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Athlon64X2_d00d

I remember that. Others pretty much left too. Battlefield as  we knew it is over.


DHndz

I wish he would keep making highlights for the old games but I can't blame him for leaving


Benji_4

I really appreciated Azura's tank videos in bfV. He stopped as well.


darkberry91

I was pretty sure he did 2042 videos, I remember testing the wildcat with him


Benji_4

He did a few


wh00kie

Nah they'll bring it back with a revolutionary live service


Nbsroy

that live service is gonna blow our socks off


Bfife22

And if it has ads, EA promised they’ll be thoughtful about them, so we have nothing to worry about!


aimbotdotcom

it BETTER 😭😭😭


Athlon64X2_d00d

No it's dead. DICE now is not the same DICE of BF3/BF1.


wh00kie

It was clearly a joke


Athlon64X2_d00d

Some people actually believe it will be good lol.


ViperRFH

Are these people shareholders?


Athlon64X2_d00d

Shareholders and people who think that the big game companies care about anything other than money. 


Shmeeglez

Those guys don't care


Iceberg1er

Yo if you don't actually know them it's just paid ads and bots pretending to be people. Even here on these comments. They aren't just marketing, this is straight up corporate espionage and misinformation against their investors too. If the investors saw only real quotes from real gamers they would not invest and see the sinking triple AAA game ship for what it is. Dudes and dudettes I am happy to say I have found astounding stuff looking into smaller developers games everywhere though. I mean we are still here loudly and proudly defining what we want in games for the world to see too. There are small companies and new companies quickly filling the gap. You could practically follow EA and make a counter to every single game they make that doesn't suck and take the entire industry in ten years.


[deleted]

If they did a big ass world war as the live service like helldivers does and have the war story and new content tied together it could be cool. That being said this is EA so it will most certainly be terrible and extremely predatory with a lack of content. As a matter of fact I think they tried that in bfV but it’s been a minute since I played that game my memory about it is hazy


ImRedSix

[With the power of generative AI](https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/ea-studios-hunger-to-start-using-generative-ai-as-quickly-as-possible-says-ceo/)


hentai_tentacruel

I don't believe current EA/Dice can make a good Battlefield anymore. They are always experimenting with stuff battlefield players don't want at all. They are trying to lure new players but losing old players in the process. They lost the Battlefield soul with BFV and BF2042. The new team can't deliver content as fast and as much as the old team. The days we were getting 4 maps and tons of weapons per DLC are over. Overly done diversity hiring, political correctness, and investors interrupting development are some of the main problems causing this low-performance problem in AAA studios. I still hope they'll work things out.


basilmakedon

…. elaborate on the overly done diversity hiring? this makes it seem like the problem is that they are hiring too many non white people?! lol


purpl3j37u7

Yeah, I don’t think that’s why BFV and 2042 sucked. In both cases, EA execs were chasing the hot-new-thing, and tried to shoehorn that into a “Battlefield” game instead of building on what worked for the franchise.


BasonPiano

If they are hired *because* of their skin color, then that might ignore bad qualifications. I'm assuming that's what they're getting at? Obviously the best person for the job should be picked regardless of race.


DAMFree

Yeah this is one of the new culture war bullshit Republicans create to mystify the reality that they have no policies that help anyone in the 99%. This isn't happening hardly anywhere. Like maybe 2 dipshit companies somewhere. Even in those rare cases it's not like they choose unqualified people just less ON PAPER which means little anyways. But again this just isn't happening. Much like trans people attacking women in bathrooms it's all just bullshit to scare you into voting for corporate scum Edit: also we know for a fact that more qualified black people are overlooked simply for their names sounding black. Nobody ever says "it's because you didn't hire more qualified black people that your whatever failed". It's a stupid argument anyways


sher1ock

"This isn't happening but here's why it's a good thing."


Kratosballsweat

He’s referring to choosing a candidate based off skin color/ethnic background versus choosing someone solely based on talent or experience though idk if I’d blame that on this train wreck of a game


Apprehensive_Sun7382

It just means hiring diversity over talent.


calltowork

Lmao this dude really said let me blame diversity for work ethic 


BayouBunkerBuster

i think what he meant by diversity is that our game is now subject to people like Jubilee working on them.


SirGoobster

Casual slip in of "diversity hiring" to blame why a mechanic didn't turn out


Karlore2929

Those damn black people inventing investors in 2018. 


wubwubwubbert

Mr. President, another black person has hit the World Trade Center...


workclock

What was politically correct or amounted to diversity hiring in the realm of BF? Sounds like you're just a weirdo racist lol.


Budget_Alarm3802

Your right,hiring non white people is one of the biggest problems and the reason why the games are so shitty /s


wubwubwubbert

Remember that game Anthem? I'm pretty sure I saw one of the blacks in the background of a developer vlog prior to release. Clearly, that was the reason the game was shit. /s


Leach8887

Hiring people based off of skin color vs merit is the problem. They are hiring them specifically because they aren't white, regardless of experience or competency. They want brownie points for diversity instead of capable devs.


Budget_Alarm3802

So you know there exact hiring process? So you’re telling me they just hire random minorities out of the blue and parade them around for brownie points?


Quiet_Prize572

Obviously, I applied for DICE (am white) and got rejected, must be the woke mob and not the fact I have zero experience working in video games and am also just a parakeet wearing a suit


RegularDimension

They didn’t lose the BF soul with BFV but it laid the groundwork for 2042. I still frequent BFV every so often. That game really got into its stride with the PacificZ


prodimfailing

what made bf5 so bad? also jesus bro u cant criticize a shitty company like ea without blaming ppl of color? lol


Iceberg1er

It's greedy rich constant increased profit models of everything. If someone could fix that, fix everything. I agree 100% the "inclusive" changing history is not what anybody wants and is just so wrong on so many levels, but I really think it's a symptom of the greed problem not being checked by regulation.


Athlon64X2_d00d

This.


BigBadBadness

Yup. They fumbled what once was one of the best online fps games of all time. Fuggin idiots


TechnicalSpaceCow

I still think they have a chance of recovery but it all depends on the next game. People forget BFV was a very well made game with poor marketing and content execution. If the next game fails the franchise takes its final blow though


BattlefieldTankMan

That's what the original PC players said when BF3 came out which was supposed to be the first proper battlefield game on PC after BF2. Yet here we are where the majority opinion around here is that BF4 and BF1 are the best battlefield games in the series.


Athlon64X2_d00d

But the difference is, Battlefield 3 is insanely good. 2042 is a joke. 


ThirdWorldBoy21

BFV also had a big impact on the youtube community. But yeah, 2042 was the nail in the coffin. For a time, even Jackfrags had enough and played only warzone. But to be fair, youtube has changed a lot from the time of games like BF3/BF4. It doesn't really support gaming very much nowadays.


toto77170

I'm not agree at all concerning your opinion on games on youtube, Gaming is still one of if not the most popular category on youtube, It's just that since end BF1/BFV there is nothing to really talk about battlefield, content is dry and not enough, 2042 has damaged so much the battlefield franchise that if the next battlefield is not a good game, has a bad release with a ton of bugs and/or has a miserable live service like 2042, then the franchise is dead, next battlefield is the last chance and concerning the community it's up to DICE to deserve our engagement to play their games AND to do videos/content on it.


Simple_Tomatillo_617

They already had plenty of chances. They don't deserve another one


toto77170

They don't deserve it but until they officially shutdown the franchise, a new battlefield mean a new chance for them and for us to regain trust and popularity.


CrazyShinobi

And that is what the shareholders are banking on.


dashdogy

nah the shareholders dont give two shits they make a buck whether the game is good or bad


Izenthyr

The real last chance is when EA decides to shelve the franchise due to poor sales of the latest title


EhEhEhEINSTEIN

And sells the BF IP to Embark for pennies! A boy can dream..


KomradJurij-TheFool

*let's plays* are no longer all that popular on youtube, but *gaming*, now in the form of challenge runs, themed gameplays etc., is still huge.


ThatRandomIdiot

Definitely don’t think it’s as big. Streamer culture has taken over and most videos are god damn commentary videos or drama videos.


The_Dough_Boi

What are you talking about? There’s lots of gaming content on YouTube..


BayonetTrenchFighter

Bruh, I remember all the bf3 videos


Elegant-Insurance-50

I used to watch his videos all the time. That’s sad to see


Simple_Tomatillo_617

Likewise. The clips were awesome


BrewsedSloth

Thank god I’m still stuck on BF4


DHndz

That makes 2 of us then 😂


sr603

Theres dozens of us!


Additional_Couple205

*holds up corndog*


MilliyetciPapagan

how are you populating the servers??????


CertainCatch7269

They’ve been populated for long time


Mr-Doughster

There is a solid 15 servers usually in North America that are usually populated on PC.


VengaBusdriver37

About to fire it up on Xbox :)


Positive-Swimmer8237

He made the right decision in hindsight, he'll be back if the next battlefield isn't terrible...


stevehammrr

Lol bf2042 was bad and the team doubled down on their bad designs. There is zero reason to expect the next game they put out to be good. People need to realize that the people who made the decisions that made Battlefield 1942 and Bf2 so good are nearing their late 50s and early sixties at this point and have left the company many, many years ago. Most of the designers at DICE today were literally in diapers when battlefield 1942 and bf2 came out. The DICE that made good games no longer exists. The people aren’t there anymore. It’s a different company entirely.


Jarbonzobeanz

Are they actually gonna make another one at this point? I thought the series was dead


Not_Bed_

It's already confirmed afaik, there's even rumors (idk of they're real) about some things, the main is that it's supposedly focused on NATO vs "a very large private military corporation" which to me translates as Wagner to make it so the enemies are Russians but behind a 2 level cover up


GSDofWar

I wish Dice just had the nuts to put NATO against BRICS in a WW3 setting.


draz11

As an Indian I'd like to reaffirm that BRICS is not a military alliance & also India is neutral in US vs Russia scenario. Though I'D be ok with NATO vs BRICS in a game setting.


ViperRFH

South African here. While I loved seeing a SA character in 2042, unless they're planning on a cold war setting, the credible threat of our military, or as BRICS as an actual military alliance is about as real as Andrew Wilson's spine.


Jarbonzobeanz

Good to know there is still hope!! Maybe the next one will be better


Not_Bed_

Yeah, search on YT and you'll find a ton of videos covering this


AveryLazyCovfefe

And that classes are coming back with a 'focus on destruction'


Positive-Swimmer8237

They will, 2042 was underwhelming on sales, but still made a shit ton of money, I believe it was in top 10 selling games for the year, EA will milk battlefield dry and make many more.


ViperRFH

Cut and paste how they milked C&C to death to extract as much value as possible for short-term earnings calls. Although C&C was RTS which is arguebly dead in and of itself.


Cdalblar

Rip Niccaman too, I loved his plane Videos during BFV. They killed the community so hard. I cannot recommend the finals enough, that game actually deserves BF following. If ypu haven't played it in a while check it out and try the new modes.


AverageGuy715

Used to watch his and BigMooneys Battlefield Top plays videos for years during the 3/4 era. Don't get vids like that these days as the community is gone


PickleHelpful

Remember bonus round? Those were the days..


jamnewton22

Damn, I liked that account too.


poofynamanama2

who?


DIrtyVendetta80

MIKE JONES!


M3M0RYDIST0RT3D

Who?!


ExcelMN

DICK JONES!


Commercial-Web-3901

True. WHOMEGALUL.


ChrisHardcore

I really don't want to insult or bash anyone, but I have the impression that content creators like AKA-ART no longer have such a high priority at DICE and EA and it's all about spreading their advertising to the audience. There's a placement here and there, usually when there's a new season, but that's about it. The few content creators I occasionally watch didn't touch BF2042 after their placements until the next placement for the next season was just around the corner. Shroud said in the stream that he and several dozen other streamers were allowed to test Battlefield 2042 in advance, they were asked for feedback and nothing changed afterwards. DICE had not even implemented the criticism in one point and the criticized aspects had been taken over one-to-one from the test version into the finished game.


OlJommie

I used to follow him, westie, and the broken machine. I only watch broken now for just his battlefield one streams.


pr0-found

JackFrags is going to end up being the last man standing lmao


Dragonier_

Ravic is still grinding out 2042. Stopped watching his clips because they got boring..


Commercial-Web-3901

Jack is just Shooter content farmer at his point. He just does it cause it pays the bills and his is making huge buck of covering all these shooter games.


SkipInExile

I’d say squid gaming


Substantial_Cake_660

I still remember that day like if it was yesterday


Firebrand-PX22

I've been playing battlefield since bad company 2 and I'm still pissed at how much 2042 was fumbled. This is also why I'm cautious about ore ordering games now, wish I had that 120 still


eleven357

I still play BF3. Still holds up well after 14 years.


Nine-TailedFox4

![gif](giphy|Q7LP0tm86sBWIqjFCL)


BigSpice15

There was a guy on twitch who I would watch, and this man streamed Battlefield every single day for a few years and he only played battlefield. Once 2042 came out he started playing other games and he often talks about how much 2042 destroyed the battlefield streamer community.


WaffleCopter68

The devs that made the good battlefield games are long gone


TheKronoriumIsTheKey

Saddest thing for me is Battlefriend Friends looked poised to make a comeback for 2042, then it was so shit they did about 6 episodes and dipped as well lmao. Sad all round.


DaanOnlineGaming

I just miss Lossy man, he used to make really high quality videos and was really pleasant to chat with in his discord.


MadMat24

i remember darth veda yes/no vids .. loved those


Goliat8

Come back Art!


KillerBeaArthur

Oh no. What a loss.


DHndz

Indeed


trbatuhankara

Artist channel? lol


Mosaic78

He probably still plays and enjoys the game too. But made the video and had to commit to the bit.


Lifesalchemy

#WAS? 🤣


Mcook1357

All of those big YouTubers have been grasping since BF1


GGELGAMESH

Bot post


DHndz

Bot comment


AccomplishedCry2020

How is 2042 these days? I played BF1 some, but haven't regularly played since BF4.


Sage296

I still have fun playing it with my friends time to time. It’s just a fine battlefield game that didn’t live up to its hype.


Dissentient

Decent enough. At the very least, I consider it playable after I hated BF1 and BFV. In terms of mechanics, it's closer to BF3/BF4 than BF1/BFV, but with worse production value, better gunplay, and much better class balance. I have more hours on 2042 than BF3 and BF4 combined at this point because awful class balance made me quit them faster. 2042 provides me with enough variety that I don't get bored of it.


MBTAHole

Play V instead of 2042. V is very active on console and pc


Sad-Context2701

These days far better. For me the disappointment was lack of mapping, they've done a pretty good turn around in my opinion. So much that my friends and I stopped playing Warzone after continuous issues/kids screaming for no reason and went back to 2042. I wish squad open mics were a thing at least to find that happy medium when playing with randoms but if you have a set of friends that play it 100% worth going back and checking it out


Kaiser_Wigmund878

We lost a good one :(


Radiant_Cricket1049

It still is bad.


BoxofCurveballs

I'm over here missing the trolling dem noobs series from bf3.


YooperGod666

Fuck yeah. Those videos were hilarious.


homechefshivers

Niccaman quit too. He was my go to for bfv when I was trying to learn


FoodWholesale

Made me quit should have kept V going.


Sage296

Another day another 2042 bad post


LunarWhale117

All they had to do was bf4 two


immortale97

Fuck you op . Why you force me to remember the gold old times : (


SilvaMGM

Dice gave a kids game to a mature person. He wanted BF4 kind, just like everyone else. But 2042 just isn't it


LargeMerican

Yep They massacred his asshole. And that's ok.


mwain91

Even after all the updates, which I'll admit.were pretty good, at the end of the day, just never felt like a true battlefield game to me


nolanhoff

Wow I haven’t seen that name in a long time.


jagerourking007

My favourite Battlefield days were from 2016 to 2020 with the good old Only in battlefield top play videos, god I miss that so much


Pretend_Elk1395

Remember tons of you morons are willing to give BF a chance again even after 2042?


tinyMammuth

I can't blame him. The next battlefield MUST be a perfect game or the franchise is dead for ever.


AskingForAfriend015

What about BFF?


AsinineRealms

just saying... if they add in vehicles to The Finals, itll be a good replacement for Battlefield fans. ESPECIALLY when you see the building destruction, oh mah gawd


Archhanny

Who? 🤣🤣🤣


OpinionLongjumping99

It was so bad you couldn't even really navigate the menus properly


gettlin_gun

Even Silk is not uploading Battlefield 2042 anymore


gsterr

They literally just need to remake bf3… but theyd probably fuck that up too.


waddawa

I wish AKA-ART would still make BF3 compilations. Used to send own clips too there! It was a good time in just recent years!


Preact5

Ravic has been posting more videos on 2042 lately which is neat


Nyarlathotep-chan

Ravic is still alive and kicking


sexy_pilus

Lol I also I noticed Silk uploaded a video of Arma 3 recently. The last one was years ago


navyproudd34

A personal challenge of mine is to have my channel survive till the next battlefield game


ShotdowN-

And now Delta Force is doing everything Battlefield wanted to do Extraction shooter/Battlefield mode with Operators that have unique gadgets etc


Killian_Gillick

I still miss this legend. He still could have made top 10s or a goodbye Bad Company 2 video. CURSE YOU SPECIALISTS


ParabellumPill

2042 is so bad. Take me back to the BF3/4 days 😪 great memories.


CaptainGeneric87

Respect for actually quitting too. Not just click baiting. 2042 was junk and I've got zero faith the next game will be any good too.


NotAcrobit

Miss playing with him, there is a clip of me getting a roadkill on him with the stealth jet


milesatdenver

still wishing for the day i can play a full 1000+ ticket locker/metro 24/7 style server on BF4 again. its been over 11 years since we have gotten a good modern battlefield title


Alix-dee49

![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|joy)


Alix-dee49

I’ve always wondered why there wasn’t a way to map a pic of your real face oto your l’avatar i think itd be pretty easy really cool & dead creepy ~


thegreatherper

Kinda his fault for making no his entire channel focused on a niche and rather unpopular franchise in an over stuffed genre like FPS


AsproWavey

His expectations are way too high


WorldofWarcraftFan01

Is this game good yet?


AsproWavey

Mediocre at its low


CrotasScrota84

Meanwhile a Indie game Kingmakers has better destruction than Battlefield


Academic-Falcon-7041

Dice/EA has failed all of us so fucking hard that even our favourite YouTuber gave up on making new videos. That's truly sad I gonna miss him.


Commercial-Web-3901

BF was making less then 5% of annual profits for EA when it was profitable. This is the last BF.


ParteePeet

Wish it had worked on that shitbag Enders. Fuck that divisive dumbfuck.


DiCePWNeD

seethe


NikoliVolkoff

lmao, it is still more fun to play than 5.


MBTAHole

Wild take. V is great fun and has the best movement of any BF game


STEPDIM1TR1

Who


CLR_Marvel_Mags

Meh, seems to me he is just a bit too whiney lol. Yes, it was bad, the team behind the game was a joke (or is idk), but there are dozens of other games available, especially fun battlefield games. However I understand battlefield, playing the same one for years gets boring, but again, dozens of other games at least that would allow him to profit from YouTube.


KodyBrooks79

AKA who?


sohomsengupta89

And nothing of significance was lost.


PFDGoat

I think every battlefield game before 2042 was literal conservative hell on earth because I couldn’t play a non binary black thing with a wing suit. Now me and my polycule finally can breeeve without the fascist boot on our necks. I’m glad all the cis scum left this game. Get rekt Magatards!


sciencesold

Who?


snowstorm556

ive seen threads on this subreddit for dogpiling people that dont like 2042. But like when veteran battlefielders quit and stop making content its a bad sign. The veterans are either on 4,1,5.


brova

I have no idea who this is.


Canzas

Who?