Star Wars Battlefront II`s campaign was much requested by fans after the first game lacked any form of single-player. We already knew the sequel`s offline portion would bridge the gap between Episodes VI and VII and would have you play as Iden, an Imperial special forces agent, but how`s it shaping up?We recently got the chance to play the opening three chapters from Battlefront II`s story mode, so we thought we`d sit our two Star Wars experts down and let them chat about their experiences with the game so far.Oscar Dayus, Staff Writer: My overriding feeling was one of, `I`m glad this exists, but it`s definitely not the centerpiece to this game.` It was fun--the characters seem pretty strong, it`s obviously beautiful, and, you know, it`s more Star Wars--but i don`t think this will hold my attention for as long as the multiplayer. Then again, maybe it`s not supposed to?Miguel Concepcion, Editor: Yeah. It`s easy to draw parallels between the Battlefront to Battlefront II and Titanfall to Titanfall 2 in terms of their respective studios adding a substantial single-player to the sequels.Did your presentation include a point about how the single-player uses `elements` from the multiplayer? Usually that `selling point` is a red flag. So I was surprised and glad that--at least based off those first few chapters--it isn`t just a bunch of MP maps strung together with a flimsy story.Oscar: So far, I haven`t seen anything here to suggest it will be as creative as Titanfall 2 on the gameplay side though. As you say, it seems more than just some MP maps stuck together, but I was kinda disappointed by the variety of stuff you were actually doing. It was all, `Blow these two objectives up,` `Reach this point,` `Defeat these enemies.` I don`t really know what I expected or wanted, but outside of the story it felt a little by-the-numbers. But yeah, the inclusion of Star Cards in the campaign is an interesting choice--EA told me it was so you could earn rewards that you could the ...
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