Before I jump into things... This is a RUMOR.
Anyways, we've got a big list of RUMORed facts about Battlefield 4. Everything from a release date of October 23, 2013, next and current gen console support, and 60fps with 64 person battles. Check out the whole list after the break.
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Notable points.
- BF4 has a 1yr development cycle and has a tenative launch date of oct 23rd 2013
- it will be on the big 3 current gen systems as well as next gen platforms (only sony and M$, as well as pc)
- commander role in MP will return with new tools and abilities
- voice commands
- battlelog will be tied to the game
- game will support video recording with internal replay system this might be in box or via dlc.. thats unclear or if its universal paltform inclusion
- currently there are three factions: USA, Russia, and China!!
- female charcaters (NPC's) and the ability to play as them in MP
- next gen systems and pc will support 64-player MP however current gen console releases wont
- frostbite 2.0
- next gen console versions run @ approx 60fps, current gen @ 30fps, PC will ahve an FPS lock of 100fps
- exp system will be again present
Lasgana: BF4
Lasgana: Coming October 23rd, 2013
Lasgana: development just started, expected to be done in 1 yr [Nirolak's Note: Since this is the one likely to elicit the most "this is fake" notes, I feel I should elaborate. Given some later points (like already have an internal demo), this seems to refer to EA's normal two year development cycle of a one year pre-production cycle with ~30-40 people and then ballooning up to 150-300 people to make the game after most things are prototyped and planned out. Visceral, BioWare, and a fair number of publishers outside EA also operate this way since it allows you to have multiple projects without cyclical layoffs due to scaling down in pre-production and scaling up in production. For example, during the downtime between Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 3, DICE's spare staff worked on making Medal of Honor's multiplayer and helping to build Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit. As to what the bulk of DICE's staff worked on prior to this going into production, it's probably either a second project or, once again, other EA games.]
Lasgana: will be on pc, ps3, xbox360 and next gen consoles
Lasgana: will be one of the first games for next gen consoles
Lasgana: commander system comes back
Lasgana: profile can be linked with other devices like ipad
Lasgana: auto login, need internet all time, support cloud saves
Lasgana: easier to pickup the game, to take care of players from CoD
Lasgana: support body and voice control for this commander system
Lasgana: better battlelog integration and better stats reporting
Lasgana: supports video playback and sharing
Lasgana: have gem store for dlc and other stuff like that
Lasgana: 3 factions: russia, usa and china
Lasgana: can deploy female soliders
Lasgana: frostbite 2.0 engine
Lasgana: pc, ps4 and xbox 720 supports 64 player maps
Lasgana: 360 and ps3 will be less
Lasgana: pc, ps4 and 720 will provide 60 fps
Lasgana: already have a demo video internally within EA,
Lasgana: matching the quality of BF3 already
Lasgana: bf4 will use 80% of power of frostbite 2, wheras bf3 only 30-40%
Lasgana: modern background
Lasgana: i mean story background
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Well, what do you think? I'm not a big fan of the one year development cycle. Even Call of Duty has a two year cycle by switching developers. Rushing into Battlefield 4 could be a big, unfinished and bug ridden, mistake. The rest looks fantastic: 64 players at 60fps on console? Hurray for being comparative to PCs.
Cheers,
Jon
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