Battlefield 4 BETA Reactions Post here

[TheDvEight]

Post here.

[ArithonUK]

Get BF4 BETA specific NVIDIA Drivers here

They say the new driver “ensures maximum performance and stability” with the game and say they're "an essential update for all GeForce GTX users jumping into the Battlefield 4 beta!".

So get 'em while they're hot!

[TommyGuner]

Get BF4 BETA specific NVIDIA Drivers here

They say the new driver “ensures maximum performance and stability” with the game and say they're "an essential update for all GeForce GTX users jumping into the Battlefield 4 beta!".

So get 'em while they're hot!

Woops, was JUST about to post the link for driver downloads! Got in there before me!


Anyway, back to the game. Enjoying what it offers so far. If you think the graphics seem hazy, turn up the resolution bar on the left of the graphics options - be aware that this really takes a bite out of your performance.
The thing that shines out the most from what I've played is the sounds. Especially the deep rumble of explosions in the distance (or underneath you) when you are in some of buildings, it really makes it an occasion.

Only played 15mins or so, will report more later.

[TheDvEight]

It's a good game/beta don't get me wrong but is it really worth what it's retailing at? doubt it.


I will end up buying it no doubt because I don't want to venture into the COD franchise and not many game developers seem to be making decent fps at the moment....but trouble is....I've seen a lot of people playing the beta likening it to Call of Duty, which I can understand why some would say this (because IMO it's true) while retaining some of the battlefield esk game play of past editions.

My main gripe with the game is that I think this is what BF3 Could have been if EA Games worked with it from start to finish as a PC game.

Battlefield 4 while impressive on the eyes and ears still leaves me disheartened by the fact that they should have called it battlefield 3.5.

I've so far played 2 conquest rounds on the beta and it seems an incredibly easy game to play...I'm not sure why this is weather it's because everyone still getting the hang of the game or what but its very easy to drive trucks & tanks and get kills with them.

I think they need too and will work on the amount of damage things like tanks and trucks take, as while being incredibly powerful they aint that hard to take down.

Nothing really stands out for me it's neither inspiring or uninspiring as a game and feels like it's made to be "what's expected" of a battlefield title following on from battlefield 3...nothing out of the ordinary but just enough decent game-play to wet the appetite and entice you to purchase the game and so on.

Pros

Graphically a step up from bf3.
Sound is much better than bf3.
Destructiveness! is much better than bf3.
In game communication with Microphone within chat - bf4 has finally entered 2013!.
Ability to type in chat box once the game has ended.

Cons

They have'nt really pushed the teamwork side of the game too much.
it's battlefield 3.5 not 4.
it's too similar to cod a poor mans cod if you will.
it's over priced.
it's made by EA.
it's made by EA.
it's made by EA.
it's made by EA so if there are bugs in the game they wont fix them and they'll soon enough move onto banging on about battlefield 5!.

[TeaLeaf]

This for me sums up EA and the BF franchise at the moment.

Dear customers,

EA have contacted us requesting everyone who has patched their servers to r39 to roll back to r38 due to there being issues with stability and r39, you can do this via your game panel in the updates section, if you have problems please submit a ticket, if you didnt patch to r39 yet then please ignore this email.

    "As many of you have noticed, Server R39 is not trouble free. There are both obvious and hidden problems with it.
We are concerned that more hidden problems will surface over the next week, and then DICE will be all busy with the BF4 Open Beta.
Therefore we ask that you revert back to R38 at your leisure.
We aim to produce R40 at some point in the future. It should correct the problems encountered with R39. It should also be rolled out in a more well-managed fashion, this is mandatory."

regards

The GDTeam

Followed by a more urgent request that 'revert back to R38 at your leisure' means do it NOW as they screwed it up worse than they understood :

EA have requested that due to issues unknown we roll back from R39 to R38 patch can all do this ASAP as this is mandatory.

Regards,
The GamingDeluxe Team.

EA have still not fixed BF3.
BF2 was not yet fixed when BF3 came out.
BF3 is not yet fixed and BF4 is now in 'Open' Beta (Open at the moment only to those who bought the ridiculously over-priced deluxe superfan edition of BF3).

Since 2003 we have had 25 'game' releases for sale within the franchise, an average of 2.18 games per year with a higher average in recent years.

2002   Battlefield 1942
2003   Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome
2003   Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII
2004   Battlefield Vietnam
2005   Battlefield 2
2005   Battlefield 2: Special Forces
2005   Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
2006   Battlefield 2: Euro Forces
2006   Battlefield 2: Armored Fury
2006   Battlefield 2142
2007   Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike
2008   Battlefield: Bad Company
2009   Battlefield Heroes
2009   Battlefield 1943
2010   Battlefield: Bad Company 2
2010   Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam
2010   Battlefield Online
2011   Battlefield Play4Free
2011   Battlefield 3
2011   Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand
2012   Battlefield 3: Close Quarters
2012   Battlefield 3: Armored Kill
2012   Battlefield 3: Aftermath
2013   Battlefield 3: End Game
2013   Battlefield 4

I for one like the game, but I really would like it if they stop dicking with my wallet every 5 months.    

Issue a game, fix it properly, deliver proper server code that works AND let us host it ourselves (or allow any commercial hoster to do so), and then let the fan base develop the game with mods, addons, plugins etc.   People buy into that kind of franchise, people love contributing and then they'll be more than happy to buy a new version of the game when something new & ground-breaking is needed.   After all, it seemed to work quite well for that small mod called CS.

[smilodon]

The problem is that for many people the game is good enough for EA to be forgiven it's many sins. If players just stopped playing BF altogether, some quick market research would show EA what they need to do and we'd have the game we want at a price that's fair. But as long as BF is a compelling and fun to play multiplayer then players will obviously play it in spite of its shortcomings. EA probably aren't as dumb any they sometimes appear.

It is a shame that BF/Cod weren't made by Valve, Take Two or Bohemia. Then I think we'd have some really outstanding FPS games to join CS:GO

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[TheDvEight]

It's a difficult one for me on the buying front for battlefield 4 I'm very much up in the air weather to buy it or not, at the moment I'm not convinced.

[Tutonic]

I refuse to pay that much money for what sounds like a BF3 service pack.

EA can jog on, there are plenty of other great games at reasonable prices.

[Sneakytiger]

i have to agree i played this at eurogamer on the next gen consoles and i have to say its battlefield 3.5
i'm getting it when it launches in november but not going wild about it.

[TommyGuner]

The problem is that for many people the game is good enough for EA to be forgiven it's many sins. If players just stopped playing BF altogether, some quick market research would show EA what they need to do and we'd have the game we want at a price that's fair. But as long as BF is a compelling and fun to play multiplayer then players will obviously play it in spite of its shortcomings. EA probably aren't as dumb any they sometimes appear.

It is a shame that BF/Cod weren't made by Valve, Take Two or Bohemia. Then I think we'd have some really outstanding FPS games to join CS:GO

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It's a shame. In an ideal world, if fps gamers could band together and "boycott" it (i.e. stop buying/playing it), then maybe EA(DICE) will have a rethink and much even greater effort to make a decent successor to BF3. I like the guns, I love the sound. But as everyone has said, it's the same old - same old.

[kregoron]

correction

2002    Battlefield 1942
2003    Battlefield 1942: The Road to Romen Expansion/DLC
2003    Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII  Expansion/DLC
2004    Battlefield Vietnam
2005    Battlefield 2
2005    Battlefield 2: Special Forces  Expansion/DLC
2005    Battlefield 2: Modern Combat  Expansion/DLC
2006    Battlefield 2: Euro Forces  Expansion/DLC
2006    Battlefield 2: Armored Fury  Expansion/DLC
2006    Battlefield 2142
2007    Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike  Expansion/DLC
2008    Battlefield: Bad Company
2009    Battlefield Heroes   Free2play
2009    Battlefield 1943
2010    Battlefield: Bad Company 2
2010    Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam Expansion/DLC
2010    Battlefield Online
2011    Battlefield Play4Free
2011    Battlefield 3
2011    Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand  Expansion/DLC
2012    Battlefield 3: Close Quarters  Expansion/DLC
2012    Battlefield 3: Armored Kill  Expansion/DLC
2012    Battlefield 3: Aftermath  Expansion/DLC
2013    Battlefield 3: End Game  Expansion/DLC
2013    Battlefield 4

Not that i approve of the big amount of DLC content, tho i gives the game a refreshing touch once in a while.

Tho we had this discussion with BF3, and again, if you don't like the game, don't bloody buy it... Yet people keep screaming CODfield... CoD doesn't have the vehicles nor the mapsizes.. So defo not the same..

Battlefield 3.5, matter of a oppinion. Then you should also be calling L4D2, L4D1.5 as the differences are less then comparing BF3 and BF4.

[ArithonUK]

While Smilodon is right about someone else doing it, the sad fact is EA would just buy them like they did DICE and we'd be back to the same place.

I despise DLC because it fractures the community and more DLC means more fractures. Make the map packs free and the single player paid DLC or co-op levels paid DLC.

The BETA is slower than the Alpha and seems less optimised or more bloated - I can't decide.
Manually set your graphics options. The auto settings don't work well.

I don't much care for "domination" as it seems too like DM to me.
Conquest is okay, but as with BF3 there is little in game incentive to play as a team.

I'm glad I got this game at a 20% discount, because it is nothing more than a BF3 expansion pack.

[King]

Battlefield 4 keeps loading, jet an other problem for EA     Can't play it

[kregoron]

Battlefield 4 keeps loading, jet an other problem for EA     Can't play it

Mind, this a beta, code isn't nearly optimized, takes a few mins to load a map on my laptop, if you can't load maps at all, try restarting origin.

[CoolHand]

Played it a little while. I agree it is BF 3.5. What I did like was that it took less hits to take out an opponent, makes you be a bit more careful. But this makes for a difficult decision when designing weapons - how to make them distinguish from each other?

I think BF3 is a very good game (I know, it has its bugs n stuff, but still), I had lots of fun playing it and will have lots of fun to come. BF4 can be better, I think. It is not bad. I did not expect a recolution, I expected a polishing combined with new maps and better destructibility (for lack of a better word) of buildings.

Also, the commander option seems cool.

The vehicles are TOO EASY to drive, I agree. And they are too easy to take out. But I expect EA will balance that soon enough.

Thats my 5 cents.

PS. I'm on tomorrow, but on BF3.