Truly one of the best games I have ever played, and goes straight to the top of my list. A near flawless game.

User Rating: 9.3 | Star Wars: Battlefront II PC
Wow... just wow. This is truly one of the most amazing games I've ever played. From the beginning I new this was going to be one of my favourite games of all time... I was right.

Last year, I was planning to pick up a copy of the original Battlefront, but decided against it as I had bigger, better (or were they?) games to play.

Luckily for me, the sequel was just around the corner, and packed in practically the entire first game, along with some great and exciting new features. The two most obvious being Space Combat and Hero players.

As I said before, ever since the announcement of Battlefront II I was hooked. It looked amazing (graphically, of course you can see that it's not technically amazing, but overall, it delivers an amazing looking Star Wars galaxy), the sounds were delicious, and the gameplay was certainly there.

I decided to get the game for christmas, as I was fresh out of money. November 1st passed, and unfortunately for Battlefront II, the reviews weren't all roses and sunshine. Gamespot's Bob Colayco gave the game 7.8 (PC), quite an average score, especially for the sequel to the number one selling Star Wars game of all time. People complained about it being incredibly buggy, crash to the desktop bugs, walking on the outside of a Star Destroyer bugs. Complaints about the AI, they jumped off ledges, shot teammates, got in your way.

I won't lie to you. At one point I felt as if Battlefront II was going to suck for me, and I'd throw it out the window the minute I got it.

I was wrong. They were wrong. Bob Colayco was wrong! Battlefront II delivered everything I truly hoped for. Maps, jedi, space, graphics, sound, story, replaybility, action, choices, fun, and most importantly, Star Wars! The online play is solid and works surprisingly well with others, and many friendly people live there, who 1. aren't noobs, and 2. arn't s00per 1337 H4x0rz.

I have so far run into only one bug, which happened to be on Mygeeto where my walker jumped from one point when I stood there, but apart from that, I've had a perfect experience. The AI does tend to stand sometimes, but I found them actually quite good. They respawn at the closest command post to the action. They travel in packs, and work with you. They scream out appropriate line like "Droidekas!" and such. The only things I want fixed is the fact that AI don't ever use jedi. I believe this is a bug since they apparently work on consoles.

Two other nagging features are that of the maps Mustafar, and Kamino. Although obviously architectually amazing, the edges of the maps are sometimes a bit lacking. On Mustafar, there is a flat piece of lava going somewhere, and then a waterfall of more flat lava. Kamino, the edges have a somewhat tile-ish feel to them. I'm just saying these. I don't expect these matters to be resolved.

Apart from those minor problems, the game is near flawless. Amazing graphics, artistically, fun and enjoyable gameplay, with great fun both off, and online, and should appeal to anyone, especially if that anyone like Star Wars. Excellent work Pandemic, and LucasArts.