And it is difficult to put my thumb on why, except that almost everything about the game has changed in ways I personally don’t like. Guns making laser sounds, nerfed Recon class, awkward unlock system (which BF3 doesn’t really do better on, just saying), terrible fucking spawn points… the list goes on.
Granted, I am only PVT FC5, so I don’t have EXTENSIVE playtime put into the game, but therein lies the problem: I went into BF4 expecting to die against enemies who had all of the unlocks ahead of me, and I went into BF3 the same way. Gave them both plenty of time to work out bugs before playing, and I am almost halfway through BF3 ranks and it was fun! BF4 does some things better, but the maps seem designed to be medium range at best and the game as whole just feels like a step towards CoD to me, which I already anticipate massive insults for saying.
I am not a huge fan of the rapid shoot-die-respawn, frantic reflex test that is CoD. I refer variety, and this game hasn’t shown me a whole lot so far.
BUT I bought it intending to play it and like it, so any advice on how you made the transition from BF3->BF4 would be extremely appreciated! =]
X-post this in /r/battlefield_4 as well, it’s much better used than this one. 83,398 readers vs 3,936 here
Bf4 is more tactical though. With lower time to kill, commander, orders and more i dont think bf4 is going more towards CoD. I just think you have to put in some more time.
Do you play on pc? Ps3/4?
I feel the same way. I loved Battlefield 3 but there are a handful of things about it that needed to be fixed. I feel like BF4 doesn’t fix any of the things that needed fixed and went out of its way to break some of the things that worked well in BF3. Plus, I don’t feel like I get excited to play any of the maps, versus I had 2-3 on BF3 that I really would look forward to. It definitely feels like a step in the wrong direction. Given what I’ve heard about Hardline I’m worried about this franchise.
Pretty much only PC now, though I originally played on PS3.
Maybe that is my problem with it. I went into it with expectations that it was going to be pretty similar to BF3, and it deviated from that more than I had anticipated.
Little things accumulated until I didn’t really like the experience in the first few hours of play, and then the feeling just became rooted.
I’ll go back and give it some more time.
Thanks, I will definitely do that. 