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Battlefield 1 fans across the world raise concerns over 'rent-a-server'

Battlefield 1 launches in five days, and customers still don't have answers. EA expects customers to pay over $129 for a game but the most important questions about the game remains unanswered.

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Sillicur3141d ago

In combination with the game's massive price hike in September, this is just ridiculous

Captain_Tom3140d ago

Erhhh it's $60 just like always lol

GLITCHED_3139d ago

Not in South Africa, we had a massive price hike.

Sciurus_vulgaris3141d ago (Edited 3138d ago )

Playing on rented servers regardless of platform can be toxic. Server hosts will sometimes essentially cheat by applying 'rules' to their server, but only enforce them against the opposing team. Heck, some hosts in BF4 will even kick people on the enemy team for doing well.

crazychris41243141d ago

This happens with all games that allow you to rent a server or have control of the lobby. The bigger the game the more you run into. Just have to find the right ones and spread the word about good and bad servers.

Some servers are notorious for having bad admins. Lions Den server in the game Insurgency is well known in the community for not only kicking but banning players for no reason at all. Its pretty much a rite of passage for players to get banned from their server.

bmf73643140d ago

I hated BF4 clan servers on PC because corrupt server mods and admins prioritize themselves and their team. However, I understand the idea for them to keep the system. If fans really wanted to keep the game running, especially after they're done hosting their own servers, the fans would pay to keep the servers up for rent. BF2 has been kicking for over a decade because fans have devoted themselves to the point they modded the game to not even need GameSpy

Kryptix3140d ago

Yea, I remember back in BF3, it was one of those rare times I was "MVP" on the side of my team on Metro, then to get kicked out mid match. Warned the 2nd best player about it through PM & he also told me he got kicked out. We had a little laugh talking about how terrible the other side was and how "it needed to be done."

I think the higher the price of servers, the more "enforcing" will be done to get it's money's worth. I can already predict people in the best tank being kicked out for "friends."

assdan3140d ago

It's not terrible on PC for the most part, but incredibly annoying still. They will also have custom scripts for when people get knifed that heavily allude to rape, and it's really weird and uncomfortable. I remember playing bf3 on ps3 though and I would get wither kicked or switched to the host's team of i was doing well all the time.

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GLITCHED_3139d ago

Very true - and still no reply from EA about admin rights.

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KillZallthebeast3140d ago

To be fair older battlefields like 1942 and vietnam you could buy your own server and host however you like.

KillZallthebeast3140d ago

a counterpoint to my own statement it has been free. resistance fall of man on the ps3 was glorious shame they tried to mimic COD

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Artemidorus3140d ago

Pay the premium for accepting cancerous gaming.

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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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LordoftheCritics923d ago

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

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

isarai923d 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_vulgaris923d 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.

porkChop922d 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.

TheEnigma313922d 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.

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-Foxtrot1153d ago

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

gamesftw2501152d ago

Maybe it was a inside job then haha.

jeromeface1151d ago

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

PapaBop1152d 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.

Inverno1152d 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

XiNatsuDragnel1153d ago

They want people to go on 2042. My theory

excaliburps1152d ago

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

Pudge1028881152d ago (Edited 1152d 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

pr33k331152d 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.

Pudge1028881152d 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_D3TH1152d 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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MadLad1221d 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.