Battlfield-Heroes : Trailer

[Direwolf]

I'd like to point out again that this isn't Battlefield 3, which is known to be in development although no details have been revealed yet. So it's not a "dumbing down" of the series, it's really just an experiment. I whole-heartedly support the idea of a developer, and one published by EA no less, going out and try something to see if it'll work.

 

[AiM]

Might I ask what exactly are they experimenting? All I see is DICE stripping BF everything that makes it unique, then adding in cartoon graphics and microtransactions. The only new worthwhile thing I see is the addition of "abilities" which tbh, doesn't sound appealing or special at all.

I'd imagine this game will fall directly under the 'Casual Games' in EA's new segmented departments, which typically means dumbed-down game to suit the masses.

 

[Direwolf]

And nothing about EA releasing a game for free seems different than we're used to from them?

 

[AiM]

And nothing about EA releasing a game for free seems different than we're used to from them?

No different than the various "free" games that saturate the market already.

E.g. GunZ, WarRock, etc.

Granted, this will at least look better and probably play better than those... but considering those games are utter shit, that's not exactly hard to do.

I wouldn't be so negative if they hadn't gone with the whole nickle-and-dime bullshit. I mean, try to name one game that uses this strategy which is better than the traditional 'pay $50 and enjoy the rest' game.

 

[Bad^Hat]

I'd imagine this game will fall directly under the 'Casual Games' in EA's new segmented departments, which typically means dumbed-down game to suit the masses.

I'm fairly certain that's what they have in mind, yeh.

Dumbed-down from what, though? How much lower down the rope can you get from people sitting on plane wings whilst barrel rolling?

I'd also like to point out that dumb and fun are not mutually exclusive.