Betafield 4: Game of Next Year Edition

docLEXfisti
docLEXfisti
Since 7355 Days
Yeah, it's kinda sad the route PC releases took in the last couple of years. Almost every heavy hitter I bought on release was unplayable or hardly playable in the first days until they patched things out. Mostly the days of polished releases are over. Better a unstable game out there than loosing precious sales ...

Diablo 3, Sim City, 007 Legends [shame on me, but I'm a big Bond fan], Age of Empires 2 HD, Trine 2, Sleeping Dogs [patched that really quick], Farcry 3, recently Deadly Premonition - pressure seems to be bigger than ever with publishers. On the other hand, some games were running excellent from the getgo: Dishonored or Bioshock Infinite come to mind ...
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GriftGFX - He can also<br>ban your ass!
GriftGFX
Since 7236 Days
Oh please... it's not even that bad and it's not usually a fraction as bad as this... Rank 42 and playing it better than other versions ever will.

I'm much more concerned about the game design. Which aint perfect by any means. Still fun.

All of the games you mentioned that I've played (Trine 2, Sleeping Dogs, Far Cry 3, Bioshock Infinite), I played without a single issue, with the exception of Diablo 3. Which was mostly just overwhelmed. And a bad game. And you can apply the above.

For example: I should not really be up right now. This was only possible because BF4.
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GriftGFX - He can also<br>ban your ass!
GriftGFX
Since 7236 Days
The G18 is sort of a hoot. Also.. I put the attachments I'm rolling with the FAMAS on the AEK. It works awesome.

More later.
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docLEXfisti
docLEXfisti
Since 7355 Days
Played a bit of Team Deathmatch y'day and enjoyed it a lot. Framerate was average of 60 fps, going down to 45 in really bad situations [everything on ultra xcept AA]. The only problem I had, that it took me to a completely different game mode the first time, but all the other matches were Team DM as selected. Well, not the only problem ... dudez literally ripped me apart. I scored 2 kills while dying 20 times ... hahaha. But it was quite fun. Will keep playing.

PS: The only thing I miss is the convenient chat like on Xbox [chat on headset, game sounds on TV - I seem not to be able to replicate that with a PC]
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the only tyrant I accept is my inner voice [and my two kids ;)]

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Phaethon360 - Mr Pant<s>s</s>ies
Phaethon360
Since 7082 Days
You really don't want to chat with just anyone in this game. But I think it's easier to enable in game than before, somehow. I haven't played outside the beta so I don't know.

How about you use those massive boobs to block bullets :P
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Those boobs are why I am reluctant to come to this site at work lol
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Phaethon360 - Mr Pant<s>s</s>ies
Phaethon360
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Well most of the posters here are boobs.
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GriftGFX - He can also<br>ban your ass!
GriftGFX
Since 7236 Days
Posted by docLEXfisti
PS: The only thing I miss is the convenient chat like on Xbox [chat on headset, game sounds on TV - I seem not to be able to replicate that with a PC]
The game has in-game VOIP for squads and commanders. Just like the console version. There's not even anything to enable.
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rayy
rayy
Since 7210 Days


:P
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GriftGFX - He can also<br>ban your ass!
GriftGFX
Since 7236 Days
:)

The game is finally enjoyably for me now that 1HK is "fixed." I have some issues with the design. I have a lot of issues with the continued fragility of the client.

But it's fun now that it's working for me.
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rayy
rayy
Since 7210 Days
Lol I though the pic was fake or a photoshop someone made but it looks like it did happen.

http://www.hardwarepal.com/dice-executive-producer...

Edit: Yeah with all the problem it have I'm also still enjoying the game. I just hope they continuing fixing the game because with out the issues is a great game.
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GriftGFX
Since 7236 Days
It's a shame they've been so bad at damage control. But that should have been made clear by the 1-hit-kill bug. Because they can't control damage ;)

I am glad they quickly addressed 1HK. I mean we're talking days. That's fast action for DICE. It's ridiculous that Jackfrags needed to make such an explicit demonstration of the bug, but it's the right thing to prioritize.

That's why I can finally enjoy the game. Because it's starting to play by its own rules and not deal random damage. I still don't like the knife. I don't like the grind. I think attachments are convoluted.

The value of that stuff is debatable. The quality of a "competition" game where damage is unintentionally random? Give me a fuckin' break :D It's an embarrassing thing to break.. and then they have the nerve to talk e-Sports.
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ManThatYouFear
ManThatYouFear
Since 7180 Days
Is it playable on ps4? only did campaign and that crashed 3 times.. and 2 initial load ups locked the "app"
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asdfg
asdfg
Since 6070 Days
My Bf4 is finally on the way. Was M.I.A. for five days but now the postal service have found it and posted it. :)
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Tinks
Tinks
Since 7166 Days
LOL
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Tiz
Tiz
Since 6902 Days
Want BF4 NAOW!

No joke. I want to splat people with that paper aeroplane. 29 - 0 K/D Wut?
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GriftGFX - He can also<br>ban your ass!
GriftGFX
Since 7236 Days
It's like they totally forgot about the MAV in the early days of Battlefield 3. We've been through this already. Oh well.. at least you can't ride them.. OR CAN YOU?!

I bet it's pretty fragile if you shoot at it, but that's getting nerfed just like the MAV did. It won't be long before it explodes on impact.

It would be less ridiculous if we hadn't already been through this with the MAV. At least I'm confident that this won't be a forever problem, unlike some of the games less forgivable flaws.

Those things are pretty hardcore concerns though. I think once this works reliably most people will like it a lot.
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Want BF4 NAOW!
If you want to have fun with stuff like this it's always wise to be an early adopter for exactly the reasons it's actually not :D

I miss sword flying in Halo.
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GriftGFX - He can also<br>ban your ass!
GriftGFX
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Posted by docLEXfisti
Yeah, it's kinda sad the route PC releases took in the last couple of years.
I wish this sad passive aggressive anti-PC schlock wasn't at the top of this page still.

I blame DICE.
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asdfg
asdfg
Since 6070 Days
Experience so far, have played for 1.5-2 hours, 3 crashes...

After next crash I will update my nvidia drivers, are running on the ones from the beta.
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GriftGFX - He can also<br>ban your ass!
GriftGFX
Since 7236 Days
Posted by asdfg
Experience so far, have played for 1.5-2 hours, 3 crashes...

After next crash I will update my nvidia drivers, are running on the ones from the beta.
What kinds of crashing ya getting? I've seen a lot of solutions for a lot of errors on the PC, and I've encountered and crushed quite a few of them myself. The client is stupid fragile.

A good first step is to reinstall the DX/VC redists in the Battlefield 4 /install/ folder. Do clean installs on your drivers. And uh.. if you get persistent directx crashing underclock or over-volt your GPU.

I know.. lol. If they're server crashes or just random drops to desktop.. I'd probably not even bother messing around until they patch it again.
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asdfg
asdfg
Since 6070 Days
2 crashes have been with the pictures freezing and the sound stutters up, others it just throws me out and says client stops working. I remember you writing about bf3 that downclocking the graphics card could be a good thing. If i remember correctly I have the same 570 you had, factory overclocked msi. :)
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asdfg
asdfg
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And now it didn't crash for 2 hours, seems very inconsistent.
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GriftGFX - He can also<br>ban your ass!
GriftGFX
Since 7236 Days
Some stuff is server side too.. I managed to wrangle it into stability but I still find servers that just seem to hate me.

Like I said.. wouldn't bother messing with anything unless you see a consistently recurring problem.

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Sometimes I wonder if people know that the right mouse button looks down the sights...
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