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
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            Gameplay has evolved over time to fit the current attention span of players. Look, even in Planetside 2 which you seem to prefer (I'm BR47) has issues with people trying to find the battles, SOE is revamping it day to day but those large open expanses between non front line areas is boring and most of the fun comes from zerg vs zerg & a few squads or platoons splitting off.
            
            BF3 is a great focused shooter with vehicular combat and through the DLC they've offered, you can get whatever type of maps to suit your fancy. The shooting mechanics feel snappy compared to PS2 and the gameplay mechanics make for quicker action compared to the PS2 metagame which involves camping the spawn room or grinding out defense certs at a Biolab or ghost camping an entire continent (IE: Amerish & Esamir). Unless that's your preferred thing to do with time, sit on flags/cap points waiting for crappy cert gain when you can be shooting dudes in the face for +100xp.
            
            You're never gonna get your old school run a thousand miles of boring terrain on foot, or waiting around for a vehicle to respawn in future shooters, it just doesn't make a fun game.

            Feb 20, 2013 4:36pm PST
            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
      • 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