A squad of soldiers with all the latest kit vs a platoon of light riflemen with outdated rifles and a few grenades could be a really neat engagement. It would be really interesting to play out adversarial scenarios where one side had a distinctive tech advantage, and the other a manpower advantage. And honestly, I'm a bit bummed that they didn't include that whole range of technology. And there are still places that operate T-34s and M4 Shermans, albeit in vanishingly small numbers. I doubt the AK-47 is just going to evaporate in the next decade. Of course, there's also the larger problem that they haven't included the rest of the useful shit that's been hanging around forever and -will- be hanging around forever and likely to be in many future conflicts. Ironically, the only futuristic elements they did add are all non-diegetic, and are things such as HUD overlays locating hostile/friendly targets, which the FCS was supposed to bring to the table with network-centric warfare. If they're going to set it a decade and change into the future they could easily throw in neat toys like IR laser sniper detection (Mirage 1200 () for example.), smart rifles like the TrackPoint, Switchblade UAV/missile combos, Adaptiv IR camo, semi-autonomous/autonomous gun turrets, self-healing minefields, smart top attack mines, etc. Even stuff that's on battlefield deployment today like vehicular/personal shot detectors or the XM-25 smart grenade launcher. We haven't actually gotten any of the near future tech that would be fucking awesome. Hopefully for A4 they decide to make a clean break from all their old design baggage.Īlso, the problem with the 2035 shit is that it's not actually 2035 gear. Their scripting engine is slow as shit, outdated, and unfortunately running all their AI. It's a godawful mess and bass-ackwards design is everywhere. I know I probably sound like a broken record at this point, but BIS needs to shitcan the whole engine.
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