Continuing from my last post about battlefields history http://sliceofkris.blogspot.com/2011/10/beta-battlefield-101.html in case you have not read it yet last time i talked about the battlefield series's humble beginning and it grand gameplay this week i will be talking about the rise and the fall of the series.
Following the natural progression they decide to make a futuristic shooter battlefield 2142 which never took off as well as battlefield 2, not to say it was a bad game to the contrary it was a great game just was not what we really wanted in our battlefield experience at the time. Luckily they turned the series around with the somewhat CoD inspired game Battlefield Bad Company which boasted unique destruction system as well as battlefield's first single player game. This is a CoD inspired game as they removed a lot of the vehicles from the game making it more infantry fighting on a modern battlefield does sound like Call of Duty modern warfare a little bit. As you guessed this did not beat CoD in sales or storyline but was an interesting step for DICE and was a needed step as it inspired them continue down the road with some more bankroll behind them I should say this game did sell better than battlefield 2142. I regretful to say i honestly feel bad that I have to tell you this but in 2009 to continue with they whole LET BE COD bandwagon they brought out two horrible games (yes I am bais against CoD)battlefield 1943 a spirtal successor to 1942 and battlefield heroes to capture the F2P market I have not play either of these game as they both did not seem well polished so I cannot truly say they are bad but they did not sell enough copys.
Drawing up too 2010 game Battlefield Bad Company 2 which did bring back large battlefields and air combat only helicopters but some air is better than none at all unlike battlefield 2 these helicopters are very easy to fly so that the consoles could fly them as well. For the first time since battlefield 2142 an expansion for the series was released which allowed they player to play some Vietnam maps with all new weapons vehicles and boats. I personally loved the expansion much more than the original game because of the new colour tint just made everything POP! most of all I enjoyed the guns with the downgrade from the fancy ones in the original game was a nice step back and brought the experience to great level. Needless to say DICE is finally back in their comfit zone and the fans agree are wanting more lets hope they do not pull any punches with Battlefield 3 due to release 2011 October 27th the beta is free for all right now just create an origin account download the beta and enjoy.
Soon I will start talking about my Beta experiences but until then enjoy this history of DICE and how kris threw slices of Kris at it.
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