Dang I was really hoping to get a real feel for Microtransactions 6: vibe coded edition.
Quick question: what exactly happens when Microsoft flips the switch on rootkits like they are planning to do? EA gonna just pack it up? (I can dream)
I haven't looked at technical proposals or anything, but I'll bet that they will propose the equivalent to the Google Play Integrity.
Your anticheat software won't work unless you are booting Windows from supported hardware with a working TPM2 module and an unmodified kernel signed by Microsoft.
Meanwhile the game by the ex-DICE devs with superior destruction physics (THE FINALS) is playable on linux and pledged to remain so! :)
It's a ton of fun, you guys should check it out.
Looks more like Fortnite than BF.
I want another game like BF1942+Desert combat, or possibly BF2142
It definitely doesn't play like fortnite, that's for sure.
It's not meant to be a superior battlefield btw. It just has old battlefield team members making it, so things like the gunplay, destruction, class structure and game balance are similar in style (though not 1-1)
Yeah but I don't like the clownsy look, I want the nitty gritty battlefield realism
The setting is that you're playing in a video game, so things aren't realistic, that's for sure. It's not supposed to be though. The issue with the crazy skins in CoD is that they're portraying themselves as a "hardcore realistic military shooter", but then you have the American Dad characters running around.
The Finals being not realistic allows them to do so much, from level design to mechanics. It does not play like Battlefield at all, but it does have better destruction than it's ever had. The gameplay is that of a fast paced movement shooter, and it's very cerebral, with a lot of ways to outplay your enemy and use them and the environment to your advantage. Even without the reaction time and skill of some people, you can play smarter and win.
Fair. It can still be a good game but I was so miss the old BF games
It's an incredible game, and the MTX model is insanely generous too, and it's free to play. You get free premium currency just by playing, and if you get like 3/4 through a battle pass you get more out than you put in, and battlepasses are purchasable with the premium currency you can get for free.
Thanks for the recommendation, Mr. The Finals
Lol. Not paid by them, but I do love the game and think it deserves more recognition for being the first truly innovative multiplayer shooter I've played in a long time, and also for not being greedy fucks.
OH MY GOD JUNE, ARE WE STARTING A COMEDY DUO?!?
Oh no!
Well, anyway...
As if you needed more reasons not to buy games from EA...
Also the game being developed on Godot and being a footnote in the article is a travesty....
I think it was just the player made levels that were Godot
The game is in a proprietary engine. They used Godot to make a level editor. Presumably they have some script to convert from what you make in Godot to convert to a form that works on their engine. I'm assuming this is so they don't expose components of their engine to people, but they can still ship a robust level editor.
Pro-tip: buy it on steam, open it so that Steam recognizes play time, write heinous review, issue refund.
It would be a real shame if someone were to organize a group of Linux players for the launch, to leave negative reviews about how they can't play the game on their Steam Deck...
The monkey's paw curls and… BF6 is now playable on Steam Deck, but Linux is still forbidden.
That's fine by me. If they open Pandora's box a little bit somebody will pry it open the rest of the way.
How would that work? Steam deck is Linux.
No tux, no bux
Simple as
Does anyone have a recommendation for another arcade 64 vs 64 FPS mp game on Linux?
Previously I used BF for that, but now that I've transitioned to Linux that is not available obviously.
Haven't played it yet, but I've heard BattleBit Remastered is pretty good. I think it might even have 128 v 128 as an option.
Graphics and visual style much different though.
Battlebit is kinda dead after the devs started work on a sound update, failed to separate their prod and Dev source branches, and then realized they couldn't make small changes without finishing the actually really big audio and everything else update first.
Also, battlebit is in a bit of a weird spot; it was made by the dev team as an arma/squad replacement for people without high tier setups, but was first published with more arcade elements than that initial start would have you expect it to have. There's been a couple rumors that the devs aren't happy with how arcadey the gameplay for it is.
It's fun for what it is, but there's not a whole lot of players on it lately, and future gameplay elements aren't guaranteed.
The situation about the dev's not happy with how arcadey the gameplay is surprises me.
I found the gameplay too high stakes, I felt like everywhere I went when I tried it I'd die instantly without any idea where the shots were coming from. Like Hell Let Loose or Firestorm with blocky art.
For me personally, it had some of the features of a milsim, like quicker deaths, squad chat, medics, etc, but lacked a lot of the team-oriented objectives that bring a team together, like larger maps, even quicker deaths, stamina management, resource management and spawns.
Essentially, it was a bit of a rough combination of arcade and milsim and didn't quite fit the bill of either. If nearly every single gun takes 1-2 hits to kill someone, but spawns are setup so that they're all within 100 yards of the other team, it really can get overwhelming incredibly quickly.
At least, that's how it felt to me. If nobody is required to make spawn points since they just show up for the main objectives, nobody is going to bother to drive around and set it up better without being friends IRL, or actually just into that part of a milsim fps.
Squad?
Squad even has imo the best Star Wars mod (Galactic Contention). just be aware it's a much slower pace than battlefield/Cod and heavily depends on teamwork
BF4 has 64 players total, BFBC2 has 32 players total.
It’ll probably be unplayable on most systems for the first 6 months if the last few battlefield releases are anything to go by 😂
if its anything like 2047 nothing lf value was lost
They're going back to battlefield 4 for this one. Honestly I haven't been this excited for a pvp game in years, possibly since Titanfall 2. The gameplay they've been showing off looks incredibly fun.
Make sure you pre order it! And get the gold edition too!
Wow, I havent heard of BF since BF3... it seems i will continue not hearing about it
I know the resounding opinion is "so?" but things like this are the only things that keep me on Windows, sadly. My squad plays Warzone, and may play this. At the very least, when I upgrade I'll probably dual boot, but this is still dumb to me. You'd think the Steam Deck would encourage people. Ah well.
Bfv was unplayable due to dice
Welp, guess I'm never playing it then. 🤷
I was hoping that steam deck would get some love. Those games are a pain but I have friends who play it.
I have a windows VM but ea cheat doesn't lile vms either
Tin foil hat time but I said last year on Mastodon that the reason EA was killing games like Apex and Battlefield for Linux was that soon Microsoft was going to announce their own handheld and EA has close ties with MS due to EA Play on Gamepass for example. Sure enough less than a year later Microsoft announces their Xbox Handheld with Asus and guess which games will work on that.
Basically it'll be "you want to play Madden and Battlefield on a handheld? well don't buy the SteamDeck, get this Xbox Handheld instead!"
Oh no. Anyways.
I know others are like "oh well, anyway" but I remembered playing and enjoying bf3. I've avoided the other titles because of military FPS shooter fatigue.
Now though I'm almost desperate to have something that isn't souls like, but EA has to be EA. It's a shame, because I would've been up for paying the stupid amounts of money they normally charge to experience BF6.
I do have a PS5, but I don't have the monthly subscription (paying for online multiplayer is a mugs game), so I just simply won't buy BF6.
Tpm, secure boot. I was starting to be interested in the return to bf3-4 I'll stick to Arma and squad.
Will they also be missing out on microtransactions and quick time events??
That's fine, lots of others games to choose from.
I don't have any Windows PCs anymore, and I'm not buying a $200 Windows Pro license just to buy a $70 game with questionable recent history.
Potential customer lost.
PS: I think the fact that they've made this decision also provides insight to the game itself.
EA did it with Apex Legends, so this is no surprise.
Hmm... Here I am trying to think when the last time was when I gave EA money for anything...
I guess the Mass Effect Remastered collection. I got that through Humble Monthly, but I'm pretty sure Humble gave EA money for that. So I gave money to EA through Humble...... That was quite a long time ago, though.
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