Battlefield reveal 6th May.

[Tech614]

I'm sad.

I like the WW1 setting. But only for a great campaign. And we allready know it gonna be shit.

Please EA, just once, make a great solo campaign again.

If Campaign gets the Bad Company 2 treatment I will play the game.

Otherwise I won't.

Battlefield MP has become as stale as anything. Cops and Robbers gimmick nor Star Wars gimmick could fix it.

[Guy4123]

Cutting edge with bolt action rifles.

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And just what sort of weapon customization and variety do you think ww1 had? Do link some baller atatchments we are going to be able to slot on our 5 different versions of a bolt action rifle will you please.

That came up in the last new Battlefield thread speculating WW1. Theirs more than just bolt action rifles in WW1 even if they were the vast majority of them.

Theirs plenty of weapons, they just weren't used as often as bolt action rifles because they were cost prohibitive and not exactly reliable (looking at you Chauchat)

semi
auto
rifles

automatic
rifles

light
machine
guns

sub
machine
guns

And since this is a game the Chauchat wouldn't get jammed every 3rd round fired. Trust the French to design a machine gun with an open magazine to be used in a wet muddy crater of a trench so it gets dirt inside immediately.

[Ausr]

So WW1 and not 2143... oh joy. My excitement is at an all time high with this one. /s

[Fencers]

Oh my, that's a very pretty trailer for the new Battlefield. I like the WW1 setting and the use of elements I have not seen in FPS games previous- mustard gas, prop airplanes, zeppelins, etc.

Looks neat.

[Treeskee]

So glad they're going this route and not following in CoD's footsteps with all the super futuristic stuff... At least for now.

[Skylarking]

While im happy and ecstatic to see a world war one game for BF, i just dont think it was a good idea to incorporate this into its next big thing. A spin off would of been good idea like hardline was. But this is what we will be playing for the next 2 years. Makes me wonder how they will keep it fresh for that long.

[Karnak]

Its kinda logical isnt it ? its world war 1. There was like 1 prototype tank, a few different double decker planes, No such things as silencers, different types scopes and other attachment. It was simply not invented at the time. We will have a crappy loadout and basicly nothing to keep us playing after a short while. Unlocks is an important part of the game and what keeps alot of players still playing.

There will be some unlocks. Some variety. But it will be tiny compared to the other games. Does it matter ? For some, yes. For others, no.
I for one think this gonna be a failure for longevity

WWI and WWII had vastly greater varieties of airplanes than we do now simply because they were so much cheaper to design and build at those tech levels.

Riflewise and AFVwise, yes, much more limited, though the tanks were not prototypes and the Brits built hundreds of them. Over six hundred were used in one battle.

Ship variety was pretty wide as well.

[Zeta333]

They had some behind the scenes gameplay after the stream with more info. So we're not just getting a 1;1 realistic game. DICE has a bit of leeway with what they can do.

https://youtu.be/8udm-0mivDY

Edit: So sure we'll have some rifles but its not the ONLY weapon in the game.

That video makes me feel a tad better. Hopefully this doesnt bomb like battlefront did.

[PACOX]

If DICE can pull this off then they have to be crowded the champs of FPSs.

They've done:

WW2
Vietnam
Modern
Futuristic
Sci-fi

and now WW1.

Thats impressive.

The way this game turns out will be pretty interesting because I don't see how they could adopt WW1 to the semi-fasted paced combat their fanbase is used to without it just being BF4 in WW1 skins. WW1 didn't have a lot of the equipment players are now used to, even the leap between WW1 and WW2 was pretty large. A lot of it was fought in columns and trenches. Artillery and gas the big boys on their field. Their were no UAVs, drones, ADS, etc. Even Jeeps were uncommon. Bombing runs consisted of pilots throwing grenades out of their planes. This is going to be interesting indeed. Would be funny if they revitalized the WW2 of FPSes.

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That video makes me feel a tad better. Hopefully this doesnt bomb like battlefront did.

Battlefront bombed?

That game is pretty successful

They actively support the game and its not nearly the paid DLC mill that people claimed it to be before it even hit the shelves.

[Elim Garak]

You're talking about a war that was fought with more than 30 countries, the list of infantry weapons alone is over 200 weapons long. And WW1 used a lot of melee weapons as well like swords and polearms.

Oh lol, do check those weapons out don't just count them, most of them are bolt-action rifles, pistols and an occasional shotgun, most machine-guns are stationary, i.e. not designed to be used on the go.

Not to mention that WW1 was a trench war, gotta be fun.

[zealo]

Battlefront bombed?

That game is pretty successful

They actively support the game and its not nearly the paid DLC mill that people claimed it to be before it even hit the shelves.

It kinda did in terms of player activity on the PC platform. PS4/XB1 is still doing fine but that's about it. The PC version of Battlefront have about 5-6k concurrent player peaks, currently at about 2,5k, in a multiplayer AAA game that hasn't even been on the market for 6 months. Battlefield 4 regularly sports 6-7 times that number and launched in late 2013.

[Zeta333]

Battlefront bombed?

That game is pretty successful

They actively support the game and its not nearly the paid DLC mill that people claimed it to be before it even hit the shelves.

yes it bombed. Its literally laughed at by any battlefront fan and has a fraction of the population it should considering the popularity that it had when it got announced and its prequals.

[Erolian]

I'm happy that someone went for WW1. I would have personally gone for 1943ish but this is more interesting in some regards since it isn't such a safe bet. The best part for me though is that they aren't following the futuristic trend and "OMG WALL RUNNING YEAHHH" that seems to be all the rage right now. It'll be even more interesting if they shoot for a realistic color palette for the world itself rather than the typical darker and washed colors that they try to paint almost every game from an older time period with and generally just try to break away from your typical WW1/2 movie sequences.

[Bill Nye the Spy]

I like it, I've loved Battlefield since the 1942 days which was great. Secrets of WW2 was my shit.

[Deleted]

I just think the available weaponry from that era is going to limit the experience greatly vs what people allready expect from bf games. WW2 was a happy medium but i think ww1 will be pretty meh due to what they had available.



Again tanks were introduced halfway through the war, weapons were severly limited as well, what sort of customization do you think we will have with what was available in 1915?

The list is quite big, sure there are allot of similarity still a big list.

[Madeupname999]

im a huge WW1 buff so iam really digging this world war 1 setting and i hope they make trench warfare seem as dirty and brutal as it was. Also i like they are adding the Arabian campaign and i expect gallopoli will feature heavily too.

[Shadoweye]

Bolt-action rifles. <3

I just wish they cut the single player completely and focused on the multiplayer.

And i dont, i love single player campaigns. It allows players to invest in the gameplay and story.

[I Push Buttons]

yes it bombed. Its literally laughed at by any battlefront fan and has a fraction of the population it should considering the popularity that it had when it got announced and its prequals.

The popularity of its prequels? Battlefront 2 only sold a little over a million copies at launch, with an even split between the PS2/Xbox and a couple hundred thousand more on PSP...

EA Battlefront had sold 13,000,000 copies by January... They haven't reported any figures in the 4 months since then, but I assume the game has continued to sell.

Since when is $800,000,000+ in sales "bombing"?

[Mustardisbad]

Omg that trailer was amazing, I can't wait to see more of it. And i'm also imagining the multiplayer *drool*

[Ealyssa]

Battlefront bombed?

That game is pretty successful

Less than 8k players is abysmal for any AAA.
And even an humiliation for a BF series opus.