The rolling, shielded, three-legged Droidekas are headed to Star Wars: Battlefront 2 on June 26th, within the subsequent huge free replace for the once-maligned on-line shooter. While of little narrative significance, their cool-as-heck design cemented them as some of the memorable combating machines within the prequels, and now we get to be them, for those who can earn the factors to purchase in. Below, a video displaying them off, together with a chunky new Clone Army hover-tank to drive plus a brand new Capital Supremacy map variant based mostly on Naboo. The game of warring worlds can also be underneath a fiver proper now.
The Droidekas look genuinely enjoyable to play, and intensely my fashion. I are inclined to favour slower, extra heavy hitting ranged attackers, and infrequently change away from my ordinary Heavy class choose. The new robots seem like they’ll give me a pleasant improve choice for once I luck out and handle to catch some bunny-hopping Jedi with an anti-tank shot. It needs to be somewhat simpler to earn the factors to improve, as they’ll be playable on the brand new Capital Supremacy map, a part of the still-expanding new play-mode that looks like a hybrid of Battlefronts past and Battlefield 2142.
Like so many others, I used to be prepared to write down Battlefront 2 off when it and its truckload of loot packing containers up-ended, upsetting everybody concerned. Credit the place due, Dice have labored laborious, and have nearly totally excised them from the game. They solely exist now as random beauty and crafting useful resource bonuses earned via play, and actual cash can solely purchase costumes immediately. It’s nonetheless a stonking wanting game and the brand new play-mode options NPC troopers giving even starting gamers one thing to shoot at. It’s a vastly improved game, and I anticipate it to continue to grow till hype for the following huge Star Wars movie dies down.
The Droideka replace, with the brand new map, tank and all these different gubbins launches on June 26th. Battlefront 2 is presently on sale for £3.74/€4.49/$4.49 on Origin. There’s no DLC, no season go and solely hint ranges of loot packing containers. They’re barely even surprising.
