17th September is Investor Day for EA, hence the concept art, but there are some interesting tidbits to be gleaned. The massive publisher/developer was elusive in terms of specifics, like the name of the seemingly European city featured in the image. Still, there is good news, at least if your shooter tastes align with our own: Specialists are out, and classes are back in, with matches of 64 players (down from 128) on more focused and thoughtfully designed maps. Zampella explains:
"Yeah, the 128 player, did it make it more fun? Like...doing the number for the sake of the number doesn't make any sense. We're testing everything around what's the most fun. So, like you said, the maps, once they get to a certain scale, become different. It's a different play space, and I think you have to design around that. So we are designing something that is more akin to previous Battlefields. I'd rather have nice, dense, really nice, well-designed play spaces."
Does a return to a modern setting sound good to you? Are you willing to forgive and forget and roll the dice on the next Battlefield at launch? Let us know in the comments section below.
