Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection Is Off To A Rough Star On PC

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Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection Is Off To A Rough Star On PC

We learned last month that Aspyr Media was developing Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection, a remastered port combo of Star Wars: Battlefront and Star Wars: Battlefront II, first released in 2004 and 2005 respectively. This collection is now live but it seems the game is having a rough start at launch, especially for PC players. 

The viral tweet below posted to X (formerly

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) early this morning is indicative of many of the problems PC players are experiencing with the game: 

-10,000 people playing on launch night.
-Only has 3 servers that have 64 slots for a total of ~200 players.
-Multiplayer doesn’t work otherwise.
-Price Tag of 35 USD

****** ******* I am so disappointed this is robbery, don’t buy Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection

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— seb

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Replies to that tweet highlight some of the other issues players are apparently running into: zero options to party up with friends and a lack of expected quality-of-life improvements (

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), rubberbanding (

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), and more. However,

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are saying the biggest issues, like a low amount of servers and an inability to actually get into matches, were fixed within two hours of launch. 

Over on the

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, dozens of users are posting memes about the game’s launch, discussions about connectivity issues, and more. One user

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a screenshot of them downloading the original Star Wars Battlefront games on Xbox (through backward compatibility) to play instead of this collection, while another

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this re-release is “hands down the word video game I have ever paid money for.” It’s clear players on that subreddit are not happy with Aspyr’s Battlefront collection. 

On Steam, the game, which has a price tag of $35.01, has a “mostly negative” rating after 1,407 reviews – 21 percent of the reviews for the game are positive.

Now, players absolutely have the right to be upset about a $35 game they paid for and are seemingly unable to play at launch, which is doubly unfortunate when it’s clear a lot of these players were excited to jump in right at launch. But, there’s a good chance Aspyr is already working on fixes for the collection and ideally, a week from now, nobody is running into the issues Day One players are experiencing. That’s still not fair to Day One players but if you’re a fan of online games like this, you know rough launches aren’t all that unusual, as unfortunate as they can be. 

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