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Battlefield 1 Campaign Details Teased, Dev Says Diversity Is a Key Component

Lead designer Daniel Berlin shared some new information and also spoke about how the game overall aims to shine a light on elements of World War 1 people might not know about.

Talking to GamesBeat, Berlin teased that Battlefield 1's single-player campaign may follow multiple different characters. It "will focus on different stories and different personalities across the world," he said. One of the playable characters will be the Bedouin woman warrior from the announcement trailer.

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Kyosuke_Sanada2929d ago

Diversity is nice but great gameplay should be top priority.

starchild2929d ago

Sure. But I've always loved the gameplay in the Battlefield games. Some of the most satisfying shooting, setpieces, destruction, etc...it's just a lot of fun to me.

Anyway, it definitely sounds like the campaign is more substantial than people were assuming.

NarooN2929d ago

If they're gonna have diversity in terms of the different theaters of war in WW1, it's not far-fetched to presume that the gameplay will be top-priority.

S-Word2929d ago

This is a huge reason of why I'm NOT buying it. The last Battlefield I bought was Battlefield 3 and the last one I played was Battlefield Hardline. I skipped BF4 after hearing about all the bugs (like the one that mutes sound for everyone in the game) and I'll be skipping this one too. Good thing is CoD comes out a month later anyway (although the last CoD I bought was CoD4 and the last one I played was Advanced Warfare).

I feel like both franchises have been going downhill overall but CoD still has the edge. Sure, people will continue hating on it and it will continue to have huge playerbases and loads of sales but Battlefield seems to be falling off much faster. This honestly looks like the WORST Battlefield that they have made so I don't even think it's worth a rental. Makes me wonder why that DICE employee was trying to talk trash about CoD if this new Battlefield is what they were trying to show off.

starchild2929d ago

I don't ever hate on Call of Duty, I just haven't really played any of them much since Modern Warfare 2. I actually like the futuristic setting of the new one, since for me I've only really played COD games set in WWII and modern settings.

That said, I've always preferred the Battlefield series and the new one looks extremely good to me. What I'm hearing about the game sounds promising.

Kalebninja2929d ago

"This honestly looks like the WORST Battlefield that they have made so I don't even think it's worth a rental. "

You haven't even seen gameplay so wth are you talking about?

silvacrest2929d ago

what he said is even more weird when you consider that hardline was the biggest departure in the series yet this CGI that we have seen is confirmed the worst i guess.....

objdadon2929d ago

Don't know why all the downvotes lol. What you say is basically true. Battlefield and cod are 2 totally different types of gameplay. Cod players are not gonna all of a sudden become battlefield players if they haven't been playing battlefield up to this point. Cod players would most likely go to a game like titanfall before they play battlefield. Cod will always outsell battlefield because it appeals to the masses. I play both but definitely play cod way more although ghost, advanced warfare and black ops 3 are all garbage.

opinionated2929d ago

Such small minded people. The "diversity" token standard makes me want to puke.

Next_gen_20152929d ago

So there are only 6 missions then? smh

knickstr2929d ago

Looks like another tacked on campaign. Wouldn't expect anything less from EA.

NarooN2929d ago (Edited 2928d ago )

They said SIX EPISODES, not six missions. When have you ever played a game where an Episode was one mission or segment long?

edit: Two disagrees yet no one can explain why. Typical lol.

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DICE Needs To Recapture The Magic Of Battlefield 1 In The Next Game

For DICE to succeed with its next game, it has to return to the roots of the franchise. Atmospheric map design, clear and defined class-based gameplay, attention to detail, and total chaos. Battlefield 1 feels like every rock, every glint on your sniper rifle, every falling brick from a collapsing church, has been painstakingly considered. So much care went into the design of the game, from its soundtrack to its costume department. To stand a chance alongside the behemoths of Treyarch and Infinity Ward, DICE needs to recapture what made their old games so brilliant, otherwise it’s all over.

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LordoftheCritics549d ago

"DICE Needs To Recapture The Magic Of Battlefield 3 In The Next Game"

/Fixed

...on a serious note, DICE needs to remove the Battlefield name.

isarai548d ago

Eh, bfbc2 was the peak for me, only ad dogfighting and the accommodations that come with it. Every BF after that was such an unsatisfying progression system for weapons and gear for the classes, 90% of the guns feel exactly the same when you unlock them, just felt boring in comparison. Not to mention the gimped destruction as the series progressed

Sciurus_vulgaris548d ago

I found Battlefield 1 to be overrated. The gameplay was simpler and less strategic than its predecessors. Battlefield 1 did have a woo-factor, but the gameplay got repetitive faster than Battlefield 4 in my opinion.

porkChop548d ago

If DICE needs to return to the roots of the franchise then why would they look at Battlefield 1? BF1 is overly simplified and streamlined. What DICE should focus on is Battlefield 3 and Bad Company 2. Those two games were the pinnacle of the franchise.

TheEnigma313548d ago

BC2 was the best. they need to get back to that.

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Battlefield 1, Hardline, BF4 Servers Are Being Taken Offline by Cheaters; EA Silent on Issue

Cheaters & hackers have been causing grief on Battlefield 1, Hardline & BF4 servers, with nonstop DDoS attacks among other things. Unfortunately, EA has remained silent about it.

-Foxtrot779d ago

Course they are silent, they are hoping people flock to 2042

gamesftw250778d ago

Maybe it was a inside job then haha.

jeromeface777d ago

wouldnt be the first time, titanfall 1+2 anyone?

PapaBop778d ago

Not even if they paid me.. EA always do this with old games with less money potential, if this was Ultimate Team, they'd address and sort it faster than stories could spread. Why invest time in their products when they will just dump it in the following years? Then again EA never could see the forest for the trees.

Inverno778d ago

I imagine after those games were given out for free a couple months back through Amazon, anything that makes people go to 2042 is a plus for them

XiNatsuDragnel779d ago

They want people to go on 2042. My theory

excaliburps778d ago

Nah. I think they can't do anything about it or they want to sink money into fixing it.

Pudge102888778d ago (Edited 778d ago )

EA owns all BF servers so yes, they can do something about it but they refuse to because they dont want ppl playing their old games instead of the new one. Its EA we’re talking about here

pr33k33778d ago

if this happened in 2042, they'd have something to say. which is weird, considering battlefield 1 has more players on steam right now.

Pudge102888778d ago

Its so obvious that EA is doing this or hired ppl to mess up the games so that we’d be forced to have just 1 Battlefield working.

FPS_D3TH778d ago

Honestly it’s probably the devs themselves. They did an update to bf4 way back that kinda made assault rifles doo doo in hopes that people would flock to BF1 cuz BF4 was too perfect

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Xbox Store Weekly Game Sale Features Deep Discounts On Many X360 Games & DLCs

Daily Video Game writes: "This week’s weekly digital game sale on Xbox Store features deep discounts on many popular AAA Xbox 360 games that are backwards compatible for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, including Gears of War, Fable, Max Payne, Saints Row, Bully, Catherine, and lots more!"

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MadLad847d ago

Grabbed Panzer Dragoon, the Darkness, Conker Reloaded, Burnout Revenge, Time Splitters 2, Fight Night Champions, and Stuntman Ignition.

Essentially some of the classics that I can't get on PC, now that I have a Series S.