Battlefield 3

[snappahead]

Yup. I'm thinking the same thing. Loved BC2. My favorite online shooter by far. Only problem is the REALLY bad teams you get put on. The matchmaking is wonky, but I don't know how to fix that. So many blow outs in BF games. Sometimes, you're lucky enough to be on the team that's raping, but most of the time, you're on the team that's taking it in the pooper.

 

[Porko Rossi]

I just played the beta again for about an hour. I can't get into it. It is pretty bad in my opinion. I pray the final game isn't like this. I know it's a beta but it feels so bare bones to me. Surely since the release of the actual game is so close this beta has to be a good example of the final game right? If so, it's pretty bad.

I've been a bit disapointed with the beta too... Very similar to Medal of Honour, not Battlefield 2. But it is growing on me. The final game should look and feel a bit better, might take a little while until the bugs start getting ironed out

 

[snappahead]

Dice has been calling this the numerical and "spiritual" successor to Bf2" but the facts are a bit different. It looks graphically and game play wise like BC3 to me and apparently controls (feels) more like MoH. I'm totally good with that though.

 

[jye4ever]

I've been a bit disapointed with the beta too... Very similar to Medal of Honour, not Battlefield 2. But it is growing on me. The final game should look and feel a bit better, might take a little while until the bugs start getting ironed out

Dice has been calling this the numerical and "spiritual" successor to Bf2" but the facts are a bit different. It looks graphically and game play wise like BC3 to me and apparently controls (feels) more like MoH. I'm totally good with that though.

Believe me , i'm open to changes, as long as they are for the better.

Change is not always bad, as long as the change was not done just to be like something else for silly political reasons.

Yes, there are politics in game design.

 

[snappahead]

Same for me. I think the changes will be for the best....mostly

I just saw some footage of a guy playing the Caspian Border map. Now that is a proper Battlefield map. Jets, choppers, tanks..big open areas. It looks awesome. Why they'd make this a "private" beta map and make the Metro map open is a mystery to me. Not only that, but he was able to play Conquest on it.

He showed off this new surface to air missile thats crazy. IT locks on to aircrafts without the aid of a tracer dart and it hits every time. He was shooting down jets and birds left and right. Don't think that's a good thing though. As overpowered as air support can be, that thing is overkill. Pilots dont have a chance against it. Ill be curious to see what that does with things.

 

[jye4ever]

Same for me. I think the changes will be for the best....mostly

I just saw some footage of a guy playing the Caspian Border map. Now that is a proper Battlefield map. Jets, choppers, tanks..big open areas. It looks awesome. Why they'd make this a "private" beta map and make the Metro map open is a mystery to me. Not only that, but he was able to play Conquest on it.

He showed off this new surface to air missile thats crazy. IT locks on to aircrafts without the aid of a tracer dart and it hits every time. He was shooting down jets and birds left and right. Don't think that's a good thing though. As overpowered as air support can be, that thing is overkill. Pilots dont have a chance against it. Ill be curious to see what that does with things.

 

[snappahead]

Iknowright?

He said that aircraft will get a perk type of thing that'll make it harder to lock onto, but that's not boing to help much. Once it's locked, it's over hehe. It takes a few rockets I think, but still. He fired a rocket a this jet and the rocket went up, curved to follow the jet and the guy couldn't track it anymore. But a couple seconds later, the hit marker showed up n his HUD indicating that the rocket finally caught up to and hit the jet. Serious stuff.

 

[Karma]

Battlefield 3 Open Beta is up on XBL

 

[DeadLeaves]

Are there any server options in the Beta? 3-4 shot kills sounds like you guys are describing Hard Core mode in BC2... I know Dice are putting it in BF3 as well.

Maybe the Beta is set to hard core mode as a default. If they have HC on top of that, one shot to the leg would kill ya.

 

[Grosby]

It's on PSN now too, I'm downloading.

 

[SOLIDSNAKE]

being playing on pc !!

This game looks amazing.
sure there is problems (IT'S A BETA PEOPLE) But I know they will fix it all.

I cannot stop playing this game.
It feels like a real war. the sounds are amazing.

I am going to download the xbox and ps3 versions to compare it.

 

[SOLIDSNAKE]

It's on PSN now too, I'm downloading.

you need plus for it ?

I dont see it.

 

[DinoLast]

Playing it on the Xbox. At first I was confused as anything getting shot left right and centre, but after a while you get your bearings, and it's pretty good. The metro part can be pretty intense. Still I will be back to Gears, because the beta is fun, but not that fun to drag me away from such an awesome game. I look forward to release day

 

[Karma]

agreed but not a good map to show the strengths of battlefield, more like trying to show COD players that this games has something for then as well

 

[Karma]

For PlayStation 3 users in North America, expect the Battlefield 3 Open Beta to be available later today.

 

[DinoLast]

agreed but not a good map to show the strengths of battlefield, more like trying to show COD players that this games has something for then as well

Yeah that underground part does seem to go for COD appeal. I like more open maps with this game

 

[jye4ever]

agreed but not a good map to show the strengths of battlefield, more like trying to show COD players that this games has something for then as well

 

[angelo07stang]

So I just put the battlefield beta in my que so its ready to download when I get home to play it how is it from people who played the console versions when I hear its like badcompany 2 that is not good in my opinion cause I did not think the bad company games were anything speacial

 

[SOLIDSNAKE]

For PlayStation 3 users in North America, expect the Battlefield 3 Open Beta to be available later today.

thanks for the info karma.

 

[snappahead]

Are there any server options in the Beta? 3-4 shot kills sounds like you guys are describing Hard Core mode in BC2... I know Dice are putting it in BF3 as well.

Maybe the Beta is set to hard core mode as a default. If they have HC on top of that, one shot to the leg would kill ya.

It's the regular mode. Theyve just upped the damage. I'm guessing the hardcore mode will have the same damage and just remove HUD info, killer cam, etc like usual.