But still, there's no single-player game to enjoy. And I wonder if you realised you actually didn't have the time for it under the strict deadline.

To be honest, single-player was never in the plan. It was never the concept. The concept for us was always that we wanted players to re-live the battles. We wanted them to play the battles from the original movies. And DICE, coming from its Battlefield background, knows how to make awesome battles in that context.

We were also thinking about the Battlefront franchise, which has multiplayer at its core.

DICE is famous for its multiplayer games. I don't think anyone would deny your team's pedigree for these amazing, modern, online shooters. And I don't wish to seem rude, but I would say that people aren't as enamoured by your single-player campaigns. It leads me to think that, because DICE is becoming more and more important to EA, and is taking on the big jobs, don't you think the studio needs that talent and personnel to create single-player games of a similar standard?

Yes absolutely, and it's not as though we haven't done single-player before. I would agree with you, our single-player has not been as strong as our multiplayer. But then again you could argue that we are comparing our campaigns with what some say are the greatest multiplayer games in the world. If you try to match that, you are probably doomed for failure. Or at least, it's very, very hard.

Would you like to make a Star Wars single-player game, or would you rather stick to your strengths?

Hmmn, no, we don't want to stick to our strengths. That's boring. That's why we're making Mirror's Edge.

If you look at what Battlefront stands for, it's to recreate these battles. But we've also added in some offline missions, that you can play alone or with a friend. Because what you told me about what you loved about playing the game was not describing the story, it was about the world and the actions. The sights and the sounds. That is exactly what we're giving you.

I get it though, you also want a parallel Star Wars narrative experience. That is not what we're building. But we are building these small missions too. If you like our world and mechanics, but you don't want to play with strangers on the internet, then you can still enjoy this game.