So here we are: September 27th, the day many have been waiting for. Well, the lucky few who managed to spend the extra pounds, dollars or Euros on the Medal Of Honor Limited Edition and thus permit themselves to experience the Battlefield 3 Beta early. I did unwittingly purchase the Medal Of Honor Limited Edition earlier this year, and discovered a potent email from EA in my inbox shortly afterwards revealing that the Battlefield 3 beta would be open to me and other Limited Edition buyers later on in the year.
I must be strictly honest though. I wasn’t ecstatic when I realised this, as I hadn’t even played, let alone purchased, its predecessor, Battlefield: Bad Company 2. So there I was, with an early beta invite, not yet part of the die-hard BF fanbase powerhouse, eagerly awaiting Battlefield 3. With that said however, I did later that week obtain Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and play avidly up to rank 27. This was definitely a feat in my books; as a Call Of Duty fan, I struggled to really get traction in the Battlefield franchise as my gaming style was just too COD-based.
This idea about my poor gameplay in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 was still echoing around in my head when the finished download notification appeared on my 360’s Dashboard for the Battlefield 3 beta earlier today. I opened up the beta and was immediately launched on to “Operation Metro”, as the beta’s purpose is to showcase BF3’s much anticipated multiplayer component, which was awarded best Multiplayer Feature of 2011 at E3, and to expose any current design problems such as glitches (which are currently numerous in Metro!).
The gameplay I experienced in BF3 was complementary of the major award that Dice received for its multiplayer in E3 2011. The brand new Frostbite game engine provided superior graphics (albeit only 30 fps) and also provided excellent game physics that favoured only the most skilled of players. It really did feel like the next generation game engine that it has been famed to be. The gameplay was fluid and dynamic, as even jumping over walls looked smooth and realistic. It still appears to remain a hardcore player’s dream but allows enhanced scope for alternative and more “casual” play styles.
Best of all, the beta is just the “glimpse” that we have all been waiting for. It is not too expansive land thus leaves us asking for more, this is highlighted as the only game mode is rush, there are no playable vehicles in the beta and only a handful of weapons available to the player. So, if you are contemplating if the 1.30GB download of the beta is really worth its weight, take it from a Battlefield noob: you won’t be disappointed, well, until you realise there’s over a month until more!
Battlefield 3 steam-rolls over your consoles and keyboards on October 25th in North America, and on October 28th worldwide. You can read more about Battlefield 3 on our game page here, or on the official game website here.
Downloaded the beta yesterday for Xbox 360 and played for a few hours. Hated it. its impossible to kill anyone when they are lying down in the bushes, never mind even being able to spot them. Lots of bugs and only a month till the launch. I am cancelling my pre order. BF2 rocks. BF3 sucks!
3rd October 2011, 10:40 AM - reply - report
couldn’t agree more with what jacksonbernal said i was looking forward to this as bad company 2 is amazing when i played bf3 beta i switched it off after 10 mins its the biggest load of rubbish iv’e played.:-(
3rd October 2011, 12:43 PM - reply - report
Typical console gamers whining some more. Try a real man’s machine!!!
3rd October 2011, 12:49 PM - reply - report
wait till vehicle appears in full game, then we just bomb the whole bushes.
3rd October 2011, 1:11 PM - reply - report
How do i start:
Firstly, observation of the games release point and franchise association are wrong, this games predecessor was “battlefield 2” and not bad company.
DICE have basically tried to reinvent the battlefield experience and in my opinion have completely failed, I have been waiting years for this latest installment of the battlefield series and as soon as i saw there was a single player mission i realised that DICE had murdered the original multiplayer Battlefield franchise.
I am linked to many clans in the BF2 community and the general feeling seems to suggest that there will not be too many BF veterens investing in BF3.
I won’t list the many fundamental aspects that have been removed in BF3 but i will say this, “If something ain’t broke,,,,, don’t fix it”
I would like to thanks DICE for the previous enjoyment I have had with the multiplayer BF series but I will definitely not be investing my money in this piece of software.
If i wanted to play a console game, i’d buy a console
Signing out
3rd October 2011, 2:04 PM - reply - report
I’m guessing none of you got to try out Caspian Border. Clan mates and I found that map to be the full “bf2” feeling, of being able to watch action from far away, safe from everything except a very very skilled sniper shot.
3rd October 2011, 3:06 PM - reply - report
Not everyone has tried it but i did and i thought it was good but was missing too many features needed for the gameplay of vanilla BF, the squad system or lack of and no commander, no real map system made the game still feel like a graphically prepared bf 1.5.
I understand that DICE were scripted by their paymasters EA, i just think it’s a shame, they should have seperated the PC version completely from the console version
3rd October 2011, 5:07 PM - reply - report
@David
I’m pretty sure I read that the lead platform for BF3 is the PC? This would mean that they developed the game specifically for the console, then ported (read: adapted) that version to suit the console? So as a PC player you are getting the game DICE intended, rather than a “console game” as you say. On a personal note, I have found this game a different beast to BF:BC2, but if you are patient and stick to your squad and try to flank as much as possible, the game gets a bit better. I don;t think this map is the best example of what this game has to offer, either.
4th October 2011, 6:57 AM - reply - report
EDIT: I accidently wrote “console” instead of “PC” in the paragraph above, in regards to DICE developing BF3 specifically for the PC.
4th October 2011, 11:07 AM - reply - report
I’d like to play this Battlefield game at some point. Seems like it had a much more realistic take on what a war would be like in real life.
2nd November 2011, 12:20 AM - reply - report