Falconeer
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Out on November 18. Will feature about 30% of what was in the previous two Battlefronts but it's DICE and it has photorealistic graphics so woohoo. More seriously, OPEN BETA starts in a couple of weeks.Oh, almost forgot. Origin + EA  |
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DraconianOne
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Looks great but didn't I read that this was multiplayer only?
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stray
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Looks great but didn't I read that this was multiplayer only?
Yeah, Battlefield-ish. But kind of more arcadey... err.. or something. You'll still get reamed probably though. EA and all that. They've probably refined their RMT shit even more. |
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Falconeer
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Looks great but didn't I read that this was multiplayer only?
Well, yes. Totally. This is a multiplayer game. |
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DraconianOne
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Looks great but didn't I read that this was multiplayer only?
Well, yes. Totally. This is a multiplayer game. Let me rephrase: Battlefront 1 & 2 could be played single player against AI bots. I gather this one doesn't give you that option - or am I mistaken? |
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stray
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Looks great but didn't I read that this was multiplayer only?
Well, yes. Totally. This is a multiplayer game. Let me rephrase: Battlefront 1 & 2 could be played single player against AI bots. I gather this one doesn't give you that option - or am I mistaken? It won't have a campaign at least. Don't know about bots. But considering they're making the game only playable on EA servers (probably so they can ream you, as I said above), then I doubt you could even configure your own private game with bots either. |
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Falconeer
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I see. I am not sure. I know there's no single player campaign, but I have also read that there is an offline co-op mode so it sounds to me like bots are in. EDIT: Star Wars: Battlefront’ Will Have Offline Single Player Using BotsStar Wars: Battlefront will support bots. There is a game mode called Missions that can be played either solo or cooperatively, and will be filled with bots. This mode can be played either offline or online, so if the Internet goes down, players can still get their Star Wars: Battlefront fix.
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« Last Edit: September 17, 2015, 08:05:40 AM by Falconeer »
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stray
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I stand corrected then.
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Xuri
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This game could potentially cause me to break my "no Origin"-rule :X
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Yegolev
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Not me. I'll get it on PS4.
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rk47
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no server browser. no thanks.
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Surlyboi
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It'll probably be the first thing I use my PS4 for besides Destiny and the occasional romp through Los Santos.
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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Falconeer
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The server browser thing bothered me at first but then I realized none of the multiplayer games I play these days has a server browser, and even in Counterstrike now the majority of my games go through the matchmaker. It would be nice to have a choice, but eventually I don't mind anymore. Matchmaking allows me to just hit "play" and be on a match from start to finish without having to worry about being in one that has already started or it's about to finish or where a bnch of players just left or the whole server is emptying up and whatnot. Not saying it's better, just saying it has its perks.
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It's one of those things that in practice makes gaming more easily match my actual life/schedule, but it is also one of those things that makes me realize I'm never going to recapture those days playing CS 1.6 on a local server with the same 20 people every day. Those were good times, but hitting play, playing for 20-30 minutes and logging off also can be good times.
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Falconeer
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Open Beta (for everyone, for free, wow... is this Origin starving for attention?) beginning October 8th.
I know they have been doing Opne Betas before with the Battlefields and Titanfall, but I still thin it's weird. Unless your product is THE BOMB (and Titanfall wasn't), such a free for all beta will just convince some people on the fence to NOT buy the game at release.
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Sky
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Let me just get this straight, you guys are pining the loss of DICE's server browser? Has it ever been good (honestly, I haven't BFd since 2)?
This game makes me wish I didn't hate playing online shooters.
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Cyrrex
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This game is going to be weird for me, because Battlefront 1 and 2 I played competetively (and I was THE shit, let me tell you), but that was a different day and age and probably the last real serious online shooting I have done. An elegant game of a more civilized age, one might say. I think I am in for a rude awakening.
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HaemishM
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The beta for Battlefield Hardline just made me actively dislike the game, and yes, it probably contributed to the game's utter failure. It's just not a good game. I'm guessing that Star Wars, however, will be a lot better and an open beta is just going to move a lot of units.
Wait, they got rid of the server browser in your web browser? So does that mean the server browser is in-game again (which it should have been all along - fuck Battlelog) or there just isn't a server browser?
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Merusk
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I think there isn't a browser at all for public servers, the game system just matches you itself. It's a good idea if so. It provides full servers instead of a lot of 5/16 matches ,ensures you don't get jackasses with 3 second latency on your team, and (conveniently) hides how many/ few servers are actually running.
Nice to hear about the open beta. My son's been dying to play this every time he sees an ad on YouTube or the TV. If it's any good I may have to actually beef up his system so it runs well.
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Sky
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an ad on YouTube
wat The fucking atmosphere is so damned good it almost makes me forget what a total load of crap it would be playing pubbies. Dammit. |
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Yegolev
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You try teaching a kid about ad blocking, then we'll talk.
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Sky
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Well, I was smart enough to get a cat instead. Though you have a point, he refuses to install an adblocker.
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Yegolev
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They just have different priorities that we do, I guess.
I'm confident that my boy won't give any shits about this game, either.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
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Merusk
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Well, I was smart enough to get a cat instead. Though you have a point, he refuses to install an adblocker.
I refuse to touch the kid's machine unless it won't start. Then they get to watch as I fix shit. Let them learn how to manage & break their machines themselves so some other poor tech professional doesn't have to deal with ineptitude later. |
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Sky
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Charge them for service out of their allowance.
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Megrim
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The beta for Battlefield Hardline just made me actively dislike the game, and yes, it probably contributed to the game's utter failure. It's just not a good game. I'm guessing that Star Wars, however, will be a lot better and an open beta is just going to move a lot of units.
Wait, they got rid of the server browser in your web browser? So does that mean the server browser is in-game again (which it should have been all along - fuck Battlelog) or there just isn't a server browser?
Hardline was so phoned-in it wasn't funny. From what I've read about the Battlefront game, it sounds cut down and shit. Now, it might be one they are planning a billion DLCs for, as they did with BF4, in which case it might turn out decent. Provided the DLCs actually improve the game. |
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Falconeer
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Open Beta should start in three days. In the meantime, I just found out something that I am not happy with: while the game allows you to play in 1st or 3rd Person View, the 1st Person is severely gimped as -on top of limited awareness due to the restricted field of view- you will have weapon recoil which is ABSENT in 3rd Person View. Wtf? |
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Yegolev
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What about 2nd Person View?
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
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You should investigate that for us. I look forward to your report.
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As long as it is balanced for lean...
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Yegolev
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If you experience weapon recoil, turn to page 29.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Merusk
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Can I dolphin dive in my AT-AT. That's all I really care about.
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Jeff Kelly
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Hardware specs have been released:
recommended specs:
16 GB RAM
AMD Radeon R9 290 or Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 class GPU (so basically 4 GB of VRAM
Intel Skylake Core i5-6600
40 GB hard disk space
broadband internet
Windows 10
minimum specs
8 GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 7850 or GeForce GTX 660
Intel Core i3-6300T
Windows 7 64-Bit Edition
So I guess DX-12 only and 64 Bit OS because of the 8GB RAM requirement
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Merusk
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64bit OS should be expected as the standard for everything, so yeah.
It's been the baseline for most new machines since Windows 7 came out. You couldn't run more than 4gb of RAM on a 32 bit system and that's nothing these days.
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Yegolev
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8GB is basically poor-people RAM in 2015. The Master Race is a harsh... mistress?
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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