Battlefield 4- Out on October 29th (current gen)

[Daniel]

I hardly ever played on high ticket Rush servers on the console because they took too long. Attackers usually won because they had so many chances of attacking.

 

[Pako]

As it stands that's my position at the moment.
Just not sure whether to can that idea and go the pc route instead. Only thing stopping me is I'm rubbish with a keyboard and mouse.

Might be a tough call if you are mainly a console gamer. I agree with Brett, playing with friends does make the experience that much better so....

For me personally, I can't stand FPS on consoles. I tried BF3 on the PS3 with it was a free DL here recently. What a different experience. Everything was much slower. Aiming, navigating the map and inventories, turning around took half a century in terms of getting shot at and needing to shoot the other way. Precision was out the window. UGH! What a mess. Not to mention the sub-par graphic quality.

It looks like the PS4 is moving closer to a PC graphic quality gaming experience, but still at 900p vs. 1080p or greater....the over all experience for me much more fulling on the PC that it can ever be on the console.

Is PC gaming right for you? That is for you to decided. I think any can pickup keyboard/mouse gaming fairly quickly. I run my mouse at a pretty low sensitivity when on foot, but quickly crank it up when I'm in a tank or a gunner position. Having DPI adjustments on the mouse allows for quick adjustments on the fly.

 

[Waheed]

 

[Brett]

I just finished up the Campaign. I was almost certain I had heard the guys who do the Battlefield Friends at one point going through the Campaign. Go through the credits and the producers of Battlefield Friends, Hank and Jed, had a special thanks. Very cool touch by DICE to include those guys. 👍

 

[Shaun]

Aiming with a mouse is pretty natural. Granted, many of the people you will go against have been using a mouse for a long time. But the aiming does get better. Using a keyboard takes practice. It frustrated me for a long time.

I would not go back to a controller given the choice. Now I can control my guy better with a mouse and keyboard. Plus I get benefit of better aim because of the more precise mouse.

However, playing with friends should at least somewhat factor into the equation. I would nudge them towards playing on PC if possible. But if they are going to stick to console, then that may sway your choice.

Fully agree with the mouse and keyboard, mouse feels natural for sure but keyboard takes a bit to get used to. I don't mind getting beaten but if it's a shoot out I'll never ever win. Much more practice required.
Would like to get my friends to play on PC but sadly that wont happen.

Might be a tough call if you are mainly a console gamer. I agree with Brett, playing with friends does make the experience that much better so....

For me personally, I can't stand FPS on consoles. I tried BF3 on the PS3 with it was a free DL here recently. What a different experience. Everything was much slower. Aiming, navigating the map and inventories, turning around took half a century in terms of getting shot at and needing to shoot the other way. Precision was out the window. UGH! What a mess. Not to mention the sub-par graphic quality.

It looks like the PS4 is moving closer to a PC graphic quality gaming experience, but still at 900p vs. 1080p or greater....the over all experience for me much more fulling on the PC that it can ever be on the console.

Is PC gaming right for you? That is for you to decided. I think any can pickup keyboard/mouse gaming fairly quickly. I run my mouse at a pretty low sensitivity when on foot, but quickly crank it up when I'm in a tank or a gunner position. Having DPI adjustments on the mouse allows for quick adjustments on the fly.

Yeah the friends bit is what may sway me to stick with console, as Brett also mentioned.
I also have both versions of BF3 and you are absolutely correct, they are like chalk and cheese with the PC winning hands down. That's why I'm hoping the PS4 will close the gap (I understand it still wont be as good), thing is I'd like to know more about what the PS4 is capable of, ie media server/hub before deciding to buy one. If it's only going to be good for games in reality I don't think I'll bother with it.

Hmm sounds like the sensitivity change on the fly could also work for me, I'll have to try that one out. Thanks for the tip.

 

[Omnis]

Anyone find Rush maps impossible to win? Defenders always win. It's insane. Not enough tickets.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Anyone find Rush maps impossible to win? Defenders always win. It's insane. Not enough tickets.

I've watched a few videos of it. I think the defenders are too close to the bomb and the attackers are too far away.

 

[Phoenix]

Anyone find Rush maps impossible to win? Defenders always win. It's insane. Not enough tickets.

Yeah, I agree.

However I did find a couple rush servers with 64 slots and 300 tickets. Rounds last a bit longer and attackers have the chance to actually attack.

 

[mcfizzle]

I can see right off this game has a ton to it and will take a long time to learn. Coming over from COD I'm amazed at how much is going on and the difficulty spike. My first round of Conquest saw me playing on an island map and having to swim for a minute or two to find action. I was just laughing trying to figure out what's going on. I'm starting to figure it out though.

Biggest issue was figuring out how to invite a friend on PS3? It said no friends online even though we both were and we could only make it work if one of us was in a room. Confusing.

 

[happycorey]

There is so much wrong with this game it hurts I applaud them on cramming a lot of stuff into the game but it's honestly too much. There's 17 different actions it seems for every button and none of the relate to what everyone is used to. Overall I think the feel of the game is a lot different and you can really feel the difference between add-ons, but in the most basic form it's pretty hard to play, dying fairly quick or wasting a lot of bullets trying to actually hit the person. Looking forward to see how soon they fix most of the issues, because I really want to enjoy this game, just what it should be, not what it is

 

[Omnis]

Actually, I find the combat to be pretty good. It's not so arcadey. You're not going to hit every shot at 100m with an automatic weapon.

The hardest part for me is identifying enemies. Especially in jungle maps.... If they're not called out then forget about it. can't see a dank thing.

Also, snipers are true bastards. They have wayyy too much reach.

 

[Brett]

I can see right off this game has a ton to it and will take a long time to learn. Coming over from COD I'm amazed at how much is going on and the difficulty spike. My first round of Conquest saw me playing on an island map and having to swim for a minute or two to find action. I was just laughing trying to figure out what's going on. I'm starting to figure it out though.

Welcome to Battlefield! 👍

Biggest issue was figuring out how to invite a friend on PS3? It said no friends online even though we both were and we could only make it work if one of us was in a room. Confusing.

I cannot help you there

There is so much wrong with this game it hurts I applaud them on cramming a lot of stuff into the game but it's honestly too much. There's 17 different actions it seems for every button and none of the relate to what everyone is used to. Overall I think the feel of the game is a lot different and you can really feel the difference between add-ons, but in the most basic form it's pretty hard to play, dying fairly quick or wasting a lot of bullets trying to actually hit the person. Looking forward to see how soon they fix most of the issues, because I really want to enjoy this game, just what it should be, not what it is

Have you played any of the Battlefield series before?

 

[Pako]

There is so much wrong with this game it hurts I applaud them on cramming a lot of stuff into the game but it's honestly too much. There's 17 different actions it seems for every button and none of the relate to what everyone is used to. Overall I think the feel of the game is a lot different and you can really feel the difference between add-ons, but in the most basic form it's pretty hard to play, dying fairly quick or wasting a lot of bullets trying to actually hit the person. Looking forward to see how soon they fix most of the issues, because I really want to enjoy this game, just what it should be, not what it is

If you think BF4 is bad, you should give ARMA a try to improve your appreciation for the simplicity of BF4. If you're playing the PC version, take some time to familiarize yourself with the key commands. Give it some time, then decided how you want to customize the key bindings to your liking. I really hope they keep it 'hard' and don't dumb it down for the COD crowd. I think they do need to make the tanks, boats and heli's armor a bit weaker. With a guy on repair, they are dang near indestructible. Other than that, BF4 is a refreshing experience compared to what BF3 had become for me.

 

[nk4e]

I might wait a bit for this one. A friend of mine was trying to persuade me into getting it yesterday, since the beta made everything seem like it was BF3.5.

I can see right off this game has a ton to it and will take a long time to learn. Coming over from COD I'm amazed at how much is going on and the difficulty spike. My first round of Conquest saw me playing on an island map and having to swim for a minute or two to find action. I was just laughing trying to figure out what's going on. I'm starting to figure it out though.

Without a teamwork, it is really easy for a objective game to become a Team Death Match. Though from my experience that console players never have a headset for BF or Fighting games.

 

[Ddrizle]

There seems to be reports that BF4 won't run on 4GB 360 models.

 

[CAMAROBOY69]

^
Doesnt surprise me at all. You cant do much of anything with a 4gb 360. However, hard drives are cheap. Even the 320 gb hd can be purchased for about $50.00 off ebay with free shipping. http://www.ebay.com/itm/320GB-HDD-H...US_Video_Game_Hard_Drives&hash=item19e0826a75

 

[nk4e]

Neogaf reports that you need at least 14gbs for BF4

 

[happycorey]

Have you played any of the Battlefield series before?

Since 1943

 

[Pako]

Neogaf reports that you need at least 14gbs for BF4

PC version is installed at 23.8gb. That is....well...huge, and that's even before all the DLC and expansions.

 

[Phoenix]

Anyone else experience when you level up, BF4 puts you down to the previous level on the next round so you have to level up again??? It's pathetic and really annoying.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Anyone else experience when you level up, BF4 puts you down to the previous level on the next round so you have to level up again??? It's pathetic and really annoying.

Yeah, I was watching a livestream and the guy got to level 5 five times. lol

 

[Pako]

Anyone else experience when you level up, BF4 puts you down to the previous level on the next round so you have to level up again??? It's pathetic and really annoying.

Nope. Leveled 5 times last night and didn't experience that once.

 

[Phoenix]

I just went from level 7 to 8, then next round back down to 7 again, then up to level 8 quickly in the round.

Same from level 8 to 9. Frustrating.

 

[Speedy Samurai]

It's a good game and I'm sure it will be great, but right now there are some serious problems, on PS3 at least. First would be the inability to party up before going into a game. For a game that has preached teamwork from the start and implemented game systems that reward it, not being able to make a party to take into a game is a glaring oversight. Once the patches start to hit and the bugs get ironed out it's gonna be awesome.

 

[Shaun]

Guys is there any carry over benefits from single player to multiplayer ie weapons.
If not it's straight to multiplayer for me.

 

[Brett]

You can unlock the M412 REX, QBZ-95-1, P90, and M249. I have not used the M412 REX. But with the ability to change sights on handguns now--frankly, the REX's iron sights are awful--the sidearm could be pretty good. The QBZ-95-1 is not as good as the AK-12 that the Assault class starts with. The P90 is probably about equal to the MX4; I have not really used it enough to know for sure though. I have not used the M249 outside the Test Range.

You can also unlock the Shank and Machete knives. There are also collectible dogtags that you can find scattered about the Campaign levels.

 

[Shaun]

Thanks Brett.

 

[Brett]

You might recheck my post out, I edited it with a bit more information.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

You can also unlock the Famas from Singleplayer

 

[Akira AC]

Campaign is not that bad.

I'd say is the best so far in BF games, they improved a lot from BF3 and they explored an interesting theme but ... little writing errors throw you out of it a bit.

Not finished with campaign yet, now I'm going for MP.