Battlefield Heroes

Blake · Posted: Wed, 20 May 2009 10:29:56 Post Subject:

So far the beta has proved to be fun, you can even customize your character via unlocked items (or purchased). gbronzer did point out you can not swap classes easily, however since this is still the beta I will not hold it against them and hope that issues like this are resolved when the final product arrives. Overall it looks like it will end up being a fun game, no Battlefield 2142, but a fun game none the less. Here are a few images I snagged:

street4242 · Rated PG-13 Joined: 19 May 2009 Posts: 31

oh man, that looks awesome! definite style points for the developers!!

BloodyBandage · Rated PG Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 2

really looking forward to this as well...surprised they don't let people switch classes in the middle of the game but maybe there would be even more issues if they allowed people to change classes and switch teams on the fly?

gbronzer · Rated PG Joined: 19 May 2009 Posts: 22

I think the class switching is complicated by how you equip your characters. When you create a character you have to not only choose a class, but also a faction. And it can't be changed after the fact. I'm guessing this is because clothing options are different for each faction and powerups are unique to classes. Thus changing classes or factions in a game means changing clothing and powerups at the same time. Also, you have to equip powerups prior to entering a game, again, no swapping mid-game.

My thought as a developer is that it's a lot of extra work to handle dynamically letting users swap this stuff around mid-game and making sure they're not hacking something in via a cheat. By forcing everything to be pre-chosen, they can tell the server you're joining your complete loadout and there's no chance for a cheat to work because their central matching server is telling the game server who you are and what you have. Not your computer like in a traditional game.

borschtBomber[SS] · Posted: Fri, 22 May 2009 11:23:41 Post Subject:

I'm looking forward to this one. I really liked the Battlefield series and this looks like a nice step, but wasn't it supposed to be out already?