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By: Mr. Softpants

Mr. Softpants — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:29:12 +0000

What boggles my mind is people who actually “buy” EA games. Like those crazy stories of people who buy porn.

By: poullos

poullos — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:29:59 +0000

I don’t think they are ripping-off anyone. Valve did the mistake and released some later abandoned ideas about the early TF 2 game-style. Dice liked the concept and came with BF 1942. Now, copying TF 2′s pixar, it’s not something to blame them since it seems they welcome it as a good alternative to the real-world-crysis-like demanding graphics. And believe it, there are a lot of folks out there still playing on their ‘grandmas pcs’.

Of course it all depends to EA if it can successfully pull another 1942. Personally, I have little hope on something given free because nothing can guarantee a successful after ‘sale’ support. Besides, EA has the name being one if not the biggest milk cow hunting publishers rather than a lifetime supporter.

One thing I’m not sure of however is if the game will adopt TF 2′s comic style. I don’t know if this can be applied in a BF series game but TF 2 showed us how great a game becomes with this. At least I hope they copy the silhouette customization between different classes.

By: Rich Powers

Rich Powers — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:19:51 +0000

I’ve earned the right to view EA with a healthy dose of cynicism. In just the last year: releasing the horrible abomination that is SimCity Societies, failing to provide another patch for C&C: The First Decade (a buggy mess that requires third party patches to make it work correctly), and failing to optimize both BF2 and BF2142 after several years.

To be sure, I’m excited about this new BF title, but I wouldn’t put it past the money grubbers to charge $5-10 for the “real” weapons and power-ups. Maybe I’m just old-school, but I trust very few companies to successful implement alternative pay styles such as microtransactions and episodic content.

By: Mo

Mo — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:43:28 +0000

“Gamers in being cynical towards EA shocker!”

This is getting silly now. Everyone keeps bitching about how EA is this terrible company, but when they go off and do something interesting, the bitching doesn’t cease. Fucked if they do, fucked if they don’t.

Let’s give them the benefit of the doubt, shall we? I reckon they’ll stick to their guns.

By: Garth

Garth — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:39:20 +0000

EA is so moronically heavy handed with Micro Transactions it won’t be anything like Maple Story, etc. It’ll be like “Want this gun that’s better than all the other guns? Pay us 20 bucks!”

By: James

James — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:15:32 +0000

The adverts? Easy. Never noticed them before, I doubt I’d notice them here. The push towards play for free is a great direction as far as I’m concerned. But micropayments? They always make me edgy. If they stick to their guns and keep the bonuses purely cosmetic (Hah!), then I’m all for it. But I’m certainly not the only one who thinks that the chances of that happening are laughably low.

By: AbyssUK

AbyssUK — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:13:41 +0000

This could be the codename eagle 2 I’ve been waiting for!

By: Perko

Perko — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:36:47 +0000

Dear RPS crew, in the future you can use the New York Times Link Generator to generate NYT links that don’t require registration.

By: TychoCelchuuu

TychoCelchuuu — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:59:26 +0000

This is even more ironic, considering that TF2′s original modern warfare + commander theme is what BF2 ripped off in the first place.

Not that it matters, IMHO. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and even DICE needs to earn money somehow.

By: Rich Powers

Rich Powers — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:23:49 +0000

You’re not giving TF2 near enough credit if you only focus on the graphics. While the character and level designs were certainly innovative for a genre best known for an endless deluge of camo and fatigues graphics, it’s the gameplay, class differentiation, and balance that makes TF2 truly great.

Of course most gamers know this, but discussion about this new Battlefield title on many sites focuses on “OMG TF2 GRAPHICS COPYCATS!!1″

Seeing that Battlefield 1942 is the only game in the series I enjoy (BF2 can’t hold a candle to Desert Combat AND runs like ass), I eagerly await this installation. No in-game ads is also welcomed news.

And I agree mister: the first thing I thought of was Battalion Wars/Advanced Wars when seeing that preview image.