Lol if that's the case I will not even bother with the beta if they open it up.

Haha the old 8800's still going strong (sort of)

Official minimum requirements are usually kinda iffy, but it's pretty odd IMO that the HD 4770 is the minimum AMD card, since that's a fair notch above the 8800gt I'm also a little worried about the game using the Source engine. It has its roots in the DX9 era, and I wonder how its multicore support compares to the new engines

After the BF4 launch (and the continuing horrible state of the game), and knowing this game is also published by EA means a definite pass from me.

Looks? You can go play Hawken right now to try it. Last time I did (long time ago... like 9 months ago perhaps?) it got boring really fast for pure multiplayer game because the entire game's meta back then revolved around a single weapon (the rocket launcher) with speed trumping over armor, wrecking balance by huge margin.

Thats because it was in Beta, just like your Mantle is currently. edit: thats not meant to read as snarky btw.

After the BF4 launch (and the continuing horrible state of the game), and knowing this game is also published by EA means a definite pass from me.

It seems that atleast 3 months minimum after launch is the appropriate time to decide on whether or not to purchase, with EA games atleast.