Battlefield Hardline

also guys my performance is f@@ up!!!
im getting like 9-12fps

 

game runs smooth for me but ive only played like 10 minutes at a time.

its a case of de ja vu as it almost looks and feels like a dlc add on to B3 and B4

i like the idea of the cops and robbers theme though as im mainly buy games for the campaign so it should be a nice change but the question will be will it be worth £50 or £60 just for the campaign. if B4 is anything to go by then no would be the answer.

 

Will there even be a campaign? I grew bored of the beta after about 7-8 rounds of play. I don't know what they were thinking. I think a WWII or 2143 would have made more sense and been more receptive. This just looks feels like a cheap knockoff of BF4. Basically reskinned. I mean cops and robbers with freaking RPG's and LMG's and other military grade weapons? This isn't cops and robbers, it's just a different looking BF4. If they made it more like cops having to arrest the robbers, and the robbers have to balance taking money or getting their friends out of jail, or more like a SWAT type game, it would have been great. But it's not. It's just more of the same.

 

Hardline is definitely a different approach to the Battlefield franchise! Not quite sure how I feel about it

 

I can't play it. Getting less than 10 FPS.

Uninstalled.

 

I'm sure they'll fix it by the time of the release.

 

just like they did for Battlefield 4

 

This man know what I'm talkin' about!

 

lol, yup

im thinking of scrapping battlefield and cod and just wait on crysis next release.

 

Crytek is dying..

 

yeh i heard that as well. talk there will be another game but it wont be called crysis 4 and will not be a fps.

 

You need to close Origin for the game to work. "But why would I need to close Origin? Doesn't the game NEED origin to run?" you might be asking, calling D2ultima retard. Well, I have tried multiple different games with the latest Origin update and I can't get any of them to play above 3fps. Turns out, Origin running was the problem. So I had to use a program that removes the need for Origin to be running to play my Origin games. Outcome - Freedom for your Games! here is that program. Enjoy!

 

game pushed back for release now April 2015

 

They should cancel it altogether or make it a $10 add-on to BF4.

 

Wuuut? Wasn't it Feb 2015?

 

think it was originally meant to be a november release.

 

I vote for Neverember release.

 

Me too, it's not even a Battlefield game for crying out loud. Guess they were so desperate to cash in, they decided to irreparably damage the franchise name by making a Payday clone.

 

Official specs have been announced:

Minimum:
OS: WINDOWS VISTA SP2 64-BIT (with KB971512 Update)
PROCESSOR: Athlon II/Phenom II 2.8 GHz, Intel Core i3/i5 2.4GHz
MEMORY: 4 GB RAM
GRAPHICS CARD: ATI Radeon HD 5770 (1 GB), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 (896 MB)
HARD DRIVE: 60 GB
DIRECTX 11

Recommended:
OS: WINDOWS 8 64-BIT (with KB971512 Update)
CPU: INTEL QUAD-CORE CPU, AMD SIX-CORE CPU
MEMORY: 8 GB RAM
GRAPHICS CARD: AMD Radeon R9 290, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
GRAPHICS MEMORY: 3 GB
HARD DRIVE: 60 GB
DIRECTX 11

 

A Gaming Evolved title that recommends a much stronger AMD card? That's a first.

 

And the 760 is a 2GB card, isn't it? However, they recommend 3GB VRAM.

 

2GB and 4GB, although there are OEM 192-bit 760's that are 1.5GB and 3GB.

If wanna get anal about it, DICE did the same thing for BF4, where they recommended a 3GB 7870 that doesn't exist.

 

still DL'ing the beta ... 220kb/s inside !

 

Is it open beta or do you have to pre-order?

 

I believe it's open beta.. Looks like they're desperately trying to get people to order it but you know, BF4 players like me are hardly impressed by it and will probably wait for BF5..

 

interesting.
minimum 260gtx is a dx10 card but you need dx11

 

DX11 can be forced on DX10 cards in a compatibility mode, but access to DX11 features is locked off. BF3 was DX11 only and it worked on my 280M, as well as Black Ops 2, and quite a few other DX11 titles.

Does not mean it will work "well" however.

 

I just played 1080p Ultra settings and used 1600MB vRAM. So not sure where they get 3GB.

 

Got it downloaded, now just need to wrap up work so I can try it out....

 

Copy-paste from the BF4 specs. That game doesn't use 3GB VRAM either at 1080p w/o SSAA.

 

How do you sign up for the beta, through the Origin store?

Haven't had a chance to try BF3 or BF4, but this one looks like fun, judging by the videos. Sort of reminds me of the crazy car crashes in Tactical Intervention.

 

Just go to Origin and at the main store page you can click the link.

Weird, same settings with 970m and 980m, BF Hardline uses 1.6GB with 970m and 2.5GB with 980m. Doesn't make sense whatsoever.

 

Want to play some more, but runs same as BF4 best I can tell.... running all Ultra, no AA and get 80+fps, so limit it to 60 via gametime.maxvariable command.

Had time to play a couple conquest rounds, feels like BF3/4 with different vehicles ha. I really wish it was cheaper and I'd definitely pick it up, at $60 not likely.

Will be curious how the other game modes play out!

 

OK I installed it, but how do you start a game? It launches through google Chrome? Is there any kind of tutorial I can do with bots to get the hang of it, or am I just supposed to select Quick Match?

 

Go to "server browser" on the website to see the available games... pick which one you like. In BF4 there is a "training ground" map but I don't think there is one in the Beta.
Just jump in and have fun! Ignore the constant whining in the chat window.

 

Might be caching more because of the extra vRAM? It happens sometimes. Also battlefield is... odd. Some days it uses 1.8GB vRAM, others 2.5GBvRAM... I once saw it use 3GB for no reason. I usually get about 2.2GB vRAM on 1080p ultra textures.

 

a lots of crashes with GPU OC, i will try with lower freq's.

 

edit : delete this post

 

Downloading now.... lets see how this Battleshizzle works out

 

Thanks, I tried it. The hotwire mode was fun. Just like in Tactical Intervention, I'm a horrible driver.

 

It's fun, but nowhere near worth the $60 they're asking. It should have been a standalone expansion for BF4 for $20.

 

I second that. Not refreshing enough. Well except for the new setting.

 

Can confirm. Battlefield is a boring cash cow... all the same time from time

 

Same could be said about BF4, I guess...

 

Maybe I'm too much of a noob, but I had a hard time killing anybody when playing as enforcer with a shotgun or professional with a sniper rifle. Not really a fan of assault rifles as it's kinda boring to hold down fire and spray bullets.

I tried another new multiplayer shooter yesterday called Double Action: Boogaloo - this was hilariously broken but I had more fun than Battlefield Hardline. You sort of just flop around like flappy bird dodging bullets and activating slow motion while you are trying to kill other players.

 

Even at stock clocks the game makes Nvidia driver crashes ! Anyone else getting these crashes ?

 

In my case, I didn't crash at all playing at 1680x1050 with AMD 5830M, low settings.

 

AMD cards does not seem to be affected, but it's driving me crasy, I have to reinstall Nvidia driver in order to make 3D work again !

 

This battlefield is gonna be the best of them all. I watched several gameplay videos and it looks dope.

 

No crashes on 970m Optimus system or 980m with no Optimus. Using 344.75 with 970m Optimus and 347.25 with 980m.

In general running very smooth. But it still has all the lag issues that BF4 does. Even server rubber banding is prevalent in games.

Not to mention some very odd balancing issues of the weapons. The shotgun is actually a decent weapon and unlike BF4 it takes only one or two shots to kill. However, due to lag or what, I don't know, but I have shot people point blank and it did no damage at all. On the other hand I have been shot dead from 100m or more by one, so...

The recoil of the automatic weapons is ridiculous. Granted I haven't been able to update my grip or nozzle yet, but a few shots has me shooting the 20 deg higher.

The choppers are also a bit frustrating. I counted 8 hits on an infantry with the chopper gun and the dude still kept running.

Other things like the shield are marginally useful, I've been shot dead from head on showing a blow to my torso when the shield is up. I thought they were supposed to allow shooting with a pistol with the shield up, but I guess that never made it into the game.

I like the overall feel of the game, actually, and feels more refined than past Battlefield beta's. But it still just feels like BF4 skinned over and not a whole new game, which is what they are selling it as.