I don't own the game. It's not a problem for me at all. It's a principle, and a reflection of a publisher's greed and disrespect towards its customers.

Do you know that people bought the game, downloaded it, installed it, sat to play it, and couldn't because the publisher didn't want to pay for the required servers for their most loyal customers to do so?

Sure, it's good that there are servers now, but that's the minimum I expect and I expect them there at launch. You know, so people who have paid money to play their game actually can. Far be it for me to think an online multiplayer game should have servers to play online multiplayer in when it's available to buy.

[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Brilliant. Someone who doesn't even own the game pontificating like an expert on it. 😂

"Couldn't play the game". There's literally a bunch of single player content in the game. It's not online-only.

[–] Gamoc@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Believe it or not it's possible to gather information about things without directly experiencing it and I tend to do this with new games. I also already have the originals on steam.

Yes and it's a multiplayer classic that they couldn't play multiplayer in. It doesn't ruin the game, it didn't destroy the experience permanently, it's not the end of the world, but it's shit and only happened because of the publisher's greed. No clue why you feel the need to defend it really.

[Edit] I also haven't said a single word that even implies I'm an expert on it. I mentioned bugginess that I said I saw in a comment and talked about servers being unavailable. What level of star wars battlefront expert do you think I need to be to discuss specific star wars battlefront things like...bugs and servers?

[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't be defending the game if it was actually as broken as is being made out.

It's vastly overblown.

[–] Gamoc@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

But all people have said is that it's buggy on switch (with screenshot proof) and that there weren't enough servers for hours after launch. Is it you that's overblowing it?

[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The article linked at the top literally calls it a "disaster".

[–] Gamoc@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

That's a fair point. Though the actual people I've seen talking about it have said it's buggy as well though, more than a few have refunded.