We reported what was a growing concern among Battlefield 4 players that there was a bug affecting PC players with AMD cards, as well as common troubleshooting issues. Unfortunately, the situation has now changed, as it is becoming increasingly clear that Battlefield 4 is broken on PC, irregardless of setup.
This revelation has popped up in the Reddit forums, after a few days of gameplay and online discussions. To be clear, the game looks great, performs very well even on the most high end computer setups, and is itself an enjoyable experience.
These are the most common complaints:
1. The sound gets cut off on 2 to 3 maps.
2. Players get booted between matches on the loading screen.
3. The game client crashing so frequently that it cannot be ignored.
A growing EA forum thread, separate from the AMD reports thread and now at 392 comments. The thread makes it clear that players using Nvidia cards and operating systems other than Windows 8 are also affected by the issues. These issues do not seem to be affecting all players, but the number of complaints from people who are encountering them is increasing.
There are also apparently more issues than the three identified above. However, the client crashes are turning fans off the most. The issue is simply blocking people from playing the game, and is testing the patience of their most loyal players.
Another point of contention regarding the game issues is that the alpha and beta limited access to certain portions of the game. While the bugs in those sections were addressed, DICE did not anticipate that the untested portions of the game, which they may have wanted to keep secret so that nonbeta players would have something to look forward to, would themselves also need beta testing.
Not to open old wounds, but the prior game in the series also had serious issues. As then, fans are increasingly getting angry their inquiries aren't getting addressed, but I think that just as it happened then, DICE may simply be overwhelmed with the number of inquiries and can't handle it all at once. Of course, this only goes back full circle to the suspicion the game wasn't fully tested.
In the end, we just want players to have fun with their favorite game. While we have concerns over how DICE could have planned for this better, we also hope they can address these issues soon.
