The beta for Battlefield: Hardline has been playable for a few days now so I figured it was time to give you guys my impression of the Beta thus far.
Although it feels like it belongs more as a DLC for Battlefield 4 as opposed to a standalone release Battlefield: Hardline is still a lot of fun to play. Now the textures of the game are disappointing, but it is in Beta so its almost assured that higher resolution textures will be in the full release. Although the reflections that I saw in the game were quite impressive, like the one you see below.
It even reflected the movement of other players as they crossed, which threw me off quite often.
There are 2 playable maps in the Battlefield: Hardline Beta, a Bank map where the Heist game mode is played, and a map accurately named “Dust Bowl” which is shared by both the Hotwire and Conquest. These maps work well for the gametypes they are paired with….. except Hotwire. Hotwire has serious potential to be one of the best gametypes in Hardline, if it wasn’t so darn boring.
Hotwire has two teams pitted against each other. Much like conquest, each team’s goal is to hold 5 points, only these points are cars and they must be moving in order for each team to gain points. The reason why it falls short is because of the map it is played on. Dust Bowl is just too small for players to fully enjoy this gametype.
All in all much like Battlefield 4, Battlefield: Hardline is unimpressive although not un-enjoyable. I am still excited to see this game at its full release regardless and I will be writing that review when the time comes.
Did you play the Hardline Beta? What were your thoughts? Let us know in the comments below.
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Can we really call them robbers and thieves? They have military weapons, military coordination, wiping out security forces, take control of certain areas, get reinforcements and even get promotions.
They act more like militants raiding resource points to fund their next terrorism activity.
‘Cops Vs Paramilitaries’ lol
That’s because it’s just a reskinned BF4, of course they didn’t change the foundations of the game (something obviously required if you go from military shooter to ‘cops vs robbers shooter’)
And people pay full price for this?
I don’t mind with them branching out of the old war theme but they should’ve at least put more efforts in making it feel less like a re-skin. It feels weird watching “robbers and thieves” wiping out the police from a whole area so they could win the round. I thought the standard process of a heist is to get the money and run, not securing the area and killing off a whole police department. Are the Hardline police fighting a globalized Mexican robbers who fear no police?
The city level is even weirder with that huge amount of massive damage. It looked like it has been attacked by terrorists instead some robbers trying to break into a bank.
no way in HELL does this seem like a fu#$ing DLC. The ONLY thing even remotely similiar to BF4 is the fact its using the same engine. It has its own theme, its own feel and its own level of enjoyment.
I’m not knocking it. I’m excited that they are going away from the typical war standpoint and focusing on something different, but as far as gameplay goes it is all too similar to BF4. I would really love to see the developers make a spiritual successor to Battlefield 2142 as it was quite different in comparison to other games in the franchise.
I agree. They advertise it as cops v.s. robbers, but no matter how much I play this, I feel like I’m just playing battlefield with different weapons. The first beta still had helicopters with missiles and chainguns. I never felt like a robber in a heist or a swat team member chasing them. I still don’t.
You forgot the third map, Downtown.
Was that recently added? I didn’t get placed on that map once.
I was playing it since the first day.
Hmmmm. I remember the downtown map from the first beta, but I have not come across it in this one. I shall investigate.
I love hotwire, so much fun, chasing cars, getting triple kills with noobtube, rpg’s, I had a lot of fun with this mod. BF pro’s might not like it because it doesn’t have their precious tanks and big ass maps but for me, this is perfect, it’s fast paced, it’s fun, it’s not sci-fi like advanced warfare, instant buy for me.
Worse graphics than BF4, worse performance.Better movement, way faster loading times.Also, weapons have too much recoil compared to BF4.It could easily be a part of Premium as a DLC.
Those have been my exact experiences as well.
I would also add that positional audio seems better than it was in BF4. Although in some cases it’s bugged and certain sounds don’t play.
It’s a ‘beta’, you won’t get all of the textures, uhh.
The person who wrote this clearly doesn’t care for the BF series at all anyway. Anyone nowadays can be a “Reviewer” unfortunately they can’t all seem to be unbiased and objective in their reviews. I mean you don’t have to love the BF series, but anyone who dismisses them as “Unimpressive”? As far as MP, FPS, games, Yes , we have COD, but what the hell “Impresses” more than BF with it’s huge amounts of weapons, classes, gadgets, vehicles (Sea,Air,Land), maps and also the Levolution and destruction systems at play. Seriously, it doesn’t get any better than the BF series In my opinion. And Hardline is pretty much more of that only with Police and Bad guys. You’ll see, this game will become a big hit because of those things. And the graphics are pretty amazing as well. I honestly don’t know what else people could want in a shooter.
I’m actually a huge fan of the series and have been playing it for a long time. So far my favorite has been Battlefield 2142, but past Bad Company 2 Battlefield has just felt mundane and unpolished. I try my best as a writer to be unbiased about the games that I review, but it is impossible to be entirely unbiased because everyone has their own opinion on what is enjoyable.
I still had a lot of fun playing this, but just because I had fun, doesn’t mean mechanically this is a well rounded game.
I suggest taking a deep breath and relax. This is only a beta and it is likely that the full version is going to be much different, and maybe it will be better? Maybe the devs will work out all the kinks?
I am a long time fan of Battlefield, and I want it to succeed, but I’m not going to let my love of the series cloud my judgement when it comes to my reviews.
I understand what you’re saying. It’s not just you’re review per se, that I’m complaining about, I suppose I could of made myself more clear in this respect no offense to you personally. But, I have read so much negativity lately from so many reviewers and many of them are completely way off base. So far off in fact, that I’m starting to doubt that they are anything more than people like myself just going into a message board and leaving an opinion. I still stand behind what I wrote in regards to the “Impressiveness” of said games. There is nothing else out there that delivers the same experience. My question I suppose then is “Mundane” compared to what else?
Previous entries of Battlefield. Right now FPS makes nearly 90% of all AAA games released in the last 5 years. The FPS genre as of late has been pretty mundane rehashing the same things over and over and over again.
In comparison to other FPS being released right now Battlefield is the most enjoyable, but that isn’t saying much.
Well Matt, If you don’t enjoy their products it’s your right to not support them. But, I will. I guess I’m a “sheep” who enjoys their products. Unless, Oh yeah, the games are the best ones out there (For the shooter category anyway) what shooters are far better in your opinion. And BTW even if you only buy the base game, it’s still packed with at least $60 worth of content. I don’t understand what people want. It’s a game, a toy. It’s really isn’t that important. Christ. Oh well, to each his own.
i personally enjoyed hardline, i think its fast paced, more polished version of bf4.
No new physics engine = No new sale!