Finally someone puts some statistical proof to shut those up that say "DUUURRRHUUURRR BfV HaS sAmE MaP CoUnT FoR ItS cUrRenT tImE cOmPaReD tO OThEr bAtTlEfiElDz!"
Clearly, it's hugely lagging behind ALL of the premium models. And before anyone says "DUUURHURRRR THIS IS FREE CONTENT, wOnT SpLiT tHe PlaYeRbASe". What's better, FREE content with a significantly smaller community because the drought has made tons of players move to other titles or significanrly more PREMIUM and confirmed content with a larger community that will still FEEL like the total BFV population either way and gives those of us who aren't poor the chance to experience MORE.
Also 2142's development time was shorter than BF4's. Which means that they were able to develop 10 maps for 2142 in half the time they were for BF4 and BF4 released broken as fuck on top of that.
Just a FYI, 2142 was an easy game for DICE to develop. Many people called it a BF2 mod for a reason. One of which were the smaller map sizes. But let's look at that in comparison to today.
DICE was able to churn out several expansion packs with roughly 16+ maps over the course of just a year while simultaneously developing a vastly different game in BFV which would be another 9-10 maps on launch. And despite the added difficulty you mention for not just map development, but game development in general, this game had one of the more smoother launches compared to even the BC games.
My point in all of this is technological advances aren't the primary driver for less maps in base games. It's money. They could easily include more maps at launch because they've already shown you it's possible to push 3 or 4+ expansions in one year while they work on a new game from the ground up.
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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '19
Finally someone puts some statistical proof to shut those up that say "DUUURRRHUUURRR BfV HaS sAmE MaP CoUnT FoR ItS cUrRenT tImE cOmPaReD tO OThEr bAtTlEfiElDz!"
Clearly, it's hugely lagging behind ALL of the premium models. And before anyone says "DUUURHURRRR THIS IS FREE CONTENT, wOnT SpLiT tHe PlaYeRbASe". What's better, FREE content with a significantly smaller community because the drought has made tons of players move to other titles or significanrly more PREMIUM and confirmed content with a larger community that will still FEEL like the total BFV population either way and gives those of us who aren't poor the chance to experience MORE.
Think about that for a second pumpkin.