Sat Oct 10, 2015 8:04 pm by dflynn
Played a bit last night with Andersony and ulvenmagi it was a bit confusing since I think we jumped into the area that was recommended after you leveled up a bit, but it was still okay. The Mechanics seem a bit sluggish as far as your player model goes, but then again I haven't been playing an FPS in a while so it just might be something I need to get used to. There were a couple of things a little buggy but nothing game breaking, one really big annoying thing was inviting someone to a party or trying to partner up with them, it was not very intuitive, and if someone new comes on line they don't show up in your friends list in-game so that it broke (I restarted Origin and the game and they showed up). Only being able to have one other person in your squad seemed a bit crappy, but then again I am still trying to figure that out you might be able to have more I don't know. But, you can have 8 party members so why just one partner you can spawn on? If you don't have a partner, you randomly spawn and are constantly getting spawn raped because it spawns you in front of someone or in the middle of a air strike. Seems they need to work on spawn locations. Not being able to ESC out of the level up screen as it is counting your points is annoying, as it is very slow. Entering a new round isn't intuitive either, when the round is ready, there is an Orange circle in the top right of your screen you have to click to get to the objective screen, and then you have to hit space or enter to skip that so you can actually hit start. Seems like a lot of layers just to get into the game, not a big deal but does get annoying. One other annoying thing I found was that you get stuck on literally nothing, or a one or two inch ridge that you have to back up then jump up over.
I played a little more today and it seemed a little better but I had an idea of what actually was going on, and not just running around like a crazed idiot. But still spawn locations were a bit annoying as mentioned above. Leveling up to get new weapons seems like a grind early, I've only been able to unlock one other rifle. Weapons make a huge difference in the game as those with better weapons consistently have a KD of 50 and 5. If you can find one of the random weapon or vehicle drops you can get some good kills but often I get killed while waiting for them to deploy (there is a timer before you are actually using or inside the vehicle). The Hero drop (Luke Skywalker and Darthvader) seem way over powered as it takes at least 5 or 6 people to kill them and their saber reflects most of your shots back at you. Graphics ran smooth, (I ran everything on high) and got 60 FPS and dropped to mid 50's when a lot of explosions happened. They seriously need an option to change your cross-hairs and mouse color because the snow map is bright white and so are they so it's hard to see them. Andersony had graphics bugs every time the round ended, but not during the game.
All in all It takes a little getting used to, and since it's a beta there are only two maps to play so it gets a little stale, but again it is a beta and don't expect them to show you everything. I didn't notice any major bugs, but again I've only played a couple of hours. Just lots of little annoying bugs and features that seem to just add layers for the sake of adding layers.
I would recommend at least trying the beta, but start with the first map to get started, you might have a better time.
