GameStop 'wowed' by Battlefield 4

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  I never finished the single player in BF3. Got bored. : Fred Garvin
  • SP wasn't really the point of BF3 : kill9
  • I enjoyed it, great graphics showcase. : at0micgarden
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    The F-18 scene was amazing to behold, the rest was your standard CoD style FPS on rails. Impressive pres... : pigvomit
    • God the graphics of that F18 scene, so amazing. : Snipergen
    • I love love love that build up before take off. Flying around, whatever. But the way they structured that... : Chipwarrior
    • yep that was awesome, plus dat music! : devpaul
    • Oh man, I played that in 3D. FUCKING. AMAZING. The cockpit dome glass was crazy looking. : at0micgarden
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      I was enthralled by the F-18 scene, even though it really wasn't even letting me do jack shit. : Zolneirz
      • I know, but I envisioned that one day, that's what flight sims will all look like. : pigvomit
    • I seem to be the opposite. I enjoyed the SP but was underwhelmed by the fighter/cockpit part. I'm not sur... : Attica Blue
    • Lol, i never got that far, i was so put off by how boring the first level was, immediately hopped on coop... : dedgecko
    • i didnt play much SP. is there a way to just start at that level? : ninjase
  • Same, although I put in a solid 250hrs into the MP. : atom519
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    I never play any of the BF single player stuff : jonin
    • BC was pretty good, especially BC1 : dantastic
    • I really enjoyed Bad Company 2. It was open just enough to be interesting. BF3's campaign was terrible. : the Scrivener
  • i've bought the game twice and never started it. no fucks given. : gokart.
  • Who the hell plays BF games for SP? Unfortunately that revelation alone discredits your opinion. : Sgt_Boomstick
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    BF series doesn't have SP : watcherxp
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      They've all had single-player modes. : chepito_
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        Nope, never. All of the BF games were MP only. BF 1942, BF2 and BF 2142 had no single player mode a... : watcherxp
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          http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/464790-battlefield-1942-windows-screenshot-main-menu-with-instant... : chepito_
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            Bots != SP Campaign : watcherxp
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              It's a mode in the game where you can play by yourself without an internet connection. : chepito_
              • Quit reaching for the bottom to be right. Yes semantically you are right. But you look ridiculous resor... : asianwaste
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              It's singleplayer, it's a singleplayer mode. These are things you said the games never had and you were w... : Tchest
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                I stand by my statement, All battlefield games are MP only. : watcherxp
                • why is there a campaign mode in BF3 then? Thats singleplayer. : evilbabygenius
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          Bad Company 1 and 2 both had a campaign. And while not EXACTLY the same as their main series counterparts... : GreggD
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            I actually enjoyed the hell out of Bad Company 1 SP. : excite_mike
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              So good. : GreggD
              • Funny and fun as hell. : node
            • Me too. I don't get the hate. The dialogue and acting was top notch and genuinely funny, too. : Attica Blue
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              I'm pretty sure I didn't take the intended escape path from that monastery, but I still had one hell of a... : nem00
              • I don't think we had an intended path for that section lol. I scripted it that part and it was pretty dif... : -efx-
            • Hell YEAH ! such a gem. : BigT
  • Never even started it past the opening which I used to setup some of my controls. : Begawkiness
  • I finished it (it's short and easy) but I could have done without it just as well. The co-op missions wer... : deject
  • Battlefield was never a single player game... who gives a shit? : ChiefSquattingBear
  • They need to make the entire campaign coop in my opinion. My dream would be to have something as open as ... : thejay247
  • I bought it to test out my new Graphics Card, but never finished either, it still installed thought so if... : saturn96
  • I couldn't even start it -- it kept CTD'ing on me. I played 45mins of it, then went straight to MP and n... : Ride-My-Rocket
• Gamestop is wowed by any game with a potential of high retail sales. : pigvomit
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  But were they blown away? : FirstPersonCooter
  • It seems like they were prepared. : atom519
  • Lets not get out of hand, they're not IGN : kikilupo
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  Imagine that, a company that makes money on selling games was wowed by a game : AllYourBase
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    I know, right. What else are they going to say? : The Grolar Bear
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      s'alright : Chipwarrior
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        I'm not quite sure why this warranted an article. Perhaps Steve Watts is in gamestop's pockets : AllYourBase
        • I was thinking the same thing. It really is no wonder people don't read the articles here anymore. : The Grolar Bear
  • yeah kinda scratched my head seeing the headline wondering if this was newsworthy but seems either slow n... : ClawHammR
  • WOW! : DM7
• wowed, just wowed. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Well that's enough for me. I'm going to pre-order 7 copies! : jtthe2nd
• They can't wait to sell used copies of this shit. cha ching! : jonin
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  Might get piled for saying this, but frankly I just really don't like the BF games. I have a hard time se... : Ambient80
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    thanks for sharing : Bamtan
    • Oh, you are most welcome. : Ambient80
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    I found your problem. "one of the best looking games of the current console gen." BF3 on PC is AMAZIN... : pigvomit
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      Can't dislike a game if the graphix r good. : kingdepork
      • No, gameplay is miles ahead on he PC too. : Mr. Goodwrench
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      Oh, no doubt of it. Generally shooters are more fun on PC. But, I like playing with friends, and exactly ... : Ambient80
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        and exactly zero of my buddies play on PC wow. :( : Downforce
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          It's more common than you think. I had one buddy who played some PC games only because I gave him my ol... : kingdepork
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            Well then again, we have people stretching their old dual cores on windows XP 32bit for a lonnnggggggg ti... : Downforce
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              I'm interested in seeing if gamers migrate away from PC. Whether PC gaming is getting stronger naturally... : kingdepork
              • I don't have any friends who play consoles anymore. Most have sold theirs and bought gaming PC's now, an... : evilbabygenius
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    I can completely see your point. Starting with BF1942 was probably the best way for anyone to get into... : TaintedSyringe
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      Yea I miss the zany over the top fun from 1942, BF3 just doesn't have that :( : phate81
      • Just wait for the motor cycles! : dedgecko
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      Yeah. I dunno, it's like I said, I honestly just have a hard time seeing people until I'm already dead. T... : Ambient80
      • that's long range and large scale shooters for you. since you likely don't play planetside 2 either, that... : Downforce
      • Thing with Battlefield is that you can't spend a lot of time running around int he open. Moving from cove... : Mr. Goodwrench
      • That is because Battlefield 3 is terrible in the AA department. You can't see anything at a reasonable di... : KAF Elite
  • I got tired of it too fast, but then I got tired of Planetside real fast too, getting to the point where ... : damageundone
  • I have played more Battlefield (mostly 2, 2142, Bad Company 2, and 3) than the majority of people here, a... : deject
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    BF1942: Amazing. Modern Combat: Amazing. BF3: Amazing, but I got bored of it after a few months. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • BF2142 was the best BF by far imo. : Mr. Goodwrench
  • I didn't like any of the BF games =/ : timmie
  • I also had a hard time seeing people in BF3, but found it was something that improves the more you play t... : atom519
  • I tend to agree with alot of these "REALISTIC" army type games. Not to mention that trying to play casua... : Q-ball
• Too busy playing Arma 2 and with Arma 3 around the corner.. who cares? DICE ruined the Battlefield franch... : USteppin
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  Why is this news? : phate81
  • Because Gamefly. : watcherxp
  • Nothing else important is happening today, so they have to really reach for news items. : sgtsanity
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  Shacknews, everyone. : Wisp!
  • Dude this is big news. A major publisher is making a sequel to a blockbuster franchise and a person has s... : rodneystubbs
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  WOWy{!}y : Nitrium
  • I'm so wowed that I even screwed up the tags. : Nitrium
• Needs more Bad Company 3 first ;( Destruction 2.0 FTW! : kanix
• They weren't MIND BLOWN ?? : hanged_man
• Wowed by how many sales they won't get because of digital distribution? : Dynotaku
• I just want to play the beta for BF4 noww, lets see what upcoming E3 footage is shown. : supaLink
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  I have to say that BF4 has to seriously impress after getting burned about the hype from BF3. For me it i... : TheEmissary
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    wut? bf3 is a fantastic game : foo
    • muhfuckin' +INF right here. : deject
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      Agreed but the bullshit DLC killed it way too early : EricZBA
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        i've been playing every night for the last week or so, the dlc is gr8 : foo
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          I think he means it killed the shack community's interest in regards to shackbattles and stuff. : peat
          • If you only play games that the shack plays in an organized manner, you're not gonna' play a lot of shit ... : SockMonkeh
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        The DLC is great. While the fact that it is DLC and not free for everyone kinda sucks, the actual quality... : deject
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          I HATE Close Quarters. Probably because I hate CoD MW. The vehicle expansion was OK, but after I played... : Turd Ferguson
          • Aftermath is pretty fun, I don't think anyone touches CQ anymore, its just Vanilla, AK, and AM usually. : supaLink
          • CQ was my favorite set from the DLC. Awesome maps with lots of interesting routes to take, cool weapons, ... : grendel
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    Battlefield 3 had the best infantry mechanics of all the games... Wheni play planetside2 i ask myself "w... : chilln
    • oh god me too. I feel like Ive got KY on my boots. : evilbabygenius
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    BF3 is fucking awesome (on pc). It surpassed the hype for me. : dmaownsyou
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      BF3 was no where even close to BF1942 and BF2 in terms of map variety and scope of the maps. BF3 don't ge... : TheEmissary
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        that's... weird. I think BF3 has more variety. It has some super huge maps, and some small maps. Most of... : Downforce
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          For the record I own all the battlefield games. The game has gone from being a team shooter to a lone wol... : TheEmissary
          • Gameplay has evolved over time to fit the current attention span of players. Look, even in Planetside 2 w... : supaLink
        • There's a lot of variety now that there are nearly twice as many maps from DLC than what originally shipp... : pyide
      • load up 1942 and check out some of the maps. i did recently...they are massive, and empty, and lifeless.... : EvilDolemite
      • I agree in a way, the maps are disappointingly small, even the larger ones. That said the gameplay is pre... : Mr. Goodwrench
  • I've played more BF3 than any game in recent memory. The only thing I would change is to tone down air ve... : saunders45
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    I thought BF3 was fantastic. It took the great infantry combat from BC2 and added in the scale of BF2. : maulla
    • Yeah as a veteran ground-pounder of all BF games, improving the infantry game definitely helped. I think ... : deject
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    Map quality is the biggest issue. Same with getting rid of the doritos, unlimited sprint, no in game voic... : ant_hillbilly
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      Voice com is sorely missed; and commanders were great when you had one who knew what they were doing. : Modulus
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        The problem I always had was that while I enjoyed playing the commander, I was often far, far more useful... : deject
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          I know you drool at the recollection of dropping a fix-it crate on a friendly mech. just admit it. :D : Downforce
          • Man that was so awesome :D : Mr. Goodwrench
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          I can't remember: Did the command get removed from the battlefield? A better implementation would be to... : Modulus
          • Nope, you're still on the field, but you cannot directly score any points. So while you could run around ... : deject
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        What about squad leaders that actually mean something. In the older games owning the flags and squad lead... : TheEmissary
        • well in BF2142 the squad leader beacons were crucial, like how planetside 2 can have the spawn beacon now... : Downforce
        • it's up to the server to turn on spawn-only-on-squad-leader : foo
        • yeah BF3 is definitely more action based. They want players to get back in the fight as soon as possible.... : Modulus
        • Play on Hardcore servers. : SockMonkeh
        • I do miss the days of squad leader only spawns. : deject
    • Yeah the Commander along with Supply Drops and Artillery Strikes is sorely missed :( : Mr. Goodwrench
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  You know what would be awesome?? Is if Battlefield 4 was set in WW2. Frostbite 2.0, destroying village... : saunders45
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    dear god no more ww2 shit, please : foo
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      I know it's been retread like a hundred times. However, a european backdrop is much better than some mid... : TheArtMan
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        I'm kind of burnt out on the modern military gear and weaponry in games, same as I was with World War 2 years ago.
        
        At this point I'd be fine with another WW2 Battlefield as 1943 never made it to PC, and that was just a few Pacific Theater maps anyway. Dogfighting and bombing support is a lot more fun in those prop planes vs jets. Tanks that can dominate infantry, I'd love to see naval battles and artillery return too.

        Feb 20, 2013 2:44pm PST
        I'm kind of burnt out on the modern military gear and weaponry in games, same as I was with World War 2 y... : pyide
    • BF began with WW2. I'd like to see it go back for a full game. The dogfight were so much fun. Also, pl... : pigvomit
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      Modern warfare bullshit has been fucking played out. Time to bring it back home. Bring back the WW2. : Dschinghis Khan
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        As much as I'm not the biggest fan of WW2 FPS games (there's a lot less weapon variety and people tend to... : Vorlonesque
        • I personally feel that making a BF game set in WW2 but using REAL locations, with destructible terrain an... : evilbabygenius
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      Battlefield 2143 Please : watcherxp
      • That would be awesome. : deject
      • Best Battlefield is best. : Mr. Goodwrench
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      They should make it Vietnam. That's when weaponry really got interesting. And they tried 1.5 times to do ... : AxeMan808
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        80's Cold War. Plum and wood AK74s and awesome vz.82s for everyone! : Vorlonesque
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          Oh and some AKMS's and obviously some old school triangle handguard M16s and old school Car15s/M4s along ... : Vorlonesque
          • Yes, yes, YES... I'm hearing you. I'm seeing the worldguns.ru page being used extensively... I sense....a... : AxeMan808
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      I want Battlefield meets Shogun or Battlefield Old West. Why do we keep having to do games with automatic... : GrimmyD
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        Battlefield 1916 perhaps? : Vorlonesque
        • Though I'd be all over a Battlefield: Korea faster than you can say Nehi Grape! http://i.imgur.com/0GC... : Vorlonesque
      • Chivalry meets Battlefield? : aaarrrgh
    • because we've had LOADS of it over the last few years? : Mr. Goodwrench
    • I hope modern war games go away fast. Every gun feels the same for each type. Early MoH and BF1942 were... : evilbabygenius
• http://chattypics.com/files/nothing_u1bosgjfh6.gif again! : burning eye
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  It seems soon for a new battlefield game. What is this one adding? : gibolas1234
  • A showcase for new-gen consoles. : Lucien Irenicus
  • A new island for the publisher. : EnderWigginDA
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  If they keep the focus on the PC version and work to make that the primary focus, it should be awesome. ... : wytefang
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    Yes, back to WWII - lets do this! : k1ld0r
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      How about WW1? : Marrbe
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        Trench warfare would make for shitty gameplay. : Toraz Chryx
        • What if they were chest high? : sogelegos
        • To be honest, most WW2 and Modern FPS games have very little to do with how WW2 or Modern wars are fought... : Vorlonesque
  • They already switched mid-development to console oriented features... So its no different : chilln
  • yep, it basically means we will get a bunch of half assed maps designed for consoles. It wasnt really unt... : thewindcriesmary
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  BF3 poorly supported, developers interacting with reddit instead of their own forums - nope, I'm out. Pr... : abrasion
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    Have you seen the official forums? Total shitfest. : lumphrey
    • Just like Bf3 then. DICE are sellouts. : pizzaput
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  I'd really like to see a sequel to 2142 rather than BF4 : cell9song
  • I'm still hoping for a sequel to Bf2 at some point. : pizzaput
• BF3 still wows me so it's not hard to believe. : Pneum0
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  Is Bf4 going to be the authentic CoD experience that DICE wanted to create with Bf3? : pizzaput
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    I love that EA has failed with three consecutive games to recreate the CoD single player experience. Prob... : Wisp!
    • "Bf4 will be the authentic CoD experience I've always wanted to make (for money)" - Patrick Bach Patri... : pizzaput
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      Well in all fairness the "COD experience" isn't so great these days, either, and hasn't been for quite so... : wytefang
      • Treyarch and Infinity Ward still do COD better than Danger Close or DICE, even though they are using date... : Wisp!
• I was a bit surprised BF4 didn't make an appearance at the PS4 press conf like this story theorized. Big... : bobbyknc