Star Wars: Battlefront II is a sequel to the already great Star Wars: Battlefront game by Pandemic Studios.

Battlefront II is an improvement in every way to the first game - it looks better, has more planets, more game modes (my favourite being Galactic Conquest, where your goal is to capture every planet by earning a victory on every map), has a stronger campaign (which is faithful to the six films it's based upon).

Man this game is old, I played this game a lot on the PS2 when I couldn’t afford to buy an XBOX 360. Battlefront 2 was a fairly late release on PS2 around the same time as Metal Gear Snake Eater. This game is great fun, it’s mainly designed as a multiplayer third person or first person shooter but the singleplayer is great too.

It has all of the Star Wars charm and character with the classic music and sound effects from the series. The level design is fantastic and all of the classic characters are here. This game still runs great with no tweaks at 4K 60FPS, it looks old but in a good way, I think the graphics have aged well. It’s surreal to play this game at high resolution on a big TV IN 2024.

As soon as I started playing, I got sucked into the gameplay all over again. Capturing the command posts and destroying turrets seems like basic gameplay by today's standards. In this game though it is compelling, I think it’s because the difficulty is well balanced, it’s challenging in a way that feels good. This game also includes space combat which also has some really addictive gameplay. Destroying shields and taking over the command ships in orbit around a planet is great fun too.

I highly recommend classic Star Wars Battlefront 2, it’s a great game even in 2024. This Steam version runs totally fine and the game has aged very well.

Top game from my childhood