a few expansions down and only one left to go, I was expecting something greater. If not more from the headliner, Battle Station, than at least more mode compatibility with the new maps. There's no excuse. I came in thinking it'd be an easy sell -- and it probably still will be for some given its...
Death Star is the best expansion so far for Battlefront, but the way the DLC as a whole is presented only further segregates the player base.
Easily the best Battlefront DLC so far, although it’s still only scratching the surface of what can be done in the Star Wars universe.
I'm sure some might enjoy taking on the Death Star, but I felt it was a disappointing DLC pack.