Sci-Fi Battlefield Would be Fun, but DICE Happy with Modern Setting

You know what would be fun? Shooting down futuristic aircraft with a giant laser as you swiftly jetpack your way to across the sky. Just as you burst through the wreckage of the enemy’s ship, you’re faced with a series of opposing soldiers with enough firepower to put a dent in the planet itself. However, your portable teleportation device allows you to disappear and pop up directly behind those who formerly had a jump on you. After that, it’s an easy day of dog-tag picking.

Maybe I got carried away, but this style of futuristic warfare in a Battlefield game is something plenty of people have considered before. Battlefield 2142 was a fun experiment that series fans have fond memories of, but as of now, DICE's Lars Gustavsson is content with recreating modern settings in the first-person series.

"It's definitely a fact that sticking to any era from true life makes you have to look harder for more possibilities to bring in for cool gameplay, but I think for Battlefield 4 this definitely hasn't been a limiting factor or a limitation," Gustavsson said to OXM. "I think we've found a lot of new ideas and new ways of keeping customizing and adding new toys to the battlefield.

"And to be honest, if we – and I'm not saying that we will, but for the future – if we did continue to go down the contemporary warfare route then yeah, I would seriously look into what we can do that seriously impacts your experience of Battlefield.”

It’s a fun idea to consider, but hey, Battlefield 4 just came out. It’s one of the best looking games on the market, so let’s take some time to enjoy DICE’s current work and save the daydreaming for a slower software period.