De laatste paar dagen zijn we helemaal in de ban van de nieuwe game van ontwikkelaar DICE, namelijk: Battlefield 3. De eerste gameplay trailers zijn op het internet beland en bijna dagelijks zijn er nieuwe screenshots van deze game te vinden. Deze keer hebben we weer eens wat anders over de game voor jullie.

Vandaag heeft DICE enkele punten in de multiplayer van Battlefield 3 bevestigt. Zo zal de killcam functie terugkomen en kunnen we met maximaal 24 man in een lobby zitten op de consoles. Voor een volledig lijstje, zie hier:

Confirmed

    Players: 64 players on PC, 24 players on Xbox 360/PS3.
    No Commander: Commander feature won’t be included, as DICE will focus on “lowering the threshold” for players.
    4 classes: Just like in Bad Company 2. DICE feels this is the sweet spot for the game.
    Battlefield 2 maps: Several BF2 maps will return in a DLC called “Back to Karkand”. The maps are: Strike at Karkand, Gulf of Oman, Wake Island and Sharqi Peninsula.
    New squad features: DICE plans to take the squad system to the next level, offering new features. According to the Game Informer interview, DICE says, “We have some really cool things that we’ll show later when it comes to dictating how you play with friends“.
    Weapons and unlocks: BF3 will have more weapons and unlocks than in Bad Company 2, which itself had the most weapons and unlocks of any Battlefield game to date.
    Deeper persistence, rankings: One of the issues with Bad Company 2 was that most of the weapons were unlocked before reaching half of the ranks. Says DICE in the GI interview, “we’re also making sure that there is a reason for you to reach the top rank. It doesn’t just end. There will be a lot of focus on persistence and how we present stuff to the player.”
    Jets will return: So far only the US F18 and Russian Mig 29 have been spotted in various trailers.
    Prone will return: DICE will counter prone will killcam, bullet traces and other ways in order to balance the gameplay.
    Killcam: Killcam will be back and it will be a feature that can be turned on/off on server to server basis.
    DICE will have more focus on post-release content (DLC)Co-op for the single player campaign
    No mod tools at release.

 

Natuurlijk zijn er ook enkele geruchten in de omgang en hoogstwaarschijnlijk zal de game ook een soort theater mode bevatten. Dit is helaas nog niet bevestigd. Ergens in het einde van het jaar kunnen we eindelijk genieten van deze nieuwe Battlefield!