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BATTLEFIELD World Premiere Event May 6 4PM ET/9PM BST
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JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
Lol why? There is always the first time for doing such things.. Just doing a "another" WW2 game would be boring. Why do they have to follow a strict pattern?
With Alternate History they could do way more creative stuff. Prototype stuff etc.
Basicly what Wolfenstein TNO did with its Alternate History WW2 Setting.
An alternate History WW1 Shooter would be really fresh in the current market of shooters.
For a series that prides itself on being realistic you can't see why it wouldn't make sense? As a spinoff sure, but a mainline game with alternate history is just eh.
I'm genuinely surprised that people want to go back to the World Wars.
KINGofCRA5H
Member
He's not a dev, but I'm fairly certain he is close friends with people who are in the know.
https://twitter.com/Hattiwatt1
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
my mind is blown.
Insumatposa
Member
The first Battlefield to use PBR with the updated Frostbite Engine. Looking forward to see this.
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
Everyone saying "whaaaat" wouldnt happen IMO if they do another Future game or WW2 game.
Im really confident with that Alternate History WW1 Setting.
OdysseusVA
Banned
So nothing
Going to be great fun storming trenches, getting mowed down by bunkered machine gun fire, and a bunch of grimy, bleak, brown palette maps all day.
Fuck it. I'm too tired to actually explain why it'd be bad, and it's all speculation now anyway. Only six days.
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
Imagine the total and complete disappointment if it's futuristic or modern setting again.
Annnndd today's expected reveal arrives only to be an anouncement of announcement
This event will be to announce that the next Battlefield will be announced at EA Play.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I thought this was a good post from the other thread. And if the rumour that it's an alternate history WW1 it opens up even more possibilities in the setting:
legacyzero
Banned
BF5 will feature multiple eras. WWII, Vietnam, Modern, and future.
Calling it.
Calling it.
Battlefield Infinite
AuthenticM
Member
Battlefield 2143
Bring it!
Bring it!
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
In what way? The History Video just shows all games from beginning up till now. Dont see where it points to future warfare
It just seems like the logical progression, but I hope that's not the case.
Silent Hill
Banned
Shinobi pls. Is it futuristic. Save us lol.
Mad Season
Banned
I also have a feeling they're going to say 2017 and miss 2016 date
The Battlefield Series jumps all over the place. WWII (1942 and expansions) > Vietnam (BF: Vietnam) > Modern Combat (Battlefield 2 and expansions) > Future (2142 and expansion) > Back to Modern (Bad Company) > Back to WWII (1943) > Back to Modern (Bad Company 2) > Back to Vietnam (BC2 Vietnam Expansion) > Back to Modern (Battlefield 3 and 4) > Throwback to Future (BF4 Final Stand) > Militarized Police (Hardline)
The only logical progression ended when they went back after 2142.
That'd be really interesting if they let Titanfall go against CoD this November then had BF come out in Q1. I doubt it, but that'd be an interesting move.
NecroGiggles
Member
I hope it's not based in WW1. I just can't see getting in to that unless the put some kind of cool twist in it.
FlammableAce
Member
Annnndd today's expected reveal arrives only to be an anouncement of announcement
Hey guys! Lets do a press conference to announce our new game and not tell anyone the date or time the press conference is on and just hope they tune in at the correct date/time to watch it.
How else do you guys expect people to find out? lol.
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
Alternative History WW1 will do the magic.
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
Look at the old thread. A lot of people claimed it would be boring etc... and DICE probably thought about this audience saying that. Current gaming audience needs fancy things lol
-ImaginaryInsider
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Seriously, WW1 Battlefield + $200 collector's edition featuring a Pickelhaube helmet with night-vision = Day One.
CalamityPixel
Member
If it's slightly to very futuristic with an electronic soundtrack (btrtttzz bttttz) and not made by the people who fixed bf4, I'm out.
Obliterator
Member
The odds are 90% that its an October release so a Neo version will be required by Sony
Mad Season
Banned
Far cry primal
"another" WW2 ? When is the last time we've seen a big multiplayer game taking place in that setting ? And with success ? And on a new hardware that will change perspective ?
PS2 era was WW2, PS360 era was more contemporary, and now we are going all futuristic and still contemporary. WW2 disappeared. It is time to have a look back at it when even COD is doing Halo-kind of setting.
Also there is no need for an "alternate" history with WW1, especially for a main series game. It wouldn't bring anything interesting, it's not a fucking Treyarch Zombie mode. It just needs to be marketed well, with the usual mind-blowing graphics and cool environment-explosions-gunfires.
draughn101
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How do you know that their idea of "alternate" aligns with your idea of magic. That alternate could be just as bad as anything else. Alternate could be a Candyland version of WWI...
I'm hoping for realistic WW1. There's plenty of meat there for a car flipping, sliding off a crumbling building, and busting out of a sinking car. So we will have plenty to complain about as we play MP. As has been posted, those who think WW1 is boring dont know anything about it.
Alternate history presents a pretty brilliant solution to a lot of the problems that DICE would be facing in trying to shape this game. Lots of people want a return to an older time period with a grittier aesthetic, alt history provides that. It also will allow for them to add devices and attachments that those who prefer the modern/future eras look for. On top of that, how they alter the tech and setting will allow them to tailor the conflict directly to the Battlefield style of gameplay.
An alt history setting would do a lot to separate the game from other shooters on the market while still retaining the core gameplay of the more recent versions of the series.
Tal Shiar Agent
Banned
One of the big reasons I want a WWII game is because it precludes all of the bullshit like weapon attachments and crazy gadgets.
Also for anyone wondering the Latin there translates to "science is power". A vague and vapid statement.
This would be so good. You wouldn't even have to do alt WW1 because the more basic tech would just add variety.
No way EA would let DICE do it though; they would rather stretch that content over years of DLC and annual installments.
SolidSnakex
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Given that it's DICE, I don't think that they'd inject a bunch of fantastical elements into it. I think they'd do something like having the war stretch out longer than it did which would allow them to bring in new weapons, as weapons are one concern that people who are against the WW1 idea have brought up. But i'm fine with it being a straight take on the war. It's not like we've ever had an abundance of WW1 shooters.
I'd take BFBC3 over any other military shooter. But not if DICE were developing it from the mindset that the humor was why it wasn't more successful (which is what they've said in the past).
I'm so excited for this on Friday! I wish work wasn't so busy so i could watch this live.
Once you see it, you can't un-see it.
Wait, people actually hate 2142? Game was damn good.
DaciaJC
Gold Member
In other words, DICE could use "alternate history" as an excuse to shovel a ton of bullshit into the game that would have no place in there otherwise.
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