Battlefront 2 Game Review

You can purchase Star Wars: Battlefront 2 on Amazon for around $26.

Unlike the first Battlefront game, Star Wars: Battlefront 2 includes a single-player campaign where you play as Iden Versio, commander of Inferno Squad, an Imperial special forces unit. While the story is riveting, the campaign is over much too quickly for our taste. It will take most people four to five hours to play through. 

The graphics for Battlefront 2 are stunning. 

Whether playing on a PC, PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, the controls for Battlefront 2 are easy to learn. On PS4, L allows you to move, and R dictates your field of view. L2 is used to aim and R2 is used to shoot. Press X to jump or hold to reload. Press O to crouch or hold to dodge. The triangle allows you to access your basic weapon and square is pressed to enter or exit a vehicle or complete another action such as picking up items or activating mission objectives.
 
Holding L down allows you to sprint. L1, between L1 and R1, and R1 each allow you to use a different ability. Holding L down allows you to sprint. The up button gives you a description of your ability and pressing the down button moves your shoulder camera between left and right. Holding the down button allows you to toggle between a first- or third-person viewing perspective. 

Correlating to the storyline, we can only give the replay value of Battlefront 2 three out of five stars. The offline campaign only takes four to five hours to play through, and while the story is great, it is not worth playing again. While EA removed the "pay to win" feature from this game before release, the amount of grinding you need to do to unlock chests and level up sucks the fun out of the game for many people.

You can purchase Killzone Mercenary on Amazon for around $28.

Killzone Mercenary's story is absurd, and this can pull you out of the game. However, this is only temporary as the stunning graphics suck you right back in. Ignore the juvenile character development.

This game features stunning visuals. From rain-soaked villages atop mountains to thriving cities, this game will transport you to a faraway land with its realistic visuals.

The controls for this game is one of its best features. They are easy to learn, and the game mechanics take you away from the extreme gore of the game which makes it great for those who have a weak stomach for that sort of thing. For example, to drive your blade into an enemy, swipe the screen following an arrow that appears. After a delay, you defeat your enemy in a close-quarters combat sequence. This delay makes the violence easier to stomach.

This game offers tons of weapons capable of incredible destruction but the story fell so flat we were not tempted to pick this game back up and play through it again. Once you are done with the story, however, the only thing the game has going for it is the battles on its online servers.

You can purchase Warhawk on Amazon for around $14.

Warhawk places you in the middle of a war between the red team (Chernovan Empire) and blue team (Eucadian Republic).

The graphics quality of this third-person game varies depending on the speed of your internet and the quality of your television. The 480p is very disappointing. The 720p is decent, and the 1080i is phenomenal.

The controls for Warhawk are not as straightforward as other games, especially if you are new to PlayStation controllers. Use the up, down, left and right keys to change weapons. The left analog stick allows you to move in space (forward, backward, left and right). The right analog stick determines your field of vision (up, down, left and right).

The R3 button allows you to use your binoculars or aim and zoom with your sniper rifle. The triangle button allows you to toggle between flight and hover mode when in an airplane or KT-424 combat drop-ship. X allows you to jump. L1 lets you throw a grenade, shoot the selected weapon when in an airplane (depicted in the bottom left corner) or blow the horn in a 4x4 or APC. Double tap R2 when in an airplane to activate the turbo boost. Hold R2 down to fly a jetpack higher or double-tap for turbo boost. Tap R1 to shoot or hold it down to lock onto a target.

According to Sony, Warhawk's servers will be shut down on January 31, 2019, at 0800 hrs GMT. Since they scrapped single-player mode during development, there is no longer much of a reason to play as of January 31, 2019.

You can purchase Homefront: The Revolution on Amazon for around $9.

The storyline will suck you in, and the terrible voice acting will pull you right back out. This game tells the story of a brave hero taking back his hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from North Korea.

This first-person shooter game has stunning graphics. Under rare circumstances, such as a rainy night, the graphics are slightly subpar, but this does not happen frequently enough to detract from the quality of the game.

There were massive delays between buttons you press and the commands showing up on-screen. This is an enormous problem when looking around or trying to move. Finally, there is a motion blur which is unfortunately common in modern games. This can give people motion sickness or nausea.

The story alone is riveting enough to make you want to play through the game again, but there are also side missions and other optional objectives to complete for the resistance. Many people like to time themselves running through a game as quickly as possible the first time and then going back to complete every mission and optional objective. Homefront: The Revolution is well suited for this type of gameplay.