"Field Upgrades" uppmanar till lagspel i Battlefield 4

En av sakerna som Battlefield-serien är känd för är att det bjuder in till lagspel i större mån än många av konkurrenterna. I Battlefield 4 finns det något som kallas "field upgrades", en sorts perk, som ytterligare uppmanar dig och din squad till lagspel. Konceptet med dessa uppgraderingar har vi sett i Battlefield 2142 och de verkar ersätta specializations som fanns i Battlefield 3.

På The Battlefield Blog står det, lite mer detaljerat:

"In short, Field Upgrades are chained boosts that can affect a number of gameplay mechanics for your player. Similar to the specializations in Battlefield 3, these can for example provide you with faster sprint speed, stronger personal armor, or expanded ammo capacity.

The idea behind Field Upgrades is to give individual rewards for squad based team play performance. You earn them through squad scoring such as squad healing, completing objectives with your squad members, squad resupplies, squad repairs, and other squad actions. Instead of one single specialization like in Battlefield 3, you can now pick from different upgrades paths, each containing four specializations. Keep the squad alive, and you will move through the accumulative upgrade path. But watch out! If your entire squad is eliminated, you will lose some of your progress.

Showing you how team play gives you the edge in the bigger battle is paramount for us, and it involves all elements of the game: audiovisual feedback, user interface, gameplay mechanics, and the way the entire persistence system is designed. When we tie all of these elements together with the tweaked team-based scoring, we have a game where I think everyone will find it satisfying and deeply engrossing to truly be part of a team."

Battlefield 4 släpps till PC, Playstation 3 och Xbox 360 den 31 oktober och nextgen-versionerna släpps med sina respektive konsoler.