If it seems like I'm more pissed off at this game than I should be, I guess it's because Battlefront was one of my favorite things to play back in the day. I think my anger stems from what the series COULD be at this point in time, but how it actually turned out. I will play this game for maybe another month just for the novelty of playing a newer Star Wars game. I still do not recommend buying this game. Because EA has to ruin everything.

Your father grew up in poverty on some planet that the Republic has always neglected. During his late teens, the Clone Wars raged on, but they didn't affect him because neither side was interested in his planet. But then the Empire came along and his planet became a major economic center, and so he started living a comfortable middle class life. He decided to get married start a family. He had two children: you and your older brother. For years, you grew up on this safe, clean Imperial planet, and your father always told you stories of how hard life was before the Empire came along, and how lucky you are to live under their protection. One day, you hear the news reports about the destruction of the first Death Star, which was a symbol of order and security. A memorial is erected in your local park, listing the names of the people from your town who were killed. You're still just a kid, but your older brother decides to join the Imperial Army and become a stormtrooper to fight the Rebel terrorists who want to destroy your way of life. You and your father have never been so proud. A few years later, you hear about a disaster on Endor. You find out the Empire was secretly building a new Death Star, but the Rebels have destroyed that one too. But this time, your brother was on board. Your father falls into a spiral of depression. He stops working, and the bills start piling up. You end up having to move out of your house and into a small, dingy apartment. He occasionally has angry outbursts, and your mother becomes afraid of him. She divorces him, and takes you with her to live with your grandmother. A few weeks later, you hear that your father has killed himself. You need to support your mother, so you try to find a job, but with the destruction of the Death Star came economic unrest. Investors panicked and stocks plummeted. Businesses all over your planet close their doors. Unemployment, homelessness, and crime rates skyrocket. There is no hope for a brighter tomorrow. You now hate the Rebels more than anything. Your eighteenth birthday is coming up. Soon you will be old enough to join the Imperial military yourself. Your quest for justice is about to begin.

The act man keeps taking off his sunglasses to remind us all that he’s a *STRONG FEMALE PROTAGONIST*

This video should be archived so years down the line people can see just how scummy game companies were about loot boxes

I still find it funny how the old battlefront 2 had a way more interesting story and more compelling main character despite the fact we never see the main clone, Hell you never even learn his name. It also worked better for what type of game it was, an old veteran recounts his time in the Clone Wars and the rise of the Empire, and you play through the large scale battles being described.

The content cop of video game.

They made us fight bugs to remind us of what their games are full of.

“Empire side of the story” for like 15 minutes

*Death Star blows up* Inferno Squad: Oh no! Anyway

Let's be honest, Act Man just wanted to review this game to flex his saber moves on us

Ah, the jumping out of a airlock and landing on a ship tactic. Definitely something original, it's not like Halo 2 did that

I lost my shit when I died on the bug section and had to do that all over again.

Bf2's story could've been like 1st act: we get a view in Iden's childhood with objectives to work like a tutorial to teach the player about interactable objects 2nd act: we get an in depth of imperial training with the player doing target practice and learn about advanced movement like rolling then the player is pointed out by the imperial trainer 3rd act: We get to see Iden as a disciplined imperial soldier and do some missions while being introduced to her squad 4th act: new hope, the player takes control of Iden's starcraft and following orders of her superior which is her father on the death star while the player has to destroy rebel ships from cruisers alongside the rest of the squad. But then bang death star goes boom alongside her father is big dead. 5th act: Empire strikes back, the player is on hoth along side stormtroopers killing rebel scum and Vader is seen ahead for some fan service witnessing the rebel's escape. 6th act: Endor yada yada a more angry iden with her comrades having to calm her down as she has ptsd and allows the player to go pew pew on some rebels. And i am going to stop because this was just an excuse to make some fan fiction.

I can't help but feel like the Empire slaughtering loyal citizens is a metaphor for how EA treated the people who bought Battlefront 2.

Ea: here is a bad version of battlefront 2 you old Star Wars fans have been waiting for Hardcore fans: It’s treason then

Everyone: is the threat real? The act man: yes we believe it is.

5:50 best line I've ever heard - "some families say a prayer before thanksgiving... That's to get you hyped for stuffing your face"

Shriv is the only good thing about the campaign let's be real here

‘The emperor is dead’ Disney: That’s not true...that’s IMPOSSIBLE!

Act man: “There is no way to fix this post launch…it can’t be removed or altered” EA: “You underestimate my power!”

Geez, the STRONG FEMALE PROTAGONIST here is about as expressive and interesting a piece of wood

Dude, even Star Wars Bounty Hunter had the opening crawl. (That game was awesome, btw)

I find it very funny that a special forces commander betrayed the empire but not normal stormtroopers it makes no sense

To this day the idea behind Operation: Cinder continues to baffle me. It's one of the most idiotic things this franchise has ever come up with. The Emperor is dead for sure but fucking hell that doesn't mean the entire Imperial fleet consisting of 25K Star Destroyers and thousands of worlds its jurisdiction have suddenly become useless. Vardos was an Imperial Stronghold. Keyword: STRONGHOLD. People who are still loyal to the Empire along with countless core worlds who were loyal to the Empire because Empire only cared about Core and mid-rim worlds. But nope instead of using the almost infinite man power the Empire has at its disposal, let's kill the people who are loyal to us and destroy our own strongholds. Basically doing the Rebellion's work for them! What amazing tactics! Operation Cinder should seriously be retconned. It's one of the most dumbass things writers have come up with in Star Wars.

I feel like a game that focuses more on the empire side of Star Wars is more interesting than another rebels side of the story. All we see in the movies is the rebels fighting the empire. I’d like to see a movie about the empire and how the standard stormtrooper felt about the rebels and how they felt about both Death Stars blowing up.

Star Wars BF2 Campaign will be a perspective of the Empire *Four missions later* Iden is a traitor...

Your acting skills are unparalleled.

"You can't fix this game" DICE: Hold my lootbox

Garrick: The Emperor is dead. Jokes on you pal, the dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.

The Emperor's last order: "Blast this box of puppies because it's evil and we're the bad guys in the story!"

My favourite part of the campaign is when Iden is dying and her daughter's face is totally emotionless.

The multiplayer aspect of this game had a better redemption arc than Anakin

if I made a game i would make it so you would get one loot box and when you open it the words " Do you think Im going to ruin my game by putting in loot boxes"

It’s sad how 3 development teams can’t even make a proper Battlefront game, yet 1 small ass company can make such a fantastic Battlefront game

I feel like it was originally supposed to be Iden's story but then quickly turned into everyone but Iden's story

This game infuriated me. Ever since I was a kid, I was interested to know what the Imperial supporter thought. I got this from reading The Rommel Papers (a collection of journals, letters, and recounted conversations with the legendary general of the Germans in World War 2, Erwin Rommel) in which Rommel, who was a patriot and cared for his men but not his government, talked about the war, his feelings for his men, his fears about the Nazis, and his love for his family. He fought hard to protect his family, save his men, and was rewarded by being given the choice between suicide and his family falling into the hands of the SS. It was illuminating seeing the war from Rommel’s perspective. How many Imperials in Star Wars were like him? How many just needed a job? How many were true believers? How many thought they were protecting the galaxy? I thought this game was going to show the Imperial side, warts and all. Instead I got a boring, cliche story. What if instead Ayden died at the end, believing the Empire was doing harsh, but needed things? What if she was trying to protect her father and the man she loved? What if the Rebels had attacked a ship her mother was on, and killed her, providing her a reason to hate them? Nope. We got boilerplate “I was bad, now I’m good.” Boooooring.

It started bad, it became better, it failed to be the Battlefront game we wanted it to be... It's not terrible, it would be better if it was named something else.

"The Emperor is dead." Gottem.

"WATCH THOSE WRIST ROCKETS!" "OW! WAS IT SOMETHING I SAID!?" "We have taken a command post!" "BROWLING HECK! IT'S A SUPER!" "Just like the simulations" The Prequel units had the best quotes in the original Battlefront II.

Battlefront II has changed a lot, almost every single aspect of the game has been improved and reworked, for example, there is 0 pay to win, it is all play to win, they’re less money hungry then before and I would even recommend playing the game, I was just as mad at the games launch, but now I’m just happy the game is fun now, but it’s still hard to forgive EA for being greedy especially with their greed filled past and most likely future. (I still cannot handle the boring campaign)

You had me until "the empire would never attack innocent civilians."

Almost 1 year since the video was uploaded and we didn't get a shred of Clone Wars content except for two clone skins both of which are a continuity error....

it pisses me of that the games have same names, as I am a fan of modding the original and Mr google is becoming very confused when I'm looking for some

TK2:”True the Dauntless is the power in these systems. But there’s no ship that can match the Corvus for its speed.” Han:”I’ve heard of one, supposed to be very fast nigh uncatchable: The Millennium Falcon.” TK1:”There’s no ‘Real’ ship that can match the Corvus.” TK2:”The Millennium Falcon is a real ship.” TK1:”No, No it’s not.” TK2:”Yes it is I’ve seen.” TK1:”You’ve seen it?” TK2:”Yes.” TK1:”You haven’t SEEN it.” TK2:”Yes, I Have.” TK1:”You’ve seen a ship, with a cockpit on its side, that’s crewed by a Wookiee, and captained by a man SO LUCKY he can make the Kessell Run in less than 12 Parsecs?” TK2:”…no…But I have seen a ship with a cockpit on its side.” TK1:”OH, and NO ship, that’s crewed by a Wookiee and captained by a man SO LUCKY he can make the Kessell Run in less than 12 Parsecs, Could POSSIBLY have a cockpit on its side, therefore could POSSIBLY be the Millennium Falcon is THAT what you’re trying to say?” TK2:”No.” TK1:”Like I said, there’s no ‘REAL’ ship that can match the Corvus.”

Crazy how this game actually became pretty good a few years later and right when EA fixed it they pulled everyone off of it to work on 2042😂

It is so bad because the writers were trying to make a "Strong Female Protagonist" by making them an emotionless Solider, because any emotions would be seen as "weakness". It is incredibly sexist of the writers, and it always ruins the story. Basically a Mary Sue like Rey, people want to see emotions and flaws in the characters , male or female.

About the character taking her helmet off. I thought soldiers weren’t allowed to take their helmets off unless told so

Older games are so much better than some of these newer games, Examples: Cod World at War vs Cod WWII, Jedi Academy vs Battlefront 2, COD Modern Warfare 2 vs Infinite Warfare. The list goes on. We need to go back to our roots and pickup the best parts of older games and try to include or remaster them in any way to make the game better.

The way this game made a comeback is incredible

If EA goes bakrupt i hope they sell the Star wars rights

Are you apart of the *Special Forces* or the *_SpEcIaLllL fOrCeSss_*

I feel like im playing on the same maps over and over again when I play Supremacy and heroes vs villains is just spamming the one attack button

This video basically sums up how I feel about most AAA studios. The art is always really good, but most of the problems come from the one dimensional gameplay that is forced on the game because of rng loot systems and time lockouts.

This man took the time to photoshop jar jar in a short bus... my day has been made

When you played plenty of shitty EA games before and get the latest Battlefront 2 *Just like the simulations*

"you play an imperial!" for literally two missions. first mission is the shitty callback to endor, next is actually on endor, and mission 3 you find out about cinder and defect. two. whole. missions. then its the exact same stormtrooper copypaste in every fight envery location until the end

It’s kinda sad how 3 years after this video was made, Ea still does this shit, gets yelled at, and still get away with it. If you ask me, Ea needs someone who can run the company without having loot boxes in every god damn game they make.

EA has executed order 66 and I feel like the old fans are the surviving Jedi, and The Act Man is Yoda

Operation Cinder becomes even more stupid when you consider that THE EMPEROR IS STILL ALIVE. Thanks Ep IX

I think one thing that really drove people to the game at first was that they had the Clone Wars era in it. The first one I always remembered wanting to fight as a clone captain yet it was only set in the time frame of Ep. 4 5 and 6. So when they announced and revealed that the prequels were going to be in the second battlefront I feel a lot of people flocked to the game.

27:50 "you don't have any decisions after you spawn" That perfectly sums up my problem with this and so many modern FPS games. It drives me insane. I've been trying to figure out what specifically it is that bothers me about these games and you worded it perfectly, thank you.

Dude idk what it is with your videos. Maybe your voice. But they are so long, and any other KZfaq channel I see 30 min plus I’m always like “nahhhh” but I can watch all your videos no matter how long they are. You got a talent.

Kinda sucks that they wasted such a game with Iden Versio, the actress has talent and is hot too.

bro he got gifted the game and has buyer's remorse..

Oh boy battlefront ll has changed so much

Rest in peace pandemic studios. Thank you for the memories of the real battlefront games

Funny to watch this video 6 years after the fact, checking out all Actman's content, only to see my "watch those wrist rockets" clip in it lol

The fact that they managed to make two new "Battlefronts" that are inferior in every way to games 18 and 17 years old is astonishing. DICE is seriously out of touch. Get your shit-covered hands off my Star Wars.

wheres my "we lost a command post, we gained a command post, hostile reinforcements are dropping"

Just like the simulations Watch those wrist rockets Was it something I said? They sent in the supers Like shooting wamp rats ay kid I am here and I'm not amused Watch your flank Take that plastic boy We've lost a command post take it back Droidekas! We're losing reinforcements Save it for the enemy Super battle droids! This is GREVIOUS! Roger Roger Jango Fett what do you want? We're losing a command post One shot one kill Battle droids knock em down Our shields have been disabled May the force be with you... Always

2018: "The Emperor is dead." 2019: "ELECTRIC BOOGALOO 2!"

Hey ActMan, where did you get the "INCOMING!!?"

Where’s my clone wars fans at Clone wars > rebels

‘ _Special_ forces’ killed me

It’s unbelievable how much of a comeback battle front 2 has done it’s truly incredible that now the game is amazing!

This man really knows how to do story telling.

Battlefront 2: The emperor is dead Rise of Skywalker: His file reads missing in action

“There is no way to remove this post launch.” *EA removes Loot Boxes and unlocks all heroes for all players*

18:29 For context on why this is Palpatines plan: He basically believed that, should he die, the Galaxy needed to be “cleansed” to punish them for their failure to protect him. He also wanted to purge the Empire of people he thought were incompetent or corrupt, that’s why they targeted Imperial planets. From a strategic standpoint, it is really fucking stupid, but this is the guy who basically invested the entire Imperial Economy into two massive, impractical, expensive, and ultimately useless space stations. So it kinda makes sense from Palaptines perspective.

You know the more I think about it the more I think that this game suffered from trying to reach a very casual audience. More casual players mean more people would’ve bought the loot boxes which one quick glance at launch day BF2 is very apparent. It’s why all the immersive stuff from the OG BF2 like 3rd party factions, multiple people in one vehicle, boarding ships, vehicles spawning on the map, etc wasn’t in this game as it would’ve been way to much work for EA to give a damn about because they were trying to turn BF2 into basically their FIFA games.

Frack. The Lego Star Wars games is more interesting.

I don’t understand. Why don’t AAA studios hire decent writers anymore?

I love how in the campaign, when your using a weapon while actually playing, the game never shows your character with that weapon in cut scenes.

17:12 Bro, I didn’t Act Man was a damn Jedi

EA doesn’t understand that most of the game needs to be finished BEFORE the release.

The fact that I noticed you were using republic commando music shows how great and memorable Star Wars games can be. But I doubt I’ll ever remember Star Wars battlefront 2 ea music says enough

His intro skits are like wine, they only get better as time goes on

The game is actually amazing now. Yes, like all EA games, they are horrible when first come out...2042...but they really redeemed themselves. Im sure others can agree.

That moment when you realize that the only multiplayer shooter that doesn't have micro-transactions/loot boxes made last year is Splatoon 2. That's sad.

Star Wars Battlefront 2? Dont you mean Las Vegas the game

That scene with dell and Luke was probably the best scene.

7:47 “For a chick, she flew pretty good!”

"The first time seeing that Battlefront was getting a remaster" Me: My prayers have been answered! "EA drops in" EA: Well hello there Me: NOOO!!!!!

How about a silent badass special ops storm trooper who is captured by the rebels at the end and is revealed to be a women who literally destroys the whole rebel base herself as a revenge for the empire.

Admiral Versio and whoever thought of 'operation cinder' played way too much halo and wanted to be the covenant

_Those _*_two cursed_*_ words..._ *S U R P R I S E M E C H A N I C S*

Between 7 and 15 million imperials: *Die in less than a second* Iden: haha fireworks

I just bought Battlefront 2 for 10 bucks!! THE REAL Battlefront 2! Edit: And Jedi Academy!

I would have personally liked to see iden become a cold yet charismatic warlord and have her carve out her own empire in some corner of the galaxy.

I want to see what he thinks of the game now! The game is redeemed really well, Dice turned it around and added so much content and basically removed the pay to win content now. It's sad to see that they cut updates and the game is slowly dying. Could you please revisit bf2?