Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection Dev Shares Update On Launch Issues

Aspyr at it again with the Star Wars-related nonsense. Between this and the KOTOR 2 DLC debacle, I'm wondering if someone else should be on the legacy Star Wars stuff.

@MasterGraveheart Hopefully it's all fixed this time.

Wait, why do they screw up so hard with Star Wars, yet Tomb Raider Remastered wasn't THIS problematic?

Not surprised with Aspyr but I will say that I was able to play online matches in battlefront 2 without any significant issues on switch.

The multiplayer has gotten better through the day

@MasterGraveheart ....At least it's not EA. lol

@MirrorFate2 This is a network thing on the MP side. I'll be playing split-screen anyway, but still...hope this is fixed.

@MasterGraveheart

Yeah, and if anyone is to take over for them I really hope it's Nightdive.

They've done amazing remaster work on the Turok games and Star Wars Dark Forces among others.

WHERE THE HECK IS AN INVERSION OPTION (and motion control)!?!?!?!?!?

I'm waiting for a physical version since having to download 33 GBs+ is just ridiculous. That's the size of the Mortal Kombat games, which are at least new games. The original versions on Xbox and PS2 are barely half that size together.

@PKDuckman on PC it’s 62GG! The theory is that is all 4K textures, I’d expect the switch one to be a bit smaller if that was the case.

As the game went live on Steam 10,000 people started it up to find out that there were 3 dedicated servers (64 people each) in battlefield 2 and none for 1 on top of self hosted servers not working. It truly is a spectacular launch fail.

Also on PC if you are in a 64 person match it caps out at 30fps! It is kinda nice to know that other systems are having these issues too. I bought kotor2 on switch for easy controller support with the removed content after having such a good experience in kotor1 on Switch but decided to get battlefield on PC since it’s where all my friends play multiplayer but looks like the whole thing was a mistake.

I would just buy it for singleplayer, but the Steam reviews have put me off. I'll wait until it's on discount.

@WhiteTrashGuy The invert aim option is over there in the pile labeled "For Monsters."

@MirrorFate2 Found myself asking that too. There was a Eurogamer article, seems Saber had the developer behind OpenLara as lead on Tomb Raider Remastered. So the lead developer was effectively a super fan of the series, and that really shows in the finished product.

I'll certainly stay away from this, at least until the option to invert the Y axis is added and probably for a sale, it seems quite expensive.

@MirrorFate2 Yeah, Ristar nailed it. Open Lara is amazing. Check out YouTube videos of it running on a jailbroken Switch. It looks amazing! I've been wondering why it's better than the admittedly awesome eshop release. I guess it might be because on a jailbroken Switch you can increase the clocks, thus allowing things like the awesome water effects while keeping a locked 60fps. Who knows...

No idea how online battles are yet because THERE IS NO INVERT THE Y-AXIS OPTION. It was in the originals. Aspyr literally removed the option. Sent in a feedback ticket. Hoping for a speedy update.

As others have said they just made sure I'll never dl this simply because it's more than 30 go and will probably get bigger since it needs to be patched as all hell. And that of course is absolutely ridiculous.

EDIT : no invert y axis in that day and age you gotta be kidding me

Maybe I'm just lucky but I've had no problems with this game. Played abit of single player and went straight into multiplayer. Found games instantly, only problem I have is I seem to be rubbish nowadays at old school FPS lol

@NinjaSyao NightDive actually has terrible networking infrastructure. You have to remember these are port studios, not AAA live service developers. This is the first Aspyr release with online, and it's not like Saber, their parent company until yesterday, had much better network infrastracure in the first place. Right now they are in uncharted waters, and have been hit by the network equivalent of a typhoon you give a name too. Like Bertha. Or Gertrude. Some hiccups are to be expected.

The 66 Gig install base though? Yeah, I got nothing for that. That's just bad emulator optimization.

What a dumpster fire of a release.

How can you release a game in this day in age without the ability to invert/change the flight controls? Who does Aspyr think I am? Sully Sullenberger? lol

Garbage. They should make the game free to play now, cause with this kinda launch NOBODY will be buying it.

Playing the single-player rn. It's great. Hope they fix the mp.

Downloaded last night,just played a couple of hours online having a great time.Yes it’s not cheap but if I get over 30 hrs of gaming ( which I will probably surpass in no time)then I think I’ll get my money’s worth.Yes it’s a big download but as a predominately physical collector this type of online game I prefer to have on the machine at all times.

Get inverted Y please!!!

@MirrorFate2 Because the ENTIRE focus of the complaints is about multiplayer.

I only play any of this in single player offline, and it is flawless, just as I remember.

What a GIANT thud...

glad i passed on it this dev is lazy as hell for not giving us a physical version especially how big the digital version is.

@LikelySatan
And I was just in the shower thinking about how I'm so happy to be part of a community that does not devolve into hate towards inverted players... c'est la vie. ; )

@WhiteTrashGuy Fellow inverted y-axis player here. I don't understand why the hate even exists. Tilt your head back, you look up. So, of course, you do the same with a joystick. Tilt your head forward, you look down. And again, naturally, you would do the same with a joystick. Feels pretty natural to me. Keep on inverting

@VarunKK
Agreed! I understand both ways, but playing with "regular" controls creates a disconnect that takes me out of the experience a bit. Can't really explain it.

@WhiteTrashGuy I've heard fans of inverted controls say that it's down to look up because you move the back of your head similarly.
Of course, flight controls should be inverted. Let's not be crazy.

As mentioned, it's encouraging players to continue to report bugs and any other errors or problems they encounter. You can see the Switch version of the game in action in our previous post:

Looks like Aspyr and Embracer wanted their customers to be beta testers now. Everyone who bought this collection is essentially beta testing the games for them. Now you know why I don't buy games like I use to anymore. We shouldn't had to do your jobs for you Aspyr/Embracer.

@LikelySatan
ROFL. I thought about buying it and just trying to play space missions until it's patched! Daddy needs his Galactic Conquest fix!!!

I believe the Tomb Raider remasters were built on the original code, plus there's no online component — so I'd imagine that'd make a remaster a much more straightforward process (I'm by no means any kind of coder; I'm sure there's WAY more to it than I'm implying )

I did not pre-order because I did not have faith in the online networks. Now I know my instincts are correct lol

Played it about an hour ago, worked fine was in a quick match in battlefront 1 with 30 or so players. Also the single player is fun, I'm terrible at the game but it has been fun so far.

I have this on Steam. BF1 is nearly unplayable online. BF2 seems to run pretty well for me after they resolved the whole server issue. I really wish someone other than Aspyr had handled this. To their credit though they seem to be actively trying to right their wrongs.

Aspyr need to be spelled with two S's at this point, honestly.

Typical Aspyr. Don't buy anything from them at launch, if ever. It is ALWAYS like that.