Wow, that just made me more excited than ever.
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Star Wars Battlefront Beta Thread: Hes holding a thermal detonator!
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Wow, that just made me more excited than ever.
Vanilla Uncharted 2 - compared to Battlefront
Vanilla The Last of Us - compared to MGO
What a time to be alive
It does feel polished and solid but still...
Yeah, i'm a BF4 vet and bought it day1 digital. I've watched it improve and it took a long, long time. While I appreciated DICE's efforts at fixing it they're still up against the arbitrary Force Awakens deadline with Battlefront.
Maybe the other modes aren't as polished. Maybe Walker assault is the best of the bunch and the rest is lacking? As much as I want this game to be rock solid I can't let myself get sucked in by a good but small slice.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Holy shit we won a game
therealminime
Member
Glorious Star Wars ships:
I am really, really excited to see how good Endor looks in the final game.
I am really, really excited to see how good Endor looks in the final game.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
DICE is really one of the best in the industry with their sound design. So fucking good.
game sounds too 'accessible' and doesn't seem to require a high skill level...I read this quote in a review of the beta and I think it sums it up perfectly...
"deliberately uncomplicated in order to appeal to Star Wars fans rather than the shooter devotees who’ve played Battlefield 4 for 1,000 hours...
"I can sense it filling the Titanfall hole in my gaming—something I’ll play for 20 hours or so at launch, then sporadically throughout 2016, but perhaps not forever. This is one for people who just want to see an AT-AT storm towards Echo Base or take out a TIE Fighter in an X-Wing"
"deliberately uncomplicated in order to appeal to Star Wars fans rather than the shooter devotees who’ve played Battlefield 4 for 1,000 hours...
"I can sense it filling the Titanfall hole in my gaming—something I’ll play for 20 hours or so at launch, then sporadically throughout 2016, but perhaps not forever. This is one for people who just want to see an AT-AT storm towards Echo Base or take out a TIE Fighter in an X-Wing"
DrGonzo615
Banned
Well hopefully they've applied what they've learned with BF4 to Battlefront. Overall though Im pretty impressed with how the beta plays from a sheer technical standpoint in regards to frame rate and lag. It just works, which is how it should be.
My biggest concerns right now are balancing. Drop zone feels pretty balanced but its not difficult to make a game balanced when its 8v8 no vehicles and only a handful of weapons. The teams are essential identical.
But the Walker Assault mode......as it stands is pretty broken I feel. Theres too many check boxes that the rebels have to perform to stand a chance while the empire pretty much just as to try and do a decent job of keeping the Rebels away from the uplinks to almost be assured a win.
VincentMatts
Member
Its possible i guess but honestly, i think this may be why they toned the game down (like going from 64 players to 40 online). I think with BF4 it was a simple matter of "biting off a lot more than they could chew". This doesn't give me that impression at all. Theres seems to be "less" content than BF4 but all of it is very polished. I don't think itll be like BF4 at all at launch. Id be stunned if it was.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Don't worry, it'll come full circle a month or two after launch if every other game ever on GAF is anything to go by. xD
EASTC0AST_GH05T
Member
Can see myself playing this game for years the same way I played Battlefront 1 and 2. Thank you DICE for bringing Battlefront back and not screwing it up.
This is great.
Still sad about Free Radical's old system, though, with the seamless land-to-air-to-space battles.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Yeah, I'll be playing this until at least the next one comes out. Done with bloated modern shooters. I love the simplicity of Battlefront.
Lifejumper
Member
did the system work in a real enviroment tho?
Hidden One
Member
Walker Assult isn't balanced for the rebels at all.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Yeah, but maybe it'll get better in the final version when you have higher ranks and more weapons.
SEGAvangelist
Member
Played for a while last night. It's pretty fun, but a crappy version for XB1 as usual. Resolution and performance is poor just like BF4 and BFHL.
DrGonzo615
Banned
The test video was running in real time it appears, but who knows on what hardware.
It looks cool in a test video but Im not sure splitting the players between space and land would be all that great in practice, unless you were able to pull off a 64 player count, which the old systems wouldnt have been able to do.
VincentMatts
Member
I think it all about setting your expectations realistically. If people are expecting this game to have as much content as BF4 to unlock then yes, i think theyre going to be disappointed a month after launch. There will probably be no reddot sights type of equipment to unlock for your guns, there probably wont be any skins to your guns and vehicles either as Disney probably want the vehicles and guns to look like star wars.
If you set your expectations accordingly, i think people will be ok. If you expect a BF4 level of unlocks and content, i think people will be disappointed. Thats my guess.
EASTC0AST_GH05T
Member
looks nice on PS4 but its really a looker on PC. I was hoping the X1 version would match the PS4 at 900p.
What do you mean?
They apparently had working demos of flying an X-Wing out of a rebel ship, down into the planet's atmosphere, and down to land where you could get out and run around.
IIRC, there's unofficial footage of it released after the game was shut down, and it worked fine. I remember watching it and thinking it looked great.
IIRC the idea was that one faction would start on the space ship and be 'attacking' the ground base. They weren't really split - they met half way and pushed back and forth.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
What are the chances this comes available for everyone at midnight ?
Simo
Member
Slim? They've been saying on their FB page yesterday and today that the beta will roll out at different times depending on region and platform.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Midnight for me is in 7 hours.
That's because the game is meant to appeal to Star Wars fans, and there is nothing inherrently wrong with that. We've had Battlefield games before, and we are getting BF6 next year, I don't see the problem with them making a different game for a different crowd. Just remember that its Star Wars, and people of all ages will want to play this, not just 'shooter devotees'.
That said, if you are expecting a clone of Battlefield but with a Star Wars skin you will be pleased/disappointed to know that this is not the case. It felt ike a very different beast to Battlefield across the board.
Simo
Member
Ah well given DICE is in Sweden then maybe your chances are much better then! lol Still who knows if it'll roll out at midnight local time or not. They're not being too specific just "region and platform".
JigglesBunny
Banned
At tad blurry with some heavy aliasing on objects further than 20 or so feet away but on the whole, looks like a mix of Medium/High on the PC build and the textures and particle effects look gorgeous.
I'm super excited to hop onto the PS4 and PC versions as those are the versions I'm buying on Day One and the eye candy on my 980 will be gloriousss.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I'd like to buy it, but not at AU$89.99 off Origin. It's too much, partially due to my concerns of longevity and overall content, but mostly due to the price outright. I can't remember the last time I paid $90 for a new game.
the lack of physics destruction, lack of squads/classes and no meaningful vehicle combat is a dead giveaway that this is not a Battlefield game
JigglesBunny
Banned
the lack of physics destruction, lack of squads/classes and no meaningful vehicle combat is a dead giveaway that this is not a Battlefield game
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
There is minor environmental and structural destruction.
I'm really happy this game isn't a Battlefield 4 clone. I'm so tired of bloated shooters with unlocks upon unlocks and attachments for your attachments. Battlefront is raw gameplay and that's fantastic.
I'm really happy this game isn't a Battlefield 4 clone. I'm so tired of bloated shooters with unlocks upon unlocks and attachments for your attachments. Battlefront is raw gameplay and that's fantastic.
Lifejumper
Member
They have me by the balls for dlc for this game...
ElzarTheBam
Member
Imma say it now, so when it goes tits up, you can laugh at me.
This is the best game DICE has produced since BC2.
This is the best game DICE has produced since BC2.
I don't mind the lack of bf styled vehicle spawns. Not sure if I actually miss classes. Would be fine if they give you a lot of char slots though for load outs.
I only played for about 40 mins, more fun than MGO. MGO for me right now, is just a shittier UC3. Would love MGO more if it was leaning towards TLOU.
Oh yeah, game needs more destruction etc etc.
I only played for about 40 mins, more fun than MGO. MGO for me right now, is just a shittier UC3. Would love MGO more if it was leaning towards TLOU.
Oh yeah, game needs more destruction etc etc.
PintSizedSlasher
Member
This game is going to cost me so much money..... And I'll fucking love spending it....
Yup. Call me part of the problem but I know I'm spending money as far as DLC goes for this game.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
I'm really hoping the XB1 version is up to snuff, since that's the version my friends are forcing me to go with
ElzarTheBam
Member
I'm really hoping the XB1 version is up to snuff, since that's the version my friends are forcing me to go with
It is
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Screw your friends. If you don't want to buy it for the Xbox then don't. Force them to go where you are goingI'm really hoping the XB1 version is up to snuff, since that's the version my friends are forcing me to go with
Agreed, I like what I see but I'm being cautious. Drop zone does feel pretty balanced and I love the push and pull of fighting over the drop pods.
From what I heard with the Alpha the Rebels had more of a upper hand. For the Beta it sounds like they swung a bit too far. Every single time we played last night the rebels were crushed. Last match as a rebel I called in an orbital strike on a walker and brought it down but 5 seconds later the other walker hit the generators.
I do like that they seemed to tackle Battlefront features from a pretty reasonable standpoint. I do hope that EA & DICE learned from the BF4 blowback and need to earn our trust back. Fingers crossed.
bug_42
Member
That is why they fled.
FreezerGeezer
Member
Played a couple rounds of split screen and a handful of the pod securing multiplayer mode. I absolutely love it so far. The visuals and sound design are just next level. The sound of the lasers hitting the shield and some of the grenades are just phenomenal.
The game itself is a load of fun too. Looking forward to the BETA opening up so I can get into some AT AT rounds. Definitely picking this up on launch. It'll have its issues for sure, but it looks to be a bloody blast.
The game itself is a load of fun too. Looking forward to the BETA opening up so I can get into some AT AT rounds. Definitely picking this up on launch. It'll have its issues for sure, but it looks to be a bloody blast.