Star Wars: a dream that has made fans since 1976. You could say that it is “a force that surrounds us and binds us,” like Ben Kenobi explained. And with the latest wildly successful installment of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, fans are at frenzy pitch levels of excitement, eagerly awaiting the next chapter of the space saga.

But, not so long ago, about two months time, another long-awaited installment of the Skywalker universe was released. Fans had waited over 10 years and the wait was over,“Star Wars Battlefront” was released on Nov. 17, and I am one of those fans.

I love Star Wars, and I love first person shooters which puts into the person’s shoes. Star Wars Battlefront I and II were the perfect combinations of both those loves. They were released exactly a year apart from each other in 2004 and 2005. I cannot tell you how many hours my dad and I played I and II,but every Friday for four years, we exterminated Rebels and Imperials with glee – until Left 4 Dead came out. But that’s another story.

We got the Ultimate Edition DLC of Star Wars Battlefront from Origin, EA’s digital distribution platform. After a very long download, Dad and I were ready to blast some Rebel scum. Our initial play of Tutorial Mode rendered us stunned with both the visuals and the sound. DICE, by using their Frostbite 3 game engine (originally developed for the Battlefield series of shooters), captured the Star Wars universe perfectly. DICE even went as far as scanning original models,     props and set pieces from the Star Wars movies into 3D models for the game. This level of detail is incredibly immersive. DICE put a lot of time and care into all the visuals and sounds. But, this wore off quickly, as gameplay continued.

Star Wars Battlefront supports up to 40 players in one match, but game cueing wait times were astonishingly long. My Dad and I waited for nearly one hour to get into our first match. Once we got into a match, we were getting killed left and right by players who seemed to be invincible. This was fine because we were newbies but, we found out later that EA, who was in charge of programming game mechanics, gave the Imperial team players a kill advantage over the Rebel team players. This advantage has yet to be patched.

Another issue was the problem of the Hero unlock during a match that gave a player nearly invincible power. Once the opposing team has a Hero or Villain, that player can quite literally kill an entire opposing team easily through several respawns. This was also a programming mistake we found out later and it also, still needs to be patched.

Speaking of respawns, in Battlefront, you have two flavors; Right next to the person who just killed you, or a parsec away from anybody on the map. So, either you are re-killed quickly by the same person, or you are so far away from the action it takes you forever to run back to your teammates. This lead to a great deal of frustration alone without the above other two problems.

Combining the problems with the facts that game modes like Campaign and Galactic Conquest, which were the hallmarks of the first two Battlefront games, are conspicuously absent in EA’s release, it left us feeling short changed and angry. Galactic Conquest in the original games was our favorite game mode because you could play both as a soldier on the ground and as a pilot in space, flying an X-Wing, or T.I.E. Fighter. Not having these game modes was a huge miss on EA’s part.

EA’s Star Wars Battlefront is not worth the Ultimate Edition cash, which will run you $100 a copy. You could get the game for $60 with no unlocks and no Season Pass. But now, two months later, the price has dropped to $40. But, even at that price, I would still tell you it’s not worth it, unless you are willing to put up with a lot of pain worthy of a Darth Vader torture session. Good games do not get price dropped two months after their release. If you love Star Wars and first person shooters I recommend not playing this game. Just buy Battlefront II for $9.99 on Steam, or used on Playstation 2.

The Parkway West Pathfinder gives Star Wars Battlefront a 6.9/10.