Star Wars Battlefront’s ‘Supremacy Mode’ Promises Big, Frontline Action

<p>You won&&num;8217&semi;t be conquering the galaxy in <em>Star Wars Battlefront<&sol;em>&comma; but you can battle your way to being Sith Lord of the hill&comma; EA tells us&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Among the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Battlefront's 'Supremacy Mode' Promises Big&comma; Frontline Action">various modes<&sol;a> that the game&&num;8217&semi;s unveiled over the past few months&comma; its &&num;8220&semi;Supremacy&&num;8221&semi; multiplayer mode promises to be the most action-packed thus far as DICE&&num;8217&semi;s Dennis Brännvall would have us believe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Akin to the series&&num;8217&semi; classic mode of Galactic Conquest&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Supremacy&&num;8221&semi; will see players capturing territory&comma; but on a single planet as opposed to the greater Star Wars galaxy&period; Each of the game&&num;8217&semi;s five map will be divided into five control points&comma; with each team controlling two at the start&period; Teams will then have to battle it out for all five in a set order before the round&&num;8217&semi;s ten minutes are up&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;08&sol;04193238&sol;Star-Wars-Battlefront-A-Wings-BagoGames&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignleft wp-image-88685 size-medium" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;08&sol;04193238&sol;Star-Wars-Battlefront-A-Wings-BagoGames&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Star Wars Battlefront A-Wings BagoGames" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"174" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Brännvall says that the mode allows for a variety of offensive and defensive strategies that&&num;8217&semi;ll plant you in the heat of the action at every opportunity&period; Everyone&&num;8217&semi;s invited from the ground <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;star-wars-battlefront-takes-flight-with-the-falcon-and-slave-1&sol;">to the air<&sol;a> – heroes and villains alike&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;When you spawn into Supremacy&comma; you don’t have to move far to see a lot of friends – and enemies&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Brännvall explained&period; &&num;8220&semi;You’re thrown into a massive frontline&comma; where your screen is filled with adversaries&colon; infantry&comma; Heroes&comma; Walkers&comma; and starfighters&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The lead level designer further spoke on Darth Vader himself&comma; saying that the Dark Lord would be a bit tougher than the average Hero character in the field&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Using a character like Darth Vader to secure control points is great&comma; as he can take increased damage before going down&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Brännvall continued&period; &&num;8220&semi;Luke Skywalker and Boba Fett are great for moving swiftly between attacking and defensive positions&comma; and giving you the edge against opponents in battle&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;05003832&sol;Star-Wars-Battlefront-&lowbar;dropping-a-shield-800x450&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignright wp-image-81550 size-medium" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;Star-Wars-Battlefront-&lowbar;dropping-a-shield-800x450-300x169&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Star-Wars-Battlefront-&lowbar;dropping-a-shield-800x450" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"169" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fans needn&&num;8217&semi;t worry about dying too often&comma; as Brännvall claims that <em>Battlefront<&sol;em> will ensure that players respawn close to where they want to be&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;You will always spawn close to the action when you enter Supremacy&comma; so you’ll never feel isolated from the fight&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Brännvall&period; &&num;8220&semi;By focusing on one key point at a time&comma; players not playing the objective and camping on a hill somewhere will be a rare sight&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>DICE alluded that the maps in <em>Battlefront<&sol;em> will be fairly large – though how large&comma; we don&&num;8217&semi;t know – but Brännvall expressed his fondness for Endor&&num;8217&semi;s in particular&comma; mentioning a major Ewok village as one of the map&&num;8217&semi;s highlights&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Star Wars Battlefront<&sol;em> launches this<strong> Nov&period; 17th<&sol;strong> in North America and<strong> Nov&period; 20th<&sol;strong> in Europe for Playstation 4&comma; Windows PC&comma; and Xbox One&period; EA Access subscribers will be gaming away with <em>Battlefront<&sol;em> a week <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;youll-get-to-play-star-wars-battlefront-first-on-xbox-one&sol;">early on Xbox One<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;starwars&period;ea&period;com&sol;starwars&sol;battlefront&sol;news&sol;supremacy-mode-all-out-galactic-conquest">EA<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;