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Starwars Battlefront doesn't have voice chat on console either
- Thread starter gossi
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You can press up, left and right on the D-Pad. But they're useless - for example up says something like "Good job!". Also can only be heard if you're standing next to the person. In Battlefield 3 and 4 you can say "Defend this objective" and mark the objective, however none of that here.
SlickShoes
Member
Ah well this confirms my purchase on PC at a cheaper price, higher frame rate and with text chat included. Good times.
EarsOfASnake
Member
I haven't had a good voice chat experience with randoms since the launch of the 360. I can't remember the last time I actually heard anyone use the voice chat in any game with some purpose, at best it's audio static/background noise. Nothing was lost.
Chû Totoro
Member
I understand that the decision has been made for kids but first, doesn't the Starwars target audience is a little older than Splatoon's target audience?
And secondly, when playing the game you have to kill enemies so I'm not sure why it would be ok to kill people but not to hear curse words... but hey it's America I guess.
IIRC Starwwars PEGI's rating is 12 and Splatoon's is 7
And secondly, when playing the game you have to kill enemies so I'm not sure why it would be ok to kill people but not to hear curse words... but hey it's America I guess.
IIRC Starwwars PEGI's rating is 12 and Splatoon's is 7
RedAssedApe
Banned
how does chat work in battlefield? i thought you could only communicate with squad members or people in your party? in this game you have like a partner or something, can you not chat with them at least? if so i dont see a problem with it.
beyond a certain number of players, chat normally becomes useless and more distracting than anything when playing with randoms.
beyond a certain number of players, chat normally becomes useless and more distracting than anything when playing with randoms.
Sodding_Gamer
Member
This.
I played the beta with a friend and we were in a party. The rest of the time I was on my own. I haven't heard people talk in a game in years to be fair.
Don't pretend that people actually use voice chat in public games to the benefit of the game experience. Developers have tried to encourage team play by allowing you to spawn on certain players or in vehicles that are already manned, but in practice it's mainly used for the convenience of the individual player. These games boil down to the individual efforts of one team outweighing the other. One team happens to win because it's contrived to be that way. The playerbase is hopeless. They might as well disable the ability to see and track your teammates altogether and save their servers the pointless stress of transmitting that data to the extra players that do not use it. Their teammates. Then it really would be you vs. the "other team" because that's what it is anyway.
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
Isn't in game voice chat dying? Seems like everyone is in party chat these days.
BudokaiMR2
Member
Even party chat would make little sense with a game like this when you have 40 people running around and quick spawns.
The game (and especially that mode) would definitely benefit from proximity chat.
I can't believe anyone could think otherwise.
The game (and especially that mode) would definitely benefit from proximity chat.
I can't believe anyone could think otherwise.
No, you can't chat with anyone. On PC you can type in the chat window, although the game is a bit too fast paced to type a message (or for anyone to read it really).
But, the game is a very casual title that is not supposed to have a strategic/tactical level. There is no chat, no map, no team-work, no comm-rose etc. It's just "go out and shoot stuff".
If there's a problem it's that the game has objectives - which seems to run counter to the rest of the design.
forgeforsaken
Member
Public voice chat kind of died when the 360 introduced party chat.
There was a time when DICE had a system with squads. Squads had voice chat for each other and squad leaders did for their squad and other squad leaders.
For some reason they canned this a long time ago.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
The last time I used public voice chat and wasn't playing with friends was on the PlayStation 2.
Maybe it's a regional thing, but I don't usually use party chat and I always hear (and engage in) voice chat in games. Forza matches almost always have voice chat people, as does Elder Scrolls Online. It's normally pretty constructive, too.
The Real Napsta
Member
That's because PS3 didn't come with one.
VincentMatts
Member
Im pretty sure BF4 also doesnt have any on console. Ridiculous.
speedomodel
Member
Ah, shit. I was looking forward to the inevitable person who leaves their mic on and have that wonderful blend of static, mother screaming to take out trash, baby crying, humming, whistling and more static. It makes the experience for me for sure.
Good news.
Good news.
Gnome Scat
Member
It would be kind of chaotic for the 20v20 mode seeing how there isn't a squad system, but that doesn't make it acceptable to exclude when there are modes that run a manageable amount of people.
mocolostrocolos
Member
The Lamonster
Member
I am really not fond of this no-chat trend these days.
Halo 2 was the peak. Prox voice is amazing.
Halo 2 was the peak. Prox voice is amazing.
Napalm_Frank
Member
It's pretty gud on PS4.
Yup, party chat killed online chat, even if I do like party chat at the same time.
Games need playlists that require a microphone, or have a setting thatvtriednto match you with chatty people. Crackdown 1 actually had this option. It asked if you liked to play silent, or liked to talk.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
this is why this isnt that surprising. Battlefield has never had open voice chat due to the size of the matches, and battlefront doesnt have squads, only partners.
Its not surprising that there is no open voice chat, however they shouldve did squad chat like battlefield instead of the partner thing.
stan423321
Member
Uhh, maybe, just maybe, they don't have modern-game-capable PCs?
joecanada
Member
if you don't communicate your team is crap. unless you mean battlefront is different than all other battlefield titles as I haven't played BFront yet.
in battlefield traditional titles any team with formed squads would easily win, my friend and I could wreck whole games with just one squad who was working together, and we aren't even "good" by any means.
Gipsy Danger
Member
Pretty nuts for a game with such a heavy focus on objective based modes. Thankfully I'm getting it on PC so it won't be much of a problem. Although Splatoon seems to be doing fine for the most part and that seems really objective and teamplay heavy.
Is that concept really that hard to grasp? I mean ... really? If it is you need to widen your horizons.
MADGAME
Member
People still make comments like this on GAF? Why on Earth would you do that?
Mossybrew
Gold Member
Yep. I always mute voice chat. I don't want to listen to random people talk when I'm playing a game.
Give War A Chance
Member
Who cares. One less step to start enjoying the game. I don't have to mute everyone.
No one uses this crap anyway. I haven't been in a game's version of voice chat since Call of Duty 4. Never used voice chat on PS3 because most people didn't... And have always used party chat in PS4.
No one uses this crap anyway. I haven't been in a game's version of voice chat since Call of Duty 4. Never used voice chat on PS3 because most people didn't... And have always used party chat in PS4.
Obvious troll is obvious.