Yes, they have.
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Star Wars: Battlefront ["has a third person component to it"], "well in development"
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Yes, they have.
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kittens
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Placing my bets for a gameplay reveal at the VGAs.
They opened a new studio in Los Angeles comprised of some Danger Close folks. My guess is this is being done by them first while DICE proper finishes BF4, when they're done they'll move on to Battlefront while a smaller team starts Mirror's Edge. Once Battlefront is done they'll shift to Mirror's Edge.
Your edit doesn't help; "others" is meant to be Battlefront games.
When Lucasarts made them. I highly doubt it will be the same when DICE gets done with it.
BFII had, and it was a horrible, horrible desing choice.
Gut feeling says it won't sell to their expectations and we'll only get one game. So whatever they make, they need to make it epic for the fans that will buy it. They gotta make this one shot count.
I Wanna Be The Guy
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That would be kind of broken.
Anticitizen One
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It's been so long ago that I played BF2 that I forgot if I played in first or 3rd person
AppleSmack
Banned
So it's not 2142-2 then?
I don't really agree. The jedi vs sith duels I would have with friends were fun. They do need to improve upon the system if they plan on bringing it back, though. And offer a game mode for people who don't want them in matches.
The problem with the special characters in Battlefront II was the fact that it was given to the best player on the server (default setting anyway), so it basically gave the best player even more power, and the timer on the character doesn't run out as long as you kill other players.
A good player with a Jedi/Sith character could destroy entire servers.
A good player with a Jedi/Sith character could destroy entire servers.
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Sort of true.....but at the same time I'm super glad leaders were in BF2. So fun. In terms of balance the leader characters could really mess stuff up, but nevertheless they were so fun to play as I can safely say BF2 would have been a worse game without them.
Hopefully, this new team will do a better job of balancing them than Pandemic did.
Besides, I don't see a modern Star Wars game being sold without giving kids their immediate lightsaber and funky acrobatics-based gratification.
That's why I don't see this game doing as well as EA probably hopes it does.
XANDER CAGE
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Sure. I'm just saying this isn't a big change or anything.
I listened to the webcast and updated the title to reflect it.
http://www.shareholder.com/visitors...key=7d3d641b0bb6fdecddd4d33aa2278573&player=3
http://www.shareholder.com/visitors...key=7d3d641b0bb6fdecddd4d33aa2278573&player=3
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That awkward moment where I think back to 15 year old me seeing a tv ad of BF2 and seeing you could play as a Jedi and buying the game because of that...
Thank you DICE, hopefully there is first person view as well though for those who like to use it. I always went third person for everything myself though, it really felt like a Star Wars battle to me that way.
And yeah, keep the Jedi/Sith stuff in a smaller separate mode or omit it entirely.
And yeah, keep the Jedi/Sith stuff in a smaller separate mode or omit it entirely.
Silence you, EA must give us a sequel to Republic Commando, they must... :'(
How making them non-playable?
Making them non-playable would only ensure that the game wouldn't sell and the franchise be killed off again.
How did Star Wars: Battlefront do saleswise? That game had non-playable Jedi/Sith. Personally, I'm all for cutting them from the game entirely. Just make it about the normale soldiers, don't throw in pointless fanservice.
Though I agree that there would be an outrage from the kids who buy the game expecting Jedi.
baxter2231
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please make the game with tps as the main perspective and have fps as the option. Focus the gameplay with tps in mind. Have the option in mp to play matches with tps players or fps players to keep it fair and fun. Dont go with fps amd throw in a terrible tps mode, tps first not second.
EdibleExplosives
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What the fuck does third person 'component' mean? If there isn't the option to play the game mainly in third person, then it's not Battlefront to me.
BattleMonkey
Member
PC was first person by default, but it was 3rd person by default for vehicles.
Main thing to me is that they keep the arcade feel and not attempt to create some realistic shooter out of it or overly concentrated on competitive nature. It should be about fun and crazy battles.
Main thing to me is that they keep the arcade feel and not attempt to create some realistic shooter out of it or overly concentrated on competitive nature. It should be about fun and crazy battles.
Single player should be B Company as AWOL Stormtroopers with no explanation how they got there.
TalesOfWin
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that's exactly what it sounds like.
Sketch_Turntable
Member
This would be a good middle ground.
I would play the shit out of that, canon be damned.
Also "third person component" sounds like it switches between FPS and TPS. I can imagine FPS for foot soldiers and TPS for vehicles if DICE doesn't feel like researching and modeling authentic cockpits.
If it means anything? The "Jedi/Sith option" hasn't mean much to me since lightsabers became glowing nerf bats.
*hugs his copy of Jedi Outcast*
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
hopefully it will allow to swap between first person and third person perspective.
Now here is hoping that will be some space battles
Now here is hoping that will be some space battles
It's a big deal to me because people use the third person camera to look around corners... basically first person players are at a disadvantage
I really despise any game that allows you to do either because it's basically forces those of us who like first person to either handicap ourselves or use the other camera
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