Battlefield V (Read 390 times)

[Darth Maul]

[Jake]

After putting time into the beta, I can safely say that I like the game better than Battlefield 1, which I hardly played. However, there were quite a few issues.


Animations take way too long to finish for all sorts of things.
Starting with only a single spare mag slows the game down as people end up hanging out near ammo crates.
Throwing down ammo and medical bags are no longer automatically given out and have to be interacted with.
The new revive mechanic takes ages and ends up leaving you picking up your teammate's weapon while giving them your's.
The bleedout timer, even when being rushed, takes way too long and doesn't even count as part of your respawn timer.
Map design continues to go down hill with Rotterdam being really bad.
The capture zones for each objective in Conquest are way too big. The White House on Rotterdam can be captured from the house all the way out to the water.
The second round of Grand Operation on Narvik has no time limit or ticket bleed and makes defending a pain as you have to slog through 300+ tickets, creating 30+ minute matches that really didn't need to happen.
Weapon balance is all over the place and needs a lot of tuning.
Player models blend in way too well with the maps and its hard to tell the difference at any distance than in your face which team is which.
The building mechanic doesn't really feel all that great and unless it was A on Rotterdam, I felt it didn't really change much as you could climb over most of the sandbags people placed.
Recon being the only class that can spot in a game where you can hardly tell the difference in player model is a horrible change.


There are a few other things I didn't like about the game, but I figure I should move on to a few things I did like about it.


The movement system is a lot better and helps me do better in my preferred play style.
Sound design is still top notch like always.
The maps at least look nice.


That's about it really. I'm kind of hoping they do another beta with some changes to improve the game.

[BOSSALIEN]

I think I will pass on this one this year, I have been thinking of getting COD BO4 but bit hesitant as its pricey. From what I have seen it just looks like past Battlefield games but I have never really played any of them properly as I purchased the previous one last year and I think I only ever played it 3 times. =/

[Jake]

Sept 16, 2018 12:49:39 GMT BOSSALIEN said:

From what I have seen it just looks like past Battlefield games but I have never really played any of them properly as I purchased the previous one last year and I think I only ever played it 3 times. =/

BF3 and 4 blend together visually like BF1 and 5 do, so I don't blame you for not being able to see how different they look. As for only playing BF1 3 times, I don't blame you. You guys know how into the series I was for BF3 and 4, but I never played BF1 after any of the map packs came out.

[Jake]

Crappy double post, but now that the game is out, I feel I should address the things I didn't like and if they changed after release.

Sept 16, 2018 6:03:20 GMT Jake said:

Animations take way too long to finish for all sorts of things.

Animations still take quite some time, but they are faster than the beta. I don't feel like I'm going to be stuck doing something for too long anymore.

Starting with only a single spare mag slows the game down as people end up hanging out near ammo crates.

They added enemies dropping supply packs so you get about half a mag or so of ammo when you kill people. Helps to keep you moving.

Throwing down ammo and medical bags are no longer automatically given out and have to be interacted with.

Don't know if this changed or not. Haven't progressed far enough yet as work has taken up a lot of my time.

The new revive mechanic takes ages and ends up leaving you picking up your teammate's weapon while giving them your's.

Reviving is faster for both squad and medic. You no longer pick up your teammate's weapon when going to revive.

The bleedout timer, even when being rushed, takes way too long and doesn't even count as part of your respawn timer.

Rushing the bleed out timer seems to remove time from your respawn timer. Haven't tested enough yet.

Map design continues to go down hill with Rotterdam being really bad.

Still not a fan of Rotterdam, but Devastation is pretty nice. I never felt like I didn't get the map and it felt like a remake of Stalingrad from 1942. It has two tanks, but most of the map is in destroyed buildings.

The capture zones for each objective in Conquest are way too big. The White House on Rotterdam can be captured from the house all the way out to the water.

The capture zones are still pretty huge. On Devastation, the church is pretty big and the capture zone takes up most of it, giving players a lot of space to hide and be a pain.

The second round of Grand Operation on Narvik has no time limit or ticket bleed and makes defending a pain as you have to slog through 300+ tickets, creating 30+ minute matches that really didn't need to happen.

Haven't touched Grand Operations yet.

Weapon balance is all over the place and needs a lot of tuning.

You start out with a maxed out gun and using an unlocked on didn't feel bad. Balance is a lot better now.

Player models blend in way too well with the maps and its hard to tell the difference at any distance than in your face which team is which.

They still blend in. I'm having a harder time seeing who is laying on the ground and who is dead when you just have a ton of bodies in the same area.

The building mechanic doesn't really feel all that great and unless it was A on Rotterdam, I felt it didn't really change much as you could climb over most of the sandbags people placed.

The stuff you build feels semi pointless as grenades destroy most of it. However, sometimes you can make mounted defenses and just hold a whole area by yourself.

Recon being the only class that can spot in a game where you can hardly tell the difference in player model is a horrible change.

This still stands as far as I can tell.