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Star Wars: Battlefront II vs Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo

Star Wars: Battlefront II is an FPS game from Pandemic Studios (2005) while Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo is a game from Lucasfilm Games (2000).

Quick answer: Star Wars: Battlefront II and Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo are too close, or too thinly reviewed, to separate on the numbers; the table below shows what each holds.

Star Wars: Battlefront II

2005 · Pandemic Studios

7.5GamingPickz Score

$39.99

Steam: Very Positive

Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo

2000 · Lucasfilm Games

84Metacritic

What each one is

Star Wars: Battlefront II is filed under FPS. In contrast, Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo under .

Star Wars: Battlefront II

Be the hero in the ultimate STAR WARS™ battle fantasy with STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II: Celebration Edition!

Description from its Steam store page

Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo

Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo is an arcade-style action game co-developed by Factor 5 and LucasArts. It is a spiritual successor to Star Wars: Rogue Squadron released two years earlier. Despite the similarities between the two games, the development team designed a new game engine for Battle for Naboo and included land- and water-based combat in addition to aerial combat. The player can control various air, land, and water vehicles; each offers a unique armament arrangement, as well as varying degrees of speed and maneuverability. Bonus power-ups that improve these crafts' weapons or durability are hidden in different levels throughout the game. The player's performance is checked against four medal benchmarks after the completion of each level. Acquiring these medals promotes the player's rank and helps unlock hidden content.

Description from Wikipedia

Story, characters and reception

Star Wars: Battlefront II

No Wikipedia detail on file.

Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo
Plot

Setting Battle for Naboo takes place in the fictional Star Wars galaxy. The overarching conflict is an escalating battle between the Trade Federation and the people of Naboo . All 15 missions occur during the events depicted in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace . (Wikipedia)

Reception

Reception Many reviews compared Battle for Naboo to Star Wars: Rogue Squadron . GamePro remarked that the games share the same "exciting aerial combat, sturdy controls, and ... absorbing story line", and IGN s Fran Mirabella III wrote, " Battle for Naboo proves to be a worthy follow up to Rogue by improving on nearly everything that held it back from perfection. (Wikipedia)

At a glance

Star Wars: Battlefront IIStar Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo
GamingPickz Score7.5/10—
Steam ratingVery Positive (88%, 99,746)—
Critic aggregateNo aggregate84/100
Price$39.99Unknown
Install size60 GB—
Steam DeckunsupportedUntested
Released20052000
DeveloperPandemic StudiosLucasfilm Games

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

Star Wars: Battlefront II vs Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    Star Wars: Battlefront IIFPS game
    Star Wars Episode I: Battle for NabooGame

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    Star Wars: Battlefront IIShooter, Action, Third-Person Shooter
    Star Wars Episode I: Battle for NabooNo descriptive tags

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Content and scale

    Star Wars: Battlefront II99,746 reviews · 60 GB
    Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo—

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  4. Price

    Star Wars: Battlefront II$39.99
    Star Wars Episode I: Battle for NabooUnknown

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 0 each. Which one is "better" is the part no figure decides, so we leave it to what you want from the two.

Where they differ

Star Wars: Battlefront II is also

MultiplayerShooterSingleplayerActionThird-Person ShooterSpace

Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo is also

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Star Wars: Battlefront II is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

System requirements, side by side

Star Wars: Battlefront IIStar Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo
Minimum GPU——
Minimum CPUProcessor (AMD): AMD FX 6350 Processor (Intel): Intel Core i5 6600K—
Minimum RAM8 GB—
Install size60 GB—

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Star Wars: Battlefront II · Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for Star Wars: Battlefront II and 0 for Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Star Wars: Battlefront II and Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo in scope?

Star Wars: Battlefront II has drawn 99,746 Steam reviews and installs in 60 GB. Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo lists little scope data.

Is Star Wars: Battlefront II or Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo better?

Neither carries enough reviews for us to score it reliably, so we do not call a winner. The table above shows what each does have.

Which is cheaper, Star Wars: Battlefront II or Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo?

One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.

Should I get Star Wars: Battlefront II or Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo?

Star Wars: Battlefront II and Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo are too close, or too thinly reviewed, to separate on the numbers; the table below shows what each holds. It also depends on what you want: the "which to pick" section above calls out which is cheaper, lighter on storage, better on a Steam Deck and the safer bet by weight of reviews.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

All comparisons

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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