Gamingtrend writes: "For those of you who are 'console only' folks, a quick history lesson. Battlefield 1942 debuted on the PC on September 20th, 2002. Sporting cooperative team-based play, the game used a capture and hold system to allow players to square off in massive multiplayer matches of up to 64 players. Players can play as either Axis or Allies, as well as the option to pick from several different roles including scout, assault, medic, anti-tank, or engineer. Each class could use different weapons on the battlefield to reduce the 'tickets' from the other team, piloting any vehicle you can lay your hands on including an aircraft carrier! The game was a smash hit and spawned an expansion pack called Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII. Eventually we saw Battlefield Vietnam, Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2142, and eventually Battlefield 2: Modern Combat which spelled the debut of the series on the console platform. Reception was fairly positive, spawning the subject of this review – Battlefield: Bad Company."
With the franchise’s mainline entries failing to find their footing in recent years, now is the perfect time for a Battlefield: Bad Company remake.
Of course there is no counter argument. This is what fans of the franchise have wanted for years. This and/or BF Bad Company 2.
When asked why there hasn't been another Bad Company:
“There's one thing that lingers with Bad Company that we've been asking ourselves: What is it that the people really liked about Bad Company?" DICE general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson told Eurogamer.
Troedsson says that he and his team can’t put their fingers on what it is that people loved about that branch of the brand. “It's hard for people to articulate what that is, which is actually hard for us,” he says. “It would be hard to remake something like that. Can we do it? Of course. We have our theories when it comes to the multiplayer."
(Source: Game Informer, June 24, 2014)
EA: "As we close in on 15 years since the release of Battlefield 1943, and Bad Company™ 1 & 2, we are announcing that their journey is coming to an end."
This reminds me... I have ME on my PS3 hdd. Never really played it, but it was free.
On PC I don't think it's much of a problem but I'm sad to see BF43 being shut down. I haven't played it in a while since it's stuck on PS3, but i preferred it way more over BF3. It was the lack of invisible barriers which made it better for me.
Does anyone play the last BF anymore? I searched crossplay servers and it was 20 people the most on all the servers? Can never find a game
With this multiplayer experiment going every way but right, it's time for Battlefield to return to what made it so great - a fun single player mode coupled with classic multiplayer.
BF is dead especially after this abysmal release.. what have EA done to this beloved franchise.. it’s really upsetting they are so far disconnected from what the actual fans want from this series.. such a same
If they would of made BC3 and stuck to the same formula as BC2 but gave it the next gen treatment it would of been a massive hit
Thing is i dont think they're capable of capturing what made those fun/different anymore.
EA knows players want BC3 the same way Activision knows players want MW2 back. They will not make it because the goal is to make games built around MTX and Battle Royale.