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Unfortunate Advertising. Battlefield 4 spotlights EA's inability to launch Games
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Metallix87
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Battlefield 4 may just be the straw that breaks the camel's back with regards to EA.
zephervack
Member
Flashback of Gertsmann-gate
SolidSnakex
Member
Game Informer has also posted an article about how EA and DICE have lost consumer trust
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/featu...n-ea-and-dice-have-broken-consumer-trust.aspx
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/featu...n-ea-and-dice-have-broken-consumer-trust.aspx
NullPointer
Member
And it'd be so completely deserved.
Neither has anyone else (without issues)
SolidSnakex
Member
I think Battlefront will come before the next BF, so it'll be interesting to see how it's viewed leading up to its release.
Don't Laugh
Banned
exactly
gamers have shorter term memories than the voting public does when it comes to politics
Chittagong
Gold Member
With CoD losing traction, and BF going to shit, what are we supposed to be playing for hundreds of hours in the future?
Hope it's not just iOS and Dota 2
Hope it's not just iOS and Dota 2
D
Deleted member 20415
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Could barely play on XBOne last night... after crashing 5 times, I was able to get into about 4 matches with my friends. When we tried to a different game mode, we were all unable to reconnect to ANY mode on ANY server...
Good times!
Can't believe I bought this damn game.
qa_engineer
Member
I've played a total of 4 hours and I don't plan on going back. So glad I didn't spend another 50 for the "EA's extreme totally awesome map pack" thing, aka take it in the butt. I want my 60 dollars back so I can drop it into another buggy, but much more rewarding game on PS4. WARFRAME.
Fuck you, EA. Fuck you in your greedy asses.
Fuck you, EA. Fuck you in your greedy asses.
They have fixed the crashing, some of the unoptimization, and a few other huge gameplay issues.
There are still many more issues for them to tackle though, the largest of them still being the huge lag that you can suffer during the game.
Even under the best conditions, each player will still have around 70-100 ms ping
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZyqeFwtRTk
Probably helps that you are a Nintendo fan, but I'm done.
I, unfortunately had to wash my hands of Bioware and now I will be with Dice as well. I told my friends how bad this release would be, but they weren't prepared.
I will be getting Titanfall on PC, but that isn't EA proper.
All I do... is laugh.
Laugh at the gamers that paid 50 to 120 euro for Beta testing this turd.
In the past I became angry at gamers that buy games blindly at release date. Now I try to relativate it by laughing with their misery.
I am grateful though. In 6 months I will buy this game for 15 euro (PC) and have a polished and cheaper experience.
Laugh at the gamers that paid 50 to 120 euro for Beta testing this turd.
In the past I became angry at gamers that buy games blindly at release date. Now I try to relativate it by laughing with their misery.
I am grateful though. In 6 months I will buy this game for 15 euro (PC) and have a polished and cheaper experience.
Neuromancer
Member
Haha that's great, I'm getting the exact same ad here.
Got to say I agree with Kuchera on this one, I'm kind of impressed. It's nice to see him sticking up for his readers rather than a corporation.
Got to say I agree with Kuchera on this one, I'm kind of impressed. It's nice to see him sticking up for his readers rather than a corporation.
Interfectum
Member
It's still Origin though. =/
Not a Jellyfish
but I am a sheep
Destiny.
Mercury Land-Snake
Member
Titanfall. It's too bad it's MS exclusive, it would have far greater market impact on all major systems.
SpeedySwaf
Member
I doubt it. The Sim City release was also a fiasco, but EA kept on trucking away, though admittedly I don't think the SC fanbase is as large as the Battlefield one.
I want things to improve, but history tells me that EA is impervious to technical and critical duds. All they do is throw up their hands, sweep the game under the rug, and continue to survive on their sports games and licenses. More so now that Disney is contracting them to do Star Wars games.
Things will only change if people stop buying their games, but as is too many people are buying the games right away while either not hearing or ignoring reviews of the issues. As long as that keeps happening, they'll have no incentive to change.
I think its issues are a bit overblown at this point. I have been able to consistently play online for at least the last 2 weeks. Played several times with 2 full squads of friends on party chat for several hours with no one having any issues.
I am not saying launch was good, and that the game has no issues anymore. But I would not say MP on PS4 is broken. But its still super lame about the SP save corruption though. They need to do more than just a weak double exp thing for their loyal fans.
I am not saying launch was good, and that the game has no issues anymore. But I would not say MP on PS4 is broken. But its still super lame about the SP save corruption though. They need to do more than just a weak double exp thing for their loyal fans.
ShinMaruku
Member
So true. I have not bought a EA game in years and I am very happy.
Not to mention the fact that they still sell DLC that doesnt work. You can buy it, download it, and literally not use it. You'd think they would remove it from the market place until it actually worked? Friend bought china rising dlc for $15 on 360, and for weeks has been unable to use it. Can't join any China Rising servers, and he's tried everything. I just think it's crazy that it can still be purchased on the marketplace when an issue like that still exists. Way worse than the crashing: it literally can't be used!
FairXchange
Member
Okay, I understand the game launched in an unacceptable state. I also only have access to the PS4 version, but that version runs acceptably now, even perfectly fine after 80 hours logged into the MP.
What are the issues that remain? Is it possible to redeem this game if all the problems have been resolved, or is it doomed to be labelled 'broken' indefinitely? Is it still broken for others, bearing in mind it's perfectly fine on PS4 at the moment for me (no more dropped games, no more rubber banding, no more freezes, no more error screens, etc).
What are the issues that remain? Is it possible to redeem this game if all the problems have been resolved, or is it doomed to be labelled 'broken' indefinitely? Is it still broken for others, bearing in mind it's perfectly fine on PS4 at the moment for me (no more dropped games, no more rubber banding, no more freezes, no more error screens, etc).
Sadly, that's not going to happen. All they have to do is produce a single game people want to play that actually works and this transgression will be water under the bridge.
BruiserBear
Banned
Define "breaking the camels back"? Do you think EA is going to go out of business?
Did you forget that shooters aren't the only genre in gaming? What about RPG's? They take hours of dedicated gameplay to get anywhere, so you could pour your time into that. even any other competitive online game you could pour time into ie: Fifa, Street Fighter, Forza, Gran turismo, final fantasy, solitaire...need I go on?
I sure will. I got a full refund on Origin after launch and bought the game later on when it was playable (and also cheaper). It's a great game and they'll surely do better with Battlefield 5.
As the saying goes;
Fool me once, shame on you (BF3). Fool me twice, shame on me (BF4).
I certainly won't be buying another Battlefield title (at launch) again, I hope others won't either... What's even more infuriating is that DICE don't even communicate with their audience on what they're currently working on or how they're planning to stabilize the game, unless EA have a gag order on them
Fool me once, shame on you (BF3). Fool me twice, shame on me (BF4).
I certainly won't be buying another Battlefield title (at launch) again, I hope others won't either... What's even more infuriating is that DICE don't even communicate with their audience on what they're currently working on or how they're planning to stabilize the game, unless EA have a gag order on them
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
Multiplayer has been running fine for a few weeks now but I haven't touched the single player since the game appears to still be corrupting save files. It's some shameful shit.
Step your game up, get CS
lensoftruth
Member
If you don't love it, just return it.
Is that not valid for Battlefield 4?
Is that not valid for Battlefield 4?
Dreams-Visions
Member
It works more or less. But I think it's pretty fair to say that nobody (or nearly nobody) that has had the game for more than a month has played it without technical problems creeping into their experience. Whether it means getting kicked out of a match, having a single player save corrupted, black deployment screens, being stuck on the ground half revived, or audio cutting out.
This is before even discussing hit detection and netcode.
When it's working, you can have fun...but unreliable product is unreliable. It had an opportunity to become something of a defacto leader in the console FPS space considering how down people are on CoD (the fatigue is real)...but it seems asking DICE to be able to launch nearly simultaneously on 6 or 7 different platforms was a bridge too far for the time allotted.
I expect a very long, very interesting editorial from Polygon/Verge with perspective from insiders in the coming months on just how much went wrong here and why.
J-Roderton
Member
I feel dirty.
Can't believe Polygon is going in but, I'm so glad they are. The "we are aware of the issues and are working on them" from DICE is such bull. They most likely have BEEN aware of them before launch and still decided to release the game. I mean, I paid $120 bucks and the shit still runs like garbage.
DUFFMCWALIN
Member
Ya its kinda hard to play an EA game when they don't make any games for the only systems you own.
Emperor Bohe
Member
I haven't played the game ever since my save on Xbox One decided to just disappear..
speculawyer
Member
EA certainly has huge quality control and agressive release schedule problems.
However, I wouldn't put much weight into the lawsuit . . . there are law firms that just monitor the stock market and any time a stock drops by a significant percentage they look for a reason to file a lawsuit. (Which they'll likely either drop or settle and thus collect fees.)
EA really seems to be living on their monopolies right now . . . Madden NFL monopoly, FIFA monopoly, de facto NHL monopoly, looking to exploit their new Star Wars monopoly, etc. But they better get their act together. Consumers are not going to keep putting up with debacles like SimCity DRM mess, buggy Battlefield 4 mess, NBA Live 14 crap, etc.
However, I wouldn't put much weight into the lawsuit . . . there are law firms that just monitor the stock market and any time a stock drops by a significant percentage they look for a reason to file a lawsuit. (Which they'll likely either drop or settle and thus collect fees.)
EA really seems to be living on their monopolies right now . . . Madden NFL monopoly, FIFA monopoly, de facto NHL monopoly, looking to exploit their new Star Wars monopoly, etc. But they better get their act together. Consumers are not going to keep putting up with debacles like SimCity DRM mess, buggy Battlefield 4 mess, NBA Live 14 crap, etc.
Metallix87
Member
Absolutely not, don't be ridiculous. I think EA will have to finally own up to some of their poor behavior over the last few years, and moving forward, I suspect this causes them to better themselves a great deal.
EA doesn't care and they will do it again.
Not SimCity? That game was literally unplayable due to the always on DRM and other social elements.
It will be whatever big comes along, hopefully something good.
Not SimCity? That game was literally unplayable due to the always on DRM and other social elements.
It will be whatever big comes along, hopefully something good.
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