I really don't see BF V pulling a BF 4 and becoming beloved with a lot of support. Whatever BF comes out next year is just going to kill this game. This game just has too much baggage and the sooner people forget about it the better for EA.
That's how I feel. Battlefield 4 was a broken fucking mess at launch, but the quality of the content buried under the bugs was still good. Like, the maps were mostly pretty well designed with strong visual identity, landmarks, and conquest capture point flow. There were no core issues with visibility or anything like that. The sandbox-like nature of matches worked thanks to the large variety and volume of gadgets, weapons, and vehicles. And even if there were issues with gun balance, hit reg, bugs, and whatnot once they were crunched out they just flourished amidst the solid foundations. It was then an upward trajectory with a community that stuck by (arguably undeservingly, given how badly the game launched).
All these years later the tolerance level for bugs and broken content has dropped, and as much as I love a lot of facets around Battlefield V, I don't feel the core foundation of content (namely map design and some other goofy features) is anywhere near as impressive, consistent, or engaging as its predecessors. So I'm not sure what the hell they can do exactly to fix the situation.
Like I said ages ago, is there really any map in Battlefield V people would consider a brilliant gem of map design, a classic, and something they'd be happy to see return or modernised in a future title? I don't hate every map, but they're serviceable at best and none of them strike me as particularly well designed or memorable. They don't highlight the strengths of conquest, and have an assortment of individual topographical and visibility problems of their own.
When that very foundation of your game isn't appealing, the maps people play on, what do you really have to hold on to?
Most players are incredibly dumb, on both sides. It usually comes down to the same sweaty squads I see on PC, mine included. Just lost another Arras round where the Allies capped B ONCE and half of my team (Germans) responded by camping spawn. Instant loss of any map control at that point, and thus a lost round.
Funny how capping D as the Germans doesn't produce the same effect. You could almost say it's bad map design.
Hahahaha I can actually feel this match from the description. The moment the Allied team evidently has their shit together more than the Germans, and they nail B, you just know the rest of the match is going to be shooty shooty bang bang camping against the Allies at B from spawn. Tanks will kill farm at B and neglect making an effort to push around and back cap. Snipers will camp behind the rocks in the field. And the match will be over 0 - 450+.
And yes, capping D produces trivial results by comparison. To be fair though, as much as I detest Arras, a losing German team would have an easier time coming back if the fixation wasn't exclusively on B. They could go for A or C, or move through those and back cap, but apparently that isn't as fun as Capture Point B Shooting Gallery.
Pretty fitting they're remaking Metro for the game.
