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Battlefield 1 feels like a re-skin of Battlefront and Battlefield 4, but that’s okay.

Battlefield 1 feels like a re-skin of Battlefront and Battlefield 4, but that’s okay. WOMBAT33R, Mi St Er BE3 and hamm3rboss a super (Call of Duty) nooblet tryout Battlefield 1. Played on an …

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MaximusTKG3160d ago (Edited 3159d ago )

I tried not to think about the feeling that I was playing Battlefront, but I couldnt. It sure is not Battlefront, but that odd sense of floatiness you get is present in this game as well. It just feels....weird.

I'm all for change, and I dont care much for cod anymore, but BF 1 feels more like Battlefront than a Battlefield game, and therein lies the issue. Switch it up all day, but dont switch it to a different game. I thought I was going to hear blaster fire a few times. The "locomotion" shouldnt make me feel like i'm ice skating.

Pandamobile3159d ago

That "floatiness" you're feeling is just the improved gameplay mechanics in action. Battlefield used to have some of the clunkiest locomotion (think back to Bad Company 2 where you couldn't even strafe while sprinting).

The player locomotion in BF1 is based off of what DICE learned with Battlefield 4 and Mirrors Edge Catalyst.

Dasteru3158d ago

You cannot strafe while sprinting in real life either. Making the motions less realistic is not an improvement. The clunkiness as you call it, is properly refered to as physics. What next? Improved gameplay through double jumping?

Pandamobile3158d ago

"You cannot strafe while sprinting in real life either."

Doesn't matter. This isn't about realism, it's about game feel. The experience is objectively better if there's a closer mapping of input to gameplay.

Pandamobile3158d ago

How am I twisting words by providing him with a reasonable explanation?

TheUndertaker853158d ago

@Pandamobile: It does matter when Battlefield fans say Battlefield is more realistic and CoD is arcade-like. Isn't that also why stereotypically Battlefield players are "adults" & CoD is for "kids with A.D.D."?

Pandamobile3158d ago

Is this suddenly a BF vs COD argument? Neither COD or Battlefield are realistic games by any stretch of the imagination.

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OMEGAXS13159d ago

Glad it wasn't just me thinking this.

Kingthrash3603159d ago

I think they used the same photo techniques as BFront but imo it is a gorgeous and great thing to do. I doWant to fully judge it but I don't think it's a reskin. Not when you got horses and vehicles that move and play differntly. And guns that act differently. Like all sequel games you have similarities to its predecessor but you can see feel and hear the difference. A reskin is a game reusing assets like madden...bf1 is set in ww1 and everything is different from guns to planes. This isn't a reskin.

azizlksa3159d ago

I think the UI and this particular map feels like battlefront. Other than that it feels like battlefield.

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dotwithshoes3160d ago

but but but Call of Duty is the same thing every year.

sullynathan3159d ago

oh don't criticize Battlefield here at n4fanboy, you'll be crucified.

morganfell3159d ago (Edited 3159d ago )

You are right. When BF1 first appeared my comments mirrored the article's title and I was lambasted. Every time I mentioned this the result was the same. Attack, attack, attack, by persons so very sure the gameplay would be altered. When the mechanics remain mostly unchanged and the physics while refined are as well then the similarity is inevitable.

RememberThe3573159d ago

Battlefront was shallow but fun. A deeper, darker version of that is supposed to piss me off? If you're a BF or COD fan you want progression and refinement not necessarily a complete change. Shifting to WWI is a pretty big shift in scenery, if it plays smooth I'm golden.

EpicSandwich3159d ago

I think the only way it is like battlefront is the ui abd menus. It is nowhere near as bad as battlefront though I'm actually loving bf1 atm.

Themba763159d ago

it feels nothing like battlefront in battlefront as far as the controls you can change like 2 buttons in the flying you still have bf4 control scheme in this game and it feels more like bf4/bf hardline.

The 10th Rider3159d ago

Honestly, as long as it isn't light on content (like Battlefront) and the online works at launch (unlike Battlefield 4) I am perfectly okay with that.

ExPresident3159d ago

You mean, as long as launch worked (unlike BF4 and BF3).

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DICE Needs To Recapture The Magic Of Battlefield 1 In The Next Game

For DICE to succeed with its next game, it has to return to the roots of the franchise. Atmospheric map design, clear and defined class-based gameplay, attention to detail, and total chaos. Battlefield 1 feels like every rock, every glint on your sniper rifle, every falling brick from a collapsing church, has been painstakingly considered. So much care went into the design of the game, from its soundtrack to its costume department. To stand a chance alongside the behemoths of Treyarch and Infinity Ward, DICE needs to recapture what made their old games so brilliant, otherwise it’s all over.

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LordoftheCritics894d ago

"DICE Needs To Recapture The Magic Of Battlefield 3 In The Next Game"

/Fixed

...on a serious note, DICE needs to remove the Battlefield name.

isarai893d ago

Eh, bfbc2 was the peak for me, only ad dogfighting and the accommodations that come with it. Every BF after that was such an unsatisfying progression system for weapons and gear for the classes, 90% of the guns feel exactly the same when you unlock them, just felt boring in comparison. Not to mention the gimped destruction as the series progressed

Sciurus_vulgaris893d ago

I found Battlefield 1 to be overrated. The gameplay was simpler and less strategic than its predecessors. Battlefield 1 did have a woo-factor, but the gameplay got repetitive faster than Battlefield 4 in my opinion.

porkChop893d ago

If DICE needs to return to the roots of the franchise then why would they look at Battlefield 1? BF1 is overly simplified and streamlined. What DICE should focus on is Battlefield 3 and Bad Company 2. Those two games were the pinnacle of the franchise.

TheEnigma313893d ago

BC2 was the best. they need to get back to that.

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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.

-Foxtrot1124d ago

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

gamesftw2501123d ago

Maybe it was a inside job then haha.

jeromeface1122d ago

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

PapaBop1123d 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.

Inverno1123d 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

XiNatsuDragnel1124d ago

They want people to go on 2042. My theory

excaliburps1123d ago

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

Pudge1028881123d ago (Edited 1123d 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

pr33k331123d 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.

Pudge1028881123d 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_D3TH1123d 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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Xbox Store Weekly Game Sale Features Deep Discounts On Many X360 Games & DLCs

Daily Video Game writes: "This week’s weekly digital game sale on Xbox Store features deep discounts on many popular AAA Xbox 360 games that are backwards compatible for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, including Gears of War, Fable, Max Payne, Saints Row, Bully, Catherine, and lots more!"

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MadLad1192d ago

Grabbed Panzer Dragoon, the Darkness, Conker Reloaded, Burnout Revenge, Time Splitters 2, Fight Night Champions, and Stuntman Ignition.

Essentially some of the classics that I can't get on PC, now that I have a Series S.