BF3 Close Quarters Will Introduce New Game Mode

Earlier, we reported that Battlefield 3: Close Quarters would feature the classic game modes of Rush and Conquest. As it turns out, it looks like this won’t be the case after all. Rush fans will have to look elsewhere while fans of Conquest can look forward to a slight variation of the game type we all know and love.

In the latest entry to the Inside DICE series, Lead Designer of Close Quarters Niklas Fegraeus explains that “while HD Destruction has a significant impact on how you experience the second-to-second gameplay, we also had to tackle the challenges of bringing our tried and tested game modes to the smaller scale. We understood quickly that Rush, being a large and progressive mode that takes you on a journey from M-COM to M-COM, simply wouldn’t fit physically. So instead, we turned our attention to Conquest. How could we tailor this essential Battlefield game mode to fit our new type of environment?”

This would obviously mean tailoring Conquest to a much smaller space. Now, before you start screaming accusations of DICE imitating Call of Duty’s Domination game mode, Fegraeus would like fans to know, “I spoke to my Game Designer Gustav Halling who, like me, has a history of competitive FPS gaming. We remembered Unreal Tournament from way back in 1999. It was the first time the world saw the game mode “Domination”, which is very similar to Conquest. There are some differences though, and the Domination type gameplay usually takes place on smaller maps, much like the ones we were creating.”

He elaborated, “inspired by these memories, we used the spawning systems from Battlefield 3 Team Deathmatch and came up with a Conquest mode adapted for smaller spaces. We called it Conquest Domination, and it worked beautifully. In particular, flag defense is suddenly more important, and you get different tactical layers due to the subtle differences the new mode provides.”

Fegraeus also spoke of the inspiration that went into the creation of Close Quarters: “I sat down and spoke with Jhony Ljungstedt, my art director, and had a discussion about how we could achieve this. After bouncing random ideas for a while, he told me that even though that explosive scene from “The Matrix” was rather old, seeing Neo and Trinity turn a lobby into rubble in slow motion did leave a huge impression, and hadn’t ever been properly done in a game. We both agreed and Jhony said he really wanted to be able to create that sensation.”

Since many process heavy elements like vehicles were removed from the equation, and environments and player counts had shrunk, DICE was able to push Frostbite 2 a little further this time around. Hence, the birth of HD destruction. Fegraeus explains, “I wanted to see if we could destroy things in greater detail. I wanted everything to get shot to pieces. Really, really small pieces. In short, I wanted destruction to go High Definition.”

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No matter how they try to put things this just sounds like COD...............

Seems like dice really are loosing their way and trying to to follow in COD's footsteps.

Such a shame and like me a true BF fan, this really is going to put people off the franchise.

It does seem like COD im a bit dissapointed in DICE here to be honest but it won't put me of playing BF3 at all

It does seem like COD im a bit dissapointed in DICE here to be honest but it won't put me of playing BF3 at all

Same here fella i'll still play the game but not sure about the direction they seem to be taking.

And the fact they now are charging us (BF fans) to play on private servers, dont understand how they can give them you free on Bad Company 2 and everyother BF game and now start DEMANDING more money off of us....

Sounds ace. I'm down like a clown, charlie brown.

And the fact they now are charging us (BF fans) to play on private servers, dont understand how they can give them you free on Bad Company 2 and everyother BF game and now start DEMANDING more money off of us....

That will of been EA's call not DICE ea are notorious for milking games for every penny they can get. Calling the game mode domination is a bit sad though, they could of at least thought of something a bit less COD like

That will of been EA's call not DICE ea are notorious for milking games for every penny they can get. Calling the game mode domination is a bit sad though, they could of at least thought of something a bit less COD like

You mean a bit they could of thought of something a bit less 'unreal tournament' like. Are people seriously moaning about the name of a game type that you haven't even played yet?? pmsl!! There's so many more things that make battlefield superior to COD that none of this matters. If you get your back up over something like this your no better than the COD/BF3 fanboy superhero types you find on youtube lmao.

its aint that pete its the fact that battlefield is well known to have massive maps n stuff but now they are trying to copy COD....

its aint that pete its the fact that battlefield is well known to have massive maps n stuff but now they are trying to copy COD....

They shouldn't copy COD at all costs, Only decent think to come out of the next update is private servers (even if you have to pay). At least then we can organise practices, matches etc like we should of been able to do years ago espicially when I played BF2...On our own rented server

Let's hope it all balances out with the introduction of the MASSIVE armoured maps in the next wave of DLC.....
You never know though, it might be a blast ! Literally !I really hope that they price the private servers correctly and structure them around the gamers needs & not the developers needs.