ManaByte
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But would this thread have gone on for 9 pages of outrage if that was made clear in the first place?
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Battlefield 2042 won't have a campaign, will feature paid seasons
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Grand Theft Scratchy
Banned
This was to be expected that they would eventually do away with the single-player. But it's a good idea - play to the series' strength, multiplayer, and ensure a smooth launch.
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MiguelItUp
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You and I both know the answer to this, but it doesn't make it any less lmao. Especially since the thread is bloated with reactions from people that haven't read the details throughout it. Y'know, the usual, lmao.
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IYAOYAS2019
Member
I never claimed others don't. I simply stated my own opinion on the topic. Thanks for your two cents. Bye....
Rhazer Fusion
Member
Oooohh I see.
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SpongebobSquaredance
Unconfirmed Member
The campaigns in Battlefield were always turds. The series started out as multiplayer only. It should have stayed that way. Meaning, they focusing on multiplayer again is a good thing.
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Hestar69
Member
What do you mean they don't have season passes? COD,Apex,PUBG & Fortnite all have season passes on them.I'm sure the year 1 will be a season type pass or they will add one. It's easy $$.
Sygma
Member
There will be 4 seasons a year in which you'll get 2 kinds of battlepass in each : free and premium. All the new maps, guns and operatives will be in the free battlepass. Premium is for cosmetics only
I'd like to know a free to play multi-player game done with AAA budget in which you can level down entire maps and deform terrain, on top of fighting in weather conditions actually really changing the environment. There'll be tornadoes straight up lifting / throwing vehicles. So all of that at 128 players with top notch tech behind yet the game should be free because they cut the campaign
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MMaRsu
Banned
What singleplayer shooter with polish and graphics/presentation and possibilities is there similar to Battlefield? Oh thats right, 0.
The problem is paying the same for less content and its being applauded. The shareholders are grinning
Team Andromeda
Member
Like they did for the early games? I am sick of this new age rubbish on the gaming forums.
I remember when people paid full price of the likes of Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament and never moaned about a lack of singleplayer focus
Team Andromeda
Member
Really? Were Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament not full price games on the PC and for their console ports?
EDMIX
Member
I don't disagree with you in terms of factually a SP mode makes it less then before, but my issue is many don't even value that mode for this to even be some issue.
As a massive BF fan....I just don't give a shit about the SP mode, we generally ignore it and its almost a unspoken thing in the community that we are here for its MP, so when someone says the "PLAY" BF, they rarely are telling you they are doing its SP, they likely are referring to the MP mode. So I just don't feel much was lost in a mode I don't even fucking play in the BF's that released in the past, so in order for me to feel like I'm getting less, the thing needed to actually provide real VALUE to consumers and based on how little even played those modes and how poorly they are done, shows nothing of REAL VALUE was been lost here to many.
Its a day 1 for me. I don't have any feeling of "oh I'm missing out", on what? The modes I don't play in BF? I put 400 hours in BFV, I don't think I put 5 mins in the single player..... so its value to me is, amazing ass BF game, over 120 players fighting on epic maps, levolution , return of dog tag stealing, tornados and sandstorms, FREE MAPS! So sir, the single player with polish and great presentation has been the fucking Battlefield series since 2008, stop telling us about ummmm "possibilities" they tried, it failed....like a lot and many didn't play it and it was poorly received. DICE do wonders with their engines and a masters at that shit, but it takes more then that to actually make a good single player.
Having great tech doesn't just magically make a single player get awards, I'd argue we learned that literally with the BF series since 2008. They had all their chances for years to do something great, I feel they where given a respectable amount of time to really make that work. Its time to move on. I have no issue playing full price for what DICE is making, they are doing a cross gen title with massive features for next gen and I see no reason to not pay that team their fair share, as if not having a single player means they didn't work hard to do all those new features in this BF or something (keep in mind I"m not saying you mean that btw)
Optimistic Gamer
Member
I mean... probably.
They are still selling a $/€70 game and charge you for content over the years.
Many people think that everything unlockable should be able to be done so without spending more money. There's a reason these topics always escalate. Cosmetics are progress content as well and paywalling them will always bring up some anger.
MilkyJoe
Member
It will be after 3 months
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SpongebobSquaredance
Unconfirmed Member
The Battlefield campaigns for BF3 and BF4 were Call of Duty rip-offs. So there is that. Hardline's campaign was anything but polished. Neither was BF1's, but at least they tried making it a little different to COD for once. So yeah, single-player shooters that are more polished and have more possibilities are abound.
The only BF campaign that was close to being decent was Bad Company 1.
ChuckeRearmed
Member
We now pretend that somebody is playing them
I mean the campaigns were basically Dice's attempt to become COD and it failed.I think the next entry might become F2P as the multiplayer games are going towards that across the board - too much money from MTX so it would be better to bring people in and then will stick for a long time.
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Sygma
Member
Apparently the new way conquest works is that you don't actually capture a b c d flags like before, now they're sectors with multiple flags in them. So if you're out for sector c you'll capture c1 c2 etc, and in terms of size they're bigger then bf 3 maps. Also you permanently keep a captured sector
MMaRsu
Banned
Thats why I didnt even mention the quality of the SP. Because they dont put any effort in
ZywyPL
Banned
Yeah that would've made sense to somehow organize all those 128 players on the map, otherwise just 5 capture points wouldn't cut it. MAG worked similar to that fashion.
Are we gonna pretend that 7 maps for 128 players is a small amount of content?
1 map ll be about as much content as 10 smaller mp maps.
And it takes allot of work to make em interesting to play, it will make or break the game.
It is much preferred that they make 7 large, balanced n thought out maps n then test the shit outa them rather than spend resources on mediocre singleplayer 80% of the audience ll not play even once.
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Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
Alright, alright. We'll see, I just wanted a Battlefield that hearken back to those marvelous 1942 days
Will this though, what with all these trappings of modern day bullshittery?
I'm in doubt personally.
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TastyPastry
Member
imagine paying $70 for 7 maps (or over 100$ for the ultimate edition) lol
i bet the launch is also going to be a bugfest, can't wait for the outrage
edit: also were are the strong independent women with bionic arms and the guys with the soy beards. what happened to #everyonesbattlefield?
i bet the launch is also going to be a bugfest, can't wait for the outrage
edit: also were are the strong independent women with bionic arms and the guys with the soy beards. what happened to #everyonesbattlefield?
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Bear*Walken*the*Sweeper
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I can see where you are coming from there.
MasterDerico
Member
HTK
Banned
Battlefield as a franchise has been predominantly a multiplayer experience, therefore most of its fan base is multiplayer oriented. Naturally, the studio is going to concentrate on that aspect more-so than the single player.
Historically when DICE has done single player as part of Battlefield they simply weren't long enough or good enough. I believe personally they are wasting time and resources on something that not a lot of players will experience.
There are a lot of reasons why their single player attempts have sucked or not sucked. It can be from budget, resources, time, etc...
I'm not saying it's impossible, or it can't be done. It's that they have tried quite a few times and failed. Either bolster the team and try to do an amazing Single Player and Multiplayer or drop one and concentrate on something you are good at and where majority of your audience is at.
I think only a few games have handled FPS Single Player and Multiplayer that is good, and that's HALO. I think Resistance 2 was good as well. There are probably a few others, but not much. Also, I just want to add, most of the Single Player FPS games do the same shit, go here in the world do this mission, then go to the other part of the world, a set piece here and set piece there, the way they do it, it just sucks. They need to do something new and different rather than the traditional approach of failed single player.
Again, not an impossible, but either take it seriously or don't even bother with it. I haven't played any of the Battlefield single player experience, same goes for Call of Duty except Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare because it was actually decent.
Hestar69
Member
I have no problem with a season pass, but charging 70 for ONLY MP is trash when the two biggeest shooters out right now are fre. EA/Dice just being greedy as fuck 120 for teh game and season pass BS LOL. I'm not a hater either, I've been a huge BF fan since 1942 strike at karkand. Will I buy the game,yes. but it's still BS and if the BR isn't free/standalone next year that'll be DOA like BFV one.
GetemMa
Member
Almost No battlefield fans will care.
The only decent campaigns in a Battlefield game were the Bad Company games. Most battlefield games don't even have one. Battlefield has always been a Multiplayer game. Don't love season passes, but the only thing you actually spend money are cosmetics, which makes me care a lot less.
Can't wait to play BF 2042.
The only decent campaigns in a Battlefield game were the Bad Company games. Most battlefield games don't even have one. Battlefield has always been a Multiplayer game. Don't love season passes, but the only thing you actually spend money are cosmetics, which makes me care a lot less.
Can't wait to play BF 2042.
user1337
Member
As long as the multiplayer is really good, people will play it and will also buy season passes.
Also depends on how they reward season pass purchases. Some games (like Apex) give you enough credit back each season to buy the next season without paying any extra cash. Other games (like Destiny) require you to pay for each new season (roughly £7-£8).
Unfortunately I don't have the time to commit to multiple games where a season pass exists.
Also knowing how the last BF game was at the start, I will probably just wait a year or two and then see how the game is doing.
Also depends on how they reward season pass purchases. Some games (like Apex) give you enough credit back each season to buy the next season without paying any extra cash. Other games (like Destiny) require you to pay for each new season (roughly £7-£8).
Unfortunately I don't have the time to commit to multiple games where a season pass exists.
Also knowing how the last BF game was at the start, I will probably just wait a year or two and then see how the game is doing.
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TLZ
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What about those other popular f2p games? They've also spent many monies on them yet they're f2p multiplayer games.
Men_in_Boxes
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Jibran#one
Member
All I care about is shit tons of maps like 12 15 of of them at release I'm ok with no campaign , and fuck battleroyale but if this releases with 6 7 maps than they can fuck off with that 70 dollar asking price.
If it has 7 maps and it releases with 70 dollars that's like asking 10 dollar a map which is insanity tbh
Cod justfies it's price with maps modes warzone , this won't
If it has 7 maps and it releases with 70 dollars that's like asking 10 dollar a map which is insanity tbh
Cod justfies it's price with maps modes warzone , this won't
smart_brazileiro
Banned
Maps are free now, yes.
The problem is we now get like 75% less new maps because you know... It's free and why I would put out like 4 new maps every 3 to 4 months if nobody is paying for it. Fuck cosmetics and useless skins made for cod and fortnite kiddies.
Punkster88
Banned
Don't like it don't buy it. I remember when DICE told gamers to get fucked and here you all are ready to buy their next game. lol
I remember when DICE told gamers to get fucked and here you all are ready to buy their next game. lol
ManaByte
Gold Member
They did free maps/paid cosmetics in BFV and that game isn't suffering from a lack of maps. Hell they remade the greatest BF map, Wake Island. But hey, the hot takes from people who never intended to play the game in the first place must continue.
smart_brazileiro
Banned
I've played every battlefield since battlefield 2. But hey, hot takes from excusers must continue.
Hulk_Smash
Banned
Yeah fuck you EA! I’ll stick with another game you made!
ManaByte
Gold Member
Then why didn't you know this is what DICE has been doing for the last couple of games?
smart_brazileiro
Banned
Never said I didn't know. I did know and wasn't fond of it. I'd rather pay for a premium pass and have a guaranteed amount of new maps instead of maybe 3 to 4 maps a year. But that's just me. U are being hostile for no reason,friend.
Peace and love
ManaByte
Gold Member
Never said I didn't know. I did know and wasn't fond of it. I'd rather pay for a premium pass and have a guaranteed amount of new maps instead of maybe 3 to 4 maps a year. But that's just me. U are being hostile for no reason,friend.
Peace and love
Battlefield V launched with 8 (one more than 2042) and in the end has 22 (twenty two) maps and they were all added to the game for free. That's not 3 to 4 maps that were added.