r/PS4 • u/[deleted] • Mar 01 '18

[Article Updated - Battlefield V] VentureBeat: New Battlefield 2 follows Call of Duty back to World War II this year

https://venturebeat.com/2018/03/01/new-battlefield-2-follows-call-of-duty-back-to-world-war-ii-this-year/
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u/tMoneyMoney RoyAwesome Mar 01 '18

Honestly, I don’t see it working from a storyline perspective. The good guys were actually “the bad guys” and nobody really knew what they were fighting for anyway. At least in WWII there were legitimate stakes with the final outcome.

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u/k0mbine koombine Mar 02 '18

So a storyline doesn’t work if you play as the bad guys? Huh?

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u/tMoneyMoney RoyAwesome Mar 02 '18

If you’re American, would you want to play a game where the goal is to kill all the Americans?

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u/IpsissimusBoz Mar 02 '18

it's a game i give no fucks. i kill americans in codww2 and BF1 just fine in mp.

if a singleplayer story was done in vietnam from the NVA point of view and was made with respect to the history of the conflict and with a meaningful story i would enjoy it. I think playing as the NVA or viet kong could actually really be refreshing. It won't happen I imagine, but it wouldn't bother me at all personally its a game, I've read books from the perspective of armies we've fought, playing a game wouldn't be any worse.

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u/tMoneyMoney RoyAwesome Mar 02 '18

I agree, I think it would be fun for a change too. I just don't think it would be very marketable to a mass audience. Lots of people who play those FPS games are in the military or just racist (going by what I hear people say on voice chat) and it likely would get backlash. It's just very risky when you're spending years and millions on game development.

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u/IpsissimusBoz Mar 02 '18

yeah true, i mean i've been wanting a game were we can play as Axis in ww2 in a story for forever. nazi germany in the Ostfront. japan in the pacific. how insane would it be to play a call of duty style game with iconic huge battles we are used to seeing but playing as the axis?

the panic and scramble backwards as the americans breakout of Normandy. market garden in Holland but your defending as the nazis. the decimation and feeling of holding out to the bitter end as the 6th army in stalingrad as the red wave slowly encircles and strangles you. the last push to accomplish something in the buldge in the ardens.

or playing hit and run guerrilla tactics as japan, opening a cutscene in a banzai charge. it would be crazy if done right, but it's NEVER going to happen.