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From my understanding, seems users have banded together on Reddit to add "pay-to-win" to the article. Please continue to keep an eye out for these edits. Edit: There's a reason why the page is protected now: discuss, and do not refactor any comment here!
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People are adding "pay to win" because it is accurate. Please add this to the description because it is the most factually accurate description. Anyone who is removing the "pay to win" description are most likely employees of Electronic Arts marketing team. The reason such a large amount of people on Reddit are adding this correction is because it is a correction. The reason you see a majority of people that think this way is because it is true. — Preceding
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This is not POV pushing per se, they provided many sources, reliable ones infact, that do infact show that the game is pay to win. It even fits the definition set here ( /info/en/?search=Free-to-play#Criticism) by your own editors. -- greendevil32 ( talk) 02:03, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
As someone who's been following this controversy from day one, it's pretty obvious this is a pay-to-win game. People who pay money have a distinct and noticeable advantage over those who do not. IcarusBen ( talk) 00:30, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
The page mentions that they decreased the hero prices, but not that they also made earning them slower, cancelling it out. -- TheoryOfEverything ( talk) 14:49, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
Should "After a Reddit thread concerning the amount of time to unlock heroes without purchase was replied to by EA's community team, the response became the most downvoted comment in the site's history." really belong in the lead? This should just be considered apart of the overall lootbox controversy and therefore generalized (removed for redundancy/undue weight) in the lead. ~ Dissident93 ( talk) 21:14, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
Hey guys the government of Hawaii is literally going to fight EA's "predatory behaviour". Basically, OF COURSE the title of "pay to win" applies to this game, but the article should have a lot more to it, regarding how this game pushed things too far and caused the most downvoted reddit comment of all time, and governments are now starting to take action against the gambling loot boxes. So yea of course it's gambling/pay to win.......and if that isn't described on this article, then this article is inaccurate. I've also seen the discussion going on here as a way of censorship when it's clearly true. I don't like that type of censorship just because the internet believes in something....that devalues wikipedia as a whole in my opinion and I don't think those people should be representing wikipedia by censoring legitimate descriptions of things that are real — Preceding
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https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBattlefront/comments/7cff0b/seriously_i_paid_80_to_have_vader_locked/dppum98/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robbinorion ( talk • contribs) 01:12, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
Agreed. The article lists secondary sources discussing the downvoted reddit comment but does not cite the primary source (reddit) where the comment was originally posted. 47.138.200.205 ( talk) 03:53, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
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Please add that some mission rewards were also decreased by 75% and that Arcade rewards were capped at five challenges.
If the first part of this request needs a better source, at least add the second part. — Gestrid ( talk) 14:55, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
Added back in August by an account with a single edit to their name:
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The credit is not sourced. Cannot find any references to a Jayden Hishon in reference to Battlefront II, and the only thing that comes up for this name on google is a kid with 2 youtube videos and 9 views.
I'm assuming it's a joke edit that somehow stuck around? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.234.187.245 ( talk) 16:18, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
Even though the page is blocked for the week, should an admin add the game’s reviews? At least Metacritic and likes of IGN to a score box? TropicAces ( talk) 18:22, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | (PC) 79/100
[1] (PS4) 74/100 [2] (XONE) 72/100 [3] |
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Electronic Gaming Monthly | 7/10 [5] |
Game Informer | 6.5/10 [6] |
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Star Wars Battlefront II received "generally favorable" reviews on PC and "mixed or average" reviews on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, according to review aggregator Metacritic. [1] [2] [3]
In his 4/5 star review for GamesRadar, Andy Hartup praised the multiplayer but criticized the single player modes, saying the game has a "very strong multiplayer offering tarnished by overly complicated character progression, and a lavish, beautiful story campaign lacking in substance or subtlety." [4] GameRevolution felt the campaign started strong but weakened as it progressed, praising the multiplayer gameplay while criticizing the micro-transactions, loot box progression system, and locking of heroes. [7]
For EGM's review, Nick Plessas praised the multiplayer combat, balancing, and variety, but criticized the game's sustained focus around loot crates. [5] Andrew Reiner of Game Informer gave the game 6.5/10, writing "Answering the call for more content, Star Wars Battlefront II offers a full campaign and more than enough multiplayer material, but the entire experience is brought down by microtransactions." [6]
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Can the link to the most downvoted comment be added to the article too? https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBattlefront/comments/7cff0b/seriously_i_paid_80_to_have_vader_locked/dppum98/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.54.122.178 ( talk) 22:03, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
Should it be mentioned that the EA comment on Reddit has become a popular copypasta on the site? Bobbbcat ( talk) 04:34, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
Currently, the game has a user score of 0.9 for the PS4 version. Unless I'm mistaken, this is the lowest user score any game on Metacritic has ever received. Should it be mentioned? IcarusBen ( talk) 15:24, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
"Some commentators, however, defended the EA monetisation policies. A Wall Street analyst writing for CNBC noted how video games are still the cheapest entertainment medium per hour of use, and even with the added microtransactions, playing Battlefront II was still much cheaper than paying to see the theatrical release of a film." He only arrives at this conclusion by using an example of 2.5 hours of play per day for a year, which is 912 hours of playtime in Battlefront 2... No one is gonna play the game that long. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.171.134.166 ( talk) 05:48, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
Wall Street analyst writing for CNBC noted how video games are still the cheapest entertainment medium per hour of use, and even with the added microtransactions, playing Battlefront II was still notably cheaper than paying to see the theatrical release of a film
This line here, while technically true was stated by someone who has a connection to EA and is attempting to skew the narrative. It's also pretty common knowledge that people think movies and pay TV are too expensive (the comparisons he was trying to make). There are other things wrong with this statement but I'm too tired right now, maybe someone else can help me out with sources that aren't Reddit.
Sorry for the Reddit source and everything else, I don't really do this wikipedia edit stuff much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.187.102.229 ( talk) 07:48, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
This feels like it belongs in reception...not in a sectionless opener? Has the feel of someone emotionally invested wanting it to appear front and centre. -- TheSeer ( Talkˑ Contribs) 22:21, 16 December 2017 (UTC) -- TheSeer ( Talkˑ Contribs) 22:21, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
In the overview page, there is a line that reads "The game features a full campaign story mode unlike 2015's Battlefront. The game's single player protagonist, Iden Versio, leader of an Imperial Special Forces group known as Inferno Squad (Janina Gavankar), "
it should be changed to something like:
"The game features a full campaign story mode unlike 2015's Battlefront. The game's single player protagonist, Iden Versio (Janina Gavankar), leader of an Imperial Special Forces group known as Inferno Squad, "
Since the original version seems to imply she is playing the entire squad, rather than Iden Versio -- Spectre800 ( talk) 18:39, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
We need the cat Category:Video games containing loot boxes — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.225.15.47 ( talk) 17:54, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
"By the end of November 2017, EA had lost $3 billion in stock value since the launch of the game."
I feel like this implies that EA lost the stock value strictly because of Battlefront's release - was that really the case? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elvis2500 ( talk • contribs) 15:23, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
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I can't edit it because I'm not sure how to hyperlink a word but in the character roster for Star Wars battlefront 2 Captain Phasma isn't included WickederFawn ( talk) 03:09, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
In the game modes add that a temporary game mode was added: Ewok Hunt and elaborate WickederFawn ( talk) 03:13, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
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there are new multiplayer modes for this game that are not here EvansMatt ( talk) 01:13, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello,
since post-release content has been divided into "Seasons", how should we add that info to the article? Bravo1138 ( talk) 15:50, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
I know this is an extremely late post as I've not been comfortable with the wording for a while, but the lede basically asserts that the microtransactions were temporarily removed from the game by EA purely as a result of the negative reaction to their Reddit post (becoming the single most downvoted comment in its history). Surely the negative buzz and opinions from numerous journalists and gamers at the time outside of Reddit had a big hand to play in it too? I just think it sounds disingenuous, and I'm sure changes would have been made regardless of Reddit; we've seen other examples like that before. -- Wikibenboy94 ( talk) 19:40, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
Should probably update the cover art since they added a new art with the celebration edition — Starboybooya526 ( talk) February 28 2020 9:26 (UTC)
Should their be more photos like within the areas that lack (some) informational content. EX: there should be a photo of the hero roster (currently or at launch), or of some of the map(s). I’m just saying it be a lot more “lively”. Jerry Steinfield ( talk) 22:41, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
This issue has been resolved Jerry Steinfield ( talk) 07:30, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
i'm not going to change the "mid-April" section in the original trilogy update area since it was said as that around the end of the month we'll get more information on the update but most likely some things like a maul skin is coming. it doesn't need to be necessarily changed till more conformation has come. Jerry Steinfield ( talk) 21:58, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
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