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RUMOR: Battlefield V Battle Royale prototype is in the works (Campaign still part of package)
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I feel the situation around the Battle Royale mode is similar to what we see when new unknown apps get a lot of success by introducing a single unique feature, e.g. Snapchat. In the end large existing players in the market will be able to copy that single feature, but will be able to just add this to their existing product features and combine it with all the learning they already done. Therefore transforming what once was the total product into a feature of an other existing product.
Only those startups that will have build a brand strong enough will normally survive this wave, and personally I don't think PUBG has an unique enough brand/image to do so, while Fortnite with its less realistic approach is certainly different from all other modern shooters.
PUBG does have 40 million users though that are already invested with time, money and psychologically, so for a large part it will come down to what extent PUBG will keep those players interested and will be able to surpass their expectations, at least to the point that they won't feel compelled to try out the other options.
Only those startups that will have build a brand strong enough will normally survive this wave, and personally I don't think PUBG has an unique enough brand/image to do so, while Fortnite with its less realistic approach is certainly different from all other modern shooters.
PUBG does have 40 million users though that are already invested with time, money and psychologically, so for a large part it will come down to what extent PUBG will keep those players interested and will be able to surpass their expectations, at least to the point that they won't feel compelled to try out the other options.
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No lore is easier than "a huge historical context". I really want a frostbite engine BR. But WW2 will be incredibly jarring a setting. What would you do? 100 Japanese soldiers on an island fight it out with each other for survival? Eat each other to survive? Or the last 100 Nazis in Berlin battle it out to be the one to hold up the white flag to the Russians?
Its not a setting I want to see BR in. Just because its too jarring. I realise this will seem silly to some, but its just how I feel about it.
Kudos First poster, I just spat coffee out any my desk is a mess.
Coming this E3...
100 participants enter the ring but only 1 will survive
LOL
I didnt mean games that had SP and lost it. I meant MP games that are popular without SP.
If they see fit to remove SP then maybe it was not worth having? BF SP never was worth having imo, waste of resources.
Battle Royal seems like such a step down from what BF offers. As long as it doesn't take away from other modes I don't mind another option.
Singleplayer, the foundation stone of the Battlefield franchise.
BF battle royale would be awesome tbh.
But I thought BF has this mode already.
Isn't it FFA or am I thinking of COD?
But I thought BF has this mode already.
Isn't it FFA or am I thinking of COD?
There's a reason every Battlefield game for the past decade or so has featured a campaign. In fact, in a few years there will be way more Battlefield games with campaigns than not. Singleplayer is a foundational pillar of Battlefield at this point.
Hardline's was exceptionally good. Visceral did a great job there.
Nearly every MP game has FFA and that is very different than BR.
I'd say the closest game modes to BR would be Last man standing type modes, where you only have one life, no respwaning. Or sneaking in MGO2 where it was pretty much a mini BR mode with one life and the play zone getting smaller and smaller as time passes. Although everyone had the same gear and stealth.
I'm glad this is the case but are DICE really known for delivering quality single player FPS campaigns? The last one I could remember of note was Battlefield Bad Company 2 back in 2010. I think the loss of COD campaign is a much bigger hit than the loss of a Battlefield campaign honestly.
Nintendo in their weird way should make a Battle Royale Hide N Seek game. Sort of how Splatoon is their weird shooter.
But man for real everything is becoming BR? That sucks. I get that if the mode is popular it should be included, but this sounds more like a shift to that. Just like how SP shifter to MP so that CoD doesn't even have one anymore.
But man for real everything is becoming BR? That sucks. I get that if the mode is popular it should be included, but this sounds more like a shift to that. Just like how SP shifter to MP so that CoD doesn't even have one anymore.
The Division already has a BR type mode with its Survival mode. It's probably said to assume that'll return in some form in the sequel.
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Battlefield is the major multiplayer shooter already on the market that is close enough to already containing the scale of players and maps that I was surprised they didn't use Battlefield 1 to push out a BR mode in the last year. So, that said I'm not surprised at all they are doing one for BF 2018.
can't speak for H1Z1, but H1Z1 exists because of a similar response to Day Z going Early Access. It didn't do nearly as well from a sales standpoint as PUBG did, however, there was a similar response by other devs to cash in on the success Day Z saw initially.
Surprised haven't seen this in this thread yet.
Probably because it's lazy and lame, unlike the custom made ones posted by an admin of this site way back when.
True. But just the thought of a Sims BR has me laughing my ass off lol
Well you see, there's a swimming pool. With no ladder. And the pool gets smaller and smaller.
Don't care for battle royale, I'll stick to Operations and Conquest. Honestly hope the BR mode empties and flops instead of splitting up the playerbase even more.
Nice to know we'll still get a campaign though because even if I think the stories are dumb as shit, there's a certain level of... "wow factor" that comes along with these.
Nice to know we'll still get a campaign though because even if I think the stories are dumb as shit, there's a certain level of... "wow factor" that comes along with these.
I wonder what kind of sacrifices they'll make to get the player count up to 100 in BR mode. Get rid of destruction physics perhaps?
Would it necessarily have to be 100 players? It might work better with fewer!
True, depends what their target number is and even if the maps can handle it. I'd imagine it would've been a consideration though; they certainly would like that PUBG/Fortnite box checked if they can help it.
I'll take it. I don't like PUBG's roughness.
Will ignore the SP, as much as I love BF games, I have never finished any of the campaigns.
Will ignore the SP, as much as I love BF games, I have never finished any of the campaigns.
If BF still had the shooting models they used in older BF's, maybe.
The super arcadey, low recoil shooting they have now is way more suited to compete with fortnite than PUBG.
At least BF still has physics on their bullets.
Honestly they just need to take Battlefield 4 and make a battle royale. It was a lot of fun and would be good for battle royale. Whether its arcadey or not.
