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[KingJ2002]

Wow... that trailer is something else... really set the bar high... and i'm not even a star wars fan.

Time to re-watch the movies.

and lord of the rings (i've never seen a single lord of the rings movie... shadow of Mordor will not be played until i see it)

 

[DOWN]

If people are going stir crazy over marketing deals - that's a little overboard IMO.

Life is just a little more fun when DLC exclusives and timed exclusives get optimized or at least launched for the top console with the much bigger audience down to the other one. F that Rise of the Tomb Raider.

 

[Kssio_Aug]

Inquisition has much nicer foliage, more lush, more motion. Frostbite has that down.

Didn't know that this game had such beautiful forest environment. And yeah, definitely that's some pretty damn good foliage over there.

 

[Apath]

That happened to me but... did you really play a Battlefield game for it's single player campaign? I doubt it. After the server issue, the multiplayer ran smoothly.

I fail to see how them eventually fixing the server negates the fact that the game was borderline unplayable for months after launch. And it took numerous "fixes" for the servers to run smoothly.

 

[5taquitos]

So do you get to choose your race in this? Or do you play as different races?

I think it would be kind of cool if each time you spawned, you spawn as a random race and gender (Rebels only, of course). Doubt this will be the case though.

 

[Citizen_Insane]

EVERY Battlefield game received the same complaints: PLEASE DICE, DON'T DO SINGLEPLAYER, SPEND ALL YOUR RESOURCES ON MULTIPLAYER.

Then that finally happens, and people are spazzing out.

I am disappointed though that 64 players didn't happen.

But that's Battlefield. This is Battlefront. Who wouldn't want a full Star Wars campaign where you play as the rebels and engage in huge, epic battles?

 

[MattyG]

God, I hope we see the behind doors gameplay demo before E3.

 

[TEH-CJ]

60fps confirmed.



http://stevivor.com/2015/04/dice-st...all-three-platforms-aiming-for-photo-realism/

No way it will look this good at 60fps. Hell not even at 20fps.

 

[matrixman92]

"have you found anything yet?"

 

[CREMSteve]

Wow, game looks INCREDIBLE.

 

[SeventhSon]

Yes.

"DICE general manager Patrick Bach told Eurogamer Star Wars: Battlefront does not feature a campaign. Rather, it features "crafted missions" that are played solo, with a friend via split-screen offline or cooperatively online."

Can I also just fire up multiplayer maps with a bunch of bots like the original games?

 

[AESplusF]

Can I also just fire up multiplayer maps with a bunch of bots like the original games?

That's what it sounds like

 

[TrojanBlade]

So no leak or even impressions of the gameplay video they are showing? That's disappointing

 

[matrixman92]

So no leak or even impressions of the gameplay video they are showing? That's disappointing

there are plenty of impressions of it.

 

[darth_infamous]

So no leak or even impressions of the gameplay video they are showing? That's disappointing

Closed booth presentation, no filming. There are plenty of published impressions.

 

[Crayon]

"have you found anything yet?"

We ain't found shit.

I anticipate after you muddy is up a bit with 900p or 720p or

Spoiler

640p on bone

, ad texture pop, ad fluctuating framerate, and occasionally some ungraceful animations, this could still be the best looking game when it comes out. If the lighting and shadows take a major hit, then it would be a real downgrade. And lets not forget that real gameplay doesn't have cinematography. To the untrained eye, camerawork/direction/editing can make all the difference in the world.

So while I don't think it may look technically as good as this trailer, I think it could simply be a very expensive game developed by talented people with some new technology they've been working on.

There's this misunderstanding about graphical power these days. We don't need to wait for new consoles or cards to get new graphical breakthrus. We're waiting on tools. And they're coming.

 

[TrojanBlade]

Closed booth presentation, no filming. There are plenty of published impressions.

ahh ok .. didn't see any. will check. thanks

 

[Cheesy Steve]

So there will be bots for offline play.

https://twitter.com/DICEfigge/status/589207550358228992

And more than two maps per planet, more than 8 maps at launch.

https://twitter.com/DICEfigge/status/589208417199214592

 

[FATALITY]

lol

 

[BY2K]

So there will be bots for offline play.

https://twitter.com/DICEfigge/status/589207550358228992

YOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

[hal9001]

I refuse to believe this game looks that good. Wowe.

 

[InsaneTiger]

This article expresses my thoughts exactly. Technical achievements are nice but that seems to be all that is being talked about. The game has to be fun and I'm concerned because DICE is only talking tech instead of talking about fun. Yes the trailer "looks" great but that's it so far.

If the game is just BF4 with jetpacks and couple force powers won't cut it.

http://kotaku.com/star-wars-battlefront-looks-cool-but-im-not-ready-to-g-1698505761

 

[DOWN]

So there will be bots for offline play.

https://twitter.com/DICEfigge/status/589207550358228992

And more than two maps per planet, more than 8 maps at launch.

https://twitter.com/DICEfigge/status/589208417199214592

Good to know. Wonder if they'll whip up a bot conquest mode or co op.

 

[Hockeymac18]

Life is just a little more fun when DLC exclusives and timed exclusives get optimized or at least launched for the top console with the much bigger audience down to the other one. F that Rise of the Tomb Raider.

Two wrongs don't make a right. Exclusive or timed exclusive stuff on third party games blows for everyone.

 

[DOWN]

Two wrongs don't make a right. Exclusive or timed exclusive stuff on third party games blows for everyone.

Like I said, just a little more fun.

 

[Woo-Fu]

Hopefully this isn't another BF4 where it ships unfinished.

It can ship unfinished without being a BF4, fortunately. The best multiplayer games always ship unfinished because you can't put the finishing touches on them until after you've got the data from a few hundred thousand matches to figure out what needs tweaking.

As far as how it looks, well everybody knows what "in-engine" means by now with engines like Frostbite. It means very small maps, small unit counts so you can push the IQ through the roof, directed camera work for the entire sequence and then you dub the audio. Will it look that good in game? Not in multiplayer it won't. It'll get close in Singleplayer/2-man co-op, whatever it is they have, at least on good hardware.

 

[ryanthelion123]

So there will be bots for offline play.

https://twitter.com/DICEfigge/status/589207550358228992

And more than two maps per planet, more than 8 maps at launch.

https://twitter.com/DICEfigge/status/589208417199214592

Still disappointed there are only 4 different environments in universe that has so many memorable locations.

 

[DOWN]

It can ship unfinished without being a BF4, fortunately. The best multiplayer games always ship unfinished because you can't put the finishing touches on them until after you've got the data from a few hundred thousand matches to figure out what needs tweaking.

As far as how it looks, well everybody knows what "in-engine" means by now with engines like Frostbite. It means very small maps, small unit counts so you can push the IQ through the roof, directed camera work for the entire sequence and then you dub the audio. Will it look that good in game? Not in multiplayer it won't. It'll get close in Singleplayer/2-man co-op, whatever it is they have, at least on good hardware.

Sony needs to knock us out with another surprise EA beta partnership at E3

 

[Wedge7]

No gameplay, but I still really liked it.

 

[~Kinggi~]

I dont know what the fuck i just watched there but it was good.

 

[RoboPlato]

Sony needs to knock us out with another surprise EA beta partnership at E3

And crash PSN again.

 

[Unicorn]

This is the first game to get me excited for next gen. For some reason other games haven't instilled that wonder.

 

[protomouse]

"In-engine footage"
"Representative of PS4"
"60 fps"

Right.

 

[Valnen]

"In-engine footage"
"Representative of PS4"
"60 fps"

Right.

Did DICE claim this was representative of how the game would look on PS4? Or are we assuming that because of the logo on the trailer?

 

[OdysseusVA]

Did DICE claim this was representative of how the game would look on PS4? Or are we assuming that because of the logo on the trailer?

Thats listed at the end of the video, but it also states "not actual gameplay"

 

[VisceralBowl]

Cool little bit I noticed.

Is this map one of the Jakku ones?

 

[Davide]

Cool little bit I noticed.

Is this map one of the Jakku ones?

Good eye. I wouldn't have expected that sandcrawler to be on Jakku too though? Seems too similar to Tatooine.

 

[~Kinggi~]

Nice catch. I imagine this game is getting quite the dev push behind it as the new SW movie ramps up. Very nice timing.

 

[Empyrean Heaven]

I asked earlier in this thread but didn't get a response...

Considering the PlayStation logos before and after the trailer, what's the likelihood that A. the Beta is PS4 exclusive and B. All DLC is PS4 timed-exclusive?

It would make sense given what EA and DICE did for BF: Hardline.

 

[StrongBlackVine]

Will it be 100 9n console (PS4). I'm buying regardless.

 

[StrongBlackVine]

I asked earlier in this thread but didn't get a response...

Considering the PlayStation logos before and after the trailer, what's the likelihood that A. the Beta is PS4 exclusive and B. All DLC is PS4 timed-exclusive?

It would make sense given what EA and DICE did for BF: Hardline.

Very likely. Might even have some PS4 only stuff.

 

[RedAssedApe]

Good eye. I wouldn't have expected that sandcrawler to be on Jakku too though? Seems too similar to Tatooine.

oops nevermind

 

[AR15mex]

Please dont fall into the hype... We know how this goes..

 

[VisceralBowl]

Good eye. I wouldn't have expected that sandcrawler to be on Jakku too though? Seems too similar to Tatooine.

Eh I imagine technology would have made its way to other planets at some point.

 

[Jtrizzy]

No single player? That's really depressing.

 

[Ivan]

Sony Brazil

 

[VisceralBowl]

Very likely. Might even have some PS4 only stuff.

I hope not. Timed exclusive/beta at most, please. Locking content out from other platforms is not cool.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

No single player? That's really depressing.

No, from dice, it's most welcome.

Single player fans will just have to accept and anticipate Visceral's SW game.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

I asked earlier in this thread but didn't get a response...

Considering the PlayStation logos before and after the trailer, what's the likelihood that A. the Beta is PS4 exclusive and B. All DLC is PS4 timed-exclusive?

It would make sense given what EA and DICE did for BF: Hardline.

Likelihood is their might be a time beta.

And map packs would come out 2 weeks earlier for PS owners.

#double butts

 

[SeventhSon]

That's what it sounds like

That's all I need for singleplayer.