Warning: The difference in online multiplayer communities after Battlefield 1 released

I played a ton of Battlefield 4 on Xbox One back in 2015 and the community was rough. People were toxic, yelling trash talk every match, and nobody worked as a team. Then last year when Battlefield 1 launched, I jumped over to that on PlayStation 4. I noticed right away how different everything felt. Players actually revived each other, called out enemy positions, and shared vehicles. Over about 3 months I saw the whole vibe shift toward cooperation and respect. I think the WW1 setting made people slow down and play smarter rather than run and gun. Has anyone else noticed a big mood shift between these two games on different systems or am I just getting lucky with my lobbies?

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sage_lewis102d ago

Lucky lobbies probably aren't the whole story. The systems might matter though. You were on Xbox One for BF4 and PS4 for BF1. PlayStation had way more EU players in my experience, and that crowd tends to communicate more. BF4's launch was also a disaster technically, so the only people still playing months later were the sweaty types who never left. BF1 launched smoother, so you got more casuals who actually wanted to revive people. The setting helped too, sure. But I'd bet swapping the consoles and games around would change your results a lot.

rose_hart311d agoTop Commenter

Oh man, that reminds me of my buddy Dave. He played BF4 on PS3 and then got a PS4 for BF1. He would always complain that on BF4 nobody ever tried to revive him, medics would just run right past. Then he gets BF1 and suddenly he's getting revived left and right by randoms. He swore it was the console and the player base, not just luck. He'd get so mad about it, saying "these BF4 guys are all lone wolf tryhards who think they're gonna 1v5 the whole enemy team".