Why We're Not Reviewing Battlefield 1943 Yet

yeah that is bad. i dont like the idea of that being what gets you a new level.

I thought as much. However, The PSN version isn't without it's problems

I'm sure these problems will be fixed by the time I get home from vacation. Can't wait to try some sniping.

It's been better today. It typically takes about 5 tries for me to get into a game, and once you get into a game you can just stay there until you're done playing. 

I figured this would be more of a problem with Xbox Live than it was with 1943 itself.

i pretty much quit Battlefield 2 for Team Fortress 2... maybe i'll pick this up for my ps3 though, *shrugs* looks like more of the same really.

not like this

i cant get onto the game at all ...keep getting cannot connect to ea or somthing.....ea's support told me to download the facebreaker demo and upload a boxer to resync my psn id to ea but that didnt work.....fantastic game :|

Poop on Battlefield 1943, why do i wnat to play yet another WW2 game focused around American efforts?

I got this game as soon as it was up on XBLA but only recently been able to join a game. Played 3 maps (Wake Island + 2x Guadal Canal). The game went smoothly. Didn't notice any major lag or hickups. It took me 5 min though before I could join a game.

I was a bit reluctant about getting this because I've played Wake Island (in various forms) to death but man.. it seems you can never get tired of that map.

It can take a while to get into a game (and it seems impossible to join a friend's game), but once you get in things seem to be working well. I haven't had much lag at all.

I've gotten in after multiple tries and its fun but there are a lot of times (or servers) where the maps dont rotate.  I understand that you play one time as the allies and then once as Japan but I dont want to play Wake Island 3 times in a row (which is actually 6).  It's pretty fun but I still feel uneasy about the purchase because its only 3 or 4 maps.  I hope they plan on expanding the game later to prevent it from going stale.

I dare someone to name a DICE launch that has gone without issue

Well, after the serious issues of the last few days, I'll get into a lag-free game after a couple of tries, but I've oft encountered a lack of sound from turret guns.

" @Keyser_Soze said:

" Just review the PS3 version Brad. It's not often you see this kind of gracious attitude being shown to a buggy game on an alternative platform. M$ Bias anyone? Are you now taking Microsoft IOU'S? Have Japanese businessmen been smuggling some "fake" treasury bonds into the GB offices "

Yet again, people bashing the Bomb because they like to play games with their friends...which Brad points out are mostly on Xbox Live.  tsk tsk "

I think this kind of stuff should be considered in the review.  Its part of the game and what makes it possible.  The fucking menus and wait that came with joining games and retarded game search function of GRAW was so frustrating that I believe it should affect the review, even though your not actually "playing".

OMG Brad you are such a PS3 fanboy.  Please, cut it out.

besides some balancing issues, the game is good and has a good bit of, yet progressively decreasing, playability issues. boom, there's your review, done.

I had a lot of problems Wednesday and Thursday, but today is fine. Over at the EA forums people were freaking out LOL I mean relax, its DICE.

I haven't had any problems at all with the ps3 version of the game connection wise, I started playing it within the hour of its release on the PSN store.

Yep, me and my friends have been playing the ps3 version and it's A-Okay.

I give five stars for the beautiful "Cannot Join" pop-up.

The game should be reviewed as-is on the day of it's launch.  If it is so buggy as to not be playable, then it should get an appropriate score.  Most likely 1 star or below.

You gotta love EA servers. With all EA's money you'd think they could have fucking nice servers.

i dont know about anyone else, but i find the sole reason that a review of this game isnt coming is because it isn't working on the 360 a major problem. I feel like there are 2 reasons behind that. First because you should always review a game day one, no matter how buggy it is. Second because the sole reason the team wont review the PS3 verison is because they dont have many friends on PSN, a review should be done alone, and not with friends, so again why cant you just review the PS3 one? I understand you like your xbox more than your PS3 but i thought you guys all broke away from gamespot to be allowed to review everything correctly? Not to just wait till the game is ready on your system of choice.

" i dont know about anyone else, but i find the sole reason that a review of this game isnt coming is because it isn't working on the 360 a major problem. I feel like there are 2 reasons behind that. First because you should always review a game day one, no matter how buggy it is. Second because the sole reason the team wont review the PS3 verison is because they dont have many friends on PSN, a review should be done alone, and not with friends, so again why cant you just review the PS3 one? I understand you like your xbox more than your PS3 but i thought you guys all broke away from gamespot to be allowed to review everything correctly? Not to just wait till the game is ready on your system of choice.

Sorry but its just my two cents  

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Theres also graphical glitches and kill count glitch. The kill count only happend to me once or twice since Ive played. Which I find to be annoying. Aside from that the game is fun as hell. Much more enjoyable I found then Heros was.

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Another game that looks incredibly SDTV unfriendly with the tiny ass player summary boxes. Oh well.

" If it's an online game, wouldn't friends be a part of the experience? Whilst the mechanics of the game wouldn't be affected drastically, the squad system it has is going to be far better when playing with friends surely? "

Im am going to get addicted to this game, I can tell..

I have played it all day on PS3 and have had no problems what so ever :)

highly recommended

This Kill Race is exactly why we can't have nice things.

Yeah this is totally fine. Give em a week till after launch, if problems persist review accordingly.

Yeah, whenever this game works, I sit back and think, "Dude, I just DOWNLOADED THIS GAME IN 10 MINUTES!  We may not have jetpacks, but 2009 is REAL!"  And then I spend a half-hour joining staring at the menu...

My advice is to try to get in games seperately from your friends, and then try to join the game of whoever gets in one first.  It sorta works sometimes, and is really the only way to have a reasonable chance of playing your buddies online.

I live in Virginia so ha!

Having a good time with the PS3. Why not just review it on that system?

The 360 version seems to be working fine now. Instead of hitting join 10 times before you join, it's twice max now. However joining friends is still messed up, and that's not a capacity issue.

@Branthog "THE GAME IS TOO MOTHER FUCKING DARK"

I think it's too bright. Gotta be your screen. Too bad one can't apply a custom gamma curve to their console. This monitor (used for both PC and 360 gaming) looks too bright on the upper scale and the standard brightness/gamma options tend to overcorrect the wrong part of the scale. Are you using HDMI? If so, what color profile? 360 darkness settings?

Also the squad communication is FINE. You can talk to the whole team now as long as you're not in a squad. Coordination is just fine, if you're playing with competent people. You really only need 3 of them to completely own a map.

I got only one question about that game. I have Warhawk on the ps3 and i never play it because, well, i suck too much. Is this basically the exact same experience but with a different setting? Because i'd like to like these games, but getting your ass kicked is not very fun after a while....

I'd also like them to fix the achievement glitch occurring with the Best Squad Achievement. I want my S Rating EA.

uhh....

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