While they aren't working on new patches for Battlefield 2, the crew at DICE is working hard on the behind-the-scenes issues with Battlefield: Heroes. Heroes, as you may know, is the cartoony Battlefield inspired title that will be free-to-play when it's officially released.
The crew at Gamasutra had a chance to talk to producer, Aleksander Grondal, on what gamers can expect from Battlefield: Heroes.
The crew at Gamasutra had a chance to talk to producer, Aleksander Grondal, on what gamers can expect from Battlefield: Heroes.
And furthering the MMO comparison, you have character abilities too?There's more over at Gamasutra. Grondal discusses how they aren't forcing game types on to the player, why they have taken such a drasticly different approach to the gameplay and graphics, and how the beta players respond to the game.
AG: Yeah. You trigger them, and they have a refresh timer, and it's very MMO-y, in a sense. I think it can appeal to an MMO crowd. They need to get around the mindset that this isn't one persistent world that they're in, but I think they can get into that.
It will be interesting to see if we see those types of demographics also playing our game. We built a game where you can be a bit social in the game, if you will, with the emotes — being sort of silly about it, instead of just going and shooting.