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[Nirolak]

Judging by what Hardline's primary staff is doing and DICE LA's hiring, I would guess that Battlefield 5 is being helmed in Stockholm, and DICE LA is helming Battlefield 2017.

To note, I expect both studios to work on both games and for where the senior staff/pre production team is located to be the only difference.

I would guess that Visceral's remaining Battlefield staff will handle more DLC to enable this since the leads are all on Star Wars.

 

[Enosh]

Man would love to see a more simple Battlefield. Not a overblown one again with 40+ weapons etc..


World War 2 Battlefield with Frostbite *.*

no, you can have your battlefront for that if you don't like having content

I would very much like BF5 to not be a step back from BF4 and offer less stuff for the same price

 

[Obliterator]

The Battlefront Team is not the same people as the Battlefield Team. So the same core group of people that always make it will be making Battlefield 5

 

[OfTheOverflow]

Unfortunately DICE Sweden will be making Battlefield 5. And no you wont get a true Bad Company Sequel because they dont know what they did.

Hilariously, depressingly true.

 

[Falchion]

I think Battlefield 2143 would actually seem pretty boring and me-too. We've got Titanfall and Call of Duty in the near future now, as well as Halo and Killzone being a bit more sci-fi heavy in the far future. Considering that, I would be more interested in the next Battlefield if it's set in modern-day, or even if it goes back a few decades. And I'm pretty certain it will be called Battlefield 5. After Hardline they will want to make it clear that this is a full mainline sequel.

This. We've got enough future combat to keep us busy so I would like Battlefield to stay a little bit more grounded for the time being.

 

[speedomodel]

Wasn't it confirmed DICE LA was working on an unannounced project? Would figure it would be something smaller given the studio size and the fact they are still working on support BF4.

 

[DoublePayje]

Wasn't it confirmed DICE LA was working on an unannounced project? Would figure it would be something smaller given the studio size and the fact they are still working on support BF4.

This is true, but they already announced that the BF4 support will soon end (no definitive time and date here). So i guess they are at the end of pre-production and will soon start going in full development mode, hence they need all the staff then. Might be Bad Company 3. Smaller game and more in line with what they did before, Medal of Honor. But that is just speculation.

 

[TheSinkingKnight]

Battlefield Bad Company 3144 anyone?

 

[Wil348]

no, you can have your battlefront for that if you don't like having content

I would very much like BF5 to not be a step back from BF4 and offer less stuff for the same price

More simplistic gameplay =/= lack of content. Those were two entirely different traits about Battlefront (the former I thought was a good thing, the later of course a bad thing).

I don't think Battefield needs any simplification outside of the unlocks. That's an area that needs improvement.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

More simplistic gameplay =/= lack of content. Those were two entirely different traits about Battlefront (the former I thought was a good thing, the later of course a bad thing).

I don't think Battefield needs any simplification outside of the unlocks. That's an area that needs improvement.

The unlocks in Battlefield 4 are complete shit.

 

[Theorry]

The unlocks in Battlefield 4 are complete shit.

Shit is a big word but it was annoying to make 500 with a weapon just for a sight.
Hardline made that already better by just letting you choose. Made the grind less but still with enough choice.

 

[Enosh]

Shit is a big word but it was annoying to make 500 with a weapon just for a sight.
Hardline made that already better by just letting you choose. Made the grind less but still with enough choice.

the only thing you couldn't get with some 110 kills is variations on sights, aka if you prefer a cobra or coyote to the reflex and night vision stuff, both of which were situational as fuck until the night map showed up

I do agree that maybe streamlining getting alternate sights would be a good idea, like idk, being allowed to buy all variations if you unlocked one version (so when you get the reflex stuff on a nato weapon you can buy the chinese and russian one)

but other than that, people who don't like unlocks have battlefront, some of us enjoy getting unlocks, if you don't that's fine, plenty of games to choose from

 

[endlessflood]

I'm curious to hear what people think are the main MP difference between say Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 4?

There are quite a few things:

• BFBC2 had total (and most importantly) predictable destruction that was a core tenet of gameplay. This is one of the reasons that BFBC2 maps have never been remade for BF3/4. The other is scale (talked about below).
• BFBC2 had more clearly defined roles for player classes and vehicles, leading to more of a rock-paper-scissors approach to gameplay, whereas BF4 has more of a one size fits all approach.
• BFBC2 had the right physical scale for soldiers and vehicles, whereas in BF4 everything is scaled down, so you're playing as Pygmy soldiers in model vehicles. When you play them back to back this is incredibly glaring and one of the most significant distinctions that most people don't mention.
• BFBC2 had maps that were designed around Rush mode, and they were great maps on top of that. I've been playing BF games since the first 1942 Demo, and was as skeptical of Rush as anybody, but that mode really did sing in BFBC2. I ended up playing Rush almost exclusively in BFBC2.
• BF4 has one of the most obnoxious unlock systems ever seen in gaming. The BFBC2 one was very streamlined and never felt like a grind.
• No prone in BFBC2 was a godsend, it set the tone for the game in terms of pacing and play style and the game was far better for it.
• Jets and 64 player conquest matches added little to the overall experience in BF4 in my opinion. Remove jets and I wouldn't even notice. And when playing 64 player conquest the map size/number of flags increases, and so the actual intensity of combat remains pretty much unchanged, there's just more server lag as a result. In BF4 I never got the huge battle feeling that I did in 1942 for example.
• BFBC2 had ineffective counters to attack choppers and people using zoom optics as Blackhawks gunners. BF3/4 addressed that thankfully.
• Melee attacks were OP in BFBC2.

 

[pieface]

I really hope they don't do yet another game set in the future. They are getting tiresome now. One thing I loved about BC2 was the destruction, which is slowly being taken out of the battlefield games and replaced with "levelution" or whatever it's called. Which is a shame.

 

[Leafhopper]

The only thing that would get me back into Battlefield is if they make Bad Company 3.

I want Bad Company 3... but I don't want the Bad Company 3 we're going to get.

If the campaign ain't as funny as 1, and as enjoyable as 2, don't bother.

On the other hand this shit would happen with the way they currently make games.

 

[Theorry]

I never tought the destruction on BC2 was any good. I mean it was good in that you could destroy everything but if the round lasted long everything was destroyed and flat, it tkilled the flow of the maps and lots of cover was gone. I am fine with the BF3 and BF4 destruction really. Not talking about levolution. Hardline tho had way to less destruction.

 

[Lord of Castamere]

I never tought the destruction on BC2 was any good. I mean it was good in that you could destroy everything but if the round lasted long everything was destroyed and flat, it tkilled the flow of the maps and lots of cover was gone. I am fine with the BF3 and BF4 destruction really. Not talking about levolution. Hardline tho had way to less destruction.

Yeah, I don't really have fond memories of the destruction in bc2. More like "the helecopters destroying all the buildings on atacama desert. Time to hide behind the concrete blocks again" or "Don't bother defending the mcom station there. They'll just blow the building up anyway."

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

but other than that, people who don't like unlocks have battlefront, some of us enjoy getting unlocks, if you don't that's fine, plenty of games to choose from

I'm sorry that you've been conditioned to need unlocks to enjoy a game, but I believe the gameplay should stand on its own and not need bloated unlocks to keep it interesting. Like Battlefield used to be. I put over 150 hours into Battlefield 1943 and there were zero unlocks.


Even Bad Company 2's unlock system was miles better than BF4. All of that crap added with BF3 and 4 is just fucking pointless bloat. Prone too. Get rid of that shit.

 

[novablue]

So the superior series gets no sequel but the sub pars ones do? This ain't a world I wanna live in.

 

[Anton Sugar]

DICE Stockholm to develop and DICE LA to come in later and clean up their mess!

I'm sorry that you've been conditioned to need unlocks to enjoy a game, but I believe the gameplay should stand on its own and not need bloated unlocks to keep it interesting. Like Battlefield used to be. I put over 150 hours into Battlefield 1943 and there were zero unlocks.


Even Bad Company 2's unlock system was miles better than BF4. All of that crap added with BF3 and 4 is just fucking pointless bloat. Prone too. Get rid of that shit.

Does not compute.

 

[rakkadakka]

I want a downloadable Bf1942 game ala 1943 (maybe inject humor into and call it a "bad company" game) and then going right into Bf 2143.

Which was heavily implied in the last BF4 expansion.

I'm ok waiting for another Battlefield game though. BF4 felt really too close to Bf3 and with all the content out for Bf4 now it still plays very well.

 

[Krappadizzle]

I'd love a BC3. Highly unlikely, but stranger things have happened. I mean, who thought we'd get a Mirrors Edge 2?

 

[Anton Sugar]

I'd like the series to actually evolve and try something new. Add more meta elements a la BF2, add new, interesting game modes a la 2142 (Obliteration was a nice addition, but not quite the same), and please don't dumb the game down any further.

 

[Easy_D]

the dream will never die

Yes. Bad Company 3, F-Zero NX, Metroid 5. All in due time.

 

[friday]

I wonder if the success of Battlefront on consoles will make them consider making a Bad Company 3.

IDK, I feel like mainline BF games do better on PC than the side ones, and they also perform well now on consoles. Battlefield 3 and 4's success on consoles might have killed the chance for another Bad Company.

 

[styl3s]

I think a sequel to Battlefield 2042 is more likely than Bad Company 3.

I am actually shocked we haven't already gotten a sequel since it seems like everyone is pushing for "future" shooters.

 

[eot]

I don't really have any interest in the mainline BF games but I'd play a new Bad Company. The campaign in BC2 wasn't good though.

 

[excaliburps]

Lol. Battlefront is MoH 2.0 now. Biyeary bananza. Battlefield continues to grow its player base with every mianline release. They'd be damn fools not to make Battlefield 5.

Yep. EA knows how big Battlefield is. I think BF3 even beat Call of Duty in some territories when it came to sales.

Granted, we haven't heard a peep on how many units BF4 sold, but I gather, it's a lot.

BF5 is a lock, and I honestly can't wait for it. Imagine it being now-gen only (like Battlefront level of crazy prettiness), Levolution, hopefully more destruction, and better everything. Safe to say, I'll be playing that one for a long time and already is one of my most anticipated games of 2016.

 

[Anton Sugar]

BF5 is a lock, and I honestly can't wait for it. Imagine it being now-gen only (like Battlefront level of crazy prettiness), Levolution, hopefully more destruction, and better everything. Safe to say, I'll be playing that one for a long time and already is one of my most anticipated games of 2016.

I think it's pretty safe to say that Levolution was a bust. It was nice/significant in a handful of maps but mostly useless or even a bit lazy. I'm sure they were held back by last gen, though.

 

[dork]

I think its time to take a break from battlefield "5" they cant change much anymore, except new guns that are pointless anyway. Bring back a different time period or Bad company please

 

[GustyGardens]

Why's that? Bad Company 2 was amazing online and offline.

It also still has a thriving community, which is surprising. I'd be all in for a Bad Company 2, but I wouldn't expect it this coming year. I think we'll see Battlefield 5, and I hope they keep it in the present day.

 

[BBQMan]

The question is, what is going to be the lead platform.

 

[RoboPlato]

It's being made by DICE Stockholm. They have over 300 devs there and Mirror's Edge is a small team. I wouldn't be surprised if it wound up being Spring 2017 though with the Battlefront support.

 

[a916]

EA would be foolish to let anyone else touch Battlefield 5 other than DICE proper. That's DICE's baby. Then again, I want DICE to get to work expanding Battlefront...

Let someone else do some other Battlefields and when the time calls for it, drop Battlefield 5.

 

[Ol No Bones]

Bad company 2 was so fun. I wish battlefront felt more BCtwoie.

 

[Gek54]

I would pay full price for a next gen remake of BC2. No room for them to screw it up.

 

[Ol No Bones]

I want battlefield 2552 featuring the fall of reach.

 

[BBQMan]

It's being made by DICE Stockholm. They have over 300 devs there and Mirror's Edge is a small team. I wouldn't be surprised if it wound up being Spring 2017 though with the Battlefront support.

Never going to happen. The only way Battlefield will be delayed to 2017 is if they extend the support of BF4. Not a lot of Battlefield players play Battlefront as the peak player and player counts of BF4 have remained unchange through the release of the game.

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

I'm sorry that you've been conditioned to need unlocks to enjoy a game, but I believe the gameplay should stand on its own and not need bloated unlocks to keep it interesting. Like Battlefield used to be. I put over 150 hours into Battlefield 1943 and there were zero unlocks.


Even Bad Company 2's unlock system was miles better than BF4. All of that crap added with BF3 and 4 is just fucking pointless bloat. Prone too. Get rid of that shit.

I hate when people say this as if it's an argument or something to brag about. No one cares how many hours you put into am old game with no unlocks.

The fact is majority of shooters use the unlock system to try keep players active in a game. Industry moved on. Look at Destiny. That game is literally a game about grinding with little else and it's hugely popular. People love the carrot on a stick gameplay. Nothing wrong with that, people like what they like.

If it's that much of an issue just ignore they unlock systems or play a different game. Unfortunately you may need a new genre altogether as all shooters are going this way.

 

[Bobs Big Boy]

They should just make Bad Company 3 and make it the campaign of Battlefield 5. Everyone wins.

It's not a bad idea, alternating between Bad Company as a campaign focused game and Battlefield as straight multi. Or combining them and branding it as both.

 

[scoobs]

Whatever EA does, assign one of your smaller teams to remaster Bad Company 2.

 

[Anton Sugar]

Whatever EA does, assign one of your smaller teams to remaster Bad Company 2.

I'd pay for a remaster of BC2's Rush maps, easy.

 

[JumPeRJumPzZ]

no, you can have your battlefront for that if you don't like having content

I would very much like BF5 to not be a step back from BF4 and offer less stuff for the same price

/facepalm...


I like content in terms of well designed Maps (Something Battlefield lacks since BF3)

But the game doesnt need 40+ weapons if the majority of people only use 2-4 of this...

 

[secondspace]

I'd pay for a remaster of BC2's Rush maps, easy.

It sounds good, but going back wouldn't be the same. All those chopper pilots and tank snipers would be murder. The only people discovering how to play would be the new players getting slaughtered.

 

[Enosh]

/facepalm...


I like content in terms of well designed Maps (Something Battlefield lacks since BF3)

But the game doesnt need 40+ weapons if the majority of people only use 2-4 of this...

yes and there is battlefront for people who think like you

for people like me who appreciate diversity in weapon selection and want to play around with a variety of current weapons there is battlefield

 

[Mathezar]

Do we actually want DICE Stockholm to make BF5? I mean, look at the state they launched BF4 in and subsequently abandoned it for DICE LA to fix the mess they left. Maybe Visceral + DICE LA collaboration is a better match.

 

[VexyWexy]

I'm fine with the direction MP went in BF3+4 (with the exception of Rush being terrible in 4) but give me a Bad Company style campaign. The campaign in 4 was incredibly bad.

 

[VariantX]

Unfortunately DICE Sweden will be making Battlefield 5. And no you wont get a true Bad Company Sequel because they dont know what they did.

Which is kind of weird that they don't understand how they succeeded with a product when they could play it or ask the people who loved the product what they liked about it in comparison to BF3/4. Its very hard for me to believe they can't do some research on this subject unless it was a bunch of folks that left dice that were responsible for direction of those games.

 

[Anton Sugar]

Do we actually want DICE Stockholm to make BF5? I mean, look at the state they launched BF4 in and subsequently abandoned it for DICE LA to fix the mess they left. Maybe Visceral + DICE LA collaboration is a better match.

I'd be totally fine with DICE LA handling it, TBH. Stockholm frequently makes and defends mind-boggling decisions.

From what I understand, it's not realistic, given DICE LA's size, though.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

yes and there is battlefront for people who think like you

for people like me who appreciate diversity in weapon selection and want to play around with a variety of current weapons there is battlefield

Some of us want Battlefield to return to its earlier form. This pointless bloat only really started with BF3.