EA skipped a Battlefront campaign because "very few" would play it

[Zeruel]

If they don't feel confident in making a StarWars campaign just yet then its fine by me.

 

 

Also Battlefront 1 and 2 did not have the best campaigns either.

 

Battlefront 1's campaign gave you scenes from the movie, and a few cool "orders" then shoved you right into a huge deathmatch on some map.

 

Battlefront 2 was a bit better and the back story told by some random clone was a nice addition, however, you still were thrown onto a map in a deathmatch style game. I will say there were objectives and scripting added into those campaign levels.

[Shaade]

This just goes to show how clueless they are. They get negative feedback about shoddy and unnecessary SP campaigns in Battlefield so they remove them....from Star Wars? Like, really?

 

Next they'll get negative feedback about that too, and attempt to remedy it by continuing to add SP campaigns into Battlefield. 

[escape093]

"We also removed ADS because we realized people weren't going to use it all that much so yeah... good luck at hip firing."

 

Battlefront Hipfire , the game.

 

They didn't remove it because they never added it in the first place...

[Nineshadow]

They didn't remove it because they never added it in the first place...

Sorry, meant "skipped".

[escape093]

Sorry, meant "skipped".

 

TF2 has no ADS and no-one complained, and that game is actually incredibly similar to the old Battlefront games in some ways.

[soaringchicken]

"It's worked for us for everything else so why the hell not, campaigns cost money"- EA 2015

[azurezeed]

BS EA knows nothing, this game will die as fast as Titanfall

[Slinkey]

I'm happy they removed the campaign! I thought it was one of the most useless features to Battlefield franchise. Only one which was good was Bad Company.

 

Also Titanfall is quite a popular game still.

[SImoHayha]

Well maybe if the storyline wasn't completely and utter shit. People would enjoy playing a campaign. The first thing I do is play the campaign, it gets you ready for MP and helps you learn the controls and maybe a little backstory and what not and how each gun performs.

 

BF3 had a crummy storyline because what ? They accused the dude of being a liar and so they listened to him and then he saves the day.

 

BF4 had a shitter storyline because A: I was playing as a mute leader who clearly doesn't give two craps about what is going on in the world and listens to his lower ranking allies. The Asian dude and black guy were always getting into arguments. B it wasn't even really interesting, ok some guy wants to fight with peace however that doesn't always work out and he is nearly killed constantly.

 

I mean starwars battlefront II had at least three different campaigns, let me tell you they were fun. Playing as the empire and the rebels and duking it out over lands of space and quite literally taking over the galaxy that was awesome.

 

Titanfall could've had such a badass story. It could follow how the humans started slowly going from man to man war to a man/machine vs man/machine war. And showing how the Titans were made and the failures and the maybe proto-types of the certain titans.  How are they going to make a good fresh and bouncy multiplayer but not a fresh or interesting campaign ?

[Yoinkerman]

I always play the campaign first then play the multiplier once I have completed the campaign. I didn't know I was the minority.  

 

this

[JAKEBAB]

Finally! If i wanted a story i'd watch a movie, i play games to rank up and earn stuff, the thing i hate most about gta v and destiny is the annoying cut scenes u can't skip, just let us play the god damn game.

[RagnarokDel]

that's the only reason I would even get that game lol. I couldnt care about getting a bad battlefield rip-off with a skin of star wars.

 

 

 

 

I don't recall the last person who played any of the campaigns from BF3/4/H and remotely liked it.

Yeah but it's Star Wars, not battlefield.

[Horrorfull]

The only reason I bothered playing BF4 campaign was because my internet was out, BUTUTUTUTBUT THIS IS STAR WARS LIKE WHAT?

[Gale]

Well, I guess I won't be buying this one then. I'm mainly a single-player gamer. O:

[Maslofski]

i only played the BF4 campaign for the unlocks, its a scripted to shit SP

[IAMSWIFT1]

that is terrible news.  I've been afraid of this happening to games as of late as it seems like miltiplayer is all anyone talks about.  I like single player campaigns and co-op campaigns a lot more than pvp online multiplayer, probably because I'm not that great at most fps games and I dont always have the time/energy to play online.  Sometimes I need to pause my games and I dont like that being a problem.  I play pvp online sometimes but I spend way more time playing campaigns solo or with other people on co-op.  Especially for a starwars title that is just sad....

Yep,I Feel Single Player Should Be Focused On More,THe Only Single Player Game I've Liked In A Long Time Was Fallout 3

[dalekphalm]

No. This is bullshit on EA's part. SWTOR's F2P is basically unplayable. And by basically, I mean completely. IT IS subscription based ALSO supported by microtransations. Hell you can not even do more than 5 pvp matches a week on f2p.

 

EVERYONE would play campaign on Battlefront. They were just to lazy to make it good enough to be worth doing.

 

Battlefront 2 had amazingly fun campaigns that was basically just a series of instanced objective based maps. That would have been enough for this new game. It didn't have to be radical. Or crazy good story driven.

I agree that a single player Campaign for SW:BF would be very popular.

 

But I strongly disagree that SW:BF2 had a good campaign. It was shit. The cutscenes and voice acting was solid, but the actual maps? Oh, you're just playing a MP Capture Point map with AI instead of players. The levels themselves were a shit experience. You might as well have just rollplayed it while playing MP.

 

Star Wars has some excellent SP campaigns throughout the various games. The Battlefront series was never one of them. Take a look at KOTOR/KOTOR 2, the Jedi Knight series, hell even Sith Unleashed had a better campaign then Battlefront 1 or 2 did.

 

I personally, will not be buying Battlefront. No single player equals no sale, for me. I think this was a missed opportunity - they could have crafted an excellent single player campaign - hell, if they needed help, get the Visceral guys on board. Dead Space had an awesome campaign.

 

If they don't feel confident in making a StarWars campaign just yet then its fine by me.

 

 

Also Battlefront 1 and 2 did not have the best campaigns either.

 

Battlefront 1's campaign gave you scenes from the movie, and a few cool "orders" then shoved you right into a huge deathmatch on some map.

 

Battlefront 2 was a bit better and the back story told by some random clone was a nice addition, however, you still were thrown onto a map in a deathmatch style game. I will say there were objectives and scripting added into those campaign levels.

I agree more or less of your analysis of the original games. The first game's SP was terribad. It had basically no effort put in. The second game added a bit more effort, but even the little "additions" they made to the SP version of the map, the scripted events and what not, were a token effort at best. The cutscenes and voice acting were all very good, but the levels themselves were still just glorified MP matches.

[Dabombinable]

I wonder what happens if multiplayer is very similar to Battlefield? Because EA will then go 'Oh, the game was a failure, we'd better close that studio down'. You know, just like that last SIMs abomination-EA killed a franchise because they decided that people wanted multiplayer, even though it wasn't really wanted or needed.

[Zeruel]

"We also skipped ADS because we realized people weren't going to use it all that much so yeah... good luck at hip firing."

Battlefront Hipfire , the game.

Lol. Invalid post.

So apparently not having ADS makes a game shoot inaccurate weapons. You must of not played the original games. They worked fine, and god forbid the developers actually knew how to code weapons that shot straight with out iron sights.

This post is outrageous.

[shermantanker]

I always play the campaign first then play the multiplier once I have completed the campaign. I didn't know I was the minority.

Yeah I'm the same way, but every one I know doesn't touch SP.

[NateGSR117]

I played all the campaigns of all the games I played to date. The game is still USD$60 for just a multiplayer game which to me is not cool at all, the multiplayer better be drop dead amazing if I'm not getting my single player on. (Give that it only multiplayer it better be).

[Paranoid Kami]

Counter-Strike, League of Legends, and Dota 2 don't have a single player campaign and they seem to be doing fine so don't bring up Titanfall like it's the only multi-player only game out there.

 

Having no single player campaign means that more of their budget can be allocated towards multi-player and that's a good thing. There will more than likely be other Star Wars games coming out and some will probably be single player focused so you can get your campaign there.

[BloodySinner]

So that means Battlefront won't be a $60 title, right EA?

[dalekphalm]

Counter-Strike, League of Legends, and Dota 2 don't have a single player campaign and they seem to be doing fine so don't bring up Titanfall like it's the only multi-player only game out there.

 

Having no single player campaign means that more of their budget can be allocated towards multi-player and that's a good thing. There will more than likely be other Star Wars games coming out and some will probably be single player focused so you can get your campaign there.

Bad examples.

 

CS:GO - $17

http://store.steampowered.com/app/730/

 

LoL - Free to Play

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/

 

Dota 2 - Free to Play

http://store.steampowered.com/app/570/

 

These are not "$60 AAA" games. These are multiplayer only games, two-thirds of which are free.

 

Titanfall had a steep asking price for a Single Player only game. If it was Free to Play, or only $17 at launch price, then the game might have been more well received.

[Biased Opinion]

Because this worked out so well for Titanfall.

titanfall had other issues, not just the lack of campaign.