Battlefield V
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I honestly don't feel like it's a re-skin of BF1. They've made some changes too from BF1 as far as the gameplay goes.
Looking forward to playing some more over the weekend and now that it is a Open Beta I can squad up with some friends. Game is a lot of fun and is a must buy for me.
Aside from the weapons, tanks etc. I feel like I am playing a WW2 game in an alternate dimension. Rotterdam map reminds me of the Seine Crossing map in Battlefield 3. In general, the game fails to convince me that I am fighting in an actual WW2 setting.
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I think the beta was good. The graphics are insane.
While everything is good, I am still not convinced to buy it...yet.
While everything is good, I am still not convinced to buy it...yet.
You don't need to play it to see what kind of game this is. Battlefield is one of gaming's monstricities. EA has identified Battlefield to be one of their flagship titles so they structure their massive workforce to pump one out every year. BF4, BF Hardline, Star Wars Battlefront, BF1, Star Wars Battlefront 2, and now BFV.
That's 6 of essentially the same game, in slightly different packaging, in 6 years.
They're massive, slickly packaged, formulaic games, built to appeal to as many people as possible. As Roberto Duran once said...
It's nice that you're looking forward to it, but as someone who wants to see change and creativity in this industry, I love reading about BFV's every misstep. Let's move on to the next thing already.
You don't need to play it to see what kind of game this is. Battlefield is one of gaming's monstricities. EA has identified Battlefield to be one of their flagship titles so they structure their massive workforce to pump one out every year. BF4, BF Hardline, Star Wars Battlefront, BF1, Star Wars Battlefront 2, and now BFV.
That's 6 of essentially the same game, in slightly different packaging, in 6 years.
They're massive, slickly packaged, formulaic games, built to appeal to as many people as possible. As Roberto Duran once said...
It's nice that you're looking forward to it, but as someone who wants to see change and creativity in this industry, I love reading about BFV's every misstep. Let's move on to the next thing already.
So you haven’t played it and you’re just blowing hot air, got it.
Meh. You'd never use the same logic if I spoke positivly about BFV. You enjoy yearly installments so you have to lobby for them. Lame.
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That’s the problem with all franchises though, isn’t it? As a dev, how do you make changes to keep it fresh while not deviating too far from the thing that people love about it.. ? It’s a tough balance, but you could make the same argument for any franchise like Gears, Uncharted, Halo, GOW, etc.
Different enemies, settings, but really all basically the same gameplay from installment to installment.
IMO the only games that seem to find this balance perfectly in most cases are Zelda and Mario. It’s still the same ‘feel’ but they always find enough ways to innovate so it seems new. And they also aren’t spitting out totally new ones every year or 2.
I would bet that the BF regulars don't want a ton of "innovation". Moving back to ww2 is a huge step. I would bet most here have never played a ww2 BF game since it was only on PC way back in 2002. That plus adding battle royale is a big enough change.
As I always say, there's a core group of people who love BF games and really don't want to mess with them. I get that people that aren't really into them if you are just a casual fan. BF games can be frustrating at times as you really are just a single, insignificant soldier on a bigger battlefield.
As I always say, there's a core group of people who love BF games and really don't want to mess with them. I get that people that aren't really into them if you are just a casual fan. BF games can be frustrating at times as you really are just a single, insignificant soldier on a bigger battlefield.
Says the guy that plays the same map over and over and over again.
It's a conservative vs progressive issue isn't it?
In politics, there's a reason why conservatives are often viewed as less intelligent.
I'm not sure why one would be conservative in the entertainment/gaming realm though. I mean, what's the point?
Because the people that think that are self absorbed pricks? Nobody, and I mean NOBODY likes someone who thinks they are smarter than everyone else. Especially when it's completely false.
Who thinks they're smarter than "everyone else" though?
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No, not really. In gaming, we have more than 2 choices. I buy many games, some innovative, some not.
In business, they call it a "cash cow". Something that consistently makes money, but doesn't necessarily blow anything up. That's not a bad thing. There's a core of BF gamers like me who bill buy the game day 1 and play it (heck I haven't even tried the beta yet lol).
Innovation = risk and you risk alienating your core base. It could be argued that COD did this with their futuristic stuff and wall running. They innovated for sure. Did it get "better"? They gained some people but lost some too. A lot of people don't remember BF2142 which went futuristic (not wallrunning and such) and it pretty much was meh. Their best games have been modern or WW2.
There's simply no game on the market that gives me that "Battlefield" feel of large scale combat done right. Changing that up would be silly. Don't do what COD did. Add in a mode, that's fine.
Get that s*** out of this thread.... Please.....
Yeah that's a totally logical tangent to go on, everybody.
Playing this demo, I enjoy the revive mechanic, at the very least. Otherwise it's a little too similar to BF1 still. The UI and gameplay come together to create something I'm just not entirely fond of.
And I'll be honest, the women running around kinda pull me out of the "fantasy" most games attempt to create. I don't recall many asian women fighting in europe.
But I was never really going to get this anyway. The demo just confirmed that.
Part of me would hate to see this fail. With all the resources they pulled away from every other EA game, it would be a disaster for them.
But part of me would love to see this fail for much the same reason. Battlefront 2 will probably never recover from them taking away the dev team to focus on this. Hope it was worth it.
Playing this demo, I enjoy the revive mechanic, at the very least. Otherwise it's a little too similar to BF1 still. The UI and gameplay come together to create something I'm just not entirely fond of.
And I'll be honest, the women running around kinda pull me out of the "fantasy" most games attempt to create. I don't recall many asian women fighting in europe.
But I was never really going to get this anyway. The demo just confirmed that.
Part of me would hate to see this fail. With all the resources they pulled away from every other EA game, it would be a disaster for them.
But part of me would love to see this fail for much the same reason. Battlefront 2 will probably never recover from them taking away the dev team to focus on this. Hope it was worth it.