Battlefield 4

Bought this for super cheap last night so as not to endorse DICE too much, and I've gotta say, it's all very glitzy and beautiful, but it plays like shit. Everything feels so floaty and disconnected. Gonna carry on with it though because I do see potential. Gonna try out all the maps first though.

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glad you're playing it just fine PaulH i've just fired it up again and read on battlelog that dice is adressing rubberbanding issues. of all the bugs ive had encountered with bf4, rubberbanding was not one of them (not often anyway). but now i can't join any server without unplayable rubberbanding and a dramatic fps decrease from 35-40 to 15-20 (and im already playing on lowest settings lol). gj

Not seen any of this happening and was playing it over the weekend, maybe it's region specific?

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controls are pretty much the same as every other console shooter in the last generation, I think the touch pad is used to bring up battlelog but I can't remember. Dunno if any other games have used it for anything fancy yet? Hopefully it won't end up as something gimmicky.

Infamous uses the touch pad for quite a few things, you have to swipe it to rip doors off prison cages. You also move your thumbs up on it to raise generators out of the ground, then hold them there whilst you mash the right trigger to destroy it. I did read in a review they felt the touchpad was a bit overused in this respect though.

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How is it control-wise? I've always found Battlefield a pretty challenging game to be good at even on PC, with the luxury of a keyboard and mouse. Is its PS4 incarnation a classic 'look around with the stick' style, or have any of the PS4's features such as the camera or touch pad been used to make it easier to play effectively? Just wondering how big an obstacle the controls are with what is historically a tough game to enjoy until you're really good.

I think it's fine to control on PS4, but then I always play shooters on console now (not meaning to spark another PC/console debate, hope Dux isn't reading this )

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Not seen any of this happening and was playing it over the weekend, maybe it's region specific?

it's funny you say that. my gf plays bf4 too (i have actually played most time with her) and she had no problems whatsoever, while her rig is pretty much way less powerful then mine and we were playing on the same server... i guess you have to be lucky to have good performance

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I think it's fine to control on PS4, but then I always play shooters on console now (not meaning to spark another PC/console debate, hope Dux isn't reading this )

i found it actually plays fine as far as controls go (pc). last time i played i felt the vehicles are getting stuck less on terrain, which is a big plus too

whats ur favourite map?

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... and although I was seriously struggling with the stick aiming I've now had somewhat of an epiphany and realised that I've been pretty much using analogue sticks wrong my whole life, lol... I'm now getting pretty good with them.

Since I'm still struggling with stick aiming (not taking into account GoldenEye 64, in which I used to beat everyone ), I wonder what the right way is. Care to elaborate a bit? Or is it rather a matter of getting used to?

I tryed.

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Bumping from the depths of the necro stuff.

So there's a new free DLC. Pretty cool, at least I think... It's all stealthy with night vision thingies (called Night Operations). Any of you going to boot up BF4 again out of curiosity ?

I think I might download this again and give it a try. It's been a long while since I last played and apparently they've fixed quite a few of the issues with the bullet reg etc that annoyed me. Shame most of the maps are still shockingly bad but I guess I can just play the decent ones.

The Zavod night map is pretty cool with 32-48 players and the classic preset It's great fun to sneak around the map.

If you're fan of the older maps, a dragon valley remake is also in progress

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already played it i miss mashtuur

me too

Wasn't the greatest map from BF2 but I did play it a fair bit. Wish they'd bring back some of the better BF3 maps along with some of the maps from Bad Company 2 which were far superior for the Rush game mode in my opinion.

Sooooo BF5 anyone?

Also: For everybody being in Stockholm next week: https://eaca.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3xSlpJOxTGoTo1f

I can't wait to see how long it will take them this time to get the game running properly after release. Also, I can't wait to pay 40 euros for Premium and see the community get splintered or being forced to play a stripped down basic version of the game with only a handful of maps. But most of all I can't wait to play a shooter on a peasant console just to avoid Origin.

Bring it!

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Also: For everybody being in Stockholm next week: https://eaca.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3xSlpJOxTGoTo1f

Cool! Wish I lived closer to Stockholm.

Is this something that developers usually do? Bringing in the public into playtesting sessions?

Is that for BF5? On the page doesn't say… surprised if it is already

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3 minutes ago, blackdog said: Is that for BF5? On the page doesn't say… surprised if it is already

Why would you be surprised though? EA is just milkin' the cashcow Battlefield right now. Haven't enjoyed any of the latest Battlefields sadly.

Surprised because I haven't seen any trailer, would expect an announcement before an initiative like this. And like I said, doesn't even say what game is you're testing on that page (not on mobile at least).

Since there doesn't seem to be much difference between titles coming one year from the other, I wonder if and when the world will be ready for proper incremental updates (like just serve singleplayer campaigns as episodic/DLC and decouple multiplayer).