[Official] Battlefield: Play4Free

[trag3dy]

I heard there are already hacks in the beta. Though that should be no surprise considering the MoH and BC2 betas were both ruined by hackers. I don't really get the purpose of hacking in a beta game..and I don't get why DICE hasn't done anything about it. Why do they not have PB enabled in their betas?

[CaptainSlow]

Just received my beta key, however can't play it yet as i'm in work :(

[Ayepecks]

Got in! Can't wait to play it!

[AimLXJ]

Got in! Can't wait to play it!

Received my beta key yesterday, but can't play it because my computer is broking :(

[Pretend]

I signed up for the beta key 3 days ago.... will I get one?

[Ayepecks]

I love it so far, but there are graphical slowdowns for no reason at certain points. Also, why are you forced to name each soldier? Why can't I have a soldier for each class and have them all be "Ayepecks"? I started out using a class I hate, and now that one will be Ayepecks even though I'll never use him. What's the point?

[AimLXJ]

The game is seriously buggy for me because I can see through walls (wallhack anyone?) ;)

[ViperAFK]

Got my key!

[Green_Eye]

No key here yet, looks like I'm going to be missing out on this :(

[Duality]

Got a key thanks to one of the EA guys (who have been really rather nice and supportive of the anti-cheat movement, which is more than I can say about Activision...), looking forward to really starting to play the game. Just remember those who have keys - you are under a pretty restrictive NDA :(

[Pupik]

Just remember those who have keys - you are under a pretty restrictive NDA :(

Unless you censor your soldier name out of the footage you release. Just a thought :whistle:

[CGar]

I could have sworn I signed up when I first heard about this... but apparently I didn't :(

Oh well, to the back of the line I go hehe

I just checked my spam folder, and there was a key waiting for me, w00t!

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Just got my key :)

[Ayepecks]

Biggest two annoyances so far (these have already been revealed, so pretty sure there's no NDA violation):

1. Not being able to change your character class (or change mid-game between your characters), and not being able to have multiple characters listed under a single persona.

2. EA has apparently said they have no plans to support widescreen monitors via Twitter. So the HUD is always going to be F'ed up if you have a widescreen monitor.

Other than that, I love it. Think it's quite amazing, really, and a great service. I highly recommend it when it comes out of beta. It's pretty polished as it is, but there are some obvious bugs.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

Not sure how I feel about it yet, glad they carried over some of the aspects like spotting, etc., but definitely feels like a free game, and all it really did was made me want to launch BF2... But I definitely felt at home, not the best score and my team was pretty bad...

[Pupik]

Damn, why the 16vs16? I thought this game was based on BF2, where you had 32vs32 :(

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

forgot i god invited to this, it was sitting in my inbox, lol

[ViperAFK]

2. EA has apparently said they have no plans to support widescreen monitors via Twitter. So the HUD is always going to be F'ed up if you have a widescreen monitor.

This is seriously pathetic, they've regressed back into their bf2 mindset. Its ****ing 2010, how can you release a game that does not support widescreen properly? Especially WHEN THEIR NEWER GAMES ALREADY SUPPORT IT.

[Minifig]

Biggest two annoyances so far (these have already been revealed, so pretty sure there's no NDA violation):

1. Not being able to change your character class (or change mid-game between your characters), and not being able to have multiple characters listed under a single persona.

2. EA has apparently said they have no plans to support widescreen monitors via Twitter. So the HUD is always going to be F'ed up if you have a widescreen monitor.

And those two reasons are the reason it'll fail.

Any gamer who is serious about gaming has a wide screen monitor.

[Green_Eye]

Yeah as Dirty Larry said the only thing this made me want to do is re-buy BF2(my original disk does not read anymore :( ) again, it definitely feels like BF2 but it definitely isn't...

[ViperAFK]

And those two reasons are the reason it'll fail.

Any gamer who is serious about gaming has a wide screen monitor.

Even many non gamers have widescreen, its pretty much all thats sold now.

[Minifig]

Welp, I got into the beta.

I'll give feedback soon.

[LittleNeutrino Veteran]

I have played maybe 4 games with it, it locks up all the time, and it freezes up for about five minutes before I can even see the menu :p When playing it runs pretty smooth every once in a while there are some lag spikes which make sniping a challange however, overall its a rather good game especially for being free.

[Minifig]

It's fun, but it feels... Browsery, I don't know how to explain it. It's indefinitely better than Battlefield Heroes though.

[trag3dy]

Code to access the beta:

BDPK-YA66-86YU-MQBT

It has more than one use but it supposedly expires pretty quickly.