As this is not paid content it attempts to alleviate balancing issues. Along with paid content, the game features a "valor point" system whereby players gain points through combat to spend on special weapons and attributes to improve their characters. There is no cover system and the game is rather fast paced in keeping with it's casual kitsch styling. The gameplay in the game is a mostly standard 3rd person shooter.
According to Ben Cousins, EA, these changes are likely to be permanent. Battlefield Heroes features 3 classes, which some skeptics find to be awfully similar to a handful of the classes that exist in Team Fortress 2.ĭue to the great changes to the economy in the November 2009 update, EA has been widely criticized in the media as well as on their own forum for breaking their free-to-play formula, inflicting severe disadvantages upon the non-paying part of the community. The developers stated that the game is laid back, with focus on fun rather than intense competition. Some have speculated that this is so that the game receives an E/12 rating and therefore can have a potentially wider target audience. Heroes will feature "famous battles" with modifications making them less violent. The game currently has 4 maps, but the developers stated in an interview that if the game proves itself to be successful more maps will be available. alternative costumes and game tweaking widgets such as an XP boost).
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The game client download is free, however there is some paid content in the form of microtransactions (i.e. The game went on general release Jafter an extended beta period. Battlefield Heroes was the first game in what EA claims to be part of a " Play 4 Free" series.