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User Review : Battlefield 3

Ups
  • Fresh Gameplay
  • Graphics
  • Incredible Sound
Downs
  • Connection Issues
  • Campaign

The Best Multiplayer Game Since Call of Duty 4 and Halo 2

Here it goes:

-Mediocre Campaign: The Campaign looked promising in the trailers and demos, but it failed to achieve much. It gets very boring after a few short missions, the game on normal difficulty is WAY too difficult, and the ending is just terrible in my opinion. It has its moments, but not enough.

-Decent Co-Op: The Co-Op missions are alright. Nothing out of this world, but worth a playthrough with a friend. But he best part of the Co-Op mode is that you can unlock exclusive weapons for the multiplayer via Co-Op.

-INCREDIBLE Multiplayer: Like all of the series' games, the multiplayer in BF3 is fantastic. The maps are large, open, and unique. And the Jets are a huge reason to keep playing, and the amount of unlocks in the game is enormous. The MP is just fun. Period. It beats all of the other multiplayer offerings found in the entire franchise and it is by far the best multiplayer game since COD4 and Halo 2.

-It sounds and looks like you're actually in a Battlefield: Fan-freaking-tastic sound design. When a jet activates its afterburners as it flies right above you, you WILL be impressed. The graphics are a bit of a let-down for console users, the game does not look very similar to what you've seen in the trailers.

-Great Gameplay: The game fuses the best features of Bad Company 2's gameplay and Battlefield 2's gameplay to create something very fresh and new. It's not perfect though.

The game's campaign is a pretty weak and the Co-Op is a nice addition. But the real reason to get this game is the Multiplayer. If you don't have a PSN or Xbox Live account and plan on buying this game for its single player, don't. But if you are able to play this game online, there is absolutely no reason for you to skip this game. Its well worth the $60 for the MP alone. Buy this game, you will not be disappointed.

Score
8.5
Graphics
On PS3, the game looks very similar to Bad Company 2. There's a few texture pop-in issues and some minor screen tearing as well, but the most noticeable improvement is the lighting.
10.0
Sound
Like Bad Company 2, this game sounds amazing. The music, the sound effects, it's perfection. If you're playing with surround sound or gaming headphones, you're in for a treat.
9.0
Gameplay
Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 2 had a baby.
9.5
Fun Factor
This is by far the funnest FPS that has come out in a very long time.
9.7
Online
Incredible
Overall
9.2
RegorL4557d ago

BF3 only looks similar to BFBC2 because BFBC2 was set in an environment it could handle. But if you look at the detail I am pretty sure BF3 wins even the graphics by a wide margin.

First play BF3 trying to take a good look on everything
(don't play - just look. At distance, close up. outdoors, indoors)

Then play BFBC2 doing the same.

I think you will notice more differences when going back to BFBC2.

XFON4557d ago

this got accepted? what a weak 'review'.

ElDorado4557d ago (Edited 4557d ago )

Call of Duty 4 was overrated, people were hating on the original classic Battlefield: Bad Company 1 (which is absolutely amazing) and praising CoD4 to the heavens. Both BC's were better than CoD 4 and BF3 is even more better. The only thing which isn't that good is the campaign, they should have just made this a multiplayer only game. The multiplayer is superior to BC2's multiplayer.

Edit:
How does this game look like Bad Company? The environments are totally different, the design is way more creative (In BC2 a lot of buildings looked the same), prone is back, health is back to how it was in the original Battlefield-series. The one thing we miss is that there are no commanders. The only thing Battlefield and BC have in common is the destruction, and also the fact that the game is on consoles (does this make it less of a great game (?))

Hufandpuf4556d ago

Cod 4 was not overhyped. Everything after it was overhyped. Bad company at that point was the first serious battlefield game dice was makeing for consoles and it would be pointless to generate too much hype on a game that became geared toward a niche community. Regardless i logged in hundreds of hours in bfbc, and believed bfbc was much better than cod4, later on i realized that cod 4 was amazing and bc could only give you the multiplayer whereas COD4 could deliver the whole package. And that's what counts.

ElDorado4556d ago

I disagree. Bad Company 2 surpassed Bad Company in almost every way. SP was the only thing to me that was better in BC, BC2's wasn't bad, but BC singleplayer had a lot of humor and the gameplay in general was a lot of fun. It was short (still longer than CoD4). Bad Company to me is a lot better, weird you say that about the only thing that could grab you was the MP, since SP was awesome and to me way better than CoD4's. I admit CoD4 was a great game, but not THAT great. There have been a lot of shooters that are better this gen: Killzone 2&3, Both BC's, Borderlands, Resistance 1, 2& 3 and more.

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Battlefield Needs the Glory Days of BF3 and Bad Company 2 Back

Whether it comes through remakes or a new game with a similar style, DICE should aim to revive the glory days of Battlefield 3 and Bad Company 2.

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masterfox525d ago

hmmm I think there will be no old BF glory days for EA since they are loyal to their greediness and laziness :D

Knightofelemia525d ago

You're asking for a miracle with EA that will never happen unless they can exploit the money making schemes behind it.

MadLad525d ago

We'll see what happens now that Zampella is overlooking the series.

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Father__Merrin525d ago

Anyone that wants to plat bf3 you can still go ahead and play it

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EA Needs to Push Out a Battlefield 3 Remake to Win Back Gamers, and Wash Away Recent Disappointments

(Opinion): EA needs to release the Battlefield 3 Remake in order to win back gamers. after the disappointing reception of Battlefield 2042 & Battlefield V.

MadLad771d ago

I've been wanting to see this for a long time; though I don't trust DICE to handle even a remake of their own work at this point.

Give it to Respawn.
Literally the only major in house developer I actually trust from EA at this point.

RaidenBlack771d ago

End-execution result aside .... Isn't that what BF Portal set out to achieve?
BF3 MP(maps + weapons) in a new Frostbite engine?
Hate it or love it .... but that's what they did.
Call it a Remaster technically ... coz Remake would be changing the mechanics and that's wot BF4 did over BF3 at MP side (barring the single-player story, which obviously has to be different)

SinisterMister771d ago

Man, cannot agree with you more.

chicken_in_the_corn771d ago (Edited 771d ago )

Definitely not. They need to look at where they went wrong learn from it to make the next game as good as they possibly can instead of descending into the biggest problem with modern gaming and bowing to a hive-mind that is against new games

MadLad771d ago

Hive mind against new games? The hell are you on about? New games come out all the time. New IPs are coming out all the time.

Battlefield pretty much peaked with 3 and 4. Ever since then they either under delivered or simply released broken games.

gamer9771d ago

Naw they need to remaster bf3+bf4. I don't trust them to create new games anymore. I'll buy a remaster on new gen console, but i won't go near a new battlefield game again.

Gardenia771d ago

It's already known why it went wrong with Battlefield 2042. They didn't listen to feedback of their own creators, that's why so many of the people who worked on the older BF games left. And apparently they were working on a battle royal BF but changed their mind halfway, hence the huge empty maps. Also the time they had wasn't nearly enough to finish the game.

At least now people higher up have been replaced to fix the game. I assume they are not going to make this mistake again.

Silly gameAr771d ago

They need to stop with the live service bs, and make Battlefield games fun again. They're so worried about getting as much money as they can, that they forget that you have to make something that gamers actually want to play.

JEECE771d ago

Unfortunately I don't think a multiplayer game can succeed on a broad scale without being structured as a live service. People don't like the terms "live service" or "games as a service," but if you ever look at the complaints people have about games, it's clear that's what they actually want. Look at Halo Infinite; great gameplay, and a solid batch of maps; 15 years ago it would have been considered great, but now because they aren't churning trashy new maps in every few weeks, people are crying all over the internet about it. Look at BFV-it got new maps for a year a half, which is later than any BF game except 4, and people still cry about it being "abandoned" because they actually want a live service.

A remake of 3 would unfortunately not work unless they found some way to make it a live service because if they just released the game, people would be crying about the lack of new maps within a few weeks.

ElCapitan006771d ago

You hit the nail on the head! I can’t tell you how many hours I spent on the original Counter Strike, Wolf:ET, UT:99, Gears 1, etc. etc. Heck, going back even further GoldenEye and Perfect Dark. None of these were live services but damn did I spend a whole lot of time playing the same maps and loving them.

It always amazes me when I hear people say that without anything new to unlock, even if it is just stupid weapon skins, that they are bored with the game. As vocal as people are about hating live services, there sure seems to be a lot of people who only get enjoyment from the superficial additions from a live service.

JEECE770d ago

@ElCapitan006

It's nice to see that I'm not the only person who recognizes this. Unfortunately, except for some latent communities on older games, there aren't people who play a multiplayer game because the game is fun anymore. When I suggested on the battlefield subreddit that Battlefield shouldn't have a progression system at all (it didn't at first, of course) I was criticized because people would see no point in playing a game where they aren't "earning" something when they play. This was borne out by all the people refusing to play the objective in Halo: Infinite because they were more concerned with dumb weekly challenges. The sad reality is that, although devs are certainly part of the problem, a lot of bad choices in game design now are rendered necessary because an entire generation had their concept of what multiplayer should be entirely shaped by COD and FTP games.

TravsVoid770d ago

Personally I used to buy Call of Duty and Battlefield every year since 2010 but the past year I finally stopped. They are both definitely taking inspiration from Fortnite and I'm just not into it. The only reason it took so long for me to stop buying Call of Duty is the zombies mode but that's finally just so terrible I don't feel the need to buy just for it anymore.

RosweeSon771d ago

Have a couple of years off wouldnt hurt. People want what they can’t have. Distance makes the heart grow fonder and all that come back in a couple of years all next gen and fresh. Yearly churn is just too much don’t need a new one every single year the same thing could be achievable with a few free maps 6-9-12 months down the line not like they can’t afford to at that point they probably have off cuts of levels spruce em up a bit. Doesn’t need a full blown? New sequel every year if the games are that good they wouldn’t anyway 🤷🏻‍♂️✌🏻 ;

jambola771d ago

I don't see why a remake of am old game would win people over
Even if they made a phenomenal remake it wouldn't change how they make new games

excaliburps771d ago

Because loads of people think BF3 is the best-ever BF game, and EA re-releasing it means they are giving people what they have been asking for all these years. Plus, it's not like it'll cost them a ton

JackBNimble771d ago

So why a remake, why don't they just structure new games off BF3 formula or is this about nostalgia?

gamer9771d ago

Jack because they're too incompetent to do that. They need to learn to walk first before running. Try copy and pasting BF3, and if they don't royally F that up then maybe they could try a new game again lol. DICE has fallen so hard

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Battlefield 3 10th Anniversary - Why It's the Best Battlefield Game of All-Time

It's October 25, 2021 and this is the Battlefield 3 10th anniversary! Here are a few nuggest of info why BF3 is still the best BF game of all-time.

LordoftheCritics910d ago

I am glad I played this game at its prime.

Some of the good memories of my life.

Zombieburger638909d ago

I got BF3 and gears 3 for Christmas. Some of the best memories I have from the 360 era.

outsider1624909d ago

I played this on PS3. It was my first online game as well. I remember getting all excited even being melee'd, lol. But THIS was battlefield to me..so much fun.

isarai910d ago

This is a totally serious question, so actually looking for an answer here. But am i crazy for feeling like 4 was just an improved 3? Like it was 99% the same just with different maps (even a lot of the same maps) and i kinda liked the weapon progression a bit more. Is it because it took forever for bf4 to be fixed after launch? Or is there a specific reason people like it more that im just not getting 🤔

PhillyDillyDee910d ago

I tend to agree that 4 was better but I absolutely think the launch issues left it forever tarnished in our memories. Games should work and work well at launch but the industry seems to think otherwise. We are partially to blame for believing their marketing and adopting software early. Took me a loooong time to stop falling into the marketing honeypot.

DuckOnQuack35909d ago

Well in my opinion 3 had more destruction in it. Like oh I don't have cover let me blow a hole in the wall and hide in there real quick

excaliburps910d ago

Battlefield 3 had way better maps though. Seine, Metro, Caspian, Bazaar. Heck, I think BF3 had the most memorable maps in the entire franchise.

ArchangelMike909d ago

100% agree with you here. Loved 3 way more than 4. Honestly I think the launch issues put me off 4 for a long time.

Inverno909d ago

Everything after 3 has basically been a reskin but worse than all the improvements in 4. I only have 2 complaints for BF3, the horribly blinding sun and the maps having really bad restriction placements. I think most consider the best cause it was pretty straight to the point and didn't rely on gimicks to get attention. Sniping with a scoped shotgun with explosive shells will always be my most fun memory with the game.

Nitrowolf2909d ago

I think for improved a lot after all the patches to be a better game but three just has a good place in my heart

gamesftw250909d ago

EA felt the panic of COD and decided to go with Acti's method.

LordoftheCritics909d ago

3 had better maps, more interesting hot spots, also was just new at the time being all full next gen feeling. In fact it holds up really well even today.

4 maps were just about alright, and also people who played 3 prolly felt 4 was just an iterative upgrade. Thats it.

DuckOnQuack35909d ago

But I know one thing for a fact this new battlefield is just a reason of cod. Take the hud out and I bet people wouldn't be able to tell the difference between 2042 and cod

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Muigi909d ago

Bad company 2 says hello.

Silly Mammo909d ago

I loved BC 2 and the Vietnam expansion.

UNCHARTED2FANATIC909d ago

BC2 and BF4 are better if you ask me. Much better gunplay and all around feel.

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