Star Wars Battlefront 2 hits all of the right notes in the heat of a pitched firefight. Blasters chirp, TIE Fighters scream, the orchestral accompaniment soars or crashes as the good guys or bad guys take the lead.

For a Star Wars fan, it is a good and a bad time right now. There are Star Wars movies releasing again, the shops are full of shiny things and the younger folk now know what a wookiee is.

Janina Gavankar; Graphics; Many varied maps and objective playing multiplayer

Multiplayer progression system; Lack of Star Wars movie music; Movie character facial models

Disclaimer: EA provided AusGamers with flights, accommodation, and meals for the Star Wars Battlefront II review event. I'm a Star Wars Battlefront apologist . That's the 2015 version I'm talking about because, obviously, the original Pandemic Studios Battlefront games were fantastic.

PLEASE NOTE: After weeks of fan complaints, and the intervention of Disney, EA has switched off all microtransactions in Star Wars: Battlefront II. Although they will return, in altered form, at a later date. You can read more about the

Superb graphics and amazing attention to Star Wars detail; Starfighter Assault is excellent and the story mode is a good effort; Plenty of game modes

Offensively cynical (and fiddly) progression system, whose reliance on luck and microtransactions destroys all sense of fairness; Mediocre gunplay

I bought this game a while ago and got a great price on a preowned version of this and wow the campaign is just amazing so good really shows what really happened after the battle of endor

When LucasArts was firmly in charge of developing their own line of Star Wars video games, quality control was a complete crapshoot. Sometimes the developer released winners, sometimes losers, and sometimes fascinating experiments that at least tried to do something different.

Electronic Arts makes missteps at every turn in this fundamentally flawed follow-up.

There was a lot of controversy around this game when it first launched becasuse EA had essentially made it pay to win with all of the micro transactions. Well I am happy to report that the only micro transactions are for cosmetics and you can unlock everything in the game just by playing it.

This game simulates epic battles across the entire Star Wars saga, with graphics, sound and grameplay that would have you scratching your head and wondering if you're watching one of the movies. It is an incredibly fun romp across the galaxy.

Can this game overcome bad implementations of microtransactions to be worth your money? Find out in our review of Star Wars Battlefront 2.