A week before DICE launches Battlefield 4, the developer has said Battlefield 5 will feature “more destruction” than its predecessors.
When asked by the brand new York Times about what players can expect from Battlefield 5, producer Patrick Bach said “More features. More extras. More destruction.”
“Every new game should be the subsequent big thing,” he added.
Bach also pointed to the gameplay of Battlefield as its reason behind success, in place of its story and narrative. Single-player remains relatively new to the Battlefield series, with 2011’s Battlefield 3 the primary numbered entry within the series to add an entire single-player campaign.
“The tale is solely the coating at the game,” said Bach. “The sport is now the experience of playing it.”
“I hate to mention this, but storytelling doesn’t come naturally to Swedes,” added EA exec Patrick Soderlund. “But we’re good at designing systems, and that’s what these games really are. Minecraft puts a box in front of you and says, ‘Do whatever you will have with it.’ Battlefield is a system designed for entertainment instead of for telling you a narrative.”
Swedish developer DICE is usually engaged on a brand new Star Wars: Battlefront–which Bach has said is “scary” for the developer–and Mirror’s Edge 2, with both games being formally announced at E3 2013.
Battlefield 4 shall be released next week for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions will follow at launch.