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Battlefield 4 - Xbox One Impressions + Bonus XB1 Controller Impressions & Vid
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fluffydelusions
Member
Massive day 1 patching incoming
fluffydelusions
Member
From playing PC version, game seems VERY CPU heavy.
MS spent $100m dollar to ruin X360 good controller. they should have kept everything the same and just replace the d-pad.
That would have cost $3
While I am getting worried, those are isolated impressions it seems. Still getting my hands on during the Road Show and see for myself. Mind you there are also people that don#t like the 360 pad triggers and bumpers.
velociraptor
Junior Member
The fact the thumbsticks travel such a short distance in the 360 controller is bad enough. I hope the DS4 is similar to the DS3 in that respect. It gives a far greater degree of control when aiming.
Looks like the frames were modified near the end to make it a lot slower than it is. She never moved that slowly from what I remember.
Do you know what mixed even means?
When some people feel the thing is a step back from the previous controller, i'd say that counts as a negative impression.
Also, in comparison of the two next-gen controllers, the Xbone pad rarely came out on top, if ever.
I'm looking forward to fondling both new controllers in the near future though.
Insane Metal
Member
Yes they are. Just read the Eurogamer Expo thread.
There's absolutely no one saying the controller is shitty though. Overall the impressions are good.
That'd be good when you get a chance - maybe a new thread? I haven't been involved with TRC submission type stuff for maybe 10+ years, it'd be interesting to see how things have changed (I'm assuming quite a lot more complicated for starters)
Miles Quaritch
Member
Can't wait to read your impressions. Hopefully the impulse triggers will be activated this time...
shinobi602
Member
Only thing I'm worried about concerning the controller is that I've heard a few times from some of our very own here that the sticks far less tighter than those on the 360. My biggest complaint about the DS3 are how loose the sticks feel, while the biggest praise on the 360 controller are the tightness of the sticks.
I dearly hope those impressions were exaggerations.
I dearly hope those impressions were exaggerations.
ethomaz
Banned
Gamescom impression thread have a lot of complain about it.... the impression are mixed here in GAF... some loved and some hated. The only coincidence is that in both sides loved the 360 controller.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
There's way too many factors in play for me to really speculate about it so I won't try to. I'm in wait and see mode right now. If the build they bring to the launch event is crap then we'll know the deal.
velociraptor
Junior Member
Tight sticks are horrible imo. It's so much easier to play FPS games with the PS3 pad for that reason.
All they had to do was fix the D-Pad and maybe make it a bit prettier - that's it. The 360 controller is my favorite from any generation. Haven't tried the new X1 controller, but these impressions worry me. I'm really trying to stick with Microsoft next gen, but it's getting awfully hard.
And I love the tight sticks - tighter the better.
And I love the tight sticks - tighter the better.
Steverulez
Member
I didn't have any problems with the sticks in terms of how loose they were. Sticks were fine, better than on the 360 controller because they have a deeper circular bit in the middle which won't rub down with a lot of use and will keep the grip.
They are super loose, maybe not Dual Shock 3 loose but fairly close. The triggers feel odd when there isn't any rumble/resistance in them (though feeling the tyres lock in Forza was nice) and the bumpers are SUPER clicky and cheap. From everyone I spoke to last week at Eurogamer Expo who used both everyone preferred the DS4.
Edit: For reference loved 360 pad. Absolutely hated the DS3.
Doug Heffernan
Member
Nope sorry, I'm not buying those controller impressions. I'll see for myself.
Yep, I expect every AAA game releasing for next gen to have a significant performance difference between shipped 1.00 and day one 1.01.
Also as Mortimer states, these shows don't neccesarily have the most up to date build, only the most stable build. Every build that goes to a show needs to have significant QA, there's no reason to spend so many resources to constantly change the preview build, unless you have a significantly better build, which is also stable.
BruiserBear
Banned
Dice have never been very good at optimizing for consoles. I wouldn't be surprised one bit if the PS4 version is shoddy too.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
They most certainly are. Yes some people love it, but that doesn't at all invalidate people who don't.
shinobi602
Member
Each his own I guess, I perform 10x better in shooters on my 360 than on my PS3 and I attribute a lot of that to the sticks
Swarming101
Member
Hardly the first negative impression someone has had of the XBO controller. A number of people I've seen have said that the bumpers are really bad. Not exactly glowing praise here though. That lag is pretty horrific, but is that a hardware or a software issue?
Why is it so hard to understand that this is an opinion. When you try out the controller you may like it, but that dose'nt make this impression any less valid.
I've never felt frostbites efficiency is good on pc or console. PS3's BF's were marred by the poor framerate, a good fps I happen to think is important in a shooter. I personally think Frostbite is overrated, very nice visuals produced but not as efficiently as it probably should.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
I'm gonna chalk that one up to the TV itself. I wouldn't worry about that too much.
famousmortimer
Banned
Oops, meant to make this a thread.
fluffydelusions
Member
Have you played the PC beta version yet lol.
LordBaztion
Member
First bad impression I read about the XBO controller.
The lag seems terrible, they have a month to improve it.
The lag seems terrible, they have a month to improve it.
Ugh - hate the sound of that!
I have heard plenty of positive impressions about the X1 controller.
GrizzleBoy
Banned
If hearing a few people have negative views about a product, I would literally never buy anything....
I think I'll be my own judge tbh.
I think I'll be my own judge tbh.
Finding a controller review that doesn't mention the bad bumpers is pretty hard. It's almost always mentioned as a "Why did they do this!?" even in positive reviews.
fabricated backlash
Member
From my experience, the Xbone controller is outstandingly good. I really can't share the scathing impressions presented in the OP.
I'd still give the nod to the DS4, but I actually suspect that I feel this way because it's such a massive improvement over the DS3, whereas the Xbone controller is merely a refinement of the 360 controller.
The DS4 made me actually excited to play a Playstation game for the first time in years. The DS so far has been one of my least favourite controllers with horrible analog sticks, and bad ergonomy. The DS4 just felt right from the moment I touched it. It's night and day, with vastly improved analog sticks over the DS3 and much much better ergonomic design.
That said, the Xbone controller was exactly what I expected.
I'd still give the nod to the DS4, but I actually suspect that I feel this way because it's such a massive improvement over the DS3, whereas the Xbone controller is merely a refinement of the 360 controller.
The DS4 made me actually excited to play a Playstation game for the first time in years. The DS so far has been one of my least favourite controllers with horrible analog sticks, and bad ergonomy. The DS4 just felt right from the moment I touched it. It's night and day, with vastly improved analog sticks over the DS3 and much much better ergonomic design.
That said, the Xbone controller was exactly what I expected.
BruiserBear
Banned
I was going to give them the benefit of the doubt regarding PC, because of course some people can just overpower their unoptimized code.
But yeah, I've always felt Dice's work on Battlefield was shoddy and sloppy in many ways. It's one of the biggest reasons I've never been that impressed by their games. Say what you want about COD and Infinity Ward, but those guys deliver a polished experience day one. The framerate is solid, there is no screen tearing, the gameplay is tight, and the servers almost always work.
The technical underpinnings of CoD haven't changed in a decade. Sure, they'll splice in a thing or two, but it's still rocking those Quake tracers. I'll give DICE credit for trying to move the football forward with Frostbite 3. The beta melting machines has more to do with absolutely awful drivers and DirectX optimization than anything else. The consoles should be a smooth 60fps with relatively nice textures and lighting.
MaulerX
Member
I've read more positive than negative, with some of the negatives sounding suspiciously hyperbolic.
fluffydelusions
Member
There are even people with titans getting like 20fps lol
chickdigger802
Banned
if you don't have time to make a polished demo... why do one at all? at this point its actually hurting the message lol.
You can have an agenda and still talk about shitty games on your preferred platform.
And he says BF4 only looks slightly better on Xbox One than the 360 version -- yeah sure it does. But then he followed that comment with "50% better." Which is it? Slightly or 50%?