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TG_Maveric2022's avatar
TG_Maveric2022
2 years ago

A retrospective on the paths of 2042 compared to BF4

One of my favorite still active BF content creators happened to have decided to make a a video summarizing the path of BF4 from production to the end of its service https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S...
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Lancelot_du_Lac's avatar
Lancelot_du_Lac
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
@TG_Maveric2022 I watched Cadwoman's video, and thought it was the best summary of BF4 development I have seen.
I agree with Adamonic's comments. It's hard to understand how we got BF2042 from BF4. This highlights everything that is wrong with the gaming industry, at the moment.
  • UP_LordPlumber's avatar
    UP_LordPlumber
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago
    @Lancelot_du_Lac A little off-topic, but gaming industry as a whole is in total free fall right now.

    Games are released in a broken state pretty much across the board. "Live Service" is centered around adding missing features and fixing the general state of the game. And devs are working on cosmetics more than actual content aka maps and gear.

    And its actually very easy to understand. EA is forcing BF developers to "follow the trends" which leads to many old devs leaving the company. Now you have a bunch of novice devs unfamiliar with the franchise and its engine trying to figure out what the hell is EA asking of them. Result - Battlefield 2042.
    • TG_Maveric2022's avatar
      TG_Maveric2022
      2 years ago

      @UP_LordPlumber
      exactly
      Back in BF4, the trends were battlepacks and tablet PCs and we know how they were the two design related weaknesses of BF4.

      Over the years the trends managed to get  more intrusive, to the point where 2042 was allegedly being developed as a totally different game that had to course-correct midway in the development and then post launch.

      I really hope this is the last time we will see that

      • Anobix's avatar
        Anobix
        Seasoned Ace
        2 years ago
        @TG_Maveric2022 wrote:

        @UP_LordPlumber
        exactly
        Back in BF4, the trends were battlepacks and tablet PCs and we know how they were the two design related weaknesses of BF4.

        Over the years the trends managed to get  more intrusive, to the point where 2042 was allegedly being developed as a totally different game that had to course-correct midway in the development and then post launch.

        I really hope this is the last time we will see that

        Narrator: It wasn't

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