Yeah, they seem to have brought a lot of the more obscure weapons to the fore. Perhaps we had a hand in that, or maybe that is just the result of spending some solid time in the Lucasfilm Archives. With our MG-15 finally getting an official name, and few other oddities showing up I'm sure it is also the result of generally higher definition imagery being available so people are spotting these weapons. What does annoy me is that even with a broader selection of weapons to choose from they have still chosen to use inappropriate weapons such as the Tusken Raider slug thrower as a sniper rifle for all factions, talk about an immersion breaker.

Indeed it was the high focus on teamwork encouraging gameplay that was one of FS's core strengths, the fact you couldn't be an army of one and had to co-ordinate with your team mates to truly get the most out of the game, be it with deploying the various assets that make a superior E-Web/Mk.II heavy blaster nest, to fully manning some vehicles and capital ships.

I think the lack of that co-ordinated teamplay is going to be my biggest bug bear with what they have going on in the new SW:BF, that and them slapping TIE Fighters all over Hoth.

As always, EA and DICE's marketing teams are on point big time.  Super impressive.

I'm still not sold though, the videos all make the games seem fantasticly fun, but I remember what I played and it was pretty much nothing at all like they showed (even batting aside the obviously scripted gameplay sequences).

The areas of the maps they showed which we've not seen looked pretty cool, but given the map design we've seen previously I'm not sure how well they work. They look more like interesting locations than fun to play in.  I saw some clips of the Endor Bunker area and although pretty it seemed... uninspired.

I will say though the various gameplay modes all look amazing. I'm really not sure what the "standard" will be, probably walker assault. With the massive variation they are putting in it's a real shame there won't be the likes of what many returning fans want: pure conquest.  I also worry long term about how easy it'll be to actually play these different modes.  In the battlefield games it can be really hard to find games that aren't the "main" modes sometimes.

It's super tempting to get, but I know if this game wasn't Star Wars, there's no chance I'd be buying it.  I've also been burned enough times this year with AAA games being horrendous on release, or dying out super fast.  This one will probably be a sale buy for me

The visuals are absolutely amazing though. Frostbite sure is pretty.

Now that Xbox users can play the game in full early, I'll be waiting a few days and watching some recorded gameplay footage.  Perhaps the final map design and gameplay with all unlocks will be a lot better than what we saw.