DICE is so out of touch with player expectations and the general quality of thier games. No wonder they hired Vince Zampella to lead this sinking ship. They probably gave him a ridiculous amount of cash to get him on board.
That more so sounds like an EA thing, the team itself I doubt has that type of pull and control. We've talked about the lessor quality a lot and during the beta many brought up those missing features, or questionable animations, but EA as a publisher still okays that delay or not.
Sorta like the whole GTA Trilogy thing, it would be like trying to bash Grove Street games as if they control that release date and bankrolled the game themselves or something.
So if EA who owns DICE and the BF IP (shocked I even need to state that lol) wants to go in some different direction with hero shooter, free to play type things, then it means DICE is doing what they are told and any feedback by the community that is against what EA is looking for, would be disregarded. As in, you can tell DICE a whole list of things, I'm sure the team internally might even agree, but EA runs that studio, owns that IP, signs their checks. This is more on them then the team itself and because of how EA is as a publisher, it hard to even tell when a team is fucking up or when EA is fucking up lol
Look at ReSpawn, look at how many hits they put out, if they have a game that flops, of course EA would be the key factor, so its hard to tell with a situation like this tbh.
In terms of the whole Zampella situation, I know he can do a great job as he is one of the best in the genre, but can he do a good job under EA with the BF IP? Titanfall was a new IP, APEX was a new IP, that Star Wars Fallen Order i'd consider it a new IP, all the great titles they put out, they also had all new ideas for them, so EA might have a hard time saying what it "should" be on a concept that is new in the first place and will side with the team, if they can give that same freedom to an existing IP with Zampella...I'm not too worried, but if they are simply going to hold him back by trying to have him ONLY fix this game by keeping those elements like "make what you want Zampella......but no voice chat, no feelings be hurt online, no scoreboard, the heroz MUST STAY" lol
If thats the case, this IP will see some dark days ahead lol
Electronic Ass might as well move onto Medal of Honor for their next AAA shooter.
God no, if their mindset is the same and nothing has changed, getting a different IP will do nothing. I'd rather see that IP come back btw when EA actually gains trust back by consumers. They are basically saying Halo and Covid is why this game is the way it is.
What EA should have said that would make me 100% ok with a Medal Of Honor revival
- The game was rushed and had no business coming out in 2021, that is on us.
- The community didn't agree with the direction the game was ahead in terms of design and the game should have been delayed to address this....that was on us.
- Zampella taking over will have full control to design the next BF and EA is taking a hands off approach to see if that helps as we've already promised more creative freedom
EA's Chief Studios Officer Laura Miele offers insight into future plans and a move towards creative autonomy for its internal studios.
gamerant.com
Thats the only way I want to see a reboot of that IP, if EA remains the same, I'd be a bit worried at what we'd get.
They know people love BF3 and 4, so they created a whole marketing campaign around how amazing those games were.
lol not really.
I'd say most of the marketing for 2042 was about that base concept as oppose to Portal.
This allowed them to sell a lot of pre-orders and first week buys.
nahhh, they also had betas, early access and tons of footage and feedback so people can even see what Portal was and how it played etc. So I simply can't see this as a "didn't have the product to match the expectations" type thing, as they had too much information on that to pretend they didn't know what to expect, you had a beta and early access letting you play what it would be lol
Anyone who was fucking dumb enough to buy this based on 1 trailer of Portal needs help lol I got this day 1, but shit I at least looked up that footage and understood what they were doing with it, I can only really see this as some bait and switch if you never get a beta, early access and no early review, as in you are buying based on a trailer ALONE and nothing else exist to inform you or something.
My expectations are very leveled. I only expect what I see in the beta, early access and actual real gameplay, I don't just imagine the "good ole days" of BF3 or some shit, I can only buy based on what I know the game to be, not what I fantasize it to be. I don't feel sorry for anyone btw who ended up in that boat.
Publishers job is to hype you up to buy a product, that doesn't relinquish personal responsibly of the consumer to educate themselves on what they are buying. Its even more fucking funny, cause even you said you wouldn't buy BF2042 after the beta. As in, the publisher gave you information, let you play it, you said "no". So EA can allow someone to pre-order, they are not forcing anyone to buy this or pre-order it etc
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lol only way we get to BF3 glory days, a BF set in 1993 in the middle east or 2002 in the middle east, heros not allowed, standard class system...scoreboard lol
or Portal 2