Battlefront II ‘s release was buggy, including one involving broken score screens.Unfortunately, the game delivered at launch”perpetually couched with the fact that EA could change its economy and patch its systems and fix so many of these problems”manages to fuck that up.” Battlefront II had the easiest job in the world: deliver a multiplayer Star Wars game and improve upon a hyped predecessor that under-delivered. “… a testament to some of the most insidious and predatory design decisions of recent years, crushing the excitement under a mountain of poor decisions. In Kotaku‘s review, Heather Alexandra found the action in both the online and singleplayer sections of the game to be outstanding but also wrote how frustrating the game felt at launch. On November 17, Star Wars: Battlefront II was released.While players could still grind and earn chests from playing, they couldn’t buy chests using real money. Facing mounting pressure from fans, critics, websites, and governments EA and Dice removed microtransactions from Battlefront II just hours before it launched.Later that same day EA announced it would be reducing the in-game cost of heroes and villains by 75%. EA first defended the decision, famously replying to a Reddit post with the comment “The intent is to provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment for unlocking different heroes.” This comment became the most downvoted comment in Reddit history.Some players calculated it would take 30 or 40 hours of grinding to unlock one of these special characters. Players who preordered the game or who had EA Access played the game three days officially release, and many didn’t like how long it was going to take to unlock hero and villain characters like Yoda and Darth Vader.In Belgium, the loot crates in Star Wars were a key reason for the investigation. Even before launch, some countries began investigating loot boxes in games like Overwatch and Battlefront II.EA and Dice would spend the next couple years walking back microtransactions, dealing with Congress and fighting lawmakers around the world about these loot crates. Among the changes were the removal of epic loot from crates and a minimum level requirement for upgrading Star Cards. Later that same month, after the beta and before the game’s release, the developers detailed some of the changes they were making to how Star Cards and loot crates would work at launch based on player feedback from the beta.(The beta also had some nice looking leaves. While the game seemed to be a big improvement over EA’s previous Battlefront game, Star Cards and how microtransactions would work were a hot button issue among beta players. In October, EA and Dice ran a beta for Battlefront II.Update: This story has been updated following the release of Battlefront II for free.
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