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Speaking to Battlefield.no, DICE executive producer Patrick Bach talked about some of the new features making it into Battlefield 4 when it releases on multiple platforms this October 29.
“There is a lot of stuff, really,. We have tried to look at the game from all angles. We have replaced streaming systems so we can give you more weapons, more vehicles.”
One feature we have not talked about is ‘any army on any side on any map,’ which gives you the possibility to choose what factions start at what side, and that’s on any map as well. So that will be interesting and might create some cool results. It’s a feature we haven’t discussed openly, but I think it’s something interesting.”
American, Russian and Chinese factions will be playable in multiplayer, each with their own weapons.
Bach also spoke about customizable UI and HUD elements on the PC version of Battlefield 4, saying, “on PC, you will get custom UI and HUD, and you can scale those so you can customize more to your liking.”
Bach boasted the game will have one of “the best netcodes on the market,” and said the game will also let players adjust the game according to their latency. ”
“We will of course tweak this so you less often will experience these kinds of [latency] problems. We have put a slider into the game which compensates for such events, and if you have a very good connection, you might want to turn that down and get a cleaner netcode.”
Lastly, Bach confirmed that there will be no day and night cycles in Battlefield 4 but that patching and updating will be a lot faster and more regular thanks to the brand new Frostbite 3 engine.
