OXM UK: "EA has laid off a number of developers in the Montreal and Los Angeles areas, as part of what EA labels president Frank Gibeau terms the "complex and challenging experience" of transiting console generations. Naturally, he's tremendously upbeat about the publisher's prospects as a whole, touting the virtues of Battlefield 4 in particular."
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I got skills son.
... aka 'Battlefield of Duty'.
Don't get me wrong, in those maps where Battlefield 3 gave you a large area to play in, it was awesome. Sadly, there were far to few true Battlefield Conquest levels, and too many lineair/small maps where almost every match played the same way.
I hope the franchise can return to it's roots of greatness (Battlefield 2, 1942/43).
Check and mate
Bodies from players in ALL FPS games should remain where they were killed, same with vehicles. I was playing CoD 2 online on my Xbox 360 this afternoon (ahhh CoD nostalgia)..and all of the bodies remain where you killed players or where you died. This is the type of detail that should be in games these days, Especially for the next gen.
I feel sorry for the PS3 guys missing out on CoD 2..it was such a good game. I miss WWII games :'(
Yes they do.
As others have said:
DaThreats trolls the submissions that are pending. It's the only way to make sure that you are the first poster on potentially big topics.
I'm not a PC elitist or anything so don't take this the wrong way but you have inadvertly summed up the fears and frustrations of PC gamers in recent years. Just like how you don't want current gen consoles to hold back next gen iterations of this game, PC games have suffered tremendously as a result of developers having to cater for consoles.
Making the PC the lead platform can only ensure that you go so far in pushing the bar on PC.
On topic, I don't want this to be on current gen consoles. I think it will hold the game back technically because it'll show that the game isn't being developed from the ground up for next gen tech.
Even if you did target PC as the lead. You STILL have to make it viable for the consoles to run, so it's a pretty useless effort since you're doing pretty much the same thing (See Witcher 2).
If you designed PC from the ground-up, you can guarantee it would NOT pass through consoles, at least not with some significant downgrades. By making the target so high it can only be playable at 480p with extremely low assets on the consoles would that a mean the PC-developed game retained it's design.
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but regardless i dont think there was a game this gen i enjoyed playing more then bf3. first on xbox, and then i even bought a ps3 slim just to play it with a friend.
I don't wanna deal with bad or missing textures blurry presentation, leveled down map variants, content missing, compression's, constant cutbacks to make everything fit properly.
If EA was smart, they would NOT compete for COD sales and create BF4 ground up on next gen consoles. EA can start fresh and make an early name for themselves and great reception from fans.
Good news, BF4 won't be coming this year to compete with COD. So, all they have to do is keep BF4 on PS4, 720 and PC.
Again they'll garner the lead over COD for the "next gen shooter." We can make a pretty good guess that Acti will push last minute sales with MW4 on current gen systems. Last year proved they're sales couldn't get any better, instead sales declined.
Its a wait and see.
Activision favors MS
EA favors Sony
Also am I the only one excited to see what next gen Call of Duty will bring to the table...I understand the hate for the game since Activion has milked COD for all its worth but you cannot deny that the COD games are fun.
You're not alone..I too am curious about what CoD brings out for next gen consoles, and I think lots of other hardcore gamers are excited too..(although you and I both know many won't admit it).
Obviously Call of Duty is a cash-cow, but If you're into FPS's, CoD games definitley are fun, and I think "fun" is the key feature that many "hardcore" gamers miss when they trash-talk certain games/franchises. Nowadays gamers are completely polarized.. If we aren't playing some obscure RPG or some "innovative" new indie game, but we are playing a popular well-selling franchise game, we're dubbed "casuals" by the elitist snobs.
I'm also interested where Activision is going to take COD, especially with the potential heavy hitter Destiny coming soon. Destiny may impact the COD franchise sales. If I had my way, I'd have a COD title one year and a Destiny the next. Phase out Modern Warfare and let Treyarch take full control of the franchise.
'The CoD killer'....'Revolution ary'....
Never again.
If they don't port it to 360/ps3 and also provide too the Wiiu then they will shoot themselves in the foot! as by next year they could be excluding 160 million customers on all 3 consoles! I don't don't think ps4/720 wii u and PC will have that many customers do you??
maybe between those 4 platforms taking in mind the prices they will launch maybe 20 million?
im sure cod will still sell to ps3 and xbox on mw4! Activision are not stupid it's going to be years yet before xboc 360 and ps3 die!
Please let it have 64+ players on all platforms!
Also, please don't shove crappy small maps into a game where they don't belong. Couldn't stand the close quarters maps...
Edit: and one more thing. BRING BACK COMMANDER MODE! Thats what made BF2 one of the best shooters on the PC.
I loved being able to call in artillery strikes, UAV's and supply drops. Its a shame it wasnt included in BF3, but maybe this time it'll make a comeback.
600+ hours. Life can't be that exciting dude.
ive spent over 24 hours in the blackhawk:)
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Battlefield 3 wasn't bad, however at the time I had other games to play and never went back (I refuse to play/buy CoD), however with Battlefield 4 I'll try it out first.
Even Crysis 3 at Very High with no AA at 1080p dips to the low 30's at times with an i7-3930k @ 4.3GHz, 16GB DDR3 @ 1866MHz and a single Radeon 7970GHz edition. To run Crysis 3 perfectly V-Synced at never less than 60fps and 4xMSAA, I need to switch to all low settings, but can keep Very high texture resolution.
I agree, the game will be great on both, regardless.
Especially now with hardware and software becoming more expensive, game companies must be aware that not everyone can afford to be an early adopter of new console technology, and companies like EA aren't likely to let their sales take a hit just to have a big franchise launch a next-gen iteration alongside new consoles. I'm willing to bet we'll see a current-gen console version of BF4 that looks and feels similar to BF3 on current consoles, while BF4 will also release for ps4/nextbox with updates to Frostbite engine and obviously more advanced graphics and gameplay features
goddamit EA....
BF3 had more variety...
I just wish there were more maps like Aftermath and more jungle maps like BC2/Vietnam...
Whenever systems launch people are fresh and looking at everything that passes them. They arent committed yet.
BF3 had way better and more solid gunplay mechanics than COD and was just more all around kickA$$. If they come out head to head they have a real chance at taking them down.