While my squad on the ground distracted the enemies, I crawled to the edge of the container above them and started picking the enemy squad off. One of my teammates threw down deployable cover for the group below, giving them a good spot to avoid incoming fire where none previously existed. The stacks of shipping containers lining the sides of the area can create a lethal bottleneck, and as we approached the objective ahead, we spotted another squad converging on the location as well.Īs the recon fighter Mackay, I pulled out my Batman-like grapple gun and zipped up to the top of the container stack-which suddenly turned the cover-less kill zone of an alley into a perfect ambush location. Playing the new Hazard Zone mode, my squad entered the frightfully dangerous shipping yard on Manifest, a map defined by a big port.
The community wants to play a great game for years instead of losing the majority of your fan base to the next game in series (i.e Battlefield 4 to Battlefield Hardline).Sometimes, everything in Battlefield 2042 just clicks. "Extend the life of your game and stick with continued development of your game instead of moving onto your next project. "If you truly want to bring the community into the mix, bring back modding," wrote Kyle (aka Bucky). Modding, of course, was also on your minds. People flying jets/planes, the commander ordering the troops, the foot soldiers carrying out the tasks, and the tanks crew for the support," wrote Boxcar Steve. "The feeling that everyone has a job in the match. "A more simple and straight to the point game, with less useless gadgets and gimmicks to the gameplay," said HylianGaming. Commander, and in-game commander assets that need to be protected," wrote Spush. "Proper squad cohesion, Squad Leader mechanics (ordering, map markers, etc).
Other responses were about teamwork and unlocks.
Think of me like an Uber you get to shoot guns out of.īattlefield 1943 was coming to PC at one point. Personally, I prefer the transport helicopters. The most popular vehicles to drive are tanks, attack helicopters, basic transport vehicles (like Jeeps), and APCs. Vietnam managed 13.3% of the vote, and the distant future earned 9.5% of the love. Predictably, being a modern day police officer was the least popular. Present day and near future settings, however, are the most popular, with 48% saying that's their favorite time to do battle. Other resultsĮven though Battlefield 1942 didn't win big in the poll, 27.6% of respondents still want to go back to World War II. The original, Battlefield 1942, saw a little more affection. I wasn't a big fan of it, but I could've sworn that every time I mentioned Battlefield someone shouted "2142" at me. (That is, movements felt like real troop movements instead of waves of ridiculous respawns.)"īattlefield 2142, I thought, got surprisingly little love. "The mix of squad-based combat, diverse classes and command/grunt roles was super solid," wrote Chris Orris, "and they tuned the maps to be juuust the right size to make battles action-packed but still realistic. "The purest form of the series' design that actually works as the devs intended," wrote protato about BF2, citing teamwork rewards and "the lack of microgamed unlocks."
There was appreciation for its mod support, maps and classes. Here's how my simplistic algorithm sorted the games:īattlefield 2, as expected, was very popular. That's not how that song goes, Dan, and you know it. "WOOP, WOOP! IT'S THE SOUND OF TH- of me hitting Alt+F4 and booting up 2142," wrote Dan Edwards. Others were less charitable, with many saying something along the lines of "it's just not Battlefield" or accusing it of being DLC for BF4. but whenever I jump off of a building and use a parachute, or hit a heli with a stinger, I think 'Doesn't feel like law enforcement'" I love it, I love interrogations, tasers, money grabbing.
However, it feels too military to consider the theme viable. "By all means, it's a good shooter with awesome gameplay. "So much potential wasted," wrote Peterowsky. Quite a few people said that Hardline was actually fine, but still the worst of the series.