Ben Cousins, general manager of EA's free-to-play division, has told CVG that Battlefield Play4Free's graphics and feature set are comparable to the top shooters on the market.
In a recent interview, he said the game's target audience is core shooter fans on PC and console - "the type of guys who buy games from Valve, DICE, Infinity Ward, Epic and Bungie and play them online with their friends."
"EA's free-to-play titles are shutting down in 90 days."
I always meant to check out Battlefield Heroes, but I always ended up turning back to Team Fortress 2. I guess I'm not the only one.
Such a good feeling to know a game I'm still playing 3 and a half years later is still making enough money to keep going for many years yet :)
Easy Studios - the other guys that make Battlefield games - have introduced the classic Battlefield game mode Rush in Battlefield Play4Free. The game mode is live as of this morning, ready to play right now.
Rush Mode, if you're not familiar with it, is an objective-based game mode in which players take turns defending and attacking points on the map. The defending team begins with 2 M-COM stations that need to be defended, while the attacking team is bent on destroying them. Attackers can either successfully plant charges on the M-COM stations or inflict enough heavy damage to put them out of commision.
First-Person and Third-Person Shooters quickly became one of the most appreciated subgenres in the free to play segment, offering the great quality usually seen in some triple-A titles. Better still, some of those triple-A games are gradually becoming free, such as Team Fortress 2 or APB: Reloaded.
Here is a great Top 10 of Free to Play Shooters for 2012.
no way. i tried the beta.
it's a very good game if you consider that it's free.
but not on par with current-gen 50$ shooters.