The removal of classes and the inclusion of Specialists was one of the most controversial decisions in Battlefield 2042. And, from the looks of it, EA and DICE will expand on this. According to industry insider Tom Henderson, the next Battlefield game is planned as a hero shooter.
As Henderson said, the next BF game (let’s call it Battlefield 2023 for now) will not remove Specialists. Instead, DICE will enhance them as the game is scoped as a hero shooter.
The next Battlefield title is scoped as a hero shooter of sorts – It's not a removal of specialists, but an enhancement of them. #Battlefield2042 has always been intended to be a stepping stone to a "hero shooter" with a Battle Royale – It was just executed poorly.
— Tom Henderson (@_Tom_Henderson_) December 3, 2021
This will obviously disappoint a lot of Battlefield fans. And, to be honest, it seems that this franchise has completely lost its identity. Instead of improving on what made Battlefield… Battlefield, DICE is trying to copy what other shooters have done.
As said, the removal of classes is something that disappointed a lot of BF fans. Hell, even die-hard BF fans have criticized this decision. And after the lukewarm reception, some BF fans hoped that DICE would learn its lesson. However, EA and DICE are all in on this new take of BF.
What this also means is that DICE will not re-implement classes to BF2042. I know some BF fans hoped DICE would listen to the fanbase so that it could correct its mistakes. Well, that’s not going to happen.
Before closing, we should note that Battlefield 2023 is in an early development phase. As such, things may change. Realistically, though, things will only change if BF2042 completely flops. The game has been losing a lot of players lately. So, if this continues and the game bombs harder than Anthem, DICE and EA may reconsider things!
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Not surprising with one of the creators of Call of Duty now at the helm of DICE.
Ohhh man, the irony. BF3 knocked it out of the park. sad they messed up BF1 & BFV so hard. 2042 looked like crap from the beginning. The only thing I hear good about is Portal. Which is basically BF3 BFBC2 BF4 fans reliving the glory days.
BF1 is one of the best BF.
Its good but they went the full arcade way. It like a reskin of star wars. Grenade spam is unbearable.
LOL BF1 was the WORST BF game. BF1 was 10 times worse than BFV, BF1 was one bad gameplay decision after another. They correct a lot of that with BFV besides the wokeness.
No game that has random Magnification on iron sights is a good game.
Also they had atrocious leveling. Like oh I leveled my gun to level 5, and now not a single unlock till level 10? Yeah ok.
Well it could have been worse. Imagine if one of the creators of Fortnite were helming things at DICE.
“Hey fans wtf you want?, ok FCK YOU take what we giving you.”
they haven’t fixed the current game they already wanna jam another woke/soy/trash game down the throats of kids who don’t know better…..clown industry
that’s probably the best way to monetize battlefield games. not only they’re going to sell operators/agents but they can also sell skins for each operator on top of that.
RIP BF… Unless…
… though i wouldn’t hold my breath.
That’s what we thought about the awful BF1 and BFV.
basically we’re always displeased lol
Or they kill off the franchise saying that obviously people don’t want another Battlefield game.
“…..It was just executed poorly.”
So… business as usual for EA. Got it.
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lol
It was a good franchise. What a rotten way to die
This reeks of desperation and I f***ing love it!
Already planning the next failed BF game. EA will liquidate Dice soon.
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I dunno. I stopped giving a f**k about BF since the disaster that was 4.
I am absolutely at a loss, as to why anyone would give this embodied cancer of a company, a single red cent.
One of the world’s greatest enigmas. The worst of the worse companies, always make the most money.
Humanity……….. the “most intelligent life on Earth”.
I remember, from others, the BF4 launch was bad. I seem to remembering having fun when I picked it up a year after launch. What was it that you didn’t like?
0 soybeans out of 10
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And so EA puts another franchise into their mass grave.
Playerbase unanimously hates the specialists, but they are going to double down.
You can’t make this up.
“Playerbase unanimously hates the specialists, but they are going to double down.”
Buying copies is considered an endorsement, so basically they think they want more of it.
34% rating on steam. It’s absolutely a sh*t storm. Metacritic score even worse.
After they told me not to buy V, I haven’t bought another Battlefield.
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So, I guess BF is officially dead. EA is the worst. They ruin everything.
It was dead with Bad Company honestly
Battlefield 1 just pissed on it’s corpse and Battlefield 5 angered all the flies.
Hero shooter with 100++ gender,
The theme will be buff wahmen beating white men… just like the soy of us 2
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https://www.dice.se/our-values-initiatives
F*ck quality games, future games will be gender/soy fest
You sound so childish
So they killed Medal of Honor whilst trying to chase Call of Duty
And now they’re slowly killing Battlefield whilst trying to chase hero shooters?
I think this plan was chalked before the 2042’s release. Likley if 2042 is somewhat is somewhat a success at launch, they’ll double down on specialists transitioning all the way to a hero shooter.
Given the state of the game post-release & Since Zampella just recently was appointed to lead the project further & bring about changes, I doubt this “hero-shooter” plan will continue further.
He’ll likely introduce stuffs that’ll adhere more to the community’s requests & expectations.
You think so? The last game he made, Apex Legends, is a battle royale hero shooter which was very successful. If anything I’d wager he’d double down on the existing plans.
DICE really has learned nothing. It’s like they don’t understand why people liked Battlefield.
I think they admitted that after BF4, they basicly said they didnt know what made pervious BF games and dont know how to recreate the magic again.
I think after hardline was a flop, they thought the battlefield 3/4 model must be dead instead of the obvious, Battlefield is a battlefield, not freaken cops and robbers. But no, they dumped the 4 style and went all in on arcade and now fortnight.
But I put my money where my mouth is. After they told me not to buy V, I haven’t bought a single battlefield since. And I come all the way from battlefield 1942
DICE and EAs goal is to make a maximum profit out of this game. They don´t care about what the playerbase is saying.
The Fanbase wants a BF 4.2 or Bad Company 3. Next Gen graphics, destructive environment, Cammos you can earn by playing and not buying a Seasonbs Pass, great variety but the old Core. Everyone is complaining, but those “Heroes” will be bought anyway.
Look at their “Fieldtest” with BFV. They introduced those Hero Skins and everyone and their mother complained about it. 1 Month later and every server was full of them. And that was a time when they costed alot. Alot of Gamers these days are indoctrinated. It´s ok now to buy expensiv weapon skins because then you “support the developers”. People are really believing that. The whole money goes to the publisher and such hippies like Bobby Troll Kotick get hundrets of millions. The developers get their monthly paycheck and become obsolete after they burned out from all the normalised crunch.
EA and all the other publishers slowly changed the behavior of gamers and the industries norm over the past years. Look at FIFA and compare FIFA 12 with FIFA 21. Ultimate Team makes them !BILLIONS!
I give you an example: I played Apex Legends yesterday and one Player had an expensive bought Skin from the shop for his “Legend”. The second player wrote how cool the skin looks. AND THE “owner” said Thank you :)!!!! He was proud about it like it was an accomplishment. All he did was to pay 20$ for a Skinpack. And thats the normal behavior nowadays.
There you got the “Pride and Accomplishment mechanics” EA is talking about on twitttwatt.
EA and the other publishers will always try to test out how far they can go to maximise their profits. 2 Steps forward 1 step back. “we are thinking about reimplementing legacy features! like the scoreboard”. GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.
Gamers who defend this aren´t thinking for more that 2m. If they accept BF2042 it will only get worse.
I stopped buying Battlefield games since 4 (I moved to Planetside 2 at that time and had a blast with it…but also stopped playing it a long time ago). I still own 4, BF1 and V because those were given to me as gifts, liked BF4 because I never played at release since it was a disaster, and liked Battlefield 1 a lot aside from some changes to the saga (graphics, network, sounds, and overall quality was really good in that game, the last one that was well made in my opinion), BFV is neutral to me since I barely played it, yet found some stuff that did not like at all.
And with this one…I don’t even know where to start…network is crap, sounds are the worst in the entire saga, bots…lack of classes/squad play, the overall direction they want the game to go…is a huge NO. Tried the Beta and was enough to remove the game from my wishlist and forget about it…even a friend refunded the game since he was hyped for it before release.
I’ll let it go for good, Battlefield is dead. BF2142 was the best for me, those were good times.
I tried 1. Went back to 4 and didn’t buy any since then after they told me not to.
They really want to kill the franchise eh
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I’m just glad I switched to War Thunder. Sure War Thunder gives you depression, unless you’re in Russian tanks cause no gun depression… But at least they’re not trying to copy Fortnite.
The whole reason I and I believe many others liked battlefield so much (I personally loved 4 with like 1200 hours of game play) was that unlike Fortnight, Battlegrounds and Rainbow 6 Siege, Battlefield was a serious shooter, that relied on good game play rather then cheap flashy gimmicks.
Battlefield was a mature shooter for mature players. Today’s battlefield seems to cater to children or those with a child’s mind. Maybe because it’s cheaper to make a game flash then it is to make it good.
Anyway, goodbye battlefield, if I hadn’t left you for another game I’d be much more upset, still playing 4 hoping the next one would be good. But clearly that ship has sailed. Battlefield is dead.
Like space, right? hahahahahahahaha
the millions who are going to keep on buying it. They care LOL!!
Until DICE Sweden is closed down for good, I won’t touch another Battlefield.
I don’t know if it’s planned as hero shooter but it’s planned as garbage for sure