Because EA...still DICE are the perfect developer for this.
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That may be(never played new battlefield games) I'm with Al. I'll sit on this one and see how it goes.
Agreed. BF3 was a very solid shooter, but after that Dice has had a rough go of it, and it's partly because EA is not giving them the proper schedule for finishing games. Keep in mind they're also developing Mirror's Edge 2. I'm also skeptical we'll get those insane visuals in the final build. We've seen too many shenanigans from devs in that area lately.
I am glad they are getting rid of SP. The SP in BF 3 and 4 were pretty sub-par at worst at average at best. Those resources could have been used to make the MP even better. Still...the Star Wars setting could have been interesting even in a mediocre campaign.
Yeah, EA really want to annualize it. They want a piece of the COD pie. There is a reason why BF3 did so well and why BF4 and Hardline received so much criticism.
Logic in 2015:
Old game: good MP, sub-par SP = 60 bucks
New game: good MP, no SP = 60 bucks
Let's cherish.
And no, MP didn't get more content just because they cut the SP. The new Battlefront has still WAY LESS content that the ten year old Battlefront 2. All this game has are awesome graphics. The content itself is ridiculously limited.
I'll be honest, the lack of space battles at launch is kind of a deal breaker for me. I always preferred it over ground combat..... sooooooo, shug.
Shame, I was really looking forward to this, yes they MAY add it as DLC (Thanks EA) but like alot of you have said, there won't be alot on the disk.
Them textures though...... /facepalm.
Is this what most of the industry has come to now!!!!
Well if anyone is a fan of inner atmosphere X-wing combat or the 1998 Rogue Squadron game then this game is for you!
Shame, I was really looking forward to this, yes they MAY add it as DLC (Thanks EA) but like alot of you have said, there won't be alot on the disk.
Them textures though...... /facepalm.
Is this what most of the industry has come to now!!!!
Well if anyone is a fan of inner atmosphere X-wing combat or the 1998 Rogue Squadron game then this game is for you!
Yeah, I was a little sad when I read that there will be no space battles. I liked that a lot in battlefront 2.I'll be honest, the lack of space battles at launch is kind of a deal breaker for me. I always preferred it over ground combat..... sooooooo, shug.
Shame, I was really looking forward to this, yes they MAY add it as DLC (Thanks EA) but like alot of you have said, there won't be alot on the disk.
Them textures though...... /facepalm.
Is this what most of the industry has come to now!!!!
Well if anyone is a fan of inner atmosphere X-wing combat or the 1998 Rogue Squadron game then this game is for you!
Hah, I had Rogue Squadron too! On my Playstation 1, it was one of my favorite games.
That EA gif though, haha. When they posted that there will be no SP for the game, people on twitter were like "it will be a DLC".. yeah, sounds like something they would pull off.
I just found out that the game will take place only in Empire vs Rebels era, no Clone Wars... this is a joke.
You can say what you wish about the movies but Clone Wars era is so much more superior for the game like Battlefront. The vehicles, weapons, ships, Clone troppers > Stormtroopers (now i want Republic Commando 2) imo are far more superior and badass. On top of that Clone Wars actually had "full scale war". Hoth fight was good, but it doesn't compare to something like Battle of Geonosis or Kashykk. Playing with CIS was also fun especially with Droidekas.
If there is any DLC or expansion that this game needs is Clone Wars but it should already be in the friggin vanilla game!
If the old games had events from all 6 movies why can't this one have it as well?
You would think that after we waited so long for the next BF they would add more stuff, yet they are removing them.
You can say what you wish about the movies but Clone Wars era is so much more superior for the game like Battlefront. The vehicles, weapons, ships, Clone troppers > Stormtroopers (now i want Republic Commando 2) imo are far more superior and badass. On top of that Clone Wars actually had "full scale war". Hoth fight was good, but it doesn't compare to something like Battle of Geonosis or Kashykk. Playing with CIS was also fun especially with Droidekas.
If there is any DLC or expansion that this game needs is Clone Wars but it should already be in the friggin vanilla game!
If the old games had events from all 6 movies why can't this one have it as well?
You would think that after we waited so long for the next BF they would add more stuff, yet they are removing them.
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Exactly my opinion!I just found out that the game will take place only in Empire vs Rebels era, no Clone Wars... this is a joke.
You can say what you wish about the movies but Clone Wars era is so much more superior for the game like Battlefront. The vehicles, weapons, ships, Clone troppers > Stormtroopers (now i want Republic Commando 2) imo are far more superior and badass. On top of that Clone Wars actually had "full scale war". Hoth fight was good, but it doesn't compare to something like Battle of Geonosis or Kashykk. Playing with CIS was also fun especially with Droidekas.
If there is any DLC or expansion that this game needs is Clone Wars but it should already be in the friggin vanilla game!
If the old games had events from all 6 movies why can't this one have it as well?
You would think that after we waited so long for the next BF they would add more stuff, yet they are removing them.
And no SP? Wtf?? Actually I never in my life played MP apart from League of Legends but that's a different type of game. SWBF2 is still one of my favourite games when I don't have so much time. I'm speaking of an instant action battle.
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Just think of all the money that goes in the production of the shit-tastic campaigns of BF3 and BF4. Tens of millions of dollars that could have been better spent in the multiplayer, the meat of the game.
Call me whatever you want but Iliked the campaigns in both BF3 and BF4. They were simple, uncomplicated fun.
And Battlefield Bad Company 2 had a really good SP campaign. Just for those who say DICE can't make good SP...
I also don't get that "money could be spent better in MP" argument. That's not how development usually works. It's not all about money.
They were bad COD ripoffs. CoD-like FPS design should have died in 2010. It's so old and bland nowaways but EA are hellbent on emulating COD. I don't think it is inherently bad but FPS devs are beating a dead horse. The biggest WTF moment was when EA turned Syndicate into a generic COD ripoff and trust me, I don;t say these kind of things lightly. Tens of millions of dollars wasted IMO. Maybe they could pull it off with Star Wars because it's a fresh brand but I don't know... Tens of millions of dollars for a 8 hour campaign is just bloated.
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I disagree. I get that you don't like that kind of gameplay. But others do as well. Actually I found the BF4 campaign better than anything CoD did in the past 5 years...
You can say that for many genres. Witcher 3 tries to emulate typcial 3rd person action RPGs of the likes of Gothic and open world games of the likes of RDR. So what? There is almost no real innovation in gaming. Just different compositions of existing elements with different assets, stories and sometimes - from time to time - a tiny new idea incorporated into a game.
I don't see how Syndicate is connected to Battlefront. Different developer, different game.
I don't think so. Game time is not the most important thing in gaming. It's quality game time. I rather have a good, fun 8 hours long campaign than a mediocre 200 hours game in which I mostly do boring stuff and run around from A to B all the time...
@Scholdarr.452
When I was mentioning Syndicate I wasn't referring to Battlefront. I was referring to the misguided notion that every FPS HAS to be like CoD if it is to be successful. EA probably thought Syndicate was too complicated for their audience and wasn't confident in the brand so in their minds the safest way to make profit was to make it a COD clone. It's this Sycophantic behaviour that annoys me.
Battlefield 3 and 4 HAD potential to have very good campaigns. Here are my ideas:
Maps are large, open and full of enemies and may ways to approach an objective. You are just as vulnerable in SP as you are in MP. For this reason you have to carefully plan your route. Think of a multiplayer map with you against AI with predetermined paths (to encourage stealth) instead of players and with gameplay inspired by Deus Ex only with no superpowers. You can stealth kill enemies and hide their bodies to make sure you don't attract attention. You are just as vulnerable as your enemies and there is no regenerating health and health packs are very rare. You are just a special operarative against many enemies and you have to use your wits to survive. You can also use a multitude of vehicles, pursue optional objectives that let you call in air strikes (for instance), stealth you way through underground tunnels to put bombs to weaken buildings above it etc.
Again, COD campaigns are not inherently bad, I just heavily dislike the notion that EVERY FPS has to be like that to be successful and I think the attention it gets is undeserved lately. CoD used to be the forerunner of evolution in FPS games. Nowadays it's the reason for their stagnation. I desperately want something fresh. I want to feel like I'm playing CoD 1,2,3,4, Half Life and Doom 3 for the first time again and someting truly revolutionary has to happen for that to take effect.
I don't think that SP FPS are dead, quite the contrary in fact. I have been playing Doom almost non-stop for 6 years and Deus Ex and the new Wolf are some of my favorite games but the campaigns of BF are just wasted opportunities at best which is why I think they should just focus on MP.
When I was mentioning Syndicate I wasn't referring to Battlefront. I was referring to the misguided notion that every FPS HAS to be like CoD if it is to be successful. EA probably thought Syndicate was too complicated for their audience and wasn't confident in the brand so in their minds the safest way to make profit was to make it a COD clone. It's this Sycophantic behaviour that annoys me.
Battlefield 3 and 4 HAD potential to have very good campaigns. Here are my ideas:
Maps are large, open and full of enemies and may ways to approach an objective. You are just as vulnerable in SP as you are in MP. For this reason you have to carefully plan your route. Think of a multiplayer map with you against AI with predetermined paths (to encourage stealth) instead of players and with gameplay inspired by Deus Ex only with no superpowers. You can stealth kill enemies and hide their bodies to make sure you don't attract attention. You are just as vulnerable as your enemies and there is no regenerating health and health packs are very rare. You are just a special operarative against many enemies and you have to use your wits to survive. You can also use a multitude of vehicles, pursue optional objectives that let you call in air strikes (for instance), stealth you way through underground tunnels to put bombs to weaken buildings above it etc.
Again, COD campaigns are not inherently bad, I just heavily dislike the notion that EVERY FPS has to be like that to be successful and I think the attention it gets is undeserved lately. CoD used to be the forerunner of evolution in FPS games. Nowadays it's the reason for their stagnation. I desperately want something fresh. I want to feel like I'm playing CoD 1,2,3,4, Half Life and Doom 3 for the first time again and someting truly revolutionary has to happen for that to take effect.
I don't think that SP FPS are dead, quite the contrary in fact. I have been playing Doom almost non-stop for 6 years and Deus Ex and the new Wolf are some of my favorite games but the campaigns of BF are just wasted opportunities at best which is why I think they should just focus on MP.
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I think your memory is foggy. I tried playing BC2's SP a few months ago and hated it. It's basically an "on rails" shooter. And the writing isn't funny.