Battlefield 6 brings again the fan-favorite Battlefield 3 map Operation Firestorm, however the strategy of remastering and updating the map–and remastering maps in general–wasn’t easy, Battlefield Studios says.
In an interview with PCGamesN, design director Shashank Uchil mentioned, “You would not imagine how troublesome it’s,” and never essentially for the rationale you could count on.
Uchil mentioned one a part of what makes remaster maps difficult is the expectations gamers have. Battlefield 3 was launched 14 years in the past in 2011, and other people could also be remembering that model and feeling a sure fondness and nostalgia for it.
“Folks know the map and other people have sure expectations. But additionally there’s rose-tinted glasses, like, ‘That is the way it was once,'” he mentioned.
Battlefield 6 has a special destruction system than Battlefield 3 did and totally different weapons, and these parts made remastering Operation Firestorm “rather more sophisticated than folks suppose.”
Producer Jeremy Chubb, in the meantime, mentioned remastering maps forces the developer to be cautious of a “superb line.”
“As a result of folks have actually specific views about what that map was. They need that have realized. However I believe that we might disappoint folks little if we weren’t capable of evolve it and embrace the brand new concepts and options that we’ve got on this recreation,” Chubb mentioned.
Battlefield 6 may have 9 multiplayer maps at launch, together with Operation Firestorm. A (*6*) found that there may very well be at the very least three extra remaster maps coming, together with Propaganda (Battlefield 4), Talah Market (Battlefield 3), and Downtown (Battlefield Hardline), however this isn’t confirmed as of but. EA has mentioned it is going to add extra maps to Battlefield 6 after launch as a part of the sport’s ongoing seasonal DLC mannequin.
Battlefield 6 launches on October 10 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Sequence X|S. A battle royale mode can be within the works.