Battlefield's Craziest Forgotten Features
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- Huge thanks to @Nick930 for providing footage from his EPIC Battlefield documentary • History of Battlefield...
The legacy of Battlefield is rich with incredible and groundbreaking features that often stood a cut above the competition. But sometimes, great or interesting features from past titles got left by the wayside as the franchise evolved... these are some of the CRAZIEST forgotten features of Battlefield
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More Features Not Mentioned in the Video:
- Nightvision / Thermal Vision + Night Maps (multiple BF games)
- Deployable Grappling and Ziplines (lBF2 and Hardline)
- Towable Artillery and AA (BFV)
- Hot Swapping between characters in single player (BF2: Modern Combat)
- Drawing and firing weapons from inside vehicles (BF Hardline)
- Adaptive Camo Patterns, changed based on map selection (BF4)
- Fully Destructable Maps (BFBC2, BF3-ish)
- Suppression system (BF3 and more)
- Dropping unused mag ammo (BF3 Beta)
- Sweet Spot Sniping (BF1)
- Engine Modding (ex: Desert Combat BF1942, Project reality BF2)
- Vehicle Enter/Exit/Switch Seat Animations (BF1, BFV)
- AC130 Circling Artillery Plane (BF3, BF4)
- Custom Weapon Camos (Hardline Gunbench)
I do miss night maps... especially the night maps with building destruction... those were CRAZY!!!! Long live BFBC2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think BF2 was the last game where you could play multiplayer games with AI. Don't quote me though. It was really fun tearing up AI when the internet was down
@@VAN1SH1NGac7 You still can, check out Project Reality.
i just want 2143 with titan mode.
How about the pilot/driver class like in BF1?
I loved that in Battlefield Hardline you could run up to medics and support class players and just take health and ammo off them rather than having to constantly request aid that would never come.
You could do this in BFV too
@@rambo-cambo3581 That’s really cool to know, I stuck to BF1 because of the launch condition of BFV so I never played it. Honestly surprised it didn’t return in BF2042 then.
Not if u had a medic like ma in your team…
I’m one of those annoying medics. I would just run around and throw down a pack even if you didn’t need one haha
@@gregbarnes4083 you didn’t play BFV but played 2042?…
Fortifications were genius imo and didn't get the love they deserve. Gave people a reason to stay and defend an objective instead of just sprinting off. Also hugely increased the maps destruction as they could be blown up and rebuilt multiple times.
It should have returned for 2042. It would have certainly helped at launch with how open the maps were
There were complaints about players camping too much
@@richrgamr there are always players camping to much. And the option to destroy the fortifications made camping less annoying then when you can't destroy it.
@@lucagerulat307 i remember that some of the fortifications in bf5 were like house-height and created some very weird sightlines if you wanted to capture a point.
I for myself would have loved to see a evolution of that - creating ACTUAL fortifications such as anti tank guns, tank traps and spikes or AI soldiers.
DICE BRING BACK TITAN MODE!
I miss two seater jets, having a teammate give you call outs to where the enemy jet is in a dogfight made things so much more intense
I love doing this in BF2 Project reality. Dogfights are so much fun.
Using the F15 in bombing runs and copilot on smart bombs. Those were the days.
Really felt like that part in BF3 campaign where you're in the jet.
With todays tech we could also have bomber cameras and efficient fly-by-wire ordinance...since the pilot doesnt have to do everything. Battlefield has just lost its way, its a solo game about instant gratification now. Most people just zerg rush objectives. I get bored pretty quickly playing now because its like a seal clubbing game, seems liek noone has a fucking brain. I can easily rack up multiple kills attacking any objective because I dont just 'w + shift' at the enemy.
@@xShredsx I recommend playing Project reality if you want a realistic battlefield but the players actually use their brains.
I sometimes miss having all the vehicles spawn directly on the battlefield, even when they were not in use. It had its flaws, but I still liked it.
Sure it had its flaws but it also gave you a reason to protect those spawns and not just zerg rush over and over. It promoted team play and tactical thinking. With some intelligent map design spawn camping them from across the map would be difficult. Same for the static emplacements in BF2 (like the radar). They open up so much more dynamic gameplay, instead of just watching tickets bleed until the attacker either pushes hard enough or doesnt.
if people really felt it was a huge issue they could also just make them invulnerable at their spawn points until someone gets in them....I dont like this idea but it is a solution to the (non) problem
Nto realted but in order to fix zerg rushing I believe giving both sides LESS tickets would encourage more medic play. AS it stands there are enough tickets that games last long enough for revives not being necessary. If they lowered the ticket count, peopl would lose extremely quickly and realize the value of revive, since noone really likes getting wiped instantly.
absolutely agreed. It made snatching vehicles SO fun and also encourgaed players to protect certain flags where spawn tanks, APCs, IFVs or even Helis.
I just hate the current system were players just camp in the deploy screen for vehicles. Sometimes it is just so anoyig that 5 players of a 32 men team just doing nothing in the deploy screen just for getting the attack heli.
I loved being able to sneak into an enemy base, take out a couple targets and steal one of their planes. It made the game really exciting.
For BF1, you mentioned the cavalry class, but to expand on that, all vehicles/aircraft had their own dedicated classes, which were much weaker than primary classes (except for the cavalry class). Helped disincentivized bailing on your plane or tank prematurely.
The full auto handgun that the pilot class got access to was pretty good. A diamond in the rough though. Calvary was sooooo good
This should be standard. Pilots should be insentivised to run back to main, for example to cut respawn time on plane. Not very classic BF, but it has always been tiresome with bailing pilots in full gear running around capping the rear base.
It would actually be great for this to be expanded further with some sort of incentive like "down with the ship" xp if you died in a vehicle. It is so frustrating for teammates to bail in an effort not to die and lose a tank or other vehicle to the enemy. Or shooting a fighter only for them to bail.
@@LiamYager It’s pretty rampant in BF2042 actually. At least, in the majority of games, I play, there is at least one vehicle switching teams per match because of people bailing out… heck, it happens with enemy transport helis all the time.
It was even better balanced in bfV with plane exit animation
For battlefield hardline you forgot to mention that ability to draw your weapon Inside and outside of the vehicle that you're in, was really hoping they bring that back into battlefield 2042
good note, yeah that was an excellent feature.
Drive-bys was so much fun
Also forgot the custom skins from hard-line, it was so cool
Yea because if they had included that feature it would have made 2042 worth playing lol 😂
I loved the drop pods in 2142, they were great. When you spawned on somebodies spawn beacon, you would come down in a drop pod, so you had a view of the map coming in. Much better than just appearing on the map and getting filled with lead before you have a chance to look around.
From the other side, it was also cool because you could see the pods coming in and figure out where the enemy spawn beacon was.
There were some problems, like people figuring out how to skid across the map while in a pod, but that could easily be fixed by a new game.
I think BF4 had parachuting in if the spawn beacon was outside
Titan mode in 2142 was such a blast! I would love to see that return to a game.
Go play 2142
BF honestly peaked with 2142.
Raiding a titan was so much fun
@@Nerezza1 honestly yeah like that was something else and as fun gameplay the others have that game just was more fun
Good ole vlory days!!!
ADORED the behemoth mechanic in BF1. It made being on the losing side of breakthrough actually interesting and worthwhile
Not to mention the complete ambience shift once it appeared on the map. It was so ominious hearing the loud horns upon the arrival of the blimp. Really made the matches turn into a mid-round boss fight.
very cool but also very strong. Some of the behemoths like the airship on certain objectives in operations were near unstoppable until the next set of objectives. Would have liked to see more variations of them too. Maybe 2-3 more. Also, it would be cool if maps had the chance to have different behemoths.
They were awsome! Quite a disapointed that there wasn't more refinement of the mecanic and was droped basicaly after the first DLC
Well it was very cinematic, like most bf1 features, but not really made any gameplay sense
@@chaimkobylinski1988 they made sence but some person of questionable abilities sniped from the edge of the map or drove it, right in the middle of a fight making it explode in record time. I have used the dreadnought a couple of times to turn the tide of battle, soo the concept works but in practice it needed more work
Loved the towing mechanic in BFV. Cruising around with a field gun on the back of a jeep and a squad mate firing at random stuff was great fun. The respawn camera was a must.
Towing a AA gun to a sneaky location that pilots couldn't have memorized was a ton of fun.
Being able to crouch and sprint was a feature that should've never left. I wish there was a feature that showed where you were hit during a fight.
It’s crazy to me that they would try to add a commander role back in BF4 in a dumbed down version and then completely abandon it after. It was such a fun mechanic in BF2. Would love to see that return, as well as the communication between leaders and commander.
If you have a computer that’s lower-mid range you can play games like squad, he’ll let loose, and RS2: Vietnam. They all have squad locked voice chats with local range chat and a command channel with the commander and all SLs.
If this was done right. It could be really fun to relax with a tablet in the sofa and do some commanding :)
It was rather simple. But I kinda liked this in Watchdogs. I want to see more like this.
squad leader ability wheel in BF5 was awesome and in my experience, reinforced teamwork (or rather squadwork ?) a lot. It was also just so very useful to drop smoke barrages or the likes to push enemy positions.
It also feelt like a great reward, to be able to drop a v1 as a reward for playing the objective is great.
I felt like people would fight over who got to be squad leader. But maybe that was just my experience. It could have been balanced if say all squad members got points and everyone had the chance to use any of the abilities, but it would be tough to balance the V1 rocket that way.
@@LiamYager yeah sometimes people would spam the request order button. But that also means the squad leader would always actually give orders so you would rarely have a round without an active squadleader.
@@LiamYager They couldv'e countered that a little by giving the whole squad XP when using the rewards instead of just the squad leader.
The ability to communicate with anyone on your team would help with this.
Battlefield's best forgotten feature was the hot-swap mechanic from Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (The console port of Battlefield 2).
In the single player campaign you can swap to any soldier or vehicle in the level with the simple press of a button.
It felt like you were playing as a group of soldiers, not an individual.
DICE teased it in Battlefield 1's intro campaign mission. It would have been perfect for BF1's setting, showing the futility of charging trenches in WW1.
I wish they would bring it back and make a single player campaign that revolves around an army, not an individual soldier.
For more info I recommend that you watch the video - Battlefield's Lost Mechanic by Raycevick.
I had that game on Xbox way back when, was a REALLY cool feature.
Sadly that game was a huge buggy mess online.
could clip through most walls very easily and just kill everyone by shooting through it.
Yes i 100% Agree Ever since Raycevick pointed this out it feels like it could become the ultimate single player experience in a Battlefield game
Enlisted has this system in multiplayer. You can try it
BF2:MC is often overlooked, was such a great Battlefield game though!
So this was the game I played with friends ages ago! None of us remember what it was... Yeah it was fun
Surprised I didn't see BF2's Battlefield Recorder mentioned. It was a feature that allowed you to review the game after it was done from any camera angle and record shots you (and other players) made, It was also really good for catching cheaters.
The fact that a Theatre mode isn't standard in gaming anymore like it was between 2000 and 2010 is baffling and upsetting
The what???? I played thr game so much I didn't know about this
@@khodges72 Battle Recorder was on dedicated BF2 servers and you could pull up a "shadow copy" of the game you played up to 2-3 days or so after the game session. It was really good for creating TH-cam vids as well. An example I did in 2010 using Battle Recorder: th-cam.com/video/3t1X1I2AA9o/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=WiseApple
@@TheBananamonger I LIVED IN Theater mode. It was so cool to make little cut scenes and shit, like in Black ops, or PUBG
I miss the squad points system of BF4. Whenever you revive a squad mate or play the objective or just follow the squad leads orders, you would get squad points which would give you added perks that you could unlock and pick, like hold more grenades or quicker revives. This would add reason to follow the squad leads orders
? Those were always there, bf2042 is missing visualisation of those points for better ptfo
BF4? Why didn't I notice this? Haha
Resupplies and heals not adding up to your personal score in 2042 is terrible.
And they need to bring back a BF1 style end-of-round summary
Anything they can do to bolster the squad play is good, in my book
@@nairbsggirb1718 are you telling me that yelling at my squad mates is not going to cut it?
You forgot to mention battlefield 2's Special Forces DLC were they added in grapple hooks you could throw and climb up. Those were some of my favorite features in that DLC.
And nightvision + nightmaps
And the crossbow zipline!
BF2 was such an incredible game, come to think of it.
Some serious nostalgia thinking of Ghost Town
Hardline had that too tho
+1 for titan mode. Controlling points actually felt like it made a difference, other than draining tickets. Fighting on the titan was mad fun too.
Not to mention assaulting it in those pods, and jumping off after exploding the core!
Those wild matches where your team is able to defend long enough as the other Titan's shields give way, and your squad is coordinated enough to immediately drop their Titan in short order.
titan mode was sincerely the greatest multiplayer experience in all of battlefield. Imagine that sort of gameplay with the frostbite engine and bad company 2 level destruction.
Call me crazy. But I kinda liked the bandage system from BFV. It was just kind of nice being able to keep one little medpack on you despite what class you were playing at all times for emergencies.
Yo craaaazy
For real, that should just be an industry standard at this point.
Bussin feature
It sucked for gunfights
all it needed was a deployment animation (like real sped up, simplified tarkov healing) and its golden
I enjoyed the building & fortification system; camera spawn; shooting w/ sidearm from down position; setting camo pattern w/ colors changing for environment; squad/ platoon system to join w/ friends; defined roles & class system; weapon/ assignment/ ribbon progression of bf3; vehicle refuel/rearm points; spawn protection
The building system was really good, I thought it was some gimmicky system but it actually made a difference in the long run and I was sad for that not returning in 2042
Totally missed the building and fortification system when playing breakthrough mode in bf2042.
@@MoistRolls if they could do it like BattleBit Remastered has it. Its basically the system from BFV where you build protection and it takes like 5 secs but also mixed with the freedom of Fortnite where you can do it anywhere. You could turn a small house into a last stand with your squad
sounds almost like Squad to me (btw. Squad once was a Mod for Battlefield 2. I think it was Project Reality
But only in principle. 90% of the fortifications were pretty much useless. A free building system would have been much better. Like digging trenches, setting up sandbags freely.
I really miss the BfV squad leader call ins. Calling for a v2 rocket was awesome. Another thing I miss about BfV is the player first person animations, from prone shooting on your back to jump proning sideways. But the most favorite part was that explosions threw you off!! You actually got thrown all over whenever big explosions occurred near by. Why was this featured canned!!!!?????
I was a big fan of the revive animations as well, made medic gameplay much more satisfying.
We did not realize the little gem we actually had with BFV, now look where we are.
The people that made that probably got fired or left. Sadly BFV was truly when DICE got shaken up as a studio.
I love lying in a bed or cot and seeing my lower body
Never understand why they removed those features. They were great features. Another feature is swimming under water and naval battles.
Out of every single feature listed in this video, the one I have utilised the most, and which holds the most utility power for me is this: the inclusion of live video feed for spawns, so that when you selected a squad member, team base, or vehicle, you didn't immediately die. Why i love this is because of one of BF4's major issues, which is spawning. You would often literally die almost instantly when you spawned because of spawn trapping or proximity/AOE from artillery or missile fire. Even using this feature, it still happened a lot. But I definitely loved how we got this.
I miss the old suppression system. Suppressing enemies or being suppressed felt so immersive
I liked it also yet large amount of players wanted it gone
@@agents977 yesh it's too bad
@@agents977 because it influenced your accuracy. I liked it visually but it was annoying to have increased spread on the guns while suppressed. Still like the idea gives mg more flavor
@@kenb.1096 The suppression system used to set the pace of the firefight and was meant to give an advantage to who'd spot the enemy first. WIthout it, the whole cover system breaks, the game gets incredibly faster where the map design stops working and even switching to the pistol gets useless because now zig-zag bunny hopping while reloading the rifle is just faster. The community has absolutely zero clue about what should or shouldn't be in the game. How convenient that many op weapons, optics and the horrendous "sweet spot" system from bf1 were never reported
@@dorael_ if you spot somebody first you already have the advantage so that makes no sense. And the community is the one playing and paying so their opinion is the most important if those aren’t listend
the "medic near you" feature from Battlefield V is included in 2042 on one of its earlier patches, that put a smile on my face, i loved that feature.
i think ''medic near you'' feature was introduced in bf1, coz alot ppl were skipping rez while medic was 1-2 meters away and it was big problem,
and by looking at your comment i assume you didnt even play previous BF games right?
@@aga1nsty0u i played bf1 and yes it hd that feature, i was referring to the previous battlefield game before 2042 release and that was bfv 👍
the camera preview before spawning on someone is so essential ! I mean how did they not choose to keep this feature ??
Possibly the single most frustrating part of 2042 (which I actually love overall). Everyone knows the crushing feel of spawning into the chopper one second before it crashes, or in the middle of a firefight where the first thing you see opening your eyes is a tank shell to the forehead.
In most every BF game, there is only one 3D camera. BF4 made things interesting by adding the 3D view in the normally 2D spawn screen. We don't see this in later games as they use the 3D overhead spawn screen.
BF4 did toy with having limited resolution 3D views within the normal 3D world (security monitors in Lancang Dam among them). Being able to have two 3D views would allow things like magnifying scopes that don't also magnify the gameworld, and mirrors and monitors in vehicles. (I do wonder if it is possible to add "super resolution" to a player's central view to allow scopes via lens filters. Limited raytracing could also handle mirrors.)
Man, BF2142 titan mode is the probably the most consistent fun I've ever had playing a BF game, I want them to revive that mode in some way a future game!
I loved Battlefield Heroes and genuinely miss that game a lot. It was just a fun and lighthearted game that was nice to relax to every now and again.
What about destruction, that was a crazy feature that seems to have been forgotten
I know it's mad. I mean how can you not want to be able to demolish a building that has a full squad camping inside? Bad Company 2 was the GOAT for that.
It’s pitiful that this comment has so few likes. Destruction was the killer feature both in bc2 and bf3/4. I hope it will come back once
That was Battlefield's thing. They just lost their identity.
@@Scyrixus We can only hope. Some of my best memories of BF are me & the boys just running around the map blowing shit up. That and it's vehicle combat was what made it so different from things like COD. Instead of innovation they've just started copying the competition. >_>
Levelution was amazing in bf 4, the destruction back then amazed me when these events occurred. If I can get to replay those moments again but in a better way I would be amazing.
I really want them to do another 2142. I also remember being one of the few people that really liked BF: Hardline. I thought the civilian vehicle gameplay was really cool.
I also remember the BF2: Special Forces expansion being fantastic for all the fun mobility features it added.
Very cool video summarizing past and present BF features!
BF2 Special Forces expansion had some really cool gadgets to use on the maps like ziplines and night-vision goggles. I see 2042 has reinstated several gadgets for different classes like the wingsuit or the personal shield, but a night battle in low visibility would be really cool to see
BF2 Commander role and fortifications were the best features this franchise has had IMO. Commander role could change who won and who didn't if done right. Calling in Artillery at the right moment and getting 10 kills was an awesome feeling. Fortifications added more destruction, and made it more of a reason to stay and defend a flag//objective instead of capping and running off. Bring these back!
Squishing the other commander or sniper with a supply crate or vehicle drop was the best. Why I crap on the new games so much, seems we've lost so much over the years. Todays games seem too get skimpier with content. Instead of building off the last games improvements, it seems they start over, get in a rush and keep drop stuff in development. In short, we've lost more than we've gained imho.
bring it back as the BF2 version and not the BF4 one, needing a commander to be a player was better and added a side objective for anyone wanting to hunt them down
BF2 but with Project Reality mod now that's where it was at men. Commander plus units building entrenchments and field fortifications. yee haa.
This comment and the replies below make me itch for a modern remake of BF2. That would be incredible. I know it's near impossible to expect that to happen, but at least build off some of these things that we loved and worked great.
Battlefield 2 was probably the closest they ever got to the ideal Battlefield game. If they could replicate that game and polish it up with some of the newer mechanics like fortifications and enhanced destruction (and tweak some of the old balance issues) it would do a lot for the series!
It would be a truly redemption
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I remember playing Battlefield 1942 and seeing all the ships and heavy bombers you could play. I wish to see these return some day, especially the ships and even submarines.
One of my favourite features in 2042 however small is the ability to change the ownership on certain buildings. Like the map renewal for example. It makes defending an objective a little easier while also preventing a little extra challenge to think about
I loved Commander mode, I'd love that to come back
Trip down memory lane seeing this. Awesome! I still miss my BF2 and BF3 days, they were the best in terms of gameplay and -mechanics imo.
Peak of squad play for sure
I'd love to see every single one of these in an ultimate Battlefield game, with every single map, weapon, vehicle etc from every single game.
My favorite lost feature is the fortification system. Imagine if you could build fortifications anywhere you wanted in Battlefield 2042. That'd be awesome. I'd also love to have the sweetspot mechanic in bf 2042.
IT WOULD DEFINITELY FILL IN ALL THE EMPTY VOIDS BETWEEN POINTS
I liked the Behemoths from BF1. It was fun to fight them in a huge battle. Man, I hope they bring them in Portal mode
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Battlefield 2 had a ton of great features, and that was back in 2005! I don't remember everything now, but I do remember that you could supply yourself with ammo or heal with medic box without throwing it on the ground.
BF2 Commander was awesome I loved to command my team and assign different squads to different objectives. Also the ammo and medic system in Hardline was genius
Can’t believe there was no mention of Hardline’s vehicle-based capture points! Loved driving around trying to take down the capture point car. Like Conquest but the points were moving targets ripe for grenade launcher skills. Great fun.
BF2 and BF2142 were the best Battlefield. I hope will see some of these forgotten features in the future.
titan mode was so good in 2142
I played them too and cant really consider the new Battlefield a successor in any way.
Ditto. Loved all of that. Some newer already mentioned features would be welcome in a sequel but the core mechanics need to stay. I still miss the Midway map from BF1942 where you had a fleet battle over an Island. Similarly you could have both Titans close in in 2142 to dish out external damage to one another.
This is why video game companies need to find a way to integrate past features into new titles so we don’t get new games that forgot to implement a feature that worked before
Depending on the technical situation, that may or may not be easy. If the next game uses the same engine as the old one, it can usually be easily ported over. If it is different or significantly altered engine, that feature may have to be rebuilt from scratch.
Sometimes the decision is more of a design one, because a feature that worked well in an old game might not work as well in the new one when all of the other changes are factored in.
@@rosskuhlman in some cases I guess, but I still think some quality of life features should always be kept unless they absolutely need to be taken out
@@rosskuhlman yes and no. Looking at newest bf for example, removing squad voip, you cant globally chat/see enemy chat, for a long period they didnt even show your score/kills on the scoreboard because "ppl could get offended".
I personally, loved battlelog. setting up daily challanges for me and my friends, having a detailed report after the game and the server browser was fantastic.
@@MatureFister I completely agree that those changes sucked. Glad they have added most of those features back. But definitely it was an attempt to improve player retention, and it backfired terribly
@@rosskuhlman yeah, but how do you think did they think not having global chat or scoreboards is improving player retention?
I would love to see a straight forward way to manage squads again, maybe even squad upgrades like in previous ones. Reward squadmates working together.
Incredible video! Makes me really miss the old days of Battlefield 3.
Wow, this really took me back. A few things I remember: In BF1942, the naval units often made servers very laggy when they started moving and maps weren't big enough to warrant their use. BF: Vietnam was such an amazing next step from 1942, they really did a bang-up job with all the extras like winching and blasting music. BF2's commander mode was awesome, I often liked using it and felt that it helped the team a lot when playing against other randoms. I never owned BF2142 but played the demo a lot, I think the Titan gameplay was so underrated. Should have been a much bigger game!
Hardline also added the minimal boundaries to show you where you could stand to be in the capture zone of a point. It also added for molotovs that the friendly ones had a blue flame so you knew it was safe to run through. And then it also added two of some of the coolest game modes in BF history with Blood Money and Heist. It's such an under appreciated BF game that had some amazing gunplay and we'll designed maps.
Yeah, I have a lot of positive memories of hardline. I liked that it was a bit smaller scale, with fewer tanks and rocket launchers. I wouldn't want that for every BF game, but it was a nice change of pace. Shame that everyone seemed to hate it.
@@rosskuhlman Gamers get stuck in a rut and want every game to somehow be exactly the same as the one before, but also much better, loaded with different, totally new features - but exactly the same. Hardline was really innovative and unfairly maligned for sure.
Absolutely. So sad that a balance patch kinda ruined the weapon damage on PC and that the community was so fucking retarded back then in regards to it "not being a true BF", as if that meant much. Thr gameplay was so fluid and dynamic, gunplay was so nice and the TTK was very satisfying. Easily the most fun I've had with this franchise (not counting PR:BF2)
Things I want back are crouch running, the ammo/health pick up from anyone carrying the crates, swimming UNDER water, improved fortifications (those things were great but too locked in on a spot), and one I miss the most, the PLATOON SYSTEM! It would also be nice if they could bring back the server browser for future titles. 2042 still really needs that even if it won't get it.
The BF2 "hotswap" feature was also insane! Where the campaign didn't have any main characters but played more like a multiplayer game. And each time you died you'd take over another soldier that was already in the battle. You could also change soldier at will to one across the battlefield.
that’s pretty much what enlisted does now accept it’s online only.
@@arcanusluvalus1388 yeah but that game is unplayable. If the AI weren't literally suicidal it might work a little better.
@@Sun-Tzu- it’s pretty rough to say the least, ai needs a lottt of work, it’s not easy programming them to be smart enough to play like a human while remaining easy enough to kill as if it is just a bot, balancing that will take them some time, although they have made considerable improvements in the last year.
@@arcanusluvalus1388 AI is always difficult. But what they need to do is just prioritise self preservation. Run to cover or lay down when shot at.
@@Sun-Tzu- i agree, the ai awareness is very frustrating, the only way to keep them alive is to play safe and that takes away from the fun of rushing in and then they get killed before you can even swap to them, all in all the gameplay isn’t for everyone but if you can stomach it the gunplay is superb and very satisfying when there are populated servers.
Looking back at 2142, it was actually a lot of fun.
I remember so fondly getting in the submarine on Wake Island in BF1942 and having no idea what to do and dying almost immediately. Also, the carrier always being beached by some knucklehead within seconds of the round starting.
I've always enjoyed the camanders. Added great team play.
yeah charmander is great pokemon
just kidding
Camander.... Bro... Focus on school
The BF1 Operations mode was one of the greatest things ever added into a BF title.
They are epic. It really makes you feel like you're part of war.
Great Vid!
BF2142 was sooo much fun. I really enjoyed that one. I'd cry if they actually made a successor to that game. It promotes so much gameplay and dynamic, would really fit in todays gaming environment. And they could go ham with all the guns and gadjets.
Agreed, it had so many cool features. I loved the asymmetrical vehicles especially, like the hover tank that the PAC had vs the more traditional tank used by the EU. I would be so happy if their next game was 2143
It was a great game. The grenade launchers let you get a range on a target and the use the mouse wheel to add or subtract to the distance before your grenade air burst. I got really good with that feature inside titans.
@@justinbrown691 Yeah that was awesome. I was really bummed in 2042 when they added the airburst rifle and it did not have that feature anymore
BF2142 was already dead when I got the game, I feel sad I missed it. I did enjoy 1942, bf2 and bc2 quite a lot. WIth an honorable mention to bf1 and bfv.
@@qlum you can still play 2142 today.. I thought I’d never play bf2 and 2142 ever again, then I found the lost soldiers community forums
Nowdays it seems that simple scoreboard, allchat and overall working poroduct are the most forgotten features.
I loved being commander, having that integration was awesome. Even in BF2042 I try to type out tactics, call out shots and warn others... never knew about the battlefield where you could be a player and commander too! I wish a future BF games gets it back + the action button for ammo/health and the vehicle spawn timer.
The Desert Combat mod for BF42 will forever hold a special place in my heart, it pioneered so many game mechanics during development, from first-person anti-air missiles to flying, capturable spawn points, deployable mortars and more. RIP Trauma Studios. o7
I really hope for a comeback. Maybe with the new battlefield
Wishful thinking at this point.
And the cycle continues.
too late for 2042
@@Ukbrummie ur mom continues
Nah. It's done.
I really liked the drining mechanics that were introduced in Hardline, it made driving around so much more fun than in BF4, as if you were driving in an actual racing game.
Yeah with the boys blowing shit up man i miss hardline but sadly I couldn't find any servers.
In Battlefield 3 Beta, they tried having the ammo system in a way that you would drop all remaining ammo in the mag if you reloaded before empty. Unpopular opinion but i personally loved it cause it made you think more before reloading and keeping in mind that you will run out of ammo quick, like you would in reality. Also it would have made Supports more important.
Great point. People get spoiled by unlimited ammo and no repercussions, but more realism like this is a good thing.
For Battlefield 1942, there's a mod called Forgotten Hope Secret Weapon(FHSW) which massively expands the contents and certainly, have a dedicated naval warfare map like Leyte Gulf, Solomon Sea, Op. Rheinubung and such. Feel free to give it a look! :D
I miss 2142 so much....
You're not alone.
Every 6 or 8 months I rewatch that 4-hour documentary on Battlefield. Always reminds me of how far the series has come. Even with all the bumps and bruises. Nothing beats Battlefield!
Link below: History of Battlefield
th-cam.com/video/7l0biWQrshI/w-d-xo.html
Can you share a link?
With 2042 it did beat itself in the end...
Except battlefield is dead and there are games doing battlefield better then 2042. Insurgency sandstorm and squad are a couple of games that are much better then 2042.
"Nothing beats Battlefield"
*Ahem*
PlanetSide 2?Star Wars Battlefront 2005?
I love that you're showing BF Hardline the love it deserves.
One of my first memories of Battlefield was when I went to the local PC gaming arcade where you could rent play time on PCs and have LAN parties or even play online. I distinctly remember playing Battlefield 1942 and getting in the battleship on the Wake Island map and letting the main guns loose towards the enemy on the island and seeing bodies fly through the air with each barrage of shells from my ship. I was hooked on the series from then on. So sad to see the direction it’s gone since BFV.
Idk man. Battlelog was actually awesome... I know a lot of people didn't like it, but I loved it.
Also take me back to BF2 24/7 Karkand :(
all things considered, it really wasnt that much of an issue.
weird, sure, but bad? nah
The log was epic. The stats and info available, the weapons change features... change weapons on phone or iPad any time, and it's in effect as soon as you respawn. I miss the log.
Strike at Karkand imo is the best map in Battlefield history!
@@cantu_117 Agreed
I still use battlelog for playing BF4. The in-game finder is a joke.
Only one I never played was hardline, just never liked the idea , but absolutely loved the Titan mode in 2142 that was a brilliant game
Hardline was awesome when there were so many players on now it is just a ghost town and yeah I had thought the same way I still remember like it was yesterday when Hardline came out my mom gotten it for me as a birthday gift I had to let it load back on the PS3 so I had wanted taco bell for a while so I had gotten it but I still get nightmares about my old place like a lot of creepy stuff had happened over there and I wish I was joking. So before I moved to a townhouse I used to like in an apartment you can search it up it is called Tall Oaks apartments in Laurel Maryland so the layout is all flat no stairs once you enter the apartment there will be the living room then the kitchen after that to the right the first door the main bathroom with a tub the next three rooms strait is my mom's and little sister bedroom left me and my little brother bedroom then right the litten closet. So one night when I was still afraid of the dark my mom had the bathroom light on so that night after I had gotten a nightmare of a zombie apocalypse and I was trying to fall back asleep I heard snapping noises getting loader and loader then it just stopped so I went to the source the living room no one was there so I just ran back to me and my brother's room turn on the T.V. and went to sleep with that on. So the next day my mom asked why the T.V. was on and I told her chills went down our backs because she was awakened from that as well she saw the T.V. light was on and she just did the same thing luckily it was the weekend and that was the first and last thing that had happened to us people thinks I'm lying until my mom also confirmed it at first they didn't believe it until the look on me and my mother's face even the others had chills just from how terrifying it really was.
Great vid needs more views
Personally my absolute FAVORITE feature of bf3 was the crossbow. with 4 different arrows and was a gadget, could be used for many situations
Also , in BFV you could just add your own mp3's in the music folder and listen to anything you want while driving! If your buddy had the same music, he would hear your music when you had it on too!
It's really cool to see how many of these features have gone to live on a different games. My favorite Battlefield was Battlefield 2, and it seems like the spiritual successor to that game has been Squad ( which came from the Project Reality mod for bf2).
Squad takes so many of the good things from the battlefield series, and makes them better!
so crazy how far we've come from insane legacy features like scoreboards, voice chat, squads, character customization, various weapons, servers, loadouts, etc etc etc
I really loved 2142
i miss being able to see the first person view of your squadmates in the deploy screen, like in BF4! hope that makes a return
It's crazy to me that they made BF5's movement system so good, then just threw it away for whatever 2042 has.
i liked the hardline get ammo/health from team mates aswell as the ammo lockers and wall mounted first aid bags. also the feature in hardline where if you die to a headshot you can't get revived was neat, giving you to the decision to either go for the easy bodyshot but risk having them being revived or dome them to make sure they ain't coming back. bf3 coop mission also were a banger that needs to come back (or something similar what they did in bc2 Onslaught).
Most people don't know Vietnam happened because of a mod for 1942 that added helicopters that they bought out. Vietnam was mostly a helicopter test for BF2.
In there lies part of the problem it seems that Dice with every battlefield never really builds off or improves on the previous titles. And seem to opt for reinventing the wheel for good or ill and with 2042 they seemed to really go for the Tacticasual approach.
This video made me realize how much I loved and miss battlefield V
Man seeing all this really makes me miss playing battlefield. I hope the next game gets back to the core of what battlefield is and I can make my return.
I had a lot of fun playing hardline. The helicopters were fun too.
Elite classes were an awesome take on battlepickups, better than a regular class but not unstoppable with their own style, I hope they return someday
Wow battlefield heroes ! Man you bring back very old good memories !
My greatest battlefield moments were in bf4- heart pumping when the tickets count down to 1-0 and literally everyone was holding their breath. After that would be first time I called in the rocket on Narvik when the tickets were really close (no idea what I was doing) when it dropped it was the game winning kill (most of the enemy team). I love this franchise so much and hope they start to listen to us.
I really miss BF2142. Just imagining that game remade for current gen PCs is so exciting
lets get a massive comeback on season 4 hopefully. i dont think the map will be a map with massive levolition but it will play well for infantry HOPEFULLY
They should just learn from the massive mistake that is 2042 and move on
@@BatlaficationBecause that will totally happen right?
@Batlafication They've been on record saying they don't know what made the old games so fun and endearing. I'm not sure they learned much, if anything, with 2042 that they could not learn with the last few games and how poorly those went.
@@clowntears777 a dude can Dream! But probably not, AAA games are dead, indie games are the way forward
my favorite feature is in Battlefield 5, when you jump down from a certain height and press the space bar in the moment of impact, you do a very very cool first person stunt roll like in Dishonored 2. That was SO satisfying
I miss the more advanced movement mechanics like jumping prone on my back, rolling on a fall, crouch running etc. But one of the biggest ones I miss is some sort of leaning mechanic. Even though battlefield is fairly arcadey it had a nice bit of realistic immersion built in and all those cool movement options really added to that feeling. Now my soldier feels like a stiff robot who has to put his whole body around a corner to shoot and has such an old feeling range of motion. Takes away the elite soldier tactical feel so I hope they figure it out and bring some of those options back
maybe an unpopular one, but the attrition system for vehicles I felt really helped bring some balance to these powerful assets. building the repair/resupply points in V was definitely a great way to keep your tanks going and added a good synergy between infantry and armor. Now it feels like these high powered vehicles sit miles off the objectives bombarding you infinitely
I'd like to see more 2142 stuff comeback in 2042.
Great video
My ideal Battlefield game would be Battlefield 1 style Operations mode, weather system, and possibly behemoths, Battlefield V buildables and vehicle spawn system, and Battlefield 2042 weapon/vehicle progression system with solo/coop mode (it’s just really nice to be able to grind out attachments quickly solely by kills and not worry about completing ridiculous missions like killing once with every weapon type in a match or shoot down a plane with an LMG) with Battlefield 4 DLC updates, class system, and Levolution.
special vehicle like AC-130 when capturing specific flags was a great feature, pushes team to fight for that objective even more
Those types of objectives and a mode like Titan mode should be the main game instead of simple conquest with tickets. The flags should matter.
What I want to know are the settings used to render that last piece of 2042 gameplay. That was beautiful!
Me and my brother really enjoyed the fortification system in BF5 and would love to see it return. I know this is somewhat present with Irishs deployable cover. I also like how vehicle parts were realistic in the last 2 games, things like broken tank tracks and disabled turrets. This was really immersive and made combating vehicles fun. I feel like 2042 has strayed way to far from the formula of battlefield that we know and love. I seen bf5 as a great game and potential successor to bf1 but support ended a bit too soon.
RIP battlefield heroes, you have been and still will be missed :pray:
Rising hub?
Still alive man, the community raised it from the dead!
Yup plenty of servers :)
There was a tow mechanic in BfV too. Can hook up artillery or AA to a jeep and move it.