History VideoGame / StarWarsBattlefront2015

''Star Wars Battlefront''[[note]]note the lack of a colon to distinguish it from ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront'' (2004)[[/note]] is an action first- and third-person shooter video game based on the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise. The third major release in the ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront'' series, it was developed by [[Creator/{{DICE}} EA DICE]] and published by Creator/ElectronicArts. Despite this, it's not considered a sequel to the previous games, but rather a [[ContinuityReboot reboot]]. It was released for Microsoft Windows, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and UsefulNotes/XboxOne in November 2015.

** Rather than having a dedicated melee weapon, your melee attack has you swing your blaster at the enemy. The exceptions are Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, who fight with their [[LaserBlade lightsabers]]; Han Solo, who has the move Shoulder Charge; Jyn Erso, who can attack with her truncheons; and any player using [[MixAndMatchWeapon the CJ-9 Bo-Rifle]], which will instead use the weapon's staff as a {{bayonet|Ya}}.

** Rather than having a dedicated melee weapon, your melee attack has you swing your blaster at the enemy. The exceptions are Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, who fight with their [[LaserBlade lightsabers]]; Jyn Erso, who can attack with her truncheons; and any player using [[MixAndMatchWeapon the CJ-9 Bo-Rifle]], which will instead use the weapon's staff as a {{bayonet|Ya}}.

** The Cycler Rifle and the Scatter Gun fire kinetic bullets, [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter allowing them to bypass]] the Personal Shield and any DeflectorShields in general. Melee ignores shields as well.

* AntiArmor: Ion weapons, such as the Ion Shot or the Ion Grenade, are more effective against droids, turrets, vehicles and DeflectorShields than regular blaster fire and explosives. As a trade-off, however, they're less effective against infantry.

** The Cycler Rifle and the Scatter Gun fire kinetic bullets, [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter allowing them to bypass]] the Personal Shield and any DeflectorShields in general.

* RevolversAreJustBetter: The DT-29, the only weapon that reloads instead of {{overheating}}, is this game's version of a revolver, holding 6 ammo at a time that are displayed in a circle on screen, which turns every time you fire a shot. And sure enough, it is one of the game's stronger weapons, balancing out its limited ammo capacity with high damage and rate of fire.

* ScopePerspective: The game can be played either in first-person or third person, but even when in the third-person mode, using the one-shot Plasma Cannon will force the player into the first-person mode. This even happens when you use it as Nien Nunb, who normally can only be played in third-person.

* HoldTheLine: The single-player Survival missions are framed this way; a stealth mission is compromised when the Empire is alerted to your presence, and you must fend off several waves of enemies until TheCavalry arrives to extract you. The exception is the Ice Caves map, which doesn't have any plot at all.

* NoPlotNoProblem: Unlike the other Survival maps, in which you're spotted during a stealth mission and must HoldTheLine while waiting for TheCavalry, the Ice Caves map has no plot whatsoever. You're simply shown a cutscene of the layout, fight off the Empire, and then throw a victory celebration.

* NoPlotNoProblem: Unlike the other Survival maps, in which you're spotted during a stealth mission and must HoldTheLine while waiting for TheCavalry, the Ice Caves map has nobplot whatsoever. You're simply shown a cutscene of the layout, fight off the Empire, and then throw a victory celebration.

* HoldTheLine: The single-player Survival missions are framed this way; a stealth mission is compromised when the Empire is alerted to your presence, and you must fend off several waves of enemies until TheCavalry arrives to extract you.

* CriticalHitClass: Lando's ability "Fortune Trigger" sees his ability to land a critical hit go up alongside his killcount, fitting with his canon reputation as a gambler and scoundrel.

* MissionControl: Both the Rebels and the Imperials get intel on how the status of the objective, the whereabouts of nearby Heroes and general advise through occasional communications with administrators. Both sides get intel from a variety of generic officers, but notably, [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Admiral Ackbar]] serves as part of mission control for the Rebels.

* ShortRangeShotgun: The CA-87 shock blaster. It's completely useless against anything more than a couple steps away, but does obscene damage to anything within range.

** The DT-29 pistol is the only weapon with actual ammunition and needs to be reloaded after six shots. Even then, the player never runs out of ammo to reload it with.

* {{Overheating}}: Every gun in the game overheats after overuse, though depending on the gun this can vary from a single powerful shot to two dozen in succession. Additionally, the Disruptor Star Card releases a burst of heat which causes any nearby guns to jam for a time. This also doubles as an ability for Lando and R2-D2.

* DefeatMeansPlayable: This is how you unlock the CJ-9 Bo-Rifle; you must defeat another player who has it equipped.

* BayonetYa: The CJ-9 Bo-Rifle replaces your regular melee attack with a thrust using the blaster's electrified staff, making it functionally equivalent to a bayonet. This will result in a OneHitKill against any player it hits, provided they aren't currently playing a hero or a vehicle.

* CloseRangeCombatant: Luke Skywalker's main weapon is not a long range blaster, but a lightsaber, so he has to rush for his enemies to get kills. At range he mainly has to rely on his Force push, which only goes a few feet in front of him, and his ability to deflect shots right back at their originator.

* MadeOfIron: All the Heroes, even if their health varies, can take absurd amounts of punishment ranging from flurries of lightsaber swings to direct fire from [=AT-AT=]s. The only Heroes with excuses are Chewbacca, who's a Wookiee, and Vader, who's more machine than man. Everyone else is physically a normal member of their species, so they should die as easily as human, Rodian, or Sullustan foot soldiers do.

** Chewbacca has the lowest speed of any hero, a flaw which even extends to his lasers. He compensates for it by being able to use to send massive shockwaves with his barehands and fire explosive laser bolts in volleys of six.

** In the intro to the Sullust training mission, a background stormtrooper can be seen hitting his head, which is a reference to a ''Film/ANewHope'' {{blooper}} where a stormtrooper bonks his head on a door.

* SimpleYetAwesome: The default weapons for the Rebels and the Empire respectively, the [=A280C=] and the E-11, both of which are among the franchise's most iconic weapons. They're designed as [[JackOfAllStats well-rounded]] weapons that do well in general but aren't the best at anything. However, they're among the easiest weapons to control, and between this and their lack of any major disadvantages, they can get even a relatively unskilled player very far if they haven't yet unlocked more specialized weapons.

* SimpleYetAwesome: The default weapons for the Rebels and the Empire respectively, the A280C and the E-11, both of which are among the franchise's most iconic weapons. They're designed as [[JackOfAllStats well-rounded]] weapons that do well in general but aren't the best at anything. However, they're among the easiest weapons to control, and between this and their lack of any major disadvantages, they can get even a relatively unskilled player very far if they haven't yet unlocked more specialized weapons.