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Polygon: Visceral's Battlefield game has a police theme, is due later this year
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velociraptor
Junior Member
I would KILL for a spiritual successor to SWAT 4.
I would too. Hopefully someone on Kickstarter can help us out, because it aint going to come from EA who wants that 10 million in dudebro sales.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Battlefield: PoliceCops
Elginer
Member
LMFAO good one.
Yeah, Polygon just mentioned it in their Ghost Games UK article. I thought it was noteworthy enough to make a separate thread about it.
Hey, you never know.. like I said, cautiously looking forward to it.
Cause that works do damn well with assassins creed which has a 3 year Dev period and call of duty which now has 3 year Dev period due to 3 teams.
Saturating the market every year with a niche title is not good.
TheWorthyEdge
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Imbarkus
As Sartre noted in his contemplation on Hell in No Exit, the true horror is other members.
Bedameister
Member
So it's going to be super badass cops which have like super high-tech gadgets and kill thousands of "gangster" like it's nothing?
At least it sounds better than making a Battlefield 5 which will be the same as 3 and 4.
At least it sounds better than making a Battlefield 5 which will be the same as 3 and 4.
Reckless Onion
Member
is that still being made? did they find a publisher or something?
Nightengale
Member
Police theme : yay!
But colour me pessimistic on it still being linked to the BF franchise. I don't have high expectations that the game will only rely on the branding, but be distinctively different from the BF franchise that it's basically a SWAT instead of a reskinned BF.
But colour me pessimistic on it still being linked to the BF franchise. I don't have high expectations that the game will only rely on the branding, but be distinctively different from the BF franchise that it's basically a SWAT instead of a reskinned BF.
velociraptor
Junior Member
I honestly don't see how a large scale Battlefield Police experience would work.
I want something similar to SWAT 4 and Rainbow Six. Close quarters combat in addition to heist modes.
TheSinkingKnight
Member
Hmmm, I don't see them changing the gameplay up much, so it's gotta be like cops defending a town from an invasion of some sort. Maybe Miami, Florida cops protecting their town from a Cuban invasion (well, Havana was mentioned in this leak)?
This sounds like a terrible idea. How would playing as the police even work for the large-scale battles Battlefield is known for? My best guess is there will probably be some terrorist attack and then you play as cops "Protectin 'Murica" and from there it will just devolve into your standard military shooter. I can already tell the campaign will be cringe-worthy to say the least.
TheSinkingKnight
Member
Have you played Dead Space 2?
LiLSnorpSnorp
Member
Wow, hope it's not a full fledged title. Battlefield needs to stay in two year cycles
Succinct Verbosity
Member
I get the feeling there may be a split in the franchise. Battlefield 5 and onwards will be the original, large scale game, whereas BF Cops would be a smaller game to pull in the COD casuals.
MyLifeIsALie
Banned
jesus christ the amount of cop hate is ridiculous in this thread. Grow the fuck up already. Yeah cops do fucked up shit every once and awhile. Move the fuck on.
On topic. They could really do osmething great with the single player if done right. Make it realistic, you go into a situation not knowing shit about whats going on. Bank heists, guys stuck in their houses with guns threatening to kill his family. Swat shit. You can put cameras under doors and shit trying to see the bad guys.. There is so much potential for hostage situations.. High speed chases, theres so much stuff for them to do if they do it right.
Really you guys are so negative knowing nothing about the game is just stupid and depressing.
On topic. They could really do osmething great with the single player if done right. Make it realistic, you go into a situation not knowing shit about whats going on. Bank heists, guys stuck in their houses with guns threatening to kill his family. Swat shit. You can put cameras under doors and shit trying to see the bad guys.. There is so much potential for hostage situations.. High speed chases, theres so much stuff for them to do if they do it right.
Really you guys are so negative knowing nothing about the game is just stupid and depressing.
Duxxy3
Member
Multiplayer as in battlefield kind of multiplayer.
I wouldn't mind co-op in a cop game, that would make sense. Co-op in a deadspace setting made zero sense.
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
I suppose that's the right attitude - hopefully in future all games will be annual cash cows and we won't get any original and creative iP in the future as three or four massive franchises suck the market dry...
Imbarkus
As Sartre noted in his contemplation on Hell in No Exit, the true horror is other members.
I posted exactly two pics and I only have one more:
Like it or not with the rising tension over incidences of police brutality AND escalating economic inequity, this just seems like a bad match for a gameplay experience in which you pretty much apply as much deadly force as possible, as quickly as possible.
I don't believe all police are bad or commit abuse of their power. I just believe a game in this area has huge potential to be culturally tone deaf to issues that are a lot closer to home for some Americans (pictured).
Saucycarpdog
Member
This. Not in love with the idea of yearly iterations, but I've been dying for a new swat like game.
SniperHunter
Banned
this series is finished.
You're right. It's time for Dante's Inferno 2
BibiMaghoo
Member
I can see it already.
It will be the exact same game, but with a squad of city cops doing the counter terrorist thing instead of a squad of soldiers.
They will even bring back operation metro with cops.
It will be completely amazingly
as previous BF campaigns.
It will be the exact same game, but with a squad of city cops doing the counter terrorist thing instead of a squad of soldiers.
They will even bring back operation metro with cops.
It will be completely amazingly
the same
Police theme sounds interesting, anyone remember Urban Chaos on PS1/PC?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbwx_k67bJc
I loved that game so much, unfortunately this probably will be a realistic approach to the theme from a first person perspective ...could be good but depends on setting and story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbwx_k67bJc
I loved that game so much, unfortunately this probably will be a realistic approach to the theme from a first person perspective ...could be good but depends on setting and story.
rudieboy77
Member
Watch this game turn into the second coming of CoD 4. A Halo CE, GoldenEye, Titanfall (I have a feeling about Titanfall) game changer if you will, or not.
Oh that's entirely unrealistic. I'm sure that EA executives will understand that they destroyed the Dead Space series themselves by forcing it to be "wide appeal" with more action and microtransactions, and then gave Visceral a mountain to overcome by following up a completely broken game with a spinoff that comes too soon. EA's run by logical and understanding people, right?
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rip in peace visceral
Femmeworth
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Shooting American Minorities: The Game
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
This sucks. And during the franchise's 20th anniversary, too.