Battlefield Unlikely To Go Multiplayer Only

[The Random One]

He actually has a point, as Battlefield doesn't have as much of a learning curve as a learning cliffside if you're brand new to the series (and may Bit, God of Videogames, help you if you're new to shooters entirely) but when the 'training' mode is the worst part of the game something must change.

 

[The Critic]

I agree with them, single-player, even if it isn't the focus of the game, should still be retained. That said, though, if you want to allow players to train for online multiplayer in Battlefield, you should bring back the offline Skirmish mode and allow people to play against bots on multiplayer maps.

Also, if there ever is a mode that is composed of purely fights against rats, the boss(es) of the mode shouldn't be a Godrodent, but rather Rodents Of Unusual Size.

 

[Korten12]

It's a strange evolution for BF. It really didn't have any single player before, not till Bad Company 2. Prior to that it had skirmishes and what not, but meh. I would never play BF for the SP, and that is one of the few games I will ever say that for.

Bad Company 1 also had SP.

 

[Xifel]

Are people complaining about getting a single-player campaign...?

 

[Amnestic]

Are people complaining about getting a single-player campaign...?

Perhaps they're complaining about time being wasted on a sub-par single player campaign that could have been better spent adding more maps, vehicles, weapons etc. to the game?

 

[Baresark]

It's a strange evolution for BF. It really didn't have any single player before, not till Bad Company 2. Prior to that it had skirmishes and what not, but meh. I would never play BF for the SP, and that is one of the few games I will ever say that for.

Bad Company 1 also had SP.

Sorry, I never played the fist one. I have only played BF games on the PC. Thanks for the correction.

 

[Tharwen]

Have we already run out of criticisms for the multiplayer? I'm sure I can help by adding a few more.

 

[Bravo 21]

Hey, there was no singleplayer in BF1942 or Vietnam, and that was perfectly ok, IMO, fairly simple, just shoot the other guys, defend your points, capture theirs.

 

[Xifel]

Are people complaining about getting a single-player campaign...?

Perhaps they're complaining about time being wasted on a sub-par single player campaign that could have been better spent adding more maps, vehicles, weapons etc. to the game?

Maybe, haven't really tried out the singleplayser campaign. Although I wouldn't complain about the amount of content in the game, it really is alot more than I expected.

 

[octafish]

I get that Battlefield is more orientated toward multiplayer as a game, but I don't think any game should be multiplayer only.

No it would be better, think TF2, the original Battlefields, Enemy Territory these are great multiplayer only games. You are giving people a tight multiplayer only experience with no resources being wasted on single player concerns. Then more single player games might go for more than a couple of hours.

 

[deckai]

The rat-battle reminded me kinda of:

I think singleplayer is important, even for multiplayer games, especially when it comes to FPS's. It needs time to getting used to how weapons behave, what delay we have for bringing up the ironsight, sprinting and so on. And with the singleplayer you can at least cover that.

Also, with a singleplayer mode you can sell the game 10 years from now, when nobody plays mp or because the server aren't online anymore. With a game designed only for multiplayer, it's much harder to justify the sale.

 

[The Critic]

Hey, there was no singleplayer in BF1942 or Vietnam, and that was perfectly ok, IMO, fairly simple, just shoot the other guys, defend your points, capture theirs.

There technically was. It was, though, just a "Skirmish" mode that allowed you to play what amounted to an offline multiplayer match against bots just about any map in the game (there were some exceptions to this rule, of course; some maps that were added in by patches or were seemingly too complex were left without AI Bot support).

 

[Shamanic Rhythm]

Personally I think they should replace the single player campaign with a series of knife battles against rodents of increasing size, until eventually you have to fight Ratatoskr [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratatoskr] the Godrodent - who is technically a squirrel, but he can pass for a rat in the evenings - atop the great tree Yggdrasil. In case you can't tell, I really liked the part with the rat. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gpPM4Pj_bo]

Kind of reminds me of this:


Also there's the fact that a game about a global superpower using modern weaponry to decimate a bunch of rats would allow the franchise to potentially be categorised as 'satire'.

 

[NLS]

I think our only gripe here is that there isn't training for the helicopters and jets, I was fine with jets the first time but the helicopter is still an ungainly beast.

Yeah, I've bought and played BF1942, BF, BF2142, BFBC2 and now waiting for BF3 to arrive in the mail. Yet my total playtime in helicopter is probably less than a minute, due to me crashing it every time after 5 seconds. Trying to learn how to maneuver a helicopter when it's full of online team-mates that are highly dependent on getting to the front-line, and not dying in a big explosion is one hell of a test that perhaps could have been taken offline before you screw someone elses day. I also can't remember if I ever flew a jet or not in BF2, since trying to get into one would most likely get me teamkilled by a line of others desperately in need of the jet.

 

[DSK-]

I remember not bothering with the first mission on BC2 because it was to me, too boring. So I just skipped to MP.

At least they are bothering to create a singleplayer experience, unlike the lack of which BF1942 and BF2 had.

 

[Awexsome]

If they decide to stick with including the single player side, and they should since otherwise your first experience would be jumping into the sea of assholes berating your every mistake with insults as you learn, then they should at least try to put out one better than the competitor EA is so obsessed with.

BC1's was great. Fun parody on the modern war theme that you don't see very much of. They'll have a much harder time when playing it straight as it's being done to death at this point in time.

 

[Dango]

you fight a rat. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gpPM4Pj_bo]

Solid Snake was right, war has changed.

 

[wooty]

Been playing it for 6 hours now and not even gone near the campaign. Though I might sneak a peak next week, the rat fight sounds intriguing.