DICE is taking up the now-gen buzzword with Battlefield 3 being all about “accessibility”. I can hear the groans already, so don’t get your combat panties in a bunch just yet – the game modes you know and love are still in, now there’s just something for everybody.
“The mindset at DICE during the development of Battlefield 2 was pretty much: ‘Play the game our way, or play something else,’” lead multiplayer designer Lars Gustavsson says in a Q&A over on the Battlefield Blog.
“Now, we have made a conscious effort to reverse that mentality. The goal with Battlefield 3 is to offer a vast variety of gameplay experiences and to be inviting to everyone. We’re not telling you how to play the game. You choose.
“We’re still super proud of [Rush and Conquest], but going into Battlefield 3 we had a frank discussion about our mindset. We discussed the strengths of Battlefield and ended up with a lot of interesting questions.
“Does teamplay have to be squad based, or can it be in a more general sense of playing together? Am I less of a gamer if I don’t want to play in squads? If I want Team Deathmatch? If I want infantry only gameplay?
“Conquest and Rush game modes are back, bolder and more beautiful than ever. Complementing these with Team Deathmatch means there are now even more ways to play Battlefield. From all-out vehicle warfare to tight infantry combat, it’s all about your current mood and your preferred play style,” he adds.
As long as they haven’t nixed squads altogether, I’m cool with that.
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