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    Battlefield 4 Screenshots Leaked

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by EpicBlob, Mar 26, 2013.

  1. EpicBlob

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    Kotaku has some Battlefield 4 screenshots that were leaked before the announcement tomorrow. Here's the link to drool over:

    Here, Your First Battlefield 4 Screenshots

    It's still a while until the game comes out, but they're looking very nice. Those extra polygons really help to capture the emotional faces :p

    Thoughts?
     
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    That looks nuts.
     
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    Amazing.
    Is it Dice 3?
     
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    LOL it does look like Matt leBlanc
     
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    omg this graphics!!!!this is running on pc?
     
  8. Quagmire LXIX

    Quagmire LXIX Have Laptop, Will Travel!

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    Looks like BF3
    Sent from my SGH-i937 using Board Express
     
  10. EpicBlob

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    Yeah I kind of wish they called it Frostbite 2.5 instead of 3. Oh well, my biggest wish for BF4 is improvement destruction and a bugless bf3.
     
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    Keep wishing, won't happen. Read somewhere that the netcoding for BF was never intended for twitch type games, which is what BF3 has become, it's just an oversized console COD clone with tanks and a bazillion more lame and terrible ways to die.

    I will take great pleasure for all those who pre-order and then BF4 having the same issues as BF3 plus at launch server issues. It's not an EA game if it doesn't. I already take great pleasure in reading here on NBR folks complaining everyday about BF3, and then... Play it everyday. It's hilarious. I expect BF4 will be the same. I will call it irony 3.0 to match FB 3.0, which is just FB 2.0, whatever, it's amusing that developers think gamers are stupid and won't notice this crap.

    Even if it has higher res textures on the face, it looks the same for everything else, literally. It's the same gigantic gun takin up half your screen. Good to know it will be a whole lot of triangles again, people aiming at triangles, lame. Same running style movement etc. At least they got rid of the blue tint. What happened to that EA? Decided blue tint doesn't make the game it's unique look anymore? ROFL. I hope BF4 is a financial failure. Maybe EA will do something interesting rather than a yearly re-hash. Just cause Activision could do it well with their COD die hards doesn't mean EA should do it too...
    - Oh I take back about the blue tint, there is tons of it in the driving scene. And plenty of lens flare and bloom and everything else that is so not realistic. Even movies don't have this crap.
    - Oh and better textures? I take that back too. It just looks like tessellation, the most overrated graphics feature of the last 20 years. Which hilariously, neither AMD or Nvidia can get to perform well, even both moron companies keep pushing it. Annoying how both companies keep thinking their hardware is so great for general processing, but whenever you see games using it like TressFX or Tessellation, game performance tanks. What a great feature that is... here is some visual improvements that add nothing to the game, and watch your framerate drop 20...

    Also love that some BF3 players in this thread are excited for BF4 knowing the latest DLC for BF3 that they paid for broke the game, that's hilarious. And you want to continue to financially support this IP? I really hope EA announces season pass for BF4 soon at $60, so right off the bat, chumps will spend $120 to pre-order + season pass. C'mon EA DOO EET! BF3 players want to pay $120, DOO EET!
     
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    And yet you think ME3 is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
     
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    It's not just higher res textures on characters' faces, it's higher res textures everywhere... this game looks significantly better than BF3 did. The characters, environments (especially the forest, compare that to the outdoor levels in BF3,) and facial animations are stunning. BF4 is going to give Crysis 3 a run for its money in the graphics dept.
     
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    Will have to disagree. It doesn't look significantly better, it looks the same... It's minor and it's just tessellation, that's all. But whatever, I hope you and others pay $120 for this pre-order and then complain it about it here on NBR when DICE still can't even get the basics fixed, not since BC2. DOO EET!

    Are you pumped to continue to fight TERRORISTS in a US fuelled false patriotism game!?!?! Yeah... cause it's not the US soldiers who have killed the most civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq... Yeah, we're not the ones terrorizing the world. War on Terror, hell yeah, more like War Mongering Terrorizers. Hope you all get your fill and satisfaction of killing the towel heads from EA, maybe they add some Russians too, because we all know Russians are worse than Americans. Oh and to make this experience really authentic, you'll fight off the N. Korean invasion... Oh beware of the country that can't even have electricity and feed their people.

    And I hope BF4 is the amazing PC title that BF3 was, for all you hardcore BF2 players who spent two years complaining about BF3 not being BF2. BF4 without modding and with only official servers from a select few crappy providers. And really hope BF4 will be like BF3 again, first week, yay it's fun. 3 weeks later, every server is empty. ROFL. Whatever. BF4 will be more like BF2. BF2 chumps pay $60 bucks and $60 for the season pass pre-order. At launch, EA/DICE, Oh kidding, we didn't mean it was going to be like BF2, it's just BF3 with tessellation. Haha, you thought we were serious? Chumps. Cause you all BF2 nuts know that's what EA execs think of you right? They don't didn't play BF2, couldn't care less no doubt. You're just money bag chumps to them. They lied about BF3 being PC platform first and a return to BF2 (yeah, I call it BC2 reskinned edition) etc, and their lies worked, I have no doubt whatever new lies they have about BF4 will be will work too. Don't be their money bag chumps, or be it, whatever. I'm sure there will be a 1000 page thread on BF4 with 80% complaints again next year. They pulled me in with their lies and was convinced by the enthusiasm of you BF2 nuts and belief it was PC first platform. I won't be a chump again. No thank you. BF3 is the worst PC game purchase of the last ten years for me.
     
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    lol it's a freaking videogame, drop the evil imperialist USA BS, nobody cares.

    I've never preordered or payed full price for a Battlefield game. I got BF3 a year after release for 10 bucks on Origin. I only played the campaign. I like the graphics. What, that makes me some brain dead dudebro that fetishizes murdering people of different ethnicities and cultures? Get over yourself lulz
     
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    Battlefield is no singleplayer game. yes it might be fun but you maybe spend 6hours on it whereas you spend 200+ hours on the multiplayer. How can you say things like netcode and tint havnt been taken care of, whan all you see is SP footage. also where is the blue tint on Endgame? I dont see it. wait for multiplayer before you rant. Everyone knows EA are some money-grabbing s but that doesnt mean BF4 wont be great. Battlefield will never be like BF2 again. deal with it. As for the yearly releases, BF3 came out 2 years ago no? what makes you think yearly rushed releases?
     
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    Yes nobody cares. That's why they keep doing it and chumps keep pre-ordering. Pfft, whatever. Sure seems like no one is caring, yeah. They care so little they keep buying. And so did you. Those evil Russians.
    Really? You really missed about how EA is making a BF series into a yearly release IP? Geez, thought everyone was raging and being upset over that for the past MONTHS. I don't need to wait for MP, I expect nothing to have changed for BF4. But more than anything, it's just fun to see you all get riled up about it. Defend BF4 before it's even released! I seriously can't wait for the 1000 page BF4 thread with 90% complaints about the MP! I'm just drooling thinking about it. And I bet EA is too. MONEY MONEY MONEY!!! No matter how bad the game is, no matter how many complain, EA is thinking, those chumps will buy whatever we put out with BF in the title. And when the game doesn't perform, they can resign with their 50 million bonus for a job well done. Hell yeah! BF3 round 2 here it comes!
     
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    lol you're the chump who paid 60 bucks for it on release. I got my copy for 10 bucks, and you're calling me out for it?
     
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    Yeah even if I did pay 60 bucks for it i wouldnt care, got it for 20 btw at a local store, anyway of course there will be problems with the MP but no game is perfect right? I am only defending it because you are attacking the game based on 17 minutes you have seen from it, which could be god knows how old. hell it could even be from 2012 for what I know
     
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    Zymphad/Huluwafu77 loves to go on these silly rants about games he didn't buy and criticize everyone else for how they spent their money and call everyone who ever bought any game he doesn't like an idiot. It's kind of his thing.
     
  21. maxheap

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    Guys, stop talking with him (that's what he wants). After all he thinks 5 hour campaigns shouldn't cost million dollars... some people just don't understand how complex sophisticated software is to program = FrostBite2 / CryEngine3. Yes the game looks substantially better in terms of effects (lightning & explosions) / textures (I am sure they also unlocked some features of FrostBite2 as the new consoles will be able to pull them off). Certainly many many thousands of hours were put into upgrading FrostBite2 to FrostBite3.
     
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    Yeah, I've noticed lol. I'm pretty sure he just hates anything that doesn't run well on his laptop though... hence always bashing PhysX. BF3 ran like garbage on the 7970m back before 12.11, so it probably left him a little that he paid 60 bucks for it and it only ran at 15fps on his $1700 laptop.
     
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    Yes, I didn't buy BF3. Yup totally, that's why it's sitting in Origin, unistalled, doing nothing. And contrary to hockeymass's opinion, I do in fact buy and play a lot of the games I've complained about, it's why I complain, cause I paid money and spent time with something that is terrible.

    Anyway, when you upgrade to your next Alienware, you should get it in brown with a tint of blue and maybe put a shiny US flag on it, to prepare for BF4 :p

    hockeymass and I will rarely agree on anything. Whatever, don't know why he bothers to read my comments since I stopped reading his.
     
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    And when you upgrade to your next AMD card, you might as well leave it sitting in the closet for 6 months unused while you wait for working drivers.

    Brown AW with US flag>Enduro
     
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    BTW the announcement with Rihanna is sooooo good (I have been watching it so many times) right? (I am a die hard progressive metal guy :D)
     
  26. hockeymass

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    I read your comments because you see fit to inject your uninformed drivel into every single thread, mostly to tell us all how much you hate/don't care about the game being discussed and how stupid we all are for even talking about it.
     
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    Hey guys i saw on origin that the bf4 is based on AMD hardware...
     
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    Do you mean that it's gonna say "AMD: Gaming Evolved" instead of whispering "Nvidia" at startup? That doesn't really mean a whole lot.
     
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    The intro will run a lot smoother on <del>ATi</del> AMD cards than on nVidia :D.
     
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    I'm still waiting for a new Bad Company. :(
     
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    Wow cant wait! Probably need to upgrade... What hw would this require as compared to BF3?
     
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    I imagine it'll be more demanding, but you've still got a beastly setup brother rusty. You'll probably be able to run it on mostly high settings. We'll have to wait and see to be sure though.
     
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    I dont know if it will say at start up "AMD: Gaming Evolved"but on origin says" Hardware partner AMD: Gaming Evolved.
     
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    Yeah, exactly. That doesn't really mean a whole lot.
     
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    I really liked the way you can blast your way through unless its linear. And the ability to use vehicles is a plus. The scopes from MOH, vehicle uses and destructibility from BC2 and gameplay/graphics from BF3. It looks like a good stir fry.
     
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    Game looks great. It'll definitely need some beastly hardware to run it maxed in 60fps. Let alone 120. :D
     
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    Ditto. Not sure why some people are saying it looks just like BF3. It's a night and day difference imo. BF3 is starting to look a little dated, especially when compared to Crysis 3. BF4 may end up looking better than Crysis 3. Hard to tell from a youtube vid though.
     
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    Just look at the screen shoots! They tell you everything you need to know. It's obviously coming for the next gen consoles. That's why it looks so awesome. :D

    Finally the gaming industry can move on after 5 years of hardware limitations. Sigh

    I hate consoles.
     
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    The game looks substantially better in terms of effects and textures. I guess it looks like BF3 in terms of art style (that is at least what I meant).
     
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    For sure, I wasn't expecting quite this much of an improvement, especially in the character models and animation. Their gear bobs and sways realistically as they move; it's little details that like that that I find impressive. I'm glad they're bringing back destructable environments as well.

    And I was referring mostly to people in the other BF4 thread that were saying it looks the same, not your previous comment :) didn't mean it towards you at all.
     
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    I know bro, I wanted to clarify for the community :) Game looks amazing, certainly I will up the GPU before it happens :) BTW there is crazy cloth simulation going on one of the buildings in 17 minute gameplay (when they enter the area swarming with RU squads and construction buildings), also did anyone notice the crazy realistic destruction pattern of one skyscraper in the video? I am still watching the announcement video over and over again, nice little hype :)

    For the people crying all over that BF3 was a fail (guess who?), please stop. The game sold and entertained millions for many hundreds of hours. BF3 was a rare success (with all crazy features of FrostBite2, an engine that after a year and half gone, still holds respectably against many AAA titles) and I am sure BF4 will follow on its foot steps.

    For BC3 people, hate to tell you this, but, we have Hawkins mentioned in the gameplay video ( = sequel to BF3 )..

     
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    hope there will be mod to get rid of hollywood colors
     
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    Very pretty. Too bad I won't have the money for a system that can run it for a while!
     
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    I actually thought it was BF3 footage. The maps even look the same.
     
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    Nope, it is running on a server cluster. ;)

    My favorite quote from the OP pic : He is so Special Forces, he requires two flags on his chest lol
     
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    Gotta get the eyes examined bro ;)

     
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    Are you high man? You talk a lot of smack.
     
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    Yes, but it is right that it looks very similar to battlefield 3, but i think this is only because the graphics of battlefield 3 were really good, too.

    The biggest BF3 - problem for me were the Servers.
    There are no real noob Servers, yesterday i reinstalled Battlefield 3 to play a bit, but it is absolutely discouraging to play vs lvl 100 Hardcoregamers.

    I hope they make some Servers for noobs only (0-20) that everyone gets a chance to have fun in this game.
     
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