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PC News by Robert Purchese
EA has announced it will be releasing a free Battlefield Heroes game in the summer.
Developed by series veteran DICE, it will be a cartoon-inspired war game powered by advertising and micro transactions. This is known as "Play 4 Free".
Aimed at the mass market, the game will offer a downloadable client, lots of character customisation and hours of shooting madness.
Its fresh art direction will help it stand out, too, just like Team Fortress 2 did last year. Oh, it looks quite similar. Perhaps it's just a coincidence like the Burnout Paradise cover image.
"There's something here for all types of players - be it our core Battlefield fans or casual gamers," said Ben Cousins, big cheese at DICE.
"With the new online model we will continually add new content to keep the game fresh and keep players engaged, while integrating player feedback in real time. As a game developer, it is such a cool new way to make games."
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I was speaking to EA Oct/Nov last year about them supplying an on-line game for a website I was working with at the time - they had "something up their sleeve", but we could not agree an NDA - guess this is what they where talking about - shame I never got to see a demo.
It was discribed to me at the time as "South Park, with guns..." |
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Developed by series veteran DICE, it will be a cartoon-inspired war game powered by advertising and micro transactions. This is known as "Play 4 Free".
Team Fortress 2 - anyone? EDIT: I just took a look at the games website and there was this photograph of the 'Games for Windows' magazine with the Battlefield: Heroes guy on the front and a small picture of TF2 underneath... come on Dice, you could have done that a bit more subtle.
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the_dudefather
21/01/08 @ 12:11
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looks like they are gluing together other ideas from other games
IN HELL! |
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asphaltcowboy
21/01/08 @ 12:12
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Whoa whoa whoa, let's not forget that TF2 takes quite a big cue from The Incredibles! It's a little to early to judge (given that that mag cover looks like concept art) but admittedly DICE could done something other than the "very strong jaw line and nose bridge" number.
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Clive Dunn
21/01/08 @ 12:27
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Hmm, will be interesting to see how this model actually works. I can't think of anything worse than being able to buy better weapons though, it'll turn off the casual gamer immediately.
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As a long time Battlefield fan, I'm not particualy happy. If I want all out fun and crazyness, TF2 rules the roost. BF for me is about a completely different style of fun, with friends and clans. Not saying BF2 was realistic, but I enjoyed its level of realism, while keeping things fun.
I guess I'll pin all my hopes on Bad Company then. Just aswell CoD4 is such a kickass game, other wise my modern warfare itch couldn't be scratched. |
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krokomkiller
21/01/08 @ 16:00
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You are getting a free game and yet complaining???
And while we are comparing games - only me who found the multiplayer in Cod 4 to be Bf2 without vehicles? (weapon upgrades, sprint etc)
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seasidebaz
21/01/08 @ 21:30
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sounds good to me.
the microtransactions apparently only apply to visual stuff as well and not to any weapons. which is nice :) cos i don't like to pay for stuff i don't need! |
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