The gameplay does lack depth going off of what we got in the Beta. Hoping some of the other game modes we haven't seen yet give us more depth, but as the lack of classes and a few other factors such as trying to distance itself from Battlefield style gameplay seem to be their M.O. That lack of depth is likely to remain due to the design of the core gameplay. Still, I can hope.

With regards to the DLC package, yes, it is expensive paid for all in one go, but I actually have a lot of time for the BF4 premium style DLC model, there is far more content than was available in the vanilla game, new maps and modes and considerable improvements to the original maps and game mechanics that you just wouldn't see without the DLC business model. You're getting like an additional game or two of content via DLC updates, and the drip feeding of new content over the years mean that this is still my primary go to game on Xbox 360. So it adds significant longevity to the original game. If they do this with Battlefront and hopefully enrich the gameplay and add depth as well as new maps and locations etc over time, that will be no bad thing.

I agree with a lot of what he says, but he's also a bit off the mark in some areas.

Yeah, it is the lack of the teamwork related gameplay aspects combined with a certain lack of authenticity with regards to the locations and sequences they have decided to render as maps which has me most miffed personally.

With regards to creating or releasing a more expansive selection of locations, or other eras, I fully expect that to be addressed with DLC, to what extent will this deal with these shortcomings is the only question.

^^ This with bells on.

If we'd managed to finish Hoth before things went south with multiplayer support, we'd have handled it very differently to what they have done here.