Battlefield Unlikely To Go Multiplayer Only

[zehydra]

I really could care less for fps single players, especially with this style of game.

Actually that's an important point. I cannot stand single player fps's with regenerating health. Regen health works much better in multiplayer.

 

[duchaked]

personally I love single player campaigns...but I love story campaigns more if it wasn't just single player necessarily. love seeing at least a two player co-op thrown in (and done well of course, through and through)

glad to hear they ain't just throwing in the towel, but would like to see them try just a tad bit harder next time with the campaign

 

[Torrasque]

Really, they should get rid of their shit single player that is basically a tutorial, and just make a bloody tutorial. They save money and time, and can focus on making a tutorial that is a tutorial, instead of a campaign that pretends to be a campaign, but is just a tutorial.
Its either that, or they make a real single player. But apparently that is way too much to ask of the Battlefield devs.
Oh well, I'll go back to playing the fun MW campaign now.

 

[Brian Hendershot]

A. That Rat was hungry and B. I loved how he disposed of the body...


Also *SPOILERS*

Did Blackburn die? Did the nuke go off?

 

[natster43]

Good for them. I bought Battlefield 3 for the Multiplayer, but I have so far spent more time on the Story mode because I really like it. My only suggestion is make it less glitchy.

 

[BoredDragon]

To be quite honest, if BF3 didn't have a singleplayer I wouldn't even bother renting it. The combined experience from both Bad Company games and the multiplayer beta for this game have shown me that the multiplayer of Battlefield and me don't get along... at all. I'm actually tired of the whole realistic shooter thing.

I can't wait for Saints Row, Skyrim, and Serious Sam 3

edit:

Also, the only two games that I can remember that don't have a single player is Team Fortress 2 and Shadowrun.

 

[BoredDragon]

I'm a little worried about developers viewing SP as "training for multiplayer" instead of what it used to be... The game. Multiplayer was a little distraction you played for a day or 2 when you had nothing else to do, I'm a little worried about where this is going...

That is a really good point, this has happened in a lot of games in recent years. Although it's not just that they are viewing sinlgeplayer as "just training", it's also bothers me that a lot of developers are starting to focus only on making the multiplayer good and leaving the singleplayer in the dust.

You could look at Gears of War 3 for something like this, but I think a better example that has stuck with me is Halo: Reach. The point of having both a singleplayer and multiplayer is having two different experiences in a game so that if someone doesn't like one part they can go to the other part and hopefully getting more enjoyment. With Reach, I wasn't a fan of the multiplayer so I focused more on the singleplayer which, to me, sucked. So, to me, the entire game sucked. If they had spent more time on improving the sinlgeplayer, people like me would have had a better opinion of the game.

I hope this trend starts to fade away from the shooter genre

 

[INF1NIT3 D00M]

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

What.

Team Fortress 2.
Counter Strike.
World of Warcraft.
I think I've said everything I need to say here.

 

[Airsoftslayer93]

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.

Before Bad company 2 they stated that the reason they didnt ant to have a helicopter mission was so that being a pilot was a specialised role, you had to put the time into becoming one, I'm sure they will have the same philosophy here.

 

[zehydra]

Regen health works much better in multiplayer.

Regen Health doesn't work anywhere.There are alot of good shooters,that aren't aimed at 12 year old kids with attention deficit disorder.Also it removes all realism and suspence in the game.

it's not THAT bad. When it comes down to it, I like how Battlefield does it compared to other type of regen health.

Though ultimately, I'd prefer no health-packs + no regen health + medic class.

 

[GameMaNiAC]

I kinda expected that the singleplayer campaign shall be uninteresting for BF3.

While on the other hand, Modern Warfare's campaigns always blow me away on my first playthrough.

Singleplayer is pretty important to me, and seeing how BF3 doesn't really deliver, I'm not so sure I'll be getting it now. Maybe sometime in 2012, when I get bored. We shall see.

 

[Airsoftslayer93]

Before Bad company 2 they stated that the reason they didnt ant to have a helicopter mission was so that being a pilot was a specialised role, you had to put the time into becoming one, I'm sure they will have the same philosophy here.

They actually said that? Thats horrible reasoning, what a bunch of knobs! I could make a shooter where the only difficulty option is called 'bleeding bumhole' and is the hardest thing that's ever been made, and turn around and say some tosh like: This game is for the elite. You have to put the effort into getting good at THIS game. But then I'd have made the equivalent of Dark Souls but for a shooter and people would probably be lining up to give me money ¬_¬

But if you look it has been their philosophy throughout their games, limit roles by difficulty meaning you only get the best doing those roles. Battlefield 2 was the same with everything, plus the commander role which was very difficult to do perfectly. It's something that has carried on into the modding community, Both Forgotten Hope 2 and Project reality focus on intense multiplayer where everyone has a role, not only within the infantry, but within the team as a whole, something which has far less emphasis in the latest games so that theyre more accesable.

 

[Smooth Operator]

And a lot of fans just enjoy having that single player experience. So I think you have to have both.

Yet, most every post I've seen on these forums have been either people calling the single player terrible or laughing saying that no one buys Battlefield for the single player. I'd like to see his source for a 'lot of fans'.

Well he is right a lot of people do enjoy a SP experience, just not this fat lumbering quick time event horse shit they delivered in BF3.

 

[Srkkl]

I don't get what was wrong with the singleplayer. The gameplay was rather samey but I liked the story (thought it was rushed but what fps story isn't nowadays) with a lot of memorable moments.

Spoiler

seriously, dodging a fucking rocket and then pulling a guy out of a helicopter after shotgunning through a cliff villa?

Those are some pretty awesome moments but no game that costs 60 bucks should be multiplayer only.

 

[Airsoftslayer93]

But if you look it has been their philosophy throughout their games, limit roles by difficulty meaning you only get the best doing those roles. Battlefield 2 was the same with everything, plus the commander role which was very difficult to do perfectly. It's something that has carried on into the modding community, Both Forgotten Hope 2 and Project reality focus on intense multiplayer where everyone has a role, not only within the infantry, but within the team as a whole, something which has far less emphasis in the latest games so that theyre more accesable.

I respect your view, but I must say, the above view puts you across as somewhat of an elitist. i.e, a lot of Battlefield fans. That view is as valid as any, but I don't think we're ever gonna see eye to eye on this one...

Have a good day =]

Ohh sorry, didn't realise that we were argueing
I am a battlefield fan, but i wouldnt call myself elitist, I'm terrible at flying jets or planes, Im an ok helicopter pilot but never get to fly because there are always people better, I can tank, but again don't get to often. I like a bit of a shoot up, i enjoy games where people are on equal footing (halo is a personal favorite). But i do like to be able to play as part of a cohesive team, everyone playing their part is just another style of game, I'm not elitist because i often just fill in an infantry role, Im ok at everthing but unfortunatly i don't exceed in any one ascpect, something that battlefield kind of demands... odd. Well i must say talking through this has been very enlightening, thankyou very much

Good day sir

 

[Vampire cat]

What this game NEEDS is an oportunity to pracice flying helicopters and airplanes for example, or drive other things...

Feel like an idiot trying to learn in-game and wasting our assets...