Emotes, the last thing that you’d think would fail to work, cost valor points. So that old urgent need to level, combined with the silly keeping up with the Joneses, combined with the fact that you cannot ever switch teams or classes without disconnecting from the server, makes for plenty of all-star play. As in Team Fortress 2, dead players get a zoom in on their killers, but instead of being humorous or entertaining, it only turns out be flaunting. It’s a pain to tell who is who on your team.Īnd the kicker: if you’re doing really well, your outfit, which may be an old black Western hat and trenchcoat coupled with a mustache, gives a signature to your domination.

Seeing really plain characters all over the place with the occasional stylish skilled sniper makes one consider upgrading the wardrobe, too. Spending money on battlefunds is more enticing than at first glance, due to how fun the game is and how long the ride to the top is.īattlefunds generally don’t give the players an advantage over another except with two items that increase the amount of experience or valor points earned. Like its Korean inspirations, Battlefield Heroes requires no money, but plenty of time in order to level and gain new abilities. This is likely due to the limited ability to communicate coupled with the grind of leveling. It’s strange to be in a team-based game that encourages players to go solo and be highflying hotshots, but that’s precisely what happens. I don’t know if it’s EA’s intent, but the community needs work. I find it impressive that I’ll never have to pay a cent for a game that’s 400-500 megabytes to download, has quality gameplay, and free servers with a decent ping.īut I’m not here to talk about the actual software so much as the social interactions it comes with. These all have large differences, even if two of these titles are FPS games, yet Battlefield Heroes shares much in common with them all.īefore I get started on the community side of things, the actual game is pretty good. Leveling and revenue models are like Korean MMOs. What to make of EA/DICE's Battlefield Heroes? Well, it looks like Team Fortress 2, and keeps the “team” part.

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