RJ 17 said:
Bob_McMillan said:
But I also think you guys are being way too negative. We haven't seen any gameplay yet, but people are already calling it a failure. The comparisons with Battlefront 2 are also a bit unfair. The number of maps especially.
Why is comparing a game to it's predecessor "unfair"? Especially considering it's predecessor came out 10 years ago with nowhere near the technological capabilities we have today? Beyond that, I can already tell you what the gameplay is going to be like: generic 1st/3rd Person Shooter with Star Wars Theme.
What made BFII so great were all the features that this BF is going to be lacking. Space Battles. Tons of Vehicles. Numerous Hero Units. Galactic-frickin'-Conquest. Hell, even the Campaign was pretty entertaining while this one looks like it's just going to be a Multiplayer Only (a format that has failed miserably every time it's been tried in the past couple years).
The biggest sin in my eyes is still the lack of the prequel factions. Say what you want about the movies, but the droids were my favorite team back in BFII...now they're gone.
I dont find comparing the two unfair, but the actual comparisons being made. For example,the number of maps. People seem to have forgotten the reason that Battlefront 2 had so much content was because it was essentially a copy and paste of the original. Quite a lot of the maps were recycled from Battlefront.
And again, we know practically nothing about the game yet. Tons of vehicles? How do you know there wont be plenty of vehicles as well in the reboot? They have an entire mode, Attack Squadron, that is based entirely on vehicle combat. Kind of their replacement for Space Assault.
The Hero Units? I don't know what the hell that is about, the picture in the mock website wasnt too clear. There will obviously be more than just two Hero characters, if thats what they mean.
There will be the "Missions" that could possibly replace the Campaign. It certainly sounds like the Campaign. The BF2 campaign was essentially multiplayer with goals, or a really big practice mode. That is what the Missions are said to be for.
The rest could be replaced by new modes or something. We dont know yet. The absence of Space Battles to me is the only valid argument right now. There is no reason for it to not be in the game. It was what made Battlefront 2 more than just a cash grab and new paint job.
I will miss the prequel era though. The Clones were my favorite as a kid. I mean, I understand why they didnt include them, but I still dont like it.
As I said, it isnt fair to be so negative towards the game when we haven't even seen gameplay. I will admit that trying to stay positive about the game is getting increasingly hard, but hopefully at E3 DICE will show just what exactly they have done for the game.