Highlights

  • The Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection is facing review-bombing on Steam due to multiplayer issues.
  • Players are experiencing problems with server availability, rubber banding, spawning, and clunky controls.
  • Despite the rocky start, developer Aspyr has the potential to fix the issues and reach the collection's full potential.

The Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection is being review-bombed by players on Steam after its recent release. The Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection brings together the original two games into one modern package, but it seems as though many gamers are facing some serious issues with the release.

The original Battlefront titles are some of the best Star Wars games ever, putting players in the boots of soldiers in some of the most iconic battles from across the franchise's history. While the second title did have classic Heroes and Villains available to use, the appeal was largely still playing a smaller role in large-scale combat, with similarities often drawn to the Battlefield series. The Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection promised to bring this back, with new multiplayer servers giving gamers a fresh hit of nostalgia. As of right now though, it doesn't seem to be going entirely to plan.

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Star Wars Battlefront is making its grand return this week, but this new collection may be facing a bit of an uphill battle with PC gamers.

Players immediately took to the game's Steam reviews to share their displeasure at the release, landing it a rating of "Mostly Negative" on the platform. On its immediate launch, gamers reported that just three 64-player servers were live to serve an estimated 10,000 players, leaving thousands unable to play multiplayer, which, for many, was the collection's entire selling point. Then, when more servers did go live, the situation didn't improve. Those joining matches reported unplayable amounts of rubber banding, even on low-ping servers, as well as some problems with spawning and clunky controls. Combined with the recent news that the Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection is missing crossplay, it's been a rough start so far.

Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection Review Bombing

It isn't all doom and gloom, however. When DICE's Star Wars Battlefront 2 first launched in 2017, it was mired in controversy due to aggressive microtransactions in the game. The studio changed course, and with frequent updates, 2017's Battlefront 2 became arguably the best Star Wars FPS on the market. If the launch of the Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection continues to face ongoing problems, developer Aspyr only needs to look at what DICE managed to achieve by committing the time and resources to eventually get it right.

Hopefully, fixes can be made to bring the Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection up to players' standards, although right now, no one knows exactly what the future holds for the collection. After the recent report that Respawn's Star Wars FPS has been canceled by EA, fans of the franchise need a little bit of good news, so hopefully Aspyr sticks with it and helps the Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection reach its full potential.