Report: Battlefield 1 will have nine multiplayer maps
Datamining from the alpha revealed the names.
The dataminers are at it again, and apparently, they have unearthed the names of the Battlefield 1 multiplayer maps.
A post on the Battlefield reddit leaked the first list of names and images, but a post further down offered a compete list with some overview shots as well:
- MP_Amiens - Amiens
- MP_Chateau - Domaine De Chantilly.
- MP_Desert - Sinai Desert, Overview included
- MP_FaoFortress - Fao Fortress
- MP_Forrest - Argonne Forrest
- MP_ItalianCoast - Empires Edge, Overview included
- MP_MountainFort - Monte Grappa, Overview included
- MP_Scar - Saint Quentin Scar, Overview Included
- MP_Suez - Suez Canal
An earlier leak on reddit outed images showing menus and UI.
Again, as of now, there is no official confirmation, but everyone loves some good conversation and speculation, right?
The open beta ends today, and we have some impressions from it. The game will come out on October 21 for PS4, Xbox One and PC
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replyJohn Keefer posted a new article, Report: Battlefield 1 will have nine multiplayer maps
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yeah I guess they do have a tiny bit of experience with that.
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How long has that been clear? What makes you say that?
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It is the pre-order of expansions that bothers you? They have been doing the expansions since BF 1942 and granted they added maps for free in patches later for that game, but it didn't make it obvious that they were trying to boost DLC sales as you say.
BF2 they released 2 free maps after the DLC released. BC2 had pretty weak maps up front as each map was not playable on all gametypes initially. More were added and tweaked for gamemodes throughout the life. That one did just have a small amount of DLC though.-
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Probably because no one played the DLC much before that. Even then, consider that the barely popular if even noticed Euro Forces pack for BF2 still had more people playing it than the most popular BF2 mod ever did.
Were you really desperate for more content in BF4 than what there was at launch? I certainly wasn't sick of those maps by the time the DLC was released. Then they delayed the rest of the DLC to fix up the core game because of the issues people had with it especially on console.
I really don't think it is a matter of withholding content so much as putting out DLC that was desirable and enjoyable. BF2142's expansion pack was really fun, but a bit of a side show.-
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Following Call of Duty's model? You mean yearly releases? They did that before COD. They did persistent leveling, unlocks, and paid map packs before COD too.
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LA Noire was the first Season Pass game and that was in 2011. If you are talking about pre-selling DLC I guess. I don't remember if you could pre-order Special Forces for BF2. COD didn’t start doing that until after MW2 anyway...on PC that is.
BF3 doing that was actually a better deal than the straight map packs with the Season Pass /Premium thing.
Which of course isn't all that different than an MMO subscription either. All of them are essentially justifying continuing to pay the developers who are still working on the game after release.-
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So you are mostly just happy that they didn’t announce it or allow people to pre-order it until a month after release?
Battlefield 2's first expansion pack, Special Forces, first began its development sometime during or shortly before the release of the original Battlefield 2 by DICE: Battlefield producer, Mike Doran, commented in August 2005 that "The truth is that work on Battlefield 2: Special Forces began several months ago."[24] It was officially announced on July 14, 2005 and released on November 21 of the same year.[25][26]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_2#Battlefield_2:_Special_Forces-
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Other than pure number of conquest maps, it is hard for me to believe that BF1 will not have more content than BF2 at launch.
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I still only played like 5 maps on BF42. Some of the other maps had BS for balance. All the water maps were basically the same.
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Any bets on which ends up being the One Shit Map core to all Battlefield releases post-BC2?
My money is on Amiens.-
Are you referring to the meat grinder map or the giant no one wants to play it other than vehicle obsessives map?
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The one that includes absolutely fuckwitted design decisions that even children who design maps on graph paper during recess could tell you are not conducive to good gameplay.
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I kinda want to see this
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Grinder then. Yeah, those go back before BC2. Karkand was BF2's. I never played 1942 outside of LANs, but I think Stalingrad or Berlin (can't remember) was the meat grinder for it.
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BF2 had a lot of shitty maps that seemed way too big. I'll take a meat grinder like stalingrad over any map that requires motorized transport to get to a different flag in a reasonable amount of time. Those maps always become musical chair shit shows sorta like the map in the BF1 beta.
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I agree. Personally I liked the BF3 approach to the large vehicle maps where there was a small group of 3-4 flags close together on the inside for infantry to fight over. I think they tried to do this with that beta map, but missed the simple elegance of something like Firestorm.
I would also really like to see a return to some maps designed ground up for Rush.
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The trench warfare map everyone keeps begging for
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So you are saying that besides 1942 the new game is in line with all the other games and there is nothing to see here?
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Eh, sounds like a big deal about nothing. Only about 5 maps out of any game get actually played no matter how many they release.
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Le sigh, yep. "But they are the most played maps!" Yeah cause they take no skill and are quick to level. Stupid meat grinder maps.
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Get off my lawn!
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Naval Warfare DLC
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At this point with EA/Dice it feels like you're getting half a game unless you pony up the $50 for the season pass.
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At this point? The bonus map stuff goes back to 1942. Even if we admit that 1942 had more maps on release, it still added more in its expansions. BF2 had fewer on release and added considerably more in expansion packs that added up to the $40 or 50 you currently pay for a pack anyway.
Never mind that the current BF's have more gametypes, weapons, player leveling systems, friend/social enhancements, etc., it also has a single player campaign. Plus, it is also only $10 more than your spent on BF1942 at release despite inflation.
Personally I am not stoked by BF1, but I don’t think value arguments hold much water.
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Is the beta over? I can't connect to anything via matchmaking, and nothing comes up in the server list either. PS4. I thought today was the last day.. wtf
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Yeah, looks like it's over. Shame too, since I didn't get to put any time in yesterday I'd been hoping to play a bit more today. Oh well.
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Yeah, the launch is still something like 6 weeks away - I wouldn't be surprised if they did a second round test.
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Was there even a revive icon working? We tried it out on an empty server because we didn't think it was working and we never saw an icon when down and asking for a medic. Gave up on the medic class after that.
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Thanks. Maybe we gave up on it too early.
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Yes it worked. There are always several white dots in 3D that were out there representing people needing reviving. Just takes some getting used to.
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wtf are you talking about
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I thought the medic had the best gun honestly. But in terms of their other main support ability (namely reviving people), yeah, that did seem entirely pointless. In all the time I spent as a medic, I only encountered one dude who wanted to be revived. And even then, I didn't realize I'd need to manually switch to the syringe, and by the time I'd done that and was attempting to revive the guy, someone else ran up and shot me. :-P
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You got bonus points for kills while defending a flag. And that happens pretty often if you stay on a flag.
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