At just rank 17, Star Wars Battlefront 2 version 1.08 is as addictive as ever.
Its in-game economics have been nicely engineered to only reward the player with better guns through hours and hours of gameplay only. No more using real money to buy in-game weapons but, for me, this resulted in total disengagement from real life just to focus on ranking up and avoiding being killed every 10-30 seconds or so.
The ranks system means the upper upgrades are only available at Rank 22 and 35. In-game currency can only be used for cosmetic changes to your appearance.
The multiplayer sessions seem to be crowded with either folk over Rank 50-100 or newbies like me under 22.
Negative side effects Poor eating or drink Lack of quality sleep No communications with friends or family Total AWOL on projects ....I can't feel my legs (only kidding)
Conclusion: An absolutely fun game to play and a dream for real Star Wars fans wanting to relive the movies (now down to $23.99).
It’s too much of a disruption to my life (2-4 hours continuous gameplay) so I’ll eject the disk and conceal it in the office till the winter months and probably a new game patch.