Star Wars: Battlefront rumors

🍁 Aria 🔮 · February 13, 2015, 11:24:19 AM

Didn't they confirm ages ago that they were keeping the TPS/FPS option in the game?

Verbatim · February 13, 2015, 11:33:55 AM

http://gamerant.com/star-wars-battlefront-dice-third-person-details/

looks like it
well, that's good anyway

but it seems to me as though that won't be the, uh
default setting...

Tackel · February 13, 2015, 01:25:37 PM

Quote from: Tyger on February 13, 2015, 08:42:40 AM

I like how people think they'll actually try to improve upon the Star Wars story line or give 2 fucks about the tv show or whatever. If the game even has a story it'll be a generic 3 hour romp that they couldn't care less if you play.

You never know. It IS Star Wars. Then again, it's also DICE.

Tackel · February 13, 2015, 01:29:48 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on February 13, 2015, 11:33:55 AM

http://gamerant.com/star-wars-battlefront-dice-third-person-details/

looks like it
well, that's good anyway

but it seems to me as though that won't be the, uh
default setting...

Even if it isn't, who cares? I only played in third person on the console version because it took too long to switch to 1st. On the PC I would switch inbetween depending on what I was doing via hotkey. I would assume they would have an instant switch button (select on Xbone and touch pad for PS4?) for POV on consoles now.

Verbatim · February 13, 2015, 01:30:53 PM

Quote from: Tackelberry on February 13, 2015, 01:29:48 PM

Even if it isn't, who cares?

ooh

me me me

i do, i do!

BrenMan 94 · February 13, 2015, 04:01:40 PM

Quote from: BritishLemön on February 13, 2015, 07:47:20 AM

"Preplanned" DLC is cut content.
You shouldn't be okay with that.

Art assets and modeling are usually the first things to get done in game development. After that comes programming scripts, QA testing, etc.

In the late stages of game development the art team is sitting there with nothing to do. So why not work on more maps? Trouble is that by the time these new maps are finished, the game will be a month or so away from going gold, which doesn't leave the programmers and QA team enough time to write scripts for the news maps and iron out bugs. These maps are then sold later on as DLC because they couldn't make the release date.

That's at least how it usually goes. Most of the time it's obvious whether or not DLC is a cash grab, but you can't exactly know that until after the fact.

Girl of Mystery · February 13, 2015, 04:06:55 PM

Quote from: BrenMan 94 on February 13, 2015, 04:01:40 PM

Quote from: BritishLemön on February 13, 2015, 07:47:20 AM
"Preplanned" DLC is cut content.
You shouldn't be okay with that.
Art assets and modeling are usually the first things to get done in game development. After that comes programming scripts, QA testing, etc.

In the late stages of game development the art team is sitting there with nothing to do. So why not work on more maps? Trouble is that by the time these new maps are finished, the game will be a month or so away from going gold, which doesn't leave the programmers and QA team enough time to write scripts for the news maps and iron out bugs. These maps are then sold later on as DLC because they couldn't make the release date.

That's at least how it usually goes. Most of the time it's obvious whether or not DLC is a cash grab, but you can't exactly know that until after the fact.

This is EA we're talking about

Sprungli · February 13, 2015, 06:35:15 PM

Quote from: Kupo on February 12, 2015, 02:30:03 PM

I would be extremely surprised if this were true. It wouldn't leave EA/DICE with much room for a sequel, and that sounds humorously out-of-character for them.

This is different, sequel content would be coming from Disney as much as DICE and EA-all they'd have to do is shape the next one around the next few star wars movies

Sprungli · February 13, 2015, 06:38:02 PM

I don't support EA's dlc strategy all that much, but at least they aren't fucking micro-transactions-I don't have a problem with traditional dlc where you actually get good content, the dlc in BF4 was good value for money in terms of the sheer amount of gameplay you could get out of them.