The cheers were very much audible when this little feature was shown off yesterday. Rather sadly, the gaming industry has seen a decline in offline support for titles in the past decade. Once built for two, gamers often find themselves solitary on their favourite couch with no one else to share the experience with. Battlefront simply wouldn't be as popular as it is today without its offline mode, so to see EA resurrect this feature is just all kinds of awesome. If that wasn't enough too, DICE showed off the incredibly fluid transition of first to third person gameplay, with both mechanics controlling very well to accommodate the preferences of those who prefer an older the shoulder view to one that constrains them to a first person perspective. Indeed, it's rather amazing how DICE have managed to both innovate and tap into that Battlefront nostalgia so many players today will be aware of. Building upon and refining mechanics that worked well whilst also introducing new features is never an easy task, but to do so whilst also bucking industry trends is simply magnificent to see, and will no doubt have many a gamer jumping for joy as they invite their friends over for a night of couch Co-Op on the plains of Tatooine. Were you impressed by EA's Battlefront? Or are you still sceptical of the details released thus far? Be sure to let us know in the comments below!
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
