Poll: how good is Battlefield 3

[ToastiestZombie]

The multiplayer is jaw dropping. Wow. Who cares about single player in a multiplayer based game? This game is easily 8-9 for me. And if my opinion doesn't sell you, my level 50 in battlefield 2 next door neighbor loves the crap out of it!

This actually convinced me ... Not to buy it , why didn't they just make a multiplayer game, and sell it for 15-20$ less? Why make a single player campaign if your not going to put proper effort in the single player why add it in the first place? I was actually hyped for this game until i played the demo , it ressembled MW a littlw too much.

First of all, it was a beta not a demo. It was only really there to test the net code. There wasn't any vehicles yes but in the main game all maps have at least 2 or 3 vehicles. The map they chose was the worst one they could of chosen. But I can assure you that the main game feels nothing like MW.

Secondly, if they didn't have any single player people would whine if they bought it used. You dont have to play the SP. You can play the MP and have as much fun as you would in even the best SP games.

Also, EA has confirmed that Battlefield wont be a MP only game. To be honest, when was the last time you saw an MP only game, priced at $60 that did particularly well (except for Team Fortress 2).

 

[teqrevisited]

About 8 or 9 I'd give it. I'm ignoring the singleplayer, though.

The only thing that lets it down for me is the battlelog system. Taking seconds to load was an absolute lie and there are quite a few useful proper server browser options that aren't there.

 

[F4LL3N]

I would give it a 9 for multiplayer. It's great fun; I love the pace of it, and as of right now, most matches I get into EVERYBODY plays how it should be played (although that's subjective).

I've yet to see someone k/d whoring, there's camping, but there's just enough to make it all the more better. I never thought camping would lower on my list of annoyances, but it actually feels right to camp a little bit in this game... There's definitely no 'arcade' feel to it like CoD.

I feel some aspects of it are overly complicated (non gameplay aspects), but it's not too bad.

As for campaign; I got near the end of the second mission before the game froze, so I can't really comment. It wasn't anything special from what I played though, so I went to MP.

I don't want to use the word 'realistic', but I will say it feels a lot more realistic than CoD; although I still love CoD.

EDIT: I bought it yesterday afternoon and played it non stop from about 2PM 'till 4:30 in the morning, and I'm about to play it right now, waking up only 30 minutes ago. So it mustn't be too bad.

 

[Jitters Caffeine]

Honestly? I've been hearing some not so great reviews from non-gaming websites or "official" game reviewers from big sites. Most of the complaints are about the unlocking system making it EXTREMELY non-new player friendly, especially when it comes to vehicle specs. Every vehicle has 3 different specs slots you unlock things for by USING that vehicle. So you start off with let's say a jet with just it's miniguns... You'll get blow out of the sky immediately by anyone who's had the game longer than you because THEIR jets have instant kill seeker rockets. And I REALLY have an issue with Dice saying they want it to take "over a year to unlock everything." That just seems excessive to me.

 

[chad_quixote]

The main reason I cold not go higher than 6/7, is I am a pc gamer-
When I buy a game, I want to go zip click install (\whistle through instll) bam kill kill kill....
It took me roughly an hour just to instal orgin, update orgin, install game...etc etc

then you have to open origin, log in, click play bf3
click load single player on web browser that comes up
wait to load
oh wait, i can has game?

I played a handful of missions, and really would have loved to score higher; but teh interface to actually get it installed and then opening browser to play etc etc really kills the experience for me.

i'm afraid to know what i have to do for the multiplayer

 

[6unn3r]

I rounded up to a 9 from an 8.5.

Its still got a handfull of bugs and ofc there is always the fuck-nuggets who jump into choppers and then crash into the nearest lamp post, people that wander past you while you lie with your intestines hanging out and dont drop medkits aaaaand the ever present "ive been playing for so long ive goten all the upgrades for this jet so killing me becomes akin to finding jimmy hoffa" types but.

It is fun.

I am baised tho, being a BF 2, BF 2142 and BFBC2 veteran i have missed the collective tactical thinking from 2142, while also cutting out the sheer....well, stupidity of BFBC2.

 

[ChillzMaster]

Battlefield 3... well, on the Armorgames forums me and my British counterpart HighFire always crushed the unintelligent CoD fanboys with our superior PC/Intelligent Console Gamer wit and awaited the eventual release of Battlefield 3 with bitten fingernails and our overly-tested patience.

And then I got around to acquiring it on launch day and actually playing it.

...

I'm not afraid to admit some things. I'm not afraid to admit I dug Godfather II the Game. I'm not afraid I got caught up in the DN:F hype and got the Balls of Steel edition. I'm also not afraid to say that Battlefield 3 stands as one of three pieces of media that have made Your Friendly Neighborhood Satanist cry.

It was that damn plane mission that was a glorified AC-130 mission, when you take off and you're flying about and DICE uses the moment to showcase the power of the Frostbite 2 engine, and then the Battlefield theme plays. I couldn't help myself, the mood was set, just like in the greatest of films or books or songs, a game had immersed me completely in the experience and pulled my heartstrings until I cried at its beauty.

The Singleplayer is... not as good as Halo Reach... but still pretty solid. Granted, I've only played halfway through the campaign, but I think I've got a good idea of what's to come. The Multiplayer, however, should be the main reason you buy this game, and is the rock show of the year. Arkham City, Crysis 2, Portal 2, they all pale in comparison to the sheer thrill of skydiving off a cliff to your next objective in that Peak map. Sweet Semen of Baby Jesus, so many unlocks, so many ribbons, so many stats, its the perfect multiplayer.

All in all, a 9-10 from me.

-Chillz

 

[Whateveralot]

Buggy as hell. I'm playing the PC version. I Couldn't play it after I installed and reinstall it twice "error has occured, please reinstall the game". In the end the internet told me I should update IExplorer, which the game didn't give me the SLIGHTEST hint about.

Now, when I play the game, the audio is all messed up. It skips and mutes randomly. It's not unplayable, but it just sucks.

I'm ok with Origin, even though installing was a hassle and the interface is unclear of what it's actually doing (it said "downloading" when it was gathering data from the disks, and repairing the install broke the game, forcing me a reinstall which didn't really fix the problem.

Then there's the lag. No matter what settings I play it on, it lags equally much, so I don't think I should blame my rig (which is well over minimum specs; auto-detect set settings on "high"). In multiplayer, it happens very often that my weapon "disappears", and just stays behind me together with the front half of my character's geometry. It looks really wierd and makes the multiplayer unplayable.


I really like the game though, I just hate it for not letting me play it properly. It deserves a 9+ out of 10, but personally I'm stuck at a 5 out of 10, because it's buggy as it gets

 

[Fooz]

i picked it up earlier, and i have been playing through the campaign, and so far, my mind is blown, it feels like a real war, the graphics really make you become immersed (ultra settings on PC)and the fucking sound... not discrediting the graphics as they are awe inspiring, but the sounds in this game is absolutely amazing, especially with headphones, i don't think i have ever heard such clear and realistic sounds in a game ever

my verdict so far: BUY THIS FUCKING GAME NOW! (even more so if you can play it on a high spec PC)

 

[shaboinkin]

I really wish Dice would get out of their feelings and put the commander role back in. It made the game way more organized. You have the commander telling the squad leader's what to do, which they (most of the time) would pass on the info to their squad members. This helped out from have people running astray on this large maps which I notice this happening now. You got 64 players and no objective which leads to 64 players doing what they want to do.

Good game though. 7.5-8 range for me. Graphics look great, a HD6870 with AMD Phenom II x4 runs the game pretty damn smooth. If you got anything in that range, don't feed into the "OMG UPGRADE YOUR PC OR ELSE YOU CAN'T PLAY IT!!" bullshit. You don't need a $300 card and some $250 CPU to run the game on ultra.
Sound is amazing.
Glad they brought back proning.

and it's always funny sitting in the second floor of a building in a room, only for a tank to blow the wall out right behind you.

 

[saucecode]

That was amazing!
Oh my god, my whole week is set!

Bit annoyed at this "online-pass" shit, cause i would have let a friend borrow it, and it would have been in her best intrest to play multiplayer without having to purchase a code.

Other than that, great game.

 

[saucecode]

This game is very unfriendly to new players. You start with next to no equipment, no decent scopes for the recon (and they have included that stupid COD sway mechanism ffs), and everything looks really washed out as if there's a permanent nuclear explosion happening. The maps aren't inspiring me at all. Too big and open for 24 players and so the vehicles don't really work: some random guy bombing around in a jet or a tank, no backup just crashes or gets blown up. Snipers everywhere (though I can't get the hang of using the crappy scopes you start with). And of course no teamwork. I also wish they'd ditch that dumb as rocks squad idea. If i want to talk to my team i ought to be able to.

I can understand what your saying...
but no teamwork?!

Wow. Ive had plenty of well-coordinated battles when playing defense with some randoms i get matched with. Whoever you're playing with much be real jerks. Kinda sad you're not getting the full experience.

Also, the no scopes on level 1 is damn annoying, but it doesnt take long to unlock the sexay holographic sight.

 

[vermin_]

I'm giving it a proper 9.5 out of 10.

This game has a singleplayer? Ow.

Also, no teamwork? On consoles, probs, yeah. Then again, I'm in a BG gaming community Platoon thingy, so no problem there.

 

[annilator666]

id go 8/10 i found it rather short but still fun

 

[JohnHunter]

Battlefield 3 generally makes me want to make sweet sticky love to my monitor.

 

[Rednog]

It a high 6 low 7.
The singleplayer is just a boat load of pointless.
The multiplayer is ok, but the lack of a tutorial for vehicles + an absolutely atrocious unlock system just doesn't work for me.
Also the classes just don't feel right. Assault, people are playing it basically like the front line attackers and really aren't running around and dropping med kits or reviving. Sniper, they have a gadget to help people deploy on the front lines....but they're all sitting in the back or off on the side...so a bit pointless. Support, sure they can drop ammo kits, but that requires them to be on the front lines which their LMGs are definitely not suited for. Engineer really seems to be the class to play, you have a wide variety of different range guns, and you have anti vehicle weapons. I really think they should mix up the recon/support/assault; assault should have the recons tool to spawn forward, support ammo and med kits, recon should have the supports mortars and what not.

 

[park92]

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Have not gotten to try the COOP... No friends can join me, and I can't join them.[/quote]

I had that problem with coop too but after rebooting a couple of times it works

 

[wooty]

Not gone near the campaign, so cant vote on that. Multiplayer I'd give an 8.5/9 so far, being dragged down a bit by occassional lag and hardcore campers.

 

[drosalion]

The multiplayer (which is the only thing that matters, imo atleast) is 9-10

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

Single player campaign is short, badly written, and really restrictive. There are a lot of areas where you feel like you can go somewhere, but then the moment you reach that place the game kills you for going outside of the map, which REALLY annoyed me.

The multiplayer is great, and the graphics are fantastic, but I sometimes feel like the graphics get in the way of the gameplay. The lighting is fantastic, but good luck sniping with the sun in your face, you're constantly blinded by it which gives your enemy an advantage. Also, because the textures are all so detailed it can be REALLY difficult to see people at any decent range without a scope. Again, this can get really annoying until you upgrade some of your weapons.

Also Origin is annoying, and so is Battlenet. I don't care what people say, it's a pain in the ass to constantly have to alt+tab out of the game whenever I want to find a new server. Sometimes my computer can't take the constant alt+tabbing and ends up freezing for a minute or two, and then I end up having to wait WAY longer than if it just used an in-game server menu.

All in all the game deserves a solid 7/10. Better than average game, but the single player campaign really drags the score down and so does EA's stupidity. After how much they talked about the campaign I really expected more than what was delivered.