My only issue really was guys with jetpacks shooting out and grabbing power ups before I could get to them, I'm sure that isn't the intended purpose of the packs but I also don't know how you could remedy that.

Even if I tried, I couldn't have said it any better

Spot on. I played several matches and left feeling "eh" about it. Over hype for sure. It looks pretty and it's not terrible, but it's a lot like battlefield which I was hoping it would be more like Battlefront 2.

You can choose not to buy it, or to wait until it comes down in price, that is your prerogative.

But you also skipped over the constraints EA/DICE were facing.

They threw this together in a couple of years to coincide with the first movie of the new trilogy. You could argue why they would do that, but that's what they chose. To have it out in 2015, compromises had to be made. It sucks, but we get something now, and more next time.

If it had a full development cycle then you would be spot on. I see this more as a stepping stone to something better, but it's still a great ride while we wait for that something better.

But you also realize your dollars in 2015 don't hold the same value as they did in 2005 right?

When you compare 2015 dollars to 2005 dollars, the purchasing power of $50 in 2005 is roughly equal to ~$129.69 in 2015.

So no, you are getting about the same value, maybe a little less because they aren't asking $129 but $60.

Now of course, competitors are still delivering large $60 games, but those are games that have a full development cycle which Battlefront does not. Still they are competing against games that did, and thus your expectations not being met are wholly valid.

So in comparison you are right, they aren't delivering the same value that is possible when compared to others, but this game is being delivered in 2015, not 2017 which is what it would take to deliver what you and all of us want, and the dollars we are asked to part with for this game are worth a hell of alot less now then in 2005.