Going Back to Karkand Blog Post

[zeroy]

Some more details are emerging on the Back to Karkand feature map, here is an artistic shot which looks fantastic:

http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/B2K_5F00_Strike_5F00_at_5F00_Karkand_5F00_Concept. jpg (http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/B2K_5F00_Strike_5F00_at_5F00_Karkand_5F00_Concept. jpg)

An early piece of concept art for the Frostbite 2 reimagining of a true classic. Meant to represent lighting and color palette only. Actual map layout will be very similar to the original. Click for 1920 x 1080 version.
(click for larger shot)



Interesting is the original BF1942 Document for this map:

http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/200x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/Karkand_5F00_Orig_5F00_Design.jpg (http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/battlefield_5F00_bad_5F00_company/Karkand_5F00_Orig_5F00_Design.jpg)

Read more HERE (http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield_bad_company/archive/2011/05/11/Back-to-Karkand.aspx)

[Neil]

Yeah the concept art looks brilliant. I just hope it looks as good if not better in the game.

On the downside, I was hoping for some in-game screen shots of the map or possibly more concept art with all the hype being built up by zh1nt0 and co.

[zeroy]

On the downside, I was hoping for some in-game screen shots of the map or possibly more concept art with all the hype being built up by zh1nt0 and co.

Yep a small trickle of info right now...in game shots would have been nice.

[zh1nt0]

We generally only release things we are very satisfied with :).
If we´re not satisfied with it and know that fans want to see something, the concept art shows some good stuff regarding how we want to emphasize lighting on the maps.


There will be many more screens and vids coming further down the road :).

[zeroy]

There will be many more screens and vids coming further down the road :).

No doubts on this, the sooner the better please! :salute:

[zh1nt0]

Haha!

We are really eager to put out some gameplay footage as well but it all needs to be carefully planned :). It also needs to be perfect!

No doubts on this, the sooner the better please! :salute: