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Highlights
- Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection is accused of using a fan mod for bonus content, sparking controversy among fans.
- The developer indicated the mod wouldn’t be in the final product, but evidence suggests it may still be present in the game.
- Uncredited modder iamashaymin feels their work was not properly acknowledged, adding to the game’s divisive reputation.
The recently released Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection may still be using a fan mod for its bonus content, as claimed by the person who originally made it. When it was announced that longtime Star Wars PC port developer Asypr was bringing the first two Battlefront games to modern hardware in the Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection, fans were excited. This only increased when it was revealed that the collection would also feature the Xbox-exclusive DLC for Star Wars Battlefront 2, which allowed players to take control of Clone Wars-era fan favorites Asajj Ventress and Kit Fisto.
However, it was soon discovered that Asypr was seemingly using an old mod to bring Ventress and Fisto to the Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection. Said mod simply reskinned two existing Star Wars Battlefront 2 heroes as the DLC characters, with Ventress wielding an entirely different weapon as a result. Asypr soon apologized for this, stating that the footage shown in the Battlefront Classic Collection was a placeholder that featured the mod by mistake and that the finished product wouldn’t use any code from uncredited sources.
Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection Dev Comments on Launch Day Issues
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection developer comments on the bundle’s launch day issues amid the ongoing fan backlash.
Despite this, original Star Wars Battlefront 2 modder iamashaymin recently came forward with evidence that their DLC mod is still being used in Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection. In a pair of Twitter posts (via IGN), iamashaymin pointed out that before it was patched, the Nintendo Switch version of the game featured the same bugs and glitches as their Kit Fisto mod, and a data mine revealed that it was indeed the same files with just the lightsaber attack animations updated. Iamashaymin would later back up their claims with screenshots of Fisto’s Force Orb attack, which is shown to have the same bubble effect as the mod from 2020.
Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection Has Been Controversial
Iamashaymin states that despite the Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection allegedly using their mod for the Xbox-exclusive Battlefront 2 DLC, they remain uncredited. They say that they never had any issue with Aspyr using their mod, but feel that to do so without giving proper credit to the source is a disservice to players that calls the developer’s credibility into question.
Sure enough, the Battlefront Classic Collection has generated plenty of controversy since it launched earlier this month, mostly surrounding network stability for its online multiplayer, frame rate issues, and an unusually large download size for what is essentially two titles from the mid-2000s being optimized for current hardware. The ongoing dilemma of Asypr still using iamashaymin’s Battlefront 2 mods without giving proper credit is yet more bad press for the Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection, which is already seen as one of the most divisive releases of 2024 so far.
Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars Battlefront, produced by Pandemic Studios, is a 2004 first-and-third person shooting game that borrowed many of the same mechanics as the Battlefield franchise. The game focuses on large-scale battles and recreates various encounters from the movies.
- Released
- September 24, 2004
- Developer(s)
- Pandemic Studios , Beenox
- Genre(s)
- Third-Person Shooter , FPS
- ESRB
- T for Teen: Violence
