Bad Company 3 possibly on the way (DICE interview)

KNiVES · 20 Oct 2011 at 20:45

http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/games/8...bad-company-is-not-dead-but-no-annual-sequels

GC: That's good to hear, but where do the numbered sequels sit with the other spin-offs, particularly Bad Company? Are you possibly thinking of alternating those every few years, something like the different Treyarch and Infinity Ward made Call Of Duty games?

PL: I would say our plans are a lot more freeform than that. We haven't killed the Bad Company franchise so to speak. It's still alive and kicking somewhere, we like the characters ourselves but we don't have any plans right now… we'll see what happens next... we'll see. Again though we're only so big of a studio, we have a number of projects going on but we can only make like one big title at a time.

GC: We've played a lot of the multiplayer in Battlefield 3 at various events this year, but very little of the single-player - which is a little worrying as that's never been the series' forte. It's also never been important to PC users, but how do you think console gamers are going to respond to Battlefield 3's story campaign? How much have you stepped up your game this time, in that respect?

PL: We've done a lot of things in the Bad Company series, learning how to make a single-player campaign. But this time the tone and the atmosphere is different, in terms of what kind of characters you're playing, how the storyline plays out. It's a lot more authentic and physical experience, while the Bad Company experience was more humour-istic and light-hearted.

At the same time I'd say that the people working on the game are light-hearted people, most of them. So it's not like dead serious, there's a touch of DICE in there still.

There's much much more in the interview covering a wide variety of things, including potential plans and ideas for the Wii U platform, but for the Bad Company fans (and there are a lot of them out there, myself included), the prospect and real possibility of a third one after BF3 is done and dusted is salivating and immense. Bad Company 2 is a great game which I feel people aren't too comfortable admitting that they like.

XPE · 20 Oct 2011 at 20:52

1st things 1st I loved Bad Company 2 but I would rather they put a bit more time into it, because they cut and paste most of the stuff from the 1st game they were stuck with this 4 class structure for the mp game and it created some very over powered classes in the mp

And lets not discuss the crap that was the sp

Over its a testament to the game play that despite its flaw its still one of the best mp games ive in years.

Semiskimmed · 20 Oct 2011 at 20:53

im not flaming you but what sort of things give you the idea that people arent admitting to liking BFBC2? also, didnt you enjoy BF2 and looking forward to BF3?

i must admit i thought bfbc2 was meh but i was trying to find similarities to my days with BF2 and BC2 just never really clicked for me, id imagine im not alone just on that one point but i thought in general the masses loved BC2

KNiVES · 20 Oct 2011 at 20:56

BC2 has always been given a fair degree of hostility because it's not a 'pure' Battlefield game - this isn't just an OcUK thing, it's a general thing. People wanted BC2 to be a proper sequel to BF2 but while it added a host of new and awesome things (like environmental destruction and the Rush mode), it also removed some (like prone and jets) - which is where all the frowning comes from.

Personally I thought it was amazing and that's why I'm looking forward to the day BC3 arrives

d_brennen · 20 Oct 2011 at 20:56

Play BC2 like it is supposed to be played, a fast paced team shooter, it's pretty damn good. Many a time I've thought I'll just jump on BFBC2 for a round and two hours later...

It isn't BF2, even BF2 isn't BF2 if you take the ******* rose tinted goggles for a second

Semiskimmed · 20 Oct 2011 at 21:57

KNiVES said:
People wanted BC2 to be a proper sequel to BF2 but while it added a host of new and awesome things (like environmental destruction and the Rush mode), it also removed some (like prone and jets) - which is where all the frowning comes from.

Personally I thought it was amazing and that's why I'm looking forward to the day BC3 arrives

ahh i can see what you mean now, i didnt see those as negatives though as i hated bunnyhoppers in bf2 and found jets as a bit 'niche'

are you not overly excited about BF3 then?