Hardline shipped with an adequate number of game modes to play and enjoy, but that doesn’t mean we don’t want or deserve more. The variety of choices helps keep the game interesting, and offers new challenges for players. The majority of my proposals are adaptations of existing game modes from other Battlefield games. There is …
Monthly Archive: March 2015
Mar 30
Two Weeks Of Hardline: How Are We Doing?
We just finished up a Battlefest Double XP weekend, and that gave many players a chance to rank up and purchase unlocks for the game. This gives us a fair measure of just how long it will take to unlock the key items in the game, and also how well the game will play when …
Mar 23
Hardline: A Battlefield Without A War
After our first weekend of Hardline, how is everyone enjoying the game? We had a bit more time to play the game, and my quick big revelation is that none of the Hardline game modes, not even the classic conquest, really are games about war. There is a lot of shooting and fighting, but the …
Mar 20
Battlefield News For The Start Of Spring 2015
Star Wars Battlefront – 2015 http://starwars.ea.com/news/battlefront-to-debut-at-celebration We get a first real look at Star Wars Battlefront next month. This is an extremely anticipated game, especially for all of us fans of the original Star Wars Battlefront series. For those not familiar with it, it was a 64 player take over the map’s control points (flags) …
Mar 18
Your Battlefield 4 Assignments, If You Choose To Accept Them
Or how to get 100% completion in Battlefield 4. One of the challenges players give themselves is 100% completion of all unlocks and achievements in a game. Battlefield 4 has some assignments which offer weapons and equipment of use in the game, but most awards, assignments, and achievements give only cosmetic items, or fill …
Mar 18
First Day Of Battlefield Hardline: Quick Response And Advice
Hardline is here for all of us now, and it is a solid game. It has run well for me, and a day one NVidia driver update works fine and fixes issues for many people. There are some reports of problems, but most people are playing a game which is running just fine. The Beta …
Mar 16
A Farewell To Battlefield 4: All Hail Battlefield Hardline
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/forum/threadview/2955065240848993868/ Hardline is here for some of us, and very soon for the rest of us on March 17, 2015. The forums are filled with posts crying that Battlefield 4 is coming to an end, now that the new Battlefield game is here. But is this a case of a sequel replacing its predecessor, …
Mar 13
Battlefield 4 Or Brokenfield 4, We Still Play The Game. Why?
Battlefield 4 did not have a smooth, uneventful launch. EA and DICE have acknowledged this. The interesting thing is that despite the problems, most BF4 players stuck with the game, or came back to it as things were fixed. Six months after release, the idea of opening up development to the players — the Community …
Mar 12
Tips To Rank Up Fast In Battlefield 4
Metallicat here, and first I’m just going to say that there is no big secret to unlocking items for kits, vehicles, and weapons in Battlefield 4. There are other games where your choice of actions can boost your rewards considerably, but for the most part, you can’t control those in Battlefield. The Basics Of Advancement …
Mar 07
The Good News And Bad: Battlefield 4 Winter Patch 2015
We have had a few days to play the latest upgrade to Battlefield 4. First, some good news. Invisible Improvements The improved netcode has reduced the chances of odd or impossible results from weapon fire and other attacks. Network bandwidth is handled better, making it less likely that network issues will cause problems in play. …