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Battlefront 2's single player campaign will last 5-7 hours.
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Evolution of Metal
Member
It isn't DICE who is making the campaign. People from Half Life and Spec Ops are working on the project, beliebe!
I liked the Pilot's story in BF1.
Sure. People can do what they want. It just bothers me how people don't value the craft that goes into short well realized bloat free single player experiences. If you want to actually play a game why not buy it at a reasonable price that means the existence of other games like it will be sustainable.
its possible i'm still a bit sore about EA closing Visceral most likely due to financial reasons
I don't think 6 hours is worth $60, though...if all you want is the single player. I get that multiplayer will add value if you're going to be playing that, but $60 seems to be a lot of money for that short amount of time.
Elfotografoalocado
Banned
Unfortunately DICE made its last good campaign 8 years ago. (10 according to some)
Honestly I don't expect much.
RedAssedApe
Banned
So about the length of a cod campaign or something similar like titanfall. Sounds good to me.
Interesting, I might actually keep an eye out in that case.
Yup the writer of the much appreciated Spec Ops: The Line is the lead writer here.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
This should be in every BF2 OP. This is Motive's first game, they at least deserve the benefit of the doubt.
Hamster Plugin
Member
This doesn't apply for this particular game. Battlefront 2 is being marketed as a multiplayer game first. Buying it at full price does not send any kind of "I want a great campaign" signal.
With all the pay-to-win mechanics in the MP, the mode is not worth playing which makes half of the game useless to me.
CouchMaster
Member
Its fine as long as its as good as Titanfall 2.
lol who am I kidding.
lol who am I kidding.
MosquitoSmasher
Member
I assume we can play the campaign in both first and third person but so far the footage I've seen of the SP is only in third.
Callibretto
Member
is the campaign more of multiplayer matches with bot, or a real unique cinematic story campaign?
If it reinvigorates Single Player shooting the way Titanfall 2 did then I don't see an issue with this. I spent 60 dollars on Titanfall 2 and although I get a little buyers remorse from it just experiencing that SP campaign for the first time was magical and makes me feel good about my purchase. I don't see how DICE could possibly match it but who knows maybe they will.
Agent_ShortBus
Member
Perfect length. I like it when sp campaigns are short as I don't have a lot of time to play games. Also I was only picking it up for mp to begin with, wish they had a Galactic conquest sp or mp mode like battlefront 2.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Sure,
but only with a shit ton of MTs and lootboxes.
SilverArrow20XX
Walks in the Light of the Crystal
I'll pick it up after it drops in price a bit. I was going to pre-order it but the physical edition sold out. I'm swamped with games through November anyway. Looking forward to the campaign though. I read the novel already.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Mr.Deadshot
Member
I care more about the quality, not the length. Never understood this obsession with game lengths.
Looking forward to the first youtuber rushing this on easy, skipping all cutscenes to "prove" how short this game is, lol.
Looking forward to the first youtuber rushing this on easy, skipping all cutscenes to "prove" how short this game is, lol.
Gamezone
Gold Member
Good thing DICE didn't make the campaign in Battlefront 2 then.
deadscreensky
Member
I had no idea DICE wasn't making the campaign. I am now cautiously optimistic.
(Not $54-on-CDKeys optimistic, but still.)
(Not $54-on-CDKeys optimistic, but still.)
That lenght is fine. But i'm still amazed at the people constantly demanding single player modes from DICE of all things
But Dice isn't making the single player. I think the length is fine though, not every game needs to be 10+ hours just because. It would be awesome if it was but im not mad that it isnt.
Patrick S.
Banned
Waiting on Joe.
Man, Joe looks totally different now that he's a bit chubby. I actually think he looks better now, heh.
I only replay good games, and mostly only if there's divergence in play through. Replaying a short, strict game is bottom of the barrel boredom.
We don't know if it'll be good, and chances of story changing are zilch.
Also lol? If I want single player games I gotta buy this pay to win multiplayer game? What? Buying this wouldn't support single player, just the opposite.
Brerlappin
Member
Glorified Bot match with cutscenes just like BF1 SP confirmed
Salty Rice
Member
So its gonna be around 4 hours. Disappointing.
Not much confidence in the campaign holding players attention for long then. Reassuring.
Seriously, why not just fess up that youd rather prioritise multiplayer than come up with silly reasoning like this? I expect Mario Odyssey will feel like a drawn out chore going by this logic.
OmegaTreeFish
Banned
I prob wont be getting this game, at least at launch but that length sounds good to me.
I think the problem is that a lot of people of my generation grew up with games being their main hobby. So when they have free time they play a game. With this mindset a6-7 hour long game doesn't feel like good value at full price because you would finish it so quickly.
However I have FINALLY started to get out of this mindset. I dont play that many games any more. I basically just play a few hours of a multiplayer game a week (basically SFV) and also do things like watch tv and read in my spare time. Now when a short single player game comes out that is interesting to me I am glad its shorter because I know I can have fun with it over the course of a week and then go back to the other stuff I like.
But 1 year ago I would have felt thats far to short to be worth the money. Length of game = value for money is kind of a bad way to look at it. But I get why people do.
I think the problem is that a lot of people of my generation grew up with games being their main hobby. So when they have free time they play a game. With this mindset a6-7 hour long game doesn't feel like good value at full price because you would finish it so quickly.
However I have FINALLY started to get out of this mindset. I dont play that many games any more. I basically just play a few hours of a multiplayer game a week (basically SFV) and also do things like watch tv and read in my spare time. Now when a short single player game comes out that is interesting to me I am glad its shorter because I know I can have fun with it over the course of a week and then go back to the other stuff I like.
But 1 year ago I would have felt thats far to short to be worth the money. Length of game = value for money is kind of a bad way to look at it. But I get why people do.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
It needs to be 10 to 15.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Heh, yeah, but his talking about a new KOTOR game... a strictly single player game, just like the first two. As for SWTOR.... it's an MMO, so you kinda expect these things from this kind of games + subscription model.
Anyway, i don't think we'll see any strictly single player SW game as long as EA has the exclusive rights to develop SW games for the next 10 years. But even if we do see some of them, they're sure as hell will be plagued with MTs and lootboxes, cuz apparently single player games is a waste of time and money now for majority of publishers... um, well, not for majority, more like for EA, Ubisoft, 2K and so on, and if it's a single player game then it sure must have MTs and lootboxes cuz otherwise it won't sell well and they can't keep making money any other way from a dead corpse.
Ugh, what a shitty times we live in now.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Why?
Plenty of singleplayer games are too long for their own good. If you have a six hour campaign that has fantastic levels and a fantastic story is that really worse than a 12 hour game with okay levels and an okay story?
This obsession with length some people have is baffling. I could almost think it's compensating for something.
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