In order to make up for the lack of heavy military-grade vehicles, Hardline offered a wide array of civilian rides too. They simply have to expand their canvas because variety is good and can put them ahead of the competition.
2042 might be the biggest entry yet, but its futuristic setting (still not as futuristic as 2142’s) doesn’t mean the franchise is never returning to “more realistic” scenarios. EA and DICE have demonstrated time and again that Battlefield is all about big and accessible battles. Maybe fans were scared of the main saga becoming something else, but that never was a possibility. But the developer sure tried to go somewhere different with the Battlefield formula. Okay, maybe Visceral didn’t land all of its shots – after all, Hardline was its first and only step into the FPS world. We couldn’t help but think of Hardline when some of those scenes came up. The game’s first trailer was basically a (cinematic) compilation of “only in Battlefield” situations, referencing many fan-favorite hijinks and gameplay tricks. And DICE is tying all that to the “Battlefield moments” slogan. Giant skylines are back, and so are big weather events. We know for a fact the environments in 2042 represent a world consumed by the relentless expansion of the human race… and its consequences. It doesn’t get more Battlefield-y than that. Also: in Hardline you can literally ride the elevator with a motorbike and jump off the tallest building without blowing up. For example, Battlefield 4’s Siege of Shanghai and Hardline’s Downtown are very close relatives up to the “big Levolution event in the big building” part. Inevitably, many of Hardline’s maps were also set in urban environments, at times borrowing whole ideas from Battlefield 4’s most famous levels.
Okay, maybe that setting doesn’t have drivable magic sofas. While Hardline game modes such as Heist or Blood Money toyed with the game’s strengths and unique systems, the classic Conquest mode and Hotwire, one of the franchise’s highest points even among the non-believers, kept the traditional Battlefield spirit alive under a new guise – one that isn’t any weirder than the upcoming jump to the high-tech future of 2042.
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