Battlefield 5 is not dead
As a huge fan of battlefield 5 how does a title fail in bad way. I feel this was on the development team and designers. This game could have been a masterpiece if done right and with the correct con...
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It was a failure at launch no question about it. We're way past that now though. If we're to compare it at it's current state I dont know if I would call it a failure but relative to other Battlefield games it's very underwhelming. I still have 500 or so hours in it which is way more than any non-Battlefield Game.
For me its disappointing for many reasons the top of which is horrible maps. Most maps aren't really fps maps, they're more like sections of open world games. They're not designed to work in an fps game.
When there's almost no buildings or other assets in a map the only thing map designers can do is to play around with the topography. Cover based on topography is horrible because it's hard to tell if you're actually in cover.
Compare maps like Mercury, panzerstorm, Hamada, twisted steel, Narvik, Fjell to histrocial epicness like Grand Bazaar, Karkand, Caspain Border, Oman, Outbreak, Noshahr canals, Operation Locker, Amiens, Fort de Vaux, Achi Baba, Nansha Strike, Propaganda, Pearl Market, Silk Road, etc... and you're left very underwhelmed.
I pretty much just play 5 maps over and over in BFV.
I always had the impression, that most of the BFV maps were already designed with 128 players in mind.
Just the engine wasn't able to allow that at the time.
BFV maps were designed to be total garbage. Hey do you like flying planes? TOO BAD YOU CAN'T SEE THINGS ON THE GROUND! *Heat mirage intensifies*
- @BaronVonGoon yeah I only play the Pacific maps. The base maps are just too wide open in just about all cases. The 3X scoped assault weapons, snipers and prone support players on the base maps make for some if the most frustrating gaming experience I've ever had the displeasure of partaking in. And when the buildings come down eliminating any semblance of cover the frustration is multiplied. At least the Pacific maps have some cover and flanking ability and are pretty decent to play
- @BtheReaper49 Twisted Steel, Hamada, Panzerstorm, Fjell, Narvik, Aerodrome... some of the worst maps ever made.
- @BaronVonGoon Agreed! I've uttered those EXACT words before. Absolute nightmares on those maps.
- @BtheReaper49 I totally agree! The level design and gameplay is wayyy better on the Pacific Maps than any base maps!
The visibility is also a lot better on these maps.
I only play in "Pacific War" servers now, with some occasional Op. Underground, Provence and Al Marj Camp.
