Why Battlefield 3 could be the shooter I'm waiting for.
By tofford 51 Comments
Why Battlefield 3 is important
When Call of Duty 4 hit shelves it reshaped the FPS genre. While it wasn't anything revolutionary it was certainly an evolution. For me Activision has since run Call of Duty into the ground releasing regular sequels which don't even try to progress the genre as a whole. As far as I am concerned a relaunch of the brand wouldn't be a terrible thing. This brings me onto the Battlefield series. Bad Company was a great game and brought the Battlefield franchise to consoles despite criticism of the decision. Bad Company 2 was a great follow up but did make me worry that it would follow the same path as Call of Duty. However, the use of a sub title has allowed Dice to experiment with their technology and ideas. All this time Battlefield 3 has been slowly worked at and it seems like Dice are really trying to do everything they can to make the best game possible. I think this is all that is needed in the genre, for a developer to really think about how they can improve it. Hopefully the release will inject new life into a genre which is slowly being destroyed by unimaginative sequels.
This is in no way a Battlefield fan boy rant to be honest I have never really got into the franchise but I am really excited from the little that has been shown.
What do you guys think? Is the genre going stale? Does Battlefield 3 have the chance to change things?