Don't get me wrong, I would also like to see more than one classic map from previous battlefields (damavand peak, I think, would make me happy the most), but most likely we will not see any maps in the Portal anymore. Note that Dice is now busy repairing maps that should be ready for launch, and one map for each season. Most likely, they will add 2 more maps (season 3 and 4) because they announced nothing else, and they just like to be proud of their plans. Sad, but most likely they will end their support once again (as in the case of bf V) and send the whole team to a new battlefield.
I'd like to be wrong.
@andzian1920 @JasonVoorHeesxD That may well be, as far as 2042 is concerned... but the Portal itself is a truly grand idea which no one is against and should, IMO, be implemented as a regular feature for the franchise from now on.
So I truly hope they include it in the next version of BF, regardless of whether 2042 gets further Portal support or not.
In fact, I can see Portal being it's own separate free to play game for the franchise, and they shouldn't stop adding to it just because 2042 itself didn't work out as they wished. I haven't noticed anyone telling them to drop portal because it's a bad idea that no one wants to use. It's a fantastic way to keep all the old maps and assets alive forever, and that everyone can have access to.
Sadly, I agree with your post. I can see they may only add 2 more maps for seasons 3 and 4. I just find it such a waste. We finally get a portal mode where we can play classic maps. I don't see why they wouldn't build off of it. If I were on the team I would dedicate a new season 5 to adding at least 5 new classic favorites maps, possibly voted from the community.
Don't get me wrong, I don't mind going back and playing some of the older games. But it is hard to go back to older games like battlefield 4 where the UI is extremely outdated and designed for 720 res. The game looks great at 1440 or 4k, but the ui looks blah.
I really believe EA could turn this game around. The team just really needs to be more passionate about doing better, and making BF2042 the game we were hoping for when they released the trailers. I was really hoping for BF4.5 with a somewhat futuristic setting. Look at Cyberpunk... It was awful at launch... and this doesn't give excuse for having buggy games at launch, but things could turn out better.
