DICE on the lack of vehicles in BF3 beta, future Bad Company possibilities

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Speaking to The Guardian, Battlefield 3 producer Patrick Liu discussed the game's ongoing beta as well as other projects DICE may (or may not) have in the works. When asked about the disappointment expressed over the lack of vehicles in the beta, Liu put it down to the fact that it is indeed a beta test (we certainly hope so).

According to Liu, "We ran the alpha tests with a Rush map and we wanted to have some sort of reference so we could compare results – so we needed to have more-or-less the same map." Evidently this led to including Paris Metro – a linear Rush map with no vehicles – as the only map in the beta. For what it's worth, PC players will have a chance to try out Caspian Border, a much larger map with vehicles, throughout this weekend.

Liu also answered questions regarding the Battlefield: Bad Company series, saying that "we haven't killed Bad Company." He added that DICE doesn't plan on making Battlefield an annual title, largely because they don't want to hand development of any Battlefield game to another studio. "No studio can make an annual franchise by themselves," said Liu.


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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/07/dice-on-the-lack-of-vehicles-in-bf3-beta-future-bad-company-pos/#comments

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-Playboy-Posted:

Vehicles were awesome on bf2 hopefully there will be more in bf3.

zAleexPosted:

Nicasus I don't care really, I don't like vehicles that much anyway.


Pffft.. yea alright then mate, whatever you say.

HAL0Posted:

Klutchizz
Playstation I do not like vehicles in Battlefield anyways.
I hated them.


Umm every battlefield game has had vehicles.....


You do realize he knows that? He's just saying he doesn't like them??

KCRoyalsPosted:

xSTaTiCBLuEx TBH when I joined the Caspian Border map I was amazed, it is a massive map, soooo many vechiles...But really it sucks! I get like 1-2 kills a game and the most I have seen anyone get is 9...People camp for a Jet to spawn and everyoen is in vechiles and so if your not in one you can never find enemies. Runnign around takes for ever as there is often no vechiles around.

And Dice said there are only going to be 4 maps. Metro sucks, Caspian border is really, just too big and then there is 2 more...I think I may get bored pretty quickly =(

There is 9 maps and its VEHICLE not vechile..

XboxPosted:

yea i didnt really see to many vehicles

BF3Posted:

xSTaTiCBLuEx TBH when I joined the Caspian Border map I was amazed, it is a massive map, soooo many vechiles...But really it sucks! I get like 1-2 kills a game and the most I have seen anyone get is 9...People camp for a Jet to spawn and everyoen is in vechiles and so if your not in one you can never find enemies. Runnign around takes for ever as there is often no vechiles around.

And Dice said there are only going to be 4 maps. Metro sucks, Caspian border is really, just too big and then there is 2 more...I think I may get bored pretty quickly =(


Their are 9 maps on the full game and the back to karkand maps if you get the limited edition BF3.

ITzZCraigxXPosted:

Klutchizz
Jorge28
TheShadowBroker There were tanks on Operation Metro... On the pc version...


Nop only in the map Caspian Border. Operation Metro is a rush map it doesnt have vehicles. And yes in the PC version


The alpha trial had a bradley tank on operation metro.
Yeah they had a bradley tank on alpha which was awsome :D

xSTaTiCBLuExPosted:

TBH when I joined the Caspian Border map I was amazed, it is a massive map, soooo many vechiles...But really it sucks! I get like 1-2 kills a game and the most I have seen anyone get is 9...People camp for a Jet to spawn and everyoen is in vechiles and so if your not in one you can never find enemies. Runnign around takes for ever as there is often no vechiles around.

And Dice said there are only going to be 4 maps. Metro sucks, Caspian border is really, just too big and then there is 2 more...I think I may get bored pretty quickly =(

NicPosted:

I don't care really, I don't like vehicles that much anyway.

KlutchizzPosted:

Playstation I do not like vehicles in Battlefield anyways.
I hated them.


Umm every battlefield game has had vehicles.....


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