Swedish chaos: Former DICE employee talks about studio problems and unrealized potential of Battlefield V

Former multiplayer producer Battlefield v David sirland commented on the decision Electronic arts about folding support for a long-suffering shooter. According to him, Dice there were big plans for the project.

In early 2023, Sierland announced his retirement from the Swedish studio after 11 years of work. At the same time, an application was submitted at the end of 2019.

And at the end of last week, DICE announced that the last major update for Battlefield v. Also collapses support Star Wars: Battlefront II. What is happening is due to the fact that EA decided to transfer existing people to develop a new part Battlefield, which will be released in 2023.

Given the situation, the frustrated players made claims against David Searland. The fact is that the developer previously announced the desire of DICE to regain the confidence of the fans, and also shared plans to add a faction of the USSR to the shooter.

Commenting on recent events, Sierland noted that the large-scale update releaseWar in the pacific“should have been a big step towards regaining confidence. However, after that, DICE stumbled again, starting to spend time on strange decisions.

In particular, we are talking about the second failed attempt to change the TTK, which the ex-producer opposed. As Sierland hinted, the chaos was due to the fact that the studio created an extremely unhealthy atmosphere, and the direct leadership did not want to listen to opposing opinions.

This led to the departure of a large number of DICE veterans, as well as the emergence of “favorites.” Note that in early 2023, EA completely changed the management team of the Stockholm office, and also removed the studio from its subordination. DICE LA.

Developer also shared your opinion on the next part of Battlefield. He maintains the view that DICE should abandon the single player campaign, spending additional effort and money on finalizing the multiplayer, as well as adding an offline mode with bots.

“Maybe he would allow the squads to go through training missions in a cooperative. If you combine all this with the progression tree, you can attract many new players,” the ex-producer added.

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