Battlefield 6(?)

DrDamn

I always get excited about a new Battlefield as it’s my FPS of choice, but this has recently been followed by disappointment as the last couple have fallen a bit flat - both personally and with fans too. It seems like EA/DICE are listening (again) and are taking a strong feedback based approach. There is a full video on Battlefield Labs here, but timestamped at the very brief actual game/engine footage.

From what we know it’s modern day and classes are returning properly. Both of which have been well recieved as key decisions. Lets hope it doesn’t get too caught up in the live service world of season passes etc and at the core is back to a fun Battlefield game.

Gordon

DrDamn BF has never really clicked with me but this looks like a lot of fun. Big maps with lots of players is also an appealing prospect because it’s far less likely that anyone will notice that I’m a) terrible or b) asleep.

Brave

Gordon this has always been BF’s appeal 😉

Gammerz

Played lots of BF1943, BC 1 & 2 & BF3 but stopped after that. Wasn’t impressed with BF4 demo - no significant development improvements - didn’t like the massive map altering destruction and weird gadgets. Don’t own a current gen and not played on XBone, so not seen the increased number of players. Does this add to the gameplay?

Liked the old style weapons in 1943.
So they’re looking for play-testers.

DrDamn

Player counts on console matching those on PC helped to an extent in making it feel more like a larger battle you were part of. They did end up disrupting the balance chasing the Battle Royale (Warzone/PUBG) numbers though, and a correction back to smaller numbers as standard is something they’ve mentioned with the new game.

One of the really nice things they did in Battlefield 2042 was Battlefield Portal - this allowed you to mix and match older maps, rules and older weapon sets. This included maps and settings from Battlefield 1942, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and Battlefield 3. It would be great if this was the main focus of the game rather than a bolt on that took too long post launch to develop.

The next Battlefield now has a release window of 2025/26 FY - so before April 26 and more likely/hopefully end of 2025. (Source EA financial report - hence wide window).

https://www.eurogamer.net/ea-says-next-battlefield-expected-to-release-before-april-2026
But also they may delay to avoid the GTA6 juggernaut …
https://www.eurogamer.net/with-gta-6-looming-ea-says-its-willing-to-delay-its-biggest-ever-battlefield-to-make-its-launch-all-it-needs-to-be 🙁

DrDamn

Some footage has leaked from recent invite only playtests, all very poor quality wise but this is a nice extended sequence of someone who appears to be quite poor playing 😃

Couple of notes for me:

It sounds great
They spawn and hide behind cover which then gets blown away @1m in - nice
Even with potato quality resolution enemies are reasonably easy to spot
The clear highlighting of the control areas is nice

DrDamn

Destruction!

DrDamn

Reveal tomorrow at 4PM

DrDamn

Ehhhh … some actual gameplay would have been nice? MP Reveal on 31st July. Felt more like an announcement of when an announcement is going to be.

DrDamn

MP trailer …

Combat, Classes and Destruction … now we are talking …

Maps, Modes and Portal …

And I’m feeling pretty sold at this point. Also confirmed the main game is £70 rather than the possibly expected £80. Though there is a £100 phantom version also covers skins, battle pass and other stuff.

Gordon

It looks very impressive. I must be getting soft in my old age though, some of the footage makes me feel really uncomfortable.

r0wie

This brought back a lot of fond BF memories… I really hope they get it back to the old ways of play (BC2, BF3 & BF4 for me). It might finally be time to give COD a back seat! Will reserve judgement until the open beta’s later this month.