Davkaus Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 (edited) Inb4 another broken piece of shit at launch delivered 6-12 months early by Dice. Edited May 6, 2016 by Davkaus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 6, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 6, 2016 It should be a looker though. Especially as some DICE employees were cracking into COD's looks at that reveal. I do wonder what the point of doing an alternative take on WW1 is, when presumably the only reason for the alternative take is to get around some of the problems of that conflict, i.e. endless brown hellscapes with trenches and very limited weapon and equipment sets. So the alternative setting basically won't be WW1. So why bother calling it WW1 at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 It would have to be an 'alternate' history wouldn't it as a true WWI game would involve a lot of sitting around in trenches and taking shelter from bombs and gas attacks while at the same time being malnourished and riddled with all sorts of illnesses. That comes before the actual action part which includes climbing into an open field and facing your inevitable death while some officer waits in the trench with a gun in case you have the good sense to turn back and suggest a better way to go about things. No, that would be a bit much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 6, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 6, 2016 That's my point. You can't make a Battlefield game in a WW1 theatre. That war is an artillery and attrition conflict with few different types of warfare on offer. So you have to step away from the WW1 setting to make a game in the style of Battlefield. So you do an alternative setting. But the alternative isn't WW1. You've moved away from what defines the nature of that conflict so much you aren't using that setting anymore. So why bother using WW1 at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Okay so the conference just ended.. The game isn't alternate history but it is WW1. The game takes place in many different countries telling their accounts of what WW1 was like for soldiers there. I wasn't aware but it seems that in doing their research they discovered that WW1 was only largely trench warfare in some areas of the world, so it's not all confined to a squad sat miserably in a trench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 (edited) I dunno. I'm fascinated by WWI, but it is a very complex war with a considerable impact how the following century played out. I'm not sure if it is the right 'subject' for a game of this nature. Will probs give it a go,though, as I miss the more 'historical' shooters. Edited May 6, 2016 by CarewsEyebrowDesigner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted May 6, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 6, 2016 Looks cool. I'm in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 i was skeptical but after seeing the trailer this game might actually make a refreshing change. Thumbs up from me so far. how do we change the thread title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 I wonder if the tanks will break down every 50 meters or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Some guy breaks the trailer down. Makes it look very interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted May 9, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 9, 2016 Hopefully this is the year BF rightfully overtakes CoD, sales wise anyway. 1m likes and more views on the BF trailer, less views and 1m dislikes on the CoD one. All the kids will still buy it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 cod fanboy here politely asking to join the party? Who would have thought going back to world wars would be refreshing after the medal of honour days... cod is dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted May 10, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 10, 2016 I don't know why anyone mature still plays CoD, Battlefield has been streets ahead since Bad Company 2 and CoD has been terrible since MW2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted May 10, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 10, 2016 I've really disliked Cod games since BLOPS. Yet I think I've still picked up 3 of them since purely because other friends play them. I bought BLOPS3, think i've played it for about 30minutes and I just can't do it anymore. Sooooooo bored of everything to do with it, even the graphics and then engine of the game bores me to death. Run, shoot, die, run shoot, die, run, shoot, die.... on a loop... for the past 10 years. Since BC2 I've been a BF fanboy - wish more of my friends would play it though. But it's so vastly superior to CoD I really just don't understand how it trails in sales figures. I'm pretty hyped about this new BF game. Feels like it's getting back to basics which appeals to me, i'm so sick of all this boosting, wall running, jet pack mumbo jumbo games have been pumping out over the past few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 10, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 10, 2016 Multiplayer COD is shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 10, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 10, 2016 COD is more immediately accessible and you can fairly easily lone wolf play and be a hero. Battlefield tends to promote more teamwork and a longer game. Both have their merits, but COD's slowly got more daft in the search for ways of stopping gameplay they nailed 10 years ago going stale, with greater and lesser success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 3 hours ago, villarule123 said: I don't know why anyone mature still plays CoD, Battlefield has been streets ahead since Bad Company 2 and CoD has been terrible since MW2 Cheap thrills. I enjoyed running around like a lunatic in close quarters but blast jumps and wall runs? Not for me. Battlefield 2 was the first fps I played on pc (getting in the chopper over the aircraft carrier ftw). No cod has ever came close to that. So I'm coming back to the tank game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 COD is more immediately accessible and you can fairly easily lone wolf play and be a hero. Battlefield tends to promote more teamwork and a longer game. Both have their merits, but COD's slowly got more daft in the search for ways of stopping gameplay they nailed 10 years ago going stale, with greater and lesser success. Agreed with this. COD generally has you having more gun fights, which is what a lot of people want. Spending five minutes going cross map to the objective, on your own, only to be gunned down by a bunch of guys in an armoured car, can be a bit boring. I've grown tired of both, but WW1 setting could be decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubbs Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 I've played all the CoD games but only really buy them now for the zombie mode. I suck at muliplayer or haven't got the time to improve. Always been a fan of BF. Yes I still suck at them but they are more fun, and graphically p all over CoD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 1 hour ago, kurtsimonw said: Agreed with this. COD generally has you having more gun fights, which is what a lot of people want. Spending five minutes going cross map to the objective, on your own, only to be gunned down by a bunch of guys in an armoured car, can be a bit boring. I've grown tired of both, but WW1 setting could be decent. rush is game mode for you then not conquest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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