We'll hopefully get our hands on it in the days ahead at Gamescom. Like all things we are seeing from Star Wars Battlefront II, space combat looks to be far deeper and more hectic than expected. When the core is exposed, one shot ends the fight a moment captured with explosions and Star Destroyers scrambling helplessly in space.

We saw Poe Dameron's Black One X-Wing Fighter provide plenty of cover fighter against TIE Fighters and TIE Bombers, and the Millennium Falcon draw the fire of Darth Maul's Scimitar (which can cloak) and Boba Fett's Slave One. In this particular demo, the Rebels succeed, largely thanks to the hero ships that enter the battle. When the shield protectors are destroyed, the Rebels move on to the final phase of the fight – disabling the power couplings to reveal the space station's core. Join your squadron and weave in between asteroids fields, fly through Imperial Dock Yards and take down massive capital ships as you pilot legendary starfighters in high stakes dogfights with up to 24 players and 40 AI ships. Y-Wings and A-Wings race into innards of the space station, which offers little room for maneuvering. Space combat has been designed for Star Wars Battlefront II from the ground up with distinct handling, weapons and customization options. If the Rebels succeed, they must tunnel into the base to take out its shield protectors. Players on the Imperial side must protect them as best they can. Specific parts of the Cruisers need to be destroyed to knock them out of battle. Starfighter Assault's matches unfold in three parts, beginning with the Rebel Alliance needing to take down two Imperial Cruisers that are protecting a space station.

As the name implies, this mode is dedicated to space combat, but unlike the first Battlefront game, the scope isn't limited to X-Wings dog fighting against TIE Fighters. It was by far one of the better games of the PS2 it had a great multiplayer. Electronic Arts' Gamescom press briefing kicked off today with a lengthy look at Star Wars Battlefront II's new Starfighter Assault mode. Battlefront 2 has space battles, you can play as jedis, and lots of vehichles.

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