DICE 'Should be Slapped' for Battlefield 3 Unlocks

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  • Created by: Shawn Zipay
  • Published: 10-03-2013, 05:10 PM
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  • DICE 'Should be Slapped' for Battlefield 3 Unlocks

    During an event last night, Lars Gustavsson said that DICE has heard the criticisms of the unlocks system found in Battlefield 3 and hopes to rectify that with Battlefield 4.
    “We shipped Battlefield 3, which we should be slapped for, with probably the worst set ups ever,” Gustavsson said.

    “As a pilot, you had to fly your plane and only kill other planes with your cannons. You didn’t have any counter-measures; you didn’t have any missiles. And that’s basically for the best of the best pilots; that’s what they should do to show their skills. [As a beginner], you should have counter-measures, you should have heat-seeking missiles to give you a smooth ride into the game and then from there on you should customise.

    “So that’s what we’ve tried to do; the full set-ups are supposed to be quite easy to learn and to master, and from there you can start unlocking things and seeing what your preferred setup is. So, a lot of learning from Battlefield 3 have gone into making the game.”

    Undoubtedly, the vehicle unlocks were a huge negative as far as the unlocking system went in BF3. If you were even a month or two late to the game, you may as well not even bother with a vehicle because everyone else already had a ton of unlocks at their disposal.

    (via VG247)
    Tags: microsoft, pc, sony, Multi, bf4, battlefield 4, dice, ea, battlefield 3, battlefield 4 unlocks, battlefield 3 unlocks
      • CptainCrunch
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        CptainCrunch commented
        10-04-2013, 02:21 PM
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        What I dont understand is they were told that during the Alpha. They were told that during the beta. They were told that during release. They were told that throughout the game time of BF3 and they never did anything about it.

        They can unlock those things any time they want.
        • Shawn Zipay
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          Shawn Zipay commented
          10-04-2013, 02:37 PM
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          They had to save something for the sequel!
          • CptainCrunch
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            CptainCrunch commented
            10-04-2013, 04:05 PM
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            Originally posted by Shawn Zipay
            They had to save something for the sequel!
            Yeah and thats where I think this article is coming from. "We messed up in BF3, but its fixed in BF4 :wink wink:!"

            They had another article a few weeks back saying how something else wasnt good in BF3.

            Which irritates me because this is the same group that said they "Nailed It!" with BF3.

            Dont get me wrong, I love BF3 and I understand marketing, but really?
            • K-16
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              K-16 commented
              10-04-2013, 06:19 PM
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              That's how EA's marketing works. They probably made a list of issues and complaints, and then separated them into two columns labelled fix in a patch now, or prevent it in a sequel. From there they focused on said patches, DLC packs, and Battlefield: Vietnam. After that, they bring up the list and mention each item that will be prevented in the sequel, as well as bring up their own issues and complaints nobody initially noticed, to make the sequel look that much better in comparison. This is the same strategy used to make EA Sports titles seem drastically different year upon year (although they also use video filters to wreck color correction and make last year's colors in graphics look incredibly drab). I wouldn't be surprised if DICE announces that BF3's art style was hampered with color grading, so they've addressed that in BF4.
              • Anarchy1
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                Anarchy1 commented
                10-05-2013, 10:02 PM
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                DICE should be slapped for BF4 unlocks. The beta has me really disappointed.
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