It was one of the most anticipated games of the year, at least for its nostalgic value. For many of us, STAR WARS: Battlefront Classic Collection is one of the games that made us fall in love with the gaming industry when we were young. That’s why what we have experienced this week is not fair.
Fans are heavily criticizing Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection on its first day of release due to errors, glitches, and server issues in multiplayer mode.
After its release on March 14th, Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection is receiving criticism and bad reviews due to numerous bugs and, what’s worse, its online multiplayer services not being ready.
A disastrous release that tarnishes the Star Wars image
According to Eurogamer on March 14th, players have reported numerous errors on all platforms, leading many to request refunds. Limited servers have also posed problems for many players, once again across multiple platforms.
The first reports from users indicated that there were only three servers for Battlefront 2 on PC, each with a capacity of 64 players, which meant that a total of 192 players could join at once. Since Steam reported 9,232 players at one point, connecting the dots suggests that hundreds, if not thousands, of players were unable to join the servers.
Other issues beyond the servers included the game crashing completely or missing scenes. After less than a day on Steam, the reviews as of March 14th are “mostly negative”, with 1,972 reviews.
This is not the first time that developer Aspyr has had similar issues. When re-releasing Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered, Epic Games Store players had to play with a “development version with incomplete resources.” At the same time, Aspyr was affected by a class-action lawsuit after canceling the restored downloadable content for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 for Switch.
Star Wars players and fans are not having their best moment right now, between this and the fact that a first-person shooter based on The Mandalorian was canceled at the end of last month.
The game is now available to play on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, the game includes both the original Star Wars: Battlefront and its sequel, Star Wars: Battlefront 2, from 2004 and 2005, respectively
