Star Wars Battlefront: 10 Tiny Details Hardcore Fans Will Love
9. Weapon And Character Models Are Flawless
Again, another element DICE really bigged up prior to Battlefront's gameplay debut was the game's focus on weapon and character design. Full 3D models have been replicated to their fullest in the reboot and the detail is still easy to admire when you're locked in a shootout with an entire enemy force. Heat waves emanate from blasters as they overheat, and each individual chain, groove and notch flail and clink as troops sprint forward. These models are all immortalised in full HD glory, with the current-gen of consoles finally proving their worth in the graphics department after a few years of only minor improvements. It's especially impressive when admired in the game's third-person view, which while not particularly beneficial to PVP combat, gives the player the opportunity to admire their customisable character - a feature sadly omitted from the beta.
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.
