Honey? Where are my.... paaaaaaants?
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Been playing BF4 this week on Origin Game Time (brilliant idea, EA, for once a good plan). It's a really cool game, but... has a lot of issues. BF3, for instance, has long load times. BF4 has
insane load times. I don't particularly like (but also don't strongly dislike) the new slower sprinting animation that takes a while to warm up - first saw it in Hardline and wasn't impressed. You get used to it though.
And then there's the connection issues... OH the horror. I've spent so much time just reconnecting because BF4 kicked me for no reason.... and then being unable to reconnect. The DDOS attacks. The total server crashes. The framerate lag spikes due to the destruction not being removed properly. The server browser that doesn't show most of the running servers unless you refresh multiple times.
But it has its good points too. The kills are more satisfying. The guns feel heavier. The maps are more interesting and OH MY the destruction! It's like Bed Companion 2 all over again, but BETTER. Hardcore is awesome and popular. The guns have some equipment (lasers, bipods, RDS, etc.) from the get-go instead of being purely ironsight. The Battlepacks are a cool idea and work well. The portrait images are better. The awesome leaderboards (where I was in Division 1 for Accuracy until yesterday). The verticality for sniping!
I would spend the money and own the thing if only... if only it would just WORK.
