The Messy Return of Star Wars Battlefront... 

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All they had to do was take the PC version, slightly upscale the textures, add 4 player splitscreen, good controller support, and add online Galactic Conquest with friends, and they would have sold so many copies. The fact that they released what is a downgrade to the PC version is as incomprehensible as it is inexcusable.

where does this one fall into the muppet timeline

the file size is what pisses me off the most. 14gb total at most for the original games and the AI upscale made it triple that size. Theres like amazing compression techniques we have for games but instead they'll just give you the raw files

It was a sign when they did upscale textures that barely look that different, but makes the collection 64 gb. A nearly 2 decade old game should not be 64gb

Getting Nightdive's amazing Dark Forces remaster right before this trash fire goes to show just how confused and "throw shit at the wall and see what sticks" Star Wars has been since the Disney buyout. I guarantee the only reason Nightdive was chosen for Dark Forces isn't because of their track record for amazing boomer shooter remasters, but just because an exec thought "that's the company that remasters boomer shooters let's pick them"

What made battlefront special in the first place is it never felt like you are playing alone. Most modern games nowadays can’t replicate that feeling.

I'm very sad about the state of star wars as a whole

Wait, the Enemy not using heroes was a BUG on PS2??? Holy shit, I thought that was just how it worked

My parents never really let us watch popular movies, so after I got a PS2 Slim in 8th grade all my Starwars knowledge comes from playing Starwars Battlefront II. Now that I think about it, I don't think I have ever seen Starwars in full. Just reruns on TV in the 2010's.

I’m personally having a blast with it, but that might be because I’m sticking with singleplayer

Dude! That's how I got Battlefront 2! I had a feeling I was the only one to get it from a school book order! Kind of violent for it, but I'm happy to get it lol

The original xbox version of bf2 also had AI hero's, and is also on series x/s at 4k, which makes this collection worthless on pc and xbox since you can get the original games on those platforms.

Even it if is a bad release, it makes me so happy that you now get to "enjoy" a part of something you loved so much (incompletely).

I nearly had a heart attack when you said you got BF2 in a scholastic bookfair, cause thats exactly how i got my copy as a kid.

They’ve already released a 15 gb update that fixed most of the problems on pc, and is in the process of being released on consoles. So they do at least seem to be working on it.

I was so excited for this…Then the disappointment came in…

Juko uploading a video about battlefront! It’s like we’ve come full circle

This video perfectly encapsulates my OG Battlefront love. Excellent video!

this will go down in history as one of the biggest fumbled bags of all time

I knew somethin' was up the moment I saw this collection appear. "too good to be true" strikes true.

The droids in the thumbnail is hilariously funny.

We are shooting lasers as thin as toothpicks now

Thank goodness the OG releases are still up and for much cheaper.

Interestingly enough, Aspyr is also responsible for all the Jedi Knight: Outcasy and Academy ports, which do include multiplayer. The difference is the Q3’s netcode is probably the most solid and well understood netcode in the industry, and they’ve been working on that source code for 2 decades at this point. Considering that, I also wonder if the server issues were due to their experience with the dwindling player base of Jedi Academy, and not realizing the cultural differences between the two game series. Jedi Knight was mainly PC players (and an Xbox port), but Battlefront was a huge multiplatform release. Most people who played on console, also didn’t play online, as the home infrastructure just wasn’t there to support it. All it’s a disappointing situation

Battlefront seems like it can’t get a win. The launch of this shit pissed me off so much it inspired me to make a video about it.

Wake up babe. New Junko just dropped.

Honestly, I'm just glad I can play this on my ps4 with a ps4 contoller. I got the pc version of the og on steam for like $5 on a sale and couldn't easily map the controls to a controller and wasn't about to learn keyboard and mouse controls

Just like the simulations

I’ll try liking and subscribing that’s a good trick

This game is not a remaster and never called itself a remaster, I don't know why the internet keeps saying it. The update on the 18th that corrected essentially everything wrong with the collection. I'd also give Aspyr a break, the games original netcode was garbage and even the switch to the steam servers for the original versions was plagued with hit registry problems and high ping. It doesn't excuse this collection to me but it does mean it isn't inherently there fault either when they have to fix 15 year old code.

I hope the next update fixes the servers and the control issues. I’m happy they actually went back and fixed the major issues, they even reverted the Battlefront 1 loading screen scanning noise back to the satisfying old one.

I wish they fused all the classic battlefronts together into one ultimate battlefront game.

BF1 and 2 on og xbox worked fine out of the box. This will continue until gamers vote with their money (which will be hard with a the shills on sm).

Always great to have another new video from YungJunko.

The first _Battlefront_ is the better game. The weapons/damage aren't as fine-tuned as the second game, but they really nailed the atmosphere of _Star_ _Wars_ . The absence of starfighters (outside of incredibly linear "space battles") really hurts the second game. Bespin Platforms is _easily_ the best map.

Yeah I agree, we are better off with the OG PC versions, at least they didn't pull a Rockstar Games with the GTA Trilogy.

Bf2 is like my favorite game and to find out the collection is as buggy and messy as it is is really disappointing. I will say what's not disappointing though is a YungJunko video, great videos as always!

I'm not having a lot of these issues on Switch. Also, I bought the game to relive the single player portably and I dig it from that perspective

I lost my shit when I shit when Han shot the ewok and it said victory 😂😂😂😂

I bet they could make a new SW Battlefront game with couch co-op. I think they might have enough money to make that. edit: I mean, like, a good one.

4:34 I have been playing this Game since Kindergarten and to this day, I never knew, that you could go to the trash compactor😳

Yeah, aiming feels really bad, I play on my steam deck and I think it’s misleading that on steam it’s considered ‘steam deck verified’ when the aiming feels THAT jank. Sure you can get used to it but it’s so inferior to using the mouse on the 2005 version on Steam with no aim assist at all or the original console versions. As things are, I can’t do any precise aiming on this version, and the aiming on the Battlefront 1 port is even worse, so it forces me to neglect the scout class out of frustration. Needless to say, I only see myself playing this version of battlefront when I’m away from my PC

I bought it for switch and I've literally experienced none of the problems that people are reporting

I'd like to note that it was apparently due to legal problems that cut content restoration mod for KOTOR 2. So I don't think I would blame Aspyr for that as it seemed like something out of their control.

Me and my wife been trying to conquer each others planets for a couple weeks now

In regards to aim, I found it best to turn off the sticky reticule option.

I just want to say this is hands down one of my favorite channels ever. You’re awesome Junko!

Tim3 for sum junko

Yo those Scholastic book orders were the shit back in the day 👀 deadass how I got my copies of BF1 and 2

This game feels like a metaphor for current Star Wars... It shouldn't though.

I heard they ruined the sound of the loading screen in Battlefront 1 and that hurts my soul

I like the reverse bullet magnetism they added. That's fun

The only things i know about Star wars is from Junko

Aspyre has chosen to sabotage our vehicles

As someone who grew up with the originals, I stand by you here (and not just for the healing and ammo replenishment) I think it sucks that folks can't make the online work well, but I personally am just happy to have it on my Switch, and I'm mostly hoping that they fix the graphical issues and the loading sound in Battlefront 1 that was so iconic.

New Sub for you sir. This channel is great!

i was honestly hoping they would port some of the best maps in BF1 into BF2, like the tatooine one with the sarlaac and have it as a hunt mode or something where you can choose the sandpeople as well.

You can tell you've been watching alot of Muppets because you sound extra Kermit-y in this video 😂

George Lucas selling Star Wars to Disney was the worst possible outcome for the Franchise that’s slowly dying unfortunately.

I'm so glad my first reaction to this collection was to consume Galactic Conquest like a fat kid at a buffet, hopefully by the time I'm bored of it the online will be more stable.

I love it on my switch OLED

I just want to say that you're my new RU-vid addiction! I love all your videos so far, excellent job and I wish you the best!

Its funny how people created these incredible games decades ago, and modern game devs cant even move them to a new system. Let alone make something better. Hmmmm, what changed?

I dunno it kinda bangs on switch

this is the worst muppets movie ever jesus what were they thinking

I love your videos Junko! 🤙

At this point the fans need to forcefully take back Star Wars from Disney.

Aayla Secura had like 10 seconds of screen time in the entire prequel trilogy, but all it took was a crop top and a video game for us to remember her. I still can't remember the name of the First Order ginger guy who yelled a lot.

love u junko

CERVEZA CRISTAL!

All I say is I’m on my second play through of Jedi survivor, and I’m loving almost every moment of it , imagine in the 3rd game we can fly the ships , even tho I don’t mind if we don’t or do , the story is solid as hell , like it’s not a bad story at all and we get more in it with Merin , and a lil bit of “I FIND YOUR LACK OF FAITH DISTURBING”

Modern gaming everyone.

You keep calling it a Remaster... But it's not one.

When we needed him most... Junko returns!

This collection with all ITS Bugs is still better then the sequals

they should have done (aside from a bugless game) a Battlefront Remix that fuses the 2 games. PS: People talk about Rogue Squadron trilogy, but forget Battle for Naboo :(

This what truly a master piece of a video. You really spoke the feelings a lot of us Star Wars Battlefront fans are experiencing right now. While also being very entertaining. Amazing editing too. I wish I could give you 100 likes for this video. Well done sir, looking forward to seeing more of your videos!

Lemme just say, big up your content in general. Not super strung out, just the right length. No forced jokes but some good ones in there I enjoy. And correct clips in the right places while moving swiftly through your points. And you don’t shout like half this platform.

Keep in mind the fact that they added the DLC from thr Xbox versions of these classic games- Aaaaaand supposedly the two DLC hero characters were also used in a mod that Aspyr used without permission from the mod creator.

Its way better now since the first patch and in scandinavian servers it is 350 tickets by default now and there is always atleast 2-3 almost completely full servers and around 14 servers with like 1 or 2 players on each. Sometimes we have around 2 additional servers that have 20 players on them on top of the other servers already mentioned. The hit reg is only poor sometimes so it is getting better but it is still not perfect. This is all on PS5 on scandinavian servers on BF2 from BFCC.

Speaking to my heart here as battlefront 2 was my childhood for many years. Played the fucking hell out of multiplayer and single player. Not surprised they fucked it up cause anything Star Wars related these days is destined to be shit. Not a surprise, but still unwelcome.

It’s upsetting since Aspyr knocked it out of the park with the Stubbs Rebel Without a Pulse remaster and yet they give us this pile of dookie

Thank you for finding the words for every thought I’ve had through this entire ordeal but haven’t been able to properly vocalize.

Fantastic overview, really captured the nostalgia. Thanks for the video!

63 GIGABYTES! HOW?!?!?

A testament to how good BF2 is I don't even like star wars BUT I LOVE THAT GAME

I'm guessing I'm about 10 years older than you but our Love of the originals seem to be on the same level. I never played online and never desired it. I just wanted the 2nd game to be harder. Closer to the first game but harder in a less frustrating way. Like the 2nd Kashyyk map in the first game. If you didn't hold one specific spot, from the start. It was nie impossible to make a comeback. When part 2 came out I was lucky enough to have a good Job and buy it on day 1!!! I remember driving straight to my best friend's house. The only Man I've ever met, that loved and knew the samebstupid trivia I did. He was also collecting the toys, back in 94!!! I had all my toys from when I was a kid in the 80's but he was adding and replacing missing parts, stickers, etc. So, A Lot of Nostalgia with SW on Ps1 and 2, Battlefront included. Galactic conquest and that just blew my mind. It was so immersive. The 501st was amazing and my only complaints with 2.... Difficulty and missing maps, (from part 1) besides that, 2nd favorite game on the console. RE 4 will always be Tops. As far as this 'remaster, if it fixed the small issues, I complained about. I would buy a PS 5 to play it but I'll wait until you give it that seal. I trust you because regardless of age, Star Wars transcends and will hopefully return to bringing people together. Instead of pushing them apart. Great review and Cheers from Montreal Quebec Canada.

I would pay unfathomable amounts of money for a playable Jaxxon

Obligatory Comment For the Algorithm! So happy that these games get to keep existing somehow anyway... even if it's just to point people to those originals on PC at the worst case scenario. Hahaha BF1 and 2 will always get some nostalgic approval from me even if it gets a bit flubbed. That said, I'm definitely in that same camp -- I've been playing the game for years still anyway. Also I don't have a 4K setup, so there's not really a need for me to upgrade that yet. Hahaha Some thoughts as I watch! -@ the 2min 50 point: I'm glad that people know Aayla from this game at least, so I can keep drawing dumb Twi'lek pics all these years later and still see them get approval HahahaI'mVeryGrownUp -Watching this footage, I have to ask! What were your favorite maps in the game? Favorite chara setups? Secret Yaddle Unlock on Dagobah? -That 7 minute mark's joke could've changed the entire series. Hahahah -I always really really wished that the BF1 maps were put into 2, even as DLC back in the day. 2's gameplay was fantastic, but 1 absolutely has some gold in it's unique maps, like you said! -Renegade Squadron with full controller support and higher res would be a victory for sure. Hahahah

Magnaguard fucking sucks, Droideka is where it's at. I own both the originals from 2004/2005 (both are heavily modded though with like 50+ maps on them lol) and I love taking advantage of choke-points on certain maps. Bespin is probably the best for it.

I haven’t seen any of these bugs in the Switch version.

Guys……they fucked up a 20 YEAR OLD GAME smh

This is why i still have my old trusty...but slightly asthmatic PS2 complete with Gta Vice City, Gta San Andreas, and classic Battlefront 2. Imo i already own the "definitive versions" and see nothing that needs improving upon.

No worries junko I owned an xbox original and xbox live… and I had no Idea DLC was a thing… Even played 2s online… Though to be fair my obsession was with conquest. It still astounds me that galactic conquest has never returned, in these god awful battlefield reskins.

Aspyr bungled a sure thing. They could have been printing money, fuck them. I’m glad the KOTOR remake was taken from them.

Man I miss Pandemic. RIP. So many memories of being sick and playing Galactic Conquest.

A good rerelease could have added stuff like online galactic conquest, first person vehicles for bf2, lying on the ground in bf2 skin changers (for phase 1 and 2 armor but also different legions), day night versions of maps, cross play, better ai for singelplayer and more on top of adding all there already was like asajj and kit...

Battlefront 1 does have hero NPCs in instant action but you have to turn them on in the settings, and there’s only four: Luke, Vader, Mace and Dooku.

Star Wars: Battlefront II for Playstation 2 was my very first console game, and im lucky i was able to snag the original Xbox version