It doesn’t really add too much that would be able to address complaints about content, but there’s a pair of good maps and a great new game mode that tie in nicely to the impending film. Born in the Unknown Regions, the remaining armies and naval forces are led by Supreme Leader Snoke, when the First Order. The First Order avows legitimacy as a successor state to the Galactic Empire, and also serves as nemesis of The Resistance. The Battle of Jakku really is just the first step of DICE’s plans to expand the game, with more maps and modes planned, both for free and as part of the season pass. The First Order is an autocratic military dictatorship which formed from the remnants of the Galactic Empire, after the events of Battle of Jakku. It’s a fairly traditional layout, with three paths that run the length of the map, but with that simplicity comes a good flow and an ease of understanding where you are. It too takes inspiration from the intense battle and the wreckage left behind, with an AT-AT crumpled against the wall of the central canyon. On the other end of the scale, Goazan Badlands is the Jakku map added for modes like Blast or Cargo. It’s a good game mode that could add some much needed variety to the other 40-player game types. While Graveyard of Giants adds a fifth map to Supremacy, Walker Assault and Fighter Squadron, it’s disappointing that Turning Point doesn’t come to the other large scale maps. Cleverly, the battle starts weighted in the Rebellion’s favour, as they must only capture one of three control points, but it slowly shifts towards the Empire, as this diminishes down to just a single point for the fourth and final defensive line, allowing them to focus their efforts much better.

Turning Point is a clever twist on the traditional Rush mode from Battlefield games, where the rebels must move forward to capture and hold control points and push the defensive line back, time and again. The action on the ground strives to be similarly epic.

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