Just yesterday, details about a new Battlefield game that went by the name of Battlefield: Hardline surfaced. Nobody new whether these details were true or not, but many were keen to read and hear more about it. Earlier today, it was confirmed by Steve Papoutsis that the new game is indeed Battlefield: Hardline. The details were confirmed on the EA Blog where the the Vice President of visceral games himself confirmed it all. Steve said that the backdrop for the game would be the "Genre we all love - the war on crime and the battle between cops and criminals". Along with the theme details, he also confirmed two other things, that they would be participating in the EA conference on June 9th to show off the game and that it would be released fall 2014 (so end of this year for anyone outside the US) which is really awesome. Yesterday though, some interesting images were leaked, whether they are true or not remains to be confirmed. Lets go through them:
First up i'll talk about the multiplayer modes that were leaked, it will make the content below easier to understand this way. The games modes include:
- Team death match (TDM)
- Turf War (small or large)
- Heist
- Blood Money
The first is an image backdrop of what looks to be a broken bridge in an urban environment. SO from what I can tell we'll be seeing some more city based combat in this new battlefield game.
Here we see the first of the new class symbols and it came with a name, Operator and it gives a pretty good indication that we'll be seeing a medic class as per usual. Reviving with defibrillators and health packs may follow. This class has also been rumoured to be called enforcer, details are blurry however.
The next image looks like a wrench indicating an engineer class but again comes with a new name called Mechanic. This could mean that vehicle repairing and anti-vehicle weapons will still be in the game. ANother name leaked was technician. Were still not sure which one is correct.
Third up we see 3 bullets maybe representing an ammo pack and tells us there will be a class similar to the support class in Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4. The name for this class is Enforcer. Sounds pretty cool. This class may also be called mastermind as well as the class below which i'm calling the professional class for now.
The fourth and final image is a crosshair and we all know what that means, those pesky snipers will be back again. This class has a new name too and it goes by the title of professional, sounds like an odd name for a recon class, marksmen may have fit too? But maybe theres a reason for the name......
Two badges were in the leak, representing the teams for multiplayer or maybe factions for campaign. Two other factions were also leaked but no logos or actual names were associated with them. They are called CR and LW. Anyone know what they mean? please let me know!
The SWAT logo, or police, but the name SWAT was leaked with the photo. This will presumably be the "good" team.
The name Thieves was associated with this image and this team will probably be the "criminals" and oppose the SWAT team.
Several awards that a player can earn, again this is probably from the multiplayer aspect of the game, are shown below.
Some of these may look familiar but others are quite foreign. For example the hand cuffs, could they be related to the cops and robbers game mode? or can you handcuff enemies? The grapple hook may very well be related to the grapple hook weapon (see further down for a weapons list). It will be interesting to see how these are earned once the game comes out.
Now I know this is what you've all been waiting for, the weapon list. Well thankfully, there is a nice large image situated below that will aid me in my explanation. My interpretation of these weapons may be wrong, thats why i'm including an image so you can judge for yourself.
Based on my judgement, the weapons shown from left to right include:
- AK47
- Riot Shield
- Baseball Bat
- C4
- Adrenaline Stick
- Portable camera
- SA-18 IGLA
- G36C
- Smoke Grenade
- Grapple Hook
- M67 Frag Grenade
- Compact 45
- UZI
- Bayonet
- Stationary Grenade
- M16
- M40A5
- M9
- MG36
- P90
- G3
- Baton/truncheon
- RPG
- Repair tool
- SKS
- Double Barrel Shotgun
- .44 Magnum SNub nosed
- Taser
- Tec-9
- UMP-45
- Crossbow
- Remington 870
So some interesting weapons, some melee combat may be focused on, looks interesting! Now for weapon attachments! Most of them are quite similar but would be great to have in game again. There icons were also leaked and are below as well.
Im not going to list the attachments because i'm not entirely sure what some of them are. It's open to interpretation, take them how you will. I will comment on the magazine attachment however, I really hope its an FMJ type attachment that may increase dame for weapons but increase recoil both vertically and/or horizontally too. I have a strong feeling that it will be extended mags though.
Above is a vehicle list, it shows the icons for the vehicles and includes many transport vehicles and to my surprise, no tanks. We will be seeing 4 helicopters and heaps of cars. The gas truck looks interesting, could you refuel vehicles in this new game? or is it there just to blow up and cause some havoc? I can also see some cool tactical situations where maybe players could hide in the back of these vehicles on the heist mission and open/close the doors like those tankers in BF4 and when an enemy enters the vehicle to get the money in the back, the players inside could gun them down. Awesome.
The last image leaked can be seen above and is a quick show of the vehicle attachments, I have a feeling these are only a select few of theme as there are not many, but this could be all of them. Some look generic but others like the solar panel looking things or the fan look to be quite new and really draw me in. I can'twait to see what each of them do!
So that concludes the information about the new Battlefield:Hardline game. What do you guys want to see in it? will you be buying it? what platform will you be getting it on? be sure to tell me on google+ and to fill out the polls below! I personally can't wait to see what this game has to offer and really want to play it.