Battlefield 3

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#201
HOW WILL SQUADS WORK IN THE RETAIL VERSION OF BATTLEFIELD 3 ON PC/XBOX 360/PLAYSTATION 3?

Since the Open BETA we’ve added more advanced functionality to manage your squad. You will be able to browse and join specific squads through the squad screen. You can see all players that are in a specific squad as well as who’s playing as lone wolf. As a squad leader you can set your squad to private as well as kick players from the squad.

On console you will also be able to choose if you want the active VoIP channel to be team or squad and invite friends to your squad. You will also be able to mute any player on your team through the scoreboard
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#204
#204
Caspian Border map will be open for the PC beta users for the weekend. No word on console availibility but it isnt likely.
 
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#205
Someone was saying the the PC wouldnt look that much better than the console?


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Battlefield 3 Preview for PS3, 360, PC from 1UP.com

Battlefield 3's debut series of trailers, Fault Line, showed a game that distinguished itself from its looming competition by taking a more serious and realistic (but not too realistic) look at modern military combat -- less Michael Bay and more Generation Kill. After playing through the Fault Line section in the campaign I can't say this impression is wrong, but there're more set pieces and Michael Bay left in the game than many people are expecting. The two of the three single-player missions I played were effectively the same game of terrorist whack-a-mole as Call of Duty.

The mission that made up the Fault Line trailer plays just like you would expect, except that enemies spawn infinitely in unseen areas of the level until the player hits an invisible tripwire. Whereas COD inserts invisible walls to prevent the player from walking into these monster closets, BF3 simply issues a "leaving combat area" warning along with a ten-second countdown. Somehow this is more immersion breaking than COD's invisible barriers, even though they're both conceits designed to prevent the player from breaking the game. Despite this warning, we were still able to sit just inside the "combat area" and take on a never-ending army of terrorists one at a time as they ran out of their spawn area.
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Our third and final level changed things up. As the gunner on an F-18 I had to take down enemies, drop flares, and paint targets for F-15 and A-10 air-strikes, all while my A.I. lead pilot did the actual flying. This is probably for the best; Battlefield vehicles are notoriously difficult to fly and use effectively. Easing the player into it makes sense, I just hope that later on in the campaign there will be the chance to fly in a more open environment. The aerial levels show off BF3's amazing graphics in a way that the previous level's nighttime environments couldn't. This is definitely a game that looks better in the light with lots of bright colors. However, the effect was lost in the final third of the level which is spent entirely in infrared vision painting targets on a runway.
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After landing I switched it up and tried some co-op. It could have gone better. The mission I played took place entirely within an office building; again not the best environment for showing off BF3's Frostbite 2 engine. It looked more like F.E.A.R. than Battlefield. Graphical quibbles aside, the mission lacked the polish of the single-player levels I had played. Enemies would walk right over claymores that my partner and I had planted, and an unfortunate lack of checkpoints meant we had to start the level over at least seven times before we managed to make it to the end. This wouldn't have been so bad had death not come quickly and arbitrarily. At one point I had to breach a door simultaneously with my partner. During the breaching animation, my character was entirely computer controlled. This is a standard scenario for a modern shooter. However, Battlefield adds an annoying twist to the formula: There was an enemy directly behind the door who stabbed my character in the chest (one shot kill) halfway through said animation. There was no way to avoid death. Thankfully, the enemy was in a different location during my next playthrough.

Co-op troubles aside, it's clear that Battlefield will be as **** and thrill packed as one could hope for, even if it's not as "real" as some are hoping for. I know that Battlefield 3 will be fun, but I can't help but be a bit disappointed at the same time. The series first attempt at a single-player campaign was the original Bad Company, which had an entertaining if flawed campaign with large open areas. Bad Company 2 took the game down a more COD-like rollercoaster direction, but still featured a few surprises. Battlefield 3 may just complete the series' transformation, but there's still the rest of the campaign to play. I hope it, too, has a few surprises.
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#208
#208
Finally got around to playing this demo a little bit last night. It's pretty damn good. I always liked the feel of battlefield to COD. Overall, I'm happy with how it looks/feels. I'll definitely be getting this one when it comes out. :)
 
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#209
This is what sets this game apart from COD

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbAl5NIFRGQ[/youtube]
 
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#210
I liked the last one better than the latest COD but pretty much everyone on my friends list plays COD (except JTrain) so it was mostly just us 2 playing bf and it isn't as fun when it's just 2 of us trying to hold/attack an outpost or something like that. The team thing means a lot. The guys we got matched up with generally were idiots too.....So, hopefully some people switch over to this one instead of COD.
 
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Ryjam282 said:
I liked the last one better than the latest COD but pretty much everyone on my friends list plays COD (except JTrain) so it was mostly just us 2 playing bf and it isn't as fun when it's just 2 of us trying to hold/attack an outpost or something like that. The team thing means a lot. The guys we got matched up with generally were idiots too.....So, hopefully some people switch over to this one instead of COD.
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I haven't played COD in a while. I'm looking forward to BF3.
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#213
OK, so I have a dumb question.....I looked on the ps3 network for the demo and couldn't find it. I have heard of the "beta" being released for several games in the past including this one so, some one please enlighten me...What is the difference in a BETA and a demo....which one is this? Where can I get it? Also I am behind but what are the overall thoughts on this game? Let the torching begin and get the pitchforks out.
 
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coffeevol said:
OK, so I have a dumb question.....I looked on the ps3 network for the demo and couldn't find it. I have heard of the "beta" being released for several games in the past including this one so, some one please enlighten me...What is the difference in a BETA and a demo....which one is this? Where can I get it? Also I am behind but what are the overall thoughts on this game? Let the torching begin and get the pitchforks out.
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The Beta is already over......it is pretty much a demo for the game but with a great deal of bugs to work out. There is no demo or beta out right now that you are able to play. Also another big difference between a beta and a demo is that a beta is only availible to play for a certain period of time that the developers have it open. A demo you can download and play at any time and for as long as you want.
 
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#222
I don't play these types of games much and am very much "casual" when it comes to shooters. I prefer racing and sports games and honestly don't have a lot of time with a 50+ hour a week job and having a 2 year old daughter.

Saying that, I do think I want to get either Battlefield 3 or the new Call of Duty. My favorite shooter of all time is Delta Force: Black Hawk Down. I got it on the fact that it had a 64 player online mode. I didn't like running all over creation and shooting all that much and preferred being a sniper and helping my team from a long distance away. I gather from reading about these games many people HATE snipers though. I guess they think they have no redeeming quality. Heck, its how I like to play so its how I would rather play if in the correct game mode type.

Would Battlefield 3 or Call of Duty be better for me? Casual gamer, MAY play 1-2 nights a week for an hour or two. Likes sniping better than close combat. Opinions welcome....
 
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DownNDirty said:
I don't play these types of games much and am very much "casual" when it comes to shooters. I prefer racing and sports games and honestly don't have a lot of time with a 50+ hour a week job and having a 2 year old daughter.

Saying that, I do think I want to get either Battlefield 3 or the new Call of Duty. My favorite shooter of all time is Delta Force: Black Hawk Down. I got it on the fact that it had a 64 player online mode. I didn't like running all over creation and shooting all that much and preferred being a sniper and helping my team from a long distance away. I gather from reading about these games many people HATE snipers though. I guess they think they have no redeeming quality. Heck, its how I like to play so its how I would rather play if in the correct game mode type.

Would Battlefield 3 or Call of Duty be better for me? Casual gamer, MAY play 1-2 nights a week for an hour or two. Likes sniping better than close combat. Opinions welcome....
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BF3......the style of play just fits better with a sniper imo. COD MW is more of a assault rifle carrying, run and gun, colossal @#@# up
 
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DownNDirty said:
I don't play these types of games much and am very much "casual" when it comes to shooters. I prefer racing and sports games and honestly don't have a lot of time with a 50+ hour a week job and having a 2 year old daughter.

Saying that, I do think I want to get either Battlefield 3 or the new Call of Duty. My favorite shooter of all time is Delta Force: Black Hawk Down. I got it on the fact that it had a 64 player online mode. I didn't like running all over creation and shooting all that much and preferred being a sniper and helping my team from a long distance away. I gather from reading about these games many people HATE snipers though. I guess they think they have no redeeming quality. Heck, its how I like to play so its how I would rather play if in the correct game mode type.

Would Battlefield 3 or Call of Duty be better for me? Casual gamer, MAY play 1-2 nights a week for an hour or two. Likes sniping better than close combat. Opinions welcome....
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This is probably about as close to a Novalogic game as it's got so far IMO. Novalogic was way ahead of it's time when it develop dagger and those old school games.
 
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