“The Rebel Scum must pay…”
Jay and I are having a great time with the Beta .. check it out on the PS4, Xbone, or the PC.
Tag: EA
Titan Fall – Angel City Demo
Ok, I have to admit: I am a sucker for Mech-based games. And when Respawn took the stage back in E3 this year with their announcement that “TitanFall” was coming out in the near future.. I was excited. From EA and Respawn Entertainment are bring the thunder, with Mechs’ stomping around, blowing things up; “Call of Duty” Style game mechanics and next generation graphics.. This seemed to be the next best game coming out.
Then I found out the sad news: TitanFall will be a exclusive title for the Xbone, and may (or may not) make it over to the PlayStation 4. And since I really like what Sony has come out with as far as the PlayStation 4, that’s the platform I am leaning towards. The good news is that it will also be available for the PC (whether or not the rig can actually play it is another matter entirely!)
*A little history side note: Respawn Entertainment is the company built from the ashes of the nasty split from Activision and the developer “Infinity Ward”. I guess this is an excellent score for Micro$oft, giving them a shooter that will stack up against “Call of Duty” and the “Battlefield” series.
But, it truly shows what you can do to sway a developer when you throw money at them. 🙂
Check out the Angel City video, courtesy of Gamersyde.com
Battlefield 4 Beta : First Impressions
EA and DICE released the Battlefield 4 Beta demo back on October 1, and since I haven’t had much else to do (see the local paper if you aren’t up on the latest federal news..) I, along with several other hundred Battlefield 3 Premium members, decided to test it out.
Now mind you, DICE from the get go stated that the Beta is just that: a Beta product, and that a lot of the issues that are being experienced in the demo have already been addressed. Though, if DICE and EA are listening, here is a laundry list of things that could be fixed:
– Bring back the original controls from Battlefield 3. Its bad enough that I had to learn a whole new control scheme jumping over from Battlefield Bad Company 2 to Battlefield 3. Please make every effort to allow the PLAYERS to control their own button mappings!!
– Fix the shotgun reloading: I can’t figure out how I start out with 6 in the shot gun, along with 48 extra shells, try and reload, and my count goes down to just 6 remaining in the shotgun. Where’d the other 48 shells go??
– Balance the weapons: For some reason the concept behind an Assault Rifle and Light Machine Gun are a bit lost.. with the former winning out every time over the latter. (especially since I just plunked 46 bullets into someone and they shot me twice and I died..)
– Helicopters are flying tanks??: Ok for some reason the “scout class” helicopters can take tremendous punishment from heavy caliber rounds, yet they can easily buzz by a armored vehicle (or tank) with their miniguns and rip them to pieces. Sure hope this isn’t by design.. or the Chinese really do manufacture crap!
– Fix the building in “Siege of Shanghai”: It would be nice if the damned building in the middle of the map wasn’t destroyed in like the first 5 minutes of the game. Maybe a “possession” timer so that once that has expired, the building can be demolished.. (though it is still very cool to see blow up and fall.. turn your speakers up!!)
Of course, I gotta take all of this with a grain of salt: EA and DICE are using the Beta to test out their Multiplayer servers, the matchmaking service, and generally balancing things out before the current gen versions of BF4 go on sale late October. Overall game play is just like the previous Battlefield games. Sniping, Suppressive fire, Tanks blowing Sh*t up.. I just sure hope they get a ton of feedback and pay attention to making some adjustments!
Get Ready for November 15th!!
That’s right folks. Sony has finally rolled out the release date for the PlayStation 4. Coming out for the November launch date are several hot games, including Battlefield 4, Watch Dogs, Assassin’s Creed 4, Killzone: ShadowFall to name a few, AND with prices staying in the $59.99 range. Here’s the complete list:
- NBA 2K14 (2K)
- Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
- Skylanders Swap Force (Activision)
- Need for Speed: Rivals (Electronic Arts)
- Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts)
- Madden 25 (Electronic Arts)
- FIFA 14 (Electronic Arts)
- NBA Live 14 (Electronic Arts)
- Killzone: Shadow Fall (Sony)
- Driveclub (Sony)
- Knack (Sony)
- Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag (Ubisoft)
- Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
- Just Dance 2014 (Ubisoft)
- Lego Marvel Superheroes (Warner Bros. Interactive)
Of course, some of the developers are holding off on releasing specific dates. Lets just put it this way: They would be crazy to release after November.
DICE releases the Battlefield 4 kits
DICE recently posted its next issue of “The Road to Battlefield 4” up on its Battlefield Blog, along with the next classes out for each 3 countries in the game.
Each country will have a Support (Light Machine Gunner & Ammunitions), Engineer (Demolitions), Recon (Sniper) and Assault (Medic & Heavy Rifle) class.
The Chinese:
The Russians:
And the US:
DICE also went into a bit of detail concerning the different paths of field upgrades (Offensive vs. Defensive), along with the retooling of the “Suppressive Fire” aspect of the game. Check it out. Battlefield 4 Blog