Battlefield 4 matures again when Player

Preface:
I play Battlefield 1942 (you know what I mean ^^) and have spent several thousand hours of series, with BF4 there are now almost exactly 10 hours (using a VPN, as the DE-release only at 31.10). The beta I have played about 10 hours, thereby of course I can not write a comprehensive report, but for a small short-Review reaches it. If some people find it helpful, I will expand the review continues. I will not initially respond to the single player, for me BF is a pure multiplayer game.

Performance:
The performance issues that existed still in beta were apparently resolved and the game runs much smoother. For medium to high settings (AA) my GTX580 + 2600K @ 4,4GHz enough performance has (I play with 2560x1440). But I had so far already some crashes of the game (BF4.exe no longer works) that it is essential to have fixed!
For more information please the numerous reviews of Games Magazine view.

Graphics:
Very good. Something else you can not claim, however, the difference is not earth-shattering to BF3. The best difference: the blue filter of BF3 has not been accepted. I have hated the filter :-). Unfortunately, there are as yet many Grafikbugs, eg the Killcam flashes partially like crazy, just like the TV missile.

Ease of use:
The menu was clearly optimized for consoles, the menu is thus unfortunately very convoluted and confusing. For the PC, much more would have been possible if we had wanted to. More information at a glance and less submenus I would have liked, I feel as PCler always more than 2nd class players before.

Translation:
The translation is terrible just a small example: In the menu of suicide / suicide is laying. Laying ??? Which translation tool spits out so what? Another example: The jet ski is Personal Watercraft. I know that there really is the word in the German language, but honestly, who ever says: "I went last holiday Watercraft." Or in TeamSpeak: "Let's take the water motorcycle ..". If it absolutely must be in the dictionary, why not jet boat?
There are a few more examples of the "great" translation (eg "thank you" in the Commo Rose) but I will not spoil even more and make you a few WTF moments left ;-).

Gameplay:
For me, the Conquest Mode is undefeated, but there is a fashion for every taste. I do not want again to list all the modes individually and describe because it bored over here helps. Therefore, here is the link to the official BF-Blog: [...]
Overall, the gameplay is awesome. Whether taking flags and defend or attach bombs and defuse or just in Deathmatch mutually kill - each round is different. That's what makes the Battlefield series. And there are also again in BF4.

Levolution (the name well ...):
Finally, there are moving objects in Battlefield. So at least it will be sold, but the premiere of which was in Battlefield 2 (the veteran will remember ^^), there already existed a usable elevator and a door could open and close it.
It must be said that the scope of movable objects is much larger in BF4, also falls under Levolution (...) more or less large Mapevents to be fair. For example, going in the sun on Dawnbreaker in Lancang Dam can destroy a dam (which has no real effect on the map, not even water running while out) or it crashes a skyscraper together - as probably everyone knows already - on Siege of Shanghai. The only real wow factor I had really only Paracel Storm to take the Attack Boat in the Storm on the waves is awesome. Apart from that, you can open a few doors and hatches and close, but that is not all play crucial.
From awesome to get bored there is anything at Levolution, I hope the Dice in the DLCs still has plenty to offer :-).

Bugs and balancing:
The core issues of Battlefield has always been. Also in BF4 there are lots of bugs, sometimes the same as in BF3. So the sound falls out partially complete. The game crashes and off completely or simply remain at a minimal edge hanging with his vehicle. You can occasionally even on the smallest of obstacles not climb because the animation is bugged and much more. It just gnaws very strong on game. In BF4 players are once again the Bugtester and if after the release of all DLCs still bugs are present is nothing fixed (as in BF3).
The balancing is also very need of optimization (to say the least). Here are some examples:
The TV-missile attack Boots not even destroyed a boat on a hit, just as a helicopter. The TV-harm is indeed so high that the boat or helicopter are incapacitating and shortly explode it, but each time has had time to flee the occupation. In addition, the recharge time the TV is too low, you can TV missiles spam without end. The hit box during the TV is again extremely bugged, you're flying through vehicles, direct hits do no damage etc ..
The MBT LAW (anti-tank missile that everyone Engineer at the beginning has): You just have to shoot approximately in the vicinity of a vehicle and directs them automatically the finish line, the missile is extremely fast and loads just as fast after. In car you can hear the beeping too late and conceded virtually every rocket. Although it does not make too much damage (20-30%) but you can imagine how many missiles they manage with 32 opponents.
I have not received any balancing errors to face by far, but in the amount of 100% Unlocks is still very much need to be fixed.

Conclusion:
Battlefield 4 is as already BF3 a (very) good game with the potential for several hundred hours of gameplay. There is loads of great new features, who played BF3, notices immediately the many similarities. That to me is not really bad, because BF3 was for me the best BF since BF2.
Unfortunately, there is again a lot of bugs and balancing issues. BF4 is as with BF3 only mature the player. For this you need a lot of nerve. Therefore. I 3 stars for the game and 4 stars for the game
Let's see what DICE makes BF4, the potential to 5 star it definitely has.

UPDATE 3:11. after 30h season:
Dice has apparently shortly after EU Release (31.10 / 11.01) released a patch server. This patch has unfortunately (as so often with BF) made more errors than improvements. Until this patch was "only" the "BF4.exe has stopped working" - Crash available. But this crash has cost me enough nerve. After the patch regularly plunge the server completely. All points and all Unlocks have been released in this round are lost. How annoying it is when you play up to 60 minutes at a round and then all is lost, everyone can think for themselves. DICE has now also realized that this server crash bug exists. How long it will take but until a patch is left open. Until then, all the players are seated once again on dry land.

After the additional 20 hours playing time also my fears have come true in relation to the balance. The Kampfheli is extremely weak because the reload time of the missile is extremely long and it can be killed by just about anything. If you jump from the Kampfheli you will very often run over by his own Heli / overflown and killed a bug that existed in BF3 and was then fixed. The Aufklärungsheli is much better because it is more difficult to meet, a minigun has with infinite Muni (the Gun overheats only after a short time as in BF3, the extreme loading times but omitted) and can be repaired by two comrades.

In addition there are the maps distributed very strong weapons that you can pick up. Such as a rocket launcher (with 2 missiles) can intrude on all vehicles, a missile destroyed apparently ('m not 100% sure) to large and small Heli immediately. Such "Imba" Weapons do not belong to me in Battlefield.

In principle, the reloading of the defenses are too high for all vehicles: 25sec. In addition, the defenses are mostly useless, since either only critical hits are reduced or they work only with good luck (-> missile shield). Many Unlocks are also completely useless, for example, the canister ammunition of the tank. In the vehicles you will be, so to speak forced by DICE to camp, because you usually 10sec survived in flags no. The strongest vehicle is the A10 Warthog, inflicts a jet of extreme damage to all vehicles. A Transportheli, tanks, attack boat (just about everything) can be destroyed with a touch (with the normal gun). One or two good jet pilots can thus a complete server Domini kidney.

The Soundbugs are even worse than previously thought (worse than in BF3). Especially on Lancang Dam and Golmud Railway falls the sound of almost completely. An opponent tracking etc. is thus almost impossible, not to mention the game loss.

On my conclusion actually does not change much. ONLY: The bugs and balance issues are more extreme than previously thought. One needs currently really very many nerves. If you consider that DICE was able to take many things from BF3, such as the complete Battlelog (this was mostly just designed it) and the complete graphics engine (this was only improved), I can understand anyone who stake in the current state only 2 stars are. I still hope (probably naively) for early patches that eliminate the biggest bugs, I leave my rating as it is.

Thank you for the positive feedback :-). I'm trying to continue to keep the review date.

UPDATE 9:12. after 115h playing time:
Bugs:
Dice it has now managed to fix the server crash bug. The client crashes now occur less frequently, but are still present. In addition, most Soundbugs have also been fixed. All things that had heard actually fixed before release. Even an extreme bug has now been defused: The Instant-kill bug where Bug Hits were incorrectly counted several times and one died or killed, as the name suggests, with a shot. Completely disappeared the bug is (in my opinion does not), it occurs only rarely.
Unfortunately, there are still very many other bugs, such as blurry crosshairs with visors that IRNV visor does not partially, Grafikbugs, Steuerungsbugs (in Heli you have in some cases only change in the external view and back again, so that you look to the left and right can) and more.
A particularly large drawback there is still since the beginning: The Netcode. This is contrary to the promises of Dice, no better than in BF3, but much worse. There are many videos on Youtube that show how extreme the delays are counted with the hits. Itself you realize this when you have long is eg behind cover and still dies or when one kills each other. Even in vehicles annoys the very poor Netcode extreme: As in BF3 (! Only extreme) TV missile hits are often not counted, for example, it often happens that one twice captures an enemy boat and no hit is scored , This can happen both in moving and stationary boats. Particularly annoying bug that in jets that are usually very difficult to make.

China Rising:
The first DLC like me relatively well. The maps are large and open, compared to hose Maps as Operation Locker there are no congestion points (on which is otherwise mostly camped). The size of Dice courted "Levolution" there is not really on the 4 DLC Maps. It exists in every map on a flag a bomber station. A player can therefore shortly enter into a bomber dropping bombs. The bombs can be very easy to dodge by simply keeps moving. The bomber is essentially just fodder for the mobile anti airs.
Of the mobile AA's there on Altai Range and Dragon pass four (!) Pieces. One each in the Main Base and one each in the nearest flags. Already a AA is extremely strong and can ward off all enemy jets and helicopters without any problems. With 4 AA's all aircraft are at best one-way transportation. Even against the AA's infantry are extremely effective, particularly by the high range of about 500m. Long story short: The AA's are OP.
All in all make the maps (at least me) fun, partly over the maps in the main game.

Stats:
Through the XP Boost delusion of Dice (and the Double XP events) say get almost nothing from. It plays virtually only with XP boosts, since one is filled with it. It took me to rank 110 only 100h, ridiculous compared to BF3.
My guess: EA wants future Battlefield as COD, be published annually. This is suggested in particular the level up extremely fast, which are a few points needed for a Service Star, the abolition of the golden Service Star 100 Dog Tags and especially the DLC Release Dates: In the summer of 2014, all the DLCs be released have been. In addition, there are some news which also indicate. If that really were the case, the series for me dies finally.

On my conclusion does not change much once again, despite the partial elimination of the worst Bugs is BF4 still a building site (with which you can still have fun).