Star Wars: Battlefront II
Star Wars: Battlefront II is the sequel to Star Wars: Battlefront. It is a high-selling Star Wars video game following the many adventures of several characters. The two games are very similar, as both revolve…
Star Wars: Battlefront II is a shooter developed by Pandemic Studios, released 31 October 2005 on PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 8 hrs to finish.
What Star Wars: Battlefront II is
Star Wars: Battlefront II is a shooter game developed by Pandemic Studios and released in 2005. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Zero.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Campaign Mode, the player follows the campaigns of the 501st Legion as told through the Journal of the 501st. As players progress through the game, they play as a clone trooper during the reign of the Republic and as a stormtrooper during the reign of the Empire. The action brings players to multiple planets through a story arc that stretches from the dawn of the Clone Wars to the formation of the Empire and later, bridging the gap between Episodes III and IV. Unlike the first Battlefront, Battlefront II's campaign gives players certain objectives with a given number of reinforcements with the enemy's reinforcements unlimited and an occasional time limit rather than playing an ordinary…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer for up to 16 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 43 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Star Wars series
Star Wars: Battlefront II is the 134th of 334 entries we hold in the Star Wars series. The next entry was Star Wars Galaxies: Trials of Obi-Wan in 2005. Its critic score of 76 is 5 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Angry Birds Star Wars II at 100.
How it was received
Star Wars: Battlefront II holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 9 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 80, across 742 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 8 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Processor (AMD): AMD FX 6350 Processor (Intel): Intel Core i5 6600K, 8 GB RAM and Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon™ HD 7850 2GB Graphics card (NVIDIA): NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 660 2GB. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 60GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Star Wars: Battlefront II launched on 31 October 2005, within three weeks of Shadow of the Colossus, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Call of Duty 2 and Sid Meier's Civilization IV. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Shadow of the Colossus, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Star Wars: Battlefront II yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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