5 ways that Battlefield 4 can blow away the BF3 blues
- Posted August 8th, 2012 at 08:02 EDT by PSU Staff
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It seems a long way off until Battlefield 4’s beta phase, scheduled for Fall 2013, but we're already intrigued to find out whether Electronic Arts will take the series in a new direction, or play it totally safe and develop a game that would be more fitting for a 3.5 update.
We’re hoping that 2013 will usher in the evolution of the Battlefield series and deliver much more than an incremental update to its predecessor. We like Battlefield 3, but there were many mistakes made that need to be avoided next time around to prevent our boredom and frustration with the series.
Here's five ways how EA DICE can blow away those BF3 blues...
1. Sort the servers out and communicate better with fans
PS3 gamers have regularly suffered with stability issues with Battlefield 3 and there’s nothing more frustrating than finishing work on a Friday afternoon looking forward to letting off steam over the weekend only to spent most of your time battling to get online due to connection issues.
No one minds too much if maintenance has been scheduled to fix issues, but there’s been too many occasions where nobody knows why there are connection issues and EA has often failed to communicate quickly enough with the fans or put gamer’s minds at rest. With Battlefield 4 there’s bound to be online issues, it’s unavoidable when so many people want to play online, but we’re hoping the multiplayer infrastructure will be more stable this time around and EA will keep us in the loop with what’s going on.
2. React quicker to issues and ensure that features that matter aren’t broken at launch
The PS3 version suffered with VoIP problems for almost three months before a patch was brought out. Without being able to communicate with each other, Battlefield isn’t a team game, yet that’s really what the online component is all about – working together and voicing tactics. This was a major issue that took far too long to fix. For Battlefield 4, EA shouldn’t launch it until it knows all the basics work, and then it needs to react quicker to fix issues. Input lag, for example, apparently reported by some gamers, wasn’t fixed until the Close Quarters expansion pack arrived in June.
3. Improve handling of flying vehicles
Presuming that we will actually be able to fly vehicles in Battlefield 4 we'd like them to be more accessible and easier to control. We're referring in particular to the helicopters in Battlefield 3 which are difficult to fly without over-strafing and crashing. We know that many core players who have been showing us all how it’s done since Battlefield 1 probably enjoy the fact that they are among the few that can master one of these crazy machines, but making them, or their replacements, a touch more accessible (Bad Company 2 difficulty would be nice) would ensure everyone can have a bit of fun.
4. Forget the modern day setting, go back to the future
So the saying goes that “if something ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” but isn’t anyone else getting a bit sick of modern-day shooters? Our wish for change may actually come true because DICE general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson has already said: “I think we’re going to start seeing people moving away from the modern setting, because every now and again settings or themes start to get stale and then everyone jumps over.” The Battlefield series has already dabbled in the future with Battlefield 2142, set during a new ice age. It’s time to head back to the future with hi-tech weaponry and features such as cloaking devices. If it sticks to the modern day, Battlefield 4 will just seem like a update to Battlefield 3.
5. Blow us away with next-gen graphics
We don’t want to see Battlefield 4 on current-gen consoles. We want it to blow us away on Xbox 720 and PS4 with its incredible physics, destructible environments and eye-watering vistas. Bring it out on Xbox 360 and PS3 and it’s going to look pretty much like the same game. We want DICE to harness the power of the next-gen technology and deliver a game and experience that will have us drooling.
We know that DICE can nail the audio and create a game that echoes with the sounds of war, but we now ... (continued on next page)
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Corvette-Steve
- 8:32am EDT - August 8th, 2012
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Ha - First to commment!!!
They need to optionally support custom servers, after that feature came out in an update, and all connections were diverted to 'custom servers' first, I lost all interest all in the game. Personally, I don't want to play a several hours long game starting with 400 tickets, I don't want people to change the rules or play by any one elses rules that get me bounced. That was complete stupidity on a previously really great multiplayer experience.
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Oh no, please don't make the helicopters or jets easier to fly. Any "accessibility" you add takes away from the complexity. Maybe add an empty, offline practice level, but PLEASE don't change the controls!
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an1mu5-187- 2:16pm EDT - August 8th, 2012
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@ 3 I actually agree with you about the practice level. Where a player could learn to operate each aircraft and ground vehicle effectively and even sharpen their weapons skills on the ground. Even levels during the single player campaign where one can take control of vehicles and aircraft which would appear in the multiplayer portion would be a great tool to the player and would greatly level out the battlefield. All pun intended!
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Moo Rasta
- 5:54pm EDT - August 8th, 2012
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Battlefield 4 should come on Next-Gen consoles. i am a PS3 gamer, and i a lot of BF3 daily but i am not buying BF4 on PS3. it is so pathetic to go again with huge maps and only 12 vs12 player max. No Thank you Dice, you fail and i will be very disappointed in you if BF4 or any other FrostBite 2 powered BF game comes out on Xbox360 & PS3.
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Chris Wilson
- 7:08pm EDT - August 8th, 2012
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I disagree on making air vehicles "easier", it's called practice. They're not that hard to fly. I cringe when ever somebody's say's "accessible", sounds like dumbing things down to me.
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Shane McIntyre
- 10:47pm EDT - August 8th, 2012
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To the comment that said they dot like hour long gameplay 400 tickets is too much... Im sorry but thats not much more than te game started with. Original rules changed from 250 to 350 at times
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Chris Schwarz
- 5:16am EDT - August 15th, 2012
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i've read a few reviews out there on the interwebs. Giving in my two cents. I agree with everyone bashing the making piloting easier. Practie levels are a freakin must. As with BF3 me and my friends used the 2nd mission in coop to practice with the viper.The tanks are pretty much all the same since BF2,bf2142,bfbc,etc. Either way. The modern warefare franchise to me should be dead. It's gotten to the point where you would go to your local paintball field and EVERYONE mentions at least 10 things reguarding battlefield or COD. Personnally I enjoyed the living crap out of 2142. In my opinion they really should look into making 2143 or better year 2213 (since it would be coming out in 2013.)
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