They advertize this as a PC game, and then they take away server browser, mod tools, Steam and god knows what else. Brilliant!
PC Battlefield 3 Lacks Key FPS Feature
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The game isn't even out, how do you know its a disaster? Web browser or some other external method of finding servers isn't exactly a new idea. If the game is built around it I see no reason why it can't work just fine.gussy1z said:
It could very well be that it winds up working great and other games copy the idea. I can think of nothing that makes me more upset than games that don't alt-tab well. And it seems to me that usually certain games alt-tab poorly, not certain computers.
I used to play Rogue spear with a setup like this, MSN gaming zone IIRC. You clicked a button on a webpage, the game launched and connected, worked well. Technology has come a long way since ~2000 so it would probably work better now than I remember it back then.
...and EA thinks they're going to turn this game into the next Modern Warfare? Seriously? They just shot themselves in the foot... again!
Three words: What. The. Fuck.
Actually makes me glad I'm buying it for Xbox. No 64 player multi but at least I don't have to leave the game to find a server to play in. Games like Terraria and Minecraft I can put up with it since they usually don't take too long to start up.
Actually makes me glad I'm buying it for Xbox. No 64 player multi but at least I don't have to leave the game to find a server to play in. Games like Terraria and Minecraft I can put up with it since they usually don't take too long to start up.
I played that game too and I personally hated that service. Lots of people don't like they way they are handling the pre-order DLC stuff (myself included). Im also not too happy about having to install and sign up to origin. As well as the game being priced ~ £10 more than most games do. I was being over-dramatic earlier but there are a lot of things i don't like about this.MartialArc said:
First off, I'm not believing this until I see it, more so due to the facts BFBC2 and every previous BF game has a functional server browser and there's no need to abandon it, particularly as it's already implemented for consoles. It wouldn't be the first time Escapist bolloxed up and misinterpreted something (or copy pasted someone else's article that did), particularly Twitter feeds, heck I've seen it at least 2-3 times in the last week alone.
Second, Counter Strike, TF2 and pretty much any of Valve's games are best used by locating the server IP via your internet browser and then copy/pasting it for a direct connection. Their servers are quite prone to fucking up for certain countries, so even if such a poor, stupid and unnecessarily backwards-stepping system compared to their previous titles were to be implemented, it wouldn't really be that new.
But again. Not believing this for a second until I see the game launch with it. Even if it's not there now (which again, I still ain't buying until I see it or at least see it explained in a coherent post rather than a 156-character limited text system incapable of conveying sarcasm and similar things), the game's in alpha, the bazillion testers will stir enough crap about it to change it before launch.
Second, Counter Strike, TF2 and pretty much any of Valve's games are best used by locating the server IP via your internet browser and then copy/pasting it for a direct connection. Their servers are quite prone to fucking up for certain countries, so even if such a poor, stupid and unnecessarily backwards-stepping system compared to their previous titles were to be implemented, it wouldn't really be that new.
But again. Not believing this for a second until I see the game launch with it. Even if it's not there now (which again, I still ain't buying until I see it or at least see it explained in a coherent post rather than a 156-character limited text system incapable of conveying sarcasm and similar things), the game's in alpha, the bazillion testers will stir enough crap about it to change it before launch.
You do realize you have to be online in order to play online right? So Always On DRM isn't a problem if it only affects the ONLINE component.lacktheknack said:
Not counting the server browser, since supposedly it's being replaced by a better UI, all of those are simply luxuries that us PC Gamers take for granted. Steam and mods aren't what makes a PC game, being on PC is what makes a PC Game. Besides, they'll find a way to mod it, THEY ALWAYS DO.ImprovizoR said:
Everyone's telling me that my main menu is a webpage.Ivan Torres said:
You access single-player from the main menu.
Hence, just as bad as Always On.
I hope that we can just alt-tab out of BF3 and use the server browser...
I have to agree, the BC2 browser and friends list stuff was so god aweful. This new one at least stands a chance of working now.Navenis said:
I'm a big fan of dedicated servers.
... and this move makes me give EA the thumbs-up. Whereas dedicated servers are essential, boy howdy are most ingame server browsers god awful.
... and this move makes me give EA the thumbs-up. Whereas dedicated servers are essential, boy howdy are most ingame server browsers god awful.
I was actually trying to act all elitist and whatnot. I don't care about the server browser. I played the alpha and the game does start up fast. Faster than it took BC2 to load a map anyway. So I don't really care about this. I will just open a browser, log in and browse for servers. I don't think I'll play on more than one server in one session anyway. I never did that before in Battlefield. And they can always patch the server browser in later if enough players really want it.Ivan Torres said:
The article looks slightly sensationalist. I can understand the doubt from those who haven't played the alpha.
I had played the alpha, and at first I was also confused as to why there wasn't an actual game menu. I didn't like the fact that I had to use my browser to launch the game. It just felt very weird. However, when I looked up a server and launched the game, it took only a few moments and the game was fired up and loading. Honestly, it's even quicker than BF2/142 and BFBC2. The only concerns remaining was that I had to find an empty server to change options (and well, quite frankly, controls couldn't be changed in the alpha) and that my browser was still running.
Battlelog isn't as bad as it first seems. It's much faster than I had expected, in conjunction with BF3's quick startup/loading. However, the lack of game settings outside the game and Battelog's browser window not being closed were some minor concerns of mine.
But hey! Alpha Battlelog turned out much better than the final version of IWNet...
I had played the alpha, and at first I was also confused as to why there wasn't an actual game menu. I didn't like the fact that I had to use my browser to launch the game. It just felt very weird. However, when I looked up a server and launched the game, it took only a few moments and the game was fired up and loading. Honestly, it's even quicker than BF2/142 and BFBC2. The only concerns remaining was that I had to find an empty server to change options (and well, quite frankly, controls couldn't be changed in the alpha) and that my browser was still running.
Battlelog isn't as bad as it first seems. It's much faster than I had expected, in conjunction with BF3's quick startup/loading. However, the lack of game settings outside the game and Battelog's browser window not being closed were some minor concerns of mine.
But hey! Alpha Battlelog turned out much better than the final version of IWNet...
What the hell is the point of that? Is that some kinda of absolutely idiotic DRM? It makes no sense to remove something that functions well from PC's version. Is there some kinda of plan for us to see some ad banners that are planted on the site every time we want to change the server?
I am not going to buy this game unless they change this system.
And fast startup is better be under 5seconds otherwise it is a bad system. And it better support alt-tabbing without having to wait 5minutes for the damn game to re-render itself.
Just add a damn in game menu -.-
And it better support every browser, not just IE and firefox, I am not going to give up my 8 years run with Opera to play a damn game and it better not require another program on-top of it also.
I am not going to buy this game unless they change this system.
And fast startup is better be under 5seconds otherwise it is a bad system. And it better support alt-tabbing without having to wait 5minutes for the damn game to re-render itself.
Just add a damn in game menu -.-
And it better support every browser, not just IE and firefox, I am not going to give up my 8 years run with Opera to play a damn game and it better not require another program on-top of it also.