Why do I love BF3, eh?
First off, I used to pretty much play MW2 24/7 and put about 800 hours into that game ever since launch date. I could never put that game down until I found a clan that played Bad Company 2. I had played the beta for the game and never got into it much but after I purchased the game, I immediately loved the game for what it was even though there was quite a learning curve for me.
Ever since then, I've always put my time into BF over most other FPS games. And then came BF3!! The game feels like no other game on the FPS market. It stays true to realism all the while making the game fun and tactical unlike some other "ultra realism" titles that get boring quick. BF3 keeps me engaged for hours at a time, and putting it away just makes me want to play more the next.
BF3 is obviously powered by the superior Frostbite 2.0 engine which makes a world of difference. The destruction is just fantastic and coming from BC2, they took it to a higher level. Then comes the visuals, clean and crisp as they always have and they somehow manage to maintain it while adding in vehicles and destruction and absolutely gigantic maps. The audio is downright the best in the industry. Just wearing a pair of surround sound headphones brings the battlefield to life and with every game they make, it takes you that much closer to realism. Every shot whizzing by your face, suppressing your ability to hear, making you dazed and sending you running for cover. It's simply amazing what DICE can pull off with every one of their games. Every little game mechanic is absolutely superb and with every installment, it just seems to take your breath away.
Moving onto the actual gameplay, a good game is one that gets you engaged and interested. BF3 does just that with an average of 30-40 minute Conquest & Rush matches that allow you to duke it out in a massive battlefield that is vast and ripe for squad based combat. The game offers you tactical squad combat that gives you tight knit gameplay which is absolutely required to garner your team a win. Sure you might want to go lone wolf but that's definitely not in the best interest for your team and sticking together to complete an objective seems far more appealing than going rogue. Then comes the vehicular aspect of the game. It is a complete game changer and with the re-addition of the jets, ruling the airfield is just as important as the battle underneath. Crazy tailing, swerving, maneuvering and downright chaos is what brings the game alive over most other infantry-only based games. You are given such a wide variety to choose from and so many unlocks, that you will never get bored of the game. In fact, DICE guarantees a year's worth of unlocks for every type of gamer out there. That's just amazing!!
Finally, execution. DICE ties in everything, from the multiplayer to the singleplayer and the much awaited co-op mode together very nicely. All of this along with free DLC promised to every fan with an online pass is a wonderful reward for every new purchaser of the game. You won't have to go out of your way to purchase pricey DLC packs that only add re-hashed maps with this game. No, you get a full experience added onto the game that allots you the Back to Karkand maps revisited with Frostbite 2.0 and which are revamped providing gamers with new vehicles to man, new weapons to kill with and a completely new atmosphere and playstyle to master. Oh and don't forget about Battlelog, the social network for all Battlefield 3 players. It adds that little touch of social interactivity and creation of platoons so you can hit the battlefield running!
All in all, the game gets a GOTY vote from me but with that said, it's going to be one hell of a ride for the next year or two to come. I can't wait to see what DICE have in store in terms of DLC and the next installment to the franchise.
A big KUDOS to DICE!! :D
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.
hmmm I think there will be no old BF glory days for EA since they are loyal to their greediness and laziness :D
You're asking for a miracle with EA that will never happen unless they can exploit the money making schemes behind it.
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(Opinion): EA needs to release the Battlefield 3 Remake in order to win back gamers. after the disappointing reception of Battlefield 2042 & Battlefield V.
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.
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)
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@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.
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.
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 🤷🏻♂️✌🏻 ;
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
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
So why a remake, why don't they just structure new games off BF3 formula or is this about nostalgia?
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
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.
I am glad I played this game at its prime.
Some of the good memories of my life.
I got BF3 and gears 3 for Christmas. Some of the best memories I have from the 360 era.
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.
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 🤔
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.
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
Battlefield 3 had way better maps though. Seine, Metro, Caspian, Bazaar. Heck, I think BF3 had the most memorable maps in the entire franchise.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
BC2 and BF4 are better if you ask me. Much better gunplay and all around feel.
Great review buddy. :) I was also a huge MW2 player, but once I got my hands on Bad Company 2, Battlefield was the way to go!
I don't know if I would give the graphics a 9.5 (on consoles). The mission after the jet part had tree's that had me thinking: "MGS3 on the PS2 looked better than this". Then I saw two soldiers climbing a wall next to each other at the same time, with the same animations. Parts of it look ugly and other parts look good IMO.
But other than that, good review.
Nice review. But BF3 seems to have less destruction than Bad Company 2. But I guess the map designs couldn't really allow that for the sake of balancing.
co-op is great. definitely underrated. Maybe its the RPG farmer in me, but I love the idea of getting points by replaying those levels to unlock guns.
Why that unlock style isn't applied to single player FPS campaigns is beyond me, its obviously the right direction to go.
Thanks for the comments folks :D