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[Snkfanatic]

Huh well I would prefer WW2 if they were to do either but I will hold out to see footage.

 

[orava]

I'd like to see Battlefield 5000 : Alien warfare.

 

[CappyHamper]

Final mission where you're sent over the top of the trenches would be intense.

Just play 64 player OP-Metro .
Same meat grinder.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

That would be great, but consider me highly sceptical right now. I can maybe see EA trying this in a spin-off (like Hardline), but I don't think they would let a mainline BF go 100 years back in time, because I think they would see that as offputting for a lot of bros.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Didn't one of the devs already tease on twitter it will be modern setting?

 

[Afro]

Thread proves people are bored of Battlefield games set in the not-so-distant future.

 

[Graphics Horse]

Is this true?
Battlefield Primal next.

 

[Klyka]

I hope the gas mask isn't a pre-order bonus or else a lot of people will call the gas attack OP

 

[k4n3]

if its true WW1 combat it will be the most boring FPS in the history of FPS, ok now line up first guy out of trench gets shot, ok next guy go.... gets shot..... next...... oh wait put on you're gass mask.... 'whole team is dead'

 

[Kill3r7]

Yeah NO! WWI outside of dogfights would be boring as fuck

 

[Summer Haze]

Goddamn, I am IN if this turns out to be true.

 

[i HeaR MusiC]

WWI would be awful...pls no. People hoping this is true clearly don't know history. Lol.

 

[johancruijff]

We're still waiting for Battlefield 2143

 

[Ran rp]

Battlefield Dimensions

 

[Reedirect]

If this is true, I might be slightly interested for the first time since BF2

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Huh, I can see this being really cool

 

[MaxiLive]

It would be interesting to see how they would treat WW1 gunplay but I really don't think it would fit the series all that well.

Also a lot of core BF fans who play the current games probably wouldn't relate/enjoy the WW1 gameplay so I can't see it being set during that time period.

It would make for perfect DLC or a spinoff game but for the whole game?! The gameplay would be far too slow if they went for authenticity.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

Surely this is a mistake- although horseback gun fights, gas, tank warfare would prove interesting

 

[Zeknurn]

Maybe there's a ww1 prologue before returning to the futuristic pew pew bang bang? Like they did with Bad Company 2.

 

[CappyHamper]

I'm actually looking forward to another futuristic BF.

Guys it's actually been TEN YEARS since the last one.

This is a spinoff at most

 

[Xumbrega]

Please be true

 

[Boogdud]

Unlocked: HORSE

 

[DrZeus]

I hope not. 2143 sure but further back than Vietnam is not ideal for me.

 

[k4n3]

Unlocked: HORSE

i wonder if you can get horse armor in battlepacks

 

[king picollo]

Without the vehicle combat not sure i could get behind this.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

WWI would be awful...pls no. People hoping this is true clearly don't know history. Lol.

I'll bite: could you elaborate?

 

[Real Hero]

if its true WW1 combat it will be the most boring FPS in the history of FPS, ok now line up first guy out of trench gets shot, ok next guy go.... gets shot..... next...... oh wait put on you're gass mask.... 'whole team is dead'

You have a serious lack of imagination if you don't think a great game could be made out of that.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

Hmmmmmmmmm

WW1? I dunno.

Although, DICE could make it in theory fantastical.

 

[Xater]

I am shocked some people here think this could be real.

 

[chugen]

no way

 

[Frozenprince]

WWI is probably the worst armed conflict possible to try and play as a game (other than grand strat of course).

You move 6-12 inches a month in a trench.

 

[farcryfan]

Forget about battlefield 5 being set in WW1 it's not happening. most of us hate the futuristic setting, but it's coming in cod and in bf for the next few years.

 

[Vigilant Walrus]

Unlocked: HORSE

D-HORSE has reached extraction

 

[Smokey_Run]

I want this to be true. I'm tired of having 100 weapons and 50 gadgets in shooters. WW1 and WW2 limits that.

 

[Pooya]

WW1 setting would be commercial suicide, noooope.

 

[cripterion]

2002
"Tired of this futuristic bullshit"

2007
"Tired of this ww2 bullshit"

2012
"Tired of this modern warfare bullshit."

2016
"Tired of this futuristic bullshit"

Not for me personally. I also don't mind current warfare setting but BLOPS 2 was already a bit too much for me.
I'm just not keen on the future stuff : COD Advanced Warfare, Black Ops 3, Titanfall, Ghost Recon Future Soldier, etc..

 

[Nemesis121]

Unlocked: HORSE

Horse Armor, DLC $5

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

if its true WW1 combat it will be the most boring FPS in the history of FPS, ok now line up first guy out of trench gets shot, ok next guy go.... gets shot..... next...... oh wait put on you're gass mask.... 'whole team is dead'

Yea, trench warfare is the first thing that comes to mind, woo...although maybe we'd see people's face melt off from mustard gas, that would be pretty neat.

This won't happen, there's a reason nobody does WWI shooters.

 

[Donos]

Probably alternative WW1 timeline. When Aliens brought tech/ timetravel shenanigans or something like this. Pure WW1 would be very very bold.

 

[A Serious Man]

I'll bite: could you elaborate?

The western front was an unending meat grinder set in the bleakest environment imaginable. WWI was not a "sexy" war and the technology of the time doesn't lend itself to a FPS.

 

[Alienfan]

I could see the game maybe taking place over two time periods, but no way they move away from the modern era - that just seems like an unnecessary risk for EA to take

 

[NotMyPsn]

Hell yeah, would love to go back to simpler, more brutal times.
BF4 just went to hell with all the options and gadgets and ac130s and explosives spam
I want a happy medium between battlefront and bf4.

 

[Omni]

2002
"Tired of this futuristic bullshit"

2007
"Tired of this ww2 bullshit"

2012
"Tired of this modern warfare bullshit."

2016
"Tired of this futuristic bullshit"

Variety is nice. Remember most of these games release yearly.

 

[Revan]

wat.

I'm in.

 

[josecitoxnyo]

Gotta be fake.

 

[i HeaR MusiC]

I'll bite: could you elaborate?

WW1 was predominantly bolt action rifles with little aviation and no rocket launchers. this would be the slowest paced FPS of all time. No idea why anyone would want that over a WWII setting.

 

[secondspace]

The western front was an unending meat grinder set in the bleakest environment imaginable.

Metro 64 24/7 then.

 

[Real Hero]

WW1 was predominantly bolt action rifles with little aviation and no rocket launchers. this would be the slowest paced FPS of all time. No idea why anyone would want that over a WWII setting.

It would be different and interesting.

 

[Yopis]

Horrible news if true.

 

[bryanee]

It would be different and interesting.

Sounds like the dullest FPS there could be. If they insist on going back to a WW then it should be WW2.