Battlefield Heroes deserves to come back – and here's why (Worth the read)

Okay I need to get this off my chest because I don't think people who never played this game understand what they missed.

Battlefield Heroes ran from 2009 to 2015 and was completely different from the rest of the Battlefield series: third-person instead of first-person perspective, military-cartoonish instead of military-realistic, and completely financed through cosmetic items — unfortunately there was a certain Pay2Win character because of the weapons etc. The premise was absurd in the best way: the "Royals" against the "Nationals," because supposedly there was cheating at the last Olympic Games. Not a serious WWII setting, but deliberate nonsense.

There were three classes, each distinguished by their own character instead of embodying generic roles: The Soldier could heal and knock enemies away, the Gunner was the tanky type with MG and shotgun and could launch himself into the air with his RPG, and the Commando was the sneaky sniper/knife combo. Each class really played differently, it wasn't just the same weapon with the same gameplay. You could also decide whether to bring two snipers or two knives. Or as a Gunner maybe prefer two shotguns instead. The variations and the uniqueness of how you could design your hero are unbeaten for me to this day.

I don't even want to get started on the trailers that were produced for new content or events. Those were, for me, simply so incredibly entertaining that I still watch them again from time to time to this day.

Yes, the TF2 comparisons keep coming — even back then already — but as soon as you played it, it was clear that it was its own thing. There were its own vehicles that you could have a lot of fun with with friends. Different gameplay/game modes and also maps. I think you can't compare these games, it's like with Battlefield/COD.

For everyone who never played it: This wasn't an average shooter that you can forget. This was EA/DICE actually taking a risk on something quirky and fun for once, instead of playing it safe.

You could tell that so much love went into it. Yes, in the end it was unfortunately discontinued, for whatever reasons. However, I'm sure that EA let Battlefield Heroes die too quickly. A few more years and more attention from the developers, and this game would have an extremely large player base today.

I'm not naive enough to believe that EA will announce a revival tomorrow just because of a forum thread. I also don't think that a Battlefield Heroes remaster would cost extremely much. So why not take a risk again? EA does stand for "Electronic Arts" after all. But if enough people here show that interest still exists — no matter in what form: remaster, private servers, spiritual successor — then maybe it will catch someone's attention eventually. Also to the people who doesn't know it: Especially the young generation would really love this game, I'm sure of that! If needed, check out the trailers or the montages from players.

To this day, no shooter has come close to BFH's gameplay, and that gap has remained a niche nobody has ever really filled.

So write a comment and give a like. No matter whether you played it back then or are reading this for the first time. Give it a chance!

With much love to the community and the team at EA <3