If you are any sort of fan to the Battlefield series, you have seen the new Battlefield 4 "Fishing In Baku" trailer. If you have eyes, ears and a heart that is still beating, then you probably wet yourself while watching it. The trailer opens with some soft music and bubbles, slowly rising beneath the water. Suddenly, we realize we and our unit are in an upside-down car, sinking into the ocean. The rest of the trailer is a flashback through actual game-play, that led to the unit crashing into the ocean. It's got action, choppers, explosions, gunfights, and some pretty awesome building collapses. The trailer showcases the realism of Battlefield 4, much like the "Is it real life, or is it BF3" trailer for Battlefield 3 was intended to. The graphics do look to be improved, smoother textures, pockmarked walls, and reflections of reflections (look closely, you'll see it all), but the most impressive thing about the trailer is the way that it discreetly shows off the differences and updates to the new Frostbite Engine. Water ripples interact and cancel each other out, blowing up a wall creates a hole, but it also causes shrapnel of all kinds to fly everywhere, explosives have blast radius and shock waves, bullets are still affected by gravity and wind speed, and buildings don't just implode, they collapse brick by brick, twisting metal pylons and rebar into a tangled mess. In summation, the engine and the graphics are upgraded in unison, to make everything look and feel more real, and unlike the Call of Duty series, which has popularized itself by becoming a social shooter, focused on player satisfaction, Battlefield shows war in it's true, chaotic form. Battlefield will not have you firing a 50 cal. on handed while sprinting, nor will it pretend that recoil just makes guns drift lazily upwards, instead it emphasizes how difficult it is to focus while being shot it, how disruptive explosions can be to your aim, and just how dangerous the weapons you use are. Oh, and no killstreaks, vehicles are in the base you spawn from, to help hold territory or take it, but expecting someone to fly in a harrier to help you, because you killed 7 people? That's just moronic.
Battlefield 4 Trailer- "Fishing In Baku"
I would like to clarify that I love the Call of Duty series, but that I feel it is not a good representation of war- it is a game made for enjoyment, while battlefield is made for realism, and both succeed in their intended markets.
