Battlefield Heroes Closed Beta Update

[Stev0esque]

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yeah, i would like to give it a try when it comes out. what im sick of is all these "purists" running around trying to convince everyone that it is going to be a bad game like they are an activist. some people have to learn that not everything will always 100% stay the same, and if you dont like it, do what henry did and not play the game instead of trolling around the internet retartedly

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Having played the closed beta, I can tell you the only thing similar to TF2 is the graphics style. If that's the only thing you use to characterize a game, then we need to have a talk.

I'll be the first to admit, it's not a traditional BF title, but even so, it is a more relaxed-style shooter than your other BF games. Additionally, it's a great tool to try and pull more players into the franchise; for example, some may not like the gameplay style of Battlefield 2 or the other Battlefield games (Oh the horror! People not liking Battlefield 1942 or 2? That's impossible!), so this provides a cost-effective solution for drawing them in.

Also, your sweeping generalization that the entire Battlefield community said they did not want BF:H is false and a massive logical fallacy coming from a large portion of those who say BF:H is destroying the Battlefield franchise. Another portion of the Battlefield community is in love with the game, and yet another portion is still on the fence. By no means does everyone "hate" this game.

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Actually I got in the beta since it was announced, and they have been on time, and I know all that BFH has gone through and no they ain't just delaying it because they want, quit your whinnying and leave if you don't want BFH, this is BFH discussion not for you to cry about other games and comparison with a very different game.

If you were a true Battlefield Veteran you'd see where we were coming from on this. We never wanted a free to play mickey mouse cartoon game !! But Don't worry mate. This cat is no hypocrite. I won't be found on the BFH lanes. Keep my username in mind because it's not changed in 3 years..

Some of the more serious members of the community have been playing Dice's games since Codename Eagle, We played though BF1942 and on various ladders. We moved into the modding scene and then moved on to BF2 and 2142. The Battlefield franchise is bar none the most interesting concept for a FPS.

We never wanted Battlefield Heroes, we've said this form the beginning. With BFH you get small maps, small servers and you have to pay for customisable content and the market they're aiming this game at is not something as mature fps gamers we want to be a part of (there's a loud resonance of negativity about BFH from within the community and more so with certain clans). Many of us would much rather wait and pay our money for something that's worthy of our time.

If you just take a look on the BFH site, I'm certainly not in the minority. And isn't it funny how Dice managed to keep all those bad comments off the first page. I bet it's all you happy beta testers that made the opening comments. Getting on for 1000 comments in just 24hour and the vast proportion are negative. This game has been put back and put back. No Information has been shared with the community the website has been quiet for months. What, you expect us to sit back and take it like good little consumers... Don't be such mugs !!

Dice have been having a whale of a time the last couple of months, touring conventions hyping the game, telling everyone that it'll will definitly be out in December... It's just been a line of bullsh1t from start to finish.

Not crying but like you I have a right to my opinion, I am putting it in context with other becauase there are some stunning alternatives and Dice/EA have not come over in the best light this year. BFBC has been the only stand out title.

Looking forward to seeing something else from them for sure, they're a really good studio, but something has been stagnating over the couple of years. Maybe that's got more to do with EA putting pressure on them for results, who knows ! either way it's to the detriment of the community and the games.

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Actually I got in the beta since it was announced, and they have been on time, and I know all that BFH has gone through and no they ain't just delaying it because they want, quit your whinnying and leave if you don't want BFH, this is BFH discussion not for you to cry about other games and comparison with a very different game.

Mr Salt : Talk is Cheap !!

Ha, actually BF:H could be finished allready - what they said is not bugfree is the "backend".
The backend includes all the items you collected and/or BOUGHT.
So the fact that you'll have the possibility to spend your money on a free game is delaying the game.
If they would just get rid of all these micropayment stuff the game would be ready to be played, I'm pretty sure.
Whatever, let the kiddies spend their money on virtual costumes for BFH, I have my 50 Euros for BF3 ready to spend.
Real monea for a real game (I hope)

FipZ

Oh mate. it's so frustrating isn't it ? All us battlefield heads having to make do playing the lastest BF game on a controller and on a console !! who would have thought ! Personally I'm waiting patiently for BF3 or at least the much need 1.5 patch for BF2. Although it would have been good to have something to play in the meantime. I guess there's alway left4dead (As an Aside - left 4 dead looks awesome, demo play really well, 4upCoop in the demo- just awesome GOTY contender for sure)......Anyway.. back to the mission at hand.

I struggle to see what the point actually is? In my view Dice/EA are trying to poach users from the Team Fortress 2 community. They're gonna have trouble doing that because TF2 is an excellent game in it own right and you won't get all the adverts or payment for clothes. and at least with TF2 we all got to take part in the the beta session, rather than offering it out in a lottery.

The whole project from start to finish has been so badly managed from the community point of view. Their website has been quiet for weeks then they hit us up with this bull, 10% above the waterline, that suggests to me that there is still a long long way to go. I don't reckon you'll see it untill at least Easter time at the earliest. If at all. I guess this will be a cash cow for Dice, if they ever get it out on general release. Not that i'll be touching it with a ten foot pole. They've missed the boat in my opinion, should have released it in the summer like they said. Too many good games on the horizon for people to keep interested - I'm sure losing interest!!

Bollocks to the linear roof running and all the kiddy sh1t that is BFH. Let's get some BF3 on the go with either the Frostbite engine or something that at least uses the power of the Cuda API. Dice, stick to what you are good at - the Battlefield Franchise has alway been for winners, why do you have to spoil it with this CHOD!!!

[ElFipso]

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Ha, actually BF:H could be finished allready - what they said is not bugfree is the "backend".
The backend includes all the items you collected and/or BOUGHT.
So the fact that you'll have the possibility to spend your money on a free game is delaying the game.
If they would just get rid of all these micropayment stuff the game would be ready to be played, I'm pretty sure.
Whatever, let the kiddies spend their money on virtual costumes for BFH, I have my 50 Euros for BF3 ready to spend.
Real monea for a real game (I hope)

FipZ

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Isn't it a bit irregular to beta test then close the beta down and then re-open at a later date.

It sound like they've found a serious bug that they don't want to admit to, or have had to go back to the drawing boards, maybe it's a bug they couldn't fix without a complete re-write.

With other titles isn't a closed beta session followed by an open one ? or gold release ?

To be honest. as good as it looks, the more I think about this logistic of free to play and advert support to pay for it the more it turns me off the idea.

As a Battlefield Head I would much rather pay for a full version, something like Bad Company or maybe even Battlefield 3 on the PC ? What about it Dice/EA - you wanna stop piss-balling about with this Mickey Mouse concept and give us something tangable that we can actually play? Mirror's Edge and Bad Company are awesome, but why are you trying to copy Valve?

Heroes its a pretty good game, this next beta will be the last and as it says it will go up again early 2009, and they have been on time on all the beta announcements.

I guess you must be on of the lucky ones, because it was a complete lottery getting a closed beta key.

What a joke.. Shouldn't have made an announcement for 2008 if they had no intention of releasing this till next year. It's certainly not the first time Dice have bungled the release date. Battlefield 2 was delayed if you guys can remember. it was only like 2 or 3 months, but at least with BF2 there was a reason to wait because there wasn't anything like it around at the time.

Dice have plagerised the idea from valves team fortress 2, and I don't understand why, if I wanted to play TF2 i would just logon to steam and play it.. None of the fans wanted a 3rd person cartoon shooter. What we wanted was Battlefield built on the Frostbite engine or something similar, so why not drop the white elephant and get a move on before someone beats you to it? Because there is now a massive gap in the market for an up to date Modern Theatre FPS with 64player server and huge maps.

Operation Flashpoint 2 : Dragon Rising is worth looking into in the mean time, but that game is still a long way off and Dice are pissing about with everything but a TRUE addition to the BF franchise rather that this Heroes bullsh1t, which is going to be full of adverts anyway.

So Dice I'd much rather wait and pay money for something I really want to play.

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Heroes its a pretty good game, this next beta will be the last and as it says it will go up again early 2009, and they have been on time on all the beta announcements.

[Sikpanzer]

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As I said on the thread under the update on the BHF site :

GROIN.

[GeneralPatton]

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They shouldn't be focusing on BF Heroes...they should be making the next Battlefield game (Possibly BF3)

Clearly they are going to keep stalling Heroes further and further.

[Minmaster]

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they are too busy with releasing mirror's edge than be working on BF games. even 2142 hasn't gotten the proper attention it's sorely needed in a long time.

[McSteviee]

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Maybe they are just enjoying 'polishing their backends' too much.

[Yukiism]

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This is like ET:QW. They didn't release the game when the hype was big and now people will forget about the game and now people will just move on to the more better games.

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DICE is big, they've got more than enough resources to develop several games at a time :)

This does look like a 2 guy in a basement project though.

[Elxx]

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What disappoints me about this the most, is that during all of this wasted time developing heroes, they could have been putting constructive work into patching BF2 properly and developing BF3 or better franchises.

DICE is big, they've got more than enough resources to develop several games at a time :)