Star Wars Battlefront Collection’s rocky launch is unsurprisingly being met with negative reactions, as PC players have flooded Steam’s discussion board, warning others to stay away and leaving some rather harsh reviews.
As reported earlier today, the highly acclaimed Star Wars Battlefront games have been re-released in an all-new collection bundle. With players having fond memories of the original releases, many went in with high expectations, though they quickly discovered that the games were plagued with many issues.
The most common, as we outlined in our Star Wars Battlefront Collection known issues piece, was the lack of servers that left many unable to play online. Beyond that, other bugs, some new, while some carried from the original releases, have also been plaguing players. Many have also noted the lack of modern-day features and general quality-of-life improvements, calling this re-release a lackluster port.
So, unsurprisingly, players have begun requesting refunds, not just on Steam but on other platforms as well. Even less surprising is that this has also prompted them to leave bad reviews of the game, with the collection now mostly negative with over 1400 reviews. Mind you, this is Steam, meaning they’re verified purchases, not just players review-bombing the title, as we’ve seen on Metacritic.
Over on the Battlefront subreddit, multiple discussions and threads have cropped up regarding refunding the game or how to process a refund on the platform where the game was bought.
Any chance PSN will accept a refund request? The collection is a broken product
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What should have been a celebration of classics has quickly taken a turn for the worse. While most weren’t expecting any remake with these collections, there were expectations that this would be more than just a simple resolution bump, as, while fun, the original releases had their fair share of issues. That sadly wasn’t the case, and while the titles were good for their time, seeing them back with little to no other improvements already makes this collection feel rather dated. This criticism was also something that was brought up in our Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection review.
Hopefully, Aspry will see all of this feedback and work on a patch to resolve most of these issues. It’s heartbreaking to see such beloved titles handled in such a way.
Shocking….
I’m so sick to death of companies getting away with this with no legal action. Where the h*(; are the consumer groups and consumer rights attorneys? They knew exactly what state the game was in when they allowed you to give them money for it. In almost every other industry companies pay fines, they get sued, they get punished, but for some reason the biggest entertainment industry on Earth is largely immune and it’s bs.