What can I say? I'm a sucker for Star Wars. Though, I found myself wondering how well a console version
would stack up against my older PC games. The short answer is the new release is absolutely beautiful. On the XBOX ONE, it
looks and plays like warm milk chocolate. It's so realistic it's actually breathtaking. The only downside is that
EA Games INSISTS you create an account with them in order to play it online. First off, you don't need to create an
account with EA Games at all if you're just going to play the console-based scenarios — so I didn't even need to create
the stupid account to begin with. Secondly, every time you finish a scenario, you're brought right back to prompts which
nag you about how you can't play online if you're not signed in to your stupid EA Games account. It's a serious pain in the
neck, EA.
My daughter LOVES playing this game. I think she likes it more than I do — and she certainly plays it more often than
do I. So Star Wars Battlefront is a big win for two reasons: the game play is gorgeous, and I don't have to
watch the Disney channel.
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