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[Nirolak]

might wanna change "1920 FPS" to WW1 FPS

1920 isn't in WW1, but I updated it a bit.

 

[UnluckyKate]

Hope this is deeply related to the game. Cool history (read the wiki).

pre order pack, so optional, doubt it will be of significal importance. maybe more historical costume or some stuff

 

[Scrawnton]

So the DLC contains themed items instead of maps.

I wonder if they're going to do the microtransaction supported online route instead of a season pass.

That would be a very nice way to handle it. All shooters should do this from now on.

 

[Summer Haze]

God damnit.... WWI, seriously?

Call me crazy, but trench warfare with bolt action rifles doesn't sound exciting to me.

If they can somehow pull this off and still make the game exciting I'll be impressed but my hype for the reveal has definitely been been deflated.

What's with people thinking the WW1 setting = boring game. This is a videogame, WW1 can be the theme without them staying 100% true to it.

 

[GustyGardens]

Will probably replace the knife for melee in this game.

Hopefully it's like their recent Battlefield games and we can pick and choose our melee weapon. I want a push knife!

Because of the limited technology back then, war was much more brutal than what we have to day. Just look up some of the trench knives and clubs from the era. It's some Leatherface-looking shit.

 

[Raide]

I've seen some hilarious shit come out of BF4.

That video of the guy detonating the C4 which launches a tank 100 feet in the air who then shoots a fucking jet out of the sky was hilarious.

Yeah, it does happen but I always felt the BC2 gameplay, with its smaller and more focused combat, just led to way more Battlefield moments. Way too much running around and running towards objectives in the later BF games. They sacrificed destruction for scale and it was a poor choice imo.

 

[Pastry]

So the DLC contains themed items instead of maps.

I wonder if they're going to do the microtransaction supported online route instead of a season pass.

Couldn't it just be the preorder content though? Battlefront preorders came with immediate access to some items and there was still full DLC.

 

[The Flash]

How do we know it's post-WW1

 

[ScaryShark]

Let's see if they can release either a working game or one that isn't trash.

Yeah, it's a wonder they are still even in business or that tons of people still play their previous games years after release.

 

[Rockyrock]

Well this is the company that sanctioned BF: Hardline, which makes no sense, and it bombed (no-one plays it).

Someone at DICE having a brainstorm and thinking, 'let's make a Battlefield game about cops & robbers', even though it was more or less a low-budget stop-gap, is just as far-fetched as the same idea about a steampunk WW1 setting you'd think, 'cept the cops & robbers game was sanctioned.

So I believe it's going to happen.

I doubt it was DICE's idea to make hardline.

probably EA trying to annualize the franchise like cod.

 

[Jackpot]

Bad Company 1 was 7 missions, so 6 sounds perfectly plausible.

 

[Randam]

Name is cool as fuck.

 

[Surfinn]

It's their branding. I could see that cover without the title and instantly know what it is.

People can also recognize the brand from the word "Battlefield" strewn across the cover. Poor excuse for lack of creativity, IMO.

 

[Nirolak]

Couldn't it just be the preorder content though? Battlefront preorders came with immediate access to some items and there was still full DLC.

Certainly, but you also got Jakku early access.

 

[Alienous]

Bad Company 1 was 7 missions, so 6 sounds perfectly plausible.

I hope they follow that kind of mission design.

 

[bombshell]

Where's the 1920 coming from? I thought that was the unrelated concept art?

 

[Deadbeat]

Because of the limited technology back then, war was much more brutal than what we have to day. Just look up some of the trench knives and clubs from the era. It's some Leatherface-looking shit.

Thats not because of tech, it was because they improvised what they could get on the line.

 

[Nirolak]

How do we know it's post-WW1

Well, all the leaks from the previous three days said it was in 1920 and World War 1 ended in 1918, and everything else from said leaks came true.

 

[Scrawnton]

How do we know it's post-WW1

Honestly, it could just be a telling of how the war would've evolved if it didn't end the way it did. This gives DICE a chance to use more major European cities as a basis for maps and missions.

 

[LiK]

1920 isn't in WW1, but I updated it a bit.

where was the date leaked? i don't recall reading it was in 1920s. thread is flying by.

Well, all the leaks from the previous three days said it was in 1920 and World War 1 ended in 1918, and everything else from said leaks came true.

oh alright

 

[Tecnniqe]

So the DLC contains themed items instead of maps.

I wonder if they're going to do the microtransaction supported online route instead of a season pass.

Cosmetics over maps is a great way to keep the playerbase healthy and not split.

Of course we'll see the stupid battleboxes drop from the sky so who knows.

I am hype.

 

[MilkyJoe]

Well, all the leaks from the previous three days said it was in 1920 and World War 1 ended in 1918, and everything else from said leaks came true.

I'm pretty sure it'll be straight WW1 14 to 18

 

[Nirolak]

where was the date leaked? i don't recall reading it was in 1920s. thread is flying by.

Among a few other posters, I believe this guy was the first:

Game will be called Battlefield 1, and will take place in 1920... that's what my little birds told me

I'll update the title though to reflect the ambiguity.

 

[draughn101]

What's with people thinking the WW1 setting = boring game. This is a videogame, WW1 can be the theme without them staying 100% true to it.

That and the fact that there's a ton of interesting and intense battles in WW1. People honestly think they sat in trenches for 4 years and nothing happened? It was a World War. More than one theater, battle, etc. Do some research. Read. Something. People talking about how sad it is that they are glorifying this horrible conflict? It's sad how uneducated everyone is about this war. Maybe DICE can teach some people a thing or two.

I'm pretty sure it'll be straight WW1 14 to 18

Unless they have significant changes to history up there sleeves, which there's no evidence yet, it doesn't make sense to push it two years. There's no technological leap that would add weapons or vehicles to the game.

 

[Imbarkus]

Call of Duty turned into Starship Troopers and Battlefield turned into The Order. ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[Collateral22]

1920 FPS?! They should put a cap on that framerate.

Think of the coil whine!

 

[MMarston]

They better use that classic Battlefield theme and none of that dubstep bs.

 

[Zioman]

How do we know it's set in alternative WWI, not the standard one?

 

[uncleniccius]

So the DLC contains themed items instead of maps.

I wonder if they're going to do the microtransaction supported online route instead of a season pass.

There's a move away from paid mappacks/modes towards that kind of thing right now (halo, uncharted, Overwatch kind of etc) so it would make sense.

 

[Nirolak]

Call of Duty turned into Starship Troopers and Battlefield turned into The Order. ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

I would *love* Starship Troopers CoD, but sadly I don't see any aliens or the very important tonal overtones of that book.

 

[marrec]

probably has similar amounts of SP content as battlefront -- ie, basically none

Don't be pooping on my dreams.

 

[Pastry]

Does the additional 2 years post-WWI result in any important changes in technology?

 

[Compsiox]

Combining every thread on the topic...okay.

I don't think thats really necessary. It seems really sloppy and unorganized. Should have just let some drift off the front page as more info came in.

I'd understand if they were the exact same and posted consecutively.

 

[Tankard]

What time is the reveal EST?

 

[Loxley]

Call of Duty turned into Starship Troopers and Battlefield turned into The Order. ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

It's kind of funny when you look at how much a chunk of the Halo community flips their shit when any one little thing gets changed from game to game.

 

[Surfinn]

It's their branding. I could see that cover without the title and instantly know what it is.

This look/feel identifies a consumer with the franchise they have (I'm assuming) come to love. Calling it "lack of creativity" is pretty off-base. What they look for in a key-image is not something incredibly creative or amazing, they want something quickly identifiable to relate to consumers.

Look at the uncharted series and how those covers vary in both art and color. Something tells me they didn't lose sales post U1 because if it.

 

[Plum]

Honestly, it could just be a telling of how the war would've evolved if it didn't end the way it did. This gives DICE a chance to use more major European cities as a basis for maps and missions.

Yeah I'm placing my bets on this. It moves them away from the trappings of actual WW1 and Alternate-WW1 sounds a lot better in marketing than the other conflicts at that time. There's also a clearly American guy on the cover which makes it more possible.

 

[ant_]

People can also recognize the brand from the word "Battlefield" strewn across the cover. Poor excuse for lack of creativity, IMO.

This look/feel identifies a consumer with the franchise they have (I'm assuming) come to love. Calling it "lack of creativity" is pretty off-base. What they look for in a key-image is not something incredibly creative or amazing, they want something quickly identifiable to relate to consumers.

Look at the uncharted series and how those covers vary in both art and color. Something tells me they didn't lose sales post U1 because if it.

all uncharted covers are incredibly similiar.

drake in dramatic pose / dangerous situation. uncharted logo large and featured

 

[TheCanisDirus]

What time is the reveal EST?

4 pm

 

[LiK]

I would *love* Starship Troopers CoD, but sadly I don't see any aliens or the very important tonal overtones of that book.

gonna be the twist!

 

[Tatsumi Oga]

Three hours from now, right?

 

[AYF 001]

I get your point, but the devs names on the vehicles is a pretty good touch.

I thought I saw that, but I'm on mobile so I didn't wanna squint to see. But it looks like they're trying to keep their "man on fire" motif for the covers from now on (can't remember what hardline looks like).

Although I'm wondering if there's going to be some sort of ill-informed backlash against the cover since it appears they broke the "generic grizzled white guy" mold (mobile again, sorry if mistaken). But I'm still more interested in seeing the gameplay, because BF4 tried to be a lot more fast-paced (to my distaste), whereas WWI is most well known for the giant stalemates in Europe.

 

[Alexious]

I would *love* Starship Troopers CoD, but sadly I don't see any aliens or the very important tonal overtones of that book.

Me too. Something like Independence Day, even

 

[draughn101]

Does the additional 2 years post-WWI result in any important changes in technology?

Nope. None that I've found.

 

[Tecnniqe]

They better use that classic Battlefield theme and none of that dubstep bs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0456vAP8Dn0 Its already made

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

I was wondering why the thread jumped 20+ pages during my 3 minute drive from home to work after lunch.

 

[wwm0nkey]

So the DLC contains themed items instead of maps.

I wonder if they're going to do the microtransaction supported online route instead of a season pass.

I'm really hoping, it really is the way to go

 

[julrik]

Three hours from now, right?

Indeed!

 

[BBboy20]

At first, I was adamant about this being an alt-WW1 since regular WW1 doesn't get enough representation but if this is, in the larger sense, the antithesis of the current trend of gaming (non-white character fronting what may not be a spin-off, displaying WW1 weaponry, looking swagger as all hell, not using the traditional numbering system), then I'll count it.

 

[Forerunner]

I was wondering why the thread jumped 20+ pages during my 3 minute drive from home to work after lunch.

Too much hype obviously!