Hekotat
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Well, the game is better than the beta, that's for sure. It's still buggy, but it's not unenjoyable which beta was by far. The biggest problem I have is the fucking 2002G error that doesn't let me or anyone I play with match-make to their default servers. They said "we're working on it!" and 13 hours later it was still fucked.
The work around is playing through Portal and playing the new maps on somebody's custom server. But there are many problems with that:
A: You don't get nearly the exp you'd get for regular modes because people were abusing custom lobbies to boost levels a la Neverwinter Nights Online. So all "ribbons" are disabled (no headshot, multikill, etc) which is a huge exp reduction.
B: You're subject to the servers rules. For some really fucking dumb reason people love Hardcore. Hardcore is basically CoD and Counterstrike in the worst possible way. Every gun outside your pistol 1 shots. Sniper? Shootem in the dick. They're dead. LMG? 100 bullets are 100 dead people. Your UI is also limited so you can't see where you died from (hello campers!) and the only upside I found was Tanks/Helicopters died about 2-4x faster than in the regular mode.
C: The teams don't seem to re-balance. I won like 12 in a row because our team was less retarded and the other team just kept quitting having AI replace them. Not a fun game when you don't even have to play any objectives.
Overall I'd say wait on buying it, definitely don't pay 90 fucking dollars for the early release. The day one patch will certainly help, but there's some stuff it won't. I have a 8700k and 2060S and I get maybe 60FPS at all medium or low settings. Luckily being a shitter for years playing games at 45-60fps I can handle, but the Hz queens won't be able to deal. Controls for MOST vehicles are in for PC which helps, but still a bit wonky flying shit compared to sticks. Guns aren't bad except the starter sniper is complete dogshit and hitting some one 3 times and not killing them at 200m feels like you should just be run-n-gun instead. The later weapons are definitely better stat wise. The game IS fun, but with friends. Playing with a full squad we were having a blast, but the second people started logging the fun just started sinking. That and then the 2002G error started to pop up every match. Literally every match. Queue 10-15 in a row, no luck.
Game is fun when you CAN play it, a lot of people CAN'T and most people SHOULDN'T right now. I'm sure a lot of the little persnickety shit like invis walls and clipping and RELOAD being stuck on my screen with a 100/100 Mag while get fixed up in due time.
TLR It's better than the beta was, but don't buy it early. Make sure they fix shit before you buy it if you're on the fence. I also played one BF3 Portal and it was hot dogshit. Hardcore rules so snipers on skyscrapers just instantly killed you with knee-shots and I was actually bugged and couldn't attack the enemy and could only friendly fire my team. Very cool.
Here's hoping the WW3 launch is good and fixed the issues it had last year. It played a lot like an actual Battlefield game.
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