Star Wars Battlefront [PS4, XO]

[Deleted member 11852]

IGN have the first piece of DICE concept art for this game, due out later this year. This is as good a time as any to kick off the game thread!

Source: IGN (who also have a 4800 x 2700 high-res version)

Really looking forward to this!

 

[Cyan]

I am not into the Star Wars universe, but this game just looks so good that it could be my second Star Wars game ever.

 

[RenegadeRocks]

BF:Star Wars right? I am not into Star Wars either, but would love a new futuristic BF.

 

[Billy Idol]

Hm...I want it!!!! But it is DICE we are talking here...they eat babies during their lunch break and use poor monkeys for QA!

 

[Rodéric]

I love Star Wars, but I boycott EA, so no go anyway.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

SW:BF on PS2 was a great game, a simple, fun, pick up and play shooter. Been eager for a sequel, but it's one of those games they could easily cock up. If they make it BattleField Space for example, it won't be the same experience and I possibly won't be interested. The lack of realism in the original was one of its charms, I think. If it's a real shooter with a SW skin, it'll need to be something special to not be as old and tired as all the other shooters.

 

[upnorthsox]

So I was just watching the E3 trailer for this and noticed they say See More Spring 2015:

Does this mean we should be expecting a big reveal at GDC this week? Looks promising.

 

[L. Scofield]

Well DICE will have a talk about Frostbite at GDC I think so perhaps we'll see some glimpses there.

 

[NRP]

I'm almost certainly going to buy this . . . about four or five months after release so all the bugs are ironed out.

 

[Deleted member 11852]

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The jungle felt rich and solid, the snow convincingly snowy. It might start to fall apart on close inspection, but it was impressive to the less bitter and jaded of us...

Nothing about the snow really stands out to me. Back to the vaunted forest bit. I'm seeing very little vegetative motion there for a forest. It's not very noticeable because of the camera pan which is keeping everything in motion but if you want to sense of the vegetive fakery focus on the two bushes that get hit by the laser blast around 1:43 and the way both bushes rock back and forth like pots.

 

[Scott_Arm]

There are zero games I've seen that look anywhere near as good as that clip of the jungle. I think this is an absolutely perfect time for me to say that you can't see the forest for the trees.

 

[Deleted member 11852]

There are zero games I've seen that look anywhere near as good as that clip of the jungle. I think this is an absolutely perfect time for me to say that you can't see the forest for the trees.

The lack of movement is jarring for me. Trees and plants should move. Shadows cast from the leafy canopy above should be casting shifting shadows on the ground but.. there is nothing. Don't look at what is there look at what isn't. They're seven months out from shipping.

 

[Deleted member 11852]

Also, I desperately hope they are using Hoth and Endor just as examples of planets in the Star Wars universe for demo purposes, I really hope they have an original story. I don't want to be trooper 27162-3 who gets posted to the first Death Star and has to fight Han and Luke when they escape, then gets posted to Hoth to overwhelm the rebel base while they try to escape.

Please, DICE, do an original story that isn't tied to the original trilogy

 

[DieH@rd]

I just want great singleplayer experience. Hopefully they will be able to deliver that. If it's MP only, I am not interested in it.

 

[pjbliverpool]

I showed that video to the wife and she's was like "we must have that game!" So I guess we're getting this game.

 

[Billy Idol]

I don't believe that those in-engine scenes are real-time. At least not on consoles...maybe the Titan X.

 

[Malo]

I showed that video to the wife and she's was like "we must have that game!" So I guess we're getting this game.

You did inform her that the game itself won't look nearly that good right?

 

[pjbliverpool]

You did inform her that the game itself won't look nearly that good right?

Lol, I didn't want to dash her enthusiasm.

 

[Scott_Arm]

The lack of movement is jarring for me. Trees and plants should move. Shadows cast from the leafy canopy above should be casting shifting shadows on the ground but.. there is nothing. Don't look at what is there look at what isn't. They're seven months out from shipping.

Like I said, forest for the trees. You're looking at a video from June 2014 of a beautiful rainforest that looks more detailed than any game that I've seen, and you're finding one aspect to basically ignore the rest. I have no expectations that it'll look that good on consoles. Maybe an sli pc. It's that impressive looking.

 

[Deleted member 11852]

Like I said, forest for the trees. You're looking at a video from June 2014 of a beautiful rainforest that looks more detailed than any game that I've seen, and you're finding one aspect to basically ignore the rest.

The one aspect being the game environment is static like games from the original PlayStation. Play Tomb Raider, any Far Cry, Crysis or even GTA V and imagine the forest environment where the trees and plants don't move.

Prettying up the geometry and textures is no compensation.