BF2142 producer vows ‘less bugs than BF2′
Written by andy on June 30th, 2006 in Gaming.
Quality threshold is going to be a lot higher at release, says Digital Illusions’ Marcus Nilsson
We’ve just returned from a trip to not-so-sunny Sweden to visit Digital Illusions, maker of the epic Battlefield series, to see how the newest entry Battlefield 2142 is shaping up.
We’ll be bringing you a full report and an interview with the design team in the very near future, but during the course of a very interesting look at the game, senior producer Marcus Nilsson went on the record to tell us that BF2142 will be “A lot less buggy than Battlefield 2 – and you can write that down.” Which we now duly have.
Nilsson was responding to many fans’ criticisms of Battlefield 2, which saw a number of patches post release to fix bugs and exploits for the epic online shooter. Nilsson added that the team were taking the quality threshold extremely seriously this time around and would be setting a higher benchmark in QA to ensure Battlefield 2142 would debut as bug-free as possible.
Nilsson also said game balancing was a very ‘delicate’ issue for the shooter and the team would be tweaking the game right up until release, but that Battlefield 2142 would offer a faster paced, more rewarding and much deeper squad experience for Battlefield fans through its network battlefield system – although Lone Wolf style players certainly wouldn’t be neglected. Nilsson concluded by saying the move to a futuristic setting had allowed DICE’s development and art teams to be a whole lot more creative in their approach to making the Battlefield sequel. via CVG
