Battlefield 3

[Curlew]

yes thats the first page.

im curious how well they balance jets into the console maps.


personally, i think it would be cool if they gave battlefield:1943 veterans the ability to switch w.e jet they are in to ether a zero or corsair (like off 1943)

1943 was a great game that they pretty much ditched as soon as it came out. 

1943 was really just a large scale test of frostbite, but i love it still....

[moot]

New teaser vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi2tae2PmmU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3VJK1BKIsk

[EskimoJoe]

Thanks for sharing the slo-mo vid moot, didn't see that one.

I've always liked the Battlefield games, despite their many flaws.
The recent two Bad Company games, in regards to multiplayer,
where mediocre at best. Still, it was a refreshing change of pace
from the CoD games and fun to play with a buddy.

[moot]

The flaws with BC2 are terrible IMO.  But that game's still better than the last CoDs, because they're closer to the old real tac shooters like Rainbow 6. Not so much meaningless stats and rank and perks bling blang, and totally overdone features like instant knives and so on.  It's basically Unreal Tournament in contemporary FPS clothing.

GIFs of the teaser's actual footage

[Kazaa]

The player model animations are so life like, no doubt it will bring more immersion to the experience.

I'm so happy that I'll get to waste some rag heads instead of Soviet Russians this time around.

[Curlew]

moot, anyword on a time machine? something that might make it November right now?

[moot]

BF2 was delayed for a few months..  Whatever happens there ought to be plenty of media release in the mean time so we see if it's as good as it looks.

BF3 animations are well made, yep.  Hopefully movement feedback'll be as good as the animations look - not as glitchy as BC2's.  I'd make the player's weapon even more real: not stuck in his field of view all the time, unless aimed.  They try hard to make the game seem real, but no one holds their gun so near their eyes all the time. It should be more like Mirror's Edge than CoD.

 I don't really care which factions are in the game.  As long as they're well made and as varied as possible.  Give us some good gun porn.

[EskimoJoe]

BF2 was delayed for a few months..  Whatever happens there ought to be plenty of media release in the mean time so we see if it's as good as it looks.

BF3 animations are well made, yep.  Hopefully movement feedback'll be as good as the animations look - not as glitchy as BC2's.  I'd make the player's weapon even more real: not stuck in his field of view all the time, unless aimed.  They try hard to make the game seem real, but no one holds their gun so near their eyes all the time. It should be more like Mirror's Edge than CoD.

 I don't really care which factions are in the game.  As long as they're well made and as varied as possible.  Give us some good gun porn.

Ditto on all counts 

[moot]

Personally the art direction is what really has me sold. The Sangre del Toro map in BC2 SP made it worth getting, even though its gameplay was crappy. I'll only get replay value from BF3 if there's friends playing it and they do a better job of balancing than BC2.

What would really keep BF3 players hooked would be Dice allowing mods so we get stuff like Project Reality with the BF3 engine.
http://www.realitymod.com/
Other "realism" games like Arma are just too clunky.  They just can't compare with the ease of interface with your virtual body and guns that games like Quake have made standard.  Never tried Mirror's Edge, so hopefully that was a good lesson learned that Dice'll apply to BF3.

[Wildcat1]

The player model animations are so life like, no doubt it will bring more immersion to the experience.

I'm so happy that I'll get to waste some rag heads instead of Soviet Russians this time around.

amen to that

[Blackwulf]

COD all the way.  Any of the Battlefield series I have played, the online game was nothing but a hackfest.  Did they ever implement any server/client security within the game, or do they still rely on PB after all this time?

[MrRiplEy[H]]

The flaws with BC2 are terrible IMO.  But that game's still better than the last CoDs, because they're closer to the old real tac shooters like Rainbow 6. Not so much meaningless stats and rank and perks bling blang, and totally overdone features like instant knives and so on.  It's basically Unreal Tournament in contemporary FPS clothing.

GIFs of the teaser's actual footage

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Looks like they're finally getting a hang on how to use hdr.

[68ZooM]

COD all the way.  Any of the Battlefield series I have played, the online game was nothing but a hackfest.  Did they ever implement any server/client security within the game, or do they still rely on PB after all this time?

i have yet to see hackers to the amount you describe, more like CoD, MoH those are hackfests, anytime ive played i have seen people getting booted for trying exploits or hacks, just looking forward to BC3 sense it's not going to be a console ported game like BC2

[moot]

COD all the way.  Any of the Battlefield series I have played, the online game was nothing but a hackfest.  Did they ever implement any server/client security within the game, or do they still rely on PB after all this time?

BC2 is not a hack fest.

[Yossarian]

COD all the way.  Any of the Battlefield series I have played, the online game was nothing but a hackfest.  Did they ever implement any server/client security within the game, or do they still rely on PB after all this time?

Interesting...I see about one hacker every week.