20 cool things we saw in that Star Wars Battlefront 2 gameplay demo at E3 2017

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Electronic Arts closed out it’s EA Play event (aka EA’s own private E3 2017 (opens in new tab) party) with 30 minutes of Star Wars Battlefront 2 (opens in new tab) gameplay and… I mean, holy bantha poodoo. There’s so much we saw that we had to break it all down into a massive bullet list, and even so we probably didn’t hit all the details.

Before we dive in, you can read our impressions of the single-player campaign (opens in new tab) with its giddying scale and focus on big set-pieces.

Still, please enjoy our observations as we sit back and catch our collective breaths. And check out the latest trailer too…

• The single-player still looks amazing
• Sentinels (a relatively new piece of lore) will show up to relay the Emperor’s wishes, post-mortem
• Battlefront community members were invited to test the game out and give feedback ahead of time
• Splitscreen co-op!
• Classes will impact not only your weapons and gear, but health as well
• Classes can be customized, so you’re not locked into one loadout
• You can play as a battle droid! Roger roger.
• John Boyega dropped in with a special announcement: Finn and Captain Phasma will be playable
• That weird planet with red dust from the The Last Jedi trailer is also in
• The game will feature “seasons” of content which will be free
• All post-launch heroes, maps, and modes: free
• Seriously. Free.
• One of the game’s maps is Naboo’s capital city, Theed
• Some maps and fights are broken into multiple phases (moving through a city, for example)
• Vehicles and troops are era-appropriate, ie. Vulture Droids and V-Wings for the prequel era
• AT-RTs look silly, but are super rad in combat
• There are no more vehicle tokens spread across the map
• Players will spend “Battle Point” to play with vehicles and Heroes
• Which includes Darth Maul, who seems crazy powerful
• Multiple heroes fighting for one team can be deployed at the same time
• Heroes are not necessarily restricted by era (meaning you could play as Rey on a prequel era map)
• Heroes who were also in the first game have new abilities, like Boba Fett’s new concussion rocket

Let us know what you think plus anything we missed!