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Battlefield 3 |OT| My Body is Advised
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For Dutch Gaffers; Gamemania started selling this afternoon (Pc/360/Ps3).
My copy: http://i.imgur.com/guYJI.jpg
My copy: http://i.imgur.com/guYJI.jpg
Foliorum Viridum
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Rush is so shit.
Like, seriously.
Like, seriously.
ashbash159 said:
The beta ran pretty well on my 5750 (i920 and 6 GB DDR3). I didn't tinker around with any of the settings and since I was pretty sure I wouldn't hit 60 I never bothered to investigate the frame rate in depth. But I'd say it was playable enough. At least enough for me to consider buying for my PC instead of my 360.
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Lack of polish.Yoshichan said:
BattleMonkey
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Yoshichan said:
Forgettable like most MP focused shooters nowadays. Easily beatable in one sitting.
For a Battlefield game, it always feels like a waste of resources that could have went into more work in the MP. The MP at least is solid... outside of Metro... fuck that map
PoweredBySoy
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I think I'm going to never fire up the single-player just to send Dice a message. Doesn't sound like I'm missing much anyways.
PoweredBySoy
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MNC said:
Demavand isn't that bad on a smaller 32-40 man server. Once you get to 64 though it gets to be pretty awful - which is kind of my feeling for most 64-player maps.
I think 48 player might be the sweet spot for most maps.
DenogginizerOS
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Played both PC and PS3 last night. Relatively lag free and damn near perfect entertainment. Best launch DICE has ever done. Now, all I have to do is get work and class done in the next 14 hours, and I can play again...
Stallion Free
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They got diced.Rimfya said:
They're still there, they just work differently to the Bad Company games, for obvious reasons. Imagine the level of destruction in Arica Harbour, in a map like Grand Bazaar. It just wouldn't work. That level of destruction doesn't work in an entirely urban setting.Rimfya said:
I forgot which map I was playing last night (ps3 version) but there were a lot of buildings outside, and when in any of the interiors looking outside via window or huge door, a blanket of whiteness just blasts the screen and you can't see shit outside of the building until you actually step OUTSIDE of it. Like even if you walk up to a window and peer out, your screen is still bloomed the fuck out with whiteness until you cross the threshhold of the building and step outside..so dumb and weird.
Also I'm guessing there is no straight up free for all in here? Tried squad deathmatch but its still pretty much team deathmatch.
Also I'm guessing there is no straight up free for all in here? Tried squad deathmatch but its still pretty much team deathmatch.
Foliorum Viridum
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I can't fathom someone preferring BC2 over this SP.
It wasn't great, but fuck me, it wasn't abysmal like BC2.
It wasn't great, but fuck me, it wasn't abysmal like BC2.
Feel like we need a seperate console and PC thread..hard to tell whose talking about which sometimes...anyway
On console (ps3 here), is anyone having trouble joining games with pre-formed squads? keeps splitting us up. or the server list showing all games are either full or empty...assuming they will work on the matchmaking some more, since it worked in BFBC2 just fine, its not like they don't know how to do this.
Also, voice chat, a little weird at the moment for anyone? almost feels like a one way chat, by that I mean, there was a moron blasting his radio and it took over the chat, like it flooded the channel, and me and my buddy could only talk between songs basically.
On console (ps3 here), is anyone having trouble joining games with pre-formed squads? keeps splitting us up. or the server list showing all games are either full or empty...assuming they will work on the matchmaking some more, since it worked in BFBC2 just fine, its not like they don't know how to do this.
Also, voice chat, a little weird at the moment for anyone? almost feels like a one way chat, by that I mean, there was a moron blasting his radio and it took over the chat, like it flooded the channel, and me and my buddy could only talk between songs basically.
canadian crowe
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The intro alone is better than anything is BC2.Foliorum Viridum said:
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And then the "story" actually starts...canadian crowe said:
When GAF opinions are taken as a whole there is a high level of criticism to contend with. It is capable of causing doubt when there should be none.
Got the PS3 version and had five guys in the room with a 60' TV and the surround sound way up. All of us were pretty blown away from the single player.
Graphics, lighting and especially sound are awesome. The sound is unlike anything I've experienced and it really puts you in the scene. I like the clean mission style. Even though it's a bit sterile there are many 'oh wow' moments. This is of course reminiscent of COD SP but Frostbite 2 outpaces in every aspect. This is the kind of game COD should be making at this point but their technology won't allow them.
It's unfortunate that all of the videos we've seen of this game are the first couple hours of the campaign. I think they showed us too much but it was those videos that created the insane hype for this game. They didn't whole back and perhaps showed too much. Maybe that's why people aren't too impressed because they've seen it already.
Looking forward to the MP. My circle of friends still play BC2 and Vietnam so I'm sure this will be the new gold standard.
Got the PS3 version and had five guys in the room with a 60' TV and the surround sound way up. All of us were pretty blown away from the single player.
Graphics, lighting and especially sound are awesome. The sound is unlike anything I've experienced and it really puts you in the scene. I like the clean mission style. Even though it's a bit sterile there are many 'oh wow' moments. This is of course reminiscent of COD SP but Frostbite 2 outpaces in every aspect. This is the kind of game COD should be making at this point but their technology won't allow them.
It's unfortunate that all of the videos we've seen of this game are the first couple hours of the campaign. I think they showed us too much but it was those videos that created the insane hype for this game. They didn't whole back and perhaps showed too much. Maybe that's why people aren't too impressed because they've seen it already.
Looking forward to the MP. My circle of friends still play BC2 and Vietnam so I'm sure this will be the new gold standard.
BattleMonkey
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StuBurns said:
Your playing BF3 without caring about MP?
Foliorum Viridum
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First hour is awful.StuBurns said:
After that it becomes a good Call of Duty lite game. How much you like it will depend on how much you like COD. I like it a lot, so I found it good fun.
doctordoak
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Yeah, squads aren't working at all, and neither is chat. My friends and I would try for 1/2 hour to try to get into a game together. We couldn't hear each other all night, or would hear every 4th word. So frustrating.GodofWine said:
Evil Benius
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I just want to express how sad I am that they did not improve things for larger groups in this version. I was hoping to at least be able to combine multiple squads at least visually so as not to break things bonus points wise. Last night we were rolling with an Xbox Live party of eight people all on the same team and it would have been nice to have a better visual cue of where the other members were outside of my squad of 4.
Even without this though having a group that big was awesome coordination wise and it is always the best part of a new Battlefield game coming out before most people get bored of it after a few weeks. It is a shame that the first night was ruined with so many connection issues though because we really did not get to play that much. Also I got disconnected twice near the end of matches where I had around 5,000 points so not getting credit for those kind of sucked.
Now to explain to my wife how playing all last night did not really count and I want a do-over tonight where I hopefully do not just spend a bunch of time staring at the main menu.
Even without this though having a group that big was awesome coordination wise and it is always the best part of a new Battlefield game coming out before most people get bored of it after a few weeks. It is a shame that the first night was ruined with so many connection issues though because we really did not get to play that much. Also I got disconnected twice near the end of matches where I had around 5,000 points so not getting credit for those kind of sucked.
Now to explain to my wife how playing all last night did not really count and I want a do-over tonight where I hopefully do not just spend a bunch of time staring at the main menu.
StuBurns said:
You're wasting money on this game if your intent isn't MP. The Co-op isn't something to keep coming back to like Horde co-op is in Gears 3 for example, and the SP is 5 hours even on Hard.
You may want to wait for a steam sale 2 years from now when it's dirt cheap, or else just rent it on consoles.
After a couple of hours of fustration last night and some digging today i've found that 3D vision is not available yet. It will be patched in at an unannounced date in the future.
Source: http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=213426&st=20
Source: http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=213426&st=20
Liberty4all
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Originally Posted by elohel:
anyone here have a 560TI card? just curious how well it runs the game
I'm pretty much the same multiplayer wise. MP runs mostly between 55 - 60 with the occasional dip to high 40's, with everything set to high. This is on an i5 2500k with 8 gigs of ram and the video card itself clocked at 880 mhz
I haven't really played around with custom settings yet, I'll likely experiment to see what I can bump up in multiplayer.
anyone here have a 560TI card? just curious how well it runs the game
hiverbon said:
I'm pretty much the same multiplayer wise. MP runs mostly between 55 - 60 with the occasional dip to high 40's, with everything set to high. This is on an i5 2500k with 8 gigs of ram and the video card itself clocked at 880 mhz
I haven't really played around with custom settings yet, I'll likely experiment to see what I can bump up in multiplayer.
I haven't started SP yet but I have a feeling I'm gonna like it despite the high hate for it here. My standards aren't incredibly high for this kinda games SP. I usually replay single player campaigns 3 times or so.
I even loved MOH single player and that got some significant hate here too. Well see.
I even loved MOH single player and that got some significant hate here too. Well see.
Foliorum Viridum
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Don't buy it if you're only going to do co-op and SP.StuBurns said:
Seriously.
BattleMonkey
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StuBurns said:
Battlefield games are pretty much all about the MP. The coop mode is not a major feature of the game, just a little extra mode tossed in. Waste of money if you have no interest in the real MP portion of the game.
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