For right now, Call of Duty has had much more momentum moving into the next year than it's ever had before. Largely in thanks to Warzone 's surprising success , as well as Modern Warfare 's praise upon release and continued success, the franchise finds itself in somewhat of a peak. But, like every year, Call of Duty will be prepping for a 2020 annual release. Rumors have been flying for 2020's Call of Duty game from a variety of leaks detailing what to expect, with little corroboration and the lack of an official announcement from Activision. That being said, 2020's Call of Duty will still need to follow up and top Modern Warfare in some

There's options, and in a game like Battlefield , options are what make the games interesting. Implementing a Gunsmith-like system would make the soldier classes feel less linear/restricting, whilst also allowing players to fulfill specific roles dependa

Lastly there's that secret sauce to differentiate another Battlefield battle royale from its competitors , which is something very hard to narrow down or articulate. Warzone has the Gulag to serve as a player's second chance in each match, Fortnite has its iconic building systems as a core gameplay mechanic, and Apex Legends has the hero abilities that players can utilize. Firestorm never really had anything special like that, in many ways it just emulated the base battle royale structure. Battlefield 's next battle royale needs a unique mechanic(s) like this to prove its difference in an enticing

Even if Battlefield 5 as a whole lost steam pretty quickly, Firestorm became twice as irrelevant regardless. While Firestorm did receive some initial praise critically, future updates didn't make any significant changes to the battle royale's balance or content. Generally the opinion of Battlefield fans was that they honestly just didn't want a battle royale from Battlefield 5 , and none of the loot or the mechanics helped sway that opinion. The worst was when Battlefield 5 updated the time-t0-kill across all multiplayer modes , which apparently was never properly implemented in Firestorm. With the increased health and rebalanced weapon stats for multiplayer, the changes spilled into Firestorm presumably without testing. Players nearly became impossible to kill with Firestorm's different health stats compared to regular multipla

There's a few options for which setting Battlefield could go next, but the most likely setting is a modern day conflict. A few leaks and rumors on the internet have come out regarding Battlefield 6 , all of which seem to agree the shooter is returning to a contemporary time period. For a series that's done both historical time periods as well as modern war settings, there's definitely positive and negative points for a modern setting if true. Battlefield needs a fresh start, and even though the series started with WWII, a modern setting may be the perfect rest

Regardless of which franchise is borrowing from which, Battlefield will need to find a way to differentiate itself from Modern Warfare regardless. It's less about the classic Call of Duty vs. Battlefield debate , but more so the fact that Ground War follows a lot of the conventions of classic Battlefield multiplayer without the trappings of destruction or variety of vehicles. The solution isn't necessarily to change things up significantly, considering innovation is probably at the bottom of Battlefield 's list at the moment. Battlefield has its world-changing destruction mechanics, massive map design, and variety of land and air vehicles to emphasize controlled chaos. As integral parts of the gameplay loop, Battlefield should double-down or focus on these aspects that make the shooter uni

Not much was said about the next-generation Battlefield . However during the call's Q&A, Wilson responded to a comment about the title saying he expects that DICE LA's new lead Vince Zampella and David Rota, the head of their European studios, are "having a really strong impact" and their teams will "do some pretty amazing thin

In terms of what was specifically shown, the gameplay from DICE is very ambiguous. It's clearly an early prototype of gameplay for the next Battlefield game, but the assets themselves don't appear to be any different from Battlefield 5 . It's very possible the prototype gameplay shown was a repurposing of assets from Battlefield 2042 Updates 5 showcasing what next-gen processing is capable of. That being said, it shows about around a hundred of what appear to be rendered models (all potentially players) moving in a single space. There also was a scene showing a building collapsing, which was more than likely showcasing a new version of Battlefield 's Destruction physics. Lastly, there were a few close-ups of an indistinct soldier's face rendered in high detail, though it wasn't clear if this was next-gen graphics rendered in-eng

Battlefield is often a much more team-focused game, especially with its classes and specialists designed to fulfill a specific role in battle. Leveraging that with weapon customization adds some flexibility, but doesn't compromise the series' desire to make every player's role feel just as important as everyone else's. These classes encourage proper team composition and influences the way people play Battlefield , allowing them to clearly determine what their role is in the grand scheme of a Conquest or Rush match. But with a Gunsmith-like system, classes would feel less linear and give players options where previous games could not. Support members don't necessarily need to carry a big machine gun, or engineers don't need to be limited by close-range weap