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Introducing Battlefield Labs - Help shape the future of BF

Imtjnotu

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This and GTA6 around the same time

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It looks, at best, okay. A back to basics re-skin of Battlefield 4 with better destruction. Maybe that's all it takes to raise this franchise from the grave.

Yeah I don't know what the hell people are so excited about. Bf4 on a boring map with women running around everywhere killing the immersion.
 

HRK69

Gold Member
All I see is Battlefield 2042 desperately trying to capture the essence of Battlefield 3 while dressing itself up with a more modern coat of paint.

EA and DICE seem stuck in a cycle of either chasing trends or rehashing previous triumphs, never committing to pushing the franchise forward in a meaningful way

This ain't it for me
 
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R6Rider

Gold Member
never committing to pushing the franchise forward in a meaningful way
The only thing the players want in BF is more physics and destruction, which seems to be what this new title is bringing.

BF 2042 at least did 128 player matches which I will miss.
 
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All that's missing in the footage is the Strike at Karkand theme.
Looks like a carbon copy of BF2 to me.
That being said, I loved that game. I'd absolutely play and buy BF2 with the destruction model from BC2, though the destruction doesn't look too impressive so far aside from certain spots.
 
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tr1p1ex

Member
looks like Karkand. This is the easy part for them. They already had all this tech.

CAn you pick up the full kits off dead soldiers? Taht would be one classic BF mechanic to bring back.


But it's the total package. The bugs obviously. And releasing a finished game with a solid amount of content.

Then of course the weapon balance and vehicle balance. The variety of gadgets and weapons and vehicles and maps.

last the management of the experience. Are they going to put some effort into managing it? Or just let it be a free for all which in the past means a lot of the same maps getting palyed over and over, people quitting anytime their side is behind, side modes dying out too quickly and never getting fleshed out fully, too many side modes that should just be part of Conquest, dumping people onto servers with few to no players, putting some excitement into the game win conditions, making the modes about the objective instead of deathmatch, and player/skill balance....among other things.


PS Obviously needs to be some new and didn't know I needed that to it too.
 
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EDMIX

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I'll be a lot happier when I find out all those buildings can be destroyed like that.

lol its likely never going to be "all" , but imo this response makes more sense then most.

The footage they are showing isn't something new as this is in 2042....

How much of it per building remains to be seen and that is the key thing I think people need to be focused on. The feature has existed in BF since BFBC and has only gotten more complex with each BF, how much of it per building is the key thing people need to focus on, as this wasn't absent in 2042, some of you just didn't play enough to know that lol
That would be the dream, level the whole map over the course of a battle
Based on what I've read from their designers, that isn't something they want, which means even if it was something that COULD be done, they would not do it to balance out the map to keep it competitive. I recall this was something asked a long time ago and they answered why in BFBC2 certain areas could not be destroyed

So far, I'm liking what I'm seeing from this beta / alpha build as this looks very BF3-BF4, but we'll see
 
I like the destruction, i like the gameplay, i hate the city...ill be dissapointed if we are going back to all brown bland middle eastern areas. One thing the newer games did right is make interesting cities. which we would have if they werent so afraid to have china.
 
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Black_Stride

do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4.
Next generation only!


I'm all in.
Let's fucking go!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Saber

Member
It actually looks interesting, gotta tell. Maybe that was a good movie. Whoever in charge now clearly know what means to be a BF game.
 

Luipadre

Member
If this is already in a state like this 7-8 months before launch, thats a really good sign. Also i see almost every old feature is already implemented. We usually have to wait a year after every launch for them to get them into the game again lol
 
Yeah I don't know what the hell people are so excited about. Bf4 on a boring map with women running around everywhere killing the immersion.
It's one map out of however many they ship the game with and from what I've seen of these short videos, this map looks way better than anything on 2042. Regarding your comment on 'women running and killing the immersion', what is wrong with you? You must know at this point that women have been in wars for years, especially in modern times. What a weird comment, I can only assume you live under a rock.
 
It's one map out of however many they ship the game with and from what I've seen of these short videos, this map looks way better than anything on 2042. Regarding your comment on 'women running and killing the immersion', what is wrong with you? You must know at this point that women have been in wars for years, especially in modern times. What a weird comment, I can only assume you live under a rock.
Well I was under the rock of reality apparently because I served in the army until recently and encountered few women overall and almost zero in combat roles. And this is in Sweden, the Mecca of dumb gender equality experiments.
 


Destruction is impressive so far. I just hope its more than cosmetic, and falling debris can actually injure/kill you. I remember that occasionally happening in BF3 on the urban french maps and it was always a fun moment when it did.



i`ve been waiting for good destruction (again) since friggin Bad Company 2......


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