STAR WARS: Squadrons
Master the art of starfighter combat in the authentic piloting experience STAR WARS™: Squadrons. Buckle up and feel the adrenaline of first-person, multiplayer space dogfights alongside your squadron. Pilots who enlist will step into the cockpits of starfighters from both the New Republic and Imperial fleets and fight in strategic 5v5 space battles. Modify your starfighter, and adjust the composition of your squadron to suit varying playstyles and crush the opposition. Pilots will triumph as a team and complete tactical objectives across known and never-before-seen battlefields, including the gas giant of Yavin Prime and the shattered moon of Galitan. Take control of starfighters such as the X-wing and TIE fighter. Customize loadouts and cosmetics. Divert power between weapons, shields, and engines while immersing yourself in the cockpit. In addition, players will have the option to play the entirety of the game in virtual reality! Learn what it means to be a pilot in a thrilling STAR WARS™ single-player story set after the events of Return of the Jedi. Seen from alternating perspectives between 2 factions, iconic and emerging leaders on both sides are battling for the galaxy. The New Republic fights for freedom. The Empire demands order. We need you to join the galaxy’s finest.
Steam User 105
To fix the gray login screen you have to log out of EA app and sign into EA app via steam, it then ask you to link EA to Steam account.
So far i dont know if the game is really good or bad, just wanted to let people know
Steam User 87
Gave me 3 days of fun. Amazing experience with VR.
Pros:
- Graphics
- Effects
- Inmersion
- Gameplay
- VR
- Joystick + Throttle quadrant + rudder pedals very recomended for optimum gameplay
Cons:
- Briefings and tedious "hangar time"
- Too many controls for so little differences, making the game over complicated.
- non existing online comunity
- You have some sort of one "empire + rebel campaign". This could be one campaign per faction
Got it with a 90% or so discount. 3 days of fun for the price of one beer.
Steam User 88
Game is good, too bad the MP is kinda dead
and if you play online you are playing against people who will fly circles around you
also EA should be banned from ever touching star wars
Steam User 109
---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☐ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☑ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
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☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☑ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☑ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
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Steam User 59
It is a miracle to me that this game even exists. I spent countless weekends using an old joystick and running low poly dogfights in Balance of Power, X-Wing, Tie Fighter and X-Wing Alliance (note: either number or vary your sequels enough so that it seems like new iterations are coming out instead of changing just one word). The fact that EA would take the risk to go back into mission based sim dogfighting, a long since dead genre, is a triumph by itself.
I don’t know about current technical issues, and I hope those get corrected for those who purchase it in the future.
However I do know about what it was like pulling a zero-g on a dime u turn in a Tie Interceptor, dodging rockets and locking all weapons on a pursuing X-Wing to finally crack shields and bring him down. The trailers for this game are insanely accurate for the gameplay experience if you have the skill to crack it.
Toning down some of the more esoteric sim aspects so all actions can fit on a controller is appreciated as I get older. Gone are the days of finding desk space for a joystick and keyboard, memorizing 30ish keyboard shortcuts just to remember how to lock on, cycle targets, reroute power to weapons and match target speed.
Narrative is largely forgettable, walking menus are nostalgic but ultimately too slow contrast to gameplay. However it’s those gameplay moments and player actions that stick with me. Piloting a wide variety of crafts and varied enough missions that I never feel bored when I’m in the black.
Double check with discussion boards before purchasing, but I wholeheartedly think this is worthy of anyone’s time if it’s still in operation. Happy hunting.
Steam User 43
Somehow, EA made a decent star wars game...
Ok, lets get the important bits first:
This is NOT a modern "TIE Fighter". It doesn't has NEARLY the same amount of subtlety, charm, attention to detail, complexity in controls or conversation flows. You will specially realize as you read the dialogues NPC have with you (which are one sided since you dont ever reply back, you just hear them monologue and talk to a wall, thanks to having you create and customize your own character, which you barely even see, name, which you barely even read, and voice, which you barely even hear. Really wish the game just used a pre-made character and had more interactions with the NPC instead) and the over reliance on alien characters that is trying to appeal to a more disney star wars fanbase rather than the original ones, as if the fact that the game takes place after episode 6 is not enough indication. The game is linear and you cant pick to fly for the empire or the rebels for the entirety of the game. The game switches you constantly between teams, to which there's only 1 ending that you end up in.
This is more of a first person Star Wars Rogue Squadron in terms of design and complexity. If you are ok with that, you can enjoy the game with ease.
The game runs INCREDIBLY WELL for how it looks, and while i dont think hundreds of people bitching about the EA Origin (Or whatever it is called now) store DRM service, the game doesn't force it anymore to play, so no need to worry about installing another storefront, which is something Ubisoft could learn...
Steam User 32
I'm 11 hours in, I've been using this game as a place to test dual flightstick. I've been thoroughly enjoying it. Might play it with stick + mouse, probably wouldn't play it with keyboard + mouse, might play it with controller. It's pretty obviously been abandoned, but there seems to be a Reddit community that organises weekly fleet battles. I assume they're all turbonerds that have played since the game's inception, but it's reassuring to see activity still. Fun flight, nice controls, satisfying combat, unfortunately EA. 6/10 overall in 2023.