It’s been over 7 years since we last got an iteration of the Star Wars shooter series. Honestly, I think it’s been long enough now to consider a third.
When it comes to shooters, we’re not exactly blessed with choices these days. Fortnite, Call of Duty, Marvel Rivals, and maybe a couple of others seem to be all we have right now. Battlefield is around the corner, which is great, but I really want something different now.
That’s where the Battlefront series comes into play. Understandably, Battlefront 2 had a rough launch. It received heavy backlash due to its overbearings on microtransactions which halted natural progression through the game.
DICE though deserves a lot of props for the turnaround. Microtransactions were effectively booted out of the game and from that point, the game focused on adding good quality-of-life updates, new modes, new heroes and so much more.
By the end, DICE had produced a beautiful game that I often go back to. I’ve felt very little need in recent years to do so because support and updates have since been stopped. I had upgraded everything I needed to and wouldn’t feel any further form of progression. The memories stick though and I had some wonderful times with my friends online.
If DICE can continue what they managed to do post-launch with Battlefront 2 from the beginning, I could only imagine what Battlefront 3 would look like. The franchise has an overwhelming amount of potential and this was seen in the second game with a fully added story mode.
They could add more heroes, further enhance the co-op mode, add new planets, new match types and so much more. It’ll add something unique to the online multiplayer shooter pool. Quite frankly, I think I’m just tired of the same old with Call of Duty and Fortnite at this point. Especially Call of Duty, Black Ops 6 is one of the worst multiplayer shooter experiences I’ve ever had.
I’m a huge Star Wars fan and I love video games so these 2 always go hand in hand. I played a lot of Battlefront 1 considering the game didn’t have a huge amount of content, I had a lot of fun with it. The second game had so much more to like and a third could go beyond that.
Adding a mode where the battle starts on the ground, takes to the skies and you fight somewhere else would be such an immersive mode. A similar mode to Call of Duty: WW2’s War mode where it’s purely objective-based and has 3 rounds, offensive and defensive would be fantastic.
Here are 10 things I’d love to see in the game if it were ever to happen. I wrote this 3 years ago in an article about a potential wishlist;
- 32v32 modes
- Battle royale would have worked here as well
- More heroes and villains, plus the heroes vs villains mode could be reworked
- Better customization
- Better leveling up system
- Remove star cards and use a Call of Duty system to create a class
- Improved galactic assault
- A mode that starts on the ground, takes to the skies and finish on the Death Star or Starkiller Base for example
- A more immersive story
- A better offline mode, similar to the OG Battlefronts
I’m of course hoping at this stage we’ll get this. I know DICE is putting all of their attention into the upcoming Battlefield 2025 game which is great because it does look good but I’m hoping after that, Battlefront 3 becomes the next focus.
What do you think? Would you like to see a trilogy for the remade series? Let me know in the comments below.
