A former developer on Free Radical's cancelled 3 has claimed that it was "two yards from the finish line" before development on the project was shuttered.The history of Star Wars Battlefront is a long and rocky one. Nowadays, hearing that name either has you ready to call Battlefront 2 the greatest comeback story in gaming or sends shivers down your spine as you think about the rise of lootboxes. Even before EA got its hands on the series, Battlefront had a rough development, with the third entry from Free Radical infamously being cancelled late into development back in 2008.As it turns out, "la🤪te into development" doesn't accurately describe how close we were to getting the game. Over the last few weeks, a trend on Twitter has had game developers sharing their "ones that got away". - Star Wars Battlefron💞t 3.
Barclay said, I feel like it’s been long enough now to come out and say Star Wars Battlefront III was gonnae be legit incredible and the fact it got cancelled 2 yards from the finish line is an absolute crime. Gamers don’t know what they were robbed of". Barclay then admitted he was "choosing chaos", and even pointed out the fact th💧at there are technically two Battlefront 3's that Star Wars fans have been denied.
This is far from the first time that a former Battlefront developer has spoken about the game'𒉰s troubled development. before it was shelved, something that was then disputed by an anonymous devel🐲oper .
With Barclay's "2 yards from the finish line" comment, it does seem to back up Ellis' claims that the game was very nearlཧy finished and just needed some bug testing. If you're curious about what exactly gamers were "robbed of", several detailed gameplay videos from Battlefront 3's development build have leaked out over the years and . It certainly looks like a much more polished version of Battlefront 2, which is absolutely a good thing.