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[–] donuts@lemmy.world 32 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

That's cute, but if you don't do shit with the feedback, then it doesn't really matter how big the playtest is, eh?

Sources say that playtests with external players are happening much more frequently than in past installments, and the amount of data and feedback collected is the most the franchise has seen in its history. From small feedback sessions to large-scale player tests, Battlefield is now taking the much-needed “player first” approach.

Alright, let's wait for more info other than "sources say", then.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

This is games journalism, so expect the "sources" to be EA press releases and a conference call with Marketing.

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

As an ex-journo, ouch.

But yeah, investigative journalism is dead. A press release is a valid source but it is the journalists duty to sift through the BS and corpospeak and convey what it actually means.

There's too many sites that just paste a press release on a blog page and call it an article, but let me stop there before I digress even more!

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 10 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I like new Battlefield launches because 2 weeks later people get bored and boot up Battlebit instead.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

That looks pretty fun. Any word on Linux support for it?

[–] yuri@pawb.social 3 points 16 hours ago

it plays really well with proton, i have 168 hours all on linux. it’s THE GAME that fully convinced me visuals don’t matter at all if the gameplay is tight.

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Good question, it looks like they are working on a sequel/remaster that is Steamdeck compatible.

[–] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 4 points 17 hours ago

And then they'll kill it off like Apex.

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

I feel like there's research paper potential here...

"gauging Battlefield's launch success from observing Battlebit popularity - CluckN et al"

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

$10 says launch is still a shit show you can’t play test for hundreds of thousands of players without hundreds of thousands of players

[–] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 10 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I would be very interested in a BF3 remaster (and the earlier games too) but anything else is justs no thanks I'm good.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 8 points 19 hours ago

I loved Battlefield 2142. Walkers as well as tanks and a floating battleship to assault was a lot of fun. The launch pods were great too.

[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 1 points 14 hours ago

On launch 2042 was complete crap but I had some fun with it two years ago. I particularly liked being able to swap out my weapon attachments on the fly.

[–] MrSoup@lemmy.zip 1 points 15 hours ago

Obviously they will stick with things that make money making it a call of duty look-alike, the same way they have done with 2042.

I've played 2042 just because Ps Plus gave it for free and I used mostly portals.

BfV was good with updates, but because of EA they never finished the game and we never saw Russia in a WWII game.