PCgames.de Exclusive Battlefield Heroes Video Interview

[[MyIS]Spawndemon]

PCgames.de (http://www.pcgames.de/) has posted up a three part video that includes an interview with the creators of Battlefield Heroes, including senior producer Ben Cousins. Below you will find the video links as well as highlights from the videos. Check it out:

Video 1 (http://www.pcgames.de/aid,629100/Interview/Ego-Shooter/Exklusives_Video-Interview_mit_den_Battlefield_Heroes-Entwicklern/) | Video 2 (http://www.pcgames.de/aid,629105/Battlefield_Heroes_Video-Interview_Teil_2/) | Video 3 (http://www.pcgames.de/aid,629107/Battlefield_Heroes_Video-Interview_Teil_3/)

• You select one character and one class at the beginning of the game, then level that character up as you go.
• The game is 3rd person as opposed to 1st person perspective.
• Each class has a system of special abilities.
• The achievement system has been turned into a mission system, letting the player decide what they want to do.
• Rewards for these missions can include new weapons or character accessories like a hat.
• Experience points will be used to level up and unlock new items such as new clothes for your soldier.
• Advertisements will be seen on an online stat website as well as ingame menus
• Each soldier has 15 parts to customize ranging from gloves to hats to pants.
• You will not have to pay to compete in Battlefield Heroes.
• The game will separate new players from those with more experience to help balance the gameplay.
• Levels can get as high as 50+
• Players will get to choose from 3 classes ranging from light to heavy.
• Commando (Light) Class - A stealth type class featuring a sniper rifle as your weapon. Has the ability to cloak and lay traps.
• Soldier (Medium) Class - A well balanced attack class featuring an SMG as your weapon. Can see enemies behind walls and can throw multiple grenades.
• Gunner (Heavy) Class - Features larger machine guns for your weapon and can pick up enemy grenades and toss them back.
• Battlefield Heroes has been in development for a year now with a team of 25-30 people working on it.
• An open beta will be released this summer that will allow you to also create a character you can then transfer when the full game is released.

To learn more and to hear it from the DICE (http://www.dice.se/) guys themselves, be sure to check out the above videos!

[iQu'e]

OMG :shock:

Thanks for the news ;)

Will have a look now...

EDIT: 3rd person? Aaaaaawwwwwww I hate 3rd person games.

[Alex98uk]

Yeesh.... 3rd person :hmm:

[I am RKO]

Win
- An open beta will be released this summer that will allow you to also create a character you can then transfer when the full game is released. (Win, so betas will count for something apart from bug reporting)
- Levels can get as high as 50+ (Just as long as it takes longer than a week to get it.)
- The achievement system has been turned into a mission system, letting the player decide what they want to do. (One of the only good parts of ETQW)
- Rewards for these missions can include new weapons or character accessories like a hat. (A HAT! Now, that is awesome. )
- Advertisements will be seen on an online stat website as well as ingame menus. (Only win if not in game.)
- You will not have to pay to compete in Battlefield Heroes. (Free Games FTW!)
- The game will separate new players from those with more experience to help balance the gameplay. (Thats good, wonder what the cut off points will be like.)

Fail
Battlefield Heroes has been in development for a year now with a team of 25-30 people working on it. (What about BF2 1.5?)
Each class has a system of abilities that can be loosely compared to "spells". (Sounds like WoW, but if its like Perks in COD4, then see Win)
- The game is 3rd person as opposed to 1st person perspective. (Meh, if its like MGS, then fail.)

[predragjanjic]

you have to go to a certain website and click play in order to pay the game :|:


ruins it for me

[Manzi]

cool sounds like a RPG mixed with a TPS.

i look forward to trying this.

[[MyIS]Spawndemon]

you have to go to a certain website and click play in order to pay the game :|:


ruins it for me

How lazy can you be? It's a FREE game...they wouldn't be asking much if this is the case. :rolleyes:

[predragjanjic]

Spawndemon;1837248']How lazy can you be? It's a FREE game...they wouldn't be asking much if this is the case. :rolleyes:

its not about being lazy, its just weird, it doesn't feel right


I know its a free game, I am going to try it and id try it even if it wasn't free, after all its a battlefield game

[username]

So the third video tells us much more info using battlefield engine it has planes and they want to encourage stunting and crazy stuff. sounds alright to me

[Morx]

sounds cool, good interviews and lots of positive sides, a really negative thing is that it's a TPS and not a FPS

[Sir. bzb]

Spawndemon;1837230'• Each soldier has 15 parts to customize ranging from gloves to hats to pants.


I do so hope that is meant entirely in American or i am going to insist on pink Lycra Y fronts.

The only thing i dont like about this kind of information is that in the past too much of it has never been true. It would be nice to have some form of assurance that this time reality and statements did co-exist in the same place.

Either way it is good to have some more information, even if some of it is a little worrying!

[GrossKopf]

Spawndemon;1837230']PCgames.de (http://www.pcgames.de/) has posted up a three part video that includes an interview with the creators of Battlefield Heroes, including senior producer Ben Cousins. Below you will find the video links as well as highlights from the videos. Check it out:

• The game is 3rd person as opposed to 1st person perspective.


That one thing right there ruins it for me. I don't play 3rd person games. Oh well.

[Vreki]

That one thing right there ruins it for me. I don't play 3rd person games. Oh well.

It is certainly a huge disappointment, I don't recall any third person shooters I have liked, even on a console where they belong.

Conspiracy Theory:
Maybe they deliberately made the game unlikely to attract the Battlefield fans, because they don't want it to compete with BF3?

So instead they are going for a different target group. I cant really imagine who, this sounds a bit like a military version of GTA III

[Repulse]

They have done the past, they have done the present and they have done the future, there wasn't really anywhere else they could go so they are going back to the beginning with a different style.

When I first started playing multiplayer games I was a great fan of third person, now I hate it.

The 'achievements system' sounds to much like CoD4's achievement system.

Other than that it doesn't seem that bad ;). Worth a try at least :D.

[Section{8}]

I know I will try it
Free sounds good to me.

Battlefield is a game alot of us HATE to love for many reasons but alot of us come back with our tail between our legs to get our BF fix and for this reason I sure will at the very least give it a try.

Thank you TGN for the Info.

:salute:

[Hawkers]

I'm looking foward to it! :D:D

[Vreki]

They have done the past, they have done the present and they have done the future, there wasn't really anywhere else they could go so they are going back to the beginning with a different style.

When I first started playing multiplayer games I was a great fan of third person, now I hate it.

The 'achievements system' sounds to much like CoD4's achievement system.

Other than that it doesn't seem that bad ;). Worth a try at least :D.

Sure, its free so it doesnt hurt to try.

Question: what third person multiplayer shooters did you like?
I dont mind third person in games. Diablo, WOW, guildwars, Tomb Raider etc. all do it well.
But they are not shooters.
The only third person shooter I can recall trying is Brute Force for the XBox, and I tired of that very quickly.

[Section{8}]

Sure, its free so it doesnt hurt to try.

Question: what third person multiplayer shooters did you like?
I dont mind third person in games. Diablo, WOW, guildwars, Tomb Raider etc. all do it well.
But they are not shooters.
The only third person shooter I can recall trying is Brute Force for the XBox, and I tired of that very quickly.

Iron Storm (OLD Game) Did a ok job with TPS I thought,Besides I-S the only tps I have played was Guild Wars Night Fall (untill my acct was ganked) It is a style of play that takes getting used to I agree.

I am also a music lover and in order to say I love music I can not just listen to one type of music I try to give many types of music a chance befor I judge it,same goes with gaming.(for me any way)

:salute:

[Vreki]

Iron Storm (OLD Game) Did a ok job with TPS I thought,Besides I-S the only tps I have played was Guild Wars Night Fall (untill my acct was ganked) It is a style of play that takes getting used to I agree.


I don't think you can call Guild Wars a shooter. Its a RPG with autotargeting, there is no need to aim, duck ,cover, bunnyjump and all the other stuff we associate with shooters.
Its more like a updated Diablo.

I am very curious about what BF Heroes will be, but I am also very doubtful that I will appeal to FPS fans.

[Repulse]

Vreki - Was a game called Hidden and Dangerous 2 - was one of the first FPS multiplayers i played, I guess thats why I liked 3rd Person ;).

[Vikaman]

Its in a foreign language :(

Oh, maybe not.

ZOMG, James Salt is still around! Sweet. I say the game is nicezor.

[GrossKopf]

Conspiracy Theory:
Maybe they deliberately made the game unlikely to attract the Battlefield fans, because they don't want it to compete with BF3?

EA's own track record as of late already ruined BF3, so I don't think that conspiracy theory will work. ;)

[Alex98uk]

EA's own track record as of late already ruined BF3,

Wow, you really are Mr. Pessimistic aren't you?

BF3 isn't even officially announced yet and your already denouncing it as a failure...

What about you wait until we see something of it before running your mouth mouth off :rolleyes:

Anyway, back on topic, i see Team Fortress have a huge update rolling out soon, maybe they were starting to feel the heat. See here (http://www.totalgamingnetwork.com/main/showthread.php?p=1837723#post1837723)

[Chris_Redfield]

Alex;1837732']Wow, you really are Mr. Pessimistic aren't you?

BF3 isn't even officially announced yet and your already denouncing it as a failure...

What about you wait until we see something of it before running your mouth mouth off :rolleyes:


Are you playing BF2142?

[Alex98uk]

Are you playing BF2142?

Not at the moment, have done and it was quite a fun game and i only came across a few glitches.

Went back to BF2 though as i preferred the present time.

[iQu'e]

Ah here we go again with the argument that BF2142 is epic phailzorz and that it turns people into goo.

They didn't do a very good job with keeping it bugfree though, gameplay-wise it's still awesome.

[Chris_Redfield]

Alex;1837737']Not at the moment, have done and it was quite a fun game and i only came across a few glitches.

Went back to BF2 though as i preferred the present time.

So youre so limited, that you prefer a present time game to a futuristic game, even though the latter may be more refined?

If youre still confuzed where Im going with this, there was a huge ammount of people who predicted BF2142 to be a BF2 mod, in all aspects bar futuristic setting. They also predicted that the stats system would have an even larger impact on the gameplay. Guess what, were they right or wrong?

Considering that DICE or EA are easy to predict these days, and how the community has been treated, negative opinions are just as valid as positives. Next time, think about issuing a warning to positive praisers, as we dont know anything about the game yet.

Just because DICE people are browsing the forums, doesnt mean that you should suck up and play the "most objective person" on the ship.

Gaming industry holds no surprises for me.

[Alex98uk]

So youre so limited, that you prefer a present time game to a futuristic game, even though the latter may be more refined?

All i'm saying is that they were very similar in terms of gameplay, and both had bugs. I just prefer BF2, is that a crime?

Just because DICE people are browsing the forums, doesnt mean that you should suck up and play the "most objective person" on the ship.

I think you just find it hard to swallow that not everyone agrees with you ;)

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. We can't all be negative about everything like you Chris :)

[Scinto]

hmm sounds like Silk Road/Guild Wars etc..

[Chris_Redfield]

Alex;1837784']All i'm saying is that they were very similar in terms of gameplay, and both had bugs. I just prefer BF2, is that a crime?

Actually, according to yourself, it is. Youre accusing people of being shallow (basically), while youre being one yourself.

I think you just find it hard to swallow that not everyone agrees with you ;)

Aww. But noone is agreeing with me. Im actually agreeing with other people. You can have your point of view, surely. But remember, it was you, who called out people for not agreeing with you in this thread, not me. Just because you masked it under a "moderators message", doesnt mean I didnt catch you ;)

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

Epic win.

Wow, you really are Mr. Pessimistic aren't you?

Practice what you preach.

The point is, Alex, that there are people who are not rooting for these new games, because of the past record. They see this as a chance to tell those responsible, that the attitude needs to change. They also predict being treated the same as they were since 2005, and they dont like the prospect.

If youre telling me, that its impossible to do otherwise, from the game developers point of view, check this- COD4 and ETQW have literally stunned and swept me off my feet, because as products they were of high quality, almost bugless (I never encountered a single bug in either games), and at least when it comes to ETQW, the developers have an open line of communication with the community.

CAPCOM also has something similar, for European division, at least. They have a specific subsection in their forums, where everyone can ask any question (provided it gets past moderators filtration), and the answer comes straight from the devs. CAPCOM is a fairly large company. But you will get an answer, unless its "classified".

[Scinto]

The point is, Alex, that there are people who are not rooting for these new games, because of the past record. They see this as a chance to tell those responsible, that the attitude needs to change. They also predict being treated the same as they were since 2005, and they dont like the prospect.

If youre telling me, that its impossible to do otherwise, from the game developers point of view, check this- COD4 and ETQW have literally stunned and swept me off my feet, because as products they were of high quality, almost bugless (I never encountered a single bug in either games), and at least when it comes to ETQW, the developers have an open line of communication with the community.

CAPCOM also has something similar, for European division, at least. They have a specific subsection in their forums, where everyone can ask any question (provided it gets past moderators filtration), and the answer comes straight from the devs. CAPCOM is a fairly large company. But you will get an answer, unless its "classified".

Quoted For Truth.

[Alex98uk]

I see exactly what you saying, and i agree that the track record of certain companies isn't great, but you seem to requesting that they just stop making games.

I encourage them to continue making games, and to venture into new territory such as Heroes.
I honestly believe people learn from their mistakes, and whilst many people including you see DICE as a huge Corporate Monster, i see the point of view of the people working behind that face. They need to make profit which means releasing games relatively frequently, so they do need to meet tight deadlines and be creative in order to hit new market niches.

[Ezekiel]

I don't mind EA they have had some great games, which i played a lot of like BF2/BF2142, yea there are bugs, but all games have bugs.

[Scinto]

Alex;1837964']I encourage them to continue making games, and to venture into new territory such as Heroes.
I honestly believe people learn from their mistakes, and whilst many people including you see DICE as a huge Corporate Monster, i see the point of view of the people working behind that face. They need to make profit which means releasing games relatively frequently, so they do need to meet tight deadlines and be creative in order to hit new market niches.

Its pressure from the Gamers that force the companies to rush a job and release the games early, some companies actually fall for it long enough until the gamers revolt resulting in bitching and moaning about bugs and glitches, so when something gets a little hard the company gives up and moves on or so it seems.

Gaming Companies can still make money on their products but it doesnt mean they have to drop support completely when newer titles get released. Think about it, if they continued support providing new maps etc people would still go out and buy it.

[Rick Astley]

Why is everybody talking about bugs?
They clearly said they would do everything to make the summer beta bug free!

[Scinto]

Why is everybody talking about bugs?
They clearly said they would do everything to make the summer beta bug free!

Thats virtually impossible.

[Section{8}]

I don't think you can call Guild Wars a shooter. Its a RPG with autotargeting, there is no need to aim, duck ,cover, bunnyjump and all the other stuff we associate with shooters.
Its more like a updated Diablo.

I am very curious about what BF Heroes will be, but I am also very doubtful that I will appeal to FPS fans.

Sorry,I was just trying to say that I have only played two TPs style games
GW being one of them,did not mean to call it a shooter.;)
:salute:

[Scinto]

Sorry,I was just trying to say that I have only played two TPs style games
GW being one of them,did not mean to call it a shooter.;)
:salute:

Anarchy Online ;)

[Webs961]

Anarchy Online ;)

Don't even get me started on that one.

More MMO crazyness. Perhaps there will be some skill involved in shooting and whatnot. Oh well, we get to wait and see I suppose. Too early to make any calls on that front.

In other news, I wonder what servers are going to be like...

[BIFF EXPLODER]

3rd person??? as Deckard Cain would say: "this does not bode well my friend..."

[b` m3ow]

I think its quite sad, you people are already making fun of the game and it just got announced. I'm very very looking forward to this game!! Only if I could Help DICE/EA make it! Can't wait for it, should be a good one!

Oh, and for the people who don't want this game, because they want BF2 fixed first.. Cry.. cry little boy.. Companies move on in life, everyone moves on. I'm sorry to tell you this, but BF2 can't live forever.

[lavbanka]

The video links don't seem to be correct anymore. Does anyone have another link?

[The_Eliminator]

Why is everybody talking about bugs?
They clearly said they would do everything to make the summer beta bug free!

If EA release a completely bug free beta i will eat everyones hat.

[Vikaman]

If EA release a completely bug free beta i will eat everyones hat.

Get ready. :evil:

[The_Eliminator]

Well i need fattening up :D

Although i didnt have polyester in mind....

[Rick Astley]

Well, they intend to make it as bug-free as possible of course. I hope they will seek out the biggest bugs and fix them.