BF3 Beta

Do not stay up to midnight tonight, that is all.

Not out till Thursday is it unless you have a copy of that tripe MOH you get it 2 days earlier.

That, and DICE has stated that it won't be a midnight launch.

You should see some of the questions the noobs are asking on other sites, thankfully we lot* are much more mature.







*Guesty not included, you spend way too much, you should send your spare £££ to me instead next time.

So looking forward to the end of the week as the Battlefield Forums will be alive with thoughts and opinions regarding the demo.

I wonder if it lives up to the high expectations of people including myself.

In reply to a post by time2die:

So looking forward to the end of the week as the Battlefield Forums will be alive with thoughts and opinions regarding the demo.

I wonder if it lives up to the high expectations of people including myself.

Well, that's one way of putting it. Thoughts and opinions indeed! Don't forget to factor in the average age, gender and location of players. And what do you get?

WHINING!

Let's be honest Spook whenever games like this get released forums are alive with chatter and many people will obviously have thoughts and opinions good or bad regarding this and MW3.

I can see it now".......That's my pre/order cancelled and what have they done to the Battlefield game,I'm not really a Battlefields player myself and it would be nice to be converted and the game does turn out to be really cool.

Really want those that enjoy Battlefield previously to say what they think

In reply to a post by time2die:

Not out till Thursday is it unless you have a copy of that tripe MOH you get it 2 days earlier.

What like me you mean?

Is it the 27th in that case?
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If you have a copy of MOH then you get to play it 2 whole days before the rest of us,in other words Tuesday and whenever Playstation network decides to put it up.

If thats the case it will be more like 6.00pm because unlike the xbox network Sony tend to drag their feet as Microsoft stick stuff on the store like 9.00am pronto on the day.

So come Thursday Dice and EA will have made a right or wrong decision in releasing a demo.

I remember saying about 4 weeks ago that this Battlefield demo was reported to be exclusive to the Playstation network..........Yeah Right........

Another reason why Playstation Plus sucks and Money is better spent subscribing to a year of Xbox live.

http://gamingeverything.com/?p=9698

Check out the guy in the last video with the wrong control inversion. Not funny when it happens to you at a mates house!

Its a matter of preference, but if you don't invert you will never make it as a fighter pilot.

Anyways, this is looking good to me. Seems a lot more frenetic than the BFBC games that never floated my boat. Its hard to tell the PS3 quality from these clips, but the gameplay looks great.

Might find out tonight if the Beta servers dont collapse!
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So I'm busy fragging away.

For those wondering, it feels like mirrors edge + MOH together. Run and gun becomes a viable tactic (maybe people are just really bad). Not as many campers as I thought there might be.

Best part has to be people crawling through bushes to sneak up on other people.
Worst part is the medic has a lmg with deployable stand, that deploys on right click... yes aim down the sight is also right click, so it's kind of annoying when you expect one action and get another.

it feels like mirrors edge + MOH together.

Strange summary Gzero so now I'm intrigued in what you mean regarding this game.......basically does it live up to your expectations or not.

Bizarrely, my x1950pro is not good enough for BF3, despite still being better than most console graphics.

Who gets it in two days time??
Does everyone??

First game in totally unbalanced (obvious players with big latency advantage).

Next few games have been good fun. As Gzero said, lots of people creeping through bushes. Fragging them is good fun. Like I say to the kids. You can hide behind the curtains, but we can all still see your feet!

The Metro map feels overly convoluted, but that might just be the COD player in me.

Observations:

Weapon sounds are awesome (RPG whizzing past your bonce is superb).

Crouching/jumping/crawling prone are all good (You can crawl fast in prone which is really useful for getting out of a firestorm).

No sign of a server browser yet (probably because there is only one map available on the Beta).

Graphics on the console (queue drum roll) utterly overhyped. MW3 will look better without a doubt. Don't think it will play any better though. This doesn't lag half as badly as MW2/BLOPS.

Overall great fun, but the visuals are a mile away from what's been touted (IMO at least). Visually I think you're going to need the PC to do it justice.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off fragging in the bushes.
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Followed by a ridiculously laggy game and two freeze ups of the PS3.


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Yeah it goes live to everyone on Thursday except for them poor misfortunate players like mrnelster who got duped into buying a copy of the awful MOH game

Only people with that game or private beta invites get it 2 days early........Whoopee do

And from what i have heard so far i don't think its a game that will hold my attention for more than 20 minutes.

Mind you i always new that in the back of my mind as you have the people that like Battlefield and the ones that prefer MW .

Some people are experiencing some really bad glitches like THIS

By the time the beta ends this game will be at the gone gold stage if it isn't already and i feel plenty of patches incoming and the same it will be for MW3 .

I just hope developers sort them out sooner and not later because Infinity Ward are not very good at looking after there games glitches,Hackers......You name it.

Edited by time2die (Wed 28-Sep-11 01:37:58)

Yes mate, everyone. And if you are a BFBC fan you will love this.

I love the gameplay. The need to be accurate and the lack of auto aim etc is very realistic. I find the map so far a little too big really, but I guess it's something you get used too.

But the graphics are a bit disappointing on the PS3, probably made worse by the over hype it has received. But not bad enough to detract from the game as a whole. Some glitches are still there such as the screen bouncing/juddering when you get close to the scenery/bushes etc. This will hopefully get patched, but as time2die says it will probably go Gold soon meaning that the graphics aren't going to get any more polish.

It doesnt lag as bad as the latest COD games have for me, so if the server browser does arrive with games pickable on latency (which in my mind is the only definition of a server browser) then I may well stick with this game. And as I mentioned earlier, the sound is fantastic. Can't wait too get it through the surround set up.

The graphics as they are though mean I won't be giving up MW3 for it.
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Yeah it goes live to everyone on Thursday except for them poor misfortunate players like mrnelster who got duped into buying a copy of the awful MOH game

A bit duped with this too going by some of the graphical similarities of the two games.
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I actually bought that MOH game and got rid of it the following day because i thought it was terrible and i seriously think only the single player portion of the game may look better than MW3.

I shall decide for myself on Thursday and if it does not really do it for me i may cancel my pre/order as there is little point having 2 shooters especially if one of them gets no play time.

Even if the Graphics did hit the dizzy heights set by all the previews we have seen you would still have sunk more time into MW3 than this game.

Once a MW player always a MW player,I'm not bashing this game because i have not played this Beta yet but have played previous Battlefield games and i know what i prefer in terms of fast action.

Been watching all the youtube vids of the beta with some loving it and some hating it which is to be expected with every big game title released.

Battlefield games to me have always required a more tactical approach and its not so run and gun style of gameplay that i enjoy so much,i love fast frantic gun play and its more than likely the reason why i think this Gears 3 Horde mode is a blast and another reason why i think my time is going to be spent with MW3 because as you and me know it has a certain mode called Survival which is there take on Horde mode with infinite waves of enemies

So just this mode alone is a reason for me to invest and thats not including the single player experience and all the other online multiplayer modes.

Pre-ordering the game on origin for PC got you early access as well - that is how I have been playing.

I can wait just 2 days and i have it pre/ordered at present from another online retailer but its for a console.

First Thoughts for PC version:

Looks good and plays smoothly even on my HD4850 which fits into the minimum spec graphics. I suspect I am getting something of a low frame rate but my version of fraps didn't seem to want to tell me what it was. I did try taking some screenshots of how it looked for the graphics settings I had selected...but failed miserably.

My main gripes have been with stability - I can only get about 15 mins of play max before getting disconnected saying my connection to the server has timed out. Not sure what is causing it but it is frustrating.

I have heard a lot of people complain that you have to have origin running to get the server browser to then start the game. This is the case but at the same time you need steam running to get into steam games so it is literally the addition of the browser that is extra and that is no big deal. When you click join on the server browser it loads in nice and fast.

And the browser seems to work ok - the server filters were a bit bugged and queuing has been turned off for the moment but that isn't a big deal really. The quick join seems to ignore any filters and find you servers anywhere in the globe which is... well a little bit gay. But again, come the finished game I will never use the quick join. ever. So that isn't too much of a big deal either.

I do like that fact that you can create a platoon for your clan and a 'party' for picking games - you all join the party and someone finds a server with space for the party and then you get a pop-up saying do you want to join and in you all go. Which is ace.

Another small gripe of mine is that you have to get into a game, and spawn before you can press escape and get at the graphics/key options. For someone who habitually changes all keys in a game before playing it gets frustrating to die 3 times whilst you are setting things up. Again, this is something you do once and then rarely touch again so it isn't a big deal.

Squads are a bit gay. I can click to leave the squad I get assigned to and then I can click join. Not join that squad <points to squad with his clan mates in> but just a join button so it puts me in a random squad (probably the one I just left!).

The AK sounds a bit...limp - but it works very nicely. The multiple fire modes (for most guns) brings joy to my heart. Changing to single shot at distance is essential. I do find the spawn selection screen a little confusing and due to not knowing the map I often spawned facing the wrong way and can get confused by that. But after an hour or so of playing I have started to get to grips with the map and where the enemies might be etc. I am beginning to pick out enemies in the undergrowth quickly and with a bit spotting you can easily confirm your suspicions and then kill them dead. As was mentioned above the sounds are generally awesome (AK is an exception) and the effects are ace - the destruction isn't overwhelming and just seems to immerse you further. Hit reg on the servers I played in seemed good - if I wasn't killing them I could see that my aim wasn't spot on or the recoil was not being controlled.

A lot of the problems I have mentioned above are little niggles and in the grand scheme of things they don't matter. The only 2 things I have experienced that could have a long term impact are the disconnects and squad selection but I assume the disconnects is something that the beta is there to catch. Otherwise the game really gets a thumbs up from me even in the beta. It immerses you a lot in the gaming experience (something that IMO CoD games have not been able to match) and I am now a lot more confident that the game will live up to my (high) expectations. I just need to get my new graphics card ordered which I think will make it a little more fluid and I am ready for the finished game.

'Once a MW player always a MW player'.

Really not true. CoD 4 was (and still is) an awesome game. The Treyarch games have never lived up to expectations and MW2 was a step back from CoD 4 (co-op was the exception). I will readily admit to being a BF fanboy but I lost hundreds and hundreds of hours to CoD 4 and was a big fan of that too. I really want more good CoD games.

I am holding out on MW 3 until I can get a better idea of what it will offer - if there was no BF3 then I would probably order it because I would be looking for a new game but this year for the first time in a while the CoD games have to earn my purchase.

Yea totally agree with you there, my online time for MW1 was horrific lol but not a lot has happened since then that has really excited me! I'm very intrigued by BF3 now after reading a few posts here and think there will be a few things to disappoint and excite. What's all this I am reading about people hiding in the undergrowth? Is it a new feature that you "blend" in with the bushes or something when you go prone?

Which model of PS3, with different CPU in them could expect older model to have issues

You do blend in quite well if you are prone - there are a lot of bushes around in the park of the first section and charging across the open doesn't work too well. But if you scan the bushes for a little while you can usually see movement and muzzle flash gives the game away as well. I have been killed quite a few times from the undergrowth but usually when it shows you the person who shot you they are already dead because it offers no protection - only concealment.

Hey guys dont get me wrong i really want this Battlefield game to be really interesting and a good time for me and the last thing i want is it to not live up to all the hype of the past 6 months.

I am just giving a honest opinion and saying that it is a far deeper game than MW3 which to me is the easier option of pick up and play.

Then add the fact that most people in MW or Cod games are out to finish top of the scoreboard and you get my drift why its so much more run and gun and not so team based most of the time anyway.

You have the dreaded Auto aim assist in Cod games which some love it and some hate it and Battlefield from what i have read is more of a test of your skill because this function is not there,

What i have played in previous games was i always found it really hard to shoot players because of the kick of the guns and the fact i was not using the short rounds of fire burst that is suggested in this type of game.

It will be great if both shooters find there respective markets and nothing would make me more happy than falling in love with a Battlefield game.

Nice thoughts and opinions mate and that is good news indeed apart from the few flaws you mentioned that i dare say will be rectified on full release.

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Which model of PS3, with different CPU in them could expect older model to have issues

I bought a new slim 6 months ago when my release day model choked! Don't get me wrong. The graphics are ok. But the trees and undergrowth are pretty awful. And the juddering started halfway through my play session then stopped then started again. Could just be the Beta.

But I am really enjoying it when it's not lagging. A proper server browser will be the decider for me. If I can't confirm it will have ping time options, I may well cancel my pre order.

That said, is the co-op part online as well? If so it will be worth it for that alone. It really is great fun when it's working.
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I remember people getting under the map in World ar War, but this is something else!

http://www.battlestrats.com/_/featured-gaming-news/b...


Edit: forgot the link

Edited by mrnelster (Wed 28-Sep-11 21:15:20)

The disconnects eh? Let me guess, you were on a Multiplay server.

I've gone through the floor, tried to climb back up, but couldn't find a route (almost did, but I wanted to play so suicide was faster).

Runs great on my 4870 512mb, but I've halfed the res to 1366x768 (still higher than consoles ) because on high minus motion blur, it is using 490 to 500mb's of vram. Use MSI Afterburner, and one other thing:




Add me Glixation.

Got mine from Gamespot, as they were covering a PS3 public tourney and showing codes onscreen for all platforms. Got lucky as it took people by surprise so I had plenty of time to redeem a code and then people cottoned on and I couldn't get one for my brother.

You might like BF3, it's actually BC2 on steroids for Rush on Metro. Close quarters with my M9 in hand, flashing people for fun!

Soon tell you tomorrow matey nothing would make me more happier than having as many great FPS as possible just before Xmas.

Was just about to download the beta and read this ARTICLE

Seems a distance away from what Dice told us to expect even on this older generation of consoles and the fact they had a new engine.

I dont think IW and Sledgehammer games will be loosing any sleep

Edited by time2die (Thu 29-Sep-11 11:48:53)

I take everything that Dice and swavvy looking EA reps say with a pinch of salt.

I prefer to play for myself, also I'm rank 14.

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Then add the fact that most people in MW or Cod games are out to finish top of the scoreboard and you get my drift why its so much more run and gun and not so team based most of the time anyway.

Wouldn't it be great if there was no scoreboard, you just played the game and no one was hunting for points

Guess your right mate as they are not exactly going to say there game does not look very good on consoles compared to a high end PC now are they.

Played the map twice.
I got killed lots, had no idea who I was fighting most of the time.
I know it's only a beta but I'm not impressed. I fell in love with BFBC2 straight away.
Maybe this will grow on me :/

Feels too much like cod bo at the mo

I found it really confusing at first but it is the spawning on your squad mates (so random places) when you are struggling with new game mechanics and a new map. I remember thinking that I was really bad at the game and getting a bit depressed but once you get past that it gets easier!

In reply to a post by time2die:

Guess your right mate as they are not exactly going to say there game does not look very good on consoles compared to a high end PC now are they.

I know its a beta but its full of glitches on xbox and it really does not look very good at all on xbox .
I was hoping for so much more , very disappoint but going to go see it on a friends high end PC at the weekend and see what all the fuss is about .

I can't see the visuals improving. I am seriously considering cancelling my pre order and picking RAGE up instead.

MW3 looks better by a long way. I think BFBC2 was about the same as BF3 to look at on PS3. It almost feels like I've been scammed.
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MW3 worried that it will be game, plus extra's, almost like a subscription game.

BF3 have downloaded and played XBox, better levels than Black Ops, in terms of variation in design, some glitching, but fixable.

Gameplay, you die very quickly, Black Ops if not doing well you have chance to turn and at least fire in general direction, in games I played, if spotted I was dead, but then did same to others. Maybe lethality may be rebalanced.

Almost tempted to not buy either, and buy the odd bargain from XBox live (like Toy Soldiers which is fun to play), and have a more varied game time.

Guys don't spawn on your teammates, you are brand new to the game, you have no idea where to expect the enemy, so you will just twitch shoot and die.

Go recon for areas you don't know, and sit at the back, push forward when you get a feel for it. Once you've done that, go whatever class you want and start unlocking those accessories! Acog x4 yum.

After playing it for an hour...I'll stick with modern warfare

Downloaded it this morning and spent 30 minutes with a message can not connect to EA servers,time and time again year in year out we have one of the most anticipated games of the year,millions of people dying to play it and we have server issues because so many people want to test the game out.

Now this is not rocket science and EA and Dice would have been fully aware of the amount of load server side so why does this keep continuing to happen

Basically i gave up and went back to Gears 3...........Oh and I'm not hating on this game as i would have made the same remarks if MW3 had a beta and this was the end result

And Swanny you my friend were the last person on here who i thought would make a comment like that regarding this Battlefield as i know you are a Fan of this game.

Not dishing the dirt on the game but i have seen many negative things regarding this game and i expect many of the same for MW3, personally the most disappointed are those with consoles and it fails big time on a graphical level and its not even close to a bog standard PC.

Im seriously thinking of not buying this made by the comments alone on this forum from people in general that like Battlefield games.

I thought there was room in my gaming world for 2 first class shooters but i think I'm going to go with my hunch and stick with what i know and love MW.

Will try it out but my inner self knows that i wont like this much as i was never a avid fan in the first place and the more i read the less impressed the thing feels.

Yeah i think i will follow suit even though i have yet to play it,with MW3, Uncharted 3 and I'm so in love with Gears 3 then i think i will leave this for a rainy day next year.

I just hope that MW3 does not disappoint also and I'm hoping it wont

I mean i know i am going to play MW3 to death so even if Battlefields was a good game then quite frankly i can not spend the same amount of time with it.

Still i would actually get it for the single player experience that i think will be really good based on the previews but minus those drop dead gorgeous PC graphics.

If ever there was a reason for a next generation console then this is the time.

Anyway matey Shadow and Ico hit the streets tomorrow..........

Edited by time2die (Fri 30-Sep-11 00:35:56)

Don't know about you but I'm quite enjoying it. I'm not enjoying being killed all the time by people I can't even fecking see mind but it's really not a bad update to BF2 and maintains the spirit of the game somewhat as far as I can see.

I wish the map was better though. I am always getting lost and don't know where the enemy is coming from most of the time (when in the tunnels of course). The A/B markers need to be more prominent and properly displayed on the map also. A larger map overview would be good too.

Overall, I'd say DICE have done a pretty good job. There's plenty I don't like but enough attention to gameplay mechanics and little details (improvements over BF2) that make me feel they care enough about providing a good game for the sake of playing rather than simply awing people with some fancy update that is completely hollow.

I'd like to see how the vehicles handle on larger map sizes as that's the mode (Conquest) that most appeals to me.

Surprises for me were how smoothly the game ran considering the scare mongering about hardware requirements. I was getting 60 FPS much of the time when I looked. Also, stability - I didn't crash once or get stuck. No disconnections for me either. Weird!

You'd have to write a 10,000 word report at least to really cover this game. And so far, it's just a beta. To those who fear the finalised form will be much the same sans improvements, I think from my past gaming experience, something tells me there are often huge improvements made and a great deal of polish added to games that are in beta and have been released just weeks later.

I guess the beta is quite a world away from the actual retail product and only meant for testing. I expect it's far away from the finished product. That said, it's hard to see how console versions will greatly improve graphics wise as you can see they are going to have to sacrifice quite a bit to maintain large map sizes. Still, I bet both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions will still be a world away from this mere beta release in looks. I'm not sure how the patching regime works out for console games but I know there's a hell of a lot of work to be done as far as the PC version goes if the graphics geometry and textures are representative of the kind of quality we can expect on release.

Edited by deleted (Fri 30-Sep-11 06:31:05)

Yep. They dropped through the letterbox yesterday.

Another reason why I am going to cancel my pre order and swap it to MW3. I'm not saying I won't pick it up at some point for the campaign an co-op. But it isn't innovative as expected. Ico/Shadow will keep me busy and I will be downloading Payday the Heist. If I want a game with standard graphics then Heist at least is a new one. BF3 feels like BFBC to be honest. I gonna swap it now to MW3 and wait to see if the visuals improve. But like Spook says, I can't see them changing dramatically on the consoles.

I haven't even been back to the beta since Tuesday. Kept meaning to and thinking maybe tomorrow, which probably sums it up in my own mind.
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There is some battle field etiquette that will make you a much better player . i was not doing very well as i was running and gunning ( except for in the underground which was perfect for R&G as a defender ) its worth watching some tutorials on Youtube .

Im doing much better now and back near the Top of the leader boards after getting some very simple tips from Youtube and learning that map .

First tip is " don't rush of with out your squad " "if last alive , stay alive " and have a look at where your spawning and what action your selected squad member is in . also if sniping , don't camp in one place as your sight starts glinting so the enemy can see where you are .

I like the fact my squad is getting up to speed with how to play battle field ,as its a very different beast to the COD and being honest , i actually enjoy the game type Rush . just not buying the " Frostbite 2 " engine is a improvement on console IMHO it does not even look as good as Black Ops , very disappointed but not surprised . One thing i'm really impressed with is " hit detection " its one of the best rates for any FPS ever , well done Dice .

Its a real sweet spot for gaming at the moment with our evenings starting on BF3 beta and finishing playing GW3 or Dead Island . Dead Island is being posted back soon to make way for more new realises and i think i'm holding onto GW3 , its a keeper ! as well might be BF3 depending on how they react to the community feedback and tidy up the final realise .

Cant help feeling to many compromises have been made for the console version of BF3 and the limitations of the present hardware have been hit .

Edited by deleted (Fri 30-Sep-11 08:17:22)

I don't know how it looks on console but on PC it looks really good even on the low settings I have had to run until my new card arrives. Does it run smooth on the consoles?

Something I have noticed as well - it makes it hard to push forwards when you can't even rush over a bit of open ground. It feels almost like hardcore mode and it shouldn't really be like that IMO.

Yea I have heard from various people in my clan that the 2 580s for full ultra is not even close to being accurate. A single 560 seems to be up to the task.

I really want to see a console version to see what is going on there - it sounds like there isn't a huge amount of love there but as a PC player I am plenty happy. Just ordered a new graphics card and fan/heatsink for my CPU so that I can do a bit of overclocking.

I would say BF3 seems quite different to BC2 - how you move seems a lot better and dare I say it, more CoD like.

XBox landscapes seem more organic and real, plus the building destruction is there

Played some more last night, and had a 4 kill streak, so getting used to it, ie finding the cover, hiding in the shady areas.

Tiles in station have a nice sheen to them, I think another day or so and will be cool with it.

I would have thought you would have already ordered MW3 top priority

I shall see what the guys have to say over the next 10 days and general feedback across the net,then you got to take into account what the game will look and play like when there is vehicles and jets which is something that most people expected to see in this demo.

I dont know why people keep thinking this is a beta because its not,when this finishes this game would have gone gold so there is no way that they are going to change the way this game plays until they release patches on release day and after which i expect quite a few of them.

and i guess like you if i was really excited and interested i would have continued to look at a server side issue when trying to connect to EA servers.

Edited by time2die (Fri 30-Sep-11 09:59:29)

I was gonna get it for my birthday in November instead, but now I'm not getting BF3, I'm not giving the missus a chance to [censored] that up!
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Probably if you have played a lot of BC2 (which I haven't to be fair) you would be better placed to judge than me. I meant in the quality of the graphics really. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate it. But if it doesn't look fantastic on the final version I know it will be a waste of money when I turn back to COD instead.
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Played the beta yesterday, extremely unimpressed, it gonna be a fanboi game, the rest of the gaming population not all but I'm guessing a large chunk will not really like this game...pre-order will be canceled me thinks

Edited by deleted (Fri 30-Sep-11 11:27:34)

The first impressions are not very good, to put it mildly.

As a PC gamer, I started with BF:1942 and have played all the games right through to BFBC2. So far I am very impressed, the gfx are excellent and gameplay very much in the Battlefield tradition.

Edited by nelix01 (Fri 30-Sep-11 15:23:56)

For the first time in ages I'm actually considering going to a Midnight launch of the game in my local Blockbuster store which is 5 minutes away.

But that means cancelling my order from shopto.net which is the hardened edition even though Blockbusters insist that they are doing the same editions.

Only 3 weeks ago they told me that they would only be having basic editions in so I'm on the fence at present and i am not desperate to play the game a few hours early just curious as to what a midnight launch of a game would be like.

Suppose one of the reasons i don't do Midnight launches is the amount of drunks in the vicinity of the area and something i could well do without,besides i don't want to get mugged for my hardened edition

Mugged by drunks? In Tewkesbury?

More danger of being accosted by geeks and bored to death with tales of gaming and hardware.

That was my thought too, something like a 570 to be on the safe side I was thinking. But for me, my trusty 5870 seems perfectly adequate so I'll bide my time and won't upgrade unless they release of Crysis 2 style graphics upgrade.

I don't think the graphics were all that mindblowing to be honest. Far from it really but that could partially be down to the map. But with Battlefield graphics was never the most important thing. I'm liking the general map layout - I think it's inspired really. DICE ought to be given credit for that. So far all the attention is on the graphics and the engine and destructibility it seems, which is sad.

The marketing hype creates an expectation graphically, and this is likely down to the movie-esque trailers that were likely cut together by marketing boys who have sod all to do with the game development. As FPS players we all know it's the gameplay mechanics that count. I'd much rather have great gameplay elements than beautiful vistas though I wouldn't complain too much if we had both!

Yeah, overclock that CPU! What did you go for btw?

Succinctly put. Couldn't agree more.

Logged on to the PC Beta this pm... spent some time being stabbed in the bushes

It looks very nice, but not sure if all the motion blur adds anything apart from a 'whoa look at thaaat!' The sniper sight-glint is cool, got my two kills by spotting that. The Squad system seems to work well...

...but the whole thing is v. laggy and not very responsive. By the time I spot an enemy, it's already too late (apart from those two...)

Edited by deleted (Fri 30-Sep-11 17:45:59)

Yeah the sniper glint. Fantastic idea really. I've been spending a lot of time in the bushes too but mostly hiding. I'm learning new lingo like 'bush wookies'. Like that!

I've done loads of crawling too. Loads and loads. I've practically crawled the entire length of the map almost. The animation is pretty cool. Plus it seemed safer at first to slither along, hiding in the bushes and behind walls and rocks and things until I got my bearings.

My trouble is I can't work out why other people can see me when in the tunnels and I cannot see them. I think I have a bit of an eyesight problem as it's not my monitor or anything like that. Plus I can't get the mouse movement smooth so that's my excuse for getting shot a lot.

It was meant to be Humorous mate as Tewkesbury is a nice historic hamlet and wherever you go you get the odd person that has had a few to many.

That was me just trying to find a reason not to go to a midnight launch,besides that i can wait another 12 hours because i have waited 2 years.

Yeah I know. Drunks peeing all over the place, making loud obnoxious noises and thinking they're clever when they come over and spit all over you when they're trying to explain something really profoundly important that they've just discovered (with their new found insight).

Beer is wonderful stuff innit?!

Edited by deleted (Fri 30-Sep-11 19:20:13)

It is hard to judge. There does appear to have been a lot of graphics related comments but to me if it plays well then a certain amount of graphical issues can be let slide but this is not the opinions a lot of people have - maybe it is something to do with the hype that has been generated.

People trying to judge a game on a beta is pointless, until the game has been released and conquest etc has been played.

Then it can be judged, beta is testing for server stability and battlelog.

Actually got into a game last night and i did not enjoy it even though it is a beta or so they say,graphics nothing special on a 360 thats a fact.

I know lots will love this game but it just not my style so i have cancelled my pre/order and deleted the beta which is a shame as i expected a better experience and way better graphics.

Im not alone

Edited by time2die (Sat 01-Oct-11 10:57:20)

You die quick in Cod Games but there is little chance in this Battlefield and it just another reason i don't like it,i got to be honest it's a lot harder to kill someone in this game and it is a far more tactical game so run and gun tactics just don't work and unfortunately good or bad thats my style

Dont mind team based games but I'm just not feeling any love for this game and all my initial thought and impressions and excitement have now diminished.

For those that like it then enjoy but i will stick with what i know will give me far more pleasure and enjoyment.

Conquest has been played, I shot down a few folk, and yes there is a flight ceiling.

Also missiles need to be unlocked for both the aircraft and the engineer class, it was an absolute parody of what happened in BF2. Everyone and their dog queued for the aircraft.

The map wasn't that big, but didn't help that I never made it to the other side as the map function was useless.

Squad system is handled by battlelog, and it's been confirmed to be staying in it's current state, in other words pot luck because you can't choose the squad to join, which I feel is a major issue and won't buy unless that is addressed.

op metro doesn't do a very good job at showing what a decent rush game will play like imo, compared to bc2. doesn't help the majority of players are either prone in some obscure corner/bush or trying to run around and flank the other team.

these both lead to dieing to stressful circumstances because someone is "covering" some random part of the map which has no strategic benefit from a bush, or you're getting shot in the back because your whole team is following each other down one side of the map.

both of these things used to happen in bc2 aswell back in the day, less so because of the map design was slightly less dm style, but still used to happen - nowadays though if you drop in any old game of bc2 most of the time the maps play as a tug of war not a tdm.

also try the infrared scope, makes ppl who are prone in random corners/behind random props in the subway system light up like a x-mas tree - works outside aswell for bushes but not really worth it over a proper x4 scope in my expierence.

I have given the beta a good play and IMHO its more like a Alfa there are so many glitches and problems and freezes its so frustrating , sound dropping out , textures ripping , not being able to scope your weapon , the list is endless and they only got a few weeks to sort it .

I'm avoiding this title on realise , on Xbox anyway and will see if they can clean up the code , i might return at a later date .

i cancelled mine this morning.

The caspian border map on PC on ultra settings is really impressive visually though.
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Yeah, the infrared scope is really good

I'm still a COD gal at this point in time

Had another go at it tonight
What the hell is going on with the ranks?? I saw players ranked as high as 31 and I'm sure there must be higher. Sad [censored]
Hopefully they will set the ranks progression the same as they did in bfbc otherwise it just turns into a mad race to level 50.
Like I said before I would like them to do away with ranks altogether.


Who cares what rank anyone else is anyway???

In reply to a post by mrnelster:

I can't see the visuals improving. I am seriously considering cancelling my pre order and picking RAGE up instead.

MW3 looks better by a long way. I think BFBC2 was about the same as BF3 to look at on PS3. It almost feels like I've been scammed.
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Hopefully the kids won't like BF3 because of the demos quality and will leave the full game alone

Either way, I won't buy it now until I see that the visuals have been ironed out on the PS3.
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Add to the fact the Playstation is supposed to be the better version graphically compared to the 360 one,like i said i deleted it as the game does nothing for me and i have never been a lover of the series.

Horses for courses and great for people that love the game but i think its time i used my head and left this game alone and concentrated on ones that i do like.

I will try it on the Playstation and give it another go but first impressions are very important to me and it did not feel very favourable.

I saw that as well - it screams 'lack of gainful employment' to me.

Haha yea I think you're right.
All this lovely weather and they have locked themselves in their rooms just so they can be higher ranked. Sad feckers

One thing I noticed was that people seem to move really fast. Before you get a chance to fire they're gone, or you're trying to get a lead on them with your sights but can't keep up

Some people have been playing 24 hours before the early access started, though i have seen people that started playing once the beta went open rank up very fast, some of the awards give 20k points.

The ranks and ribbions will be changed in the final release so will proably see alot more points needed to rank up.
Playing the beta now and saying you wont buy the game its a bit of a early call considering most console games dont even get a beta, there just shipped and eventually fixed.

There are alot newer beta builds that have fixed most of the problems, the feedback allows for alot of improvements while the studio is still working on the game.

Will proably be a day one patch as with any game these days.

Yea that's it, it's a beta so it's there for people to test and then go back to them with any bugs you find, that is what a beta is for! This is how most online games used to work back in the day but over time has been faded out so it's good to see them do it. Check out this article from today where they have confirmed a lot of things fixed due to feedback from players (albeit PC)

http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/games/877358-battlefield...

I think they need to be cut a bit of slack until the final product is released

I'm rank 29 right now, started on Tuesday and only played a little (13h and 29m).

Ranks are set low at the moment, they said they are sped up for just the short beta and then all will be reset for game launch and made more grindy just for you.

I only play games for fun to fill my time, I'm no hardcore guy whos life revolves around playing the latest title for hours on end to be the best at it.

Not sure if I'll get this or not. I like games where I can turn them on, play for 20 minutes before going out or something. Don't like ones where you have to immerse yourself and have to think.

I had bad company 2, it was alright. Bit slow though. I realise that bad company is suppsoed to be battlefields story-mode game.

The reason i used to love COD is because you really can just turn it on and play for 20 minutes. The only downside was the whiney prats in your ear who took it too seriously and kept forgetting that it's just a game.

I was near one of the targets (the one on the left if you're defending. I think) last night ran into a nade hole and nearly fell under the map :/

In reply to a post by Gzero:

I'm rank 29 right now, started on Tuesday and only played a little (13h and 29m).

Ranks are set low at the moment, they said they are sped up for just the short beta and then all will be reset for game launch and made more grindy just for you.

That's very nice of them

You think this is bad?? Wait till you see MW3

Yeah I enjoy lobbying a grenade into those. Usually the server bugs up and that happens, makes you wonder what is going on in Dice land.

That happened to me. I was running along and went into a hole but disappeared. I got stuck under the map! I wasn't the only one - it was happening to all of us. EA had tweaked something and [censored] everything up again. Crawling in prone became very hazardous. It was better to just stand up and duck the bullets whizzing by.

I've seen plenty of bugs, most of them minor, like the bipod on the M16A4 and not being able to use the scope for instance.

The worse case for me personally was playing a map with zero friendly or enemy identification. As the players are drawn there is not a lot to distinguish among them. Both sides often wear masks and seem to have the same uniform. What had happened was the name tags and blue triangles over friendly players had gone and the orange enemy tags were not working either. I had to look at the next to useless mini map and try to guess if the player was on my side or not. It was usually too late by then. If in doubt, shoot them! Thank goodness for friendly fire being turned off.

MW3 will sell like hot cakes Swanny and the graphics are not a major update from previous MW games i grant you that.

But i know that this game will give me my FPS fix i require and i know exactly how it will play out and exactly how the game will feel.

I have said it before and i make no apologies for saying it again,if it aint broke then why fix it,and I'm not talking about map exploits and hacks just the general thing that made MW games what they are.

The thing is with MW and previous Cod games you can just go in and play regardless for just a few games or countless hours,their fast paced and well suited to run and gun type of player which i am one of them.

I just dont find them as deep as Battlefield games and to me they are easier to get in to and its another reason i enjoy them.

MW3 will have some brilliant set pieces we all know that,yes it needs a new engine but i am sure that it will live up to my high expectations............Well i hope it does

I found the IFF bug more fun to be honest, fed up of all the doritos giving away player positions, people spotting me when I should be out of range etc.

IFF bug stands for what exactly? [unsure] Something to do with those enemy/friendly tags yesh? I was looking online for an explanation but nothing satisfactory came up.

Personally, not knowing what the hell I was doing wasn't much of a positive experience. But I guess I didn't look at it from other players' perspectives, I guess they wouldn't have known which side I was on either.

It would have been good if I could've capitalised on that more.

Identify Friend or Foe. You should add me Glixation, and see how it's done: http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/#!/bf3/battlere...



Team weren't stacked, they started winning team joining when they realised it was over.

See how what's done?

Oh, I'm sure the team balance had nothing to do with that particular spectacular (one off?) performance 'G'.

Had a look at your stats. You are more than twice as hard working as me.*

I wonder if all that time spent hiding in bushes is really a good strategy? I seem to get killed an awful lot. I'm improving though.

* _{and more than twice as successful.} Boo!

Edited by deleted (Tue 04-Oct-11 02:57:37)

Do what my mate does, quits before falling behind.


Yeah he really does that during these stat based games, when its not going right (in other words he's died twice in a row) he leaves the server for another.

Wasn't a one off
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/battlereport/sh...


I'll tell you secrets when I see you online.

Did you order for the PC and how did you manage to cancel your pre-order?

No, ordered on the PS3.

If you order from ShopTo.net you can cancel your pre order by simply clicking the "cancel preorder" button in your account. The best place I've ever used to order games from to be honest.
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I pre-ordered for the PC via Origin and for the life of me cannot find a way to cancel the order!!

I was initially impressed by the gameplay as it was still true to the Battlefield style but my current gfx card it not handeling the game very well leading to lots of juddering etc.

I am not in a position to splash out a couple of hundred quid on a new card and Win 7 upgrade just to play this the way i would hope to.

Sorry mate, can't help you there.

Perhaps SPOOKish or Gzero can tell you as they are "PC literate".

You can order PC games from ShopTo.net. Let's you chop and change your mindand return anything you haven't opened. They also add three quid to your account if it doesn't arrive by release date. All my orders have arrived the day before so far.

I accidentally pre ordered Payday on the PSN the other day. Thought it was the actual game! Couldn't see a way to cancel that easily either.
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Played enough to get an acog sight and made a big different to spotting people at a distance, and you tend to engage at further distance.

Am liking it more in time, did have a fall throw floor bug but could walk out of it.

Muzzle flash is a big danger, and means moving out of concealment after a few rounds to a new location.

On the subject of bugs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE3zESmcqwA
Which inspired an IRL remake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6l4dAHKL-E

Yeah funny stuff indeed and not what EA wanted to see i bet.

You get a suppressor that weakens and slows your bullets, and a flash suppressor that does exactly that.

Get on to the EA chat support and tell them to cancel your order, I think that is the only way unfortunately, use a full-proof excuse like you don't have the funds to fulfil the order or something.

Seems to be a few people with the same problem. Gzero is right, you need to contact EA direct through their online support:

http://support.ea.com/

Support Links/Contact Us:

Once you've logged in with the appropriate email address etc, this will open up a form where you need to type in the game: Battlefield 3, then select billing/purchasing after selecting PC as your game platform. Then email the blighters and tell them you'd like to cancel.

If you do get any trouble with them, you could always contact your bank. Have the payment details ready (you would likely have had an email with them), basically the date and time you made the purchase. As it's not been charged yet you'll need to explain that to the bank.

It's bad EA don't give you a simple cancel button. Shame on them for making it so difficult to manage your purchases.

Edited by deleted (Thu 06-Oct-11 21:50:08)

Thanks. I have raised a ticket with them so will wait and see how long it takes to get processed.

G'luck mate.

As title for those interested.

Dam Gzero you beat me to IT

Also this is a good read IMO - My biggest gripe was with the squads but they appear to have listened on this. Time will tell with the netcode but they are saying that it should be improved so fingers crossed.

To be very very honest, I'm going to hold off till a few months after and see how the netcode is, it is very annoying in BC2 to unload a whole clip into someone when clearly there isn't enough snapshots happening.

Have you played BC2 post the last patch? I noticed a big difference with that patch.. Main BC2 became a lot closer to Vietnam which always seemed to have better hit reg to me...