Dang I was really hoping to get a real feel for Microtransactions 6: vibe coded edition.
Quick question: what exactly happens when Microsoft flips the switch on rootkits like they are planning to do? EA gonna just pack it up? (I can dream)
I haven’t looked at technical proposals or anything, but I’ll bet that they will propose the equivalent to the Google Play Integrity.
Your anticheat software won’t work unless you are booting Windows from supported hardware with a working TPM2 module and an unmodified kernel signed by Microsoft.
Welp, guess I’m never playing it then. 🤷
Oh no!
Well, anyway…
Meanwhile the game by the ex-DICE devs with superior destruction physics (THE FINALS) is playable on linux and pledged to remain so! :)
It’s a ton of fun, you guys should check it out.
OH MY GOD JUNE, ARE WE STARTING A COMEDY DUO?!?
THAT’S RIGHT SCOTTY! WE BETTER RAMP UP OUR JOKES SO THEY LAND ON THE MONEY, JUST LIKE OUR CONTESTANTS!
It’s an incredible game, and the MTX model is insanely generous too, and it’s free to play. You get free premium currency just by playing, and if you get like 3/4 through a battle pass you get more out than you put in, and battlepasses are purchasable with the premium currency you can get for free.
Thanks for the recommendation, Mr. The Finals
Lol. Not paid by them, but I do love the game and think it deserves more recognition for being the first truly innovative multiplayer shooter I’ve played in a long time, and also for not being greedy fucks.
Looks more like Fortnite than BF.
I want another game like BF1942+Desert combat, or possibly BF2142
It definitely doesn’t play like fortnite, that’s for sure.
It’s not meant to be a superior battlefield btw. It just has old battlefield team members making it, so things like the gunplay, destruction, class structure and game balance are similar in style (though not 1-1)
Yeah but I don’t like the clownsy look, I want the nitty gritty battlefield realism
The setting is that you’re playing in a video game, so things aren’t realistic, that’s for sure. It’s not supposed to be though. The issue with the crazy skins in CoD is that they’re portraying themselves as a “hardcore realistic military shooter”, but then you have the American Dad characters running around.
The Finals being not realistic allows them to do so much, from level design to mechanics. It does not play like Battlefield at all, but it does have better destruction than it’s ever had. The gameplay is that of a fast paced movement shooter, and it’s very cerebral, with a lot of ways to outplay your enemy and use them and the environment to your advantage. Even without the reaction time and skill of some people, you can play smarter and win.
Fair. It can still be a good game but I was so miss the old BF games
The Finals is an absolute mess with cheaters right now. People are pissed in the forums. They’re leaving the game as fast as they can attract new players. Player numbers have been flat since March, and are significantly down since launch. I don’t know if a game like this is sustainable with only 18,000 weekly players but I guess we’ll find out.
Last I checked, I was not able to get it to play. They broke it with an update and I assumed that was by design and I haven’t looked back.
Embark has made a statement I think in 7.6 or 7.5 patch notes, that even though they will not make a native version of The Finals on Linux, they still make sure this game will work on Linux, even once they switch anti-cheats.
On Discord (I know I know yuck) they said they’ve been cooperating with Codeweavers since Season 5, iirc as consulting to prevent making changes which would break the game on Linux.
There were two updates (iirc 5.12 and 6.9) which did break the game, but those got fixed within 24 hours.
Yeah, while it would be nice, I don’t care about a native Linux version. Proton is so supported that I’m fine with using it.
Since they’ve explicitly stated that they want to continue to support Linux (at least for now), that at least shows a viable future for me.
Like in my response to the other commenter, that’s why I was playing FragPunk, because I thought support for Linux would be there. But they’ve pushed that to the way side.
IIRC it broke for like a week maybe for me since they added Linux support, but it’s been very solid on Linux for me. Give it another shot. It’ll probably work.
Alright I’ll redownload it lol
I was playing FragPunk because it worked on Linux and I really like the game but they seem to be going the way that I thought The Finals was.
if its anything like 2047 nothing lf value was lost
They’re going back to battlefield 4 for this one. Honestly I haven’t been this excited for a pvp game in years, possibly since Titanfall 2. The gameplay they’ve been showing off looks incredibly fun.
Battlefield 1942 for me.
Fook, I was going to write it almost in the same words
I don’t have any Windows PCs anymore, and I’m not buying a $200 Windows Pro license just to buy a $70 game with questionable recent history.
Potential customer lost.
PS: I think the fact that they’ve made this decision also provides insight to the game itself.
It’ll probably be unplayable on most systems for the first 6 months if the last few battlefield releases are anything to go by 😂
I know the resounding opinion is “so?” but things like this are the only things that keep me on Windows, sadly. My squad plays Warzone, and may play this. At the very least, when I upgrade I’ll probably dual boot, but this is still dumb to me. You’d think the Steam Deck would encourage people. Ah well.
Pro-tip: buy it on steam, open it so that Steam recognizes play time, write heinous review, issue refund.
Wow, I havent heard of BF since BF3… it seems i will continue not hearing about it
Does anyone have a recommendation for another arcade 64 vs 64 FPS mp game on Linux?
Previously I used BF for that, but now that I’ve transitioned to Linux that is not available obviously.
Haven’t played it yet, but I’ve heard BattleBit Remastered is pretty good. I think it might even have 128 v 128 as an option.
Graphics and visual style much different though.
Squad?
Squad even has imo the best Star Wars mod (Galactic Contention). just be aware it’s a much slower pace than battlefield/Cod and heavily depends on teamwork
Not really arcade
BF4 has 64 players total, BFBC2 has 32 players total.
you can still play BF3 and 4 with some work arounds. Liam (guy’s site that this article is from) posted the other week on his site how to get 3 and 4 working. nothing major at all just a couple extra steps to get it going which is no biggie if you’re on linux, you’re used to the extra steps.
Battlebit
Holdfast is a pretty awesome. Most servers are 150 players but I have seen some at 64 and 200 players. It has proximity chat and most players have mics which can be funny at times. I cannot recall a game where you can talk to the enemy during a game, usually it was only in the lobby.
Oh no. Anyways.
Will they also be missing out on microtransactions and quick time events??
Tpm, secure boot. I was starting to be interested in the return to bf3-4 I’ll stick to Arma and squad.
Bf3-4 are not concerned by the anti cheat :3
it’s funny cause just the other week I found out you can still play 3 and 4 on Linux so I was like “oh perfect! I do miss me some battlefield” I load up steam and see BF1, BFV, BF2042 but I could have sworn I also owned 3 and 4 and I do…on Origin.
You can play the origin games on linux too with lutris :D
I know others are like “oh well, anyway” but I remembered playing and enjoying bf3. I’ve avoided the other titles because of military FPS shooter fatigue.
Now though I’m almost desperate to have something that isn’t souls like, but EA has to be EA. It’s a shame, because I would’ve been up for paying the stupid amounts of money they normally charge to experience BF6.
I do have a PS5, but I don’t have the monthly subscription (paying for online multiplayer is a mugs game), so I just simply won’t buy BF6.
