A reader struggles to be optimistic about Battlefield 6 and thinks EA has nonetheless not given up making an attempt to show the sequence into Call Of Duty.
I’ve been all of the leaked gameplay movies for Battlefield 6 this week with a mixture of feelings. On the one hand they do look good however then again I’ve been right here earlier than. Being a Battlefield fan should be like being a Sonic the Hedgehog fan, the place you get excited a few new sport when it’s first proven, you get frightened whenever you be taught extra, and then you definitely’re fully upset when it lastly comes out. Before not studying your lesson and getting hyped for the following sport anyway. The Sonic Cycle and the Battlefield Cycle are mainly the identical.
Believe it or not, there was a time when Battlefield 2042 regarded actually good and I assumed it’d end up nicely. Then the sport got here out and it was only a janky mess of random concepts shoved along with no care or thought. I believe that was EA making an attempt to get the sport again to its mod roots, but it surely was so half-assed even they admitted it had been a failure inside simply weeks.
Younger avid gamers most likely don’t consider Battlefield as being a lot of a fan sport, or one thing that makes use of mods, however that’s completely the way it began. I nonetheless keep in mind taking part in Desert Combat on my outdated PC, which was my entire introduction to fan mods, on-line gaming, and the way completely different PC gaming might be to something on consoles.
Battlefield creator DICE have been all in regards to the group and utilizing fan creations within the early days. Nowadays publishers use the phrase group when all they imply is folks subscribed to their Twitter channel or one thing else simply controllable. But again within the day, when it was simply Battlefield 1942, followers have been stretching and twisting the sport into no matter they needed and DICE have been proper there egging them on.
Then EA purchased DICE and issues have slowly been getting worse ever since. It wasn’t apparent at first as a result of Battlefield 2 and three have been good, Bad Company too. There was much less mods and all of it felt extra company however they nonetheless felt shut sufficient to the unique thought of what Battlefield 1942 was: a customisable battle simulator that might do absolutely anything.
It was Battlefield 3 that began to alter issues although and with 4 it grew to become much more apparent what EA have been doing: they have been making an attempt to alter it into Call Of Duty. They realised they have been two completely different video games, they usually knew the dimensions and scale of Battlefield was a promoting level, however they nonetheless needed to convey Battlefield nearer in fashion to Activision’s video games as a result of, nicely… Activision’s video games made more cash.
Of course, it didn’t work. Trying to show Battlefield into Call Of Duty is making an attempt to faux a steak and a hamburger are the identical factor. They’re comparable, in fact, and each are good in their very own proper, however you’ll be able to’t flip one into the opposite irrespective of how onerous you strive.
EA didn’t hand over although. Like any writer once they get an thought of their head (simply suppose dwell service video games) they only hold doing it repeatedly till both the style development they’re making an attempt to observe stops or they go below. Call Of Duty remains to be tremendous profitable, so I’ve little question that EA’s final aim remains to be to switch it and a part of the plan for doing that’s by making Battlefield extra prefer it.
That may not appear the angle in the mean time however, like I stated, I’ve seen all this earlier than. The authentic method for Battlefield won’t ever be as profitable as Call Of Duty as a result of it’s too difficult and doesn’t work as nicely on consoles, so EA has to make it extra like Call Of Duty to have an opportunity to succeed.
I consider we’ll see that as extra of the sport is revealed and when it comes out we perceive precisely what it’s. I imply, they’ve received an entire separate developer engaged on the story marketing campaign and what Battlefield fan has ever requested for that?
EA simply don’t get Battlefield. All they know is that it’s a army sport that’s fashionable and that if they only change it sufficient it may be tremendous fashionable and upend Call Of Duty. That hasn’t occurred any time within the final twenty years and I don’t suppose it ever will. Sadly, I believe it should take EA fully ruining the Battlefield identify earlier than they offer up.
By reader Lambda
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