Sounds like they ruined the best part of WFC for me...

(no, I haven't been able to pick up my copy yet to find out)

Escalation was my favourite part of WFC, because it didn't get predictable/boring like the campaign, and you weren't taking on other people (which sometimes creates grudges if you get targeted for being weak, or can make you feel bad if you end up targeting someone else).

FOC however, requires four players, and all four players MUST work together if you want to proceed through the levels. (in WFC, you could act independently if it ended up being safer for you, and 5 of the 6 maps was easy enough to play it yourself)
Since they only have four characters for each allegiance, and it sounds like you need four players in each game, until they add more characters (as DLC), your team of four has to be the same four characters, EVERY TIME.
And at this stage, the first two DLC packs don't have anything for Escalation, while the third one in 4 weeks time (25th Sept), doesn't sound like it does either.

At least I still get a lot of fun from the WFC Escalation. If this one does end up sucking, I can still play the old one for a while yet.


Anyone played Escalation on FOC yet?
Is it better or worse than WFC?