EA has confirmed today as part of the official Battlefield 2042 reveal that the game won't be featuring a traditional single-player campaign when it launches on October 22, instead putting all of its resources into multiplayer.
In an interview with Eurogamer, design director Daniel Berlin explained the reasons behind the decision, highlighting that the team at DICE is "best" at multiplayer experiences, and there was a desire to focus on "building depth":
"I think that's just something that enables us to really lean into what we are best at. If you look at the DNA of the studio, what we've been doing for so long, we just said you know what, we're not going to have a traditional single-player campaign this time around, but we're going to put all that emphasis and all those resources into building depth into the multiplayer. Because that is what we do best."
Berlin went on to point out that despite the lack of single-player campaign, there is still a narrative in Battlefield 2042. As the seasons evolve, it will introduce new specialists, and "you'll see how the world evolves through the eyes of the specialists that we have."
In terms of multiplayer, he also confirmed that Battlefield 2042 won't be shipping with a battle royale mode, although there are "other experiences within the game that we can't talk about which we are super excited for."
Sad about the lack of single-player campaign in Battlefield 2042? Give us your thoughts down below.
[source eurogamer.net]
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Extremely disappointed by that. Multiplayer games are very competitive and require you to invest a lot of time. Take Call of Duty for example. You need like 10,000 hours of game to be any good at it. I just don't have that kind of time. I bought the xbox in December last year and I've only spent about 300 hours playing on it. So this Battlefield is a no for me.
This will disappoint some, but this is the right move. The campaigns in Battlefield and Call of Duty are just distractions from the main event. They're fun, especially the most recent Modern Warfare, but hardly the reason 95 percent of people are playing these games for. It's better they focus on what they do best. Looking forward to it.
Kudos! I rarely played a battlefield game for the singleplayer aspect. CoD is where I get my cinematic singleplayer story from. BF scratches my massive army battle itch. The only exception was bf:bc2, that was hilariously fun.
Then it should cost at least $20 less than Battlefield V did at launch.
@Chaudy While I agree in theory, 10K hours is a pretty egregious exaggeration don't you think lol!
If Battlefield 3 cost less than Battlefield V did at launch, Battlefield 2042 should cost $20 less than Battlefield 3 did at launch.
Dont get me wrong, I'd like to it to have a story mode but on the other hand, other games have done the whole meta narrative thing, so we'll have to see.
Crossfire X is seriously starting to look like the underdog. Not the hero we m need, but the hero we deserve haha. I won't be getting battlefield due to seriously sucking at multiplayer =(
@redd214 lol yeah I may have gone over the top there
We want just
single-player campaign , Shut up and Shut your mouth EA Playing without single player campaign it means a real trash
Well there goes my enthusiasm.
No campaign, no buy
Well that sucks! I just posted in article that i was hoping it's coming down the line and was just delayed by Covid.
I'm giving it a go whenever it's in gamepass, ain't dropping a penny on it either way so either it will be great and pull me in or it will get deleted from the SSD after a few weeks.
It amazes me that companies like ea and dice will cut content and then charge more than standard. What’s worse is the people that will defend this decision.
Total garbage.
Less content for the same price! Got to love capitalism.
@Jslade sadly I feel like you are right. I'm sure they looked at the numbers and the market is trending away from my personal preference for campaigns. Time will tell and i will be playing it once in gamepass to check it out but still disappointed.
@Meehanuk gamepass. First time user convert 3 years of live gold to ultimate for $1 or if you used it before stock up on the 3 month cards when it goes on sale later this year.
Any interest I had in this game fell off a cliff very quickly
I know it has disappointed a lot of people but I very rarely play the SP of these military shooters. It's all about gaming with my friends for online shooters, without a co-op feature it's purely MP for me. Games with co-op campaign s (halo/gears) I'm all for it. Got battlefield 1 and 5 day one and I think I finished 3 missions collectively over both games.
I'm sure DICE looked at the numbers for campaign completion against player base before they made the decision. I am however in full agreement that it seems steep to charge that much for MP only when there are plenty of MP shooters out there that are free to play.
I personally don't like multiplayer games - and think the market is flooded with them already.!
How about some single AAA single player campaigns games for a change?
Well that makes this an easy No Purchase and No Play at all for me. This is the complete opposite of what i have been asking for for years... A 40 hour story/campaign mode for a COD or Battlefield game and NO multiplayer at all. Oh well, There are plenty of other games that i will look forward too for us single players.
@Meehanuk honestly that's why I'm hoping gamepass keeps getting stronger, because otherwise, gaming will be one of the most expensive pass times
Well that sucked ☹️. Oh well, guess my money will go elsewhere
No multiplayer??? Obviously EA didn't pay attention to Activision when the made the same mistakes a few years ago by going with a futuristic setting and eliminating single player.
R.I.P. Battlefield series
There are loads of MP FPS, but all to few with SP. COD tried without SP, but next year it was back! Says a lot!!
I have to say, this isn't exactly a major loss. Battlefield has never really had a strong single player campaign, whereas DICE truly excel at multiplayer, so why not let them focus on what they're best at as Berlin says?
On the other hand, I can't see why EA couldn't draft in a separate team to develop a single player (I'm thinking of Respawn in particular) while DICE handled the online modes? But then again, I think long-term Battlefield fans, myself included, are really only in it for the multiplayer, which has always been the series' main appeal.
It's disappointing that there is no Campaign..
Boo. With no single player campaign, I will just watch the pretty trailers and look to something else to play. If you are into BF multiplayer, then this one looks like it will rock your world. But I find it funny because I watched the 4 minute trailer and it just felt so strongly like it was telling a single player story.
I think :
1) This was the right move to do, given the franchise we talk about and what really interest the very big majority of its players
2) This game is definitely not for me. But that's fine. Enjoy, those who can !
Well, EA, that's a VERY hard pass for me, then. I don't like multi-player online shooters, unless it's with friends, but not with spoiled brats who have FAR more time than me to play and hone their skills, making it next to impossible for me to even make a decent amount of kills in such MMO events.
And the price of the game also needs to be cut in half, then. Or at least needs to be reduced to two-thirds of the asking price of a full fps experience.
“Always funny how much f2p BR games have conditioned people to devalue MP’er only games so much. $70 for R&C’s 15 or 20 hour campaign? A-OK! $70 for a MP’er game that will have years of free map and content updates (only mtx are cosmetics) I’ll get a thousand hours out of? What a rip-off!!!”
If this is £70 and multiplayer only and not even on gamepass then this game is going to die quick
@orionreplay it totally looked like snippets of the campaign to me as well!!!
@Senua it's the market they are in and the competition they are facing. Again maybe the time and money they put into the MP experience will be justified....most won't know until it's in gamepass as that's a lot to ask for multiplayer only. Better not have microtransactions on top of all that (i expect it will)
@Tasuki lol did you read the article? It says no Single Player mode. The game will only be multiplayer online.
I'm one of those rare beasts that has bought every single CoD and Battlefield to only play the campaign. I never touch the multiplayer (or Zombies). I just enjoy going through the campaigns on the hardest difficulties, and challenging myself that way. I guess this means I have saved a fair bit of money as I usually pre-order too. Not this time though...!
"Battlefield 2042 Won't Feature A Single-Player Campaign, And Here's Why"
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Haven't played a Battlefield game since 1942. If the multiplayer is solid, I may be that guy in Battlefield 2042 going 0-25.
And I'll probably be okay with that, as long as I can get my old friends to play as well. Hopefully, it'll be cross play since some of them have a PS5 now.
I wonder if this will be more limited than black ops 4
@PJ5 Do communists even have access to video games, comrade?
@gingataisen There isn't any government system I know of that truly works, but seriously I'm just sick of the constant bs caused by stockholders and board directors.
@PJ5 I get you, but that's greed right there. Nothing the free market can do about it, so let's vote with our wallets. 🙅🏻
Dropping the single player is a great choice. If the multiplayer is back to his standards, then I don’t mind how much I have to pay for it. But I still believe this will be a Day 1 Gamepass game. There just waiting for the gameplay reveal at the Xbox perco to reveal this.
Oké im interested. Give me some gameplay.
Some years back i would only buy games for the story mode, but after 15 plus years on xbox live i find myself now buying games that as multiplayer this is because i game with a lot of people/friends.
Before coming to xbox i was a pc gamer "still am" and lost my life to Battlefield 2, at the time all i played was the multiplayer for 5 years that a pretty along time for 1 game.
Story mode: yes i will miss it not been in the game, will it stop me buying it No, would like to see something from another studio maybe work on a stand alone story mode.
Hazard Zone: what is it ? i think this is where you going to see the old maps return but the word Hazard is really got me thinking extreme weather hazards, Destruction of buildings and maps, maybe this is what D.I.C.E as been playing on the older maps maybe not.
New/Old maps: I never a fan of playing older maps like what call of duty is doing all the time, but if battlefield as changed them to the weather effects then i am looking forward to seeing and playing the old maps.
HARDCORE BATTLEFIELD FAN: Disappointed no story but its not everything this may help me to get straight into the action because i would play the story first then multiplayer.
See yous all on the Battlefield !
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