Gaming🎮 Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection seems to have included a mod without the creator's permission

[Royal_Lizard]

Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection has been a bit of a mess, to the point it included an old mod without the creator's permission, despite saying it wouldn't.

To the disappointment of many, the Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection hasn't launched in a completely functional state - when it did arrive, servers were an absolute mess, though developer Aspyr did put out a statement explaining why this was the case. There's been a myriad of other issues too, but one of the more concerning ones from an ethical standpoint is the fact that the game appears to have used a mod from veteran Battlefront modder iamashaymin. Fans noticed in the game's first trailer that a mod to do with a specific character was used, which Aspyr later claimed would not be in the final release.

To briefly explain, the mod was for a character called Asajj Ventress, a character that was originally exclusive to the original Xbox version of Battlefront 2. Iamashaymin later brought Ventress to to PC by reskinning a pre-existing character to look like the DLC character, meaning her animations weren't the same as her original Xbox release - it's these mismatched animations that people caught on to in the trailer, and why Aspyr had to put out a statement.

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