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[ScherzoPrime]

He wasn't shot while his motorcade was in a 'confused haste to get out of Sarajevo'. They were on their way to visiting the people wounded by the initial bombing in the hospital when they passed by Princip.

Yeah I sorta wondered after I posted it whether I said was accurate. I remember there was an issue of the driver not knowing the right way to the Hospital though.

Unrelated, but there's a rumor going around about the campaign. It comes from some twitter source though, so is there any reason to believe its veracity?

 

[Palculator]

Yeah I sorta wondered after I posted it whether I said was accurate. I remember there was an issue of the driver not knowing the right way to the Hospital though.

Yeah, as far as I'm aware that was the case. Partially related: A redditor recently posted a photo of Franz Ferdinand they personally colourised and I think it looks marvellous. On the right is how that coat looks nowadays, blood still visible over a hundred years later.

 

[The Wise Old Man]

He wasn't defenestrated though. They just shot him and his wife.

Ah crap. It must've been some other defenestration that I'm thinking of that started another war.

See, THIS IS WHY WE NEED THIS GAME. Our cultural memory of WWI is woefully inadequate.

Most of my understanding of World War I comes from a mix of watching the "Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" and having played "Toy Soldiers" on Xbox. Take that, Paul Fussel!

 

[wowbaggerBR]

Ah crap. It must've been some other defenestration that I'm thinking of that started another war.

See, THIS IS WHY WE NEED THIS GAME. Our cultural memory of WWI is woefully inadequate.

Most of my understanding of World War I comes from a mix of watching the "Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" and having played "Toy Soldiers" on Xbox. Take that, Paul Fussel!

This channel will get you covered until the action in October: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcyEsEjhPEDf69RRVhRh4A

And take a look into Hardcore History's series about the war. I think it is available for free on youtube and in other places as well.

 

[JumPeRJumPzZ]

Btw the guy who leaked the Achievement picture from BF1, leaked the entire Origins Achievement List:

• Play the Objective
  As a Squad Leader, complete 1 objective in multiplayer
• All challenges
  Complete all challenges
• All code books
  Find all code books
• Assult Enlistment
  Complete all Assult Missions in multiplayer
• Medic Enlistment
  Complete all Medic Missions in multiplayer
• Scout Enlistment
  Complete all Scout Missions in multiplayer
• Support Enlistment
  Complete all Support Missions in multiplayer
• Decorated
  Recieve a Medal in multiplayer
• Episode 1, 100%
  Unlock all codex entries in Friends in high places
• Episode 2, 100%
  Unlock all codex entries in Nothing is written
• Episode 3, 100%
  Unlock all codex entries in Through mud and blood
• Episode 4, 100%
  Unlock all codex entries in Avanti Savoia!
• Episode 5, 100%
  Unlock all codex entries in The Runner
• Episode 6, 100%
  Unlock all codex entries in Epilogue
• Skill event 4
  Skill event 4
• Skill event 5
  Skill event 5
• Corporal
  Reach Rank 10 in multiplayer
• Counter-sniper
  Using a bolt action rifle, kill an enemy Recon player in multiplayer
• Episode 1
  Complete Friends in high places
• Episode 2
  Complete Nothing is written
• Episode 3
  Complete Through mud and blood
• Episode 4
  Complete Avanti Savoia!
• Episode 5
  Complete The Runner
• Episode 6
  Complete Epilogue
• One challenge
  Complete one challenge
• One code book
  Find one code book
• Operations
  Win 1 Operation in multiplayer
• Skill event 1
  Skill event 1
• Skill event 2
  Skill event 2
• Skill event 3
  Skill event 3
• War Bonds
  Purchase a primary weapon in multiplayer

Of course subject to change, but i doubt a lot will change.

 

[Alienous]

Btw the guy who leaked the Achievement picture from BF1, leaked the entire Origins Achievement List:

Why would these be done before the game is?

 

[J-Rzez]

I don't know how you guys cannot like the music. Its probably the best music pairing I have heard this gen.

Probably that Battlefield has one of the most iconic theme songs of all time in gaming and they went to something else (a weird version at that).

 

[KnightHart]

Btw the guy who leaked the Achievement picture from BF1, leaked the entire Origins Achievement List:



Of course subject to change, but i doubt a lot will change.

I really doubt they'll change or remove any of those since they all seem like standard, throwaway achievements. If anything they'll probably add really weird achievements afterward like killing people with a shovel or something.

 

[JumPeRJumPzZ]

Why would these be done before the game is?

Uhm why not? Its not like that the game has to be finished in 4 months.

 

[Creaking]

BF4 is 10 bucks as well? I've been trying to get my friends into the game, and that would be a great deal. Got a link?

https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/battlefield-4/cid=UP0006-CUSA00110_00-BATTLEFIELD40000

 

[Inside]

https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/battlefield-4/cid=UP0006-CUSA00110_00-BATTLEFIELD40000

Battlefield 4 Premium Edition is 109 DKK (about USD 16) in Denmark. Is it worth the extra over the standard version?

Can't decide whether I should get some BF4 action before BF1

 

[ScherzoPrime]

Codex entries sound like those historical index you get in Valiant Hearts.

 

[Creaking]

Battlefield 4 Premium Edition is 109 DKK (about USD 16) in Denmark. Is it worth the extra over the standard version?

Can't decide whether I should get some BF4 action before BF1

Maybe. I've heard that they're planning on making each expansion free one at a time but premium has a few other bonuses besides owning all the expansions. Plus you'd get it all at once.

I don't know how active the maps are these days, but you'll still get a lot of new weapons besides. And many bonus gold battlepacks with premium.

 

[More_Badass]

Btw the guy who leaked the Achievement picture from BF1, leaked the entire Origins Achievement List:



Of course subject to change, but i doubt a lot will change.

So 6 episodes? I guess each covers a different front or character? I wonder if the levels will be themed by fronts and then you play different characters in that region, or if you play the same character throughout each episode

 

[RoboPlato]

You can keep the bolt action rifles



I'll take these.

Please let all of these be in.

 

[Raide]

So 6 episodes? I guess each divers a different front or character? I wonder if the levels will be themed by fronts and then you play different characters in that region, or if you play the same character throughout each episode

Different characters in a region would be really cool. Maybe each episode is pretty long and covers multiple objectives and direction. Maybe like mini campaign stories for each character and region.

 

[nOoblet16]

Can anyone explain to me why COD and BF even get compared to one another? They are alike in so few, few ways I just don't understand. It's like comparing Bloodborne to Witcher 3.

BF franchise

64 player max
huge maps
slower paced multiplayer generally
signature mode is control point capture
vehicles are key to the experience
less than half the games have a campaign


COD

Known equally for it's campaigns and its multiplayer
small team multiplayer is the focus
generally no vehicles
fast paced multi
not a huge variation between game modes

I really don't see many similarities outside of generally being military FPS games in the same way that Bloodborne and Witcher are gothic / fantasy 3rd person RPG's...I wish this would just stop because the last thing I want is for Battlefield to become MORE like COD.

I know right ! But people have to shit on the other if they like one.

A slight correction though, COD has a lot of gamemodes with a lot of variation.halo is the only FPS that matches it on consoles tbh as far as game mode variety is considered.

 

[The Wise Old Man]

What's the online community like for BF4 on Xbox one? I'm debating jumping in.

 

[Parham]

Why would these be done before the game is?

In all likelihood, the game is mostly, if not entirely, playable from beginning to end and close to feature complete at this point.

 

[Alienous]

In all likelihood, the game is mostly, if not entirely, playable from beginning to end and feature complete at this point.

It's not that, it's just that I thought achievements/trophies were some of the last things to go in.

 

[Metfanant]

There is only one way this games plot can begin: a first person perspective from the Archduke of Ferdinand during his defenestration. FPS view of him being tossed out the window.

Cut immediately to Harlem, where the protagonist is sitting eating dinner and asks his wife to pass him the mustard. FORESHADOWING!

what window? he was shot while riding in an open top car...

 

[AuthenticM]

There is only one way this games plot can begin: a first person perspective from the Archduke of Ferdinand during his defenestration. FPS view of him being tossed out the window.

Cut immediately to Harlem, where the protagonist is sitting eating dinner and asks his wife to pass him the mustard. FORESHADOWING!

What is this referencing ?

 

[Parham]

It's not that, it's just that I thought achievements/trophies were some of the last things to go in.

I don't know what the circumstances are behind the leak, but it's possible they've already worked on Origin integration, including the achievements.

 

[FullMetaltech]

Btw the guy who leaked the Achievement picture from BF1, leaked the entire Origins Achievement List:



Of course subject to change, but i doubt a lot will change.

I wonder what they mean by missions in MP? I'm wondering if its like Batttlefront in the same way.

 

[The Wise Old Man]

what window? he was shot while riding in an open top car...

Yeah I confused the defenestration of Prague that happened in 1618 and triggered the 30 years war with the assassination of Ferdinand that triggered WWI.

I'm somewhat of an idiot. STILL my idea of a first person POV scene of Ferdinand getting assassinated in his motorcade would be a delightful callback to the Modern Warfare 1 scene in the Middle East (and a big screw you to activision).

 

[JumPeRJumPzZ]

In all likelihood, the game is mostly, if not entirely, playable from beginning to end and close to feature complete at this point.

This are not the achievements for Xbone/PS4. This are the Origins Achievements which for the most part are still a bit different than the Console Achievements.

 

[Raptor]

Semi-auto rifles and SMGs and machine guns? WTF?

WHERE ARE MY BOLT ACTION RIFLES!

EDIT Applies to others as well, rifle fights are so much more interesting than SMG+melee fights.
I don't mind CQB at times but man, this is WWI when rifles were very common.

Agreed 100%

 

[Sibylus]

Other episodes on notice.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

 

[RoboPlato]

The response to this reveal has to be energizing for DICE. CoD trailer shenanigans aside, people seem really into it. This setting is one that was always written off, even by me initially, and is uncommon in games but this trailer sold everyone on it hard.

 

[More_Badass]

The response to this reveal has to be energizing for DICE. CoD trailer shenanigans aside, people seem really into it. This setting is one that was always written off, even by me initially, and is uncommon in games but this trailer sold everyone on it hard.

The odd looking tanks, hellish landscapes, and brutal close-quarters combat make it look very different even from the WW2 shooters everyone remembers

 

[RoboPlato]

The odd looking tanks, hellish landscapes, and brutal close-quarters combat make it look very different even from the WW2 shooters everyone remembers

I agree

I've played enough WWII games for a lifetime. This seems cool and the trailer did a great job convincing me that the weaponry and technology of the period were appropriate for the BF experience.

 

[wowbaggerBR]

The response to this reveal has to be energizing for DICE. CoD trailer shenanigans aside, people seem really into it. This setting is one that was always written off, even by me initially, and is uncommon in games but this trailer sold everyone on it hard.

That and the fact that the modern and sci-fi shooters reached the same saturation as the WW2 themed games in the last decade (even in NeoGAF you could easily find people vocal about this need to go back to historic settings for quite some time now). Even so, DICE was bold to put up such concept - I'd love to see how they pitched this idea to EA's big wigs.

About the trailer comparison with CoD, it just goes to show you that they fully capitalized on that saturation: people enjoyed, the repercution about the idea of going back to past is positive. And the trailer is very well thought off, something you can't say about CoD IW: somehow, they made the Solar System's collonization look a bit boring.

 

[Acinixys]

I hope the emphasis on close-quarters combat doesn't imply lots of nefarious quicktimery...

Press F to brutally murder

 

[Pastry]

My sister texted me yesterday saying that her boyfriend really wanted to get the game but that he needed a PlayStation first. I told her that he has until October lol. Anecdotal nd all but I thought it was interesting.

 

[etta]

My sister texted me yesterday saying that her boyfriend really wanted to get the game but that he needed a PlayStation first. I told her that he has until October lol. Anecdotal nd all but I thought it was interesting.

He thought he needed a PlayStation to play the new Battlefield or he needed to spend his money on a PlayStation before a game?

 

[The Wise Old Man]

Also below are the list of achievement/trophy titles that absolutely must be in this game:

Not so quiet on the western front

Howitzer? I hardly knew her!

No time to Marne

Sopwith camel toe to toe

Sleepless in Somme

Feeling gassy

Getting a leg up on the Ottomans

Cat and Mauser

 

[Shadowheart]

Battlefield 4 Premium Edition is 109 DKK (about USD 16) in Denmark. Is it worth the extra over the standard version?



Can't decide whether I should get some BF4 action before BF1

The overwhlming players are on the free standard maps, obviously. There are some modes that are exclusive to DLC, but again, they aren't as popular. For me, I bought BF4 a year after release and so the difference between the standard and the full version wasn't that much really and plus you get the hassle free of getting the message "you can't join this server because you don't have all the maps".
I say compare the prices and decide from there. Whatever you go with, BF4 is a lot of fun and it's filled with those 'only in battlefield' moments. Fun times.

Press F to brutally murder

I can see them making a quick rock, paper, scissors as apposed to the quicktime/'who pushes faste' style in 4- since they mentioned it is more than just a quick stab and you're done. Maybe a friend can join in the brutal personal kill too? You can be trying to stop an enemy from plunging their knife into you then a friend comes by and whacks the back of his head with a club. Now there's a thought.

From what I've read the side loading magazine offset the weight and make it more difficult to aim apart from when mounted.

Ah. I haven't thought about the balance issue.

 

[Raide]

I had the random thought of players having to do a Gears of War chainsaw style battle to decide who gets murdered by a spade in BF1.

 

[Pastry]

He thought he needed a PlayStation to play the new Battlefield or he needed to spend his money on a PlayStation before a game?

He just needs a next gen system I guess

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Btw the guy who leaked the Achievement picture from BF1, leaked the entire Origins Achievement List:



Of course subject to change, but i doubt a lot will change.

Seems accurate. I know there are 30 or so achievements in the game.

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

Dont forget the first BF:Hardline is free on PS4 as well.

 

[Shadowheart]

Dont forget the first BF:Hardline is free on PS4 as well.

I see it for $10 USD. Is it free somewhere else?

 

[Karspankey]

I see it for $10 USD. Is it free somewhere else?

He means the first DLC.

 

[5taquitos]

I see it for $10 USD. Is it free somewhere else?

I think he/she meant to say "DLC." The Robbery DLC pack is free right now.

 

[More_Badass]

That and the fact that the modern and sci-fi shooters reached the same saturation as the WW2 themed games in the last decade (even in NeoGAF you could easily find people vocal about this need to go back to historic settings for quite some time now). Even so, DICE was bold to put up such concept - I'd love to see how they pitched this idea to EA's big wigs.

They could have easily just showed us D-Day in Frostbite and those wanting historic shooters again would have probably been pleased

But tackling World War 1 is really bold

 

[oggob]

Gallipoli confirmed. I'm calling it.

That would be amazing and would get me to buy in, BF3 was my last BF game.

 

[Hip Hop]

Is this a nonfiction take on WWI, or is it something else?

 

[Rebel Leader]

Is this a nonfiction take on WWI, or is it something else?

it looks to be a nonfiction take

 

[wenis]

looking at that trailer again, I just still don't know what to think.

bold choice for sure, but eh. WW1 is just a real personal war to tackle. There is no strong disconnect for the player. Trench warfare was disgusting and horrifying and personal. If they don't handle it with some level of respect for the men that lived and died in those trenches, but also don't turn away players who want nothing to do with that gameplay style... I just don't know.