The failed Air Vehicle Mechanics from 2042 are back again?!
BF2, 3, and 4 were the games that made the Battlefield franchise glorious, and the devs should have stuck to the same formula. But from what I’ve seen, it looks like they copy-pasted the air vehicle mechanics from BF2042 — and that’s just sad.
Air vehicles were the holy grail of those older games: skillful, hard to maneuver, but incredibly rewarding once you mastered them. They weren’t easy to control — once you pointed the nose of your Mi-28 down, nothing could stop you from hitting the ground. You could feel the G-forces and everything else. And you had actual bases to take off from with your jets, instead of just spawning randomly in the air like now.
Oh, and of course, the TV missiles from the gunner — those were the hardest things to handle, but so, SO satisfying when you hit a jet or heli with one.
From what I’ve seen so far, it looks like the artificial-feeling air vehicles from BF2042 are back again. I really hope they fix this mechanic before launch — otherwise, it’ll feel like DICE only managed to achieve perfection 14 years ago.
