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Battlefield 2042 Spotlights DICE's Communication Problem

MP1st's Alex Co talks about the Battlefield 2042 communication issues that is angering and worrying players, and why DICE should act right now.

1nsomniac1224d ago

DICE have always had problems since coming out of Battlefield 2, that’s when they started to struggle. They’ve always been a hopeless developer when it comes to bug fixing or communicating. The only difference was they had a good game to cover their asses.

Realise that they’ve never changed or improved during all these years. Only difference this time is they have released their worst game to date and now the attention has firmly set on their incompetence. I think their hay day is over and I think they’re well aware of it. I don’t expect them to come back from this to be honest.

excaliburps1224d ago

They always had issues at launch, but the core game was sound. Thing is, more and more people just cooking at the DICE kitchen and they lost track of what made their food taste great.

Now I'm hungry! LOL!

LordoftheCritics1224d ago (Edited 1224d ago )

In reality no one wants to take responsibility and be the face.

This can happen when they were not responsible for it in the first place. Maybe the devs want someone from EA to be the face?

But again maybe this time it wasnt EA direction and its all DICE? who knows?

seanpitt231224d ago

Dice haven’t got a clue all the talent from the previous games have left all the new people that’s replaced them think 2042 is a battlefield game.. it’s an embarrassment

Nitrowolf21224d ago

I just don’t get it.
They hyped this as a return to form, a love letter to fans.
It came out, turns out it wasn’t, not they’re hiding with their tails between their leg not knowing what they did wrong.
It is embarassing

Inverno1223d ago

Look at the bright side. They're probably already working on the next BF game while they fix this one to a enough of a playable state to abandon it. So you all can start getting hyped for the next game by believing in your expectations all over again. Deny it, but this game was defended up until release when reality came through the door. I guess it being new and prettier didn't help it much to be better.

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Battlefield 2042: Players Fed Up with Rush Mode Campers

Battlefield 2042's Rush Mode faces criticism due to passive playstyles that hinder objective-based gameplay.

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isarai231d ago

Wow, another site writing entire articles based off a single reddit comment.

pwnmaster3000230d ago

Just redownloaded the game. I wonder if it is still active

Steve_Gamer230d ago

Yeah it will be, the game just recently got a Update 1.59 Patch in September.

XiNatsuDragnel229d ago

Interesting and understandable lol

mostarr228d ago

Exactly why conquest is the one true god

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Vince Zampella: Battlefield "Absolutely Can" Outsell Call of Duty; BF2042 Was Not a "Failure"

Battlefield franchise boss thinks Battlefield "absolutely can" outsell Call of Duty, but says they're not targeting that with the next entry.

TheNamelessOne249d ago

Feel like if that were true, we would have seen it during the BF3/4 era. Just focus first on releasing a Battlefield that's actually feature complete, well put together, that people actually want to play right out of the gate. Hoping Zampella can make this happen.

JEECE249d ago

The best opportunity was BF1 vs. Infinite Warfare. I've never actually seen a worldwide sales comparison so I'm not convinced BF1 didn't eventually win, but I do know COD sold better in the US at launch, because it was the NPD #1 that year, while BF was #2.

SonyStyled249d ago

The best opportunity was with BC2 and BF3. BF4 dropped the ball with a short campaign and bugged multiplayer at launch

Cacabunga249d ago

Release a decent game and let the mouth to eat do the rest.. you choose to release another BF4 then blame yourselves for it

JEECE248d ago

@SonyStyled

Definitely not BC2. I love the Bad Company games (even though everyone always pretends the first one didn't exist), but even though BC2 has achieved great respect in hindsight, at the time it came out a lot of casuals who bought COD every year either didn't know of Battlefield's existence or saw it as a knockoff of COD. Plus coming out in spring 2010 it was competing against MW2 (the original one) which came out the prior fall.

ChronoJoe249d ago

I mean, the title of the game doesn't have a lot to do with how it sells. The next game is not going to change things but Zampella course change the course of the series towards something that's more on track with that those big player numbers.

With that said, battlefield fans might not want that. To acquire the wider audience they would probably need to betray a lot of the series design principles. Call of Duty is as popular as it is because it is as simple as it is.

-Foxtrot249d ago

"BF2042 Was Not a "Failure"

Suuuuuuure thing little buddy...

excaliburps249d ago

In his defense, BF2042 did turn things around eventually though still falls short of franchise expectations if you based it on BF4, BF3, BF1.

trez1082249d ago

Hated it at lunch, came back a two years after and it was an absolute blast. Not sure how it did sales wise to be called failure or success but BF2042 is a pretty good game .

ElaBosak248d ago

In what way was it a failure exactly?

Outside_ofthe_Box249d ago

Microsoft would just buy EA if that happens.

8bitAssassin249d ago (Edited 249d ago )

We don't need more games ruined. It's like that company puts water on their bread before they eat it.

Inverno249d ago

Here we go again with rubbing mouths. BF has been a flop consistently since BF4, and I mean flop as in disappointing to the fan base due to the technical issues each has had and the gameplay changes needlessly made. Shut up and make a good BF before hyping up another potential disappointment.

Fishy Fingers249d ago (Edited 249d ago )

Bro gave one pretty decent interview and answered the questions he was asked. Not really his fault if people want to cherry pick quotes for "content".

Stick to reading source https://www.ign.com/article...

X-23249d ago

I don't mind them claiming BF2042 wasn't a failure so long as they learned from it and use that experience moving forward into the new game, it was terrible at launch but towards the end it got a bit better. I don't want to see the same thing play out with the new BF though because the ones who are still interested in the franchise have been pretty vocal with what they want and don't want from Battlefield.

ElaBosak248d ago

Learn what exactly? The game was great.

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What to Expect From Battlefield 2042’s Halloween Event

Battlefield 2042 may no longer be receiving new seasons, but it's already been confirmed that a new Halloween event will hit the game later this year.

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