Battlefield 2042 reportedly in \u201ctrouble\u201d after trying to copy Modern Warfare Electronic Arts \/ ActivisionBattlefield 2042\u2019s three-year development cycle has reportedly been troublesome as new reports suggest management at DICE sought to copy much of the blueprint 2019\u2019s Call of Duty Modern Warfare laid out. With BF 2042\u2019s Beta behind us, thousands of players have now had their first hands-on session with the future of EA\u2019s immensely popular FPS franchise. While this public test had its fair share of bugs, design flaws, missing features, and optimization issues, developers at DICE assured the build was \u201cmonths old.\u201d Although these comments intended to alleviate some concern, new reports indicate they simply aren\u2019t true. The controversial Beta build was in fact from \u201cearly-mid September,\u201d an anonymous source told industry insider Tom Henderson in a report for GamingIntel. What was the main reason behind this sloppy showcase and the questionable stage of BF 2042 this close to launch? Problematic management is allegedly at the core of it all, as leadership figures at DICE sought to copy elements from Activision\u2019s wildly successful Modern Warfare release in 2019. \u201cMany of the game\u2019s problems have stemmed from management,\u201d sources disclosed to Henderson. Not only are these leaders supposedly \u201cnot committed to the project,\u201d but they also appear to have ignored glaring issues throughout 2042\u2019s development. Rather than striving to iterate on the beloved BF formula, management instead wanted to replicate Call of Duty\u2019s more recent success. \u201cManagement loved some of Modern Warfare 2019\u2019s aspects that much, that the studio was supposedly encouraged to create something similar.\u201d One specific feature developers were made to copy over was Modern Warfare\u2019s Operators, according to the anonymous employee at DICE. This contentious move wiped away BF\u2019s trademark class system in favor of new Specialists. Read More: Every Battlefield 2042 map & mode – With a new seasonal structure to boot, existing Specialists will obviously receive their own cosmetics. On top of that, new Specialists will be introduced in future seasons. This would \u201cincentivize purchases,\u201d akin to Modern Warfare\u2019s roadmap. It\u2019s unclear what else was heavily inspired by the 2019 CoD release. However, after playing the Beta, it became clear that it was the least \u201cBF feeling BF\u201d in quite some time. Read More: Battlefield 2042 Beta swarmed by cheaters – With just five weeks to go before 2042\u2019s November 19 release, the clock is ticking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Battlefield 2042 reportedly in \u201ctrouble\u201d after trying to copy Modern Warfare Electronic Arts \/ ActivisionBattlefield 2042\u2019s three-year development cycle has reportedly been troublesome as new reports suggest management at DICE sought to copy much of the blueprint 2019\u2019s Call of Duty Modern Warfare laid out. With BF 2042\u2019s Beta behind us, thousands of players have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}