Just wanted to throw this in...
There's [understandably] quite a Star Wars fever lately (well, "lately" as in since the first teaser came out, but of course since the past day or so now with the second teaser). I love the franchise, the universe, the characters and their respective story(ies). I also really like certain games (the majority of them aren't really good, but some do stand out from the crowd).
Now here's the thing, I never played the original Battlefront (but did hear about it at the time when it was relatively new). I did, however, became hyped for Battlefront II and bought it soon after its PC release. To my surprise, I liked it... BUT... for reasons that today completely elude me I never really "got into" it that much. I remember playing it maybe the equivalent of two weeks or so, pretty much every day. I mean it had its time (for me, it was short but I enjoyed it). However, it soon faded away from my interests (still now that I'm typing this I'm trying to remember just why that was but I can't recall, it might have been something else going on in my life at the time, or simply another more interesting game came out).
A few hours ago I decided to install it (well, had to actually search for the box first, got the retail version). The decision was impulsive but I was sort of bored (the irony of what unplanned activities on Fridays can do to me) so I thought "ok what the heck, why not". The first game mode I chose was Hero Assault, on Mos Eisley. That's * THE * game mode I do remember playing the most at the time (honestly though I didn't even remember that it was the case at all, until I saw the game mode again after install it). It's the whole Jedi Vs. Sith battle mode thing.
Well guess what... I don't say this type of thing often but holy shit I had a lot of fun. Now ok, granted, the fun in question didn't last that long. My attention span on certain types of games changed over the years (not that it decreased across the board for everything I play, but it just "changed", some games I used to play for hours now only draw me in for maybe 45 mins and I'm done even though I can still enjoy them). But my amusement out of it was genuine, didn't care One. Second. about the "aging" graphics, the music was awesome, the action was cool.
I mean... I guess that the whole point of this is if any of you guys right now sort of have a craving for Star Wars gaming that seemingly comes out of nowhere (or obviously comes out of the excitement generated by the second teaser of the next movie) and you do happen to own Battlefront 2, then do give it another go, even if it just lasts half an hour, that game still has it I'd say (and I'm saying it because I didn't think I'd enjoy it as much as I just did).