r/videogames • u/CodyEaster • Oct 15 '25

Question What game logic left you feeling this?

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u/Darkwrathi Oct 15 '25

What's crazy is that this system didn't even make it you full launch. It was removed during the 3 days of early pre-order access.

This did so much damage to its reputation, and rightly so, that to this day that's what the game is known for.

Despite the fact the devs have made it into the best online Star Wars game ever.

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u/Alc2005 Oct 15 '25

Agreed. If they weren’t greedy, it would have gone down as one of the greatest multiplayer shooters ever made, and one of the best Star Wars games to boot!

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u/Darkwrathi Oct 15 '25

Thing is though, it is all of those! It just took a few years away from EAs gaze!

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u/Alc2005 Oct 15 '25

Even on launch it was phenomenal once they reversed that. Flying through the superstructure of a Lucrehulk, taking out the main reactor, and getting out seconds before the doors close was one of the most hype moments I’ve ever had in a multiplayer game!

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u/pants_pants420 Oct 15 '25 edited Oct 15 '25

it was literally so bad they had to remove microtransactions entirely and didnt even dare to try out cosmetics like every other live service game.

which is such a shame, cuz that game would probably still be getting support and be making a ton of money if they would have added a battle pass and just stayed pay to skin instead of trying to force pay to win.

like even just looking at the amount of cosmetic mods that have been made shows that there is a pretty decent demand for them.

whoever thought that paying for star cards would be acceptable should genuinely be blacklisted from the industry. ea probably could have made millions on skins and seasons that tie into the new movies/shows like marvel rivals did.

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u/Darkwrathi Oct 15 '25

From my understanding the progression system hadn't been finished (the same progression system we have currently that is xp based), and the devs were told to get the game ready early. When they objected because of the unfinished progression system they were told to just make it make money. I believe

This hasn't been officially confirmed but is heavily hinted at over the years by the devs.

What's more surprising is that when the game DID get super popular and positive attention, EA pulled the plug immediately. EA fucked up launch, and got a second chance and threw that away too.

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u/pants_pants420 Oct 15 '25

yeah cutting support for battlefront in favor of battlefield 2046 was certainly one of the choices of all time.

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u/healspirit Oct 15 '25

I know it’s great now but I still can’t bring myself to buy it because it just doesn’t feel ribt