Battlefield Is Going Back To A ‘Narrative Campaign’

Battlefield 3 : F18 Hornet Jet Mission | RTX 3080 12GB ( 4K Ultra Graphics )

This one too. Neither of them are particularly memorable from a gameplay perspective, but they were still wonderful technical showcases to blast through a couple of times:

US Tank Charge – Battlefield 3

There’s also fondness for the Bad Company spinoff games too. Anyway earlier today the Battlefield team tweeted that there’s a new studio at work on a “a narrative campaign” experience for the series, before having to quickly clarify that this is an all-new thing, and not a part of Battlefield 2042:

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Ridgeline Games, this new studio, is being led by Marcus Lehto, one of the co-creators of Halo, and an accompanying blog post says:

Marcus will bring his long legacy of creating fascinating worlds and gripping narratives to Battlefield. Backed by a world-class team, he’ll be leading the charge to develop a narrative campaign set in the Battlefield universe that will engage fans in new and exciting ways while remaining true to the classic elements of the series.

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It’s funny that, for all the shit the game has eaten, Battlefield 2042 was perhaps the most fertile ground for a singleplayer experience in series history, since its vision of a climate-ravaged world and armies made up of refugees fleeing the devastation set it apart from the usual “US military vs [bad guys]” premise of most other modern shooters. It’ll be interesting to see what they come up with instead, then, especially since they’re being so weird about calling it a “campaign experience” and not just “a new video game”.

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