Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Wow. Where to begin. First, I'll be asking about the video game return policy after this, which I've never done before. Team work: EA & Dice made Battlefield 1. I love that game. You have objectives, you work as a team, you can COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR TEAM MEMBERS. This is all lost on the same production studio in Battlefront II. That was why I only LIKED Battlefront. In Battlefront you could partner with a friend, talk to them with party talk, and you'd spawn on them (if you wanted) after dying so that you could actually PLAY WITH FRIENDS. Not Battlefront II. Oh no. You are a random nothing, dying repeatedly, contributing nothing to anything. I "played" with a friend last night for two hours. I did not see him once the entire time, despite seeing his name on the scoreboard and being able to speak to him in party chat. THE MAP: There is a tiny map shown in the lower left. It lets you know where your enemies are approaching from. That is basically all it contributes. Unlike Battlefield, where you can see where the objectives are, the terrain, allies, enemies, etc - in Battlefront, it is all dots on an [expletive] screen. There is virtually no information conveyed, just where your enemy is and how bad they are based on the size of their dot. Worthless. You'll have to, once again, memorize the game map by playing it SINCE THE PLAYER MAP CONVEYS NOTHING. Progression: Stupid. Progress is tedious. Making it worse, there are all these stupid achievements that you obtain while playing that you must then get out of your game to claim and spend on loot crates that may or may not unlock a metric butt ton of star cards or whatever the worthless boosts are that you can use to customize your characters. Some you can use right away. Some you cannot. You spend your currency on what is effectively an in-game slots machine. It always results in something, but it may well just be worthless. And EA/DICE think people would be willing to pay money to get more turns at this ridiculous in game slot machine? [expletive] you EA & DICE. I'll spend my money elsewhere. Graphics & Environment: I bought the game because everyone referenced how beautifully the environment was rendered and because I thought people poo-pooing the game were exaggerating. They were exaggerating, but not the poo-pooing – they were exaggerating the graphics. Battlefield 1 has beautifully rendered environments. You can hop walls and fences, you can belly crawl through the brush, etc. Are you having a hard time with a sniper in a second-floor window? Bring down the second floor or the entire building. They have a dynamic environment. Sometimes it rains, or there is a sandstorm, or there is fog. And always the backdrop is beautiful. Battlefront II – meh. It is a little less beautifully rendered than Battlefield 1 – but it lacks all the interactivity that Battlefield 1 has. Is there a fence in your way? No jumping over that fence – go find where there is an opening. If your enemy is up on a terrace, no hopping the walls to get up and engage them. Go find the stairs, like a gentleman, and casually saunter up to engage your opponent. Remember to announce yourself first. Just dumb. In conclusion: I don’t know if I’ve ever hated a game this much. [expletive] EA & Dice for ruining a perfectly good franchise. The 2005 Battlefront II is superior to this. 12 years of technological development – and somehow it has regressed to this.