[wytefang]

I'm not at all onboard for this extremely underwhelming game and here's why:



1. Crappy 3rd-person perspective

2. A deep-seated suspicion that DICE is, in fact, going to make micro-transactions out of useful abilities in the game rather than just having purchasable items be only cosmetic in nature.

3. No mini-map actually sounds less helpful as opposed to its omission's intended effect

4. Low system requirements usually mean this won't be such a great-looking game - artsy-fartsy TF2 graphic style or not (and the screenshots seem to be proving this concern to be accurate - they look horribly "meh" at best). Hamstringing gamers who saved up their hard-earned cash to have a nice high-end system isn't the best way to make your game appeal to everyone - not solely the casual gamer who hasn't upgraded his computer in 5-10 years. IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION: I'm in FULL support of games offering more manageable or realistic hardware requirements but at the same time they also need to include high-end goodies too. Stardock, developer/publisher of the amazing Galactic Civilization series understands this and their games are entirely scaleable, which is awesome.

5. Removal of one-hit knife kills or sniper shots - I would hope that they won't even bother including these weapons then because that's, well, pretty much the whole point of using them

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It just sounds like a total waste of time, free or not. I've been hearing a lot of gamers decry people who are wracking on this game because "it's free" but people critique free things all the time - the best example is Television.

My main concern is that if this dorky idea does well it'll lead to dumbing down of BF3 (which they've all but confirmed they're working on). Thankfully this is just a dumb side-project.

Granted, time will really tell if it's worth the mustard - and I'll try it out like anyone else, because...it's free - but I'm pretty darn sure this is not any kind of game I'll enjoy. All the signs point otherwise.