Star Wars Battlefront II Xbox One review: A potential blockbuster poisoned by the Dark Side

Star Wars Battlefront II is here, and despite how amazing it is at its core, it has become thoroughly mired in controversy.

Publishers are pushing micropayments into our premium games harder than ever before, and Battlefront II might be the most egregious of the lot. The multiplayer progression is wrapped up in a system you can buy into, rewarding players with more powerful abilities depending on how much cash you splash. Or at least, it was, until EA backpedaled and shut down the premium currency following a huge, unprecedented consumer backlash.

It's a damn shame that this has to be part of the conversation because the gameplay is incredible, the visuals are on another level, and the story is fairly interesting. The tale of Battlefront II is one of incredible developers, artists, and programmers, versus the insatiable greed of its sickening monetization systems.

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