GDC 11: Battlefield 3 is easily the best-looking FPS yet | Destructoid

Destructoid: was at last night's GDC preview event for EA DICE's Battlefield 3, and holy sh*t, does it look insane. DICE showed off the PC version of the game, and I can say without a doubt that this is the best-looking first-person shooter to date. Sadly, they didn't let us play it ourselves.

DICE's Karl Magnus Troedsson talked a little about the game and really wanted us to know that DICE is all about "quality, innovation and fun." The studio didn't want to just make another simple sequel here. They wanted to "surpass what [they] did last time" and "challenge [themselves] to go further."

[Pixelated_Army]

" The studio didn't want to just make another simple sequel here. They wanted to "surpass what [they] did last time" and "challenge [themselves] to go further."

Respect!

[evrfighter]

well there you have it folks. Current-gen becomes last-gen in November.

You still think consoles will last another 2-3 years as M$ and Sony predicted?

DICE has stepped away from the bar that everyone is competing at and just built a bigger, better one, where so far only they can compete at.

[peterdawa]

Interesting how some people want this current gen to die quick. I guess when your console of choice doesnt show much improvement you want something new.

[imvix]

Current gen was last gen when Crysis was released.

@peterdawa

I dont have a console of choice, it really isnt fun being limited to 5yr old tech.

[AAACE5]

If you are judging by graphics, then yet, these consoles won't last 2-3 more years! But gamers support a console until there is nothing to look forward to on it. As long as fun games keep coming, any console can last as long as needed.

Graphics aren't everything. Looking at past gens, the most powerful consoles usually end up in last place. Developers are still getting a firm grasp on these current consoles and don't want to start over on new tech just yet. But this is the games industry and anything could happen and we will just follow.

[xAlmostPro]

Killzone 3, Brink & Battlefield are going to be the best fps games this year :D

1 down 2 to go :)

[tudors]

@Xalmostpro I disagree about Killzone 3, I don't know much about Brink, Crysis 2 we don't know for sure yet but I think concidering Crysis 2 has not been released yet you are a bit premature assuming that Killzone 3 will be better, Killzone 3 is a good solid shooter, but FPS of the year I think not, this is ofcourse just my opinion, but I do agree about Battlefield 3, the Battlefield series is solid, always has been.

[xAlmostPro]

You obviously have something against Killzone 3 dude, i never said it(alone) would be fps of the year i stated 3 games. Yet you had a rant on the game? lol.

Brink im basing on all the gameplay videos and reviews/previews that give it nothing but positives.

I don't know why you bring crysis 2 into this because i never mentioned it. However since you say i was premature saying killzone 3 was better(which i didn't) Based on my opinion it actually is, i have the full retail game where as i've only played the crysis 2 beta/demo on 360 which tbh i didn't enjoy much although im holding my judgement until i can play abit more.

Battlefield 3 looks awesome.

Enough said, no more twisting words please.

[DigitalAnalog]

I think it's pretty ignorant to cut off consoles at this point just for one game. How many future PC games are going to show graphics of this caliber, even the almighty Crysis 2 pales in comparison with this gameplay video.

Regardless, the consoles have proven themselves that they can push more out of it with each year that passes. By the time the next gen consoles would be released, graphics like this would be the standard.

-End statement

[hellzsupernova]

crysis, killzone, gears of war, rage ALL step aside for the best fps this year possibly ever :D

looks and gameplay wise the KING has returned

[Rattlehead20]

Gears isn't an FPS.

[hellzsupernova]

sorry i couldnt think of any other games for the xbox 360 this year that are fps and exclusive.

[deadpoole]

hahaaa ... ouch!!!!

[distorted_reality]

Bahahahahaha + bubs for epic lols.

I know it's trolling but fuck it was funny.

[Rattlehead20]

Who said anything about exclusivity?

[Master of Unlocking]

" I can say without a doubt that this is the best-looking first-person shooter to date"

And I can say without a doubt that Killzone 3 is the best-looking first-person shooter to date.
But yeah, you need to have actually played the game from start to finish to know...

[Ranshak]

You forgot the keyword here.. on Console. The best looking FPS till date is still Crysis 1 or Metro 2033.

[Blaster_Master]

The hell is Metro 2033. If its so dang purty then why is it only on N4G comment threads that its brought up? I saw the screens, it doesn't even look half as good as KZ3 or Uncharted.

[peowpeow]

I'm sorry but Metro 2033 in DX11? Yeah no chance son :)

[nycredude]

peowpeow

Don't start bringing Metro in direct x 11 in here. that game in direct x 11 is terribly optimized and kills the framerate.

I know I have it and my rig runs Crysis maxed out.

Unless you spend a lot on your rig it won't run smoothly. How many games even support direct x 11 smoothly? Heck even your almighty Crysis 2 doesn't out of the box.

BTW metro has no where near the amount of things going on as Killzone 3. It's more of a survival horror than a shooter.

Haven't any of you even played Killzone 3, or just watched youtube videos or something?

I love how you guys make Killzone 3 sound like it's the worst looking game ever.

[hoops]

Metro 2033 is far better looking than KZ3. Don't kid yourself. Play the game with a decent DX11 GPU and right away you will see this is the case.
The one thing that KZ3 has over Metro is the character animations. Everything else, nope.

[PS3GamerFix]

Just show us the 360 and PS3 versions of it already.... what they are doing here is the equivalent of passing CG for gameplay. You have to wonder what kind of graphic cards they are using to show off these videos and how many people will realistically buy them. I can understand how its more about gameplay but really.... that title says it all.

[Ranshak]

It will probably be running maxed out on a GPU like 460GTX which costs about 150usd. Just because console hardware is so old it doesnt mean you need monster hardware to max this out, Entry level to midrange hardware should be enough as even thats multiple times more powerful then console.

Now if you want to be running multiple screens thats a different story.

[hellzsupernova]

heres to hoping your right im designing my rig now and thats the GPU im going with

[nycredude]

I doubt you will max it out in Direct x 11 mode with just one of that gpu. Direct x 11 is atm a resource hog and most current code isn't very optimized for it.

[360 man]

@ hell supernova. get the ATI6870

[distorted_reality]

I think a fair amount of PC gamers will be happy that their cards are finally being fully used. Not much has pushed our hardware for a couple of years now, and i'm happy that this will change that.

Am semi-interested to see what they do with the consoles, but am more interested to see how far they'll go with PC hardware.

[cakeisalie]

I am sure a GTX 460 will be more then enough for this game. Its easily 4-5 times more powerful then any current console and like Ranshak said costs only 150usd now. The Higher end GPUs will still be largely unused in this game unless used for multi screen gaming with high amount of AA.

[thief]

"To the point that I know for a fact that I'll be converting to playing shooters on the PC once BF3 launches this Fall. There's just no way the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 versions will look anywhere near as good."
I agree, I have stopped playing PC games for the last 3 years, use my PS3 and 360for gaminng, but this game probably deserves a new PC gaming rig for me.

And for both this series and KZ2/3, the graphics are super-awesome but not the only draw - the gameplay is really addictive, and a nice emphasis on team play

[CBaoth]

I've primarily gamed on consoles with no regrets the last decade. But with this, the Witcher2, SC2 last year and Diablo3 coming, I gotta admit I've started pricing components. DD services like Steam and improvements to gamepad compatibility are also a huge plus for me.

Everything is cyclical in nature and it looks like the PC's strengths are reasserting themselves again after a brief hiatus. Maybe if I give my wife the laptop she won't notice and nag?

[TheTruth89]

on PC.

Because the console versione will sucks.. do you remember the latest announces about the consoles version? :=D

[xAlmostPro]

Do you remember how to type corectly?

[sway__z]

Console versions of monster PC games are like impressions.

Impressions like when an entertainer does a believable impression of the voice of someone famous like Robert De Nero or something.

It'll never be as good as the original source...but, so long as the console versions do a good impression of the high end PC version, then i'll be happy with that.

You can't seriously expect the PS3 (let alone 360) to look and run as amazing as the videos seen of late.

[sp1deynut]

...but best looking game PERIOD.

This game makes COD, Killzone 3, Uncharted....Crysis (yes, CRYSIS) look last gen already. Don't bother disagreeing or arguing, 'cause you'll just look like a fool/fanboy.

And yes...you'll need a pretty decent PC to get the best version, but my point still stands.

Crytek is no longer the King of graphics/engines. Frostbite 2.0 is the new benchmark standard.