my suspicion is that EA is aware of that, but they can't nuke dice because the name still has some brand value. so they go the gamepass route, they sell you 2042 with a portal to play all the other and probably better battlefield games, and since you have to go through the portal they can claim 2042 is a stunning success, even if the majority of players sits in bf4/1 (maybe hardline but I doubt it).
Warzone is trying to do a similar approach with streamlining access to MW, Cold War, and Vanguard into one unified experience. The main menu is literally three panels of games. The incentive is to buy the series directly from the publisher.
RDR2 has a bunch of bullshit in it for no reason other than railroading, "realism", and cut content. Other issues include, but are not limited to:
It's literally just to flex, and to provide "immersion" and "realism", even if it's at the cost of fun.
GTAV was like this. Yes, R*, your hyper-aggressive police AI is extremely impressive but once my wanted level gets to 3 stars I may as well reload the autosave and save myself the bother.
I think that was more Rockstar wanting to make getting away from the police as tedious as possible.
GTA IV had a much better wanted system with the cops not spawning on top of you and having Pay n' Spray.
Police AI is designed to hunt and kill you, whereas civilian ai is design to force you to piss of the police.
I wouldn't say "too easy," as they did put up a fight. IV's police system was tough but fair. A nuanced player would be able to workaround it using the game's logic.
And why does silenced weapons in the middle of the desert warrant every sheriff and cop to be in my vicinity?
That's my biggest problem with the system, even 1 or 2 star wanted levels take over a minute to go away.
I think it's a combo of that and last gen engine limitations that prevented MASSIVE gunfights because the engine straight up couldn't handle it. If you sped down the highway fast enough the roads wouldn't load properly so the super snipers were a way of stopping chases before you exposed the limits.
Considering V has Rampage missions as side quests? I doubt that had anything to do with it. R* just fucked it up.
The 4 limit horse stables kind of chapped my ass a little. I found out about McDonald's deep lore through Rogue Internet Man and was naming my horses accordingly. I feel like it's appropriate since a portion of McDonald's food is horse meat anyway.
Patience. I've learned that trying to deal with a chadified Priscilla is simply to just wait. It's basically the same issue with Wolnir and Twin Princes, there is the urge to go full retard and attack all the time. A lot of her attacks are quite easy to read.
And thats the best asscreed game mind you
A lot of the AI has been borrowed from F.E.A.R, especially with the marines' tendency to flank and immediately charge the moment you are reloading, which is painful especially at hard difficulty. Black Mesa feels like an adage of old videogame design with modern paint, and that's a good thing. Also, if you want good multiplayer bots, Counter-Strike: Source is right around the corner.
