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Pre-Ordering Medal of Honor: Warfighter Gets You Access to Battlefield 4 Beta, Which Suddenly Exists

I guess this counts as a product announcement? Sort of?

That's a hell of a way to announce a sequel to one of your biggest games ever, ain't it?
That's a hell of a way to announce a sequel to one of your biggest games ever, ain't it?

In what will probably go down as one of the more off-handed major product announcements in game industry history, EA just went ahead and announced that Battlefield 4 is a game currently in development. And it did so by lumping the previously unrevealed sequel in as a pre-order bonus for Medal of Honor: Warfighter.

Well, specifically, it lumped in exclusive beta access as a pre-order bonus. That's right, those who run right out and pre-order Warfighter will be granted special access to a Battlefield 4 beta which is scheduled for fall of next year. So if you pre-order this modern combat-oriented first-person shooter, you'll get access to the multiplayer beta for this other probably modern combat-oriented first-person shooter. What a deal, right?

I would probably find this all less gross if EA had previously announced Battlefield 4 and actually shown off some of what might be in store for players. But as it stands, we know nothing about Battlefield 4 except that it is a video game called Battlefield 4. So pre-order what is, according to EA's press release, "the most authentic shooter this holiday," and then get access to the beta for "the most authentic shooter next holiday, probably?" It just makes me feel weird all over. And not good weird, either.

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Edited By dezvous
But as it stands, we know nothing about Battlefield 4 except that it is a video game called Battlefield 4.

This is a bit of a ridiculous statement. It's Battlefield. It's the fourth one. This is a known quantity.

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@dezvous said:

But as it stands, we know nothing about Battlefield 4 except that it is a video game called Battlefield 4.

This is a bit of a ridiculous statement. It's Battlefield. It's the fourth one. This is a known quantity.

Do you think it will have shooting from a first person perspective?

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Edited By damnboyadvance

That early access to the Battlefield 3 BETA for those who bought Medal of Honor.. when did they get that "exclusive" access? Oh yeah, TWO days before everyone else. Hell of a deal, right!?

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Edited By seannao

What it should say is 'oh and all Premium BF3 users'

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@Korwin: @Korwin said:

@dezvous said:

But as it stands, we know nothing about Battlefield 4 except that it is a video game called Battlefield 4.

This is a bit of a ridiculous statement. It's Battlefield. It's the fourth one. This is a known quantity.

Do you think it will have shooting from a first person perspective?

That has yet to be determined. So far, we only know that the game is called Battlefield 4. Besides that, we know nothing.

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Edited By shakafo00o

So does this mean no Battlefield Bad Company 3?? T.T

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@JesterPC238 said:

I was pretty much On the Battlefield bandwagon after the last DLC, which I very much enjoyed. I even threw in for premium because I like what I hear about the future of BF3, but to announce Battlefield 4 so soon seems like a slap in the face. Sure, we all knew it was coming, but still! Sorry EA, but $110 every two years for the "full Battlefield experience" is not a price that I'm willing to pay.

I don't really mind IF BF4 is more than a retuning of BF3 with better graphics. 2143 would have been fantastic though :(

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Edited By Vlad_Tiberius

Calling it right now:

*military overblown drama without any trace of humor

*restricted FOV + high contrast (too bright outdoors + too dark indoors ) + exaggerated shadow effects+ low detail + strange sepia/blueish/greenish hue + exaggerated lens flare effects + low color variety + same white X-es as hit marks = can't see shit + frustration+ headache + useless camos

*poor control mapping for consoles

*poor console optimization in general

*useless classes

*exaggerated weapon sway

*exaggerated loading animations

*same weapons from every military shooter with the same exact attachments across the board no matter the type of weapon

*huge recoil

*spit-like damage

*bunny hopping

*spawn killing

*glitches, pop-ins and clipping bugs to be exploited

*letting spoiled, deranged and frustrated 12-year-olds run official servers/ servers dubbed as "official"

Oh, and this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-LE0ycgkBQ

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@Vlad_Tiberius said:

Calling it right now: military overblown drama without any trace of humor, restricted FOV + high contrast (too bright outdoors + too dark indoors ) + exaggerated shadow effects+ low detail + strange sepia/blueish/greenish hue + exaggerated lens flare effects + same white X-es as hit marks = can't see shit + useless camos+ headache, useless classes, exaggerated weapon sway, exaggerated loading (mostly glitched) animations, same weapons from every military shooter with the same exact attachments across the board no matter the type of weapon, huge recoil, spit-like damage, bunny hopping, spawn killing, glitches and clipping bugs to be exploited and letting spoiled, deranged and frustrated 12-year-olds run official servers/ servers dubbed as "official"

Oh, and this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-LE0ycgkBQ

you missed soild, fun gameplay

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@Bell_End said:

@Vlad_Tiberius said:

Calling it right now: military overblown drama without any trace of humor, restricted FOV + high contrast (too bright outdoors + too dark indoors ) + exaggerated shadow effects+ low detail + strange sepia/blueish/greenish hue + exaggerated lens flare effects + same white X-es as hit marks = can't see shit + useless camos+ headache, useless classes, exaggerated weapon sway, exaggerated loading (mostly glitched) animations, same weapons from every military shooter with the same exact attachments across the board no matter the type of weapon, huge recoil, spit-like damage, bunny hopping, spawn killing, glitches and clipping bugs to be exploited and letting spoiled, deranged and frustrated 12-year-olds run official servers/ servers dubbed as "official"

Oh, and this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-LE0ycgkBQ

you missed soild, fun gameplay

DESPERATELY HOPING to become solid, fun gameplay

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I found a way not to hate myself for buying shit games, I simply don't buy them anymore. AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRR !!!!!

Flash your Xbox,Get a Liteon Ihas and Verbatim DVD+R DL's and you will never waste your hard earned money again.

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I'm really hoping BF4 this time will have naval combat

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Kind of a dick move for EA to basically say," even though you supported and bought products from this franchise over the years, to play the beta of its next iteration, we want you to spend $60 on a game that's unrelated to that franchise so you can get into the beta of the franchise you actually want to play." Not that EA is exclusively doing this, this has been done for years with demos/betas with other publishers, I just personally dislike this practice.

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I'm so sick of this crap where the publisher pads some other game's sales by offering you access to a beta for a game you do want.

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*insert Xzibit joke here*