Video Interview: Battlefield Hardline - "One of the Most Important Things For Us is to Launch an Awesome, Stable Game on Day One," Says Visceral

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Richard Walker

Battlefield is dispensing with a numbered instalment this year, instead choosing to deliver its take on cops and robbers, pitting criminal cartels against a well-armed police force in a bout of urban warfare. So, out go the tanks and jet fighters, and in comes an increased focus on fast cars, motorcycles, attack choppers, armoured transport vehicles and attack trucks.

"It's still a Battlefield game," Lead Multiplayer Designer, Thaddeus Sasser assures, however, telling us that the core 'rock, paper, scissors' dynamic of the series and its vehicles is still very much a part of the overall experience in Battlefield Hardline. Levolution returns too, but with more "gameplay changing moments".

Promising a greater emphasis on story, with its episodic narrative inspired by TV cop shows, and Visceral Games focusing on delivering a stable game experience from day one, all of the right noises are being made regarding Battlefield Hardline. Destruction too will have more impact on gameplay and we can expect some surprises too.

For much more on Battlefield Hardline, watch our E3 interview below. Battlefield Hardline is out on October 21st, 2014 for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, PS3 and PC.


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  • Working as an Application Developer, 100% quality is in the job description. Its not something that has to be "the most important thing", simply because it is expected. If I were to release a project to end users as broken as as most games are today when they launch I would probably lose my job. Its that simple. Releasing a quality, fully functioning product should be the only acceptable result.
  • "One of the Most Important Things For Us is to Launch an Awesome, Stable Game on Day One" How many lies do i see in this one sentence?
  • "Destruction too will have more impact on gameplay". Levolution is still a gimmick #1 Most Games at release are more beta then a full price game. Bf4 should of been priced alot cheaper considering how rushed it was.
  • To bad no one wants this game.
  • Too little too late. I've been duped by too many Battlefield launches, as in, ALL of them. Fuck that noise.
  • I think people should give Hardline a chance, Visceral has been constantly working with the community to get it working right. Give this company a chance because DICE is only their for support, but they are not making the game. It is like blaming Infinity Ward for BlackOps or Treyarch for Modern Warfare. They had nothing to do with BF4.
  • Yep I look forward to Hardline! I also enjoy BF4. I didn't get it until a few months after launch waiting on an X1 so I didn't see the launch issues, but the game played fine for me. I wonder how many BF4 haters only played the game 2 weeks and just fussed about it the whole time after that?
  • #9 U got it months after and ur assuming people that got it earlier are "just fussed about it" It was rushed, broken and they even admitted it. #8 I have nothing again visceral, the beta ran well with no probelms for me. It just feels like a reskin thats all and im sure alot of gamers agree with that. Has battlepacks just like Bf4 (which i hated!). EA is the problem
  • @4 Marie dont fuck about
  • Believe it when I see it.
  • I think that BF Hardline is just a remapped BF4 with all the patched stuff incl. And I really dont get the theme of this game. i.e. A bank gets robbed and all hell breaks lose and they destroy the whole city? With checkpoints?
  • You know what would be nice... Bad Company 3. This cops and robbers does not equate to Battlefield in any respect. I'll definitely be passing on this Battlefield. This will be a first too... :(
  • Hardline has a full single player game made from the people who made Dead Space. There is more to it than multiplayer and if the MP is featured enough, it sounds like a full game to me.
  • #15 Battlefield isnt really bought for the singleplayer (unless it Bad company).
  • should stick to multiplayer, get some extra maps/content
  • Fuck this battlefield 4 texture pack garbage, because thats all this is. Theres nothing worth 60 dollars here
  • Don't care what they say. Never buying battlefield game at launch again bf4 at launch was just broken as hell. Even now it still has problems and annoying things hell the Damn game still won't save my loadouts
  • I like how everyone is saying "you" when this is Visceral Games, not DICE. If Visceral delivers a buggy game, then you can call them on that. But if the game is from a different developer, then why attribute the mistakes of one to another?
  • 1 - This should of just been called Hardline, putting battlfield in the tittle is going to loose sales, becuase of BF4 - 2 - EA is all i need to say, they rush everything they only care for money
  • I dont get why people are saying Battlefield: Hardline is a reskined BF4 ... BF4 was a reskined BF3 ffs! At least BF3 worked!
  • BF3 awesome but BF4 was really really bad... ):
  • This game looks garbage. I've been a fan since bad company 2 although arguably it went downhill after BF3, looks like there's gonna be a continuing trend. Cops and robbers? what were they thinking
  • Hell Yeah!!! Delicious Donuts spotted.
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