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Metacritic PS4: http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/star-wars-battlefront
[Currently 78 based on 11 critics]
Metacritic Xbone: http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-one/star-wars-battlefront
[Currently 73 based on 13 critics]
Opencritic: http://opencritic.com/#!game/1511/star-wars-battlefront
[Currently 74 based on 22 reviews]
Reminder: Yes, PS4 has the exclusive marketing deal but sites decided to do a review based on the EA Access version which is only available on Xbox One and gives subscribers the ability to play a game earlier than on competing systems.
Excerpts from some "popular" sites:
Giantbomb:
It’s hard to not get caught up in the occasional moment in Battlefront if you’re a big Star Wars fan. I loved stalking towards rebels as Darth Vader, force choking them as the Imperial March played. As I played as a Stormtrooper on Tatooine, I stopped for a moment to watch Luke and Vader battle with lightsabers as X-Wings and TIE fighters engaged in a dogfight above them. There’s a whole lot of Star Wars seeping out of every pore of Battlefront, and no amount of forced fan service took away from the fact that some moments in this game reminded me of the many things I love about the film franchise. If the impending release of The Force Awakens has you in the mood for a casual online shooter set in the Star Wars universe, this game can certainly provide that for a dozen or so hours. Battlefront initially checks all of the boxes for being a great Star Wars game, but its limited amount of content and lack of meaningful progression kept me from wanting to return for more than a brief visit.
Gamespot:
If nothing else, Star Wars Battlefront is an exercise in pure spectacle, laid out in all of its neon glory. I can't help but smile when the Boba Fett guns down three fighters in a row from his Slave I ship, or a snowspeeder careens past with flames trailing in its wake. The first 10 hours are packed with these moments, and it's worth playing just to watch them unfold.
But Battlefront doesn't go much deeper than its ambitious surface appeal. It front loads its best content, only to fade in quality as the hours roll by. Star Wars Battlefront's skin is beautiful, but its legs are shaking, and threaten to buckle with time.
Videogamer:
Star Wars Battlefront, then, is one of the best experiences of the year, if only for a short while. Completionists may stay with it to unlock figures for the in-game diorama which shows how many challenges you've completed, but others will find their interest has waned long before that. Too limited in its maps and modes to keep people hooked, it will nevertheless provide enough fun to jump onto once in a while, hear that famous score and maybe take down an AT-AT. Those who wanted a Battlefront III, however, will have to wait a little while longer.
Polygon:
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BATTLEFRONT TRADES COMPLEXITY FOR ACCESSIBILITY
In a sea of multiplayer-focused shooters, Star Wars Battlefront distinguishes itself as much by what it does as what it doesn't, and that comes at a price. Its old school simplicity doesn't always mesh with its attempts to bring those ideas into 2015, and it lacks some of those back-of-the-box bullet points that most modern AAA shooters wouldn't be caught dead without.
That said: This in a game where you crest a frozen ridge on the surface of Hoth and see a thousand lasers turn the sky into a disco and an AT-AT into scrap metal. If a little of the fat has to be trimmed for more people to have that experience, then blaster holes for bullet points seems like a fair trade.
Star Wars Battlefront was reviewed using the full version of the game provided to EA Access subscribers on Xbox One across multiple accounts. Give developer DICE's past difficulties with online launches, this review will remain provisional until such time as we are certain of the game's launch state. You can find additional information about Polygon's ethics policy here.
