However, times were changing, and EA is not about staying true to what made it special when there is money to be made by chasing trends of the day. This concept would leave all Battlefield fans somewhat disappointed with every future release after Battlefield: Bad Company 2 as they had tasted the enchanting feel of level destructibility on an unprecedented level that they would not get with any of the later Battlefield titles. Battlefield was the one that found a sweet spot between realism and high-octane moments of action.Īdded to all of that was the introduction of destructibility. Call of Duty has always been more about close-quarter, fast-paced infantry battles, Arma has always been about extreme realism.
No other franchise has combined these elements into an enjoyable package like Battlefield. The expansive maps, the large player counts, the pristine infantry combat combined with armored combat, from tanks to fighter jets to sometimes even naval options, the squad and class systems and the general feel of the game with the graphical beauty being the cherry on top. There was – and still is – no other game on the market that offers what Battlefield offers. It was with "Battlefield 4" that the phrase "Only in Battlefield" was popularized, and that was exactly it, the perfect way to describe in a simple phrase why this franchise was so special and beloved. So, after that long-winded personal history of my introduction and falling in love with the Battlefield franchise, what made these games so special? It was also around this time that the groundwork of almost all future Battlefield games would be laid, the foundations that Battlefield 2042 would spectacularly shatter. The graphical achievement of the modern Battlefield games was nothing to sneeze at. I had the game's trailer on loop until the launch, and it was the first game I ever preordered – and I have only preordered one other game since then, that being Battlefield 2042.
It was also the first time I had seen the new Frostbite engine that DICE had developed and it was something of a beauty.īattlefield 3 on the other hand was a continuation of that same engine, and it was – and still is – shockingly gorgeous to behold. That all changed with "Battlefield: Bad Company 2" and a year later, most people's favorite of the series: Battlefield 3.īad Company 2 was my first foray into the world of multiplayer, and I realized how much fun I had been missing for years. It broke my heart that I couldn't play Battlefield: Bad Company as I didn't own a console, as was the case with Battlefield 1943. I retrospectively played Battlefield 1942, Battlefield Vietnam, then Battlefield 2142, all against AI as I still hadn't gotten into multiplayer gaming. My gamer heart was enjoying it too much to do 64 bots versus 64 bots battles – a concept we would see in multiplayer decades later with Battlefield 2042, demonstrating how spectacularly it usually fails with real people in the match. Add to that the fact that, with a little tinkering, you could have as many bots as you wished. Today, I don't know how I enjoyed that game as much as I did when I only played against half-witted computer soldiers, but it was great fun at that age to battle it out over gameplay mechanics and map designs that no other game offered, even if it was against bots. With no friends to share the experience and being a stranger to the world of multiplayer gaming at that age, I had no choice but to play alone, against AI-controlled bots.
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I was introduced to the Battlefield series with Battlefield 2 in the late 2000s. Let's start with a bit of personal history. A screenshot from the official reveal trailer of “Battlefield 2042.” (From YouTube / the rabbit hole
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