Hey guys, today I have some news that might be controversial with you if you're a fan of the battlefield franchise. It was recently announced that a new battlefield game is coming next year, which could possibly be Bad Company 3 or BF5. You're probably wondering why I make this out to be a bad thing, so here's why.
As you probably remember, a new battlefield game only used to come out every 2 years (2007-2009-2011-2013-2015), which meant a 2 year development cycle to make a good game. However, now that it's been confirmed that a new battlefield is coming in 2016, DICE only get one year to make an awesome battlefield title. I think this is downright ridiculous, because if EA and DICE were smart, they would look back at what netted them the most success, which was the 2 year cycle. And to top it all off, DICE is developing and releasing Star Wars Battlefront this November! With Halo, Bungie and 343 had 3 years to make a new game, and heck, even Call of Duty somehow manages to give their games 3 years of development time due to their multiple developer strategy. The only foreseeable solution is to hand over the development process to Visceral Games, the creators of Hardline. The only problem with that is that Hardline totally sucked in my opinion, and didn't capture the battlefield essence at all.
Even though I hate this new trend that's now being put into action in the franchise, maybe I shouldn't be too surprised. After all, it would appear that EA takes well-loved franchises and adds in new "features" that totally ruin the game. Here, this is because they just want to compete with CoD by putting out a new game every year. In fact, the reason that Battlefield 4's launch was one of the worst in history is that EA pushed it out the door before it was ready to fly, and therefore Siege of Shanghai crashed every time a skyscraper collapsed, along with countless other irritating bugs and glitches.
So please EA, consider your customers and what THEY want out of the game, rather than what saves and earns you the most money. We don't want a battlefield game every year, just look at what CoD is today. Do you really want this franchise to sink to that level? Also, while we're at it, 20v20, lack of space battles and lack of clone wars in SW Battlefront is incredibly lazy, especially considering that its predecessor had all three of these things in 2005. I don't understand why you can't just make the game like SWBF2 with some new gameplay mechanics and way better graphics. This really isn't cool, fix it NOW.
Sincerely,
JB3ASt
Even though I hate this new trend that's now being put into action in the franchise, maybe I shouldn't be too surprised. After all, it would appear that EA takes well-loved franchises and adds in new "features" that totally ruin the game. Here, this is because they just want to compete with CoD by putting out a new game every year. In fact, the reason that Battlefield 4's launch was one of the worst in history is that EA pushed it out the door before it was ready to fly, and therefore Siege of Shanghai crashed every time a skyscraper collapsed, along with countless other irritating bugs and glitches.
So please EA, consider your customers and what THEY want out of the game, rather than what saves and earns you the most money. We don't want a battlefield game every year, just look at what CoD is today. Do you really want this franchise to sink to that level? Also, while we're at it, 20v20, lack of space battles and lack of clone wars in SW Battlefront is incredibly lazy, especially considering that its predecessor had all three of these things in 2005. I don't understand why you can't just make the game like SWBF2 with some new gameplay mechanics and way better graphics. This really isn't cool, fix it NOW.
Sincerely,
JB3ASt
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