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"Ah yes! I was wondering what would break first. Your spirit... or your body."
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Post by Sgt. AWOLaLot on Nov 10, 2013 11:03:55 GMT -5
Note: PC only
I stumbled on this while browsing around Moddb website. Star Wars Battlecry is going to be a game made by a group of college students. It's intended to be their interpretation of what a third Battlefront would have been, made on their own time with no profit motive. As I'm sure some of you know Dice is making their version of Battlefront, set for release in 2015 in conjunction with the movie. But where as that one is going to be a reboot, Battlecry is meant to feel like a third Battlefront. This means keeping aspects of the old games such as:
classic game modes, such as conquest or CTF
classic maps, and while these weren't specified, I assume these would include: Bespin, Hoth, Kamino, Rhen Var, and others
Both 3rd and 1st person view
And possibly heroes (whether you like that or not is a matter of opinion)
Considering it's intended to be a sequel, there are also new options they want to implement:
Space to ground battles, which would mean that you could start fighting in space, crash land, and fight on the ground.
Improving capital ship interiors to make them larger and feel more like a ship.
Improved AI, which would be awesome
A new graphics engine, CryEngine 3 (which I assume is good)
Considering I'm a big Star Wars fan and I love the Battlefront games, I certainly hope this project is seen through. The biggest fear I would have is that Disney (or maybe some other company) decides to shut them down. Considering the game is free, this hopefully won't happen.
Oh and I almost forgot. An Alpha release is planned for what they described as "Quarter 4 of 2013," which hopefully means it comes out any day.
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Post by muuufle on Nov 28, 2013 17:34:54 GMT -5
ho! Nice!! I'm looking forward trying it!
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Post by Cowboy{QAW} on Dec 1, 2013 2:01:58 GMT -5
I loved battlefront though i only played a couple times..since I dont own it (borrowed it) I'll deffinetly have to check this out
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Post by Sgt. AWOLaLot on Sept 3, 2014 14:42:59 GMT -5
I hope some of you on here are still paying attention to BattleCry. I just thought I'd post to give some updates.
For one, the developers have switched engines from CryEngine3 to Unreal Engine 4. In conjunction with that, they have put the development of the Hoth map on hold and are doing Cloud City instead. I think it's a good move on their part, because Cloud City sounds like a better setting to build up on the game. It's both smaller, and will probably be infantry only.
In other news, the BattleCry team has merged with the First Strike team. While I never played it, the First Strike Team is known for creating the First Strike Mod for Battlefield 2142. I think this is great news as we now have one team who had the game concept merging with another team who has more experience. This merge also gives me more reassurance that this game will be finished.
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Post by Sgt. AWOLaLot on May 11, 2015 15:24:06 GMT -5
I know there hasn't been much news on this game in a while but that's because most of the work these guys have been doing has been related to coding and porting. But on May 4th (Star Wars Day), the Battlecry team released their first gameplay video. It is clearly still in the work in progress stage, but so far it's looking very impressive.
Here's the video
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