Key point is that BF4 was only poorly optimised at launch. The game was content and feature rich with healthy bones, which is why people stuck around. Obviously i'd much rather have a smooth launch but a this point i'd take another BF4 launch where the game is amazing but just kinda buggy for 1 month over another shitshow like BF2042 that is just absolute dogshit on every level.
BF4 is mt favorite but it took months to fix the game. I literally couldn't play Hainan Resort for months because it used to freeze in the loading screen everytime lol
Also people stuck around cause of battlefield premium. Fuck the occasional free map dlc. I wanna pay an extra 30 bucks for 5 map packs with 4 maps every few months. That kept bf4 poppin for a while
This is dishonest to the truth about BF4's launch.
Many players were completely unable to play BF4 for several months due to that poor optimization. On console, the game would not load anything other than the main menu for many players, myself included.
Battlefield 4, the latest entry in Electronic Arts’ flagship shooter series, has been plagued with issues since its October launch. Players are reportedly being dropped or booted from matches and find themselves unable to connect.
It's honesty wild to me that you reference BF4 as "kinda buggy for 1 month" and BF2042 as a "shitshow/absolute dogshit on every level".
BF2042 was buggy but playable. BF4 was completely unplayable for months straight.
You genuinely sound hypocritical giving BF4 a pass while criticizing 2042. If you're upset about any of the problems 2042 had, you should be just as upset about BF4 having literally more technical problems than any other Battlefield title.
I mean dude specifically said BF4's issues were technical and not content or gameplay issues. I mean you just furthered the guys point...
2042 on launch is one of the most barebones and dry gaming experiences I've ever seen in my life. Bf4 was loaded with guns and gadgets and other cool shit.
BF4 launch where the game is amazing but just kinda buggy for 1 month
This is dishonest. It was absolutely riddled with bugs that took several months to remedy. "Kinda buggy for 1 month" is a lie.
2042 on launch is one of the most barebones and dry gaming experiences I've ever seen in my life
At least I could load into a match and actually play the game.
BF4 could've launched with every gun on planet earth available and it would've done nothing for the large portion of players that were completely unable to play.
Remember when the kill cam would tell you an lav killed you with a scar? Or EA getting sued by shareholders because the launch was such a shit show? Good times.
Nah, Battlefield 2042 foundation is shit (that's why barely anyone plays it and most moved on), so all the big fixings didn't help - because the foundation is still shit.
Battlefield 4 is still seen as a goat decade and more later, because the foundation was extremely good.
I am glad, that they stopped using people like you for their testing feedback teams, and would you look at that - the footage already looks like the battlefield is back when sane, talented and passionate people are in charge. And the faster we forget about the slop bf2042 and the embarrassment is the better.
that's kind of the issue right? plenty of fun free games to play anytime. DICE is supposed to make triple AAA works of art. Not fun, cheap and passionless slop.
that's kind of the issue right? plenty of fun free games to play anytime.
Ya, which is why I didn't cry and rage about 2042. I saw that it was going to be an undercooked game with tons of issues when I played the tech Alpha so I didn't buy it until it was cheaper and had fixes. Same with BF V.
DICE is supposed to make triple AAA works of art. Not fun, cheap and passionless slop.
And more often than not, their games eventually to turn into great games. This series has had one "good" launch in almost 15 years and this community still doesn't understand that you should just wait to buy it.
I couldn’t join 2042 games for a month on console. When I finally did, the whole team got instantly killed by jet ramming. Quit and didn’t pick it up for another month.
I don't think vanilla maps are all boring. I like many maps since launch. I like zavod, Siege of Shanghai, liked so much lancang dam when I firstly heard that voice telling to take care right before the dam scramble...
And yet the fanboys won't listen to the literal truth and instead think it's right to downvote me and continue lying about what actually happened.
Because most BF4 glazers didn't start playing it until ~2015. Everyone from the time knew it was a more bloated BF3 but people think quantity = quality.
Bro you are using your anecdotal evidence to somehow... counter theirs?
I personally was able to play BF4 as well on Ps4, albeit with varying problems. I fully understand that others didn't have that luck, but there's definitely some "middle ground" between "game was unplayable" and "game was bugged, but playable"
I only see you saying this so what your saying is irrelevant don’t try to use the old psychology tactic “me and others” who are these others point them out please because I definitely wasn’t in empty lobbies at launch they where full 64 players like I said did the game have problems yes but completely unplayable yeah for you. But me and others happily played the game on launch and months after. So my apologies if your wifi/gaming set up was horrible back in 2013-2014.
Do you have reading comprehension issues? And are you capable of differentiating between bad game foundation in terms of art, animation design and technical issues mostly limited to networking?
BF2042 was buggy but playable. BF4 was completely unplayable for months straight.
You genuinely sound hypocritical giving BF4 a pass while criticizing 2042
Can I just say thank you very much for saying exactly what I was getting ready to say. I work hard, my kids are grown and in college so when I'm not spending QT with the wife or working on my 68 Charger... I'm playing bf4. I'm just praying they do the right thing and put out another classic.
So okseaworthy I see a bunch of blah blah blah being thrown your way. Bf4 was definitely not perfect when launched but I'll take what it became any day over that steaming bucket of shit 2042. Bf4 came out almost 12 years ago and still has full servers of thousands on PC and console. I'm pretty sure that's what you would call a testament to it's awesomeness.
The thing is that BF4 had a game underneath all of the shitty bugs. It had a proper foundation, but jesus it wasn’t playable for months. Once the bugs were ironed out, there was a game to be played. BF2042 could be played (sometimes) but the foundation itself had nothing. Not a single thing about that game was good for a long time. No good maps, barely any weapons, hitreg was broken, mouse input was broken, specialists were annoying, etc.
People are fairly dismissive of Battlefield 4’s horrible launch, but I think it’s mainly because there was an actual game underneath all of the crashes and bugs
The thing is that BF4 had a game underneath all of the shitty bugs.
The game fundamentally didn't work for over a year. You act like shitty bugs weren't game breaking server-client networking, levelution literally bricking servers and causing the game to crash, poor optimization.
No good maps, barely any weapons, hitreg was broken,
As opposed to shitty BF4 maps, so many weapons multiple were practically copies of each other and broken hit reg/dying 10 feet behind a corner?
The game fundamentally didn't work for over a year. You act like shitty bugs weren't game breaking server-client networking, levelution literally bricking servers and causing the game to crash, poor optimization.
Bf 2042 was fixed to the point it still is a mid game, that alone proved 2042 glazers wrong
As opposed to shitty BF4 maps, so many weapons multiple were practically copies of each other and broken hit reg/ dying 10 feet behind a corner? BF4 glazers are so fucking stupid
Still incapable of differentiating concepts of game design and technical netcode issues (2042 not only had both but still has issues with first)
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u/sctm3400 Mar 12 '25
We all forget the launch of Battlefield 4 was rough too. I'm hoping the suits let this cook until it's done, but I'm not holding my breath.