good old rifle butting your enemy

ofcourse they are. they are just reskinning bf4.

imo in the interest of balance, the should make all guns per class with the same power, just use different skins, and different colour lasers.

same with the vehicles.

dices weapon tinkering was not really welcome, and you can still find weapons that are overpowered

It better be a TPS and not a FPS. Dont ruin this game guys!

@Larry, yes I have played both Battlefront 1 and 2 AND Battlefield 2. I do realize that the gameplay in both games are similar (Battlefront is quite more chaotic however). When I say what I said I mean I want it to be a Battlefront game and not something that looks like it could be included as a DLC pack for BF4. Battlefront is much more chaotic, even on very large maps like Hoth, it was still very fast paced, I want that kept and many other small features but of course adding new innovative things.

@Panthers, it has been confirmed, just like in BF1 and 2, that you will be able to switch from both 1st and 3rd person perspectives. http://www.videogamer.com/x...

Well I certaily agree that SWBF is more chaotic than BF2, but that's because of the maps themselves, more so than the gameplay. Most of the maps were essentially just "lanes", so squads going from "flag" to "flag" would usually just meet head on, as opposed to BF which has well designed realistic village and city maps where squads can skulk about the map and be more tactical. This is down to the dev too. Pandemic were ambitious for sure, but their execution was off and seemed a bit lazy. This includes map design.

When you're playing SWBF in a squad of people working together, I find the gameplay and pacing very similar. Obviously I'm talking about playing Domination.

And to Horse who said weapons are totally different, I completely disagree. A rocket launcher is a rocket launcher, a sniper rifle is a sniper rifle, a grenade is a grenade, an assault rifle is an assault rifle, and a LMG is a LMG. Just putting a different skin on the gun model and making them fire red and blue laser bolts instead of bullets doesn't make them all that different really.

@Larry L

I wasn't talking about the skins or appearance of the weapons, I was talking about the way they handled, like recoil and spread, which s why I said "weapon and shooting mechanics." I was referring to both the weapon mechanics (recoil, ironsights, etc.) and the shooting mechanics (accuracy, bullet spread, etc.) They are clearly different from BF2.

sAVAge_bEaSt
You are correct that there is a learning curve, but I would disagree with many of your points because they are strategy based.

From a control aspect, it's very standard... however when you implement vehicles you encounter some relatively complicated controls.

It's not hard to get a Jet into the air, or a Helicopter to hover... but it is difficult to dog fight another jet or to pilot the helicopter into a firefight between buildings and level it off for your gunners to have any effect.

The difficulty lies in mastery, every weapon has a different feel. Weapons require an additional learning experience when partnered with new or different attachments.

Vehicles can be powerful, but driven or piloted by a master and they can change the outcome of the battle and match.

Understanding kits requires patience and experience, knowing where to benefit your team most or the best instance to utilize different tools is essential in being successful at the game.

Majin Vegeta,
I agree with you, one of the most frustrating things a series can do is change the learning curve reducing the skills acquired by long time fans. Tribes 3 did that to me on PC years back after being a long-time player of both Tribes 1 & 2.

InTheZoneAC,
Battlefield has a moderate learning curve, but I agree that as a FPS it has a relatable control structure that is easy to pick up on because we've been exposed to the basics before.
I've got to ask, why the negative reference to Xbox owners? As if there aren't people playing FPS on a Playstation or "little kids" being introduced to the genre...

This thread is a celebration that Dice is working on a project with a good history and strong fan base... not a flame battle. Relax and enjoy on whatever console or pc you would like.