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[Enter the Dragon Punch]

Not counting scopes, the weapons in Star Wars Battlefront will not have iron sights.

Patrick Bach, executive producer at developer DICE confirmed the news in an interview with OXM – as reported by GamesRadar. “There are no ironsights in Star Wars, on the ordinary blasters,” he said.

“You have scopes on some rifles, but there are no ironsights.”

Rest is at the link.

Holy, a little bit more hype for me towards this. Love me some hipfiring. My fears of "Battlefield in space" are slowly becoming a bit more alleviated.

Lock meesa thread if old.

 

[tootsi666]

Thank god for that

Edit. I really hate 3rd person mode in MP shooters. Maybe it'll be disabled in some gamemodes/-variants/servers.

 

[Garuda1One]

third person mode and no ads..

back to basic which is good for me

 

[fastballspecial]

Good news. This will be refreshing.

 

[PdotMichael]

I couldn't selfinsert as stormtrooperwith accurate shooting.

 

[Blackthorn]

They're making it hard for me to maintain my skepticism with the amount of things they're getting right.

 

[Ishan]

Like this design decision we do .... Yeeeasss

 

[Nibel]

People being forced to git gud with aiming?

I approve

 

[Kane1345]

Awesome

 

[GlamFM]

I´m out.

Sad.

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

I'm in.

Happy.

 

[Memory]

Thank god for that

Edit. I really hate 3rd person mode in MP shooters. Maybe it'll be disabled in some gamemodes/-variants/servers.

Really? I guess i won't be playing those, i generally dislike 1st person mp.

 

[stilgar]

I´m out.

Sad.

For real? That's a deal-breaker for you?

 

[amstradcpc]

Only hipfiring or is this third person and will be then similar to SOCOM?.

 

[KodaRuss]

Awesome, really starting to get excited for this game. Hopefully more developers will follow suit on this. Tired of all shooters having ironsights now.

 

[tootsi666]

Really? I guess i won't be playing those, i generally dislike 1st person mp.

I dislike being able to see around walls. Fortunately there are other FPS (FPS's?) for me this year.

 

[StanleyPalmtree]

i am very fine with this.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

Only hipfiring or is this third person and will be then similar to SOCOM?.

FPS or TPS, your choice. Only hipfiring and scopes.

 

[GlamFM]

For real? That's a deal-breaker for you?

It really is.

 

[Markitron]

I'm not a fan of this tbh, I consider ADS an advancement of the FPS genre not a preference. To me it feels like they had to remove it to make the fps-tps split balanced, and I never wanted TPS in the first place as I really disliked it in the old Battlefronts.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

I´m out.

Sad.

Byyyyyyye

 

[BluenoseGames]

* Slow Claps *

 

[grandwizard]

But now how will they hide the snap to auto aim?

 

[Charles Brandon]

Geoff doesn't like this

 

[Recall]

They're making it hard for me to maintain my skepticism with the amount of things they're getting right.

Micro transactions and weird DLC plans might appear yet but yeah it seems all may be ok.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

The way god intended Battlefront to be played.

Happy to see the devs didn't try to force something in that no one asked for.

 

[Astarte]

I´m out.

Sad.

Okay, see ya later.

Even though this game doesn't sound too hot at least they didn't add iron sights.

 

[Koobion]

I'm a shooter noob. Does that mean it'd play like Uncharted 2 multiplayer? Where focusing your aim doesn't actually bring it into a first person view?

 

[The Red Wizard]

It really is.

Why?

 

[DJKhaled]

What is battlefront? I see it's made by Dice. is it Battlefield with a Star Wars skin? or is their light sabers and cool shit?

 

[Mendax]

Byyyyyyye

Okay, see ya later.

Even though this game doesn't sound too hot at least they didn't add iron sights.

whats this? "lets get all nostalgic because a shooter doesnt implant modern mechanics and chase away people that dont like that?"

What is battlefront? I see it's made by Dice. is it Battlefield with a Star Wars skin? or is their light sabers and cool shit?

(yes it is and yes there are hero characters with lightsabers and shit)

 

[Acti]

Thank god.

 

[OdysseusVA]

What about space battles? Will it have that?

 

[patapuf]

I'm not a fan of this tbh, I consider ADS an advancement of the FPS genre not a preference. To me it feels like they had to remove it to make the fps-tps split balanced, and I never wanted TPS in the first place as I really disliked it in the old Battlefronts.

With CS being so popular at the moment i don't really get why one would think no ironsights is a descision in favor of TPS gameplay. Not having to slow down for ADS is an advantage for the first, not the third person view imo.

TTK and recoil models are much more important than ADS anyway imo.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

I'm a shooter noob. Does that mean it'd play like Uncharted 2 multiplayer? Where focusing your aim doesn't actually bring it into a first person view?

 

[Koobion]

I thought this was a third person game.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

whats this? "lets get all nostalgic because a shooter doesnt implant modern mechanics and chase away people that dont like that?"

Or

Or

Or

Maybe, the fact that they stuck to their guns (no pun intended) and decided a 'modern mechanic' is not needed in every game, which harkens back to the days where people didn't fucking stand still/or move at a slow pace whilst shooting thier guns.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

I thought this was a third person game.

It has first person and third person options.

 

[Kane1345]

Or

Or

Or

Maybe, the fact that they stuck to their guns (no pun intended) and decided a 'modern mechanic' is not needed in every game, which harkens back to the days where people didn't fucking stand still/or move at a slow pace whilst shooting thier guns.

I like you

 

[Duji]

I was crossing my fingers for no iron sights.

 

[Red Hood]

FPS games without ADS feel... weird.. to me. One of few reasons why I'm not the biggest Halo, Fallout 3 or Counter Strike fan. Somehow just doesn't feel right. Iron sights feel more, I don't know, immersive? Am I stupid?

On the other hand, apparently you can play Battlefront in third-person as well, so it's not all bad news.

 

[Stilton Disco]

Fucking brilliant! I hate iron sights, and despise how common they've become in shooters. Might actually pick this game up at Christmas now.

 

[Black Pewter]

No Ironsights hopefully doesn't mean no ADS. Preorder cancelled if that's the case.

 

[GlamFM]

No Ironsights hopefully doesn't mean no ADS. Preorder cancelled if that's the case.

I guess that´s exactly what it means.

People trying to throw you out of this thread in 3...2...1...

 

[Markitron]

With CS being so popular at the moment i don't really get why one would think no ironsights is a descision in favor of TPS gameplay. Not having to slow down for ADS is an advantage for the first, not the third person view imo.

TTK and recoil models are much more important than ADS anyway imo.

I never liked CS either tbh, my first proper shooter experience imo was Battlefield 2. I'm still getting the game but I prefer the style of gameplay where I have to stand still to shoot accurately.

 

[BluenoseGames]

What about space battles? Will it have that?

My guess DLC . It's EA after all.

 

[Astarte]

whats this? "lets get all nostalgic because a shooter doesnt implant modern mechanics and chase away people that dont like that?"

Battlefront got along fine without iron sights for several games, it doesn't need it to play very well. What it needs is sick jump cancelling so I can do aerial raves with lightsabers.

 

[SmashN'Grab]

I'm a bit wary about this, but we'll see. The whole 1st person/3rd person thing doesn't exactly fill me with confidence either - I keep thinking back to Fallout 3/Skyrim where the 3rd person felt ridiculously tacked-on and pointless.

 

[tootsi666]

I never liked CS either tbh, my first proper shooter experience imo was Battlefield 2. I'm still getting the game but I prefer the style of gameplay where I have to stand still to shoot accurately.

You have to stand still to shoot accurately in CS and it doesn't have ADS.
No ADS=/=Moving while shooting

 

[PrintedCrayon]

I´m out.

Sad.

Could you explain your rationale a bit more, Glam?

I can understand being disappointed by the game not embracing more modern mechanics, but Battlefront isn't exactly the sort of game that screams out for ADS.