Battlefield 3 Can Take Up to 256 Players
DICE boss Patrick Söderlund discussed the multi-player and single-player aspects of the upcoming Battlefield 3.
Talking in an interview with Atomic MPC, DICE CEO Patrick Söderlund shared some new info on the upcoming Battlefield 3, particularly the PC version of the game. Most interesting is the part where he discusses the maximum number of players the game can handle:
"A lot of people ask us about 64 versus 128 or 256 players. Technically, we can go to 256, we’ve tried it," claims Söderlund.
"We play tested with 128. You’ve got to make a game that’s fun to play. And, arguably, we think that the most fun you can have is when it’s between 32 and 40 players. And we’ve done substantial research into this and tested 128 and that it’s not fun. Maybe we haven't done our design work good enough, but we just feel like there's no point in going higher than 64."
Good news for PC gamers, as the latest Battlefield game released on the PC, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, was scaled down for its multiplatform release.
Additionally, Söderlund spoke a bit about the single player campaign and how it's taking things more seriously then the previous entries in the series.
"I think telling a story is obviously important but I think we have a lot to gain from having people that you care about in the game, that have personality that, y’know, some of them you’re gonna not like some of them you’re gonna like. And that’s the whole idea."
"We want the characters to feel personal; we want them to have these ironic jokes between each other but not maybe as goofy as Bad Company was in some places. This will feel a lot more serious and more real."
Söderlund also revealed some bits about the destructible structures and environment show in the Battlefield 3 gameplay video shown at GDC.
"So if an earthquake—I don’t know if you could see—but you saw the ground crumble and crack and you saw it lifted up and we couldn’t do that in Bad Company 2. But this engine allows us to do those kinds of things. So if there’s a gigantic bomb that hits somewhere, you want to see that affecting the ground as well as the surroundings around it and buildings and all that stuff. And then you start playing in that environment and you realise how much you can destroy."
Battlefield 3 should be available at the end of 2011 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
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7 comments so far...
Brainspecialist, last year
"We play tested with 128. You’ve got to make a game that’s fun to play. And, arguably, we think that the most fun you can have is when it’s between 32 and 40 players. And we’ve done substantial research into this and tested 128 and that it’s not fun."
Okay DICE just give us PC gamers mod tools and we will make it fun for all 256 players!
IvanM, last year
256 players would be a complete ownage. I know it won't happen but still, let's believe in that ;).
xXDanteXx, last year
i collect 256 tags with my knife than :)))
IvanM, last year
Hahahhaah, sure bro you do !
Lujo, last year
256 players could work with good level design, otherwise it would just turn into a clusterfuck.
Zlone, last year
256 players on the map would be lol especially if gore and blood is presented :D
xXDanteXx, last year
Mortar strike in between all those players and watch the frag count :)))
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