It's no secret that Battlefield 2042 didn't hit the way a lot of us expected. Last year's Battlefield title was supposed to be a return to hectic, modern-day combat following the two less-bombastic historical entries of 1 and V. Well, the development team aren't entirely happy with it either, according to a new report.
An Xfire report discusses what developers at DICE think of Battlefield 2042, and how the team is moving forward. Internally at EA and DICE the game has been referred to "as a miss" and the team is already starting to move on.
Some of that team is still working on 2042 DLC, which is good news for those who purchased last year's game. However, development on the next Battlefield is already underway and one source says it may look a lot different to 2042:
I think we'll be reverting a lot of the changes we made in Battlefield 2042...
According to the report, the next Battlefield game is in the pre-production stage and will once again be set in a modern/near-future time period. However, features like specialists and 128-player matches may well be cut or dialled back, due to their poor reception in Battlefield 2042.
So, we're not sure when the next Battlefield will launch, but it's looking like DICE and EA are already looking at the future of the franchise.
Do you expect 2042 to turn things around? Or does all hope rest on the next Battlefield? Let us know in the comments.
[source xfire.com]
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It says a lot when its no longer possible to boost Battlefield 3 and 4 on 360! because everyone went from 2042 back to those games. Dice is like meh wipe 2042 under the carpet forget it exists and make another game. Never mind fixing the one that's broken.
Totally. I won’t preorder for one. Maybe wait a few months. Maybe a year.
I’ll probably never buy another Battlefield game with how bad 2042 is. They should’ve given refunds for it.
I'm legitimately shocked to hear they are moving forward with a new one. I figured 2042 would have put the series more or less on ice for at least a little while but I guess not.
this is the exact reason why i wont buy a single EA game... if the sales dont hit they abandon the game instead of putting the time in to fix it... this will be the third game i can think of in recent history EA will abandon. Anthem, Mass Effect Andromeda, and now this...they get the games to a playable state but then abandon them...you as a player get left holding the bag...Anthem is the game that made it so i never buy EA again...that and Gamepass Ultimate ill wait for EA games...
@Hexamex-Tex if your gonna wait a year just get gamepass and never pay for that EA game , or get EA access.... after Anthem i wont buy anothe EA game this one i cancelled when i got to play the beta and saw how horrible that was....beyond the bugs the game sucked...
That's the best decision. Take the L and make a better game next time.
@somnambulance I support this. Portal is near dead 4 months after launch. 2042 is unbalanced. Still no seasons.
I am willing to bet they learned nothing and all mistakes will be repeated😂
They only thing they need to learn is to not take an established franchise and completely turn it into something different.
You have a fan base that expects something. Those are your sales. You can't just make a totally different game, slap a name on it, and it be successful.
Valuable lessons sure, but very very costly lessons... don't want to pay the tuition fee for that course.....
All they need to know is Battlefield 3 and 4 were the best multiplayer experiences in Battlefield. Everything since very poor experience.
You know you ***** up when previous installments have a bigger player base then the latest one in the series.
@GuyinPA75 Toss up between 4 and Bad Company 2.
If they could give us something like 4 but with being able to literally level every building on the map, like Bad Company 2, I'd be over the moon.
I went back to V. That game has aged like a fine wine.
So what exactly have they learned? They blamed consumer expectation for the failure of 2042, and are already working on abandoning that project so they can start another... They haven't learned anything.
good luck getting me to buy the next one.
Is there some fun to be had? sure at times. Only with friends.
but that feeling tends to drown real fast when you have zero clue if a dent will ever be made in the game flow. not fun to have a missle follow you for eternity in the air, not that fun when you can't be in a vehicle because you can put C4 on a drone, not fun to play against bots...
ugh.
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