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Star Wars: Battlefront for Xbox Original
Star Wars: Battlefront for Xbox Original is the team-based shooter from 2004 that places you as a soldier in the middle of a large battle. You choose the Republic, Separatists, Rebels or Empire and try to capture important command posts. These give your army control of the terrain and places to respawn. On maps such as Hoth and Endor, open ground, cover and access routes determine how best to approach the enemy.
Different soldier classes have their own weapons and duties. A sniper guards a distant route, while another unit is better at taking on vehicles. You can also man a turret or enter a ground or air vehicle. A battle therefore changes when someone blocks an important passage with heavy equipment. Simply defeating enemies is not enough: an unguarded command post can change hands behind your back.
You can play individual battles, follow the historical campaigns or conquer planets in Galactic Conquest. You can fight computer-controlled armies alone, or have two players cooperate or compete on a split screen. Each player then needs their own Xbox controller and profile. The original Xbox Live service has ended; online play is not promised here. This is not the DICE game from 2015 or the later Battlefront Classic Collection.
Region and language
Our Xbox Original games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Star Wars: Battlefront for Xbox Original includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Star Wars: Battlefront
Pandemic Studios developed Star Wars: Battlefront and LucasArts released it in September 2004 for Xbox, PlayStation 2 and PC. Its release was tied to the original film trilogy's DVD release. Rather than following one famous Jedi through a fixed storyline, the idea was to make the player an ordinary participant in a battle. Armies from both the classic and prequel eras offered different sides of that conflict.
Command posts, reinforcements and vehicles gave battles a shared structure. Your own soldier could fall while the struggle for territory continued. Choosing another class or returning elsewhere therefore became part of the tactics. Galactic Conquest connected individual battles to a struggle for planets. The Xbox version added local participation on one split screen alongside the network options available at the time.
Battlefront received a sequel in 2005, while much later other developers made games with the same name again. The title alone therefore does not establish which version you hold. This original Xbox disc contains Pandemic's first Battlefront, not the additional heroes, space battles or collection content of later releases. The discontinued online facilities belong to the product's history; local battles and playing against the computer form the basis described here.
Similar games for Xbox Original
Star Wars: Battlefront II and the first Battlefront let you capture command posts and use vehicles as a soldier on Xbox Original. The sequel adds playable heroes and separate space battles, among other things. The first game stays closer to ordinary units fighting on the ground and in the air over the battlefield. Sharing a name therefore does not mean they contain exactly the same content.
Star Wars: Republic Commando and Battlefront place you in a military team on Xbox Original. Republic Commando follows a fixed elite squad through story missions and lets you issue orders to your team. Battlefront revolves around larger battles with changing soldier classes and capturable points. Both use blasters and familiar Star Wars enemies, but the scale of your responsibility and a mission's structure differ.
Halo 2 and Battlefront combine shooting with vehicles and local split-screen play on Xbox Original. Halo 2 has a continuous campaign about main characters and builds encounters around their progress. Battlefront centres individual battles on armies and command posts. In both, a vehicle can change the terrain, but Battlefront more often asks you to retain a position for the entire army.
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat and Battlefront use several soldier types and vehicles for large-scale fighting on Xbox Original. Modern Combat places the action in a modern military conflict and lets its campaign switch between soldiers. Battlefront uses film armies, command posts and a struggle for planets. The similarity lies in different roles sharing one battlefield; campaign structure and weapon types create a different rhythm.
TimeSplitters 2 and Battlefront let you play separate shooting matches outside the main storyline on Xbox Original. TimeSplitters 2 uses very different periods, compact arenas and numerous match rules. Battlefront keeps its battles focused on Star Wars armies, command posts and vehicles. Both offer local competition, but Battlefront places more emphasis on moving the front line and retaining several important locations simultaneously.
