Battlefield 3

[SinisterAlex]

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Battlefield 3 "My Soldier" customization (Embedding disabled by request)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrdFT...layer_embedded

They have a lot of camo uniforms for each class.

I know I sound like a broken record but....

I can't wait for this game.

[Goffs]

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Battlefield 3 "My Soldier" customization (Embedding disabled by request)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrdFT...layer_embedded

I was hoping customization like Battlefield Free to Play except unlocking the equipment for free...

[fatleg3]

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Some vids I uploaded today. Take it easy I know im not all that good but thats why i hope to link up with some guys on here

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[Bronk_Bonin]

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Sign your PSN/GT on this site and play with OS'ers who can help you as you learn, also make sure you have a mic for starters.

If you play the COD series do not, I repeat do not play this game like those. Lol

Flight...Trust me the reason I don't play the COD series anymore is all the guys on my friends list lost their minds obsessing over K/D ratio and being a "lone wolf" that team play was no longer. It drove me nuts. I prefer strategic teamwork hence my switch to the Battlefield series. I haven't played a COD game in 6-8 months. I was completely burnt out on the series. I'm looking for something fresh.

[Candyman5]

360 guys add me. I'll have it at midnight and be hopping on after work. 6-6:30 am eastern time.

I usually roll with the engineer class and blow **** up, lol. Also was very good at driving black hawks in BFBC2 so I cant wait until ya guys load up and destroy people with the mini guns.

I just hope it's not like BFBC2 where everyone just parachuted out all the time.

Hope to see ya guys on. If my Friends List is full just send me a message and I'll add ya.

GT is: Candyman5OS (It's a O, not a zero)


Sent from me, duh.

[LoWw]

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How the hit detection on the dedicated servers?

[authentic]

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Release day is almost only a day away for me in my time zone, who all is playing on PS3? If your playing on PS3 and need someone to play with, add me @ Lorenz112. I am getting it at midnight at GameStop so I'll be on right away.

[iLLosophy]

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Some vids I uploaded today. Take it easy I know im not all that good but thats why i hope to link up with some guys on here

Haha I spotted you in FetusPuncher's (lol @ his name) videos. Thanks for the footage!

[Stormyhog]

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Some vids I uploaded today. Take it easy I know im not all that good but thats why i hope to link up with some guys on here

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<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Kc8Nz2cgKi4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

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I just play to have fun and enjoy myself and don't really care about my stats. Sure I want to try and do well to help the team but I don't worry or care what others think and if people get on my back I just ignore them. Some will take things too serious and to me that kills the fun. That's why I like to play with the people from OS as they all try to play well but it's more about having fun and getting along and enjoying yourself than anything.

[Dog]

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Oh my God I'm going to have to really control myself and not even put this in my PS3 until I'm done my midterm on Wednesday. (I got the Amazon release day delivery)

[khaled]

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Oh my God I'm going to have to really control myself and not even put this in my PS3 until I'm done my midterm on Wednesday. (I got the Amazon release day delivery)

Same here, I got a paper due Wednesday and another due that weekend, on top of two tests. It's gonna be hard not putting it in my PS3. I got release day from Amazon as well, my goal right now is to not open the box when I get it in the mail.

[Bighoff]

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Same here, I got a paper due Wednesday and another due that weekend, on top of two tests. It's gonna be hard not putting it in my PS3. I got release day from Amazon as well, my goal right now is to not open the box when I get it in the mail.

I'm glad my paper is due on Tuesday morning I can spend tomorrow afternoon writing it while I'm waiting for BF3. Then it's a gaming till 730a a short break to go to class then it's back to the 360 till my eyes bleed.

[iLLosophy]

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is it just me or does it seem like a lot of the buildings/structures look the same from bad company 2? I guess the proper word is "assets". Like the construction sites in fatleg's second video

[RivaGe]

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Apparently IGN review was leaked:

Spoiler

Battlefield 3 suffers from an identity crisis. It delivers scorching multiplayer, fitting of its decade-long pedigree of famously expansive big-team battles, but loses focus through a generic single-player campaign that feels like a different game. While DICE may not yet have the single-player know-how to deliver a memorable story, they don't need to. Battlefield 3's online warfare raises every bar imaginable, delivering one of the best multiplayer experiences of the year. I doubt Battlefield purists will complain much about the campaign, though; I know you're enlisting in this battle to bring down entire armies online.

Editor's Note: IGN only received PC copies for review purposes. I'll post an update or an entirely different review if our playthrough merits it, once we play Xbox 360 and PS3. Thanks for your patience.

From the beaches of Kharg Island to the hills of Damavand Peak, Battlefield 3's multiplayer maps provide an immediate sense of scale. Everything about their design screams size, personalization, and taking creative initiative to succeed. Choose to pop headshots from the prone position, spin barrel rolls in a jet outfitted with personal unlocks, or see how many dog tags you can knife from your opponents; Battlefield 3's multiplayer is about the freedom of choice.

The online fight feels like a cartography lesson. Depending on the game mode, each map utilizes a different area or shifts wider and wider as gameplay progresses. You might not see half of a map like Operation Firestorm or Seine Crossing during your first few Rush matches. Yes, certain areas feel empty and repeated map elements like shipping crates conjure deja vu, but the sense of scope is exhilarating. Where many online shooters teach you the nooks and crannies of every map, Battlefield 3 is a wide sandbox that encourages variety and exploration. Battlefield 3 shines in matches with 63 other players, where every bullet has a new enemy's name on it.

Is the gameplay balanced? Battlefield 3's online teeter-totter comes down to personal preference. I've been pinned down at my spawn point in Operation Metro by a dozen, well-stocked snipers and I've taken over an entire conquest map single-handedly. I'm no Maverick in a jet, so I learned to rain down hellfire from a chopper. For any class or tactic that doesn't work, Battlefield 3 offers alternatives like a painter's palette. All four streamlined classes (Soldier, Engineer, Assault, and Recon) get their own problem-solving unlocks, so leveling each one is paramount to sitting on top of the leaderboards.

Battlefield 3's rewards and progression will keep you coming back to its online rumble for a long time. From adding heat-seeking missiles to an Anti-Aircraft Tank to simply changing camouflage, there's always a carrot dangling just out of reach – if you can wrangle the score to earn it. While the newly implemented Team Deathmatch modes encourage high kills and low deaths, Battlefield remains a team-based game where you can sit atop the scoreboard no matter how many times you've died. Heal an injured teammate, resupply a sniper, or make sure a tank gets fixed up, Battlefield is about working towards the greater good and it's just as refreshing now as it was in 2002 – all while looking outstanding on PC.

From sun flares to dust bursting from a collapsing building, Battlefield 3's Frostbite 2 engine provides marvelous visuals. It performs admirably on lowered settings for those who don't have a top-of-the-line PC while still providing bragging rights for anyone who's doubled up on their 580s. Nighttime elements present a stark intensity, with glowing fluorescent signs dotting the cityscape. The waves crashing on a beach below a late-game villa are mesmerizing – as is the simple scrub brush dotting maps like Operation Firestorm. At maximum settings, Battlefield 3 looks stunning.

The engine isn't perfect by any means – I encountered prone legs jutting through walls, saw snipers half-buried in mountainsides, watched my dead body stick through the hood of a jeep, and even noticed a story character float in a straight line from point A to point B, walls be damned. I've seen flower pots float in midair, noticed AI soldiers in their shooting position long after death, and I somehow committed suicide by running over the lip of a crater. These glitches aren't constant and while they're annoying, they don't break the game. But they do break the immersion of the story and in the case of an undeserved multiplayer suicide, cause unneeded frustration.

While longtime fans know Battlefield as a multiplayer experience, its campaign and cooperative experiences can't be ignored. For those of you more interested in the single-player campaign than multiplayer, definitely take note. Whereas both Battlefield: Bad Company games added a story underwritten with humor, Battlefield 3 takes a more serious path. Its tale of global threats reads like twenty years of military fiction thrown in a blender and turned into a checklist. WMDs? Check. Russians? Uh huh. Insurgents tucked into Middle Eastern alleyways? Yup. It's all there and woven into levels through the recollections of Sergeant James Blackburn during an interrogation (didn't we see this in Call of Duty: Black Ops?). There's inherent tension in the threat of a terrorist attack, but Battlefield 3's campaign feels like well-tread ground.

Battlefield 3's campaign does hit some memorable moments (especially in the visuals department), but as a whole it's trite and frustrating. The campaign jams Battlefield 3's multiplayer into a linear box where freedom of choice gets thrown out a non-destructible window. There are only a few buildings to blow holes in, barely any vehicles to take the wheel of, and quicktime events adorn enemy encounters in almost every level. While you can literally crash a helicopter on an opponent's head while parachuting to safety if you so choose in multiplayer, campaign makes you hit spacebar at just the right moment to avoid getting punched – they're two different games.

The co-op missions surround the events of the campaign, yet feel more enjoyable as individual levels. Working with a teammate leads to more creative approaches of attacks, though the same AI frustrations are in place. While opening doors and other set events, enemies gain invulnerability. They also have an uncanny ability to pick you out of the crowd. Even while using an AI teammate as cover – not standard operating procedure, I know – enemies still find you. Additionally, most levels feature a bottleneck where death hits out of the blue. Whether it's a grenade exploding without an indicator, a blast from an unseen enemy, or late-game quicktime event that introduces a new button, the campaign and co-op levels are a minefield of frustration – especially when cranking the difficulty up to hard. All told, it's a brief affair – I burned through the single-player portion in under six hours, the co-op content adds another two or three.

[iLLosophy]

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Yes, certain areas feel empty and repeated map elements like shipping crates conjure deja vu

Guess it's not just me then lol