Is Battlefield: Bad Company the future of FPS?

Do you think that the frostbite game engine with the exploding scenery the future of FPS and war games.

I think that not all games will be affected but i think there will be more games that use a similar kind of thing. Future battlefield will probably use the same thing but Call of duty is already brilliant so big chances may ruin it.

What are your thoughts?

Im not a very big fan of battlefield bad company. But i certainly think that the freedom to enter vehicles and boats

will be offered in more games

No. Bad Company has pre-determined destructible enviroments.

Future games that we know of like Far Cry 2 and Red Faction: Guerilla have dynamic. BC is a joke when it comes to destructible environments.

I totally agree with the freedom thing with boats and vehicles. However with some game like bad company for example if there is too much freedom then the battle may spread out to far and you may find it difficult to get kills. I prefer close combat and if maps become too big and there are not enough players then nobody will get kills as they are too far apart. This may also cause everyone to camp with snipers or near an objective which can be rather annoying.Hoferman_PS3

Have you ever played BF1942, Vietnam, and 2 on the pc? Those maps were huge and awesome, 1942 and bf2 were my fav online shooters of all time.

[QUOTE="Hoferman_PS3"]I totally agree with the freedom thing with boats and vehicles. However with some game like bad company for example if there is too much freedom then the battle may spread out to far and you may find it difficult to get kills. I prefer close combat and if maps become too big and there are not enough players then nobody will get kills as they are too far apart. This may also cause everyone to camp with snipers or near an objective which can be rather annoying.nitsud_19

Have you ever played BF1942, Vietnam, and 2 on the pc? Those maps were huge and awesome, 1942 and bf2 were my fav online shooters of all time.

No. Bad Company has pre-determined destructible enviroments.

Future games that we know of like Far Cry 2 and Red Faction: Guerilla have dynamic. BC is a joke when it comes to destructible environments.

TheNuyorican

Do you think that the frostbite game engine with the exploding scenery the future of FPS and war games.

I think that not all games will be affected but i think there will be more games that use a similar kind of thing. Future battlefield will probably use the same thing but Call of duty is already brilliant so big chances may ruin it.

What are your thoughts?

Hoferman_PS3

Massive levels online would only work under two conditions A. there is a huge audience to match the level design and B. The developers allow for a high number of players to join each game 64+ i think COD4 for the PC has like 64 player multiplayer online and maybe warhawk? not sure on that i only rented the game and i thought it was rubbish

i think COD4 for the PC has like 64 player multiplayer online
mtlgearzld2727

COD4 for the PC has only a few more than on consoles. I know the max on ps3 is 18 but on PC I THINK (Don't quote me) is maybe 32 players max

I heard that for the new Resistance Fall of Man game is going to be up to 80

if it is then the future of console fps gaming is about 4 years old theres nothing really new or innovative about B:BC its your standard shooter and destruction is handled ok in the game but still seems more superficial then anything

i think bullet penetration in cod4 effected gameplay more then destruction here since it is still scripted in a sense only certain parts of a building are destroyed and they are destroyed the same way every-time.

People need to get off their "Call of Duty 4 is the best game EVAR" high horses and understand that other similar games can be awesome, too. My girlfriend and I have been playing it almost nonstop for the last 3 days.ItsEvolution

[QUOTE="ItsEvolution"]People need to get off their "Call of Duty 4 is the best game EVAR" high horses and understand that other similar games can be awesome, too. My girlfriend and I have been playing it almost nonstop for the last 3 days.bowlama

Is Battlefield: Bad Company the future of FPS?

Actually its more like an intermediated step. Destructible environment is a pretty cool thing, but it definetly takes a lot of coding and hard work to do well. Right now though, its still in the infant stage, much like game physics were two years ago and the whole leap with graphics in 2004 with far cry and half life 2. Currently with BC, destructible environment still have no affective factors on gameplay at all. I hope one day destructible environments will be coded so well that the size of the debris will play a difference in how much damage the players would take. Like one large stone will crush you to death and small rocks will hurt you either a little to not at all. As for the future of FPS, I think it will depend on how much people prefer which type. The "battlefield" open world will remain different from the linear style of call of duty for still quite a while, until someday the devs can finally blend the two in and create a true immersive, dramatic, yet dynamic open world battlefield.

No. Bad Company has pre-determined destructible enviroments.

Future games that we know of like Far Cry 2 and Red Faction: Guerilla have dynamic. BC is a joke when it comes to destructible environments.

TheNuyorican

I would like to see a better game that incorporates some of the same principles.;Destructable environments and vehicles. As far as BF:BC goes, the game sucks but the principles are good. I wouldnt mind having a COD with those elements.

PSN: Zizaner

Talking specifically about the destructible environments, I'd say yes. But the other aspects of the game like large battles and air and land vehicles are not new so no, they've now become part of the present.allnamestaken

Destructible environments in Battlefield: Bad Company suck compare to PS2 game called Red Faction.

dude BC is dumb socom already had huge levels and vehicles and it was already a bad*** game so BC is not revalutionizing the genre by any meanserica1633

[QUOTE="erica1633"]dude BC is dumb socom already had huge levels and vehicles and it was already a bad*** game so BC is not revalutionizing the genre by any meansC_BozkurT_C

I second that motion. I really like the fact that I can take out an enemy's cover at will. And I actually get frustrated in the levels of BF: BC where I can't destroy the cover, example: the Ruins on "End of the Line" (? - Not sure if it's that one).