Mod tools for 2042?
I am Battlefield veteran, been playing BF since 1942. Battlefield 1942 and Battlefield 2 were amazing games, I played thousands of hours in either game. But to me the best part about those games were the Mod Tools. Anyone from the Era will remember how popular BF was because of Mods like Desert Combat, Galactic Conquest "Star Wars Mod" and Project Reality which is still popular today and lead to the development of the game Squad.
Has Battlefield remained a great franchise and a fun game since the removal of Mod Tools yes, but chocolate cake still tastes great with frosting, but why remove the frosting. In todays boring game development cycle and the turn over rate of games due to burn out. This could have been EA's shining moment, if they were to bring back mod tools it would create a dynamic shift in todays gaming market. Player driven created content would explode and make it so that Battlefield remains a strong game after the post launch hype ends.
Listen I am huge HUGE battlefield fan, but battlefield is terrible at keeping players playing the game, we can sit here all day talking about how amazing BF3 and BF4 was but realistically after the first 2 - 3 months, that game felt dead. and Yes im gonna have some of you's going "well I play on full servers all the time blah blah blah" but have you ever noticed how few active servers there actually are... at peak hours your lucky to see maybe 20 - 30 populated servers. and through the slow parts of the day maybe 10-15.
If EA brought back Mod Tools it would consistently inject new content keeping the game going for YEARS...!!! and thats not an exaguration, anyone from my Era of playing BF1942 or BF2 will tell you not only did Mods keep us playing way past the typical expire date of die hard fan, but it actually encouraged a lot of players to buy the core game itself just to play the Mods.
I do not think anyone whom played BF1942 would argue with this statement, that Desert Combat Mod was a superior game too the core game itself. MOST of my friends who purchased BF1942 did so to play Desert Combat / Galactic Conquest. Arguably still the best Star Wars game ever made, not visually but the game play itself. You could Literally fully use the AT-AT walkers drive "walk" them around fire the trubo lazers and it had a side hanger door that opened up to allow troops inside to jump out and fight, or the Mellinium Falcon that not only could you fly but your friends could walk around inside of it just like movies then use the 2 upper / lower turbo laser turrets.
EA has even come close to offering that kind of game play ability in any Star Wars game to date and that was a free mod for BF1942. I think if they could find a clever way to monetize the modding community. It would be a massive success that will propel Battle Field and EA from a every 2 year few month one off to a juggernaut in the gaming industry once again.
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