DICE, EA interview spills booster packs, BF2142 Northern Strike reactions

Battlefield 2142 - Northern Strike booster pack - Image 1 

Ice-age FPS-meets-strategy game, Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike became an achievement to both Digital Illusions Computer Entertainment and Electronic Arts after a successful Battlefield 2142 installment. Firing Squad has Kristoffer Bergqvist, the producer behind the Northern Strike booster pack, to look back on BF2142 and foretell the path the title will take.

Despite critics pointing out that BF2142 was perfectly Battlefield 2 with a futuristic, “cold war” apocalypse setting, DICE and EA wanted to differentiate the two games from each other. Bergqvist believes that they hit that goal, he being more inclined to play BF2142 despite also loving BF2.

Infantry was sorely lacking in the Battlefield series, often being stomped on by the many vehicles available in the games. The plan for Northern Strike was to allow the infantry specific advantages, highlighting scenarios where infantry could easily traverse through. Vehicles on the other hand, would have to pass through set paths, creating opportunities for soldiers to ambush convoys.

With three new maps placed in gorgeous, icy urban ruins and two new vehicles, the Northern Strike expansion highlights a development to the Pan Asian Coalition and European Union’s conflict around habitable territories. This time around, the PAC take advantage of the EU’s strategic reinforcements to the south and strike the EU from the north – the Alps.

The game will sport ten unlockable things in the game, including a weapon that will be useful in weeding out hiding places for snipers.

Via FiringSquad

Battlefield 2142 - Northern Strike booster pack - Image 1 

Ice-age FPS-meets-strategy game, Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike became an achievement to both Digital Illusions Computer Entertainment and Electronic Arts after a successful Battlefield 2142 installment. Firing Squad has Kristoffer Bergqvist, the producer behind the Northern Strike booster pack, to look back on BF2142 and foretell the path the title will take.

Despite critics pointing out that BF2142 was perfectly Battlefield 2 with a futuristic, “cold war” apocalypse setting, DICE and EA wanted to differentiate the two games from each other. Bergqvist believes that they hit that goal, he being more inclined to play BF2142 despite also loving BF2.

Infantry was sorely lacking in the Battlefield series, often being stomped on by the many vehicles available in the games. The plan for Northern Strike was to allow the infantry specific advantages, highlighting scenarios where infantry could easily traverse through. Vehicles on the other hand, would have to pass through set paths, creating opportunities for soldiers to ambush convoys.

With three new maps placed in gorgeous, icy urban ruins and two new vehicles, the Northern Strike expansion highlights a development to the Pan Asian Coalition and European Union’s conflict around habitable territories. This time around, the PAC take advantage of the EU’s strategic reinforcements to the south and strike the EU from the north – the Alps.

The game will sport ten unlockable things in the game, including a weapon that will be useful in weeding out hiding places for snipers.

Via FiringSquad

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