You have everything you need to recreate Battlefield 2 - Easy win for DICE
Lets go over the check list
- Graphics in a semi modern day setting
- Weapons that "look" like Bf2 weapons, even if the names are different. The looks is close enough.
- Tons of map assets that can be repurposed
- Good amount of portal configurations that show it is simple to recreate the bf2 feel/gunplay
- UAV and code in the game. Just expand the UAV radius and boom, you have the commander mode UAV
- Mortar shells can be repurposed into arty
- All the gadgets you need to recreate vanilla Bf2
The only thing you have to do is recreate the maps and recreate commander mode. The maps can be dual purpose. Release them both in Bf2 and Bf6 as new maps. Double dip. Asset reuse as the maps in Bf2 are not that complicated. So the main thing you would be do is simply investing labor/time into making some tuning to movement/bloom/gunplay and commander mode. That's it. No attachments in Bf2, meaning you don't have to mess with that. Just do the same weapon attachments as the original and modify the stats. No skins in Bf2 as people will not be happy if you do that.
Call it "Battlefield 2 - Classic" or "Battlefield 2 - Remastered". Sell it for 35 or 40 USD. Pretty much just a small step above a custom portal configuration. Call it a day. Sell a bunch of copies. Make the OG fans happy.
