Recent reviews by hellflame

I really wanted to love this game and i feel like I have given it more than a fair chance to shine in it's own right.
I have played battlefield games since the days of battlefield 2 and hoped this to be another banger... HOWEVER....

The biggest GLARING issues this game has is it's absolutetly APPALING netcode. You will frequently feel like your bullets are not even gentle suggestions while you are always at risk of single frame deaths.
Which is not helped by the HORRIBLE map design. In theit chase of high octane combat every map is just a spiders web of angles you need to cover. In reality you just have to hope you are looking in the right way or get one frame killed by an enemy who got the drop on you. Gone are the days of yore with fixed positions fights with trying to flank to be so rewarding if it works. You just try to flank their flank who is flanking a flank.

It has become painfully obvious noone has any ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ clue where they are going with this. This last update has really pushed my buttons.
The complaints above are well know and they pretend to address it.
The map issue of them being to small with cod like design is addressed by adding a tiny ass map with cod like design.
The netcode being attrocious is addressed by making it even worse, amplified in CQB situations which are pretty much the only thing in their shiny new map.

And lastely, my only joy is to sometimes jump in dodge the sweat by playing round or 2 of casual bot games. Only for them to turn up bot difficulty to insane levels. Seriously.... they should be paying to play this steaming pile of ♥♥♥♥. I'd glady QA your junk, but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ pay me dice.

Oh and lets not mention to monitezation... skins are bland and overpriced and pushed in your ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ face constantly, but seem to get allot more dev time then things that actualy need fixing ( looking at you "new customization unlocked dot bug)

Servers have been fixed -ish

Wow mythic+ the condesed experience

If this game wants to move forward past it's initial streamer bait success they will need to nail down some glaring issues.

-desynch and random ball interaction
-Lack of reporting system (salty and glitching players go scot free)
-Defensive play is highly discouraged ( you lose more LP if you have a low score )
-desynch and random ball interaction
- controls sometimes feel like slight suggestions. Sometimes things are auto targeted and sometimes you just go a different direction and breaking your neck in the process
-desynch and random ball interaction


currently it's a fun game to play with friends and i cannot stand more than a few games because of these issues

yes

You want a good review capcom? too bad I didn't want a fishing game that sucks this much, so now we both get to be unhappy

Edit, came back after some new content was made. Game crashed on compiling shaders. Even after driver update and steam file verify. I wish i could recommend it even less

The groundwork is there but it's very evident this is a rushed release since many QoL features are blatantly missing.

-The "crisis" mechanic definitely needed more time in the cooker since i'm convinced the person who signed off on the feature did not actually play a game.

-Runs pretty decently, but i don't need my GPU to blast 200 fps on a turn based 4X

-There are so many systems and skill trees in place it feels like a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mobile game

-The civ swapping is very much "no we have humandkind at home"

Progress wipe after hundred of hours, I cannot fanthom the mind of the exec that thought this would be a popular desciion.

The gameplay experience is objectivly worse. The battle pass no longer contains enough currency to buy the next one (or any platinum at all). The weapons are now far more restricted but the quests still expect you to exploit elental weaknesses

Unless they can find the "fair" part in "hard but fair", this DLC can get ♥♥♥♥♥♥

holly MTX hell batman

At release:
-always online, no offline mode
Server crashes on release

Literally unplayable

5 Days later:
Still no beter, even though the player load has lessened significatly. I was planning to update my review when they finally did get the servers working. At this rate I don't think i need bother