Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection was meant to be the Master Chief Collection of the classic Battlefront games released in 2004 and 2005, respectively. However, after impressing with a trailer last week, the game has been released to almost universal condemnation.
It started with the nearly 20-year-old game's 64 GB installation. The original titles - combined - would have been 8 GB. As one user pointed out, this could result from the mass-upscaling of the original titles' textures - likely using AI tools.
Then it was the game's servers, which, for a game famed for its multiplayer component, should have been a top priority. According to user sebbaku on X (formerly Twitter), around 10,000 users were waiting to jump into the action on release night. However, only three servers were allocated for the multiplayer side, each with only 64 slots available.
Because of this, less than 200 players were able to enjoy the multiplayer and its different game modes in the first few moments after release. More servers were reportedly added in the following hours to allocate the large influx of users.
Other errors reported include spawn issues, missing textures, the lack of inverted flying controls in the settings, achievements not working, and missing cutscenes.
It's safe to say that this launch has been a disaster, and users have started to show their disappointment by dropping negative reviews on the Steam page for the game. At the time of writing, the game has around 1500 "mostly negative" reviews, and the number will probably climb as the day goes on.
Perhaps this shouldn't have come as a surprise. Aspyr Media, the team behind the remaster, has a chequered history when it comes to turning old games into new. The same studio was originally in charge of the Knights of the Old Republic remake that was announced back in 2021. However, it has been reported that Saber Interactive (Vampyr, World War Z) is now in charge of this project due to troubles that the original studio presented internally.
Aspyr hasn't commented publicly on the state of the collection, but we believe it's only a matter of time before it happens.
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