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Battlefield 4 – Game Breaking “Death Shield” Bug Blocks Projectiles With Invisible Hit Box

MP1st - A newly discovered bug may be the cause of some of those inexplainable moments of frustration that you sometimes experience in Battlefield 4.

rbluetank3662d ago

great video! I seen this a lot in battlefield 4. I did not know what was happening. it make sense now. lol

KwietStorm_BLM3662d ago

Yea it explains a whole lot. I can't count how many choppers conveniently had a shield up right before a well placed shot. I don't think there has ever been a game with so many bugs before.

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Detoxx3662d ago

You must play/know alot of games then *NOT*.

zeee3662d ago (Edited 3662d ago )

Oh the horror continues. I have literally never played a game that is this broken!

It's been weeks since Naval Strike came out yet, the rubber banding still hasn't been fixed. Dice are so ignorant! With BF4, they gave "One step forward and two steps back" a whole new meaning I tell ya!

Razputin3661d ago

I agree. As this being a AAA big budget title, I haven't seen a game with more bugs.

I finally see what the hell has happened all those times I've questioned the game where this would occur.

Also I'm actually very good at this game and a lot of other FPS games so it's not my lack of skill.

DarthZoolu3661d ago

Holy crap I thought I was crazy. So glad I traded it for Dead Rising 3. Everytime something is made more casual the universe shits on it. I wish they would make BF3 for X1.

Kleptic3661d ago

Not only is BF4 an absolute train wreck of quality control, but this video shows the even bigger issue we've had since release...

and that is 100% desync...its not even an issue of just latency...its that what is on your screen, and what the server is saying 'happened', are COMPLETELY different in a lot of cases...

just look at this example...on the client side your explosive goes 'through' the hidden barrier and explodes were it should...but the server rejects that, layers its own physics or something on a hidden explosive...and damages you instead...its bad enough that the invisible barrier is there, but the fact that it hides the possibility of hurting you as well...is just funny at this point...

last EA game i ever pre-order, and probably the last one i ever buy...completely unacceptable for a full priced game...free to play titles have better networking capabilities than BF4...

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csreynolds3662d ago (Edited 3662d ago )

Oh DICE, you amateurs.

I'm pretty sure you owe JackFrags and many others a small fee for all the QA work they've been doing for you unknowingly since launch.

randomass1713662d ago

This probably has just as much to do with EA rushing DICE as it has to do with the developers' lack of competence.

csreynolds3661d ago

There's only so much weight the "EA rushed them" argument can carry. They've been patching this game for 6 months now on five platforms - you'd think the majority of issues would be fixed, but with every new patch/DLC comes new problems. Frankly, it's embarrassing.

Detoxx3662d ago

Finally someone found the source of the problem. Thank you JackFrags!

inf3cted13662d ago

DICE, you had 6 months, and you didnt figure this out?

Detoxx3662d ago

It took thousands of people 6 months to figure it out, how do you expect a team of a couple hundred to figure it out?

inf3cted13662d ago (Edited 3662d ago )

With such a critical bug as this one, it should have been discovered by them a long time ago.

This only happens because they dont remove the object right when you kill someone. The object is only removed when the body dissapears. Thats obviously a big mess up and thats something you should think about when developing the game.

randomass1713662d ago

Hopefully people will avoid buying the next Battlefield until everyone is sure it's not a buggy mess. Something like this should not be acceptable.

RegorL3656d ago (Edited 3656d ago )

@randomass171 the more complex a game (or any other program for that matter is) the more bugs.

There are standards for programming safety/life critical software out there but you wouldn't buy a game like Battlefield programmed to those standards.
- No, really you wouldn't!

And whatever you think a game IS NOT safety/life critical.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Note - most of these systems do not have a need to also simulate and render the complete environment... The world itself handles that. Safety/life critical systems does on the other hand need to handle more or less defective sensors. To be realistic games will have to handle that as well.

Games at the complexity of Pong is possible to get bug free. But even a simple math game were that asks "What is 2+3?" can crash severely if the player enters "five"...

What DICE/EA and other developers could do is to encourage bug reporting / bug reproduction among players (especially during Betas) - a new dog tag?

randomass1713662d ago

Meh, and to think someone called me a troll because I said this game was still buggy. :/

Good-Smurf3661d ago

You're right the game is still very buggy.
Tell that to my friends they will do anything in their power to discredit you and admin of that fanpage thinks BF4 is their lord almighty or something it's like a perfect game to them.

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Battlefield 1, Hardline, BF4 Servers Are Being Taken Offline by Cheaters; EA Silent on Issue

Cheaters & hackers have been causing grief on Battlefield 1, Hardline & BF4 servers, with nonstop DDoS attacks among other things. Unfortunately, EA has remained silent about it.

-Foxtrot756d ago

Course they are silent, they are hoping people flock to 2042

gamesftw250755d ago

Maybe it was a inside job then haha.

jeromeface755d ago

wouldnt be the first time, titanfall 1+2 anyone?

PapaBop755d ago

Not even if they paid me.. EA always do this with old games with less money potential, if this was Ultimate Team, they'd address and sort it faster than stories could spread. Why invest time in their products when they will just dump it in the following years? Then again EA never could see the forest for the trees.

Inverno755d ago

I imagine after those games were given out for free a couple months back through Amazon, anything that makes people go to 2042 is a plus for them

XiNatsuDragnel756d ago

They want people to go on 2042. My theory

excaliburps755d ago

Nah. I think they can't do anything about it or they want to sink money into fixing it.

Pudge102888755d ago (Edited 755d ago )

EA owns all BF servers so yes, they can do something about it but they refuse to because they dont want ppl playing their old games instead of the new one. Its EA we’re talking about here

pr33k33755d ago

if this happened in 2042, they'd have something to say. which is weird, considering battlefield 1 has more players on steam right now.

Pudge102888755d ago

Its so obvious that EA is doing this or hired ppl to mess up the games so that we’d be forced to have just 1 Battlefield working.

FPS_D3TH755d ago

Honestly it’s probably the devs themselves. They did an update to bf4 way back that kinda made assault rifles doo doo in hopes that people would flock to BF1 cuz BF4 was too perfect

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5 Great Shooter Games on Xbox Game Pass

The shooter genre is one of the most beloved videogame genres in the gaming community, and rightfully so. From DOOM Eternal to Battlefield 4, passing through The Outer Worlds, the Xbox Game Pass has a lot to offer when it comes to amazing shooter experiences. Come check out some great shooter games available on Xbox Game Pass!

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MadLad771d ago

There's a bunch of great shooters on gamepass; both legacy and new.

A recommendation I have is a work in progress preview title called Anacrusis. It's a lot of fun, and has a cool aesthetic.

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5 Games That Started Out As A Buggy Mess

KeenGamer: "Sometimes a game starts out as a buggy mess and we all just stop and think, “that definitely could have spent a bit more time in the oven”. This is the case for these 5 games which infamously marked their place in recent game memory."

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KingofBandits863d ago

"Games That Started Out As A Buggy Mess - A Bethesda and CD ProjektRed tale"