Real? Or early April Fools?

[The Seeker]

 

Looks pretty legit, though without being able to track down a single confirmed announcement from EA, I have my doubts. Either way, it's a nice lookin vid and worth hoping for.

[IG-64]

I saw this yesterday. It'd be a pretty elaborite April Fools, especially it not being April Fools yet. The gameplay looks pretty legit.

 

I'm gonna assume it's real and say that it looks pretty awesome and that I can't wait.

[Darth Groovy]

Oh come on dude, you used YouTube as your source?! Anybody could have made that an uploaded it. Literally.

 

Even so, looks legit enough, but isn't this kind of a been there, done that, sort of concept, or is it just me?

[manoman81]

I agree. Although, if this does turn out to be real, I'd pick it up.

[Samuel Dravis]

Alleged? Nah. It looks ok.

 

If someone can read this DICE says something about it too.

 

Here's another video clip.

[Dagobahn Eagle]

I already heard about this.

 

To the Hot Place with E.A.! Why can't they for once finish an existing project before moving on to the next one?! Finish the patching of BF 2, add some more stuff to it, and then move on to another game.

 

And sure, of course the Earth will be half-covered by ice in a hundred years. One needs only look at the rising temperature, melting poles, and greenhouse effect to realize that:rolleyes:.

 

Gawd... Just... Gawd...

[BongoBob]

Well in the near future they fix that problem, but it works too well, thus the problem with ice

 

Tell us how you really feel about EA

[IG-64]

I already heard about this.

 

To the Hot Place with E.A.! Why can't they for once finish an existing project before moving on to the next one?! Finish the patching of BF 2, add some more stuff to it, and then move on to another game.

 

And sure, of course the Earth will be half-covered by ice in a hundred years. One needs only look at the rising temperature, melting poles, and greenhouse effect to realize that:rolleyes:.

 

Gawd... Just... Gawd...

 

Could that be why "no one expected the ice"?

 

Besides, couldn't global warming actually make things colder? It's possible it could shut down thermohaline circulation and make (at least some) places colder.

 

And besides, it's fiction so who gives a crap and a half anyways.

 

And if you read the article SD just posted you'll see that BF2142 is being developed "in DICE Stockholm while the DICE Canada studio will be hard at work on a 1.3 update for Battlefield 2"

 

So uh, Gawd yourself.

[Sabretooth]

Tell us how you really feel about EA

 

Oh believe me, if they start a thread on that, it'll be locked up way before Earth gets covered with ice.

[The Seeker]

Oh come on dude, you used YouTube as your source?! Anybody could have made that an uploaded it. Literally.

 

Yes, I realize that. Which is why I said "Looks pretty legit, though without being able to track down a single confirmed announcement from EA, I have my doubts."

 

Plus, I just ripped the link from here where I first spotted it http://cad-comic.com/news.php?i=1053

 

But thanks to good ol Samuel Dravis, we do have a confirmed announcement from EA. Still up for grabs of whether the vid is real or not though, since a quick glance at EAgames.com didn't reveal it.

[IG-64]

Still up for grabs of whether the vid is real or not though, since a quick glance at EAgames.com didn't reveal it.

 

Unless someone with inside information has the ability to create a professional-quality trailer and release it a day before the official announcement, it's probably real.

[RoxStar]

So this is what happens after EA takes over your development studio....

 

A completely new game announced 9 months, 1 expansion pack, and a booster pack the previous game's release. I weep for the future of DICE and Battlefield series ;_;

 

and Battlefield 3142 would've been much cooler in my opinion.

[MrWally]

and Battlefield 3142 would've been much cooler in my opinion.

 

Assuming we make it to 3142 =P

 

This was the cover story for this month's PC gamer. Definately legit, and while it looks pretty cool, I am really getting sick of EA dishing out games faster than you can say "splinter cell."

[lukeiamyourdad]

Hey, for once that they're innovating, all must bash EA. They want to dish out games? Let them. Who cares as long as they're good (not always the case with EA)? If they can make a quality BF2142 for this fall while still support BF2 then all is fine. It seems every situation is good for bashing for some people...

 

Besides, it's DICE Stockholm, makers of the two good BF games. I don't think these guys will screw it up.

[IG-64]

and Battlefield 3142 would've been much cooler in my opinion.

 

I think Battlefield 2942 would make more sense. >_>

 

You know.. thousand year diffrence and stuff...

[acdcfanbill]

I think if i was at FASA i'd have a heart attack :s pretty similar looking mechs if u ask me.

[RoxStar]

I think Battlefield 2942 would make more sense. >_>

 

OR 3942, because then the three can signify the third entry into the franchise. Plus, with 3942 we could have space combat ^_^

 

Anywho, I think that Enemy Territory: Quake Wars could be a worthy challenger to this, considering how they're both futuristic, and will both feature sweet vehicles and huge battles.

[toms]

or 40k42

 

The voiceover guy sounds like some teenager in his bedroom with a bad echo effect.. so i'm kinda surprised it turned out real.

[Dagobahn Eagle]

[qquote]And besides, it's fiction so who gives a crap and a half anyways.

I hate that attitude. Yes, it's fiction, but it still needs to make sense.

 

Hey, for once that they're innovating, all must bash EA. They want to dish out games? Let them. Who cares as long as they're good (not always the case with EA)? If they can make a quality BF2142 for this fall while still support BF2 then all is fine. It seems every situation is good for bashing for some people...

The problem is that not all of these games they dish out are good.

 

And there's the problem with the modding community, too. Just as they were getting settled in with BF2, a new game gets released.

[Alegis]

Looks like a BF2 mod. Nothing more ... yet. Not impressed

[lukeiamyourdad]

I hate that attitude. Yes, it's fiction, but it still needs to make sense.

 

Yeah, but I don't think anyone besides crazy environmentalist would go out and say:"OMG! That doesn't make sense! We'll all be dead by then!"

 

 

The problem is that not all of these games they dish out are good.

 

Of course not, but for once that they do it right, nobody gives them a bit of credit, just because it's EA. I'm not an EA fan, I just hate bashing for the sake of it.

 

And there's the problem with the modding community, too. Just as they were getting settled in with BF2, a new game gets released.

 

Technically, modding is illegal, but companies don't care about it. They also don't have to care about modders. Their impact is marginal at best.

 

So yeah, they do what they bloody want and you can't do nothing about it. They own the license, they own everything, they do whatever they want. Don't like it? Don't buy it. Boycott their products, do whatever will make you feel better. Except that nothing will be changed.

[Samuel Dravis]

Technically, modding is illegal, but companies don't care about it. They also don't have to care about modders. Their impact is marginal at best.

The modder's impact is marginal? Lol, I direct you to Halflife's Counterstrike. The ONLY reason many people care about HL today is because of modders. Game developers many times purposefully go out of their way to make things easy to mod, and with good reason - it's what keeps them off the shelf and playable - and generating more income - for years longer than a static game ever could. I seriously doubt that they 'don't care' about modders.

[lukeiamyourdad]

Most don't. Of course, we could take some examples of heavily modded games and say that's how everything is but I don't think so. If the effect of modding is so great, we'd see PC gaming would dominate.

 

I don't deny how some mods managed to stand out and how some companies do make their games as mod friendly as possible but is that the majority? Do they even hit as many people as that? Does the common gamer go out and look for mods?

I seriously doubt the popularity of most mods outside of specific game circles.

 

it's what keeps them off the shelf and playable - and generating more income

 

How exactly? Mods don't give the companies money, at least not directly. It's a very hard statistic to get. Will people go out and buy a game specifically because of the mods? Does the general public even know that it has a lot of mods?

[Samuel Dravis]

Most don't. Of course, we could take some examples of heavily modded games and say that's how everything is but I don't think so. If the effect of modding is so great, we'd see PC gaming would dominate.

I didn't say it was so great as to offset the ~$1200 dollar expense of getting a gaming computer for everyone. However, it is great enough that there is benefit to the developer to make it moddable. Also, there's always the hope that your game might make it big like HL did.

 

I don't deny how some mods managed to stand out and how some companies do make their games as mod friendly as possible but is that the majority? Do they even hit as many people as that? Does the common gamer go out and look for mods?

I don't know any PC gamer that doesn't. If they didn't at one time, I corrected their mistake and they like them now, very much so.

 

I seriously doubt the popularity of most mods outside of specific game circles.

Imagine that. Some people like some mods, some like others. They're meant to be specific to an interest group; it's not like most mods are TCs.

 

How exactly? Mods don't give the companies money, at least not directly. It's a very hard statistic to get. Will people go out and buy a game specifically because of the mods? Does the general public even know that it has a lot of mods?

I personally buy games because of mods. I heard that Homeworld had an awesome SW mod, so I bought that. When HW2 came out I bought that as well, largely because of my experience with the mods available and personally modding the original (which was as fun as the game itself, I might add). You keep your customers happy you will have return business. Relic kept me quite happy, and they did get my business again.

[MTV2]

I already heard about this.

 

To the Hot Place with E.A.! Why can't they for once finish an existing project before moving on to the next one?! Finish the patching of BF 2, add some more stuff to it, and then move on to another game.

 

And sure, of course the Earth will be half-covered by ice in a hundred years. One needs only look at the rising temperature, melting poles, and greenhouse effect to realize that:rolleyes:.

 

Gawd... Just... Gawd...

ever see the movie, Day After Tommorrow? and theres more than just 1 team that works for all of EA. one team works on the patches for others, another team works on new games, etc, etc.