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[CrunchyFrog]

Announcements, announcements, ANNOOOOOUUUUUUNNNNNNNNCEMENTS

 

[Makoto]

It's so simple. Just make the singleplayer glorified weapon/vehicle tutorials. Trust me EA, people will get more playtime out of a variety of solo or co-op tank and chopper levels than they will out of another US vs. Middle East/Russia generic story mode.

 

[Apocryphon]

It's so simple. Just make the singleplayer glorified weapon/vehicle tutorials. Trust me EA, people will get more playtime out of a variety of solo or co-op tank and chopper levels than they will out of another US vs. Middle East/Russia generic story mode.

They'd be just as we'll not making a single player campaign at all.

 

[jacksepticeye]

Hah! I just watched that on YouTube instead, and holy shit, video games

What's worse is that PETA got in a panty twist over killing the rat :/ Even though you get killed if you don't kill the rat. They'd rather see a virtual rat saved than a virtual human being

 

[firehawk12]

Pretty damn excited for this, even if it won't be a massive change. As someone who was only able to play BF3 on the Xbox 360, as others have already said, this is going to bring a long list if improvements for us console players (higher player count, better frame rate, etc.). My body is ready.

I never booted up the single player for BF3.

Not even for the rat QTE? I had to see that myself.

lol

I was just going to say the rat QTE is the high point for modern video game design.

 

[Gaogaogao]

have they made any indication that the single player will be good this time? not that its a dealbreaker for me.

 

[Mahonay]

have they made any indication that the single player will be good this time? not that its a dealbreaker for me.

They haven't said a word about the new game yet. We'll see at GDC.

 

[reign]

I cannot wait for the new on-goggle light refraction / dust effects.

 

[Fersis]

Not even for the rat QTE? I had to see that myself.

Press X to rat is the best thing ever.
The Single Player Campaign is just an extra, MP is where is at. :3

 

[Punkster_NY]

Por-favor please can someone upload that image somewhere else? Abloade is blocked at my work. Imgur would be great. =]

http://i.imgur.com/Mnbd1rE.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Fam2ry9.jpg

 

[RoboPlato]

Not even for the rat QTE? I had to see that myself.

The rat QTE was the best thing in the SP. Seeing a marine gingerly pick up the rat by the tail made me LOL. Why he didn't just brush it aside, I'll never know.

 

[Salsa]

if you fail the rat QTE you die and as you are dying you give the finger to the rat

that's some next level shit

 

[PlayALLtheGames]

If they keep the shitty, party-only chat system from BF3 on PC, I'm going to lose it.

But I am looking forward to the reveal.

 

[RoKKeR]

If they keep the shitty, party-only chat system from BF3 on PC, I'm going to lose it.

But I am looking forward to the reveal.

No VOIP in BF3 PC is still insulting, though I believe DICE received enough shit about it to change it. I hope, at least.

 

[Eclectic Jabber Monkey]

No VOIP in BF3 PC is still insulting, though I believe DICE received enough shit about it to change it. I hope, at least.

Yeah the Battlelog only VOIP is a joke, such a step backwards from BF2 and 2142. Now that they bought the company made that product perhaps they will properly implement a squad and squad-leader based VOIP solution for BF4.

 

[GrizzNKev]

Please announce this and 2143 with Oculus Rift support.

 

[RoKKeR]

Got a confirmation on the jet: Chinese J20 (Wiki Page) Says China plans on introducing it somewhere between 2017-2019, so that gives us at least a starting point of when the game takes place.

So China is essentially confirmed as a faction.

Thanks to Mordor for pointing that out.

 

[Salsa]

 

[Anton Sugar]

So from the November EA China leak:

Lasgana: will be on pc, ps3, xbox360 and next gen consoles - Confirmed (right?)
Lasgana: will be one of the first games for next gen consoles - Confirmed
Lasgana: commander system comes back
Lasgana: profile can be linked with other devices like ipad - Battlelog app? Likely
Lasgana: auto login, need internet all time, support cloud saves - Given EA's direction with this, very likely
Lasgana: easier to pickup the game, to take care of players from CoD
Lasgana: support body and voice control for this commander system
Lasgana: better battlelog integration and better stats reporting - Likely
Lasgana: supports video playback and sharing - Likely, with the Origin/Twitch.tv deal and PS3's functionality
Lasgana: have gem store for dlc and other stuff like that
Lasgana: 3 factions: russia, usa and china - Basically confirmed from the promo pic
Lasgana: can deploy female soliders
Lasgana: frostbite 2.0 engine - Confirmed
Lasgana: pc, ps4 and xbox 720 supports 64 player maps - Confirmed, right?
Lasgana: 360 and ps3 will be less - Most likely
Lasgana: pc, ps4 and 720 will provide 60 fps - EA Press Conf mentioned that 1080p 60fps is their goal; implied they're trying for this with BF4
Lasgana: already have a demo video internally within EA, - Believable, considering they showed it off to Gamespot managers last month
Lasgana: matching the quality of BF3 already - Confirmed (duh)
Lasgana: bf4 will use 80% of power of frostbite 2, wheras bf3 only 30-40% - Confirmed, if not an exaggeration, by common sense
Lasgana: modern background - Previously confirmed
Lasgana: i mean story background

Is it safe to assume all of this is true by this point?

 

[wwm0nkey]

So from the November EA China leak:



Is it safe to assume all of this is true by this point?

Isn't cloud saves pretty much confirmed with their 1 ID across every platform system?

 

[Spl1nter]

BF3 already has the option for cloud saves.

 

[OdysseusVA]

Lasgana: easier to pickup the game, to take care of players from CoD

Ugh
They should restrict those players to TDM servers.

 

[Anton Sugar]

Ugh
They should restrict those players to TDM servers.

I'm hoping that just means that modes like Gunmaster, CQ DM and Scavenger will be available for all maps from the beginning. They do feel separate from "classic" Battlefield as it is now...which is not a bad thing, IMO.

 

[RoboPlato]

Ugh
They should restrict those players to TDM servers.

I hope it just means a starter lobby and/or tutorial system. Everything else sounds great, especially 1080p/60fps/64 players on next gen.

I'm hoping that just means that modes like Gunmaster, CQ DM and Scavenger will be available for all maps from the beginning. They do feel separate from "classic" Battlefield as it is now...which is not a bad thing, IMO.

I'd be 100% OK with this. Those modes are actually a lot of fun, much more so than deathmatches. I wish they were supported on more maps in BF3.

 

[TalesOfWin]

From the poster looks like SP is going to be same shit again .

worst post ever? Looking at some art and saying the single player will be bad, wtf!

 

[KyleN]

 

[TalesOfWin]

breakdown by battlefieldo.

Now, let us move on to the orange-tinted images dotting the artwork, and I'll start off with the one that immediately caught my attention: the image near his left arm. The image appears to be portraying a city. Specifically, the skyline of a city. After some digging and zooming in I concluded that this is most likely the Shanghai Skyline, the slim tower in the picture on the left closely resembles the Oriental Pearl Tower, located in the Pudong district in Shanghai, China.

This raises another question: Is China involved in this fictional war, perhaps as a playable faction? DICE wants to attain a certain level of authenticity in their Battlefield games, and it would not be authentic to have a map set in the second largest city of China and not make that country a playable faction. China is currently sporting a first place regarding the size of all armies in the world, it would be highly unlikely that they would let anyone walk over them. There already was an unfounded rumor about China being a playable faction in Battlefield 4, but it was just that, a rumor. These subtle hints however gives way to new possibilities.

The picture between the D and the 4 is rather indecipherable at first sight, but upon closer examination it appears to be be two proportionately-sized vehicles. Armored transportation? Infantry Fighting Vehicles, perhaps? The small picture above the ™ mark appears to depict a mountainous scenery on a high altitude, and when you look closer it might appear as if a ski lift is included there. Could this mean that snow maps will be, or are being developed for Battlefield 4? The picture to his right hand is rather hard to inspect as the title blocks the majority of the picture, but it appears as if an amphibious vehicle is rolling out of the water onto a shore or coastal line.

Furthermore we can see an MBT, presumed to be an Abrams, and an IFV on the background of the picture. Also, a rather controversial visual effect might return again as the artwork is being cascaded in a soft blue tint, a visual effect dreaded by a vocal part of the community.

What's your take on all of this? Could the Republic of China Army possibly a playable faction in Battlefield 4? Will there be artic maps in Battlefield 4? Will the controversial blue filter make a return in Battlefield 4? What is your overall impression of this artwork? We'd love to know

http://battlefieldo.com/threads/official-battlefield-4-cover-artwork.9419/#post-100768

 

[derFeef]

Can I have European Union and Pan Asian Coalition, pls? :/

 

[DaciaJC]

breakdown by battlefieldo.

DICE wants to attain a certain level of authenticity in their Battlefield games, and it would not be authentic to have a map set in the second largest city of China and not make that country a playable faction.

Not sure where he gets that idea from. Just look at BF3.

 

[TCRS]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WE NEED MORE TANKS!!!

I'm sick and tired of the Abrams and T-90. We've had them for the last three BF games now (BC, BC2, BF3). Gives us more German and British tanks.

AND BRING THE MEC BACK!!!

 

[Canis lupus]

Next gen rain!

 

[SniperHunter]

Next gen rain!

Thats what I was thinking. Big emphasis on weather effects

 

[kevcampbell]

Next gen rain!

and will that be what it is? what about current gen version of BF4, will current gen hardware be capable of handling that? or would things be stripped down. rain for PS4/Xbox 720/PC though, oh yes please

 

[SniperHunter]

and will that be what it is? what about current gen version of BF4, will current gen hardware be capable of handling that? or would things be stripped down. rain for PS4/Xbox 720/PC though, oh yes please

Current gen ports will be cut down...similar to bf2 vs bf2 modern warfare

 

[L1NETT]

Thats what I was thinking. Big emphasis on weather effects

If its true, I would welcome that. As long as it doesn't completely impair your vision, in which case it will be become the blind shooting the blind.

Anyway, count me excited for this. Love me some Battlefield MP.

 

[legacyzero]

I know BF is primarily for multiplayer, but PLEASE, for the love of GAF give us memorable SP this time.

 

[The_Monk]

Playing Multiplayer Maps with some heavy rain, snow, desert storms would be amazing. Night maps, sunrise and sunset times, storms with lightning effects too!

 

[RoboPlato]

Playing Multiplayer Maps with some heavy rain, snow, desert storms would be amazing. Night maps, sunrise and sunset times, storms with lightning effects too!

If we can get weather effects like that I'll be super excited and incredibly impressed if it is 60fps.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

bigger

 

[TacticalFox88]

I know BF is primarily for multiplayer, but PLEASE, for the love of GAF give us memorable SP this time.

You know it's not happening, right?

 

[legacyzero]

I LOVE promo pics that have people mid-run lol

 

[Sn4ke_911]

The rain in this pic is so heavy it should run down his face.

pre-order the fuck canceled.

 

[Terbinator]

The rain in this pic is so heavy it should run down his face.

pre-order the fuck canceled.

He looks like one of the Bros from Band of Brothers - two in form the left:

 

[TalesOfWin]

thanks for the new pic

 

[SniperHunter]

If its true, I would welcome that. As long as it doesn't completely impair your vision, in which case it will be become the blind shooting the blind.

Anyway, count me excited for this. Love me some Battlefield MP.

It would be great for gameplay as well...think fof of war, terbulance in air and sea, stromg wind affetinf movements

 

[maniac-kun]

Ok what i want from BF4:

• Complete destruction model - I want to level buildings again - no place to hide.
• Weather effects in MP with simulated daytime. So sometimes the map is at night or dawn etc.
• helicopters like in bc2
• artillery fire

 

[legacyzero]

Ok what i want from BF4:

• Complete destruction model - I want to level buildings again - no place to hide.
• Weather effects in MP with simulated daytime. So sometimes the map is at night or dawn etc.
• helicopters like in bc2
• artillery fire

I would LOVE to have this, especially in those long matches on the PC.

 

[Hindle]

Never played BF before, so what's the series like for sniping? Is there a class that supports it, next gen sniping should be awesome.

 

[legacyzero]

Never played BF before, so what's the series like for sniping? Is there a class that supports it, next gen sniping should be awesome.

If hitscan is your thing, you wont like it. Bullet drop is the biggest part to BF sniping, at least with BC2 and BF3.

 

[kevcampbell]

Never played BF before, so what's the series like for sniping? Is there a class that supports it, next gen sniping should be awesome.

I am useless at sniping, but there is a 'recon' class, and you choose that class if you want to be a sniper