The prologue mission introduces you to all the basic game mechanics. From there, she’s one blaster rifle and a hundred Rebels away from escaping the ship. When the game starts, Iden is captured by the enemy and has to remotely control her backpack droid to free her.
As a lifelong servant of the Empire, she has dedicated to the cause of wiping out the Rebel Alliance as commander of the Inferno Team. However, one of the major complaints from fans was the lack of a single-player campaign, prompting EA to bring a high-budget campaign for the sequel.ĭeveloped by EA Motive, the studio headed by former Assassin’s Creed producer Jade Raymond, the campaign puts the player in the shoes of Iden Versio. The last Battlefront game that released in 2015 alongside The Force Awakens was a multiplayer-only affair that focused on back-and-forth battles across Star Wars history. The story campaign of Star Wars Battlefront II charts a middle ground between the two, teetering on the edge of the movies we know and love without being directly involved. For decades, Star Wars games have tried to retell the stories from the movies or diversify and explore the outside periphery of the galaxy far, far away. Few series have lineages as storied as Star Wars, which can be a burden for every new project that attempts to pull from its universe.
