This. Game. RULES! Controls are mostly button-mashing, there's no blood or gore, and Story mode and Galactic Conquest teach strategy (the latter is basically a game of chess where you purchase pieces and bonuses). Although there is some minor battlefield language (e.g. "Stay down!") I have never heard an actual cuss word. You can strategize in space battles as well (infiltrate the enemy's hangar and sabotage their critical systems from within or blow them up from the outside in a bomber?) My conclusion: If you're 8-9+ years old, GET THIS GAME!
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Star Wars: Battlefront II
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Mostly a button-masher, best for teen fans.
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Star Wars: Battlefront II was written by Chris Jozefowicz
Parents need to know that this is an action game that is part of the vast Star Wars merchandising universe. The game involves killing hundreds of humans and aliens, and destroying vehicles and robots with a range of weapons. Although the action is intense, there is no blood or gore. Parents should also be aware that the game is geared for online play, so kids who take the game online with headsets could hear coarse language there.
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What’s the Story?
In STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT II story mode, players become storm troopers in the 501st division, an elite group of soldiers eventually known as Vader's Fist, fighting through many major battles of the Star Wars films. Players defend positions, capture bases from the opposition, and carry objects from one base to another. In Galaxy Conquest mode, players control a fleet of Empire or Rebel troops as they fight for control of planets in a star system. Capturing planets and creating more units adds an element of strategy missing from the heavy firefights of the story mode.
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Is It Any Good?
The game is pretty much gore-free, even though most of the action involves killing people and blowing stuff up. There is violence aplenty and destruction is delivered in many forms (lasers, grenades, bullets, rockets, tanks, etc.), but there is no blood.
The game really seems designed for online multiplayer: Battlefront II supports 24-player matches on the PlayStation 2, 32-player matches on Xbox, and up to 64 on a computer. The multiplayer action is heavy on team-based modes in which one side must overrun the territory controlled by another, but the game also has the old standbys like capture-the-flag and deathmatch. Ultimately, there isn't much story here, and while the controls are relatively simple, so is the action. There's a lot more button-mashing than careful, controlled fighting and maneuvering, and fighting grows repetitive.
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Released on 11/23/2005, price $49.99, not online enabled
ESRB rating: T
ESRB rating: T
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- I rate this title on for age 9 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Easy to play
SW Battlefront RULES!
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
great game but too innapropriate for some kids.
it has alot of violence but there is no blood or gore. it is just battling enemy armies but there is also adventure mode, wich is very different from instant action. i herd a bad word once in it, but it wasnt too bad. charachters get killed alot by lightsabers, guns, grenades, tanks, turrets, and almost any weapo in star wars. it is also a good multiplayer game like smash bros, and kids will probably like itbecause its only action.people say theres blood but it is only sparks. the only thing that is close to gore is robotic arms and legs laying around.
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- My highlights are:
- Easy to play
Great for 10+
This game is really cool. It should really be rated something like PG.
- I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Easy to play
Perfect for ages 9+
Good game if people will play multiplayer with you but the single player or multiplayer campain is good too. THis game has no blood and the bodies dissapear almost instantly. The weapons are cool and the game is good.
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Easy to play
Great game, better than the first.
Little language, violence is non-gory and sci-fi. Gameplay is fun with friends. Game won't give you PTS.
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