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[Mahonay]

Because we had like two decades of WW2 games before CoD4 changed it all?

It's a done setting. There's nothing new about it, everyone knows it from top to bottom.

We've had a constant flow of modern/futuristic shooters for the past two console generations. How is that not overdone just as much?

 

[Rushersauce]

Because we had like two decades of WW2 games before CoD4 changed it all?

It's a done setting. There's nothing new about it, everyone knows it from top to bottom.

I'm sorry, but Battlefield did it first with BF2.

 

[Smokey_Run]

Because we had like two decades of WW2 games before CoD4 changed it all?

It's a done setting. There's nothing new about it, everyone knows it from top to bottom.

Didn't know you were playing WW2 shooters in 1986..

 

[EuanThePooan]

There's a lot of stuff that can be done with WW2. I still don't think I've ever seen a game from an Axis POV.

Red Orchestra 2

Although I am in the camp that wants more WW2 games

 

[Fotos]

It doesn't make business sense to have two FPSes with the same theme coming out within 6 months of each other from the same publishers. It's not like EA is going a three year cycle of Battlefield, Battlefront, and Titanfall. Battlefield is coming out this October/November and Titanfall next March.

Eh I don't think that matters. I'm pretty sure the release of Medal of Honor and Warfighter was around the same time as BF 3/4

Didn't know you were playing WW2 shooters in 1986..

lol

 

[Elitist1945]

Eh I don't think that matters. I'm pretty sure the release of Medal of Honor and Warfighter was around the same time as BF 3/4

It was in between both releases (BF3: 2011, MoH: 2012, BF4: 2013) - I believe MoH and BF were meant to alternate, but we all know how that went.

 

[TDonk]

Looking forward to some WW1/2 action.

My favourite settings.

 

[Caffeine]

Because we had like two decades of WW2 games before CoD4 changed it all?

It's a done setting. There's nothing new about it, everyone knows it from top to bottom.

its as if people forget battlefield 2 modern combat existed 2 years prior to cod 4

 

[-ImaginaryInsider]

John Harker has been hinting "alternative history" before the retailer leak:

odds of a ww2 battlefield with a twist?

Though I'd doubt they'd announce anything in BF yet given star wars this year

Random question but how would you feel about alternative history?

That's the opposite of the rumor mill

Revisionist history ww2

been under the table directionally teasing this game for like a year, i don't think anyone picked up on any of it haha

People seemed to like Wolfentenins alternative take on history

It might not be pure WW1, but it appears based on his comments (and others) to be alternative history.

Hope it's true.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

Wouldn't it be funny if SP consisted of sending Irish back in time.


WOULDN'T IT?!




Pls kill me

 

[Livingskeletons]

Hoping for WW2 but I really just want something different.

If its modern warfare again I'll skip it.

 

[MilkyJoe]

John Harker has been hinting "alternative history" before the retailer leak


It might not be pure WW1, but it appears based on his comments (and others) to be alternative history.

Hope it's true.

No it'll be straight WW1 with maybe a few exaggerated prototypes of the time to keep the weapons interesting. It's Battlefield, that's how it rolls.

 

[JumPeRJumPzZ]

No it'll be straight WW1 with maybe a few exaggerated prototypes of the time to keep the weapons interesting. It's Battlefield, that's how it rolls.

Uhm things can change... if they want to do something new and fresh... it wont be strict WW1.

 

[MilkyJoe]

Uhm things can change... if they want to do something new and fresh... it wont be strict WW1.

If you're thinking Sucker Punch or Steam Punk, it's not happening in a BF game.

 

[-ImaginaryInsider]

No it'll be straight WW1 with maybe a few exaggerated prototypes of the time to keep the weapons interesting. It's Battlefield, that's how it rolls.

Alternative history doesn't have to mean a WW1 game with "steampunk helicopters", it could be anything, a WW1 that kept going into the 1920s or 1930s and have proto-WW2 weapons and vehicles.

It's a pretty interesting angle regardless of WW1 or WW2, so I hope it's true.

 

[MatrixMan.EXE]

I don't know if this has any significance, but maybe it is the name or the working title.

Probably just means hero image container. In marketing, your hero image is like your main key art.

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

So, backtracking? They already did that, no? I saw create new memories. I hate it when creators 'go back to the drawing board'. You came from there, why turn back? If something didn't work, keep walking further or change direction, but don't go back to the safe zone. The whole point you have a safe zone is because you did something new and had the balls before.
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I am so excited, I'm going to watch the amazing BF3 reveal (that bazooka shot sound is so eerie) and Rihanna's mix for BF4's.

People have been asking for a battlefield bad company 3 for a few years now. I think most people would be happy if a bad company 3 was revealed.

Personally I think bad company 2 was better than bf3 and 4.

 

[Evolved1]

Alternate history gives them room for lock-on weapons. Lock-on weapons ruined BF for me.

BC2, one of the great mp games of real, actual history... no lock-on weapons (unless you landed a dart) just saying...

 

[| Praxis |]

Alternate history gives them room for lock-on weapons. Lock-on weapons ruined BF for me.

BC2, one of the great mp games of real, actual history... no lock-on weapons (unless you landed a dart) just saying...

Yep, hate flying modern aircraft in games. So boring, much prefer strafing in 1942.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

I don't know why some people are conflating alternate history with alternate technology in history. When I hear alt history I think they are going to play with the settings themselves, and who was involved and set pieces and maybe story that takes place during that time. Maybe play around with guns and whatnot that may have come a year or two after the war...

but not scifi technology or modern technology in a WW1 game.

 

[| Praxis |]

I don't know why some people are conflating alternate history with alternate technology in history. When I hear alt history I think they are going to play with the settings themselves, and who was involved and set pieces and maybe story that takes place during that time. Maybe play around with guns and whatnot that may have come a year or two after the war...

but not scifi technology or modern technology in a WW1 game.

Alternate history gives them license to do anything they like. They don't have to stick within the confines of what could have been possible in real life at that point.

 

[Reckless Onion]

Maybe it's needed for the studio as well, making modern military for what? 4 games in a row. Making alternative history opens up a lot in terms of creativity and gameplay design and would probably make a lot of people happy and engaging again.

 

[-ImaginaryInsider]

Maybe it's needed for the studio as well, making modern military for what? 4 games in a row. Making alternative history opens up a lot in terms of creativity and gameplay design and would probably make a lot of people happy and engaging again.

Agreed...and the Battlefield brand has established itself pretty well in the console space, they should be able to strike out on their own without having to offer a Battlefield version of whatever COD is currently doing.

COD going completely future, and BF going back to the past gives gamers a bit more choice.

 

[tr1p1ex]

Not a big fan of lock-on combat. It gets pretty stupid when everyone has a lock-on.

Plane combat in 1942 was the most fun I had in planes. '

Probably the most fun I had in tanks too was in '42.

Killing tanks in 1942 was more fun as well although u died quite a bit. But it was extremely satisfying to one shot kill a tank with an rpg to the rear of it.

I like heli combat alot though.

I think WW1 would be great fun because the combat would be more up close and personal. The planes wouldn't be too fast for the stuff on the ground.

I did have a lot of fun with their Secret Weapons xpac for 1942 where they had experimental weapons like jet packs and what not. So an angle where they had some unrealistic stuff mixed in with a historical setting would be fun.

But not sure EA execs would allow a deviation from modern warfare though. The kids all want the guns that are being made now. Not sure that thirst has been quenched yet.

 

[JumPeRJumPzZ]

Maybe it's needed for the studio as well, making modern military for what? 4 games in a row. Making alternative history opens up a lot in terms of creativity and gameplay design and would probably make a lot of people happy and engaging again.

Yup agreed.

 

[ATOMICJORGE]

Battlefield LATAM just posted this video on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/BattlefieldLatam/videos/566305456876058/

The video has the Battlefield 1942 theme song!

Translation: which setting do you think will be the new setting?

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

id be iffy on a ww1 bf game but 100% on board for a ww2 game

 

[nillah]

Fuck the setting give us the destruction of BFBC2 or better yet BAD COMPANY 3

 

[OldMan]

I'll tell you this now, the next Battlefield is either A)2143 B)BFBC3 C) BF1944 D)BF5

 

[JumPeRJumPzZ]

I'll tell you this now, the next Battlefield is either A)2143 B)BFBC3 C) BF1944 D)BF5

Or something people dont expect and still ignore. Alternate History WW1

Battlefield LATAM just posted this video on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/BattlefieldLatam/videos/566305456876058/

The video has the Battlefield 1942 theme song!

Translation: which setting do you think will be the new setting?

This videos dont confirm anything...

 

[TheSinkingKnight]

It doesn't make business sense to have two FPSes with the same theme coming out within 6 months of each other from the same publishers. It's not like EA is going a three year cycle of Battlefield, Battlefront, and Titanfall. Battlefield is coming out this October/November and Titanfall next March.

Both Titanfall 2 and BF are currently set to release this year.

 

[smoothj]

I want a WWII Battlefield. Plz. I'd even take one just like BF1943.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Both Titanfall 2 and BF are currently set to release this year.

I'm pretty sure Titanfall 2 is set for early next year.

 

[Kibbles]

Battlefield LATAM just posted this video on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/BattlefieldLatam/videos/566305456876058/

The video has the Battlefield 1942 theme song!

Translation: which setting do you think will be the new setting?

WW2 confirmed then eh?

 

[Pryce]

But I don't want another WW2 game.

 

[Heroman]

It a good time to do a ww2 bf , nostalgia for ww2 games is at a all time high

 

[AusRoachman]

Alternate history ? Do this dice

 

[TheSinkingKnight]

I'm pretty sure Titanfall 2 is set for early next year.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1192913

Unless something changed?

 

[MetalGearZed]

im ready for a change of direction after BF3 and BF4 which i thought were great games btw

 

[El_Chino]

Alternate history ? Do this dice

 

[Mushroomer25]

Because we had like two decades of WW2 games before CoD4 changed it all?

It's a done setting. There's nothing new about it, everyone knows it from top to bottom.

Still, the nature of gaming as a medium means that a WW2 game made in 2016 will be capable of things that one made in 2006 could only dream of. There's a real desire to see the iconic moments of the war done in full modern spectacle.

 

[Protein]

Battlefield 1942 REDUX theme for Vietnam was pretty ace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPKCpAADPqs

 

[WillyFive]

I don't know if this has any significance, but maybe it is the name or the working title.

Hero is a common word used to denote the most clear and dominant element to be used in a work. Like a hero shot (the most dominant shot) or hero model (the model that gets the close-up).

So the webpage, it could just mean that the code is calling for the finalized designs of the elements used in the site (as opposed to placeholder ones).

 

[rdytoroll]

But I don't want another WW2 game.

You are in luck! You'll have a lot of futuristic and modern shooters to look forward to. Titanfall 2 and CoD: Infinite Warfare for example. I for one am glad that we're going back to WW2 or even WW1 with a possible alternate take on it

 

[Auctopus]

Alternate history ? Do this dice

Wait, this is alternate history?

 

[Shadowheart]

Battlefield 1942 REDUX theme for Vietnam was pretty ace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPKCpAADPqs

AAAH, my ears! My eeeears!

*runs back to listen to the original scores and remixes to cleanse ears*

 

[nillah]

But I don't want another WW2 game.

With next gen tech you do.

 

[Caffeine]

i really wouldnt mind ww2 with current tech actually would welcome it since the long haul of modern and now the industry trend of futuristic.

when i saw the kickstarter for battalion 1944 i was excited and then let down at no campaign :| so here is hoping to this.

 

[Yoday]

I think DICE is just happy that we still don't know what the setting is and they are having a blast teasing us before the reveal. Honestly, not knowing what it is makes the lead up to the reveal so much more fun.

 

[ger]

I've got my fingers crossed for Battlefield Pirates, or maybe even Battlefield Cyberpunk!