Star Wars: BattleFront 2 Space Combat Overview (2005, Pandemic/LucasArts)

Star Wars: Battlefront II is a 2005 first- and third-person shooter video game based on the Star Wars film franchise. Developed by Pandemic Studios and published by LucasArts it is a sequel to 2004's Star Wars: Battlefront and the second game in the Battlefront series. The game was released in PAL regions on October 31, 2005 on the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox platforms, and in North America on November 1 of the same year. It was later updated to be backwards compatible for the Xbox 360. It was also released on the PlayStation Store on October 20, 2009 for download on the PSP.

The game features new vehicles, characters, game mechanics, maps, and missions compared to the original Battlefront. Unlike its predecessor, Battlefront II features a more narrative-based campaign, retelling portions of the Star Wars story from the point of view of a veteran Imperial stormtrooper, reminiscing about his tour of duty in service of both the Galactic Republic and as part of the Galactic Empire. Gameplay additions over Battlefront include the use of Jedi, additional game modes such as hero assault, and objective-based space battles.

Battlefront II was well received, with the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions scoring in the mid 80s at aggregators GameRankings and Metacritic. The PC version scored slightly lower at both sites, scoring a 76.60% at GameRankings and 78 at Metacritic. The PSP version was the worst received, scoring 70.93% at GameRankings and 69 at Metacritic. Reviewers generally praised the narrative-based story; however, some felt that the upgrades from the original were not enough to merit the price. Like the original game, it was a commercial success.

GameSpy Technology scheduled a shut down across all titles using the service for May 31, 2014, which included Star Wars: Battlefront II for PC, PS2, and Xbox. However, Electronic Arts had prevented this from happening, as they've announced that for a few titles, GameSpy functionality would remain active until June 30, 2014. The extended support offered by EA had ended on July 25, 2014, taking all GameSpy online video games across all platforms, offline. (Darn you Glu Mobile!)

Whereas Star Wars: Battlefront '​s campaign featured missions dependent on the chosen faction, Battlefront II contains only one campaign, called Rise of the Empire, which is found in every version of the game except the PSP. This set of missions is presented as the narration of a veteran of the 501st Legion, known as Vader's Fist, beginning with an attack on the planet Mygeeto during the Clone Wars and ending with the assault on Hoth as depicted in The Empire Strikes Back. There are a total of 18 missions, four of which are optional space missions.

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[GioTheVax]

I remember watching this cutscene over and over on my old Xbox copy of the game as a kid (which might have been a demo disc but i cant remember). Whenever I listen to the star wars track it's using as a background (Into The Trap) I get nostalgic.

[blazesapphire]

I love this video. Also, this voice actor I think appears in a lot of tutorials for star wars games released around this time. Like a game called Star Wars Empire at war. I've always liked this guy's voice

[AImpatientMan]

God damn the old tutorials in games were so much better. Fuck 15 minute hand holding with walls of text, just give me a badass narrator and the basics in a minute.

[Markye_Takamoto]

When I was an adolescent and I sneaked into the ship to blow it up from the inside with time bombs, I had this guy's voice saying "sabotage" (1:01) it the sick cool way he does playing in my head. Felt so badass, so immersed, god I love this game.

[barragethree]

I grew up with this: [Battlefront II Space Assault]
But damn this is better: [Star Wars: Squadrons]

[michaelsarmento]

Still a Perfect name for the prequels Rise of the Empire