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3 important reasons why Battlefield: Hardline might fail

Battlefield: Hardline has a lot to prove after the disaster of last year’s Battlefield 4. Fans are voicing several concerns and these are the most important ones.

Neixus3592d ago (Edited 3592d ago )

The last battlefields have already failed, it's the fact that it's not failing from journalists point of view.

But as a consumer, Battlefield have failed since after BFBC2, Badcompany2 was the last good battlefield game

I'll get this game though, I just like to play whatever games aslong as i can play with my friends.

cfc833592d ago

You're the one who help them fail, by buying a game that you have said will fail. As long as folks have your attitude, they will get away with it. Without sounding too dramatic, i think Battlefield fans should avoid buying this, or even just avoid buying it at full price. A yearly release rips the ass out of the brand, and makes a new Bad Company less of a reality.

venom063592d ago

SOOOO incredibly funny the level of trash that makes it's way onto N4G.com these days.. How is the author EVEN REMOTELY mentioning this game failing without the slightest notion of what the actual game will encompass. This stupid A@# article is SOLELY based on the fact that this looks similiar to BF4 (it uses the same engine, it supposed to look similiar)...

What's really going on is the fact that as it was "cool to hate on EA/DICE and anything BF4", now "its cool to hate on Hardline" just because it looks similiar to a game that uses its same engine. Lets see, did ANYONE talk about Ghosts "failing" because it looked like MW3?? NOPE... did ANYONE talk about BO2 "failing" because it looked like other previous CoDs that used the same engine?? NOPE.. Let's sum this up.

1. the beta is FUN AS HELL to play
2. you can't judge the whole complete game from a beta.
3. it may look similiar to BF4, but plays WAYY faster and super fun.
4. nobody said any of this same stupid crap about the last 4 CoDs "failing" or lookin similiar and using the same engine even though they did.

PONTIAC08G8GT3592d ago

I will say the biggest issue I have with this new Battlefield is how similar it is to BF4. When you kill someone and the points come up, the HUD, all just looks similar. This does not look or feel like a brand new game. Yes, the cops n robbers and being in a city is different, but they could have done this with BF4 and sold this as an expansion (yes, it would have been a massive download). I just think for $60, you deserve a whole new game and gameplay. Haven't people been complaining about COD being the same game year after year, just new maps and guns?

zeee3591d ago

Should have been an bf4 add-on and not a new game.

Crazyglues3592d ago (Edited 3592d ago )

Amen player, BFBC2 was the last great battlefield..

I wish they would have just remastered that, better graphics, same mechanics, and brought it to PS4... that game was perfect.

Yeah I can think of 21 reasons: why Battlefield- Hardline might fail - if you can only come up with 1 you sure as hell are not trying, because there are plenty of reasons..

Just off the top of my head, it has the same broken problems that are still in battlefield to this day -- Failed to connect to EA server, LoL is see that every time I start up the game go to quick match and try to join a server..

It's a mod, but not that good of a mod... It has a pretty cheesy weapon system, shooting mechanics could be a lot better, Not that fun to play, not really a lot of players on at once, feels old and it's not even out yet.

Much better games will be out at that time, COD/Advance Warfare, D E S T I N Y

This game is going to get boring quick, will have fail support, updates once in a blue moon.

This is a rush to release, you see how well that worked out on BF4. I would wait and buy this used if you have to get it.

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GUTZnPAPERCUTZ3592d ago

? Nah dude, I got BF:BC2 and played it since the Beta on 360 back in 09 and it's fair share of glitches, not as many as BF3 or BF4 when launched but I blame that on how simplistic Bad Company was compared to it's more in depth bigger brothers. I love BF and I hate that BF3 and BF4 TOOK TOO LONG to fix the issues that plagued them. I played the Beta for Hardline last night and it was noticeably better than BF4 when it launched. I suspect bugs and glitches when a game launches, But when they take 2 months to fix the issues... I have a problem with that, seemed like BF:BC2 was fixed almost instantly.

crazychris41243592d ago

Ive already noticed that the same online issues in bf4 are in this game too. The game is pretty fun when its working properly but I dont think its worth the full price.

Kiwi663592d ago

it is still only a beta so of course there will be some issues

Xbot12143592d ago (Edited 3592d ago )

well up in canada we will be forced to drop $70 on a piece of ish mod

kevinsheeks3592d ago

I refuse to drop more then 30 honestly it's worth 20-25 no more -_- this is an expansion at best the nerve of these guys to drop a new "game" while just getting the old one in working condition

MysticStrummer3592d ago

You're forced to buy games in Canada?

Clown_Syndr0me3592d ago

It felt like DLC to me, or a discounted game like Far Cry Blood Dragon for example.
That would be more reasonable. Unless there is absolutely heaps of content that we don't know about ofcourse.
Also its release window has a hell of a lot of competition...it is releasing this fall right? COD, Destiny, Halo...

Grimhammer003592d ago

Its obviously a ghetto skin dlc job.
And it does nothing in mp to capture a cops vs robbers vibe.

-since when are hiests carried out by 30 robbers?
-why are designated jeeps or cop suv's mounted with assault cannons?!! Even helicopters!
-Why can I only drive designated vehicles? Cars are strewn all over....were they all hit with an emp?! Jokes
-where are the civilians? !!!

This hardline is a train wreck

porkChop3592d ago

Yeah all vehicles should really be drive-able. And for gods sake, PLEASE let me turn the friggen camera when I'm driving in first person.

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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.

-Foxtrot753d ago

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

gamesftw250752d ago

Maybe it was a inside job then haha.

jeromeface751d ago

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

PapaBop752d 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.

Inverno752d 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

XiNatsuDragnel753d ago

They want people to go on 2042. My theory

excaliburps752d ago

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

Pudge102888752d ago (Edited 752d 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

pr33k33752d 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.

Pudge102888752d 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_D3TH752d 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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Ranking All The Battlefield Games

From Xfire: "With the next game being a return to the classic XX42 formula, now is as good a time as any to make an utterly definitive and in no possible way controversial ranking of the Battlefield games we've enjoyed over the years, with which undoubtedly nobody will take issue in the comment section. Right? Okay then - here we go, from least good to best."

OMNlPOTENT1023d ago

Battlefield 1 above 4 and Bad Company 2? Not a chance.

Ruegrong1023d ago

battlefield 4 was broken as shit on launch same as battlefield 3

isarai1023d ago

Bad company 2 was still my favorite, sure it was a bit gimped compared to the rest if the series but more fun and far more satisfying weapon unlocks.

XxINFERNUSxX1023d ago (Edited 1023d ago )

Battlefield 1942 + both expansions are my all time favorite, it can still be played online to this day. Vietnam would be my 2nd, 3rd Battlefield 2, last BF2142 the rest I didn't care for. They really need to remake from the ground up in the new engine BF1942. Next year it will be 20 yrs since it was released. If they don't at least to me would be a disservice. ☹

CoNn3rB1022d ago

"erasing that simply reinforces toxic male privilege." I see the writer is one of those types of people...

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The Life & Death of the Season Pass

In a time not too long ago, a foul infection spread its way through the games industry. It was a vile illness that burrowed itself in deep, feeding off of greed and the incessant begging of teens desperate to receive funds from their parents. It divided friend groups, suffocated player bases, and was common practice up until recently—it was the season pass.

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IanTH1252d ago (Edited 1252d ago )

This doesn't make a ton of sense. Season Passes may slowly fade out for multiplayer games, perhaps, but I don't see them going anywhere in games that are primarily single player. They don't seem to touch on this either, with every game being some kind of online/multiplayer/GaaS title, and nary a mention of a single player game - at least that I saw.

I mean, games like Borderlands 3 just asked people to buy in to the 2nd season pass. Battle passes can't really take over in places that have story driven content and such. So I'd say perhaps they missed a bit of a necessary distinction but, since they claim the death of season pass is at hand, it appears they may have missed how single player games factor into this entirely.