Battlefield: Hardline (Its war no more :( )

[RenegadeRocks]

http://www.battlefield.com/hardline

WTF is this ? I guess the official death of Battlefield franchise has begun !
I loved you while you lasted BF !

 

[DieH@rd]

^ why so negative?

I am very interested to see what will Visceral Games create with this game now that they have finally moved away from Dead Space.

 

[Deleted member 11852]

Me too. I've been a soldier in the past, in the present, in the near future, in the far future, in space, in a different universe and definitely looking for a different take on FPS.

That's not to say it'll be any good, but they have my interest

 

[RenegadeRocks]

Its a Police/SWAT game. Rainbow 6, SWAT, nothing new here, no new take on FPS. We have had those games before. I am negative because my beloved COD went south the moment it left uniforms behind and became terrorist hunting game with MW2. History is repeating itself with BF shedding uniforms and turning into a anti-terrorist game ! I hear the Death Knell ! The reaper calls for BF !

I want my "War" games to stay War games, not turn into civillian hunting BS ! Yes, its a personal thing !

and did you see the Fast n Furious screenshot at the bottom right ?!?!? Yeah, that totally Battlefield !

 

[djskribbles]

I'm not much of a MP guy, so the fact that Visceral is making it has me excited about the SP.

 

[Deleted member 11852]

Its a Police/SWAT game. Rainbow 6, SWAT, nothing new here, no new take on FPS.

Soldiers on a battlefield is definitely more tired that police or SWAT. I mean they're done just about everything imaginable If the demand was still there, they'd still be doing it so I assume they have figures showing declining interest.

 

[Rangers]

Pre-e3 leaks ahoy! Hardlines trailer (though they keep calling it "Omaha")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WHMCa1FbWE

Meh, the fact it's cross gen, dulling the graphics, made it lose a LOT of appeal to me. Smart devs will be going current gen only sooner than later imo, or at least make one distinct game per gen , like AC is doing.

 

[DavidGraham]

Two BF games in 2 years? and they still haven't fixed many BF4 problems yet, are they ready for this?

 

[Rangers]

Too me it looks like COD went current gen with AW (even though it has a last gen version, the gfx on the current gen trailer looked much better), while BF stays in the past with Hardlines. At least judging by both trailers. And I suspect BF sales will suffer for it this round.

It's usually gfx at the root of things. People forget Modern Warfare first exploded onto the scene as a major looker (yeah, hard to believe now, but I was there). Similarly BF3 really exploded the BF series back into prominence because the early trailer looked incredible.

 

[DavidGraham]

Just saw the OMAHA trailer, graphics is definitely worse than even BF3, why is that?!

 

[RenegadeRocks]

watching the OMAHA trailer ! HAHahhahaha....how is this a BF game? its more like FPS GTA online modes for MP ! I mean, its cops vs robbers FFS ! How is it BF in any way possible ? ! The name Battlefield doesn't even fit the theme.

I am sure DICE founders and core team is crying somewhere watching their beloved franchise they brought up with their hard worked go to god knows what ! I will be waiting for the next DICE BF, but yes, the name which was held high....its getting associated with this. Why couldn't this just be anew game series ?

@Repi: I hope BF survives this exploitation, cos I don't think this will stop ! Prepare for Beach volleyball BF games sooner than later, EA wants its COD real bad !

 

[Scott_Arm]

I don't mind the genre switch. The essence of the gameplay is still there. It's just a question of how well the game modes are executed. There is definitely a GTA influence on this, as others have stated. I'm' ok with that. My real issue is that BF4 had serious issues that took a very long time to fix. Maybe Visceral will get this one right. You don't want to punish Visceral for Dice's mistakes, but it's easy to want to stay away from the series at this point. Maybe if this is good, I'll buy this one and then skip the next Dice version. My general excitement for games in general is dropping fast, so it's possible I won't get this one at all.

 

[McHuj]

Just saw the OMAHA trailer, graphics is definitely worse than even BF3, why is that?!

People on GAF were saying that it's an internal trailer with early build footage and not meant for public release. It could be, but I'm not sure what they're basing it on.

 

[DieH@rd]

People on GAF were saying that it's an internal trailer with early build footage and not meant for public release. It could be, but I'm not sure what they're basing it on.

Well for one, game will not be called Omaha, and some of them claim that everything that was shown was not traditional Uber-PC footage that EA uses regulary, but PS4 footage [Sony button prompts]. Original BF3 reveal was on Radeon 7990.

 

[McHuj]

I'm actually really excited about this.

But, I'm concerned about the scale. Can they pull of a 64 player map with this? Will they even have the equivalent of Conquest Large?

And I'm really curious how the vehicle combat will work with more civilian vehicles.

 

[orangpelupa]

the destruction looks still super limited like in BF4. I still miss the destruction in bfbc series...

 

[deathindustrial]

But, I'm concerned about the scale. Can they pull off a 64 player map with this? Will they even have the equivalent of Conquest Large?

DICE couldn't pull it off with BF4 reliably so I wouldn't set my hopes very high.

After the BF4 mess they might have well called this game "Battlefield Won't Buy".

Cheers

 

[Cjail]

64 players doesn't sound right for a "cops vs thieves" MP in my opinion.
I expect something more contained like 8 vs 8 if they want to deliver a "Heat like" experience.

 

[McHuj]

DICE couldn't pull it off with BF4 reliably so I wouldn't set my hopes very high.

After the BF4 mess they might have well called this game "Battlefield Won't Buy".

Cheers

I won't argue that it was released early, but now BF4 is hell of a game. Haven't had any issues on Conquest (PS4).

64 players doesn't sound right for a "cops vs thieves" MP in my opinion.
I expect something more contained like 8 vs 8 if they want to deliver a "Heat like" experience.

That's what concerns me. It's "battlefield", the name itself implies large scale, but the concept doesn't go well with that. I'm cautiously optimistic, but we'll see ...

 

[Deleted member 13524]

Since when did a game's setting and characters ever stop a many-players MP mode from happening?
"Oh we cannot put 64 players in a battlefield because our game is about cops and thieves"

If needed, they would make a 64-player battlefield with jedis with a setting placed right after the jedi purge.