There have been some rumors the SWB3 is coming out in March.

It would be cool if there was I guess. Wrong forum BTW.

Should be in all other games, but yeah, it would be awesome if there was a SWBF3.

Where is the "Likely, but I don't know when" option?

Moved to All Other Games.

Depends, what is the predicted system requirements and will LucasArts inject the game with Anti-Piracy and Copy Limitation software that plagues Spore and other modern games?

I'm NOT getting another game with crazy Copy Limitation things attached, I guess I might have to get it for the 360........

I just hope they keep Hoth. That map was awesome.

They better keep that one, it's a classic....

I want that other ice one back and Bespin.

I want that other ice one back and Bespin.

This. I believe the "ice" one was Renvar or something like that. I used to play the Star Wars Battlefront games. They were loads of fun, although I didn't get a chance to play on multiplayer before i started playing different games.

Yeah Renvar in Battlefront 1 was awesome, I would really like that one back. They can drop the Jabbas Palace level from 2 to make room for it.

Yeah Renvar in Battlefront 1 was awesome, I would really like that one back. They can drop the Jabbas Palace level from 2 to make room for it.

Agreed, on both. And it's Rhen Var.

Rhen Var: Ice Caves was so awesome. I loved grabbing the AT-TE/AT-AT and shooting at anything that moved.

And Jabba's Palace was without a doubt the worst map evah. For one thing, it was unimaginably one-sided, so only the CIS/Empire could win, and it was really sucky anyway.

Bespin? Which one? Cause they were both awesome. I wish SWBF2 was like 1, and had more than one battefield per planet.

And they also better keep that Assault type where it was Good Heroes vs. Bad "Heroes", that was awesome, and hopefully have it for maps other than Mos Eisely.

pure truth
ok, everything you just said was completely right, and I agree 100%

At least the basement monster in Jabba's palace was funny. The space assault levels were also cool except there are some things they could improve.

I played the 2nd one at a friends, it was all right. The guns really felt stupid though.

i think they're going with this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_Conquest)instead.

Agreed, on both. And it's Rhen Var.

Rhen Var: Ice Caves was so awesome. I loved grabbing the AT-TE/AT-AT and shooting at anything that moved.

And Jabba's Palace was without a doubt the worst map evah. For one thing, it was unimaginably one-sided, so only the CIS/Empire could win, and it was really sucky anyway.

Bespin? Which one? Cause they were both awesome. I wish SWBF2 was like 1, and had more than one battefield per planet.

And they also better keep that Assault type where it was Good Heroes vs. Bad "Heroes", that was awesome, and hopefully have it for maps other than Mos Eisely.

I like all four maps between Rhen Var and Bespin.

I like the concept of Jabba's Palace. It needed a little bit more work.

I liked heroes. It's just not a good AI game.

I wish there was a better way (than BF1) to have gunships and use planet based fighter craft.

The space battle could use a bit more, too. It can get quite boring at times. If this is purely next generation console (which is should be), there is much more room to have improvements.

Rhen Var: Ice Caves was so awesome. I loved grabbing the AT-TE/AT-AT and shooting at anything that moved.
I have to come down on the side of the Rebels and CIS there. Thing is, with the Rebels and CIS, it's actually possible to capture all of the CPs before the end of the map, and besides it's more interesting to try to fight against the AT-AT. (Bonus points if you win without the Sabotage bonus. :p)
And Jabba's Palace was without a doubt the worst map evah. For one thing, it was unimaginably one-sided, so only the CIS/Empire could win, and it was really sucky anyway.
I agree that it was sucky, but disagree that only the CIS/Empire could win. I win very regularly with the Rebels/Republic when the map comes up, though mostly due to Luke Skywalker and Aayla Secura being awesome. :p
And they also better keep that Assault type where it was Good Heroes vs. Bad "Heroes", that was awesome, and hopefully have it for maps other than Mos Eisely.
Downloadable content off of Live gives you at least one more map for that, Kashyyyk, but it's not as good mechanics-wise. Mos Eisley works a lot better for that battle type.
I wish there was a better way (than BF1) to have gunships and use planet based fighter craft.
Agreed. It was rather lulsome the way it was implemented on Bespin: Platforms, though. I eventually gave up when it turned out that air superiority had nothing to do with the CPs that you captured and concentrated on good old leg infantry.
The space battle could use a bit more, too. It can get quite boring at times. If this is purely next generation console (which is should be), there is much more room to have improvements.
Space battles need more capital ships and more stuff on the capital ships. As they are, it's just a race to see which pilot can land first and kill all the stuff on the other ship, plus one bombing run for whichever external devices you didn't already destroy.

i think they're going with this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_Conquest)instead.

Pandemic (I hope I spelled that right) is making LotR: Conquest. According to the myths someone else is making who's name I've never heard.

I liked heroes. It's just not a good AI game.


Yeah, the AI sucks at using heroes. I've never actually seen them use a hero in an instant action game (not counting Mos Eisley: Assault). Well, not on the PS2 version that I have- my friends have the Xbox version and mysteriously, the AI use heroes in that version. :hmm:


I wish there was a better way (than BF1) to have gunships and use planet based fighter craft.


Yeah, BF1's fighters were only useful for taking out other fighters and vehicles, and flying around and looking cool. They were only on 4 maps. On Dune Sea and the Naboo Plains, they added nothing to gameplay, and on Bespin: Platforms, it was an endless dogfight. The LAAT/I and Geonisian Starfighter on the Geonosis map were pretty cool when it came to blowing up the Techno Union ships, but otherwise sucked.


I agree that it was sucky, but disagree that only the CIS/Empire could win. I win very regularly with the Rebels/Republic when the map comes up, though mostly due to Luke Skywalker and Aayla Secura being awesome. :p


Alright, not impossible to win, but the map was still one-sided.


Agreed. It was rather lulsome the way it was implemented on Bespin: Platforms, though. I eventually gave up when it turned out that air superiority had nothing to do with the CPs that you captured and concentrated on good old leg infantry.


It was always interesting to have a massive dogfight in the air and have the 4 CP's at the edge of the map constantly being captured...


Space battles need more capital ships and more stuff on the capital ships. As they are, it's just a race to see which pilot can land first and kill all the stuff on the other ship, plus one bombing run for whichever external devices you didn't already destroy.

QFT. We should also be able to destroy the capital ships themselves.

I thought there were fighters on the Kashyyyk level. I remember accidentally landing on my team's hero and killing him with a X-Wing. :lol:

Oh, right, Kashyyyk: Islands too, forgot about that one.

And hell, the Snowspeeders in Hoth fly, they might count too, even if their sole purpose is bringing down AT-AT's. :lol:

I would shoot foot soldiers with the snowspeeders. :smug:

And I could take down an AT-AT as the vanguard class. :smug:

Well, not on the PS2 version that I have- my friends have the Xbox version and mysteriously, the AI use heroes in that version. :hmm:
The PS2 version of both games sucks compared to the Xbox. :p
On Dune Sea and the Naboo Plains, they added nothing to gameplay
Wrong. Fighters are the best way to destroy the enemy vehicles quickly - just one proton torpedo volley or a single strafing run and they're done for. Then you can laser enemy infantry at your leisure. They're the Great Equalizer on those maps.
Alright, not impossible to win, but the map was still one-sided.
The thing that annoyed me most about that map was the Gamorreans, not anything that the enemy could do.
It was always interesting to have a massive dogfight in the air and have the 4 CP's at the edge of the map constantly being captured...
Depends on your definition of "interesting", I suppose. :p
And hell, the Snowspeeders in Hoth fly, they might count too, even if their sole purpose is bringing down AT-AT's. :lol:
You don't really understand how powerful the laser cannons on the fighters are, do you? ;)
And I could take down an AT-AT as the vanguard class. :smug:
BF1 or BF2?

2. :p

Never played 1, so I have no idea if that's less or more impressive.

2. :p

Never played 1, so I have no idea if that's less or more impressive.
They're good for different things. The first Battlefront was a lot better if you want to have something better than just a shooting game; it actually mattered if you captured a certain Command Post compared to a different one. Tactics were key in that game.

You don't really understand how powerful the laser cannons on the fighters are, do you? ;)


Hitting people while having to constantly move is the hard part. :p

Pandemic (I hope I spelled that right) is making LotR: Conquest. According to the myths someone else is making who's name I've never heard.

the rumours i heard said it would be free radical of time splitters fame also haze but the less said about that the better

Hitting people while having to constantly move is the hard part. :p
Play more fighter pilot games, man. I think some Ace Combat 4 would do you good.

There better be a SWBFIII.
Free Radical has the license for Battlefront but they never said more than that.
My clan (-MERC-) still plays SWBFII online on the PS2 along with a dedicated community of like 500. I am amazed at how long SWBFII has lasted online compared to other games.
I hope they do not make SWBFIII for the PC just because PC gaming is dying and it would be a waste of resources.
I hope they include Bespin Cloud City, Rhen Var Harbor and Citadel, and Tatooine Dune Sea as well as several SWBFII maps.

There better be a SWBFIII.
Free Radical has the license for Battlefront but they never said more than that.
My clan (-MERC-) still plays SWBFII online on the PS2 along with a dedicated community of like 500. I am amazed at how long SWBFII has lasted online compared to other games.
I hope they do not make SWBFIII for the PC just because PC gaming is dying and it would be a waste of resources.
I hope they include Bespin Cloud City, Rhen Var Harbor and Citadel, and Tatooine Dune Sea as well as several SWBFII maps.

Oh for crying out loud, PC gaming is not dying! I don't know where people get these rediculous ideas.

PC gaming are dying and it would be a waste of resources.

Civ is still going strong duh.

TBS and sandbox games are the exception. Less and less companies are investing in PC games(the majority of the companies produce shooters) because of the ease of pirating.
And when they do invest they add so much crap for "copy protection" that some people cannot even play the game.

Back on topic, I heard a rumor that SWBFIII will be announced at the Spike TV Video Game Awards on December 16th.

The Spike TV Video Game Awards is a craptacular suckfest, but whatever.

I hope they include Bespin Cloud City, Rhen Var Harbor and Citadel, and Tatooine Dune Sea as well as several SWBFII maps.

I personally think they also need to bring back Bespin: Platforms and Naboo: Plains, although something needs to be done about the starfighters so they aren't just LOL, Missile Barrage.

As to BF II maps, all of them but Jabba's Palace, the Jedi Temple, The Dagobah Swamp, and Polis Massa was pretty good.

Polis Massa is awesome, stop hatin'. :p Probably my favorite map of all time is Dune Sea, though; I'd support bringing that back.

I hope they have PC dedicated servers for the PS3 version like the PS2 version of SWBFII.
So that we can use server mods.
Like I have made server mods for SWBFII that remove tanks, change the unlock points for specials, turn off/increase death regions(like outside of Polis Massa), change unit speeds and health.

The death region on Polis Massa makes sense, though. Cause, you know, you're in space. So you're only allowed to get to the other side of the field if you're in a tank, which makes sneaking round behind the enemy more limited and forces people into the restricted space of the Polis Massa indoor tunnels. That makes them excellent targets for me, as Darth Maul.

:evil:

Unless you were a droid. :smug:

Or a stormtrooper or clone.
Since their suits were pressurized and sealed.

You still get killed if you run out into space with 'em.

Or a stormtrooper or clone.
Since their suits were pressurized and sealed.

How could they breath. Unless they had some sort of oxygen tanks that they carried around.

From Wookiepedia:
The insulated body glove allowed for comfortable operations in an very wide range of climates, including—for a very short time—even total vacuum conditions, or immense extremes of cold and heat
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Stormtrooper#Armor

A back-mounted tank contained 20 minutes of emergency oxygen.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Stormtrooper_armor

They're talking in-game. Droids wouldn't die I think, but the rest of the factions had their health drop.

Yeah, the droids could survive in a vacuum. Hence General Grevious crashing through the bridge window of that battlecruiser in the beginning of Episode III, and surviving.

So, the droids had a bit of an advantage on that map, which is easy for them even without that advantage.

Anyway, Polis Massa wasn't bad, I just wish that it wasn't noticably one-sided (it wasn't as much as Jabba's Palace, but still), the tanks weren't all AAT's and AAC-1's, and there was more room inside.

Yeah, the droids could survive in a vacuum. Hence General Grevious crashing through the bridge window of that battlecruiser in the beginning of Episode III, and surviving.

Grivious isn't a droid. He even says he isn't a droid in some games and the animated series. He is a cyborg, hence why he coughs. He still has organic parts in his body.

Anywho, I'd like bigger maps with more vehicles. I hope the graphics look really good too.

i think they're going with this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_Conquest)instead.
yeah, someone made a thread about that a while ago............well anyway, isn't Radical Entertainment working with Lucasarts on a secret project, which is what sparked all the BF3 rumors in the first place? because Pandemic would be pretty busy making

this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saboteur_(2009_video_game))
and this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_Conquest)

I hope they nerf those ****ing rocket launchers.

really? I thought they were a little underpowered (in BF1 at least)......

Dude, the rocket launchers aren't that powerful. They can't even one-hit most vehicles.

Well everyone watch the Spike TV Video Game Awards on December 14th.
I heard that one of the two secret premiers will be SWBFIII.

Hmm... I'll try to watch.

Awwww man, played Battlefront 2 so much. Coruscant, Polis Blah, and Mustafar were awesome stages. Have a fond memory where I was a sniper in Coruscant playing with my brother. I'm just minding my own business, sniping down enemies and I've found a big group of them together when, all of a sudden, out pops Darth Maul and he massacres them all. And then I accidentally shot him in the head.

Yeah, Mustafar was definately one of the awesome maps. After all, it had lava, and lava makes all things more awesome. :p

But really, it was great. The room in the center always became an all-out slugfest of grenades everywhere.

Coruscant could have been better, though. It was absolutely great for the campaign battle with all the jedi, but it just wasn't as good in Instant Action.

Coruscant could have been better, though. It was absolutely great for the campaign battle with all the jedi, but it just wasn't as good in Instant Action.
Instant Action Coruscant turned into a game of 'ring around the command posts', because as soon as you captured one the enemy would be capturing others, and you'd end up chasing each other, making CP control itself pointless and militating towards "wander around killing doodz". Not my favorite kind of engagement, so I agree, it sucked.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm............december 14? gonna try see that....

Dude, the rocket launchers aren't that powerful. They can't even one-hit most vehicles.

In the more enclosed levels (jabba's palace comes to mind) the splash damage would take out several people at once.

IMO, Battlefront 1 had much better maps. It also had the advantage where, unlike BF2, it was in fact possible to lose.

Maps they should bring back from BF1 to BF2:
Bespin: (both)
Geonosis: Easily beats BF2's Geonosis
Kashyyyk: both
Yavin: Arena
Rhen Var: Both

BF2 Maps they should drop
Dagobah

Geonosis: Easily beats BF2's Geonosis
I disagree. BF1 Geonosis took a really long time as either side - but especially as the Republic - and was far too linear. One CP, then the next, ad infinitum, and oh, oops, we lost one of the random CPs that you captured ages ago that's not even close to the frontline because one friggin droid wandered around in the desert and got to it. It was just a grinding pain in the butt, with little room to do the classic BF1 maneuvering that was so important to battles like Rhen Var: Citadel.
Kashyyyk: both
Agreed about Islands, disagree with Docks. Docks is too unbalanced in favor of the CIS/Empire, IMHO (especially the CIS), and battles as them are pretty boring. Only with the Rebels and Republic do things get interesting.
Rhen Var: Both
YES. PLEASE. Biggest thing I was missing in BF2.

And for whatever reason, I liked the BF1 version of Kamino better than BF2. The initial phase on Kamino is probably the most intense of any map as the Republic, and the map in general lends itself to fun Jet Trooper antics.

And for whatever reason, I liked the BF1 version of Kamino better than BF2. The initial phase on Kamino is probably the most intense of any map as the Republic, and the map in general lends itself to fun Jet Trooper antics.
That's probably more to do with the changes to the Jet Trooper class than the changes to the map. The BF2 Jet Trooper is 50% as powerful and can jet for 25% as long. Kind of gets rid of any use apart from against Droidekas

That's probably more to do with the changes to the Jet Trooper class than the changes to the map. The BF2 Jet Trooper is 50% as powerful and can jet for 25% as long. Kind of gets rid of any use apart from against Droidekas
Mmm, maybe. Kamino was really the only place I used the jet trooper on, and really outside of the initial stage it wasn't all that much. And I used my pistol more than anything else :D I guess I think the level is too boxy in BF2 - whatever that means, right? :p - and the CPs are way too easy to capture, except for the single one that has only one entrance. That one just kind of annoys me.

Bespin: (both)

Agreed

Geonosis: Easily beats BF2's Geonosis

Dachs has a point here, it, like Coruscant: Jedi Temple, turned into "Ring around the Command Posts" way too often. The First few minutes always ended up being: Republic destroys the Techno Union Ships and usually captures the Spire, CIS captures the destroyed TU ship, and the remainder of it is an endless battle over the 4 command posts that can be captured.

Kashyyyk: both

Islands wasn't that great. Docks was pretty good, but Beachead from BF2 is way better.

Yavin: Arena

That map sucked.

Rhen Var: Both
Agreed, Totally.

BF2 Maps they should drop
Dagobah

They should also drop Jedi Temple (or at least change it) and Jabba's Palace.

They should kill off Jabba's Palace and reinstate BF1's map with Tusken Raiders (forget the name)

and kill dagobah off entirely, also, using some EU wouldn't hurt......

My number one wish is to see a lot more levels with assault. And new heros and modes.

Disappointed again...

What were the two premiers. I didn't get to see them.

Dante's Inferno and Brutal Legends.

Brutal Legend was announced more than a year ago......

The trailer premiered.

In regards to Star Wars Battlefront 3 it has been rather heavily delayed, and they were still having problems with it last time I spoke to someone (no names being mentioned) who is working on it. I'll watch with intrest when it's released, person working on it is a good friend of mine....

You know someone from FreeRadical?

Well it looks like FreeRadical went under.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/free-radical-design-latest-to-face-financial-trouble
Independent UK studio Free Radical Design closed its doors this morning, GamesIndustry.biz understands, with multiple sources claiming that staff, including senior executives, have already left the company.

It is also believed that the unnamed project for LucasArts - announced back in 2006 and thought to be Star Wars Battlefront III - has been shipped off to Rebellion, the developer behind PSP hit Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron.

One source claims staff turned up to work today to find doors locked, and instructions to meet at a nearby hotel for a final company meeting.

Last month, when contacted by GamesIndustry.biz, director Steve Ellis denied there were any changes at the company.

"Nothing unusual is happening here. Projects end. New projects start. That's how things have worked for nearly 10 years," he said then.

TimeSplitters 4 and the unnamed project were both still in development said Ellis, as were "other unannounced projects, which are in the process of being signed."

And days later, when more industry chatter questioned the future of the Nottingham studio, Ellis said that "we certainly won't be laying off any staff today. Or, for that matter, any time in 2008."

"If something happens in 2009 I'm sure we'll be prepared to comment - but from where I'm sitting, whatever happens is far more likely to be positive than negative," he added.

Calls to senior staff at Free Radical Design by GamesIndustry.biz yesterday and today have not been returned.
And Rebellion, which made the crappy Renegade Squadron got the license.

Well doesn't that figure.

You know someone from FreeRadical?
Yup.

Will have to find out what that article is all about when I see them next.

edit - Or I could just txt them...which I have now done.

Ah he got made redundant yesterday:(

I really hope they do. I loved SW Battlefront I and II.

I really hope they do. I loved SW Battlefront I and II.
Oh dude as I say there is doubt it's being made, as I know someone who worked on it. Only question now is what they gonan do bout the game now that free radical has closed?

yeah, will Lucasarts abandon the project? move it to another developer?

It's a huge moneymaker. I can't see someone not making it.

Can't you guys read?

It is also believed that the unnamed project for LucasArts - announced back in 2006 and thought to be Star Wars Battlefront III - has been shipped off to Rebellion, the developer behind PSP hit Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron.

Oh god, let's hope it's someone else. Renegade Squadron...

SUCKED.

Can't you guys read?

It is also believed that the unnamed project for LucasArts - announced back in 2006 and thought to be Star Wars Battlefront III - has been shipped off to Rebellion, the developer behind PSP hit Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron.

I can, but I'm very busy reading other things. So, I tend to miss a few things on CFC.

Well I spoke to my friend and basically everything that they worked on at free radical was for nothing, and is being scrapped. He also said lucas arts tried to basiclaly screw them by making them fail their contract, which they didn't, so thats why they then cancelled it. He also said Timesplitters 4 will 'never be signed'.

Ask your friend if they can leak a copy of the Lucas Arts project onto the internet.
;)
That or make a press release stating everything that happened between them and Lucas Arts.

I doubt he'd do that!:crazyeye: Too concerned about getting another job a.s.a.p!

Tell him to leak the details after he gets a new job. ;)

Look http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=35094

First second in, I was thinking it was a joke.

No, its 100% real, now that this was leaked I am hoping LucasArts will finally announce it.

It's pre-alpha(?) and looks like it is better than just about anything any of us ever played...

cool, but now that FR closed who will take it?

Looks real enough to me. Hope it gets released someday. Why do the infantry models all seem to have the jimmy-legs?

cool, but now that FR closed who will take it?

Someone with brain cells (although that won't mean the entire company will have brain cells).

Rebellion apparently has the license.

Who are they?

They made Renegade Squadron.

They are not as good; however, they still have the accomplishments of Free Radical.

That footage looks pretty tight. If Rebellion's working on it now, let's hope they don't F it up.

Well it took FreeRadical over 2 years to get to the Alpha Build that you see in the trailer, so hopefully they did it well enough that Rebellion only has to beta test and fix errors.

well........let's hope rebellion doesn't f this one up as badly as they did with renegade squadron.....also, they said the sick footage of having land and space battles at the same time is gonna get scrapped with the new dev....

MOURN! (http://news.spong.com/article/16918/Exclusive_Star_Wars_Battlefront_III_Tech_Dead?cb=5 49)

Unless, he is lying.

His company went under. He has nothing to lose, if he was in fact an employee.

I would catorgorize that one under rumor.

He has future employment oppertunities to lose.

He has future employment oppertunities to lose.

Confirming a true rumor actually hurts that. Either way, this is not conduct of a professional type employee.

I highly doubt most people are really "professional" employees, it seems to me it is more an act than anything.

An act would still hurt that person, regardless if it were true or not.

Yes but as it is he is using a false identity and unless he reveals his true identity it isn't going to hurt him.

Exactly, so he can lie.

He obviously is not very trustworthy, to begin with.

I hate to post after another one of my own, but I had to post in it for subscribers who may not see it, otherwise.

Pandemic now? (http://www.mania.com/battlefront-3-back-to-pandemic_article_112423.html)

holy crap this would be a dream come true if they develop the game

Still a little sad about Free Radical not being able to develop the game but Pandemic was awesome too. :D

yeah, FR's version was lookin really cool.........too bad they went under, especially since they made like two bad games?

What games?

They made Haze, which sucked so bad......