Recent reviews by Large Fries

be prepared to wait half an hour to get into a game, mid day btw on a holiday

the tutorial option in-game doesn't explain anything, all tutorials on you tube take like four hours before u even start the game or use your armies and even then it leaves out half the stuff so unless your a cat and have another 8 lives to spend learning how to play the game don't buy

very good alt+F4

***IF YOU WANT TO PLAY MULTIPLAYER DONT BUY***

Pros:
-An intriguing and emotional Campaign with rarely any boring parts
-Multiplayer has great cosmetic and weapon customisation
-Multiplayer maps are made with both game and player in mind
-multiplayer exceeds a great number of different ways to play
-multiple game modes to play

Cons:
-Multiplayer is so buggy all multiplayer pros above don't matter; its literally unplayable

Pros:
-Great map design
-Good range of game modes
-Customisation is RELATIVELY GOOD a bit paid for but still ok
-Perfect sound design
-Multiplayer feels balanced in map and spawn

Cons:
-Other than cosmetics there is no customisation, for some this is good but I would like to see a little something from this area
-Takes for ever to load the game and get into a match
-Struggles to run on semi-low end pcs

Great gameplay and all round enjoyable, but my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ god does it crash alot

utter ♥♥♥♥, terrible combat, dumb mechanics, worst respawn ever; if you die be prepared to complete the whole level again because wtf is a checkpoint, if u wanna play wait 10 years before they give it out for free

I accidentally left my pc on for 10 minutes and now i was refused a refund because i had played 5 minutes over an hour

---{Graphics}-{Good}--
*I played this on medium settings* The games raytracing capabilities are shown in the world and cars a lot, each of the neon-lighted billboards shine onto the damp floor and the roof of cars and make the game stunning this is why night time I really beautiful. I would say the games daytime shadows don't look so great and the sunlight looses a bit of saturation here but this is made up for at night when the city of lost heaven is lit up by neon light. Character and object models are really good, the characters look real and when they talk because the animation looks really good and realistic.

---{Gameplay}-{Masterpiece}--
The gameplay is a perfect blend of driving and on foot action, from thrilling car chases to a shoot out in a bar, the gameplay is perfection. In vehicles I found the camera movement to be especially good as it made driving feel realistic. The shooter aspect is really good, the way you shoot in cars is really cool, healing and picking up ammo through out the map is a good edition and the collectable comics and cigarette cards makes a good side job to do when robbing banks and stealing whiskey. The game makes you play as if there all ways a demand in action.

---{Audio}-{Eargasm}--
I really enjoyed the soundtrack of mafia, it is a soundtrack that will stay with me for a long time. I also enjoyed the casual music, such as the radio, the radio is an extremely over looked yet well thought of, part of the game, the radio is constantly explaining the effects of each mission on the city of lost heaven, the radio is also filled with a news report which always talks about the historical context and things that are happening at the time. I also think the voice actors did a really good job especially characters like Paulie and Sarah. gun sound effects weren't bad but they weren't the best out of the games I've played.

---{Difficulty}-{Easy}---
The game is extremely story driven so it doesn't really require much skill, the only real things that need skill is the players ability to aim and drive.

---{Grind}-{There's nothing to grind}---
I wouldn't really say that this game has a big grind aspect, after finishing the campaign the achievements aren't hard to do in my opinion its just whether or not you want to spend the time doing the achievements. During the campaign and free ride once you have finished, the game has a collectibles part where through out the map player can find comic books, cigarette cars and can collect rare cars, but apart from this there isn't any leaderboard or leveling system.

---{Story}-{Masterpiece}---
10/10, my favorite story to ever play. To see Tommy Angelo go from taxi driver to part of a crime syndicate and family man has been a journey I am glad to have played. Seeing Tommy Angelo and the rest of the Salieri crime family go up against the Morello crime family in a dog fight amidst the streets is amazing with every part of the city being included, like the politicians, police officers and everyday bakeries. each mission is different and each mission shows the aspects of Tommy and other character. Once again I say 10/10

---{Overall}-{8.5/10}---
I bought Mafia: definitive edition because I thought the story would be enjoyable...that is an understatement, the world of lost heaven is a world in constant change amongst the people and government. The story is the best I have every played. The gameplay is extremely well developed and the game has a really good collectables and achievement system. You don't really need a high end pc (still check the requirements though). I have not found any bugs. I would say this is for people aged 17 and up. I would personally wait for the sale to buy it, not that it isn't worth full price, but it is worth to wait and save the £10. All round best story game, its story rich, got good gameplay, actually has a clue with cars, an excellent radio and police force that actually make sense and is a lot better than the GTA V radio and police.

---{Graphics}-{Good}--
I think that the STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II Graphics are very above average, I have yet to see any flaws in character or vehicle models. All of the maps; despite being very dynamic and ranging from different climates, weather and environment; are extremely well designed in ways of gameplay and how the game goes, to how the map has been designed. The HDR in the graphics are really good, you can really tell when leaving a building how the light changes, and on the buildings and models how the reflection of lasers and the many suns affect it really shows of the raytracing done in game. The only flaw I found in the graphics was when on different maps, at a distance, many models either weren't rendered in yet or when just not given enough focus, many vehicle - that was part of the map - would look 2D, this is very small and very unnoticable I only included it for the sake of arguement.

---{Gameplay}-{Good}--
The gameplay has done a really good job of making the player feel like they're in a STAR WARS™ movie, like the way the objectives are laid out, or how the game limits the amount of hero/villains there are, weapons and classes are really good, all specialising in different places, the gamemodes in my opinion are a big factor in how much fun you can have playing this, blast is a close quarter combat without heroes, mostly to be used with spray weapons and is a good place for action packed gameplay, ewok hunt is a unique place to practice stealth and have fun with friends, what i'm trying to explain is that their is a lot of different aspects of the gameplay in STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II and all of them are really fun except when using a speeder bike and that's not a big part of it.

---{Audio}-{Very good}--
I don't really have anything to say about the audio, I like the classical laser beams and explosions from the movie but the sound altogether doesn't seem advanced or premium or anything like that.

---{Difficulty}-{Normal}---
To be honest most of the difficulty and 'being good' comes from typical fps skill, like good aim and smart decisions - conservation of health, of course there are point in the game to make good decisions like "is this a good point to use my ability?" or "should i save or spend my battle points", some of the skill are unlockable e.g. improved hand grenade or passive skills like more battle points earned.

---{Grind}-{Average grind level}---
When I got this game in 2017 the whole fan base - including me - was extremely annoyed at how long it would take to unlock and use a character or even buy a skin for your favourite now, obviously now the game has the 'celebration edition', which gives you all heroes/villains and gives you almost every skin in the game, personally I didn't like this, I would've preferred a decrease in the price of credits. So apart from the no cosmetic grind, there's also no competitive aspect, yes there are levels which give you skills and battle cards which are good and enjoyable to unlock but I would've liked a bigger grind aspect at this point in the game.

---{Story}-{Very good}---
I really liked the story of Iden Versio and think that it is extremely underrated and overlooked, the story is smart and good, each level is unique to the last, a lot of what you see in the campaign isn't done much in video games and seeing Iden Versios story gives another look at the empire and previously untold story's of the rebellion and the first order.

---{Overall}-{8/10}---
Great and overrated. STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II provide fans a great experience in the Star Wars universe, the game doesn't particularly require expensive parts (I recommend checking the specs), I would say its for all ages from 9 and above, yes there is a lot of violence but that is masked but the fact that its a Star Wars video game, I haven't found many bugs in Star Wars that I can think of, and I think it is worth buying. This game has been extremely over looked by the gaming fandom, a lot of the hate you would hear about the game has been fixed, theres not a big thing about bugs like games such as Fallout 76, a lot of the gameplay is really enjoyable, each game you play feels unique to the last. I have too admit there is a lot of the community talking about cheaters so I do warn, but in my honest opinion I have never been in a game with a cheater, I may just be lucky but I don't know. STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II is the whole package, Unique gameplay and gamemodes, the devs have already filtered the problems, and the game has emotes which like to prequel memes, and a great campaign which I personally 10/10 recommend you play.

I also got 100% completion on this game a couple of months ago :)