Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
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Rebellion Developments (PSP) N-Space (DS) |
| Publisher(s) | LucasArts |
| Producer(s) | Jaime Valls Enriquez (PSP) Scott Kiraly (DS) |
| Designer(s) | Andrew Haith (PSP) Brendan McLeod (DS) |
| Programmer(s) | Richard May (PSP) Rick Marino (DS) |
| Artist(s) | Daniel Meeuws (PSP) |
| Writer(s) | Paul Mackman (PSP) |
| Composer(s) | Tony Porter (DS) Karl Demer (DS) |
| Series | Star Wars: Battlefront |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS |
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| Genre(s) | Third-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | (PSP) 65.39% (DS) 60.23% |
| Metacritic | (PSP) 63/100 (DS) 61/100 |
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| Publication | Score |
| Game Informer | 6.75/10 |
| GamePro |   |
| Game Revolution | D+ |
| GameSpot | (PSP) 7/10 (DS) 5/10 |
| IGN | (DS) 6.9/10 (PSP) 6/10 |
| Nintendo Power | 5.5/10 |
| ONM | 73% |
| PSM |  |
| VideoGamer.com | 6/10 |
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron is a third-person shooter video game, part of the Star Wars: Battlefront series released November 3, 2009 on the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable.
Elite Squadron allows players to participate in combat on foot, in ground vehicles or in space. Players are also able to enter capital ships and, once the shields are down, fight the enemy inside on foot. The ground-space transitions are accompanied by short cutscenes while the game loads the next area. The same is also true of entering or exiting a capital ship. This is the first Battlefront game to allow players to fly from ground to space battles. The consequences of each battle will depend on the players actions, meaning that each individual enemy killed can affect the outcome of a result. The battlefront will not be one giant, seamless map, but a compilation of inter-connected, smaller size areas, each one capable of affecting the other.
It includes playable characters such as Luke Skywalker, Boba Fett, Darth Vader, Darth Maul, The Emperor and Kit Fisto, and the Heroes and Villains mode (Assault Mode) last featured in Star Wars: Battlefront II. Also included is General Rahm Kota, a character from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, as well as other characters from Renegade Squadron, such as Col Serra. Also, the Galactic Conquest mode features a new mechanic not seen in previous versions, where two players are able to share a single PSP, and compete against each other in a strategy based game mode. Players are also able to mix characters from the Star Wars saga and put them into locations and situations that never happened within canon. The story mode has been called "a huge step up from previous story modes", and was praised for incorporating the controls into the mission. As players made progress in the story and completed objectives, they would unlock customization props.
During the campaign, the player controls a clone trooper called X2, who was created from the DNA of a Jedi Master. X2 also helped train the clone army. X2 is given the job of hunting Jedi in Order 66 with his clone brother, X1. In the beginning, X2 is part of Jedi Master Ferroda's group of clones. Later, X2 kills Ferroda when Order 66 is executed, something he later regrets. X2 consequently betrays the Empire and joins the Rebellion after he refuses to continue carrying out Order 66, causing him to become involved in every major battle in the Star Wars saga from Revenge of the Sith through Return of the Jedi.
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