Thoughts on Battlefield 2042 and beyond
Disclaimer 1: This post was originally longer but some of it have been added to the game or getting improved now so it’s shorter. Nice! Disclaimer 2: As my Battlefield experience is mainly around Ba...
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A fancy trailer would be nice for a start though.
I guarantee they are going to tie something valuable to pre-orders, which is going to be complete BS.
Previously it was early access game play, or access to test beta testing.
I think they know that the incentive to pre-order the next title on previous perks will not be enough this time around. I don't know what they are going to do, but I have a bad feeling they will almost make it pay to win for pre-orders.
Either way, I am not biting. It can be the best trailer EVAR, and I am not pre-ordering. I am going to wait and see how the first week or so goes post-launch as by then there will be enough posts on here or Reddit to know where the game is at.
If the next title doesn't have a Server Browser (or some option other than Quick Match), I am done with this franchise.
OP, you hit on a few things, and they are all interconnected. We need platoons, and bigger squads, and a Server Browser to stitch the community back together. BF2042 felt like they made it for the Lone Wolf who was just playing in parallel with you in their own game on the same map. All the other players might as well be AI or NPCs with fake player names.
I don't know what the next Battlefield will bring but if it doesn't have a real anti-virus, Server Browser, Classes, platoon tools and rental servers they can keep it.
If the next iteration of this dying franchise has any hint of "Live Service" then I won't bother.
I will never forgive them for what they have done with BF, and the live service is just a gimmick from what I can tell.
And the sheer lack of the number of Maps is abhorrent.
- @JennyB_010 I think the Live Service aspect has already been confirmed to be part of the next game by some EA bigwig recently....
