“Everyone wants unique. But when they get it, they don’t like it, because it’s different,” the executive producer opined in a huge interview with Gamasutra.
“I’m a consumer, so I know what I want. I want the same, but different. It’s the classic ‘same, same but different’ mentality. It needs to be similar to what I had, but it needs to be unique at the same time. And the question is only, ‘what is the same?’ and ‘what is unique?’ How daring do you need to go?”
Bach said there’s little point doing market research, because players invariably respond with “I want it like it was, but better.”
Halo veteran Marcus Lehto's studio, Ridgeline, will now be joined by DICE on the project.
Battlefield Producer Jaqub Ajmal, who has worked on fan-fave entries such as BF3, BF4 and their DLCs, has announced he's departing DICE.
That's a bad sign but not unexpected given how EA managed the franchise post BF4.
Hopefully he will start his own company and be able to bring a new spin on the shooter genre.
DICE has heard the complaints about Battlefield V's realism (or lack thereof) and it seems the studio is making some changes.
Too bad they won't be changing the weapon attachments that don't do anything other than change appearance... wtf.
It's WWII man. There aren't a lot of weapon attachments and rail systems at this time in history. I was just happy to be able to get a reflex sight on my guns given the general availability of the era.
Guess when they realized some people took their, "if you don't like it, don't buy it" comment to heart, that they actually needed to appeal to the people who would buy the game, instead of the people who make a fuss about things they actually have no interest in spending money on.
It'd be nice if other publishers would take note on this, because it's what people have been preaching to them since gamergate got derailed by Sarkeesian and her supporters. Maybe in the future, they can actually gain some good will from gamers by saying the, "if you don't like it, don't buy it", to those who had no intention or interest in buying it in the first place, and if a developer wants to do something different for artistic reasons, do it in a place where your target audience isn't an established group of what is essentially a core part of the general gaming market, along with droves of typical casual gamers who don't get involved with the politics either way.
Great comment man, I cant agree enough. You should tweet Dice.
I feell though that the damage has already been done and that this will be the least successful BF game in years.
But isn't this exactly what all the haters wanted? Honestly, I'm disappointed they are caving. I hope they don't end up sucking the personality out of the game.
Looks like the pre-orders (money) is making them suddenly see the light.
If only I cared.
Yeah, once I saw the news about pre-orders being weak, I knew something would have to give.
Me too.
Also, I always have a little sigh of relief when I see people using that term correctly. I know it's an American thing to say "I could care less", but what does that even mean!?
I'm no grammar nazi but I'm the same way, just really bugs me to see it used incorrectly idk why.
Great they to hear they at least are waking up now, people want the classic Battlefield and not some fortnite costumization nightmare
This is why i think videogame developers shouldn't listen to fans because you can never make them happy. I actually applaud COD for staying with the same mechanics and adding new things. That what fans want and like.
@Mika
Ok get what you saying, but they defo need new engine.
Kind of like how Zipper wanted to change Socom, how did that work out for you Zipper? I see no problem sticking with a gameplay style that the fans know and love, and the gamers also agree, which is why you see games like Socom change and then plummet in popularity.
I dont think anyone wants their games to be different other than maps, features, new weapons, minor tweaks etc.. but these developers think we want a new engine, health , weapon damage, remove features and replace with other crap. Look at the Socom disaster, Gears 2 disaster, Resistance2 disaster, Killzone3 disaster. "resistance 3 bringing back weapon wheel" "gears 3 more like the original!" yea like they should have been in the first place. People want COD like MW1 or whatever, go figure. they complain about being the same game yet they say the original was better.
God forbid you change hairstyles in a game lol fans will go nuts its not the hair i remember, i call boycott.