Can't you just fit a new hard drive to those things?

Yes you can Spook but when he buys one of them he would have been wiser to have bought the console with the hard drive in the first place.

Right. But all is not lost for those poor souls who have no hard drive, they can still get BF3!

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

I watched some 720p videos of the optional texture pack, and what a difference. The things like dynamic reflections in car windows and shine off of tiled walls stood out in the beta, with better texture are even more amazing.

Amazon has dispatched game, so maybe this weekend, but as am away until Sunday its no biggie

Where is the optional texture pack, I didn't notice anything when installing?
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Its already on the blu ray disk on the playstation version and self installs,where the xbox 360 you have to choose the option to install to a hard drive.

But if you got a basic xbox slim with 4 gig flash drive then your ******

Believe it or not mate i actually resisted temptation and did not pick my copy up and will wait until Wednesday for Uncharted 3 for certain.

I got Battlefield at 9am, got home and installed the HD texture pack then started playing at 10am and have just came off it! Played the single player for a few hours, it's ok, not sure what everyone dislikes about it so much. Its not too difficult, there are a lot of cut scenes I suppose but they are LA Noire quality in terms of lip syncing and the graphics on the campaign are sweet on the xbox. Particularly driving across the desert in a tank and on an aircraft carrier on the sea it looked very nice. The online play is where it's at and it's extremely fun, it's pretty much same old Battlefield in terms of game modes, not noticed any problems with hit detection, I have been MVP on a few games and it seems a good bunch of people playing it from all different experience scales. Once again playing with friends really does make it, I've been playing with my housemate all day in a squad with random others and there have been some hectic games, when your in the action your in the action! The firefights are great you have to work hard and as a team to push up. It shows health now too which I don't think it has before on consoles so it's very useful knowing when you need a medic.

Sorry if this is poorly paragraphed writing on my phone in bed before sleep, then another 14 hours on it tomorrow I think

In reply to a post by Jaxx281:

Sorry if this is poorly paragraphed writing on my phone in bed before sleep, then another 14 hours on it tomorrow I think

Hehe. Nice one. There's dedication for ya.

Just been playing the single player through myself and I totally retract what I said earlier, it's actually pretty good. Initially I found it very frustrating but there are a few levels which really shine. I really liked the Paris level where you play as the Russian special agents. That was pure poetry in motion - nice to be able to have a fluid level where you are always on the move. Sublime.

I'm on the Kaffarov level, again playing as the Russians. The Ruskies are much cooler than the darn Americans that's for sure. Not nearly as annoying. They have a proper sense of humour and are nowhere near as intense plus their missions are enjoyable to play.

It's quite an easy set piece, hold you by the hand, type of game and for once, I've got it set to hardest difficulty setting. Seems to play really smoothly too. Not one crash, unlike Deus Ex! Shouldn't tempt fate though. Got most settings on Ultra with HBAO, AA and motion blur all off, all at 1920 x 1200. Frame rate very decent on a single 5870. Might be a different story in the multiplayer though. The guns are great too!

It's bed time and I don't know how I'm gonna switch off from all the fire fights. Dreams of war tonight methinks.

Another reason to buy the game?

BitTech

They don't give out 90s and premium grade gold awards like candy, gotta be a little bit special for that.

Im not buying it Spook so give it up.

How about that then T2D gives in to the temptation of new FPS ...