Battlefield 3

[twitchyzero]

IMO Road to Jalalabad has the best mix of infantry and vehicles
not to mention it's very balanced as there are 2 fronts to fight on instead of the typical one front standoff

[Sheky]

http://battlefield.gamersverse.com/a...cluding-scans/

Epic.

[ricsad]

A quick summary of that article:

A lot of information has trickled out of the GI article and we’ve it all rounded up for you below:

* Aiming for Q4 2011 release
* Concept for BF3 has been in the works for years, waiting on proper tech to seamlessly come together
* Frosbite 2.0 is the culmination of this tech, entirely re-written
* Lighting sounds neat, one “probe” contains more lighting information than an entire BFBC2 level.
* Level destruction is going to be “believable” but basically everything is destructible.
* Character animations powered by ANT, what EA Sports uses.
* AI characters and multiplayer characters have different animation sets
* No more “gliding” animations that look off, animation realism is a focus
* Captured their own war audios (bullets, tanks, helicopters, etc) at different distances to ensure realism
* Better audio cues for certain actions, more easily able to listen for threats
* Plan on better, more immediate post release content
* More unlocks than BFBC2
* Dice trying to find a good balance between customization of your character and not having “pink rabbit hat(s)”
* 4 classes
* Will talk about squads “later”
* Looking into a theater mode but can’t talk about it
* Will have co-op
* There will be a kill-cam but it can be turned off
* BF3′s team is almost twice as big as the team for BFBC2
* They want the pacing of the single player mode to be balanced, with highs and lows. Makes the comparison to a song vs a guitar solo.
* Part of the single player mode takes place in Sulaymaniyah – Iraqi Kurdistan.
* “****” will be used often, so M rated for sure
* There will be an earthquake in a level. The destruction sounds very impressive. 7 story building collapses, looks very well done
* Significant narrative that goes with the SP mode
* More than one setting, you’re not in the middle east for the whole game
* PC version is lead version
* Why 64 players for PC only? No complains from the console crowd.
* No mod tools at release. Maybe none down the line either. Frosbite 2.0 is complex and mods tools would have to be dumbed down, so does Dice really want to put their time to that or would it be better spent elsewhere?
* Original story, not based on Bad Company at all.


as per this site: http://www.gamersmint.com/battlefiel...-info-blowout/

[Merc with a Mouth]

First gameplay video:

[evanx]

Can't wait for this!

[CSAgent]

@Sheky, the Battlefield games are meant to be arcadey with some small amounts of realism involved. Because you know, I can be a machine gunning medic one moment, then a tank driver AND gunner all in one the next, then hop on a Seadoo to get to the enemy heliport so I can fly their Mi-24 Hind chopper.

If I wanted a simulation, I'd play Operation Flashpoint.

Anyway, just when I thought I was getting out of PC gaming, this game sucks me back in!

[Sheky]

@Sheky, the Battlefield games are meant to be arcadey with some small amounts of realism involved. Because you know, I can be a machine gunning medic one moment, then a tank driver AND gunner all in one the next, then hop on a Seadoo to get to the enemy heliport so I can fly their Mi-24 Hind chopper.

If I wanted a simulation, I'd play Operation Flashpoint.

Anyway, just when I thought I was getting out of PC gaming, this game sucks me back in!

Agreed. But there's a spectrum. One end is ARMA, the other end is COD. BC was way over to the COD side.

It'll be nice if they slide BF3 back more towards BF2 which is closer the ARMA side. But it won't even be as complex as BF2 since they confirmed commanders have been cut already.

[CSAgent]

Agreed. But there's a spectrum. One end is ARMA, the other end is COD. BC was way over to the COD side.

It'll be nice if they slide BF3 back more towards BF2 which is closer the ARMA side. But it won't even be as complex as BF2 since they confirmed commanders have been cut already.

ARMA was way, way too complicated. I think it was so complicated they didn't even have enough buttons on the keyboard to do everything!!

I think a lot of what BFBC2 has was the result of us fans complaining what COD MW2 lacked and thus was the result.

[aplayaz2000]

frostbyte engine disgust me, didnt like bc2 that much

hope its nothing like it

[ambrosa]

IGN has a slow-mo breakdown of the recently released "gameplay" trailer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb-mzhCTznQ

I'm a big fan of Battlefield 2 and it's expansion packs and so far BF3 is sounding much like the game that many of us has grown to love back in the day + a hell of a lot more.

I hope they bring back jets...good ol dog fights over gulf of oman was great. In addition to the level of squad management found previously as not being able to kick and invite specific members on the PC version within Bad Company 2 was sort of annoying at times.

[gatorb6]

I am really looking forward to this. I used to play BF2 back in the day on PC and had a blast. For some reason, couldn't get into BFBC (maybe I am COD spoiled, who knows) but I am hoping BF3 will live up to the hype. I am in search of the next great military FPS that isn't COD like. Maybe this will be the one?!?!

[Abel4Life]

BFBC2 > MW2 + Black Ops

BC3 will be > MW3.

[chinesedevil]

Ur probably gunna be stuck with cod, i think generally ppl either really like one or the other, never inbetween lol.

[ebmckay]

The BF series mirks the COD series easily. COD just goes over the top with perks and all that ****, very little skill or strategy involved other than camp or blitz.

[aplayaz2000]

BFBC2 > MW2 + Black Ops

lawl