"If the player is just rolling dice to update status and once every 20 minutes he gets to make a decision, that's horrible, " Beach said.

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It adheres to all the best standards of the German format: preference for strategy over randomization (there are no dice), an artificial time limit, no player elimination, and continuous engagement (what players do on their turns affects you, so you pay attention).

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For the title's single-player campaign, the game makers at Swedish developer DICE took a cue from the popular multiplayer mode of 2011's "Battlefield 3, " focusing more on open environments, allowing players tactical freedom and giving them more ways to command squad mates.

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Using the Frostbite 3 Engine, DICE has put together what looks to be a very impressive single-player campaign, with bigger more open-ended maps with a scope similar to the huge multiplayer maps.

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