The Star Wars Battlefront Iceberg EXPLAINED

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The text delves into various hidden and interesting details about the Battlefront 2015 and Battlefront 2 games, showcasing unique features, glitches, controversies, and unreleased content. It highlights issues like powerful abilities, customization options, player complaints, and development challenges faced by the game developers.

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  • The Iceberg concept categorizes information based on familiarity, with well-known facts at the top and obscure, disturbing details at the bottom, providing a structured approach to exploring a topic's depth and complexity.
  • Battlefront games, particularly Battlefront 2, have been marked by numerous glitches, overpowered characters, and controversies like loot crates, necessitating multiple nerfs and reworks to balance gameplay and address player concerns, showcasing the ongoing evolution and challenges faced by the developers in maintaining a vibrant gaming community.

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Battlefront: Uncovering Obscure Game Details

  • Iceberg concept: a tier list of facts about a topic, starting with well-known info and progressing to obscure and disturbing details.
  • Modified iceberg by epicdude113 on Reddit, covering Battlefront 2015 and Battlefront 2, with a 60-40 split towards Battlefront 2.
  • C-3PO and R2D2 intro: animated intro on Battlefront's main menu.
  • Launch Anakin: initially overpowered, nerfed multiple times by devs.
  • Cantina hologram: interactive area in Mos Eisley's cantina to play a hologram of the cantina band.
  • Resilient skin: unlocked through an easter egg on Takodana in a specific room during online play.
  • Dice group photo: painting of Battlefront 2 devs in a room on Takodana.
  • Environmental clutter: dice's denial of a droidika in a promo photo, later confirmed.
  • Leia's flashbang grenade: reworked to three thermal detonators from a flash grenade.
  • Super roll bug in Battlefront 2015: exploit allowing players to fly across the map using the roll mechanic.
  • Saber clash in Battlefront 2015: unique animation when Vader and Luke used heavy attacks simultaneously.
  • R2D2 hero in Battlefront 2015: playable in a specific phase of a specific mode with support abilities.
  • CT meme: Community Transmission requests spammed to CM Ben for updates.
  • Lando glitch: Power Blast ability in Battlefront 2015 was game-breaking until fixed.
  • Gamorian guards in jail: found in Jabba's Palace map in both Battlefront games.
  • Pre-nerf disruption: Star card in Battlefront 2015 causing instant blaster overheating, later nerfed.
  • Loot crates controversy: major issue in Battlefront 2 at launch, leading to progression system rework.
  • Pink Vader comment: EACFO's defense of loot boxes, claiming lack of cosmetic options in Star Wars.
  • Armchair developer tweet: EA community manager's tweet dismissing criticism of Battlefront 2 at launch.
  • Jabba the Hutt bathwater: found in Jabba's Palace map.
  • Jumpcaster combo in Battlefront 2015: powerful combination of traits and abilities before nerf.
  • Flying Grievous glitch: Thrust Surge ability causing Grievous to fly across the map.
  • First Order food: trays of food in the First Order Star Destroyer cafeteria.
  • Mop Head, Some Info, Uninspired Zebra: data miners and leakers of Battlefront 2 content.
  • Hero traits in Battlefront 2015: stat bonuses for heroes based on quick kills.
  • Long Yoda glitch: Yoda stretching to normal character size on the menu screen.
  • Jetpack Cargo mode in Battlefront 2: temporary mode with rocket troopers transporting cargo.
  • Pizza Guy joke: community joke about lack of updates in Battlefront 2.
  • Dance emotes: unused emotes from Kinect Star Wars game in Battlefront 2 files.
  • Unreleased Han and Luke skins: appearances seen in early trailers but never released.
  • Star card loadouts: requested feature in Battlefront 2 for saving multiple loadouts, found in files but not officially implemented.
  • Padme painting: painting of Padme near Naboo throne room in Battlefront 2.
  • Helmetless stormtroopers controversy in Battlefront 2015: customization option removed due to player complaints.
  • Giant spider on Endor: found in caves on Survivors of Endor map in Battlefront 2015.
  • Rainbow back to bomb glitch: easter egg in Battlefront 2015 when thrown during nearby explosions.

12:51

Battlefront 2: Bugs, Nerfs, and Secrets

  • In Jabba's Palace in Battlefront 2015 and Battlefront 2, there is a room where a gank droid is being tortured, inspired by a scene from "Return of the Jedi."
  • Grievous had a powerful ability called Claw Rush that allowed him to easily defeat heroes in Battlefront 2 before it was nerfed.
  • Leia's character in Battlefront 2 was initially very strong, resembling Mrs. Incredible, but was later nerfed due to being overpowered.
  • A Reddit post detailed over 240 bugs and issues in Battlefront 2, with video evidence for each problem, highlighting ongoing concerns.
  • Matt the Radar Technician's uniform from an SNL skit can be seen being ironed on the First Order Star Destroyer in Battlefront 2.
  • Voice lines for General Grievous interacting with Ahsoka and Padme were found in the game files but were never officially released.
  • Chewbacca was initially very powerful in Heroes vs. Villains mode in Battlefront 2, but was later nerfed to balance gameplay.
  • Rey's voice in the Battlefront alpha was done by Helen Sadler, not Daisy Ridley, with different lines and a unique sound.
  • NPC civilians in Battlefront 2 have low-resolution faces resembling Rey's, a clever reuse of assets for background characters.
  • In Ewok Hunt mode, shooting pies around the map reveals a hidden bunker door playing the main Star Wars theme when interacted with.

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"5,000 Kills for Darth Maul Skin"

  • Darth Maul skin in the game required 5,000 kills, featuring a combination of appearances from Rebels and Solo, with the top half resembling Rebels and the lower half from Solo, leading to speculation that it was a mix of planned but unreleased skins. Additionally, a planned Jar Jar Binks announcer event for April Fools was mentioned by a DICE team member but was not implemented due to time constraints.
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