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JOGAGATYA
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago

Original Hourglass vs Silk Road on BF4

Downloaded BF4 to my PS5 last night  to play a bit with it. I didn’t play with BF4 in its prime time just got it about 3-4 years ago after BFV. 
(I started playing BF 1943, BC2 , BF2, BF3 in my days before a break from gaming) 

Anyway, I noticed an awesome map in BF4 that reminded me of the original Hourglass. It is Silk Road on BF4. 

People who complained about the original Hourglass and praised BF4 either never played BF4 or only played Metro / Op. Locker 24/7. 

Even one of the most beloved instalment of this franchise (BF4) had huge maps with lots of open space, vehicle needed to travel between flags, tons of vehicles and snipers mixed with infantry. That Silk Road server on BF4 was FULL last night. 

Just a friendly reminder that BF is not and never was like COD, or Fortnite, or Apex or Tarkov. The original Hourglass was totally fine. 

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  • Natilla4Real's avatar
    Natilla4Real
    2 years ago
    @JOGAGATYA wrote:

    Downloaded BF4 to my PS5 last night  to play a bit with it. I didn’t play with BF4 in its prime time just got it about 3-4 years ago after BFV. 
    (I started playing BF 1943, BC2 , BF2, BF3 in my days before a break from gaming) 

    Anyway, I noticed an awesome map in BF4 that reminded me of the original Hourglass. It is Silk Road on BF4. 

    People who complained about the original Hourglass and praised BF4 either never played BF4 or only played Metro / Op. Locker 24/7. 

    Even one of the most beloved instalment of this franchise (BF4) had huge maps with lots of open space, vehicle needed to travel between flags, tons of vehicles and snipers mixed with infantry. That Silk Road server on BF4 was FULL last night. 

    Just a friendly reminder that BF is not and never was like COD, or Fortnite, or Apex or Tarkov. The original Hourglass was totally fine. 

    I miss old hourglass so much 😢

  • cso7777's avatar
    cso7777
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago
    @JOGAGATYA I have played way more BF4 than 2042 and still think Hourglass is one of the worst maps ever made in a BF-game (both before and after the rework).

    Silk road is not that great either, but BF4 worked differently from 2042 and it was not quite as bad as Hourglass.

    The same goes for Golmud Railway in BF4, which is another open map. It still works better than Hourglass (and Golmud has a lot of vehicles).

    BF4 has many issues, but is a way more balanced game than 2042.
  • JOGAGATYA's avatar
    JOGAGATYA
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago

    I guess everyone has favourites and maps to avoid as well. 

    My personal worst map in 20 years of BF history is easily Reclaimed. 

    Since i play with friends (microphone on) i love the combined arms aspect of gameplay even more. On maps like Reclaimed there is no sense fighting together. The map is so small everyone just runs around for themselves. We talk,  but not about the game, or helping each other. 

  • xVulture's avatar
    xVulture
    2 years ago
    @JOGAGATYA Silk Road has better terrain for infantry to navigate, vehicles that spawn in zones and is not half the sq. miles as Hourglass.
  • cso7777's avatar
    cso7777
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago
    @JOGAGATYA I'm an infantry player, but find that reclaimed is nothing special. It sounded good on paper, but in reality it is a boring map.

    For me 2042s specialist system has made the game a total mess and teamplay (which was bad enough in BF1/BFV) is not almost totally gone. Giving everybody "special powers", have made people care even less about winning the games, helping their teams etc etc.

    Also the progression systems are not helping either. People spend their time completing different tasks for the battlepass and often these tasks are not really helping PTFO/teamplay (like getting melee kills with Boris' shield etc etc).

    I'm guilty myself. The game is so bad (not fun), that all I do is completing the weekly missions and then go play other (better) games instead.
  • GovntTookMyBaby's avatar
    GovntTookMyBaby
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago

    silk road came with an expansion tho, and i may definately be wrong but i think it was a vehicle themed expac. anyway the fundamental part of these map comparisons arent if bf4 had better maps, its that bf4 HAD A SERVER BROWSER!!!!! you werent FORCED to play silk road 5 times in a row!!!!  

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