I was looking forward to this month. Looking forward to how much of a hardware pusher Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots was. I even participated in NeoGAF’s June NPD prediction thread.
These were my predictions for June 2008:
[360] 210K
[NDS] 490K
[PS2] 135K
[PS3] 320K
[PSP] 200K
[WII] 660K
Let’s see how I did:
Battlefield: Bad Company, the console exclusive spin-off of the Battlefield series, is a game I had no interest in. The modern warfare genre was blindsided by Call of Duty 4 and for good reason; the game plays phenomenally. Fortunately for DICE and EA, Call of Duty 4 doesn’t tread over the entire modern warfare territory; they’ve left the large landscapes and vehicular based combat arena wide open. I asked our dear friend, Robocrotch, to try out the game on the Xbox 360 while I awaited the PSN release. Since this week’s Playstation Store update was late, I got my hands on it last night and gave it a whirl. Is it as bad as Robocrotch so bluntly stated? I found half of it to be terrible and the other half? Competent.
Welcome to the first RSRSG (Robocrotch’s Shitty Reviews of Shitty Games).
So I pretty much hate writing, but I like you, so I’m going to warn you about this shitty demo. I put as much effort in these reviews as the developers put in the games I’m reviewing.
I played the demo for about 20 minutes and I have no idea how I lasted so long.
The only good thing was the destructable terrain/environment.
So the Penguins lost, this game came out, worst day of my life.
Final word
Play COD4 instead
Speak of the devil, the Battlefield: Heroes trailer is out. I’m loving the premise and execution of the marketing. Let’s hope it plays just as well!
BattleField 2 was one of those PC games which gave me hours upon hours of fun. It was my first BattleField game and while I didn’t pick up the spin-off, BattleField 2142, I still keep an eye on the franchise.
D.I.C.E actually has two projects on the go with Battlefield: Heroes (PC) and Battlefield: Bad Company (PS3, XBOX 360). Today, GameTrailers threw up a few videos with some in-game footage and an interview describing this console Battlefield iteration.
While perusing NeoGAF, a straight forward thread title caught my eye: “Battlefield: Heroes Screenshots“. I was quite fascinated with the idea and Team Fortress 2-esque art style. I didn’t know what to expect when I clicked the thread, but it was certainly not this:
Definitely not what I envisioned, but I’m not counting it out yet. I have to see it in motion first! There was also some re-iteration of info to accompany these screenshots which Quellex summed up in his post:
Battlefield: Bad Company, DICE’s latest console exclusive (PS3/360) first person shooter, was delayed earlier today. I’m not completely sold on this game yet, so I guess that’s a good move to delay it.
In other news, THQ axed a handful of IPs (Stuntman and Juiced) and games including the PS3 version of Frontlines: Fuel of War. I’m not completely at loss over this cancellation since impressions for the XBOX 360 demo was less than favorable. It looks like THQ is shedding some of its lower quality products in hopes to reboot itself. Good luck to them.
Well, that was rather quick. Planet Battlefield have some details and interview videos of how Battlefield: Heroes will play and what it will feature.
Here’s a taste of some of the details and features:
Check out the rest at Planet Battlefield.
The free to play model isn’t new. Many smaller games offer the ability to play the basic game for free, but if you want any flare or prettiness; you’re going have to cough up the quarters for it. So what makes Battlefield: Heroes a big deal? Well, it’s one of the first (if not the first) free to play online game from a “big corporation”. Charging for downloadable content works and people tend to willingly spend $2 multiple times instead of coughing up the lump sum.
Games for Windows Magazine’s February issue will have the world exclusive details Electronic Art/DICE’s Battlefield: Heroes, so details are scarce at the moment. In the meantime, you can read the New York Times article released yesterday which gave a brief overview of how the business model will work.
