Battlefront II campaign mission detailed in new article
While much of today focused on Battlefront II’s multiplayer portion, it appears a lucky few also got to watch some campaign gameplay.
This new information comes by way of Kotaku, which got to see a developer-guided mission of the campaign that focuses on Commander Iden Versio and her elite Imperial unit, Inferno Squad.
Obviously, minor spoilers of the campaign are ahead!
By sound of it, this mission is the early part of the campaign, as it takes place soon after the Rebels destroyed the second Death Star:
In the demo EA showed today, Iden was recalled to the planet Vardos following the destruction of the second Death Star at the end of Return of the Jedi. She receives orders from her father, an Imperial admiral, to put her squad together for a new mission. A strange envoy of the Emperor relays the late leader’s last commands via a helmet that bears his likeness on a holo-screen: carry out Operation Cinder, a plan to disrupt the Rebels in case of the Emperor’s demise.
It first featured some space combat:
As Iden prepares for Operation Cinder, the shipyard she is stationed at is attacked by an overwhelming Rebel force. The first portion of this level took place in the cockpit of a TIE Fighter and tasked the player with wiping out Rebel cruisers and protecting a squadmate from an ambush.
But eventually ended inside a Rebel ship:
As the Imperial fleet is ravaged by a cruiser’s powerful ion cannons, Iden flies directly into the enemy ship’s hangar in a very smooth transition from dogfighting to boots on the ground action. The gunfights that followed were constricted to tight corridors that were a perfect fit for various gadgets like thermal grenades and a droid that could be sicced on Rebels to shock them into submission.
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The mission ended as Iden sabotaged the ion cannon’s power, blowing up energy cells that erupted and sent lightning arcs toward squads of enemies. The whole thing wrapped with a story sequence where another ship crashed into the Rebel vessel, seemingly launching Iden and her teammate Hask into the vacuum of space.
Very interesting stuff! Based on what’s described, it seems like portions of this mission made their way into the end of today’s gameplay trailer (I’ve attached the relevant shots above).
Head on over to Kotaku to read the full article.
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