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I'll definitely take WRC24 thanks very much. Cheers for sharing @slamminbones! ❤️

Saw some interesting news that not long after their latest DLC has just come out, they've confirmed the game will have no more updates and make the latest DLC free to play. That means a curtain will call at some point in 2026 or 2027 surely.
 
Mad to think its been out for 5ish years or more and its not had enough backing to finally be turned off at some point soon.
 
Hard to take on a WoW alternative game these days.
 

I am praying its as good as the first series. A great watch.

I think I am similar to James in that none really stand out apart from the god awful firestorm map, why they thought that was the one to bring back I have no idea and I think they really missed a trick in that they should have made the central tower fully destructable. I think I lean towards the siege of Cairo as my current favourite as the destruction is really good and there is plenty on that map.
 
On the point above I thought they had said they were already exploring naval maps or have them in mind for future release?
 
I will say if you compare them to maps in BF1 or V I think they still have a way to go with this game and you can certainly feel the COD elements that have been brought over with the current people in the design process, not necassarily to the benefit of the game either.

There's no real standout maps for me but the larger New York one is quite good. The rest are all pretty meh in Battlefield terms and even the two bigger ones are pretty small and rather bland. You compare these to the staggeringly detailed and carefully scaled and constructed ones from from older titles - even BFV, and they are very plain and compact in comparison. Sure, you can get into gunfights aplenty but that isn't what this series is all about and you can tell from interviews that the developers are petrified of modern gamers getting bored because they aren't in a firefight every 15 seconds. Flags also change hands so often that even conquest has become arcade domination. You look at the Sobek City map compared to the Gulf of Oman one and it's pretty embarrassing in comparison. 
 
No naval maps is absolutely criminal also. I don't think there is a truly terrible one aside from the new one oil released in season one, as they are all playable to what Battlefield has become in its design philosophy, but there's is zero that radically changes how matches play and in the roles you choose. The watered-down Operation Firestorm is another huge showcase of how inferior maps can be in the wrong design hands. 

Given I have two kids, I have the following which I have streamlined now as used to have quite a few more over the years. I look out for the cheapest packages where possible.
- Netflix (Basic package with 2 screens and ads. £5.99)
- Disney Plus (Basic package with ads. £4.99)
- Spotify (Family package for all of us £19.99)
- Amazon (Prime for quick parcel deliveries which also gives you Prime Video. £8.99)
- Sky TV (This is luxury one. We have sports and movies as sports is on 24/7 virtually all the time and Dax will watch some movies with us. Currently £70. This depends on what they do for existing customers, although frustratingly gives new customers for about £30-40. Been with them for 17 years)
 
 
Its a funny one subscriptions. I really do dislike them, but what I try and do as you can see is play the system for what it is. Ads don't last long and we use them as loo breaks or to get a cuppa. £5 sometimes doesn't even get you a coffee in todays world. If I needed to, we'd drop Sky too if money became the most urgent issue in our house.
 
Playstation I don't class as a sub, even though it is. Always paid the annual basic one to play online. Anywhere between £40-60 once a year. We shouldn't need to, but at least I get my money's worth with this one too.

Saw some interesting news that not long after their latest DLC has just come out, they've confirmed the game will have no more updates and make the latest DLC free to play. That means a curtain will call at some point in 2026 or 2027 surely.
 
Mad to think its been out for 5ish years or more and its not had enough backing to finally be turned off at some point soon.
 
Hard to take on a WoW alternative game these days.
 

Given I have two kids, I have the following which I have streamlined now as used to have quite a few more over the years. I look out for the cheapest packages where possible.
- Netflix (Basic package with 2 screens and ads. £5.99)
- Disney Plus (Basic package with ads. £4.99)
- Spotify (Family package for all of us £19.99)
- Amazon (Prime for quick parcel deliveries which also gives you Prime Video. £8.99)
- Sky TV (This is luxury one. We have sports and movies as sports is on 24/7 virtually all the time and Dax will watch some movies with us. Currently £70. This depends on what they do for existing customers, although frustratingly gives new customers for about £30-40. Been with them for 17 years)
 
 
Its a funny one subscriptions. I really do dislike them, but what I try and do as you can see is play the system for what it is. Ads don't last long and we use them as loo breaks or to get a cuppa. £5 sometimes doesn't even get you a coffee in todays world. If I needed to, we'd drop Sky too if money became the most urgent issue in our house.
 
Playstation I don't class as a sub, even though it is. Always paid the annual basic one to play online. Anywhere between £40-60 once a year. We shouldn't need to, but at least I get my money's worth with this one too.

Okay, so I have to admit, MOST of the maps I really do like. I equally like that the capture points are slightly different with each game mode.
 
The only ones I've struggled with which seem to be consistent with others online are the 2 desert ones. I think its down to the sheer scale of how open it is, coupled with how bright you stand out when running from one control point to the other. You can see how vehicles can really help dictate how well you do on these maps.
 
On the 2 new maps incoming - I've only played Black desert one. The lighting on this with the sunsetting looks cool but has annoyed me in parts as I think you stand out in certain places to the enemy. Needs a few more plays to see how it really feels. The other one looks similar to what Battle Royale is based on and the buildings on that work really well for cover so that looks promising.
 
My best maps are hard to separate. Manhattan Bridge, with C on top of the building that can get continually destroyed is cool. I think that's up there with Siege of Cairo and Iberian Offensive. Cairo is really cool finding different ways to flank the opposition whilst tanks always converge through the map on to C.
 
Thoughts all?

I loved the first season, so Fallout season 2 will hopefully be just as good.
 
With it involving New Vegas and rumours of a remaster to what many feel was the best FO game, bring it on please : )
 
 
 

I can confirm that there is no griefing on our server. I saw a few folks in one common area, from other private servers. Game feels great, they also just launched roadmap as outlined below. 
 
 
 

I played far fewer games the second weekend as I was away for most of it, I had a couple of games on the Sunday though, excuse the snippet but it would not save properly on my phone for some reason. 
 

Missed the first weekend but made up for it the second weekend.  Stats aren’t too shabby either.

Drops on Thursday and I'll be playing on Steam 😘
 
 

Yeah I'll be picking this up, it played decent on PC for me in the first playtest so I think that's where I'll go for it. Tough game and yeah, although its 3rd person it reminds one a lot of Tarkov as it's essentially an extraction shooter. 

I did give it a try and if you like tarkov I think you will quite enjoy this as it has the same sort of atmospheric vibe, it's great visually. Think my only downside is that the game is played in raids as far as I can see so you sort of start at a hub, buy things, craft things etc and then move into a round, find a load of stuff and leave again. The gameplay is great and some of the bots are genuinely scary to come up against.

So, this,game finally drops on 30 October, there was a playtest this weekend but I missed it. For certain this will be my next purchase, just have to decide whether its PC or PS5
 
 
 

PS5 release is imminent, and i highly recommend, particularly as they recently added night vision.
 
 

Two new maps it seems
 
 

Season 1  trailer
 
 

New map preview 🙂
 
 

I get that but regardless he's not wrong we pay more money for less things, things that made the series great. I also think these days we've been given so many crap products we are happy with things being mediocre. It's a shame that as a franchise, much like CoD it's best years and games are behind it.

The game is ok, it's nowhere near peak bf imo and when you get someone to actually list what's missing etc you can kind of see why there's reasonable criticism.
 
 

Finally reached level 30 and I still got it😎

 
May have a look at the campaign tomorrow.