Multiplat Battlefield Hardline

[Red Black and Blue]

http://au.ign.com/articles/2014/05/27/battlefield-hardline-confirmed-for-fall-2014

"The game launches this fall and it’s a brand new series in the Battlefield franchise, set against the backdrop of a genre we all love – the war on crime and the battle between cops and criminals."

Ballsy move, I like it. Gotta keep things fresh.

 

[The Big Sauce]

So the Battlefield Police game from Visceral Games rumour was true.

 

[Gold Member]

I have to assume this is a first person shooter with a strong multiplayer focus considering it's under the Battlefield banner.

Initially I'm sceptical as to how a police/criminal shooter can work in MP.
As we all know criminals work and interact in, with and around law abiding civilians day to day in society. Police have strong protocols when dealing with criminals, and even stronger protocols when using firearms with regards to civilian safety. I just can't dream of a situation where the police and the criminals can face off in a shooter scenario without it being so contrived that it crosses the line into some unbelievable fantasy.

Have to wait and see.

 

[Gold Member]

not exactly exciting IMO

 

[Bender_]

I have to assume this is a first person shooter with a strong multiplayer focus considering it's under the Battlefield banner.

Initially I'm sceptical as to how a police/criminal shooter can work in MP.
As we all know criminals work and interact in, with and around law abiding civilians day to day in society. Police have strong protocols when dealing with criminals, and even stronger protocols when using firearms with regards to civilian safety. I just can't dream of a situation where the police and the criminals can face off in a shooter scenario without it being so contrived that it crosses the line into some unbelievable fantasy.

Have to wait and see.

A heist/hostage situation?

 

[aussiedude]

after the clusterf**k that was BF4 on the Ps4, and this being cross gen. I wont be getting this the first month or so if i get it.

Cross gen games need to die.

 

[HBK619]

I have to assume this is a first person shooter with a strong multiplayer focus considering it's under the Battlefield banner.

Initially I'm sceptical as to how a police/criminal shooter can work in MP.
As we all know criminals work and interact in, with and around law abiding civilians day to day in society. Police have strong protocols when dealing with criminals, and even stronger protocols when using firearms with regards to civilian safety. I just can't dream of a situation where the police and the criminals can face off in a shooter scenario without it being so contrived that it crosses the line into some unbelievable fantasy.

Have to wait and see.

At least it's something different, at the end of the day, it's a game and the amount of people that care about believable fantasy and 'story' in MP is next to zero anyway. If one side was marshmallows and the other, hot chocolate, people would still play it. Cops and Robbers is hardly some insane branch to go down.

I'd like to see this have a very strong SP narrative and focus though, Visceral can do that, adding in eerie and atmospheric levels would be great too.

Very interesting to see Visceral effectively owning the FPS landscape this year (should this be an FPS, could very well be TPS considering their pedigree) - with former Visceral guys doing COD:AW and Visceral doing BF.

Could see myself purchasing this depending on the strength of the SP.

 

[Grechy]

At least it's something different, at the end of the day, it's a game and the amount of people that care about believable fantasy and 'story' in MP is next to zero anyway. If one side was marshmallows and the other, hot chocolate, people would still play it. Cops and Robbers is hardly some insane branch to go down.

I'd like to see this have a very strong SP narrative and focus though, Visceral can do that, adding in eerie and atmospheric levels would be great too.

Very interesting to see Visceral effectively owning the FPS landscape this year (should this be an FPS, could very well be TPS considering their pedigree) - with former Visceral guys doing COD:AW and Visceral doing BF.

Could see myself purchasing this depending on the strength of the SP.

Battlefield has a SP mode?

 

[Eastern Rangers]

It's an interesting concept at least.

There have been a few comments criticizing EA for going all COD with more annualized releases. But the game has the potential to be totally different than the mainstream derivative of Battlefield. Which already existed from Bad Company to the main Battlefield games, as the game play and scale are very different.

 

[pantskyle]

So no Bad Company 3?

 

[Premiers04]

Has my interest only because it doesn't have DICEs buggy, glitch ridden fingers all over it. Payday & Counter Strike come to mind with the cops vs robbers theme.

 

[pantskyle]

I'm not against this at all, could be fun. But is this the major BF release or not?

 

[HBK619]

Battlefield has a SP mode?

Hopefully it becomes the main focus, with Visceral at the helm I am confident of a great SP campaign.

I'm not against this at all, could be fun. But is this the major BF release or not?

Yes, this is the 2014 Battlefield release.

 

[pantskyle]

Hopefully it becomes the main focus, with Visceral at the helm I am confident of a great SP campaign.
Yes, this is the 2014 Battlefield release.

Hmmm very interesting.

 

[sacka]

 

[pantskyle]

"Hunting down campers has never been this fun". Oh yeah baby.

I'm very interested in this.

 

[grrofunger]

interesting

 

[pantskyle]

Not sure how online will work, will be nothing like Bf we know.

Keeps Bf3 relevant until the next in that series and brings something fresh.

 

[Premiers04]

I'm in day 1. Single player actually looks alright, having a good dev team handling it helps.

 

[Knighta21]

Whats the deal with "Omaha"?

 

[Premiers04]

Whats the deal with "Omaha"?

Code name i think, do not distribute watermark would suggest its an internal trailer.

 

[Schache It Off]

Doesn't look bad, hope it doesn't mean annualized Battlefield games though.

 

[GoldenHodge]

Looks like that trailer features the guy who played Roy Earle in La Noire. Anyway depending when I get a PS4, might get this title so I at least have a shooter I can play.

 

[HBK619]

Looks like VERY early footage, kind of looks more like a pitch trailer than actual genuine gameplay.

Could be very interesting though, has elements of Payday to it.

Definitely changes up the Battlefield ethos entirely, which may backfire to those that are entrenched with how the series is now. But definitely has me interested!

 

[JordanWCE]

Very interesting indeed, definitely wouldn't have a care in the world if it was just another stock standard Battlefield game, especially after the last two efforts.

But this new direction has me eagerly wanting to see more.