Star Wars Battlefront: 8 Big Things It Must Learn From The Older Games
2. Neutral Factions Add Variety
To further add to the authenticity of Battlefront's maps, DICE would be mad not to use neutral factions in battle. Jawas, Tusken Raiders and Wampas were all fun to fight and flee from, and further enhanced the feeling that you were actually fighting for control of a planet in the Star Wars mythos. Pitting factions against each other in the sequel's hilarious 'hunt' mode was a neat little distraction to the title's more epic battles, but playing as these iconic characters isn't really necessary to DICE's Star Wars experience - though their presence will certainly further enrich the experience of reliving these classic Battlefronts today. Running into a Wampa on Hoth would prove to be the worst case scenario for many players trying to flank the opposing side, but it would just make for a game unmistakeably cinematic and Star Wars in nature.
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.
