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Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 25 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: LucasArts
Developer: Rebellion
Genre(s): First-Person Shooter, Action
Players: 16
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Release Date: November 3, 2009
Summary
For the first time ever in the Star Wars Battlefront series, players can fight on multi-level battlefronts, on the ground and in space. Players can start the fight on foot, commandeer a vehicle to battle on the ground or dogfight in space, and land their craft and fight on capital starships. The battles waged on each front are all directly effected by the player's actions, creating a combat experience where every shot fired and every enemy defeated can affect the outcome of a battle on another front. Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron features a deep and engrossing single player campaign that spans the entire Star Wars Saga - and beyond. Gamers assume the identity of X2, a clone trooper created from the DNA of a Jedi Master. Originally tasked with eliminating Jedi during Order 66, X2 decides to leave his blood-stained past behind and joins the Rebellion. X2 isn’t the only Force-sensitive clone, however. X1, his clone brother, chooses a much more sinister path, leading to a confrontation that could determine the fate of both the Empire and the Rebellion. Additionally, players have at their disposal massive amounts of pick-up and play action for seemingly endless replay value. The PSP provides the deepest customization options ever seen in a Star Wars Battlefront title, allowing players to personalize and build their character with more weapons and items than ever before, including the weapons characters carry into battle, the armor they wear on their backs, their species, gender, appearance and physical strengths. Players can also unlock hundreds of other items and bonuses to help even the odds. On Nintendo DS, players can experience a unique class-based gameplay experience that allows them to outfit their characters with pre-determined weapon armaments, including heavy weapons, blasters and even lightsabers. Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron on the PSP supports 16-player multiplayer, complete with in-depth stat tracking, and intense 4-player skirmishes on Nintendo DS across a wide number of modes, including the all-new "Heroes and Villains." Take up arms as some of the most iconic Star Wars characters, including Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Boba Fett, Kit Fisto, Darth Maul and other familiar faces from Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. And battle for the fate of the galaxy on some of the most memorable Star Wars planets of all time, including the forest-covered landscape of Endor, the frozen wastes of Hoth and even the mysterious Yavin 4. [LucasArts]
Also On Metacritic
GAMES: Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron
Also On The Web: Official Website
What The Critics Said
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3DJuegos
Star Wars: Elite Squadron refines its formula with a new campaign story and other modes, especially multiplayer online.
Read Full Review >Games Master UK
Impressively ambitious but hampered by woolly controls and camera. [Winter 2009, p.74]
GamesNation
Although Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron takes more than a simple hint from its predecessor, it introduces a new and much more varied mission structure, making the game much more fun.
Read Full Review >Meristation
Star Wars: Elite Squadron is George Lucas' franchise as its best, or at least at the multiplayer features of the game. We've very much the same game that we saw a year ago on Renegade Squadron, with a new Campaign story mode that's set to discover every epic battle that we've saw on the original movies. And that's alright, but we were expecting something else of this adventure, mainly focused on the online.
Read Full Review >GamingXP
Sometimes you have to wait because of loading times. But except for that, you will enjoy the action in cool space battles.
Read Full Review >PSFocus
A nice Star Wars game with funny gameplay. Besides of that the game has got a lot of issues, the story isn’t really interesting, the camera is annoying and the gameplay can be repetitive. It’s a nice game, but we’ve seen a lot, lot better.
Read Full Review >Vandal Online
Star Wars Battlefront Elite Squadron is too linear in its development, and although it offers continuous action and has a good and well told story, it is not enough to make it a cult game.
Read Full Review >Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
Ultimately, if you find yourself firing up the previous Battlefront for online skirmishes, Elite Squadron should satiate your need for something slightly new. [Holiday 2009, p.82]
GameSpot
For better or worse, Elite Squadron delivers more of the same Battlefront action you already know.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
Elite Squadron’s big problem is its controls. The game has a couple control schemes, but I couldn’t find one that didn’t feel both clunky and inaccurate.
Read Full Review >Worth Playing
Awful camera movement, less-than-ideal control setups, and some laggy online play prevent this from being a Star Wars title that's worth checking out, even for the hardcore fan community out there. If the series is going to continue its life on handheld systems, it certainly needs to see more of an improvement than this.
Read Full Review >Play UK
A poor story. [Issue#187, p.82]
Everyeye.it
Old in the soul, Battlefront Series needs a complete revolution to entertain the video gamers of this new generation.
Read Full Review >VideoGamer
Personally, I'm a bit mystified about why this game even exists. The concept behind the Star Wars Battlefront games is sound, but I can't see why anyone would think that the PSP could be a good platform for this kind of outing.
Read Full Review >InsideGamer.nl
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron is a decent game that offers some old school Battlefront fun, but is ruined by its bad controls and shabby camera.
Read Full Review >Modojo
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron may not be as good as the previous console releases that came before it, but for fans of the series, there's still some fun to be had.
Read Full Review >GamePro
Ultimately, while you can see the developer's good intentions, the lack of emphasis placed on some fundamental aspects mar what would otherwise be a solid sequel. Yet, the online battles are still intact and run and play well, so if one tires of the campaign, he can take out his camera/control frustrations on other Star Wars devotees who are also looking for some catharsis.
Read Full Review >IGN
Hampered by bland, repetitive play and old control issues, Elite Squadron is one of those games that really will appeal to the hardcore fan only.
Read Full Review >9Lives
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron, like the previous games, is plagued by lousy controls, boring campaign and sad graphics. The multiplayer is okay, but doesn’t offer much novelty. The class system hasn’t received much thought, making it useless. Only the Galactic Conquest is worth it, but that’s only a small ray of light in an otherwise grim game.
Read Full Review >Cheat Code Central
I think the developers tried to cram too much into this game. I could do without playing as Vader and Maul, and I can even live without the online modes, if only the single-player mode was technically sound - and above all, fun. I expect better and you should as well.
Read Full Review >Teletext GameCentral
Another poorly constructed portable spin-off that brings us no closer to a real Battlefront III.
Read Full Review >Gamer.nl
Star Wars has brought us many games and the quality of those have been as varied as the galaxy George Lucas once created itself. Elite Squadron isn’t one of the good ones, unfortunately. The fights are epic and the multiplayer works fine, but the bad controls, weak story and boring missions pull this one down.
Read Full Review >Eurogamer Spain
Dated graphics and horrible control make this game worthless except for die hard Star Wars fans.
Read Full Review >1UP
The greatest problem with Elite Squadron is that it feels like a step back from its predecessor, Renegade Squadron.
Read Full Review >Game Revolution
As it stands, you’re left instead with something that is more difficult to control than an angry rancor.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 9.5 (out of 10) based on 16 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
burp burp gave it a9:
I love this game. its really the only game on the PSP so far for me, worth playing. Campaign gets addicting. Hero CTF is fun and i love the starfighter upgrades
zach h gave it a7:
Fun but definitely lacking. The good: Controls well and responsive with the aim speed turned up from default settings, character animations are much improved, levels are well designed and are actually NEW MAPS. Weapons are more refined fun to use. Dogfights are quick and deadly now, instead of say in SWB:RS, when you could hammer a Tie Fighter for over a minute trying to shoot it down. The Bad: Stripped down starfighter roster (1 fighter and 1 transport per faction), claims "the most indepth customisation of any battlefront game" read 'extra two weapons' and NO extra player customization that wasn't allready in SWB:RS. The story, Reneagde Squadron is a veritable Shakespearian play compared to the train wreck of SWB:ES. Th Ugly. The transition scenes between docking/space are appaling. All atmosphere is lost due to the transition in no way ressembling the level you're taking part in. Space changes hue and capital ships straight up change colour.
