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CyberDyme's avatar
CyberDyme
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4 years ago

Will the Beta be a game changer

We are all hyped about getting to this BF2042 Beta.

No dates confirmed yet from EA, but fair to say it needs to happen within next few weeks to stay on final release plan.  The silence from EA has added to the speculations and hype.  Hope it will not backfire...

But will this beta dictate your opinion or have you already bought the full package no matter?  I did that for both BF1 and BFV, but left both of them after short while, highly disappointed.  To me this next one will determine if I see the BF franchise rebound from the edge or it will plummet into becoming obsolete.

This is the first modern day shooter from EA for 8+ years.  For us dedicated BFBC/BF3/BF4 veterans, think this is last chance to keep us around, as more alternatives are out there than ever before.  And personally I am not going to wait around for more years for giving them a 4th chance to get it right.

So where are we today:

The BF2042 reveal trailer was great, classic modern gameplay showed, the Portal, etc.  I liked it!

But will we get it all working in the final game?  Been burned plenty before by EA on this, latest Firestorm, anybody...

Now we had the secret Technical Playtesting, that despite NDAs got leaked all over the place.  Some aspects looked great, but it was far from being release ready.  At best it was at 30 FPS, plenty of crashes and bugs.  And the Playstation component didnt even make it to the playtest.  Lets seriously hope it was an old game build, despite data miners have identified the compile was made just a few days before.

Personally I had expected a big BF2042 show from EA at Gamescom.  Both BF1 and BFV made it big time there.  BFV was full of bugs at launch, but we still played it live at Gamescom!  EA have said nothing why BF2042 had nothing at Gamescom.  Nothing from EA and nothing from any of their franchise industry partners.  So what does that tell us?  An even worse state than BFV?  I start to fear the worst.

Only remaining between now and the full launch is the beta.  It will be open to the public.  And opinions no longer under NDA.  Judgement day!

From September to October they wont have time for big changes anymore.

BF1 probably had the best launch of any BF games.  BF3/BF4 were buggy as hell.  But the gameplay was great fun and the weapon balances etc could be fixed.  BFV was also buggy as hell but the gameplay was not much lasting fun.  Poor game design from launch made many drop it after short time. Bugs are annoying but can get fixed.  Poor game design cannot and that decide our gaming experience and the 'stickiness' of the game (it's longevity).

This next modern shooter is EA's golden opportunity to capture back recent years lost market share and add back to their BF fan base.

Fingers crossed that it will be a huge success!

How decisive will the beta be for you?

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  • rainkloud's avatar
    rainkloud
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    Portal is (potentially) a paradigm shift since so much of the game can be changed. As long as bugs can be kept to a minimum the rest of the experience can be altered by the community to each member's desires. That of course is much easier said than done.

    So I won't be treating this as a normal BF release because it quite literally is not.

  • DrunkwoIf's avatar
    DrunkwoIf
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    4 years ago

    I have learned my lesson, I NEVER buy a battlefield game without first trying the beta. and trust me, it has saved me some money.

  • OkamiToge's avatar
    OkamiToge
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    I know some of the cod type crap like bunny hopping, super sliding, and ridiculous running speed might make a lot of people hate it, I didn't get to try the alpha but it sounds like the running and little bird were both ridiculous in it.

  • OkamiToge's avatar
    OkamiToge
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    @HankBizzle All the feedback I was reading made it sound like it's a lot faster, I won't be too disappointed if it's the same as BFV, but sliding up steps and crap with no downside has got to go, and bunny hopping should make guns very inaccurate imo.
  • HankBizzle's avatar
    HankBizzle
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    4 years ago

    @TankerFlankerIt seems to me like a lot of old BF heads didn't play much if any of BFV. I can fully understand that as it is definitely my least favourite BF. But I've played them all (except the original PC only games) and it doesn't feel anything like COD like they were all saying. Feels like I said, very much the same as BFV movement wise. But the gunplay was defo pure BF4, which is good as the gunplay is what killed BF5 for me. On what planet is it more accurate to hip fire than ADS 😂

    Also the sliding is an actual feature now rather than a kinda glitch, so no sliding up stairs.

    My probably unpopular opinion is that a lot of older players just seem very resistant to change, from what I played its still definitely BF, just with modern features. Times change and not all change is bad. And if all you want is to play old BF games, then that's fine and portal is there for you. I personally look forward to playing a new game. 

  • VOLBANKER_PC's avatar
    VOLBANKER_PC
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    I will check the Beta, but it’s not decisive for me.

    I will also look at users’ reaction after the launch, especially Youtube-clips of gameplay uploaded by ‘normal’ players, i.e. not content creators.

  • ninjapenquinuk's avatar
    ninjapenquinuk
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    At this rate the Beta will be the first time any real game info is released.  I mean we know so little and have seen so little. So not sure you could call it a game changing moment. The beta will probably be the first time people will go yay or nay. And seeing as the game is this close release it's a bit concerning.

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