Hey guys,
Welcome to this blog post on moddb. Today i want to bring up the question of the difference now between dlc and a new game in a series. This has been brought into question recently with the release of battlefield hardline, looks pretty similar to battlefield 4 and has come out less than a year after wards with the only main changes being an improved vehicle system and various bug fixes and a ui change.
Many argue this is a dlc not a full new game
So what defines a new game, does it simply need to have a few new features or a lot of them, can one tweak make a full new game? This could be shown in titan fall, effectively being call of duty with vehicles (Titans) and wall running. However this game would appear fun to play even though it lacks content.
Thanks for reading
Hugo 1005
Opinions?
Mainly a nee game is not defined why is it, it's by what are the differences between this new "project's" community and the compared one. As a valid example I am taking BF2/BF2142.They are mainly classic battlefield games developed with a year of differerence and even the second one grew since a "futuristic mod" perspective.However, both communities are clearly different:
The bf2 one sticks around popular modifications like forgotten hope or project reality and some heavily vanilla populated servers. On the other hand bf2142 community sticked around vanilla and - in a minority proportion - around competitive mods.
So, considering how huge both communities differences are, and even how bigger bf2 is - like thousanda of players - comparing to 2142 one -which is around hundreds of players -, I confirm that only the community is the one which can spot a new project like a game.
In fact, even more differences between gamrs, more uniques communities will spawn around them, but considering that 2142 has only one main different feature: titan mode, it means that the line between a game or an expansion is darkly hidden.