Battlefield 3 Lead Designer Speaks on Battlefield 2042, And he's Not Impressed

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Battlefield 3 lead designer speaks on Battlefield 2042.

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Where the series should go next, he had his say on it.

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The game didn’t meet expectations.

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155,000 players signed a petition for a mass-scale refund.

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David was the lead designer of Battlefield 3 and Bad Company 2.

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He asked some serious questions about the game’s development process.

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Why are some of these design calls made, he said.

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He was astonished that there were this many missteps.

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It’s a pretty damning statement from one of the key people behind two of the most beloved Battlefield entries.

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He also directed Payday 2.

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They want them to go further into the future.

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