Battlefield Heroes

[Flippy the Squirrel]

Oh man, I am going to be drooling over this until it comes out. I'm not sure how the ad-supported model will work, but since it's free, it's worth a try.

Battlefield Heroes

 

[Vipers_Venom]

Yeah, I've been watching this game really closely for awhile now. I can't wait until it's available for download. I've been a huge fan of the Battlefield series up until they released 2142. After playing TF 2 it has made me want to try Battlefield Heroes even more since I've seen how well the "comic" style can be done right. I just hope they do it as well as TF 2 did!! !lol

 

[Lafinass]

Been looking forward to it myself, though has anyone read about how it will be funded? I'm curious how they will turn a profit without any form of payment. Ad-space?

 

[Freeflow]

this game looks bonkers. Lol. have they set a specific release date yet?

 

[The Shape]

Looks cool but the whole WWII thing is getting really old.

 

[Lafinass]

Not a lot of other wars well known enough to provide the landscape for war games.

 

[The Shape]

There's nothing wrong with making stuff up. Look at TF2...

 

[Lafinass]

Right... because TF2 isn't taken directly from propaganda posters from the WW2 era?

 

[The Shape]

Everything has it's influences. It's a lot more original than most stuff out there.

 

[Lafinass]

I'm a big fan of the style of the game, the comedic value of most of it is one of the big reasons I play. My point stands though. WW2 games are so popular because there really isn't another landscape that can be so universally recognized.

I didn't mean to come off as so snarky, but I'm so very tired of games being judged for using WW2 as a backdrop. Someone could very easily, and I'm sure did at some point, say 'Looks cool but the whole WWII thing is getting really old.' in regards to TF2.

 

[Vipers_Venom]

They plan on making a profit by the advertising they will be doing and having you pay to upgrade your charector's clothing, and other customizable areas of the game. So unlike Battlefield 2 where you unlock better weapons by doing well and advancing in rank, you will always have the default weapon unless you pay to get a better one, etc... Works good in theory, but if you're a tight wad like me I'll just play the whole time with default content and you won't make any money on me. LOL Because of that is why they are tying in the advertising element. Supposedly the way of the future and a path many game developers are choosing to go down to try and combat piracy of games and them not making anything. They figure if you get the game for free you will be willing to pay them a small amount here and there for the extras that you will eventually want. It will be interesting to see how well it works out. Role playing games have already been doing this and it has worked out well for them. I guess EA wanted to see if it would work for a FPS as well.

 

[Lafinass]

Ah, so micro-payment. Yeah, that's worked out pretty well for a lot of games.

Hasn't really seen a strong footing in the US yet, but it's a really common setup for a lot of Asian games.

 

[Flippy the Squirrel]

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I didn't mean to come off as so snarky, but I'm so very tired of games being judged for using WW2 as a backdrop. Someone could very easily, and I'm sure did at some point, say 'Looks cool but the whole WWII thing is getting really old.' in regards to TF2.
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I agree with this, Lafinass. I'd like to see some inspiration taken from Civil War propaganda (it was out there), or even from smaller conflicts with which the cold war superpowers weren't directly involved.

Let's borrow style from the crusades! It can still have automatic weapons, but I'd like to see roman columns and minarets! How about some Shogun style fighting? I'd like to see characters with a submachine gun and a katana, or a modern day Samurai-Soldier who carries a katana/wakasashi (sp?) combination in addition to a gigantic rocket launcher.

 

[Zopy]

I have a feeling this is going to be alot like gunz. Except in a WW2 setting. I have no intentions of playing this game.

 

[Blackestsoul]

well first order of business is..... /me steals Laf's bag of good point ..... He always has them coming out of his a.....anyways ya asians perfected the pay to get bonuses...and hopfully battlefield will follow suit...cause free is good...and riding on plane wings is much much much much much much much better...aslong as your pants dont get caught in the missle fin >.> .. ((realize there is none...but meh))