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EA Continues to Confirm That Battlefield Hardline Exists

Here's the first trailer for Battlefield Hardline that didn't fall off the back of a server.

Jun. 5 2014

Posted by: Jeff

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Battlefield Hardline

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@quarters said:

Man...I really want a SWAT 5. Who's with me?

Couldn't agree more.

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Hmm... don't really know what to think of it..

I would certainly have been more exited if they hadn't linked it to "Battlefield" - I simply do not have faith in their ability to make a proper Battlefield single player campaign after BF4 :(

( and don't get me started on their netcode lol )

Anywho it could turn out great, but so far it looks to be as yet another EA made COD clone.. so my prediction is 4 to 5 hours of: running after bitching AI followed by the occational arena combat followed by running after bitching AI followed by arena combat..

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Was that digital Karl Urban I see?

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@beachthunder: wolfed stein new order is great. Check that one out.

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No Battlefield theme = Not a Battlefield game

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My heart really pines for a new Bad Company but barring that, sure why not. The business of video games is clearly on display with a game like this but with that in mind, I'm sure this had less chances of getting made without the name.

If anything though, simply removing it from straight on modern military should make it a bit goofier. It's a lot more fun to be a cop than a soldier if we're talking about dumb references. If one recalls how these types of games look in trailers and the kind of stupidity "serious" Battlefield games become in practice, then this should be alright in theory.

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I'm certainly interested in this game. I've been a big BF fan and like some others love the outrageous cop/robber action stuff so this could be right up my alley.

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if you're problem is the use of the name battlefield, which admittedly is clearly there for brand recognition alone, maybe stop holding franchises so precious. It's not replacing or impacting the ones you enjoyed before and this isn't even replacing the core games. It's not yours. If you don't like it don't buy it. If you read this whole thank you for listening to the late night rant of a bored guy.

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Edited By Dougmond

For me the most confusing annoying and frustrating thing about the comments on this is people watching a 44 second hype trailer and make huge assumptions and declarative statements about what this game is/inevitably will be. This trailer doesn't show shit really, except for what most people would think of if you said crime based battlefield. These kind of games will never go away period and I don't think they should. Games are way bigger than when most of us probably got into them. There's a (much bigger) audience that LOVES this kind of game and EA would be borderline irresponsible not to pursue it. Maybe if instead of coming up with half baked weak cynical comments shitting all over everything you don't like and instead spent half that time championing the "good" games that you love oh so much maybe you wouldn't be so miserable and angry about a hobby you love.

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In summary: WAAAAAAAH! WAAAAAH!

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Remember the small urban DLC for battlfield 3? That was awesome. It was fast paced like a CoD, but the gunplay was good old BF and the terrain destruction was fucking awesome.

Also more cars/heli's and less tanks is a big fuck yes in my book

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@cocun said:

@re_player1 said:

What a dumb trailer. Can't believe Visceral has been reduced to this.

What do mean reduced to? This looks far better than the steaming turd that was Dead Space 3. Still can't believe I paid full price for that shit.

A turd sandwich is still a turd sandwich no matter how much slow rock you play while you eat it.

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Single player could have some cool potential but I am, with 100% certainty, not touching MP so I'll get it when it's $25 on an origin sale or something.

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I still don't like that they slapped the Battlefield name on this, but it looks good on its own merits.

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There used to be time when the mere mention of the word Battlefield would get me all sweaty and excited, now there's this. I felt nothing. You could have taken each part of that trailer from a dozen other games I wouldn't have known any better.

Not only does this game have no reason to exist, it has no reason to carry the Battlefield name other than to try and pull some extra attention it's way.

I think I'll go make myself sick now.

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That song was better as part of the "Orange is the New Black" season 2 trailer.

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Train stoppin' for NO fork lift.

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I think it's fantastic that they are breaking away from the soldier story and have it be cops and robbers instead.

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@grimmie92: Hey that's your opinion of it, but I love running around with just a pistol in the previous Battlefield games.

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@crembaw: The song in the trailer is "Jungle" by Jamie N Commons and X Ambassadors.

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I like the idea of this game. I think having Battlefield in the title is weird, but I can imagine EA only wanting to throw money at this idea if it carried a popular name. I don't see what all the complaints are about besides this not really feeling like Battlefield. We say we say we're tired of the same settings and themes in shooters. So here, we have an action police shooter (before you go digging through the wiki, yes I know it's been done before, but it's still more fresh than modern military).

I think this looks like fun. I do think it looks like a "budget" BF game, but I like everything about this. I'm sure as shit not buying it at release, but I'm definitely interested. As for it being unrealistic for cops to battle it out like this, it's a video game. I also enjoy stupid action movies like Bad Boys. I'm not in it for realism. Battlefield has never been realistic.

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There's something weird and fever dream like about the faces... is that just me?

I noticed it in the leaked footage aswell.

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@elko84 said:
@nasher27 said:

The shot of the helicopter crashing into the car confirms that this is indeed a battlefield game. Could use more jets though, I don't care how they have to work it into the fiction.

Police Jets?

The leak showed twin engine police planes. It was pretty dumb looking.

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Missed a real big cross-branding opportunity by not calling this Battlefield Street.

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I've always felt that wide-open maps are Battlefield's strong suit, so the idea of an entire game set in urban terrain is less than exciting.

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What a dumb trailer. Can't believe Visceral has been reduced to this.

What do mean reduced to? This looks far better than the steaming turd that was Dead Space 3. Still can't believe I paid full price for that shit.

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Who here doesn't like video games?

Why all the complaining. If you don't like what's coming out, don't buy it. Think you can make a better game, go make it.

I'll just be enjoying some video games.

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Those character models are looking pretty last gen after that Witcher 3 trailer.

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@korolev: If criminals are going to carry rifles, then cops should too. Game looks awesome, GTA meets BF vibe.

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@korolev: So glad I wasn't the only one thinking about this.

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Eh, no. It's absurd that they are trying to equate police work with military battles. I know this is political, but the US seems to be pursuing a ludicrous policy of "militarizing" their police force, giving them battle rifles, and almost full on "solider" gear. The police in the US are looking scarier and scarier and it's just a bit silly and unwarranted.

So it's a battlefield huh? Really? The streets of America are full of Ak-47 wielding masked terrorists 24/7, with constant explosions and crashing helicopters? This is so over the top.

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E.A. should take a hard line with Battlefield and not make it.

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@elwoodan said:

Oh man, what if there is a dedicated 'slide across hood' button!!!

Don't be ridiculous.

OF COURSE there's a dedicated slide across hood button.

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Meh

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Why are all these trailers being released when we will see them at E3 very soon?

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@zgoon: i feel like "just a handgun" isnt very battlefield, just sayin

Game looks pretty, will probs be day 1 digital purchase for me just to see what visceral has done.

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I like the concept, but I hope they don't just try to Call o Duty it (since it seems like a replacement for MOH as an off-year Battlefield). I really like the feel of BF games and I hope they don't screw with that. I hope they let me play as a gruff detective with just a handgun.

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They couldn't wait a few days to show this at E3?

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They have me interested so far.

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What a dumb trailer. Can't believe Visceral has been reduced to this.

I think these days EA just puts every one of its studios under a specific brand. Like Bioware is three or four different studios. DICE now includes the LA EA studio. And Likewise Visceral consists of like a half dozen studios. Basically all of the "core game" studios that do not fall under the DICE or Bioware banner are now simply called Visceral. It's just their form of branding. At some point EA realized people would become more attached to their games if they were made by a named studio instead of just EA City Name. So they gave a whole bunch of their studios new names. The studios that made good games kept those names (like Visceral) while the ones that didn't (like Danger Close) had their names slowly replaced with the names of the more popular studios.

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it acutally looks really good

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The jungle has spiders...No thanks.

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Now this just makes me wish there was a major DLC pack for this where everything takes place in Hong Kong. Actually, if some folks made a Sleeping Dogs' version of Battlefield, that would be pretty rad.

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I am so glad that all the other videos were leaked, those actually made the game look interesting. This trailer does quite the opposite for me.

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Don't worry, the creative talent at Visceral will leave and move on to bigger and better things.

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Anyone recognize the song?

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Nothing wrong with teasers. Just an action filled hype video...

I'm excited for Battlefield to be trying something new; Risks in the form of breaking the mold is better fan service than released the same old thing 4th time in a row.

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I dont really care about the game, but I really like the headline and sub-headline, or whatever that is called. made me laugh.