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Battlefield 4 |OT| Prepare to Leave Beta... Nevermind
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fluffydelusions
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GMG pre-order placed, $45.
Love PC gaming.
What is code to get it for $45
jim2point0
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1942's maps were sooooo much easier to make than they are for BF4. Now you have a lot more detail to cram in. Destruction. Dynamic events like ships crashing into islands and skyscrapers collapsing. All maps are made to work with all game modes.
Considering all that, I consider 10 maps to be really impressive.
The Faceless Master
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and BF3 came with 9.
Eclectic Jabber Monkey
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Its not that. The single player portion of the game is eating up a huge amount of the budget, unlike the older PC-only BF games that didn't bother with it.
I wish BF would go back to that model and give us more multiplayer content instead of single player and co-op that most people don't care about. Bad Company 1's single player was pretty decent, but I couldn't be bothered to get very far into BC2 and BF3 story mode, they were terrible.
This is true.
But I have to say these BF4 maps look alot more impressive!
I like SP, and am buying BF4 for that as well. So just because you're not an SP or co-op fan doesn't mean no one cares about it.
Felix Lighter
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The team and budget is massively larger than BF1942 days.
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It is that.... You could make a map in 1942 in a day. Now it takes months.
The single player portion doesn't effect the resources put towards the multiplayer. Singleplayer is an important part of the game now for numerous reasons. Wouldn't sell tens of millions without it.
SolidSnakeUS
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The voucher doesn't work for me. And I'm in NA.
Same here. Had an account with purchased games for about a year now.
My friends had a few dealings with GMG, always incredibly slow. I'd rather not deal with them.
Felix Lighter
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Try opting into their email communications in your account settings and see if that makes any difference.
fluffydelusions
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Ya got it for $48 thx
Really hope they do a better job with rush maps this time around. I loved Rush in BFBC2, but hate most of the Rush maps in BF3. It seems like all of them have serious choke points where it is really hard for attackers to win.
Although I played BFBC2 on PS3 where it was 24 players and BF3 on PC where it was 32.
Although I played BFBC2 on PS3 where it was 24 players and BF3 on PC where it was 32.
I had a few $ of store credit from pre-ordering Mortal Kombat 9, I think. Or Bioshock Infinite, or something.
GMG has been great to me, this year.
EDIT: According to this thread, it appears the code will only work for some: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=702913&highlight=battlefield+4
jim2point0
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One of the advantages rush had in BC2 is that there were rush-specific maps for that game. And they were great.
I NEVER played rush in BF3... and somehow I doubt I'll play it in BF4.
It's a linear close quarters infantry map.
It's not just the maps, but also the M-COM placement which was questionable at best on most maps in BF3.
Operation Metro is full of them and that's why it's one of the worst maps for Rush ever.
Felix Lighter
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Metro is horrible for Conquest too. It's a bad map all around as far as I'm concerned. Really any map that is exceptionally linear with very few options for reaching capture points while avoiding combat is a bad map.
SolidSnakeUS
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So basically, am I too late to sign up for emails and get the code?
Thanks, ouch that kinda sucks for me.
Agreed.
SolidSnakeUS
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The problem with Metro is that it's one giant choke point. It's really not fun.
PoweredBySoy
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16 or 24p was pretty fun. I would agree 32 was too much - although somewhat useful for grinding out unlocks.
Maybe. With 24 players, I thought Metro was a great Rush map. I don't think chokepoints are all so bad. They can be quite fun at times and a change from the 'I have 10,000 alternate ways to get there' gameplay. It also forces you to work with others as attacking a defended chokepoint on your own is suicide.
Just a change of pace thing for me. I like variety and don't understand this 'I only like these two maps' sort of thinking. I enjoyed all the BF3 maps in their own way.
In bad company 2 you can just demolish your own route tot he com stations on most maps.
This obv doesn't work in the current gen of battlefield games, but it would be nice if they brought it back ( hopefully with bad company 3).
Metro is just a shit map any way you look at it Imo.. Even if the game did have bad company 2 destruction mechanics, the map is just designed as one enormous bottleneck.
PoweredBySoy
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Same. I've always found Rush kind of maddening. Mainly because I hate dying, and half of Rush is just continuously throwing yourself at a wall of bullets until something gives. Most of the time while on offense I shamelessly stayed back and mortared - which was actually pretty useful on Rush.
As an old-school Counter Strike guy, I'm actually kind of excited for Defuse.
Metro is the greatest rush map ever designed. It's arranged like a football field, with important pieces of cover every 10 yards or so. Choke points are easily defeated so long as there aren't 64 players.
Its pretty much mandatory to work with/run with other players in Rush as yes, the points you're attacking will be heavily defended.
I've dealt with some coordinated Rush squads that were just killer. My team just got annihilated by some very methodical teams.
Chaplain
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I agree. Metro Rush is one of the reasons I love BF3. It takes skill, patience, teamwork and skilled medics as attackers to beat a team that knows how to defend really well.
Ya, being able to actually destroy the M-Coms was a nice bonus. It got cheesed a little with people RPGing from miles away, but that can be adjusted.
I think a rush mode where both teams have to attack and defend would be neat. The map could just expand in different directions. Looking forward to that Obliterate mode. I didn't know it was active during beta and never got to try it.
False!
Future PhaZe
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Do we have a thread to get squads together? I really hate playing these games solo
SolidSnakeUS
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It's good if you need a severe amount of healing/resupply/spot points. Outside of that, it can just be hell on earth. I might as well play COD4's Shipment map with 55 other people in Hardcore DM.
Spazznid
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MikeE21286
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The game is in sale at Dell for pre order...all versions come with a $25 Dell gift card
It was really great in the beta, easily my favorite mode of the beta actually.
It was essentially just rush, yet the attackers and defenders were swapped on the fly.
Its not exactly what you described, but pretty close
i love your idea as well, i don't really care for having to wait an entire round just to attack or defend. mid match sounds awesome and is part of the reason i loved diffuse.However there were large stints were the ball would sit in the exact same spot for a while, as people would just get swamped right as they picked it up. This was however, on consoles with 24 players. Im unsure if the mode will be 64 players or not ( even on consoles) as i haven't looked into it much, but 64 player obliteration sounds really great.
But 1942 maps were the best.
But they did make more then 10 maps, their just charging for them, its Premium service.
Yet they did make more then 10.
Felix Lighter
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Road To Rome pretty much started the charged Map Pack expansions for Battlefield.
They were barren and simplistic, thus easy to make. That shit wouldn't fly in 2013.
They were mostly huge landscapes. I played 1942 a lot and only stuck to like 5 maps. Like in every shooter...
EdibleExplosives
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I really, really hope the maps are better this time around. It was the worst thing about BF3 for me, I didn't love even one map.
SolidSnakeUS
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I wish we could have another Arica Harbor or Isla Inocentes. Loved those two maps from BC2.
They were barren and simple due to the technology of its time, the map design would hold up amazing with today's tech.
DICE have 8 maps ready day one pretty much for Premium users.
People point that its hard to make maps etc does not fly and is BS. They just want to charge for them.
Not even any of these 3?
Operation Firestorm
Kharg Island
Noshahr Canals
Man I loved them maps. BC2 maps were great and free.
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