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Between now and the launch of Battlefield 6 subsequent month, Battlefield Studios and its builders might be working to refine the sport primarily based on what was realized through the latest beta check. Gamers have already shared their responses to the beta with some bitingly humorous memes, together with some concerning the recreation’s sniper flare. The Battlefield 6 workforce has seen these pics, and so they assume they’re hilarious.
Battlefield 6 technical director Christian Buhl and senior console fight designer Matthew Nickerson lately spoke with IGN concerning the upcoming launch. When requested concerning the memes, Buhl admitted to laughing at them whereas additionally taking their factors to coronary heart.
“I noticed these … I assumed it was hilarious,” mentioned Buhl. “Clearly, we wanted to repair some issues and tune some issues, so it was humorous to see gamers react in a humorous approach to these issues, but in addition nice to get that suggestions and say, ‘We have to tune down snipers or we have to change the glints so it is not like…’ you recognize? I noticed these memes with the hillside simply full of those large glares.”
Nickerson added that the design workforce shares the memes internally, and he praised the trouble made by followers to handle the problems of the sport by humor.
“They’re actually, actually humorous, and so they type of enlarge, ‘Hey, we nonetheless have work to do,'” mentioned Nickerson. “For instance, with the sniper glint stuff, we knew it was too robust, so we stepped it again. We knew the bullet tracer impact was too robust, so we stepped it again … On the finish of the day, it retains us sincere. It retains us, like, ‘Hey, we nonetheless have work to do. There are issues that gamers are, perhaps, not vibing with or are vibing with in several capacities.’ … From a design standpoint and from the workforce, we love these things. The neighborhood is engaged; we’re engaged.”
In the identical interview, Nickerson addressed the workforce’s method to open class weapons and locked weapons, and shared the workforce’s want to let the gamers determine. A lately leaked Battlefield 6 pores and skin had some gamers revolting in opposition to the non-traditional design that could be misplaced within the recreation’s lifelike navy aesthetics. Battlefield Studios subsequently confirmed that its skins and cosmetics will stay “gritty” and “grounded.”
EA will reveal the small print about Battlefield 6’s story mode on September 26. The recreation’s battle royale mode was unveiled earlier this month. Battlefield 6 will hit PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X|S, and PC on October 10.