The original games gave players the chance to explore the world in an AT-AT and get a sense of huge scale, while this game somehow manages to make everything feel more restricted and straightforward. The feeling of exploration and the unknown are now gone from this installment, according to those who’ve played it, and it feels more generic.
In the end, it’s probably going to be a successful release as it does seem to have lots of qualities that attract large numbers of players. But it will most probably not be the “Battlefront” that so many fans of the franchise had been waiting for until now.
There’s a possibility that things might improve by the time the game hits the market, but at this stage development is probably wrapping up and programmers are focused on resolving bugs. Other than small balancing changes, there’s probably not that much that they can do to change the game right now. Hopefully though, it would still be a good game on its own, without comparing it to the last installments.