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    Battlefield 4 [EA CN]

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Mobius 1, Nov 9, 2012.

  1. Mobius 1

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    A member of EA China has leaked BF4.

    Here is what he said

    ORIGINAL SOURCE: EA
    ENGLISH TRANSLATED: Forum Rumor: Battlefield 4 details leak from EA China [New Translation] - NeoGAF
     
    Mobius 1, Nov 9, 2012
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    Yay, looks like full price game + DLC infestation + micro transaction. Lame.
     
    Zymphad, Nov 9, 2012
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  3. Mobius 1

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    I know, but EA owns this game, so you should expect it ._.
     
    Mobius 1, Nov 9, 2012
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    The female soldiers thing kind of weirds me out. I already find it kind of distasteful killing US characters.
     
    hockeymass, Nov 9, 2012
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  5. Mobius 1

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    It's simple, the difference aside from the voice and different character texture is that the heavy barrel attachment will be replaced by a tight barrel attachment


    (sorry, had to :p )
     
    Mobius 1, Nov 9, 2012
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    I guess the PS4, 720 and loads of other stuff is coming next year then... awesome :D
     
    jaug1337, Nov 9, 2012
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  7. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    I don't :D :D :D.
     
    killkenny1, Nov 9, 2012
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  8. kolias

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    do you think guys that with hd7970m and gtx680m will be ok to play it at full??
    but until then,the 8970m and gtx780m will shown up.... :p
     
    kolias, Nov 9, 2012
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  9. Mobius 1

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    It will, what you should be worrying about is Crysis 3 and Metro: Last Light!
     
    Mobius 1, Nov 9, 2012
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    look in crysis3 the gameplay sucks....i dont really like it...i own the beta version:i handle it at 29-32fps max out stock.
    and i know that it isnt optimized 100%
    im thinking that when it will be 100% optimized i can have 40-45fps stock.
    now for metro???
    i dont know? :D
     
    kolias, Nov 9, 2012
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  11. Mobius 1

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    Burn >:/


    Metro would probably be 10-15FPS lower than Crysis 3, it's an extremely heavy game.
     
    Mobius 1, Nov 9, 2012
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    I'm expecting Metro to be playable maxed (or nearly maxed) out. I average 40 fps on stock clocks in Metro 2033. At 950/1400 it's around 45. Hopefully it won't be too hard to get Last Light running at 35+
     
    failwheeldrive, Nov 9, 2012
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    Why is this funny? I don't get it.
     
    hockeymass, Nov 9, 2012
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    I'd just like a solid FPS game with good objective, not mindless shooting, without tons of camping snipers, random tanks and helicopters destroying everything. Is that really hard to make? Apparently, so far EA and Activision can't do it.

    Crysis 3 is COD clone, which makes no sense to me. It's an Alien invasion where humanity is united to defeat. So why is the MP portion of the game, humans just killing humans? Does that make sense? If they do have PvP, should be humans vs aliens. And then have an awesome Co-Op, like ME3 gone insane. Of course with objectives. Like wave one, aliens are tryiing to destroy something integral to human survival, must protect it. Next wave, you must transport the said thing to point b. Next wave must survive until extraction arrives and reinforcements. That would be awesome.
     
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    I just hope they fix the blue tint and high contrast.
     
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    I just hope they fix the braindead amout of problems related to PunkBuster and Battlelog...
     
    jaug1337, Nov 9, 2012
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    I just hope they fix the campaign. I can't stand running behind a blue icon that says "follow" 99% of the time.
     
    failwheeldrive, Nov 9, 2012
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    LOL so mixed feelings from reading that excerpt -

    Bringing commander system back? Holy moly game is going to be as awesome as BF2
    ... next lines....
    easier to pickup the game, to take care of players from CoD

    WTH EA
     
    niharjhatn, Nov 9, 2012
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  19. Mobius 1

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    I second that
     
    Mobius 1, Nov 10, 2012
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    I hope the campaing will be longer.
     
    ssj3hulk, Nov 11, 2012
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    Just fix the cheating, period. No more client side hit detection. Concentrate on net code. I would love to see an awesome single player campaign too. Something unique and not an on-rails shooter. I'd even be willing to buy the single player separately if it were good enough.
     
    HTWingNut, Nov 11, 2012
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    What GPU do you have? With my M17x R4 with my Gtx680 I'm getting 40-45.
     
    DarkMx2000, Nov 11, 2012
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    Gregg at here was saying his GTX690 + i7 2600K OC'd to 4.6GHz was running the game at 30 FPS :D Were you eyeballing or that's the actual static?
     
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    You're complaining about the gameplay in an alpha that includes one whole map?
     
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    This is true. Won't know anything definitive until release or actual release reviews.
     
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    I know some hack apps that even PB can't detect. Unless EA actually put some effort to making a better anti-cheat system other than Punkbuster, I think it's unlikely.

    Also, some websites (and a member actually POSTED on the Battlelog forum) actually SELLS cheats for you to use. What if EA is actually selling these cheats? o_o



    Mast3r, add my battlelog :D
     
    Mobius 1, Nov 11, 2012
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    Now that would be f'd up! I'll add you as soon as I get my laptop reimaged and get everything loaded again.
     
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    I think your tinfoil hat is cutting off the circulation to your brain.
     
    hockeymass, Nov 11, 2012
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    My computer desktop (look signature) with overc. my 2600K watercoold cpu at 5 ghz and my GTX 670 with over 10000 GPU 3dmark 11,it plays the game max everything 1920x 1440 res at 32 fps max and you tell us with youre alienware and youre GTX 680M you play it with 45fps?yea right maybe yoou forgot to say us,with lower res and high setings only.
     
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    Are you referring to cheating or EA's involvement? There are lots of cheat systems you can purchase. Why someone would spend $20-30 (or more) to cheat in a $40 game I have no clue. It may not be as rampant as it was before, it exists. And punkbuster is ancient. They need a much better anti-cheating measure. Moving back to server side hit detection would help, at least it would more fair lag for everyone, and it's also a lot harder to cheat with server side.

    As far as EA's involvement I wouldn't put it past them to do something like that especially considering their stance on cheating. They claim there's zero tolerance. Yet what do they do? Nothing. At worse they reset the person's account. Big deal. Yet if you use a color mod you risk getting your entire account banned. Any time someone comes up with a viable third party add-on EA stomps it down. With a good set of mod tools and opening up the ability to mod, BF3 could not just be good, it could be awesome.
     
    HTWingNut, Nov 12, 2012
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  33. kolias

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    maybe nvidia gave you some special sample of card?? :p
    there is no way you make 40-45fps on crysis3(1920x1080+very high) ;)
     
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    I'm referring to EAs involvement. I've no doubt that people sell cheat programs, I've seen it with stuff like WoWglider in World of Warcraft. But I seriously doubt that EA is selling cheats on the internet black market.
     
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    Maybe not directly. But ever wonder why there's no cure for the common cold or flu? Big name anti-virus programs that may be involved in dispersion of the actual viruses they kill? I'm not a conspirist but lots of things I've read and seen happen are quite remarkable that it's good to look at these things with a raised eyebrow. We give you money, you keep quiet, they get their account banned, they buy another copy of BF3, they buy another cheat, round and round we go...
     
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    Seems an awfully expensive way to play the game though. All to cheat, I would be bored after about 5 mins of playing that way.
     
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    Oh really now? :p
     
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    Well I've got my copy of BO II downloading now so we'll see how long it takes for me to get bored and switch back to BF3, which I always seem to do.
     
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    Same here Master. Throughout playing borderlands 2, just cause, minecraft, runescape (yes runescape :p) and metro 2033, battlefield 3 has been my most consistent game (And I just bought premium this weekend for $30 so thats another large amount of playtime).
     
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    So PC will be limited to 60fps?

     
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    Why in gods name would you want more than 60 FPS? vSync hi :D
     
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    120hz monitor.
     
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    touché
    1 you, 0 me
     
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    [​IMG]
     
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